Some of you are going to disagree with me on 
this one, but I can honestly tell you that ALL 
fansub distros make something a profit (ok, not 
ALL, I know of a few really large ones that do 
their own subbing projects, etc, and they 
generally LOOSE money) But your average 
one/two-person distro who doesn't sub (ie 
doesn't have to spend the money to buy sub 
equipment, etc) is making a profit.  I've done 
a bit of "distro-ing" for friends (I don't want 
to get into it full-time, so I usually just do 
trades) and I can copy tapes and ship them for 
about $2 a piece (if I'm doing 3 or more 
tapes).  Now, if you're factoring in the cost 
of maintaining your 2 VCRs and maybe a little 
bit for buying your masters (I don't agree with 
this to a point, as you should like anime 
enough to obtain your own masters without 
wanting to pass the cost on... again, unless 
your a huge distro like Kodocha) then that's 
fine, but I still don't see how distros think 
that $6 or $7 a tape is *at cost*.  Maybe $4, I 
could see... But I've only seen one distro that 
actually charged that!  Don't get me wrong, I 
still pay about $5 or $6 (but no more!) for a 
fansub, but I think it's a little fishy. (hence 
I usually go through Kodocha, as they do a lot 
of their own subbing and I know their masters 
are of excellent quality)

Secondly, a lot of posts have been flying about 
Last Unicorn cels.  This movie looks really 
interesting and my type of anime, but I haven't 
seen it availible anywhere!  I know it's old, 
but is it one of those things that I had to be 
aware of anime during the 70s/80s to have seen 
or is it