Vile DVD Temptation!

Today a friend very lovingly alerted me to a new service called GreenCine. GreenCine is an online DVD rental company (like Netflix) which offers 3 simultaneous rentals for $20. Normally I would not be tempted by this, and I would not expect any of my good friends to inform me of a service like this. There is only one thing that I would use this for, so I investigated it to see if it had it, and if it was any good. Now the temptation begins.

I have long said I want to find a place where I can rent anime. I do not want to spend money on an anime I have not seen or previewed, and I do not like the legal and ethical issues that come with fansubs. My natural inclination with this service is to see how good their advertised anime selection is, and it is overflowing. Almost all the anime I have ever wanted to see is in their list. New releases as well as some older stuff. And unlike my experience with Netflix GreenCine appears to have entire series in their inventory and not just a few volumes! This could be the service I am looking for!

The crisis comes in the form of the monthly fee. Would I really use it enough to justify the money spent? Would I have the time to watch enough of the anime, or would I become a nazi couch potato bent on watching my DVDs in one evening? I do have one Ace in the Hole, as it were. My wife enjoys anime almost as much as I do, and she prefers the dubs over the subs, so this service would be worth it to her over digisubs. If I get it, I may never see the light of day again.