03 Anime Mail Order Businesses
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This article is from the Anime Resources FAQ, by Steve Pearl with numerous contributions by others.
03 Anime Mail Order Businesses
The following companies sell imported anime video and audio software, manga and miscellaneous related merchandise through mail order. To the best of our knowledge, none of them sell any pirated audio/video software. Reviews of some of them were done in AnimeStuff #13 (see ANIME FTP SITES). (This revised list courtesy of the Rutgers Anime Info Article- "Anime Mail Order Sources" and is used with permission)
ANIMANIA! 2570 Ocean Avenue, Suite 282 San Francisco, CA 94132 (415) 759-1173 email: animania@animania-ent.com Business Hours: Mon-Sat: 10:00am-6:00pm (Pacific Time) [Laserdiscs, graphic novels and promotional items. Mail order only]Anime Canada http://pages.prodigy.com/toronto/ [An internet based Canadian reseller of anime/manga/Videogames/HK Cinema goods]
AnimEigo, Inc. PO Box 989 Wilmington, NC 28402 (910) 251-1850 (910) 763-2376 - Fax http://www.animeigo.com/ [Anime videos, related merchandise, and anime cels]
Animanga Yann Stettler Vermont 20 1006 Lausanne Switzerland Phone : +41 21 617 98 05 Fax: +41 21 351 1722 email : stettler@animanga.com http://www.animanga.com/cgi-bin/cels [Anime Cels]
Anime Kakumei Protech Design Corporation 580 Broadway #714 New York, NY 10012 Attn Taeko http://www.anime-kakumei.com/ [An online seller of Anime/Manga Specialty goods. Mail Order only (no retail location)]
Anime Master The Goodwill Network P.O. Box 3244 1499 Yverdon Switzerland, Europe [Laser Discs, CDs, Hobby Modelling & Video Games. Catalog for $2 or 2 IRCs]
Anime Wink 427 N. Canon Dr, Ste 204 Beverly Hills, CA 90210 (310) 859-0658 (310) 859-1156 - Fax [Anime Cels]
Anime World PO Box 342 Fremont CA 94537-0342 http://www.anime-world.com [Garage Kits & Models]
Art Toons PO Box 600 Northfield, OH 44067 (216) 468-2655 (216) 468-2655 - Fax ERGEZI@SMTPNOV.picker.com [Anime cels]
Asahiya Bookstores U.S.A., Inc Yaohan Plaza 333 S. Alameda St. Suite 108 Los Angeles, CA 90013 (213) 626-5650 (213) 626-1746 - Fax Hours: open 7 days 10am - 7pm (Pacific Time (-0800GMT)) [Manga and various anime magazines, books, posters, calendars, and CDs]
Asahiya Bookstores U.S.A., Inc. Chicago Yaohan Plaza 100 East Algonquin Road Arlington Heights, IL 60005 (847) 228-9851 (847) 228-9606 - Fax [Manga and various anime magazines, books, posters, calendars, and CDs]
Asahiya Bookstores U.S.A., Inc. 52 Vanderbilt Avenue New York, NY 10017 (212) 883-0011 (212) 883-1011 - Fax asahiyabook@tomio.com http://www.tomio.com/ASAHIYA/
Asahiya Bookstores U.S.A., Inc. Torrance Yaohan Plaza 21515 Western Avenue, Suite 104 Torrance, CA 90501 (310) 787-0700 (310) 787-0503 - Fax Hours: open 7 days 9am - 8pm (Pacific Time (-0800GMT)) [Manga and various anime magazines, books, posters, calendars, and CDs]
Asahiya Bookstores U.S.A., Inc. Hawthorne Center 4240 Kearny Mesa Road, Suite 119-128 San Diego, CA 92111 (619) 565-0100 (619) 565-7112 - Fax Hours: open 7 days 9am - 8pm (Pacific Time (-0800GMT)) [Manga and various anime magazines, books, posters, calendars, and CDs]
Asahiya Bookstores U.S.A., Inc. Santa Monica Yaohan Plaza 3760 Centinela Avenue, Suite 105 Los Angeles, CA 90066 (310) 915-6633 (310) 915-6636 - Fax Hours: open 7 days 10am - 9pm (Pacific Time (-0800GMT)) [Manga and various anime magazines, books, posters, calendars, and CDs]
