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Anime Stores, Rentals and Theaters? 320

Posted by Cliff from the get-your-anime-fix-awn dept.
ajaygautam asks: "For the past few months (on and off), I have been trying to locate Anime stores, rentals and theaters in and around Central New Jersey, but have not been able to find much. Only Blockbuster, which carries a very limited selection. I was wondering if there is a list of such things on the Internet somewhere. I propose that we create this 'Ask Slashdot' a comprehensive list of Anime stores, rental locations and theaters that do show Anime movies."
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  • Nashville, TN - Belcourt Theatre (Score:5, Interesting)

    by Medieval ( 41719 ) on Sunday June 30, 2002 @08:01PM (#3797464) Homepage
    Down the street from Vanderbilt Uni on Belcourt Avenue.. Besides doing art-film movies and Rocky Horror on Fridays, they also show Anime (Metropolis being their latest..)
    • the girls are cuter at Bongo Java. Why watch cartoons when you can drink coffee, watch pretty women and be in the presence of the Nun Bun.

    • Rent your anime online (Score:5, Informative)

      by User 956 ( 568564 ) on Sunday June 30, 2002 @08:28PM (#3797647) Homepage
      Why not just rent your anime ovre the internet? DVDOvernight [dvdovernight.com] and Netflix [netflix.com] both have a wide selection of anime titles, and with netflix [netflix.com], you can even get a free trial [netflix.com]. You rent up to three movies at a time, they mail them to you, and you keep them as long as you want, and when you're finished, you mail them back in a pre-paid envelope they provide. Now you can watch something other than Buffy the Vampire Slayer reruns while sitting alone by yourself in your parents' basement.
      • I've been a Netflix member for a while, and unless something has changed, this is impossible. I used to have every major anime series in my queue, but they were all on Long Wait and never actually showed up at my door. A friend had Cowboy Bebop in his queue for EIGHT MONTHS before getting the first disc.

        That being said, Netflix is a fantastic service and a great deal and I'd highly recommend any serious DVD watcher sign up. I've watched a lot of movies through Netflix I never would've bought/heard about otherwise.

      • Their anime selection is terrible.

        There are only 4 Ranma videos. You can forget Urusei Yatsura. (Oh wait- they have Beautiful Dreamer; Who doesn't?) At least they have SOME of Tenchi. Ah My Goddess? Not a one. Mononoke Hime is their sole Miyazaki- nary a Totoro even.

        Talk about poor selection...

      • Here's a couple more places that have Anime as a listed genre:

        Rent my DVD [rentmydvd.com]
        DVD Avenue [dvdavenue.com]
        DVD Barn [dvdbarn.com]

        As for geographic location, which impacts how fast your Discs arrive, RentmyDVD has facilities both California and New Jersey. DVD Barn is based in Arizona, while Dvd Avenue is in Maryland.

      • I was a member, but I recently cancelled my membership. The problem? They have a "wide" selection of anime titles, but when you get 3 or 4 discs into a 10-disc series, you discover that that's all they have. I emailed them a couple of times about it, and customer service indicates they have no plans to stock the rest. Specific examples I've bumped into:

        Gasaraki: they have 1-4, but there are 8 total
        Bubblegum Crisis 2040: they have 3 of 6
        Neon Genesis Evangelion: they have 3 of 8 series discs, and neither of the 2 movie DVDs
        Trigun: they have 6 of 8
        Slayers: they have one movie, and 3 out of 52(!!!!) episodes.
        Blue Submarine #6: they have all of the series, but are missing the movie.
        Tenchi Universe: they have 6 of 8

        I will apologize now if any of these movies are unavailable in region 1-- I didn't have time to check 'em all. But most of these certainly are.

        It would be really nice if you could finish watching what you started, but sadly, that's not the case with Netflix.

  • Greensboro, NC (Score:2, Informative)

    by Phloighd ( 162741 )
    Cosmic Castle on High Point Rd has a good selection of titles for sale, and a knowledgeable staff. They also stock tabletop RPG's, t-shirts and other paraphenalia. And pocky!
    • That's the place with the fat comic store dude from the Simpsons right?

      "Well I suppose I can trade you for this near-mint condition limited edition Mary Worth clock... No on second thought here's some gum."

  • Dallas, TX (Score:1, Informative)

    by Anonymous Coward
    Angelika sometimes plays anime.(www.angelikafilms.com) and the Magnolia does (but only midnight showings for here, and I dont' know if they have any web address)

    I normally just go on irc and download anime, because it's got better subtitles and the stuff is more recent than 'jap' anime in the US.

