>buying anime

>revealing powerlevel
we've been over this fuccbois

Full of bootleg DVDs

Such is life in South America.

>>83657149
supporting the industry...

>>83657127 (OP)
>local anime stores
Those don't exist in Florida.

>>83657215
Unless you're buying blu-rays from japan it ain't doing jack shit.

There used to be like 3 in colorado now there is only one. I guess anime isnt cool anymore.

>>83657327
how is that?

Why wouldn't i just buy all anime related stuff over the internet?

There is none

>>83657422
Why are americans so lazy?

Boring.

>Buying anime

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>>83657327
You serious?

>>83657411
Anime distributors in the west simply buy licenses to distribute whatever anime they paid for.

The Japanese never see another cent past that.

>>83657422
my store does a lot of cool screenings and fun events so i like to buy from them even if its a little more expensive.

There's a manga store near me that I went to one time. It was awful. The owner was like 300+ pounds and followed me around while I browsed. He also had shit taste.

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>>83657487
Yes, are you retarded?

I don't have one where I live. I live in a backwater town and I fucking hate it. Literally nothing at all over here except drug stores and super markets.

>not buying anime

NEETs, poorfags and normalfags will never be useful to the anime industry.
But that's fine, my body is ready for more 10 years of moe and harem anime.

>>83657489
Good, they don't need it.

>>83657489
but, buy purchasing from the distributors you are helping them so they can buy more titles. And keep anime in retail america...

It's mostly a comic shop and is run by very flamboyant gays.

>>83657543
Sounds like a 4chan user.

>>83657575
So if I bought Nike shoes not from the Nike store, I'm not supporting the Nike brand?

>>83657622
do they have good stuff at least?

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>>83657609
>>83657609
>And keep anime in retail america...

Why would anyone want to do that?

>>83657645
While I don't subscribe to the absolutist BUYING MONEY FROM AMERICAN LICENSORS DOESN'T SUPPORT ANIME, that analogy is blatantly incorrect.

>>83657683
So i dont have to wait 3 months for shipping on something. So i have a place that i can go and talk to other people who like the same stuff as me.
so cons keep happening in america.

>>83657775
Yeah you sound like a faggot, get out.

>>83657667
I haven't been inside of it in a year, but they had a pretty nice selection of manga.

>Anime stores
These exist outside of Japan? Probability says that there's probably some guy who opened a shop here in NYC because "I WANT TO BE A SPECIAL SNOWFLAKE IN THE BIG CITY" but I can't imagine there being a dedicated shop. I remember I saw like half of an aisle in Best Buy dedicated to anime and it's probably still there but anything outside of that? Sounds gay and like it would collapse in a year or less.

Eh, its just a shitty comic book / geek shop that also sells manga/anime.

I had a look though and 90% of the anime is just Naruto or Bleach level stuff and a few movies, its pretty shitty.
The manga section is okay I guess, I picked up a few volumes of Spice and Wolf for a few quid each, and I got the Azumanga Daioh omnibus for a fiver, I've also seen Haganai and Oreimo on the shelves, probably more stuff if I spent the time to look in detail.

Its like 2 doors away from where I work as well so I go in once every month or two just to see if they've got any decent deals on anything.

There was only one local anime store in my area. They rarely ever stocked anything imported, only US licensed releases, and when they did import something, it was absurdly overpriced, like the time they had Slayers Royal selling for $250. The place opened at 1 p.m. and closed at 4 p.m., and the clerks and owner spent all day talking about EVA.
Surprise, surprise, the place went under within half a year.

>>83657645
More like you're buying a different version made by chinese people and sold with Nike's name. And you tell yourself it's an original Nike.

>>83657645
Nike gets paid for every shoe sold either way, you goddamn assburger. It's not comparable at all.

>>83657775
>So i have a place that i can go and talk to other people who like the same stuff as me.
Are you genuinely expecting to meet people with taste or who at least don't watch entry level shit.

>>83657775
>so cons keep happening in america
Why on earth would you want that?

>>83657725
How so? You are implying that buying directly from the source is the only way they get money.

>>83657645
Average anime buyer

>>83657938
It is in this case.

>>83657834
They're not actually that rare. Generally the bigger ones also double as hobby shops and do lots of TCG stuff. They mostly sell the kinds of stuff you'd find at a low-end convention dealer.

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>>83657127 (OP)
Don't have one here.