Asahiya Bookstores U.S.A., Inc. San Gabriel Yaohan Supermarket 515 West Las Tunas Drive San Gabriel, CA 91776 (818) 457-2896 Hours: open 7 days 9am - 8pm (Pacific Time (-0800GMT)) [Manga and various anime magazines, books, posters, and calendars]
Beaman Company 43625 Mission Blvd Fremont, CA 94536 (510) 438-0202 (510) 438-0660 - Fax Store Hours: Monday - Saturday 10:00AM to 7:00PM Sunday 11:00AM to 6:00PM Email: Beaman@beaman.com Web: www.beaman.com [Anime & Manga Merchandise]
Books Nippan dba Books Nippan (Nippon Shuppan Hambai, U.S.A., Inc.) 605 West 7th Street Los Angeles, CA 90017 email: nippan@nttca.com http://club.nttca.com/nippan/index.html (213) 891-9636 or (800) 427-6100 (213) 891-9631 - Fax Hours: M-F 10-7; Sat. 11-5; Closed Sun. [Manga and various anime magazines, books, posters, calendars, and CDs. 20% discount to Fan Club members]
Books Nippan dba Books Nippan (Nippon Shuppan Hambai, U.S.A., Inc.) 1123 Dominguez Street, Unit K Carson, CA 90746 nippan@nttca.com http://club.nttca.com/nippan/index.html (213) 604-9702 (Large selection of Anime & manga merchandise. 15% discount to Fan Club members]
Bud Plant Comic Art PO Box 1689 Grass Valley, CA 95945 (800) 242-6642 [Back issues of English translated manga. Small selection of anime/manga books.)
Bun-ka Do 340 East 1st Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 625-0123 [Anime music CDs/tapes/records and LDs. Music section located in 2nd floor - stairs located right side of store entrance.]
Celmates 197 Nutley Ave. Nutley, N.J. 07110 Email: celmates@anime.net WWW: http://celmates.anime.net/ [Cels]
Ed Noonchester, Cel Dealer 962 Cottonwood Dr. Corona, CA (909) 737-4822 [Call only between 6pm-8:30pm Pacific Time] [Anime Cels]
Ebisu Shoten 18926-A Brookhurst Street Fountain Valley, CA 92708 (714) 968-9182 (714) 964-4311 - Fax
Event Horizon 203 Blue Ridge Drive Old Hickory, TN 37138 [Primarily Gundam kits but has some Macross, Orguss, etc. as well as gaming supplies and figures. Catalog available]
Fantasy Animation Box 426 Marlboro, NJ 07746 (800) 863-7775 [Anime Cels]
Formosa Inc DBA Anime Market PO Box 8126 Fort Wayne, Indiana 46898-8126 temail: hwang@mentor.cc.purdue.edu www: http://205.216.9.101/initial2.htm [Carries domestically available Anime at nicely discounted prices. Free catalog available]
Galactic Trade Commission (or just GTC) 10185 Switzer Overland Park, KS 66212 (913) 492-2169 [One of the largest sources of plastic injection anime kits. No "garage kits". Limited stock of some kits makes some of them very, very expensive. Big catalog (12 pages at least) is $3.00]
dba Gameland, Inc. (VISCO Enterprises, Inc.) Attn: Mail Order Dept 23112 Hawthorne Boulevard Torrance, CA 90505-3705 (310) 791-3861 - Retail Tel (310) 791-3864 - Retail Tel (310) 791-3867 - Mailorder Tel (310) 791-3865 - Mailorder Fax gameland@gamelands.com http://www.gamelands.com/ [Buy/sell new/used USA/Japan home video games/systems for Nintendo 64 (N64), Sega Saturn, Sony Playstation, NEC NeoGeo, Panasonic 3DO, Super Famicom (SFC), Super NES (SNES), Game Boy, Sega Genesis, and Game Gear. Mailorder (buy/sell) available within USA.]
Hobbies 2370 Plank Road Fredericksburg, VA 22401 (800) 241-3491 [Models, Domestic Videos, Games,T-shirts, Posters]
Hobby Link Japan http://www.iac.co.jp/~hlj/index.html [Direct from Tokyo, THE on-line location for anime kits & magazines.]