    Also, if you're into series www.animeart.com kicks ass.
  • I found both to be good sources for animie. The prices are good, if you don't get into a bidding war with someone...

    • Re:Half.com, ebay (Score:3, Informative)

      by Microlith ( 54737 )
      The majority of what is carried on ebay and half.com tends to be bootleg.

      Bootleg = bad.

      Especially the ones that promote series with English and Chinese subs, Region 0, and entire 26 episode series on 3 discs.

      AVOID BUYING THESE, you hurt both the legal licensors and the Japanese company that produced the work (hey, we're all about fair compensation here on slashdot, aren't we?)
  • I've found that a lot of tabletop gaming and comic book stores sell/rent anime as well.. Seems the genres go hand-in-hand. Good thing, too.. I always know where to look for my anime when I move to a new city.
    • I've found that a lot of tabletop gaming and comic book stores sell/rent anime as well..

      I noticed the other week that Gamestop (Video game/computer game store) carries a limited selection of Anime for sale, so it seems that it at least somewhat goes hand in hand with video gamers as well... You can find Gamestop in malls.

      Also, you can find it in Suncoast Video... In our area, they have a really good selection, yet it's quite expensive... Like others have said, It's cheaper to buy online. Ebay is a great choice.

  • Well can you get more general? (Score:4, Informative)

    by Microlith ( 54737 ) on Sunday June 30, 2002 @08:10PM (#3797528)
    Many anime shops are very localized, the only big one I can name is AnimeNation, and they're at www.animenation.com

    Most others are tiny and usually exclusive to a city. The majority of anime/manga is distributed retail, through Suncoast/MediaPlay/Best Buy (same Conglom-o), and small comics shops/book stores (by means of Diamond Comics.

    Or imports. R2s cost a shitload though, and include no subtitles or english dub (for the illiterate ;P)

    As for theaters that actually SHOW anime, look to any LARGE city. Los Angeles, Dallas, New York, many large West and East coast cities will get Anime prints (primarily because prints cost a LOT and the US companies that do this are SMALL).

    Rental:

    netflix.com does dvd rental in general, including a lot of anime. Many blockbuster stores/other rental chains are starting to carry a lot of anime, or just ask your local anime geek. I myself have over 130 discs and do more loaning than any of the local stores (and I have been tempted to charge).

    As an aside:

    DOWNLOADING LICENSED ANIME ONLY HURTS THOSE WHO ARE ON YOUR SIDE.

    Companies like A.D. Vision (biggest North American animation distributor second only to Disney) and Bandai Entertainmet are full of sane geeks like us who despise legislation like CARP, the DMCA, and the various Hollings crapscrolls, and avoid using any content control methods whenever possible. SUPPORT THEM.
  • Have you checked Netflix's anime [netflix.com] section? What about other DVD mailers [dmoz.org]?
    • I've been *extremely* disappointed with Netflix. I've hard several titles in my rental queue since December, only to be told again and again they have a "Very Long Wait".

      And it's not like these are rare titles: Record of Lodoss War, Kite, and The Castle of Cagliostro, to name a few. Netflix "solution" is not to buy more copies of those DVD titles, but to changes them to "unavailable" for new subscribers (though you can still get them if you had them in your rental queue before they were axed). Thanks, guys.

      Here in Denver, Colorado, Netflix has been dousing the anime racks at Suncoast Video with information on their service. However, I think if they really want to get business from the anime community, they need to buy a lot more copies of existing titles, expand their selections to new movies, and learn more about the genre.

  • Casa Video [casavideo.com] attempts to acquire any movie if you fill out a card at their location. As a result they have a fine selection of just about everything, but they make a point of maintaining a good anime section. Don't feel like coming all the way to the desert of Tucson, Az [tucson.az.us]. No problem...there's mail order rental [casavideo.com].

  • Anime Search (Score:3, Insightful)

    by SpotWeld ( 209850 ) on Sunday June 30, 2002 @08:12PM (#3797540)
    The best way I know of is a little backwards. The first step is to find the closest anime convention in your area. The Anime Web Turnpike [anipike.com] is a good spot for this. There con page is here [anipike.com]

    Once you find a local con, find out who is sponsoring it. There is usually one or two anime stores in the area that are paying for ad space.
    Also see if there is a MediaPlay [mediaplay.com] or a Suncoast [suncoast.com] store near you. They tend have a pretty decet selection of anime.
    Good luck.

