Did you ever own "foreign language media?"...

Speaking of slapstick cartoons, it's pretty insane that people here in the USA have no clue that there even is a Mr. Bean cartoon but like it routinely gets like gazillions of views on Youtube and is majorly popular in many overseas countries. 

I am not sure if it's true anymore, but a poll done in the mid 00s in Japan ranked Tom and Jerry as the most popular "American cartoon" there. 

And yeah, Boomerang was an "exclusive" you had to purchase separately with a lot of cable packages back when it started in the lateish 90s, and I don't think my relatives (who had cable) would be willing to fork over more money when we already had Cartoon Network. Same for Toon Disney which I ALSO really wanted LOL.

Wow, was that DVD legit? Because that sounds extremely cool-I have seen European products that sometimes include like 5-6 language options and I'm always floored! In America, it's often just 2 or 3 languages options, if you're lucky (streaming has thankfully upped the number of language options for multiple shows). How many languages do you know? 

Same here, my Japanese language skills aren't the best, but I started collected art/fan books a while back because they took up less space than manga and had cool opportunities for language practice!
And yeah, with the rise of streaming, it's sad to see special collector's editions of DVDs going the way of the dodo. Those fancy storage boxes are dope. 

I've noticed that as long as you're willing to go for an older series and paperback (ick, I know but...), you can get art/fan books at cons pretty cheap. I just got one for Haruhi Suzumiya recently but it was hard to pick. I'm trying to fill out for Clannad, Clannad After Story, Kanon, and Air, and I don't just mean art books, but actual fan books with heaps of delicious text, but it can be tricky to distinguish among the two when you can't actually peak inside. I haven't completed this collection because finding Clannad (not After Story) has been a bear at cons. 
Good luck on your waiting! Interesting that the translated copy is more expensive-usually it's the opposite for people in English speaking countries, assuming it's not a super limited run (sort of like how localized English rare Nintendo games can cost way more than just importing them from Japan!) I'm hoping for a cheaper Precure 20th Anniversary fan/artbook to drop at some point myself. 

I have a foreign language DVD of a rare film called "Fox Hunt"(which was apparently also released as an FMV game with the same actors like Gary Coleman)because I couldn't find a version in English anywhere.

I believe I might've remembered a DVD in my childhood that probably came from Latin America & was probably in Spanish. I don't remember much of it(heck, I might've just seen the DVD case of it) & it was probably thrown out when or before my family left the old house. Yeah, sounds a bit more unusual than having any Japanese-language media, but I live in the USA & Mexico is just underneath.

As for understanding Japanese, let's just say I'm in the process of learning it, and it's a process haha.