The stores in Hong Kong are pretty crazy though, really small and literally stacked to the ceiling full of prize figurines, nendoroids and figmas, not to mention the Toys R Us sell Gundam kits.

Their prices are reasonable as well.

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Just buy figures if you want to support the industry, they're still licensed but at least you're getting something of actual value instead of a blu-ray you could just download.
Same with unscanned doujinshi, unscanned manga, light novels.

If the industry isn't selling something that is actually valuable to you, why do you even want to give them your money? It makes no sense. It's like saying
"yes, please feed us more shit, we will gladly lick our fingers clean of it for your sake, nippon-san."

>>83657609
Why the hell would I want to do that?

>>83658009
Really? Is the cost to license a show insignificant to native blu-ray/dvd sales?

>>83657938
They either get less or indirectly get (still less) money. If you want as much of the money to go towards encouraging your shit taste in anime as possible, you're much better off buying from area eleven.

>>83657903

I guess im just lucky then, my anime store doesnt carry a lot of entry level shit. They actually stay on top of new stuff and are very interested in it. Not too mention they get their figures like a week after they come out.

>>83657920
I love conventions. Because i cant afford to go to japan every 3 months.

>>83657938
You make movie. I pay you $20 flat fee to sell movie to nippon. I keep all sales revenue.
Do the people who buy from me support you in any way?

>>83658060
>Hong Kong
Hope you enjoy bootlegs.

>>83658131
Yeah, you had people to sell to, which motivated you to give me 20$

The closest thing around here is family owned comic store, but the inventory is shit.

>>83658213
The point is, the buyers aren't contributing to you at all.

>>83658146

If you aren't fresh then you'll know which is real and fake. Also price scales with quality.

>>83658123
>go to japan
Why would you want to do that?

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I had this one 40 minutes away I used to go to always. They do rentals too so its real easy to burn their dvds. Shame though last time I went was about 2 years ago, about 3/4s of the store was covered with tables for warhammer 40k. I wonder how they're doing these days.

>>83658277
troll

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Good goys, throw away your money on worthless things and support the machine.

>>83657489
>Implying you actually read the licensing agreements.
>Implying studios can't contract to receive a percentage portion of the sales made.

>>83658146
Hong Kong had a massive bootleg purge a long time ago, everything is legit now. At least if you actually visit the stores rather than order it online.

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never returned to my local comic book store after they started selling ponyshit. they did have a big collection of manga, but I never bought any

>letting even a stranger see you having anything to do with animay

shiggydiggydoo

I think i have one mate from a while ago that knows i like anime/mango. To everyone else i am a real human bean.

>>83658123
>I love conventions
/cgl/ pls go

>>83658245
Companies wouldn't license their products like that if it wasn't profitable for them.

>>83658059
I might make a trip to one during the summer just to see if there's anything interesting, then

I was also considering learning MTG because that's popular with the people in my major as a hobby so that might be cool

muh blog

>>83658245
They are, by giving money to you, which makes you give money to me.
Not selling to you would just make me have 20$ less, since it's not like people you sold to were gonna buy from me anyway.

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Only narutards actually go to "anime" stores in america.

>>83658402
But that's wrong.

>>83658486
So you mean all those people buying licensed would order directly from japan if the option didn't exist?

>>83658525
They wouldn't, that still doesn't give japan any money though. Are you some kind of special retard?

>>83658383
>>83658402
They'd make more money and benefit directly if you imported. If you're so keen on supporting the industry, why don't you actually support it?
Your sales don't show up on their charts, it doesn't help them to decide what's made next or factor into a decision on a sequel and once again, even if it sold 500,000 units overseas, they would see only the amount it costs to license it.

It isn't supporting the industry, it's fucking weeb swag. Call it what it is.

>>83658426
>anime stores in america

hurr

>>83658561
Allowing you to sell for a fee gives me more money than not selling at all, how is this not true?

>>83657127 (OP)
walmart
they only have naruto and bleach though

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>>83658060
Same in Taiwan
Hell, there's even an entire FLOOR in a department store dedicated to these things.

>>83658620
and me not buying a BD from funimation gives them the exact same amount of money than if I didn't buy it at all, how is this not true?

>>83658384

MTG is bretty cool. I would never play it or have anything to do with such things in real life but i do enjoy watching it on streams/jewtube. I never imagined a card game could actually be 'playable'.

>>83658604
What's wrong american? You upset because all you fags get is entry levelshit?

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Ignore the random chick.

