Anime Stores, Rentals and Theaters? 320
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."
Nashville, TN - Belcourt Theatre (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Nashville, TN - Belcourt Theatre (Score:1, Offtopic)
Rent your anime online (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Rent your anime online (Score:2, Informative)
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.
Don't Go With Netflix! (Score:2)
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...
A couple of more rental-by-mail sites (Score:2)
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.
Netflix selection wide but NOT VERY DEEP. (Score:2)
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.
Re:Netflix selection wide but NOT VERY DEEP. (Score:2)
True, but it's a great way to decide if you want to buy the series. I just put in an order on half.com for outlaw star (for my son) based on our renting the first DVD from netflix. Got hooked on NGE and TriGun the same way.
Greensboro, NC (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Greensboro, NC (Score:2)
"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)
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.
Half.com, ebay (Score:1)
Re:Half.com, ebay (Score:3, Informative)
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?)
Comic book stores and tabletop gaming stores (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Comic book stores and tabletop gaming stores (Score:1)
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)
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
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.
Re:Well can you get more general? (Score:2)
When I was teaching myself to speak Japanese, I needed something to help my listening skills, and with no native speakers around, I turned to the internet. ... So, I downloaded a bunch of Dragon Ball Z episodes off of IRC .
So, you learned japanese by listening to Goku swear? That must make conversations ... interesting.
Netflix et al (Score:2)
Re:Netflix et al (Score:1)
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 (Score:1)
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].
Re:Casa Video (Score:1)
I used to rent there, Nostagia! They had a nice porn collection too btw!
Re:Casa Video (Score:1)
Porn there is as good as ever. If not better. Well, with porn -- like pizza -- more=better
Anime Search (Score:3, Insightful)
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)
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.
Re:The Gaijin Japanese Store (Score:1)
Pricing Japan Dictated By Laws (Score:3, Insightful)
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!
Edison, NJ (near Outback steak-house) (Score:1)
Re:Edison, NJ (near Outback steak-house) (Score:1)
I'll check it out when I get the chance.
edgewater NJ Mitsuwa plaza (Score:2)
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/shopp
is a list of places in NYC area, but mostly New Jersey.
Cambridge, MA (Score:2)
Buying is often cheaper online however, if you shop around.
NetFlix (Score:2)
in the philly area (Score:1)
central jersey is kind of vague. are you closer to NYC or philly?
Stores I buy from (Score:1)
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)
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!
Kim's Underground Video - NYC (Score:1)
suggestion (Score:1)
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;
Movie Image, Berkeley, CA (Score:2)
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.
Buying anime locally (Score:2)
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.
How about buying anime movies online? (Score:1)
CNL (Score:1)
Kinokuniya Bookstore (Score:2)
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.
*shudder* (Score:2)
And y'all wonder why more women don't go to anime conventions...
Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, MA (Score:1)
Meyham Comics (Score:2)
Re:Meyham Comics (Score:2)
http://mayhemcomics.hostcomplex.com/contactus.htm
Main web site here:
http://www.mayhemcomics.com [mayhemcomics.com]
Only the most obvious shops...... (Score:1)
Re:Only the most obvious shops...... (Score:2)
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.
Central NJ Anime = NeetStuff, Somerville NJ (Score:1)
http://www.neetstuff.com/
Who needs theatres (Score:1, Informative)
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.
4 places that I know of in Brevard County, Florida (Score:1)
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]).
Anime in San Francisco (Score:1)
region-modding commodity DVD players in the US (Score:2)
I have a regular old cheap commodity DVD player from GE. Any
Re:region-modding commodity DVD players in the US (Score:2)
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.....
Re:region-modding commodity DVD players in the US (Score:2)
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.
Fry's Electronics in San Diego (Score:2)
They had 2 whole shelf units full. Thats about (rough estimate from memory) 200 - 300 DVDs.
Rent DVDs (Score:2)
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)
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.
If you don't mind mail-order... (Score:2)
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.
Seattle? Scarecrow Video... (Score:2, Informative)
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.
Re:Seattle? Scarecrow Video... (Score:2)
[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...
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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.
Not Flaimbait, but why is Anime news for nerds? (Score:2)
I see it mentioned on here a lot. I've seen a few things but have never gotten into it.
Am I missing something?