  • The Gaijin Japanese Store (Score:3, Informative)

    by EXTomar ( 78739 ) on Sunday June 30, 2002 @08:12PM (#3797543)
    For those not fluent or brave enough to order/talk to someone in Japan you can always go to...

    http://www.cdjapan.co.jp

    There are other stores but they require you to know some Japanese to read their catalog and order. I've never been let down by CDJapan and constantly recommend it to the "I don't know what 'gaijin' means" people who want to order stuff directly from Japan.
    • Buying CDs and DVDs from Japan costs a lot. For some reason, they're priced much higher there than they are in the US. Does anyone know the reason for that? It's cheaper for someone in Japan to order a DVD from amazon.com than getting it locally. Is there an MPAJ or RIAJ that's fixing the prices or something?
      • The Chobits Soundtrack costs 2520 Japanese Yen. Just because I'm lazy I always figure that the conversion from Dollars->Yen is something around 1->100. That means that this CD is about $30(after shipping)! Chobits 2 is priced at 6300 yen, well we won't go there. People would freak in the US if asked if they want to buy a $30 CD let alone a $50+ DVD...

        So why is it so expensive? There are a number of reasons. Remember when Presidents complain about Japanese not exactly playing by Free Trade rules? There are laws in place to fix minimum pricing on many goods. Copying is pretty rampant over there but unlike the US Japanese companies realize this and live with it. They treat DVDs and CDs sold as more "regal" items so they charge more. Scales in the economy seem to support itself at these more expensive prices just as well because they know die hard fans will buy DVDs and CDs with the extra goodies and price items accordingly. In fact chasing pirates is detrimental because it costs money.

        So yes there is price fixing. Yes rampant copying does exist. No they really aren't related.

        Buying from Japan isn't for the faint of heart or light of wallet. You don't have to get stuff directly from Japan but you miss out on a lot of good expensive stuff!
  • In Edison, on Route 1 South, where it meets with Plainfield avenue, at the traffic light before the Loews theatre and the intersection with Route 18, there is an Outback steak-house. It sits on a triangle of land between Route 1, Plainfield ave, and the "exit ramp" between the two (Wick plaza is right behind it). In the building right next door to Outback (sharing the same land strip) is a cluster of shops. One of them is an all-anime video shop. I don't remember its name, but you definitely want to check it out. If it's still there. It's been a number of years since I paid it any notice.
    • I thought there was a DJ equipment/music store there, but my memory may be a little hazy. I lived up near Woodbridge a few years ago, but I hardly ever get back that way.

      I'll check it out when I get the chance.
    • Just head over to mitsuwa plaza in edgewater. There is a mini-japanese mall, with a Kinokyunia (japanese book store which has a couple videos), japanese grocery store, an import video game/toy shop.

      down the road is jcb or jbc books which sells used and new manga and magazines in addition to regular books.

      Edgewater is right accross the hudson river( near the george washington bridge.

      Additionally there are a bunch of places in NYC, including another kinokyunia and anime crash or something like that.

      I'm not sure how anone can miss finding mitsuwa plaza if you live anywhere near NYC.

      http://www.users.voicenet.com/~aegis/sjas/shoppi ng -nj.html

      is a list of places in NYC area, but mostly New Jersey.
  • Tokyo Kid at the Garage in Harvard Square is probably all you'll ever need for rentals. There are also a lot of good clubs in the area, particularly the MIT Anime Club.

    Buying is often cheaper online however, if you shop around.
  • Check out NetFlix [netflix.com].
  • http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Harbor/3904/philly. html

    central jersey is kind of vague. are you closer to NYC or philly?

  • Hey there,

    I buy from here [animeniacs.net] and here [discountanimedvd.com].

    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 [amazon.com] -- good selection, but genuine anime is expensive!

    • Re:Stores I buy from (Score:3, Informative)

      by Microlith ( 54737 )
      Yes they are bootlegs. Almost EXCLUSIVELY.

      You do not want to buy bootlegs, if you profess to want to compensate the creators fairly. (as the majority of Slashdot seems to want to).

      We bitch about how the companies don't go after the big time bootleggers, but the easiest way to hinder them is to NOT BUY FROM THEM.