Horizon 912 E. 3rd Street, Suite 101 Los Angeles, CA 90013 (213) 617-0058 (213) 687-0659 - Fax (mailorder for Pony Toy Go-Round) [Models and domestic anime videos]
dba House of Books 2130 Sawtelle Boulevard, Suite 112-A Los Angeles, CA 90025 (310) 914-7827 (310) 914-7828 - Fax (310) 788-8900 - Fax on demand (instructions in Japanese) Hours: open 7 days 10am - 10pm (Pacific Time (-0800GMT)) [Membership required. Sells mostly USED manga. (Price ~Y100:USA$1) Mailorder available within USA. Fax on demand - call to receive current available titles/prices via Fax. (first time callers push 1000 for instructions)]
Inteleg International, INC 821 Aubrey Ave Ardmore PA 19003 (215) 896-8177 (215) 896-1745 - Fax [The official representative of MAC Factory in the United States, stocking the full line of MAC FActory products. Catalog available for SASE]
IPC's Animation Company 19806 N. 4th St. #63 Phoenix, AZ 85024 (602) 581-0125 [Anime Cels, Catalog Available]
Iwase Japanese Bookstore Atlantam, GA (404) 814-0462 [Manga and various anime magazines, books, posters, calendars, and CDs]
Jamano 4600 Bessbourough Montreal, Quebec H4B 2P1 Canada (514) 482-8688 [Models, $1 for catalog]
JAM Inc Route 1, Box 742 Brogue, PA 17309 (800) 851-8309 (717) 927-9787 (717) 927-6538 - Fax [Models, supplies, and discounted videos]
Kimono My House 1424 62nd Street (at Hollis) Emeryville, CA 94608 (510) 654-4627 www: http://www.slip.net/~kimono [Anime paraphernalia. Also have an exclusive line of anime T-shirts]
Kinokuniya Bookstore Costa Mesa Yaohan Plaza 655 Paularino Avenue Costa Mesa, CA 92626 (800) 456-7828 - Orders (714) 434-9986 (714) 434-6861 - Fax Hours: open 7 days 9am - 8pm (Pacific Time (-0800GMT)) [Manga and various anime magazines, books, posters, calendars, and CDs]
Kinokuniya Bookstores of America, Ltd. (San Francisco) Japan Center 1581 Webster St. San Francisco, CA 94115 (415) 567-7625 [Manga and various anime magazines, books, posters, calendars, and CDs]
Kaede Shobo 2147 West 182nd Street Torrance, CA 90504 (310) 324-9892 [Manga and various anime magazines, books, posters, and calendars]
Kinokuniya Bookstores of America, Ltd. (San Jose) San Jose Yaohan 675 Saratoga Ave. (408) 252-1300 [Manga and various anime magazines, books, posters, calendars, and CDs]
Kinokuniya Bookstore 595 River Road, Edgewater, NJ (201) 941-7580 [Manga and various anime magazines, books, posters, calendars, and CDs]
Kinokuniya Bookstore 10 West 49th Street, New York, NY (212) 745-1461/1462 [Manga and various anime magazines, books, posters, calendars, and CDs]
Kinokuniya Bookstore Seattle, WA (206) 587-2477 [Manga and various anime magazines, books, posters, calendars, and CDs]
Kinokuniya Bookstore Weller Court 123 Astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka Street, Suite 205 Los Angeles, CA 90012 (800) 456-7828 - Orders (213) 687-4480 (213) 621-4456 - Fax Hours: open 7 days 10am - 8pm (Pacific Time (-0800GMT)) [Manga and various anime magazines, books, posters, calendars, and CDs]
Laser Craze 33 West Street Boston, MA 02111 (800) 888-6086 - Orders Only (617) 338-9820 - Questions (617) 338-8098 - Fax [Domestic & imported Laser Disks]
Laser Disc San Francisco 2415 Noriega Street San Francisco, CA 94122 (415) 661-3218 [Laser Discs, Compact Discs, Videos, Models,Garage Kits, and other animation products]
Laser Perceptions 1739 Noriega Street San Francisco, CA 94122 (415) 753-2016 Email: lasers@laserperceptions.com Web: http://www.laserperceptions.com [Domestic & imported Laser Disks]
Mailbox Books PO Box 1278 Roslyn, PA 19001 (Anime & Anthropomorphic Publications, Free catalog]
Mikado Japan Center, Kintetsu Building 1737 Post Street San Francisco, CA 94115-3698 (415) 922-9450 [Japanese Laser Disks]
Miniatures and Models c/o Lee Cushing 6184 San Juan St. Forest Park, GA 30050 [Carries a variety of anime kits and publications. Catalog available]
NewType Toys & Hobbies 1531 10th Avenue (at Kirkham) San Francisco, CA 94122 (415) 731-3077 [Model kits. LOTS of model kits. A catalog is available for $2.00]
Nichibei Anime Club P.O. Box 12783 La Jolla, CA 92039-2783 Tel/Fax: (619) 558-8978 (24 hours) email: cels@nichibeianime.com http://www.nichibeianime.com/nichibei/ VISA/MC/AMEX/DISCOVER [Animation cels, drawings, books, toys & collectibles. Email catalog available upon request.]