Re:Not Flaimbait, but why is Anime news for nerds? (Score:2, Funny)
hope that clears it up for you.
Re:Not Flaimbait, but why is Anime news for nerds? (Score:2)
I don't know... (Score:2)
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.
Fort Collins, Colorado (Score:2)
They're right off College Ave somewhere...near the papa john's.
Re:Fort Collins, Colorado (Score:2)
All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku OAV... (Score:2)
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!
Re:All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku OAV... (Score:2)
The TV series, which ran on TV Tokyo in 1998, was simply called Bannou Bunka Neko Musume Nuku Nuku. Same as the original OAV.
Now, the TV series (I have only seen 6 of the 14 episodes, unfortunately) is not as consistently good as the first OAV. However, there are some amazingly funny scenes in the first couple of episodes of the TV series.
In episode 1, a robot which basically is a walking washing machine goes berserk and chases the kids at Maneki City High School through the halls and up onto the roof. All the while, it is cheerfully shouting "Sentaku! Sentaku!" (tr: Laundry! Laundry!) at everyone. Nuku Nuku, of course, reduces the thing to a pile of junk.
In episode 2 you get to see two poorly designed mechas at work. One is a mecha shaped like a Kokeshi doll...since Kokeshi dolls are basically a sphere atop a cylinder painted to look like a girl in a kimono, lots of features don't work on it.
Akiko: Ok! Punch! Punch!
Kyouko: Can't...there's no arm controls!
Akiko: Then kick! Kick!
Kyouko: No leg controls either?
Akiko: WHAT GOOD IS THIS DAMN FOOL MECHA, THEN?
The second dubious Mecha is So-Chan, invention of Kyusaku Natsume. So-Chan flies in, in a great animated sequence, disassembles itself, then reassembles itself on Nuku Nuku. However, Kyusaku forgets one very important thing about mobile armor suits...mobility.
Nuku Nuku: Papasan! Papasan! I can't move...
Kyusaku: Oh dear...I must have left that part out...sorry Nuku Nuku-chan!
Anyway, the whole thing totally rips on Anime cliches. It's more blatant and more slapstick than the first OAV, and I like that. Again, it's pretty hit-and-miss...for all the highlights of the first two episodes, the next four kind of drag, and Episode 6 is an expanded revisiting of themes in Episode 2 of the original OAV.
Still...I'd really like to see the rest of it.
Banneko DASH! is boring stuff...it's an attempt to turn it into shoujo romance anime. BORING! I want to see Nuku Nuku destroy more over-the-top Mishima Heavy Industries products, not see Nuku Nuku fall in love with Ryunosuke Natsume! Gah!
C'mon! So-Chan!
Re: (Score:2, Informative)
There are a few in Seattle. (Score:2)
try ebay (Score:2)
Feel the power of the net!
In Baltimore (Score:2)
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
Toronto, Ontario (Score:3, Interesting)
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.
Anime Stores lists/General warning of bootlegs (Score:2, Informative)
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
Salzer's Video -- Ventura, CA (Score:2)
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.
*THE* Central NJ Anime resource is... (Score:2, Informative)
Comic book/hobby shops (Score:2)
Anime Jyanai in Vancouver, BC Canada (Score:2)
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.
Berkeley and Davis (Score:2)
central ohio (Score:2)
Rutgers (Score:2)
Melbourne, FL - Famous Faces and Funnies (Score:2)
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.
Manga in the Mainstream (Score:2)
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.
Anime in Portland, OR (Score:2)
Westfarms Mall, Farmington CT (Score:2)
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..
Anime Rental in Ottawa, On, CANADA (Score:2)
1400 Clyde Ave. in Ottawa
Collectionneur 2000+
691 Boulevard St-Joseph in Hull/Gatineau
Re:hidden anime (Score:3, Funny)
Man... if I'd ONLY KNOWN!
...and for all your hentai needs... (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Anime (Score:1)
Hentai (Score:4, Interesting)
While I don't watch Hentai anime, I have to admit being a fan of the quality games in the Hentai subgenre as well. Most Hentai games are thin excuses for looking at dirty manga/anime, but several of them are worthy RPGs or interactive fiction in themselves, like *Divi Dead*, *Eve Burst Error* (sexually explicit scenes were cut for non-Japanese versions), *True Love*, *Season of the Sakura*, *3 Sisters' Story*, etc.