      And Bestprices [bestprices.com] and DVDPlanet [www.dvdplanet] are cheaper than most retailers, and are 100% legit!
  • If you are in New York City, Kim's Underground Video at 8 St. Marks Place in the East Village has a anime collection available to rent.
  • For anyone looking for anime (and even for those who isn't) you might want to try your local Yellow Pages. I'm afraid most anime places are a bit technophobic and slow to get on the web (too much competition from P2p I'm sure ;)

    Anyway, if you're looking for an anime place near you and you can't find it online, you should probably try the yellow pages. Your town's Chamber of Commerce might be of help too.

    Also, I can't confirm this, but some progressive libraries have anime DVD's for rent on the West Coast or so I've heard (probaly out where weed is legal; :). YMMV :)

  • Movie Image
    2318 Shattuck Ave.
    Berkeley, CA 94707
    (510) 649-0296

    They have a lot of anime, plus you can buy special "anime only" packages of rentals.

  • Many computer/video gaming stores have gotten into the anime video business. In the New Jersey area, I know that Software Etc. in particular has taken a liking to selling these products. Some of their stores have dedicated entire racks of shelves if not isles to anime.

    Big combo stores such as Best Buy and Circuit City also tend to have reasonably-sized anime collections. At least one Northern NJ Best Buy has a rack or two of anime DVDs. A Circuit City store local to me had everything (DVD, soundtrack CD, orchastral CD) related to Princess Mononoke, as well as some obscure stuff. Their prices are a bit better than the video game stores.

    Unfortunately, gaming stores tend to price their anime a bit high in cost, but if you want to find something quickly, I would recommend at least touring your local computer/video game stores. The selection may not be the best, but you may find what you want.

    Please note that my views are of somewhat that tends to deal in mainstream anime; if you are looking for something obscure, you may have to go online.

  • there's another option if you really can't find a store that caries anime movies is buying the anime movies online. There are hundreds of great anime sites out there that sells movies. Good Luck!
  • The best place I've found in Canada is the C&L Internet Club [cnl.com] - they've got a great selection and I've found them to be very reliable and quick with delivery. Their warehouse is in Vancouver, which is open to the public. They also have a sale on until July 1st...
  • Kinokuniya Bookstore is a Japanese Bookstore that has the largest selection of manga/anime goods, there is one in New Jersey and one in New York city. Another good bet is to go to a Media Play or a Suncoast that is near a college or University. Here at RIT we have a huge anime club, possibly the largest on the east coast, as far as we know. The Media Play next to our school has just as much anime as it does Action Movies, on DVD. It also special orders graphic novels and magazines like Animerica and Animerica Extra. They also get other stuff like posters, novelties, action figures, that are anime related. I've been to other media plays, and they don't have the selection that ours does. Another good bet is to buy online *gasp*. I mean for DVDs just check www.animeondvd.com to see what's coming out, then go to www.mediaplay.com to buy it.

    Don't think I'm a Media Play salesman or something, it's just the store I go to.

    Oh yeah, another good way to get lots of anime is to go to anime conventions. Anime Expo is this weekend, and Otakon is at the end of July. Expo is in CA, but Otakon is in Baltimore, MD. Cons are great places to buy all kinds of anime stuff you can't get anywhere else. They're also a great place to meet freaky freaky people and laugh at or with them. And they're also where my roomate hunts catgirls ^_^ You also might want to ask the forums at www.dubthis.net. There are a lot of anime fans there.
    • And they're also where my roomate hunts catgirls ^_^

      And y'all wonder why more women don't go to anime conventions... :-P (though I suppose anyone who attends dressed as a catgirl is probably an attention-seeker)
  • The Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA runs one or two different films every night, and a good number of Anime often enters the mix. They have a non-easy-to-remember URL for their website, so I registered brattletheatre.com [brattletheatre.com] and you can get to the schedule from there. Well worth the effort.
  • If you're ever in Ames, IA. check that place out, they rent anime and have a huge selection.
  • If you live in NJ, or the NJ area, and don't know who Kevin Smith is..... perhaps you should look into it. He has a little shop, called Jay and Silent Bob's comics. I'm sure you could find almost any Anime, or Comic you are looking for in that shop. To be honest, i'm jealous that you could have that so close, and not know about it.
    • I bet you've never been.

      His shop in Red Bank, Jay and Bob's Secret Stash, has virtually nothing. Don't get me wrong, a cleaner, nicer comic book store never have I seen. It's got an interesting color scheme, it's not cramped, and there's a lot of neat props and such from his movies in display cases.

