Favorite Anime Stores

Where do you like to buy your anime?
Who has the best price?
Inventory?

I get all my Anime from Japan.
And I do pay the price for it. Each DVD is about 5000yen.

As for the inventory.
I have a Mac and use the following program:
Delicious Library http://www.delicious-monster.com/
From the barcode on the case of the DVD and gets the info of the DVD from Amazon (JP, US, CA, UK, DE, or FR) and create a Database of it with image of the case.

gcam01 wrote:I get all my Anime from Japan.
And I do pay the price for it. Each DVD is about 5000yen.

Haha, this is why anime is not a hobby for the poor! In japan, DVDs are expensive anyway, but anime is an extremely expensive past-time either way. In many cases, this is why people illegally download anime online...which also contributes to those high prices. It's a viscious cycle >_<

I get my DVDs from anime stores and dealers from conventions, but I always do my research to see where things are coming from. I do not support bootleggers.

Mari wrote:
I get my DVDs from anime stores and dealers from conventions, but I always do my research to see where things are coming from. I do not support bootleggers.

After getting like 2 DVDs off ebay i realized that they aren't the real thing, so now i just goto suncoast, f.y.e. or cons to get all of my anime. I just usually make sure it has one of the major companies' logo's

Mari wrote:

gcam01 wrote:I get all my Anime from Japan.
And I do pay the price for it. Each DVD is about 5000yen.

Haha, this is why anime is not a hobby for the poor! In japan, DVDs are expensive anyway, but anime is an extremely expensive past-time either way. In many cases, this is why people illegally download anime online...which also contributes to those high prices. It's a viscious cycle >_<

I get my DVDs from anime stores and dealers from conventions, but I always do my research to see where things are coming from. I do not support bootleggers.

Yea, I once saw a Gundam DVD that I wanted when I was in Japan and it ended up costing 8000 yen(roughly 80 USD). I couldn't believe that one!

shinobi062 wrote:
Yea, I once saw a Gundam DVD that I wanted when I was in Japan and it ended up costing 8000 yen(roughly 80 USD). I couldn't believe that one!

Out of curiosity, from which series was this 8000 yen Gundam DVD?

Despite the expensive price, if the show is good, I think it would be worth buying.

It was Char's Counterattack. I figured that since I was coming back to the US in a few months that I could just get it here. Incidently I still haven't seen it yet, but it's on my long list of things to do. You're right, many of the Gundam series/movies are worth it.

TheMightyWidget wrote:

Mari wrote:
I get my DVDs from anime stores and dealers from conventions, but I always do my research to see where things are coming from. I do not support bootleggers.

After getting like 2 DVDs off ebay i realized that they aren't the real thing, so now i just goto suncoast, f.y.e. or cons to get all of my anime. I just usually make sure it has one of the major companies' logo's

yeah, we just go to our neighborhood dvd sellers. we used to go to anime fx to rent dvd's, but they moved out of the mall we went to and we can't find them anymore

Anime FX was the place to be.... That was literally my every Friday Night hangout...

Now, I have no favorite. I've been reduced to shopping at Best Buy for Anime.... BEST BUY YO!!!!!


But it's not a big deal cuz I don't buy alotta Anime. I'm into very little of it.

TSL wrote:Anime FX was the place to be.... That was literally my every Friday Night hangout...

Now, I have no favorite. I've been reduced to shopping at Best Buy for Anime.... BEST BUY YO!!!!!


But it's not a big deal cuz I don't buy alotta Anime. I'm into very little of it.

yeah, we used to go like every weekend! it was so much fun to hang out with the staff and the customers that came just as much as we did.

maruandmoro wrote:

TSL wrote:Anime FX was the place to be.... That was literally my every Friday Night hangout...

Now, I have no favorite. I've been reduced to shopping at Best Buy for Anime.... BEST BUY YO!!!!!


But it's not a big deal cuz I don't buy alotta Anime. I'm into very little of it.

yeah, we used to go like every weekend! it was so much fun to hang out with the staff and the customers that came just as much as we did.

I probably saw you guys there at some point. Heck, depending on the night, I may have been behind the counter holding down the shop while the owner went to get food. I didn't work there, but I'd chip in every once in a while if I happened to be there and the staff needed to step out for a sec.