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You could always buy the region-free collection from Hong Kong. It has (fair) English subtitles, and contains 11 movies, though for some reason they call "I Can Hear the Sea" "Ocean Waves." The translations are better than many Hong Kong DVDs I've seen, though nowhere near the standards that Disney has set. I'd highly recommend the boxed set since it contains several movies that Disney isn't going to bother releasing on DVD in America, including "Porco Rosso," which is still my favorite animated movie of all time.

There's another set out there with only 7 movies on 4 discs, but I don't know anything about it.

Here. It's not hard to find as an import, the thing you have to watch for is that some of these companies provide English subtitles by people who obviously don't speak the language and never met anybody who did. Nausicaa is difficult to find as a downloadable fansub but you can get it if you're persistent.

$30 - $60 is no bargain. Buy the bootleg from newdvd or discountanimedvd and tell them Microfagort sent you!

You'd be better off simply NOT buying it than hurting Ghibli by encouraging the bootlegging of its titles.

Then buy the official Ghibli release.

It's still better than the theater release, because it has English subtitles instead of crap-ass Disney dubbing.

No it's not. The movie came out in 2001 in Japan, so it's already on DVD there.

I just found this place: DiscountAnimeDVD.com. Its pretty good and cheap.

For a somewhat limited selection, but all DVD and really cheap, try Discount Anime DVD
For a truly excellent selection (and a great hentai section, or so I have been told) in both VHS and DVD, try Right Stuf
For a store with decent selection, plus some good soundtracks and posters and all kinds of stuff (free anime themed email too, if thats your thing), you can go to Anime Nation
Those are the really good online stores that i am aware of. You might not be able to find direct from japan stuff, or some of the more esoteric titles, but you can still find a good selection.

Hey there,

I buy from here and here.

It varies from title to title which is cheaper, but I especially like the way animeniacs takes the dvds out of their cases and puts them in paper sleeves so they don't fall out and get scratched during shipping.

Realize that these dvds are good quality, but are counterfeits (professionally done, but still not genuine). Nothing wrong with the video quality, but if you're into giving the artists/authors/publishers their royalties, go to here -- good selection, but genuine anime is expensive!