      It's just that the selection of stuff that's not somehow related to Smith (e.g. the racks and racks of movie-based t-shirts) is quite poor.

      There's not that many new comics, and most of them are from the big three, with few independents. There are hardly any back issues at all. (IIRC there were less than ten long boxes worth) The video selection is extremely small, and I don't recall that they rent. Not a hell of a lot of graphic novels either.

      If I were you, I'd stick with a store that had a good selection of stuff, and was willing to deal with -- and try to promote -- anything. I'm actually in South Jersey, and while the store I shop at (Fat Jack's in Oaklyn) is, to be honest, falling apart, they've been very good with the exception of having good prices on their back issues. It's as though they've never heard of a 25-cent bin or something.
  • Highly recommended for all kinds of anime, strange and hard-to-find video, vintage toys music and clothes:
    http://www.neetstuff.com/

  • Who needs theatres (Score:1, Informative)

    by raiyu ( 573147 )
    For all of your anime needs just check out rightstuf.com [rightstuf.com]. They have pretty much every anime known to man that has been released on VHS and DVD, but best of all its usually in stock and at very cheap prices. Plus they offer bundles, like for Cowboy Bebop, where you save over 50% from the Perfect Sessions price if you buy a regular bundle of the full set.
    Not to mention they also have T-shirts, posters, and all of those other misc. items any true diehard cant live without. Which reminds me I gotta go there now and purchase the Cowboy Bebop, dont ever get the foreign sub 4-DVD set, the subbing is horrible.
  • Well, I know of 4 anime-related things in Brevard County (Space coast) Florida.

    1) Anime Pavilion and Comics - Located in Melbourne, at the shopping center on the intersection of NASA Blvd. and Babcock St. (The shopping center where Makoto's is). They offer anime viewings every Tuesdays at 8:00pm to whenever everybody leaves.
    2) Islander Comics and Cards - Located in Merritt Island on Route 3 (Courtenay Parkway) just north of Merritt Island High School. Offers anime viewing every Friday night beginning at 8:00pm.
    3) Oukyuu Anime Club - Meets at random locations every Saturday evening and shows basically any kind of anime (even hentai!). To sign up, go to http://www10.brinkster.com/oukyuuanime [brinkster.com]. It's mainly headquartered in Melbourne, but we sometimes meet in Palm Bay.
    4) Florida Institute of Technology Anime Club - During the semester, we meet every Thursday night at 8:00pm in Room 137 of the Olin Engineering Complex. First half-hour or so is about club-related events, then after that we watch anime. You do not have to be a Florida Tech student to show up.

    There are probably a few more frequent anime events, but I'm not too sure. Also, it wouldn't hurt to attend conventions. For example, Jacon, Megacon, FITCON [fitcon.info], Anime Express, Anime Festival Orlando, etc. They usually have extended anime showings and last until the con closes for the night. Oh and, if you're a big time cosplayer, you should consider attending the Cosplay Summer Camp (Read more [brinkster.com]).
  • For rentals there are few places better than Le Video [9th & Irving] and Japantown Video [Japantown Center]. As far as purchasing goes there's a lot of good places in chinatown to get HK bootlegs of your favorite series on VCD or DVD. My personal pick is Sun Entertainment [Sacramento btw. Grant & Kearney] and Silver Star [Grant & Jackson].
  • I've heard that in the UK it's possible to walk into any consumer electronics store and ask for the DVD player you buy to be modded to play all regions, and they'll do it for a nominal charge. However, unfortunately, I don't live in the UK, but in the USA - and I'd like to watch international DVDs (as a British ex-pat, my interest lies more in classic UK television than in Anime, but I figure Anime fans face the same problem).

    I have a regular old cheap commodity DVD player from GE. Any /. readers know whether there's any way to get existing cheap crappy players like mine modded to be region-free, or whether I'll need to buy a new one - and if the latter, where I can get region-free DVD players at a good price?
    • (as a British ex-pat, my interest lies more in classic UK television than in Anime, but I figure Anime fans face the same problem).

      Actually, in my experience this is rarely a problem...Unless you speak Japanese. Cause if you need it in English, and you're not buying it Region 1 it probably came from Hong Kong.....