If I'm honest. It's utter shit. I go maybe once every couple months. Everything is bootleg. I can't even buy legit box sets. (I have yet to find a place in the GTA, but I'm also not looking very hard.)

The place has two redeeming features, this one specific shop has these posters that are all the same size that are printed on nice paper and are dirt cheap.(But it's all entry level shit/old shit so it's hard to find anything decent. For example you'll never find posters for currently airing anime.) On top of that, Walmart near me sells frames the same size for dirt cheap as well.

The other thing is the large amounts of legit gunpla to buy. I'm not into it as much as I used to but they're on par with prices online just without shipping.

Any anons know of better places in Toronto?

Everyone who makes the argument that buying from the people who bought the license don't support the industry are making a huge assumption. They are assuming that the people buying the license are doing so for a flat fee.

What you fail to realize is that it is entirely possible, and in fact very likely, that built into an agreement is the condition that they will receive a portion of the sales made.

This is probably the case because it's difficult to properly value the cost of intellectual property, and by shifting the cost on a per sale basis it allows for less risk for both parties.

My local place is pretty nice. I've scored some good deals on older figures I would have never bought otherwise due to price issues. Not bootlegs either I think they just couldn't sell them for their actual value. Also a good place to grab various anime goods that would otherwise be impossible to find for a reasonable price after a short while, like the AT field umbrella.

Only bad thing they do is markup Touhou stuff a shitload and I still don't understand that since it seems like EVERYONE that sells shit at cons etc does so.

>>83657127 (OP)
None.not a single one in this shit country.

>>83657834
I live in Vancouver, where there's a sizable asian community, and there's a lot of shops that sell anime, manga, books from japan.

I've never seen a single anime store in my country. I'd buy manga and VNs if I didn't have to order them online and pay for a ridiculous shipping and in a different currency.

Never gone.
I dont associate with people who watch anime in the real world

>>83658776
>pacific mall
Dude that place has godtier game and cellphone shops and the bootleg movies were good quality before it all got raided.

>>83659070
Why not? Isn't it lonely having no one to talk to about your hobby?

>>83659100
Yeah dude, I know. I had this fucking sweet Nokia slide phone that I got for pretty cheap way back. I miss the old Pmall. Nothing you can do about it though.

>>83658654
I saw the PG version of that kit when I was in Japan, shit was twice the thickness of my PG Strike Rogue kit.

>>83657184
The idea that allowing anybody to know you enjoy or have seen anime will lead to your social ruin and cause you to have only Naruto-headband wearing spergs as friends is pretty ridiculous. It's really not that weird of a hobby, and casually showing your powerlevel when appropriate and in the right company/context isn't going to hurt you.

They dont exsist near me hell i havent ever met a person in my state that also likes anime of any kind

I used to love my anime store when I was about 12 or 13. The owner was always really friendly and helpful. But as I got older and became more savvy about anime and its merchandise I came to realize that the guy sold nothing but bootlegs. I don't know how to describe how it makes me feel. Like someone telling me santa wasn't real, maybe.

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>>83659333
I agree. I don't get this consensus that everyone's going to shun you. I'm paraphrasing the guy from waifuism and you when I say this. No one gives a shit that you like anime. Unless someone has something out for your or you're a dick, people aren't going to give a shit. Sure, you like imported cartoons. Who gives a fuck. The only thing people are going to think about when they meet you is if you're a nice person or not.

This whole revealing your power level shit is retarded.

"I must pretend to be a normalfag but shun others who show their powerlevel."

Well, why are you depressed about your choices?

It's a small game, comics, and anime merchandise store next to Papa John's that has VGCatz and Least I Could Do print cut-outs plastered all over the windows.

>>83659724
That's actually pretty fucking cool anon. I miss VGCatz... To bad he had a kid.

>>83659771
I have no care for a horsefucker.

>>83659724
>VGCatz and Least I Could Do print cut-outs plastered all over the windows.
Lord have mercy

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bretty gud

Japan still likes Viewtiful Joe?

The only one near me doubles as a movie/CD shop but has a fairly large anime section.

Too bad they charge $40-70 for single seasons of shows.

>>83659959
That's the normal price, anon. Be glad you're not a jap and paying $700 per season.

>>83660020
>Too bad they charge $40-70 for single seasons of shows.
The usual price is not 700 per season, retard.

>>83659177
thats why I have you guys <3

There's two around here, well mostly 1 considering Hastings has more than just manga/anime.

Atomic Pop is the closest one, bought a JP Newtype that had SnO on the front. Haven't been there since.

