Anime Stores, Rentals and Theaters?

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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Nashville, TN - Belcourt Theatre

[Medieval]

Down the street from Vanderbilt Uni on Belcourt Avenue.. Besides doing art-film movies and Rocky Horror on Fridays, they also show Anime (Metropolis being their latest..)

Re:My God

[ogre2112]

There are 50 useful responses to the thread, all helpful but yours. If you don't like the thread.. move on.

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.

Toronto, Ontario

[peter_gzowski]

I don't know about New Jersey, but here's what I know about Toronto:

Up until AnimeXtreme opened a store on 315 Spadina Ave. (a block north of Dundas), Suspect Video 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 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. 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.

Hentai

[Chasing Amy]

Well, I think it's clear that "Hentai" is a subgenre of "Anime," though some really snooty anime fans wouldn't admit it. I think it's especially true given the "acceptability" of Hentai anime in its home country, where jokes about it are sometimes found in less explicit anime, where less explicit anime is still often more explicit than U.S. custom would dictate, and where sexuality itself is viewed in a better light.

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+ De ad

http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=2218

http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?name=True+ Lo ve

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