    • Modding cheap and crappy players to be region-free is either very easy or nearly impossible.
      Many cheap players can be made region-free by typing in some code with your remote or burning some modified firmware on a cd-r and flashing your players firmware.
      If your player needs a hardware modification or the firmware update isn't possible without a special cable, it is very hard to find someone that does the modification. Professional DVD player modders usually don't develop modifications for cheap players.
  • I was surprised to find a lot of anime at the Fry's Electronics in San Diego. I'm not a big anime fan, but from what I do know, they had all the classics. Also, they had a lot of "adult" anime (read: tentacle rape)

    They had 2 whole shelf units full. Thats about (rough estimate from memory) 200 - 300 DVDs.

  • Try this [netflix.com]
    They seem to have some anime stuff, but I'm not sure what you like...

    This company rents you unlimited DVDs for a monthly fee. You can have 3 DVDs out at a time, and when you return them (at company's expense) you can get your next selection (shipped at their expense as well). No late fees or anything since you pay by month not quantity.

    I don't know anything about this company but I've heard people talk about it at work, and they're apparently pretty good except getting new releases might be difficult (not a problem if all you want is anime, I suppose.)

  • Anime sources (Score:3, Informative)

    by Chardish ( 529780 ) <chardish.gmail@com> on Sunday June 30, 2002 @09:09PM (#3797859) Homepage
    Hollywood Video [reel.com] carries a wide variety of anime for rental.

    Most Borders [borders.com] stores carry a small selection, reasonably priced.

    Suncoast [suncoast.com] stores, found in most malls, carry an absolutely huge selection of VHS and DVD anime. Chances are, if it's not something really obscure, they have it.

    And if you're looking for the best prices, Deep Discount DVD [deepdiscountdvd.com] sells it cheap, sometimes $10-$20 cheaper than other anime sites. Especially recommended if you're buying a box set.
  • We've got a wonderful small-chain store local to the Puget Sound (Seattle, WA) region that specializes in nothing but DVDs and CDs. It's called 'Silver Platters.' They've got their web site [silverplatters.com] still in the 'Under Construction' state, but you're going to be able to do online ordering Real Soon Now.

    No, I don't work for them. My wife and I just happen to be very regular customers. We were in just yesterday (Saturday, June 29), and the Anime section had just been restocked. They were carrying, among other things, a newly-released boxed set of 'Sailor Moon.' I've also seen several 'Urusei Yatsura' DVDs there, and I know they can order (or at least try to order) just about anything a customer might want.

    If you're local to the Puget Sound region, they have stores in at least Bellevue and Southcenter (Tukwila). Check the phone book.

    Good hunting.

    • Ummm....they're okay, for the occasional lucky used purchase, but check out Scarecrow Video [scarecrow.com] it's THE place for movies in Seattle. It's one of the best movie rental places in the world--in fact it's a destination store for many directors, screenwriters, various and sundry Hollywood refugees...

      Their collection is a great place to start learning about any kind of film--they also sell region free dvd players, new and used dvd's, etc. Truly an amazing place and one of the cultural treasures of Seattle.

      If you don't want to rent, you can buy there, or you can go to Kicks [kicks-hobby.com] or any number of grey market places in Chinatown (only anglos call Chinatown the International District by the way). There's also the place in the Great Wall mall down in Tukwila, but I'd stay away from them for the fact that many of their dvd's don't work quite right, but to be fair, they've always been really great about returns and customer service.

      And for seeing anime in theaters, well, you're very lucky to be in Seattle--even some of the biggies downtown show anime, particular the theater in Pacific Place, but the one that shows the most is the Varsity [landmarktheatres.com] on University Way.

      Have fun.
      • Ummm....they're okay, for the occasional lucky used purchase, but check out Scarecrow Video
        [scarecrow.com] it's THE place for movies in Seattle. It's one of the best movie rental places in the
        world--in fact it's a destination store for many directors, screenwriters, various and sundry Hollywood
        refugees...

        -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

        Huh? Silver Platters doesn't deal in used discs. Strictly new stuff. If they're the place you're referring to in the "Great Wall Mall" in Tukwila, you've got them all wrong. My mate and I have been buying from them for the last six years, and we've only gotten one bum DVD from them (promptly and courteously replaced).

        Besides, defective DVDs aren't the fault of the retail store. How could they be, unless there's been some truly gross mistreatment involved. Bum DVDs, like the bum laserdiscs of Olde Days, are usually the result of a manufacturing defect.

        HOWEVER -- Thanks for the info about Scarecrow Video. We'll go and check them out. They sound like a cool place to offload some of our old laserdiscs.