>>83660067
>posts false info
>calls someone else a retard

>>83659580

He touched you didn't he

>>83658357
>Everything is legit now

I was there last summer and I can tell you you are full of shit. Not even close.

Our local comic book store is also the biggest anime and manga store in the next 100 miles or so.

It sells 30$ figures for 60$ upwards, has no japanese manga, novels or artbooks and cannot order anything japanese for you.

>>83660072
Well that's nice. But I'm serious, having someone to talk to in real life is always nice. It's sort of like Oreimo, It's nice.

>>83660020
You can buy single seasons online for less. Of course some stuff is more expensive than others, but every time I've gone there, I could have bought the same thing online for much, much cheaper.

For example, Freezing was $70. I know that's still a fraction of what the Japs pay, but if I can get anime for cheap here, and a store is selling for way more than it should, high prices in Japan doesn't make it any less retarded.

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>>83658357
>everything is legit now.

I went two months ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBXkHg4ac94

Earth's finest.

My local store has some good prices, and few, if any, bootlegs. Some of the guys that work there are bro tier too. Too bad I'm a betafag.

>>83660286
>>83660193
where did you go?

>>83658776
>>83658776
>>83658776

Posting before I shower and I'll check back after.

Does anyone know where I can buy shit in the GTA? I don't really care how far it is. I'm just tired of having all my anime on a external HD.

There aren't any in the immediate vicinity.

It's pretty shit.

I only bought a revoltech from there because I couldn't find it online.

The guy that owns it is alright, but some of the people that go into that store....holy fuck.

>>83660286
I went 3 months ago and it was legit.

man i live in texas the part that only has comic stores and in those stores we only got like 20 manga series

Don't have any near me, best we've got is a comic shop that sells some manga and some anime dvds, but that's about it. It's alright, the store owner is pretty cool, known him since I was like 5 through my older cousins.

>>83660293
I wish I could buy things from an anime superstore

Anime Stores? I gotta go to Japantown in San Francisco for that. It's fun to make a day trip out of... I'm due for a trip.

>>83660508
Depends on what you want. If you want stuff like claymore and samurai champloo you can get the dvd box set at any hmv for like $20 and movies for like $5. If you want stuff like madoka your gonna have to check some places downtown.

I live in a town full of spics who don't watch anime, so there aren't really any close to me. The one that was like 30 mins away is out of bussinness

>>83660582
>>83660286
>>83658060
>>83658357

Mong Kok or 188 Wan Chai

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>>83657127 (OP)
There's plenty of them in my city. (Bs. As.)
A couple years ago I went into one with some friends and asked for anything they could have related to lucky star, and the clerk answered: lucki tah? nah we don't have lukitah. Instead we walked out with an FMA key chain.

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>>83659911

There's nothing good where I am, but there's also the Japantown in Düsseldorf, so that works.

>>83660899
Never been to Wan Chai because it's central. Mong Kok is legit if you go to to Sino, the other places I can't testify for because they open at like 5pm.

>>83661498
I really hate that they open around 5ish pm since that when everyone start crowding the street and people walk as slow as fuck in Mong Kok

>>83660899
What's 188 Wan Chai actually like?

>>83658654
You talking about that really old department store in the shopping district?

I can't remember for the life of me what it's called, but there's a Coldstone right outside the subway exit.

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>>83658842
> the people buying the license are doing so for a flat fee.

But it is the case for most companies. Here in europe, distributors generally acquire a licence for 2500 to 10000€. Then they add subs and dubs I don't need and make everything they can to have the shittiest image quality before burning their stuff on DVD/BD.

So I prefer to download raws and buy anime goods from amiami, plamoya, etc. I buy like 1200€ worth of anime goods every year, and by doing so probably support the industry more than your localized crap buying ass ever will.

>Leaving your house to buy anything

I hope groceries becomes an online thing soon.

>>83662565
It already is a thing.

>>83663034
Where?

http://www.hammergirlanime.com/

My local comic book shop has a room just for manga, but they only stock arty titles, such as classics, alternative, underground, non-mainstream. They're real manga snobs. In the front of the shop it is all European and indie comics. Superhero stuff is in a room upstairs out of view of the general public.

UK.

Anime is practically dead in stores now. There was a brief period in the 00s when you could find a decent selection on the high street. But now the only thing you can find are Bleach and Naruto DVDs in HMV.

I'm OK with all of this

>>83657127 (OP) There's not a single one in my entire country....

