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Anime Stores, Rentals and Theaters?

Posted by Cliff on 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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  1. Anime Search by SpotWeld · · Score: 3, Insightful

    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 is a good spot for this. There con page is here

    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 or a Suncoast store near you. They tend have a pretty decet selection of anime.
    Good luck.

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  2. Pricing Japan Dictated By Laws by EXTomar · · Score: 3, Insightful

    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!