Do you watch anime streaming (online), download, or purchase??

I do a bit of downloading and a bit of purchasing. Purchase what I can find... and afford... the rest only the lords of the internets may know. And yes the Dubbing process is ridiculously slow, we hardly every get bonus goodies with the discs... And yeah the quality on places like youtube and crunchy roll is crap when compared to even a normal quality xvid. I haven't watched most of the discs I've bought either... because it's old stuff I finished a long time before it ever came here...

hi emarie! ^__^ there's only a limited titles available (and most of them are old) in the stores and i don't have a lot of extra money to purchase online (i don't even have a credit card), and i don't like to download because i wouldn't watch it again anyway, so i usually watch anime online. either in crunchyroll or in youtube. there's no problem for me going online because there's internet at the office and at home. ^__^ and i don't mind if its low quality as long as i can see the picture clearly and the subs.

I love anime, this is why I watch my Anime online at this site called Crunchyroll.com You should also try it! I think if you buy them and what if u dont like them... also i like them in Japanese makes me want to learn the Language:)

Before, my elder brothers buy them yet, whenever we watch them, there's always that message that states that "if you purchased this video, you been ripped off" or something similar. They continued until they got tired of buying or the quality deteriorated from the distributor. I use to watch a whole series at video streamed sites but, it really depends on the connection for it to be really convenient. I just couldn't handle the sudden pauses. On my end, I found out how to get them free but I had to wait long hours if not days for download. "Subbed by fans for fans" as it is often suggested. So whenever I get to download a full series at torrents, I always seed it at least a month before going for another series. Then again, if I had a larger hard drive, I wouldn't mind seeding them longer along with other anime series. And when friends of mine find some of the series I download interesting, I also get anime series to download from their suggestions, I just ask for their own recordable discs so I can burn them a copy for them to watch at their own home. I stress on "sharing"

I watch online n neva buy. Sometimes i might download but most likely ill try finding somewhere online to watch.

Coming from a country were the companies who license the anime broadcast the series but don't sell DVD's, here are my options: 1. Buy pirated DVD's (from Hong Kong, mostly) 2. Buy fansubs 3. Order original Japanese DVD's with no subs. 4. Order English-dubbed DVDs from the US. 5. Download fansubs. 6. Watch them online. Seeing how the first 2 options promote piracy, and how the next 2 are outrageously expensive, I'll have to choose 5 or 6. I know it means I'm getting my anime for free but it's better like that, when no one earns, than paying for illegal DVDs and somebody steals the money they shouldn't be earning. Sometimes when I have the time and bandwidth and no disk space I watch them online. If I have limited internet time I download them from torrents and watch them later.

Most of daily dose of anime are from crunchyroll.com but since now its becoming a lot messy and almost all of the good movies are licensed I been there for only a few times. If I can afford it, i always try to buy a copies but most of them are movies and not a serial. Like most of the movies of Studio Ghibli, i try to buy all of there movies because one, most of there movies are hard to find online,two the theme of every movies are just awesome and pretty inspirational and three all of them have a high quality of animation. I also like to have a copy of some of Madhouse works.

i prefer to download it, burn it in DVD then watch it! Wooohooo, nothing like a good old anime marathon on weekends... Haha.

One of my online friend did mention she loves to watch online movies, and that's what I'm currently experimenting with right now. I am trying my best to watch free online movies at work whenever there is a bit of free time here and there. As for DVD's from Japan, I'd say I don't have a preference. Anything that has English subtitles, I won't mind watching if they are foreign ones. And I love to subscribe to music video sites. They are awesome and a way for me to pass my boring time at work.

I prefer to watch them streaming online. I will sometimes download them only when there is something that I cannot find, but that is only after spending some time searching.

I downloaded it all from fansubs, but someday i will start to collect it on DVD.

i download it from free sites

I Just download anime.

yea watch anime online streaming sites like veoh and megavideo last anime i watched was bleach..

I watch anime online; it's super convinient

because i like FREE !!!! then i prefer download because i like to collect too .......... but because i download from torrent if the anime already licensed then there's only 2 option for me and that is to purchase and borrow (rent) from friend ^^V

I really like anime.I purchase them from store and sometimes i download from internet.Also when i can't wait the next episode i watch them on online streaming sites like cruncyroll.I Know the quality is low,but sometimes the anime very interesting that i can't wait and when available i will purchase for my collection.

I usually stream or download. Download when I dont have time though. And convert it to an mp4 and put them on my iPod haha.

well..now i watched it online..because i have 24 hourd internet..hehe.. if i like the anime..so i'll download it..i rarely purchase anime..only if it's a movie.. although there are some disadvantage for watching nline..but..if i download it all...my hardisk would be...full..hehe..cause now i have already installed many game..and i use laptop now..ot desktop..so the hardisk capacity is not many... ^^

well im watching anime on STAGE 6 its the best quality from a video on the internet you can make a proof it looks like DVD quality and its free and its online for me is the best way www.stage6.com just take a look