  • I've never quite understood it.

    I see it mentioned on here a lot. I've seen a few things but have never gotten into it.

    Am I missing something?
    • the mind-altering effects of anime are only noticeable to a select few in society - no one can explain how or why, but only a certain section of our race responds to these subliminal information packets, and the results are astonishing. tests have concluded that those who are susceptible to these communication waves are in fact decsendants of the Great Geek God, and as such bear the responsibility of preaching to the masses.

      hope that clears it up for you.
    • a lot of geeks like anime... that's about it. what kind of answer were you hoping for?
      • I guess I'm just not seeing the relation...
        I think of "nerds" as computer people... programmers like myself.

        I think of Anime as Japanese cartoons. Am I the only computer person out there that thinks indifferently of them?

        I guess the closet correlation I can come up with is computer games which are often using pieces of Asian culture in them.

        I guess my original question is, why is it news for nerds? Why not some other hobby that really isn't related such as Fish aquariums or something.
  • Village Vidiot
    They're right off College Ave somewhere...near the papa john's.
  • ...coming to DVD by the end of the year. This is going to be the Anime release of the year. There will be both a dubbed and a subbed version on the DVD. The folks at ADVision are releasing this.

    I wish they'd release Nuku Nuku the TV series but the reissue of the OAV on DVD is pretty damn cool. If you haven't seen it, you owe it to yourself to do so. Funny, cool and one kick-ass female (well, robot that looks like a girl with the brain of a cat) character. This was created by the same guy who did 3X3 Eyes.

    Nuku Nuku PUNCH!

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  • There was one up on University Way (aka "The Ave"), and another down in Burien. Both seemed pretty well-stocked, but it's been over a year since I've been to either of them.
  • Ebay has lots of anime for sale. You can find alot of anime dvds there. Also, you could go the fansub route and get an entire series that has not been released in the US for about $15 on ebay. You can also download those same fansubs from IRC.

    Feel the power of the net!
  • Charles Street Theatre showes alternate movies and Anime .. not a great location though.

    and Otakucon is there next month i believe.

    Both of the book stores in towson carry a good supply, As well as Legend's Comics, and believe it or not, suncoast video in the mall

    In Jersey .. try my friend Dave Bowers at Time Warp Comics in the Oranges .. he is a good guy.

  • Toronto, Ontario (Score:3, Interesting)

    by peter_gzowski ( 465076 ) on Sunday June 30, 2002 @11:09PM (#3798432) Homepage
    I don't know about New Jersey, but here's what I know about Toronto:

    Up until AnimeXtreme [animextreme.ca] opened a store on 315 Spadina Ave. (a block north of Dundas), Suspect Video [suspectvideo.com] had the best selection of anime for rent. I haven't had a chance to visit the AnimeXtreme store (it just opened a week ago or so), so Suspect may still be king. There's two locations for Suspect, one on 619 Queen St. W. and one on 605 Markham St., just below Bloor (on the far west side of Honest Ed's).

    The AnimeXtreme club also shows anime at Bloor Cinema [bloorcinema.com] every other Saturday. The cinema is located at 506 Bloor St. W. (just around the corner from Suspect, actually).

    As far as purchasing anime, I've found no better place than The Beguiling [beguiling.com]. Very knowledgeable staff. This is just south of Suspect on Markham. Again, the new AnimeXtreme store may have better selection, I haven't scoped it out.

    That's all I've got. Hope this helps.
  • someone mentioned AniPike in a previous message, but they didn't mention this specific list

    Anime Web TurnPike's Online Shopping guide [anipike.com]

    other lists I know of:

    Anime Web Turnpike's Shopping Guide [anipike.com]

    Anime Shopping Guide/Ratings [sailormoon.com] not sure who maintains this, its also included in the above link

    Manga and Anime Stores [aol.com] (this is an AOL link though, don't know if it will work

    One thing to keep in mind, not all anime you come across on the web or in RL is legit. I've seen tons of bootlegs for sale, even after anime is becoming more available domestically. Watch out for independent stores/sites in particular. Some bootleg packaging is looking more legit than licensed stuff. I can think of a half dozen sites/stores that carry bootlegs, and I've seen several mentioned already, but I hesitate to name them for fear of being sued or something. Not only are you ripping off the creators and giving money to immoral types, but you generally get really crappy quality. The packaging is NOT representative of the product at all. You are likely to find horrible translations with unreadable grammar, poorly timed subtitles, subtitles that are a bad color or cut off at the ends and just low grade video and audio in general. Sometimes its a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of some guys VHS tape off of tv, even though its on DVD.