Nikaku Animart 615 N. 6th St. San Jose, CA 95112 (408) 971-2822 email: nikaku@nikaku.com http://www.nikaku.com/ Closed Mondays [Manga, posters, CDs, LaserDisks, stickers, anime magazines, etc.at reasonable prices]
Nippon Book Co. 114 Japanese Village Plaza Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 617-1966 (213) 617-0407 - Fax [Manga and various anime magazines, books, posters, calendars, and CDs]
Nippon Book Co. 2105 Sawtelle Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90025 (310) 477-8686 (310) 473-4024 - Fax [Limited manga, anime magazines, books, posters, calendars, and CDs. Rents anime videos.]
Paradigm Enterprises 2425 B Channing Way Suite 357 Berkeley, CA 94704 retail: 2438 Durant Avenue Berkeley, CA 94704 email: anime@paradigm-ent.com www: http://www.paradigm-ent.com/ VISA / MC (510) 849-9838 Orders Only: (510) 649-5954 [Compact Discs, Videos, T-Shirts and Toys]
Planet Anime 2435 Times Blvd. Houston, Texas 77005 (713) 523-7122 (713) 523-3574 - Fax email: planet@sam.neosoft.com [Anime only store. Does mail order & special orders. Free shipping]
dba Pony Toy Go-Round (Uchino International, Ltd.) Los Angeles Yaohan 333 South Alameda Street, Suite 205 Los Angeles, CA 90013 (213) 628-1046 (retail store) [Model kits and toys for various anime series, mostly mecha shows]
The Right Stuf P.O. Box 71309 Des Moines, IA 50325-1309 (800) 338-6827 www: http://www.rightstuf.com/ [Sell all Domestically Available Anime and related merchandise]
Sakura Japanese Bookstore Maryland (301) 468-0605 [Manga and various anime magazines, books, posters, calendars, and CDs]
Science Fiction Continuum A division of S&J Productions, Inc P.O. Box 154 Colonia, NJ 07067 (800) 232-6002 [Domestically available anime & SF videos]
Sight & Sound 27 Jones Road Waltham, MA 02154 (617) 894-8633 www: http://www.tiac.net/users/amadeus/sslaser.html [Domestic & imported Laser Disks]
Sounds Of Anime 4075 E. Holt Road Lot 19 Holt, MI 48842 (517) 694-5845 [Carrying Anime CDs, Playing Cards, Wall Scrolls, Gundam Toys, and with the ability to get many other products]
Studio M 247-19th Ave #6 San Francisco, CA 94121-2353 [Current & back issues of Studio Proteus translated manga (Eclipse, Dark Horse & Innovation)]
Swandive Software 5110 E. Placita Cumpas Tucson, AZ 85718 [Domestically Available Anime & SF videos. Discount prices]
Tec Sales P.O. Box 746 Millburn, NJ 07078 (800) 446-7775 (201) 467-1799 - Fax [Anime videos by mail]
dba TUSKINS-games (Video Ark) 14235 Lambert Rd. Whittier, CA 90605 USA (310) 696-9321 (310) 907-4583 - Fax email: tuskins@ix.netcom.com [Anime-related and all video games for Sony PSX,Saturn,SFCOM,MD Sailor-moon, Dragonball Z,Gundam, Ranma...and toys. Accept credit cards, money orders, checks...international orders welcome]
University of California, Irvine alt.ant Bookstore 200 UCI Student Center Irvine, CA 92717-1550 (714) 824-2430 (714) 824-8545 - Fax email: anime@uci.edu www: http://www.book.uci.edu/anime.html [Imported & Domestic Anime CDs, videos, etc]
Viz Shop By Mail PO Box 77010 San Francisco, CA 94107 (415) 546-7073 - ext. 27 (415) 546-7086 - Fax [In addition to selling the entire line of Viz products, they also sell anime products from several of the other anime companies]
Video Online Express 5339 Prospect Road, #336 San Jose, CA 95070 (408) 364-2250 (408) 364-2251 - Fax www: http://www.VideoExpress.com telnet: VideoExpress.com email: manager@VideoExpress.com [VOX is an online video store which currently offers 731 Anime VHS tapes and 173 Anime Laser Discs. VOX accepts VISA/MasterCard, checks from the US, and International Money Orders. They have a Netscape Secure web server and will also accept FAXed credit card information and even phone orders]
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