04 European Anime Distributors
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This article is from the Anime Resources FAQ, by Steve Pearl with numerous contributions by others.
04 European Anime Distributors
GERMANY
Laser Eye Land
Mittenwalderstrasse 12
10961 Berlin
GERMANY
Germany / 30 / 694 78 49
shop's business hours: mo - fr: 12.00 - 6.30pm
but thursday: 12.00 - 8.00pm
saturday: 10.00am - 6.00pm
nearest subway station - Gneisenaustrasse (2min. to walk)
(NTSC-import disks from the US, Japan and Hongkong, much cheaper than any other source in Berlin, shipping all over Europe, no credit cards, only eurocheques and money-orders, catalog/list available) I got word from one of the owners that IF they receive 100 requests for anime laserdiscs they will start importing 'dangerous amounts of anime' in the near future, so just keep pestering them!
A.C.O.G. - Anime Connection Of Germany
Postfach 69
56239 Selters / WW.
GERMANY
Tel.: 02626/8658 & 1320
Fax.: 02626/1281
mo - fr: 10.00 - 19.00pm
sa: 11.00 - 14.30pm
They carry much stuff (CD,LD,VHS,garage-kits,vinyl,posters,sets,...)
UNITED KINGDOM
Anime FX Magazine 70 Mortimer Street London W1N 7DF England Phone: (0171) 637 2587. email: 100041.135@compuserve.com WWW: http://www.pavilion.co.uk/ashdown
This service is pretty much in the beginning stages now, so they don't have all that much in stock (yet). However, they DO offer a 'search service' and will try to get whatever you ask for.
Books Nippon 64/66 St. Paul's Churchyard London EC4M 8AA England Tel: (071) 248 4956 Japanese magazines, books, stationary, gifts, etc.
Cannon & Co. 18 Newport Place London WC2 England Tel: (071) 437 7157
A range of anime videos in PAL, going for stlg18 a time. Although the language is Chinese (!), they do have a good range that's growing all the time. Titles available include: Cityhunter, Project A-Ko and Macross: Do you remember love?
Comet Miniatures 46-48 Lavender Hill London SW11 5RH England Tel: (071) 228 3702
Kits, toys, models (not just anime-related). Wholesaler to Forbidden Planet so the same stuff is cheaper at Comet.
Forbidden Planet 71 New Oxford Street London WC1A 1DG England Tel: (071) 497 2150
Comics (manga both in English and Japanese), T-Shirts, kits, toys. High prices.
Japan Centre. Picadilly Circus. London. Tel. 071 439 8035. Nearest Tube: Picadilly.
Japanese magazines, stationary, food, travel, video hire.
Sheffield Space Centre 33 The Wicker Sheffield S3 8HS England Tel: (0114) 275 8905 Fax: (0114) 249 3238
Small, fluctuating but interesting anime stock (one of the few places in Europe you can get Animag without subscribing). Write for mailing lists (SAE). Despite high S&H-charges (40% of total value outside the UK) - Recommended!
Anime Projects 19 High Street Bangor Gwynedd LL57 1NP UK Tel: (01248) 370044 email: animeprojects@cix.compulink.co.uk
Anime Projects is a new company, currently releasing AnimEigo's anime on PAL.
Manga Entertainment Ltd 40 St. Peter's Road London W6 9BD England Tel: (0181) 748 9000 Fax: (0181) 748 0841
Manga Entertainment Ltd produces and releases high-quality dubbed anime under the label Manga Video. You cannot order videos directly from them, but you can write to them and 'make wishes' (addressed to Laurence Guinness at the Manga Entertainment Ltd address).
Mailed Music & Video 15-16 Thomas Street Chepstow Gwent NP6 5DH UK
(Anime, manga graphic novels, CDs, various merchandise.)
Other UK anime video labels which are still active, other than those mentioned above (Manga Entertainment Ltd., Anime Projects, and Anime UK):
East2West Films 32 Leighton Road Kentish Town London NW5 2QE UK Kiseki Films Ltd. Unit 5/6 Parkside Ravenscourt Park Hammersmith London W6 0UU UK Pioneer LDCE, Ltd. Pioneer House Hollybush Hill, Stoke Poges Slough SL2 4QP UK Western Connection Suite 18 37 Westbourne Terrace London W2 3UR UK
FRANCE:
A more complete list may be found at http://www2.int-evry.fr/~allais/Bout_province.html and http://www2.int-evry.fr/~allais/Boutique.html
Librairie JUNKU (This address may have changed!) 262, Rue Saint Honore 75001 PARIS FRANCE
It's a Japanese library. Not limited to Manga that is. There's a level dedicated to it. They do Mail Order. ask for a list with a SASE. They sell: Mangas, CD, Posters, Audio-tapes, Video-Tapes. NB: there's NO translated manga or translated magazines. Only original ones.
DEESSE
8, Rue Cochin 75005 PARIS FRANCE
They do mail order. same as above.
They sell : Mangas, Kits, Toys...they buy directly in Japan. All Japanese Magazines : Animage, Hobby Japan, Animedia, New-Type, B-Club, New Video. US Magazines : Animag, Animenominous, Protoculture Addict. French Fanzins : Mangazone, AnimeLand, Startoys.
MADOKA 25, rue Faidherbe 75011 PARIS FRANCE
Mail order too. Goods, Art-Books, Mangas, CD, Garage Kits, Models...
Librairie TONKAM 29, rue Keller 75011 PARIS FRANCE
THE anime shop in Paris! all what you ever dreamed about :) Goods, Posters, Tee-shirts, LD, CD, Video-tapes, Manga, Magazines
GEGE LE CHINOIS 26, rue des trois mages 13006 Marseille
Mangas, CD, Kits...
Librairie TOUTENCARTOON 45, rue Peyrollieres 31000 TOULOUSE
Same as above : Mangas, CD, Posters...
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