    And finally, because I've spent around $10k on anime in the past 10 years, I'll list a few of the places the majority of money has gone to and I've never had any problems with (DVD bootlegs, bad service, etc...):

    Anime Castle [animecastle.com]

    Anime Plus [animeplus.com]

    Nikaku [nikaku.com]

    Amazon.com [amazon.com]

    and Media Play (pricey!) for those anime cravings so severe you just can't wait for the webstores to deliver

  • I think anime's shit, but Salzer's Video is the mecca of it for Ventura County, CA, just NW of LA. If you need to see it, it's there.

    Great foreign/mystery/TV/art video stuff in general.

  • Steve Pearl [otaking.com] if he didn't already respond to this post himself.
  • That's where you go to find Anime in my neck of the woods. Also, some of the mall movie stores (sales, not rental) have decent Anime stock.

  • http://www.animejyanai.com/ [animejyanai.com]

    They have all sorts of stuff and a lot of fansubs that they will reproduce for a fee of a VHS tape. They also sell some games and such.

    Another place is Sakura Media [sakuramedia.com] in Burnaby and Richmond. They carry a lot of CDs, DVDs, and posters.
  • Both UC schools. I used to go to UC Davis, and they had an incredible anime/asian rental place called "Alternative Universe," and I figured I might be able to find something like that when I moved to Berkeley, but surprise surprise. Despite this being a large university town, there are no good anime rental places. There's one small store which shares an insignificant amount of space with a travel agency, but the selection isn't very good. Even blockbuster seems better at time. Then again, there are many surprising things about Berkeley. You wouldn't think they'd have a piss-poor recycling system, but they do. It's a bizarre town that never seems to be what people think of it.
  • In Columbus, Ohio, try renting anime at SHOCC Comics on Bethel(wide selection on tape, but they only recently started acquiring DVDs) or North Campus Video on High Street(many DVDs, but smaller overall selection -- and when stuff gets stolen from them, they never, ever replace it).
  • Go to Rutgers NB. There's almost certainly an anime shop around there; and if not ShogoCon(sp?) is supposed to be there next month, and should have shitloads for sale.
  • Southeast of Orlando and south of Kennedy Space Center is Famous Faces and Funnies, which has a great selection of manga, US comics, action figures, and some anime on DVD. They also carry some Japanese language manga, and know a lot about what they sell. The store is very spacious and brightly lit. They have to keep it that way because it's in a popular shopping center with a supermarket.

    For a while they were showing some anime at a 2nd run theater every Friday night, like 3 movies for $5, and despite having a poor projector and a smoky theater, it was great being around all those people who really liked anime. But it was kinda against copyright since they were showing VHSs so they quit.
  • Specialty stores are great, but manga and anime need to show up in mainstream stores to really succeed because they're so convenient and because many people probably feel that specialty stores are creepy. Luckily, Barnes & Noble has a comics shelf or two (much of which is manga), and Suncoast has several shelves of anime. Movie theaters and Blockbuster need improvement.

    In the mean time, I've been giving manga and anime to my library for free circulation. That's as good a place for exposure as any.
  • I recommend Movie Madness on Belmont and 43rd (I think). for a lot of anime; they're a rental house that has all the movies you'd think no one stocked anymore. They've got all the anime classics, I think; Evangelion, Lain, Akira, and the like. They also have enough kung-fu flicks to confuse your mind forever. ;)
  • At the Westfarms mall in Farmington, Connecticut, on the 2nd floor there is a store called FYE... they've got an entire aisle devoted to anime, and they have a lot of complete sets...

    Now, the only downside is that everything is like $30, which is especially crap when there's like 6 or 8 dvds in the series

    the Best Buy which is near westfarms has some anime dvds, at slighlty better prices. They're stuffed away in the Science Fiction section, so you've gotta look. The prices are a little less outrageous... (I did find 'Devil Hunter Yohko' for $15, but everything else is in the mid $20's)

    the internet really is the best place for anime, and netflix is also definitely not the place to go..

  • Comic Book Shoppe [thecomicbookshoppe.com]
    1400 Clyde Ave. in Ottawa

    Collectionneur 2000+
    691 Boulevard St-Joseph in Hull/Gatineau

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