You're telling me you're a huge fan of anime, 
but you get only versions where the creators 
don't see money from the releases?  Unless 
you're just buying the R2 Japanese DVDs.

In which case, you'd be aware of how 
expensive DVDs are in Japan.  That a price 
structure of 4800 yen for two half hour eps of a 
show is pretty common?   Other than Viz, 
who's lagging with their price structure (AnC 
was one of the only shows where the 
Japanese DVD count was fewer than the 
English), everyone else counts four, 
sometimes five episodes of a TV show as 
standard.  If DVDs are so expensive, why can 
you go to a shop and pick up Weiss Kreuz for 
about $25, five eps per disc?  It's because of 
availability of cheap DVDs in the US that 
Japanese prices are coming down, not vice 
versa.  Except for Nutech's ridiculous hentai 
titles,  we're long past the days of $1 per 
minute tapes.

Are you further aware that most of the 
translators out there got into it because they're 
big fans of the series itself?  That weird 
alterations are often the result of the 
Japanese companies themselves insisting 
upon them?  That the "labor of love" 
supposition about fansubs is utter garbage 
once you've gone to a con and talked to 
people who were such big fans of the shows, 
they've made careers of it?  


Do you realize exactly how much work is 
involved in getting a legitimate version of the 
show to US shores?  Do you actually think that 
the airing of an edited version of a show (like 
Bebop or YYH) on TV suddenly means that the 
uncut DVD editions of the shows don't exist?  
(Unless licensing prohibits it--as is the case 
with PowerStone--companies aren't stupid, 
they know they can make more cash with 
uncut editions of what's airing on TV.  Guess 
which versions of DBZ sell best for 
Funimation?)

You're making a lot of assumptions about the 
people who produce anime for the US market.  
And I'm happy to tell you you're wrong on all 
counts--you're not going to find bigger fans 
than the people who've made it their life's 
work.