I just wish more of the Japanese greats in the Hentai game category would be translated into English, since unlike with anime you can't really keep up with what's going on, or even play the game passably, unless you can read the dialogue. Most of the Hentai games translated into English have been the low-quality ones, with a few exceptions like the ones I listed above. But unfortunately the market for such games in English is relatively small, meaning the greats in Japan would often be too expensive to license for American transklation and sales.
At any rate, any anime fans interested in the good Hentai video games out there could take a look at these links:
Reviews:
http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?name=Divi
http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=2218
http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?name=True
Sales:
http://www.jastusa.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv
http://www.peachprincess.com/Merchant2/pp.mv
http://shop.himeya.com/products/adult_win_us/ad
Cut-and-paste. (Score:2)
Re:Cut-and-paste. (Score:2)
Only *one* of those games he mentioned was of the "good"variety of Hentai game, with an engaging plot and artful story. The rest are the total crap which I clearly stated dominates in the Hentai games that have been translated into English.
The one good game on his list, which he panned because he didn't have the patience to figure out how to get past the game's slow point of having to search a few too many rooms, was *3 Sisters' Story*. It came out about 1992, so has only 256-color imagery, and yes it does make you go into a few too many rooms once or twice. However, it has an excellent plot, which he didn't get the benefit of because he quit after just a couple hours.
However, he hasn't reviewed any of the recent great titles, like *Divi-Dead*. Read the reviews I listed above. Some of these are very worthy RPGs.
Re:My God (Score:2)
I shut off John Katz's tripe and all the Star Wars idiocy long ago, and it's made my
Re:My God (Score:1)
In any case, slashdot isn't just about computers, linux and cyber-issues. It's about everything geeky. Which could be and frequently is anything that anyone can come up with to talk about. Science, music, sex, love, technology, politics, literature, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
And furthermore, if you rely on other people to give you something interesting to talk about, you're probably too boring to talk to.
Nice trolling, catch anything good? (Score:1)
The medium does not dictate the content, despite what our corporate masters would have us think.
Re:My God (Score:2, Interesting)
Seriously.. You took two minutes out of your life to bitch about something you could've easily skipped and forgotten about in half a second.
Re:My God (Score:1)
Anyways, look at the title bar on the front page of slashdot. What does it say? "News for nerds." Think about that.
While it is certainly is not true that all nerds like anime, enough of them do to make it appropriate for a site like slashdot. On the same token, not all slashdot readers use linux or are devoted to cyber-issues, but enough of them are to make it worthwhile to post to the page. If you don't like it, as another post mentioned, you can certainly filter out the "anime" category in your preferences.
Regarding the "goodness" of anime in general, I'd have to agree in the sense that most of the stuff televised in the US is crap and falls into the category of "japanese kiddie shows" that you mention. My apologies to any fans of the series, but in my opinion series like Sailor Moon and Dragonball Z seem somewhat dull and I really don't understand their popularity among otaku. While all of it isn't for everybody, I still really do believe that some of it is quite good. As an example, I believe that the intellectual stimulation provided by a series like Neon Genesis Evangelion (particularly the ending) is almost unparalled in anything either live-action or animated. I would suggest that you actually experience quality anime (although I would agree that "quality" is quite subjective) before completely waving away the entire category.
Re:Anime is not necessarily "kiddy" . . . (Score:1)
The attitude towards humor is even worse. Far too many of us feel that if something is funny, it can't be important. And vice versa.
Re:Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash (Score:1)
Re:Austin TX (Score:2)
They're not actually out of business yet? I thought they had their big going out of business sale months ago...
Anyways, for rentals, there's Vulcan Video [citysearch.com]. Doesn't Blockbuster carry anime? I haven't actually been to one in years...
I generally buy anime online, but Dragon's Lair Comics [dlair.net], Fry's Electronics, and Suncoast Video stock anime too.
And I think most of the arthouse type theatres in town have shown anime... Metropolis and Jin-Roh were at the Dobie, Perfect Blue at the now-closed Arbor 7, Princess Mononoke at the Paramount, and I'm pretty sure the Alamo Drafthouse has played anime, although I can't think of any titles...