Non-existent.

>>83662565
Amazon fresh here in Seattle is cheaper than the local grocery store for me.

I think Safeway delivers, too.

>>83658776
Downtown has anime extreme, bunch of gunpla mostly.
You can find stuff in the comic book shops around too.

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http://www.animepopshop.com/

When I went to University in Dallas, there was a pretty good shop close buy that I went to. Figs were over-priced as fuck, but sometimes they had ones that were fairly cheap, only around $5 more than AmiAmi once you factored in shipping.

pic related

>dat indoor lens-flare

>>83657609
>And keep anime in Walmart

DBZ & NATURO FOR ALL!!

The place I got to still labels anime as japanimation

Overpriced hipster havens in the city or knockoff asian stalls in Boxhill.

There was one decent store but it closed down. Now they sell chinese "Olympic" prawns.

>>83660508

To be honest, I mostly just use amazon. I wouldn't really bother going to any store because the selection is so much shittier than what I can find online.

In Brisbane Australia there's a lot of JB-JIFI's with anime sections and a few small bookshops that sell manga spread around the place. I wish they didn't charge so damn much though, $60AUD is not an acceptable price for half a season of a show.

At the Sakura Festival a couple days ago, this booth was selling figures in which were all bootlegs. I grinned to myself and walked away.

>you will never work at a doujin store, getting discounts and talking about doijinshi with your work bros

>>83666896
I talk about it with my roommates. Only difference is we don't get paid for it.

I live in Southwest US, as far as I know there isn't anything even remotely similar.

>>83663823
We had a decent selection in our store till it closed. R.I.P HMV.

Forbidden Planet in Glasgow (and to a lesser extent Edinburgh) is pretty god tier though, if only because of that massive shelf of manga. Just looking at it sends shivers down my spine.

♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸❤¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ •.¸¸.•´¯`•.♥.•´¯`•.¸¸.•.♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸❤¸¸.•*­¨*•♫♪
　(◡‿◡✿)　Anime stores are for entry-level weeblords
♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸❤¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ •.¸¸.•´¯`•.♥.•´¯`•.¸¸.•.♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸❤¸¸.•*­¨*•♫♪

>>83667014
All double the price of online and have absorbed the sweat of every dirty weeaboo who flicked through them.

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bookshop
the mangas are next to the children picture books

What Store?

;_;

>Connecticut
>only book store in a 30 minute radius is closing down
>closest good book store is almost an hour away and is for used books
>two comic shops that never have anything good and are pretty much only used for MtG or D&D
>one gigantic comic shop over 40 minutes away that has tons of old manga, old dvds, old wallscrolls, anime osts and even anime laserdiscs

Thank you internet

Kinokuniya is all I need. Figs and what not I'll just buy online.

>comic/anime/gaming store less than a mile from my condo
>never been because town is relatively small and I don't want anyone I see there to recognize me in class
>buying anime/manga

Maybe I should check it out though.

Half Price Books, nigga

Always at least two shelves full and a bunch of anime DVDs, too.

>>83671642
Found two volumes of GTO 14 Days in Shonan and Yozakura Quartet at Half Price; whoever sold these back had shit taste.

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really thinking hard about going to japan this summer just to get loads of loot.

>>83670614

Based Kinokuniya

I had a place called like 'jcorner' or something way back in the day. It sold manga, anime, paraphernalia, clothing, and some other unrelated Japanese stuff. I actually considered working there at some point because I was just outa highschool, needed a job bad, and didn't want to work fast food. However I ended up doing construction and taking classes at night.

Unfortunately it closed after about 2 years after opening. Not only was the store surprisingly big for selling niche merchandise but the customers were awful. Kids would come in and break stuff all the time, then get away with it. Even worse they would read manga on the floor and when the store owner told them to buy or get out they pulled "thats not very polite to customers" and then make it very difficult for him. They would steal small things all the time too like Yugioh cards and fake shurikans.

I don't think there is one, which is weird considering I live right by a huge university.

>>83670614
gotta love that kinokuniya. Also loving that new out-of-stock discount. got some nice titles with nice discounts - just had to wait a week more than normal.

>>83672951
just make sure to plan out where you want to go if you're primary aim is deal hunting. Although it's japan, some places are still price hiked.

also bear in mind that the longer you stay, the more expensive it gets. Transport, food, boarding, and other daily necessities can get pricey near some of the major anime goods hotspots, and expenses can easily reverse whatever money you might have saved on the goods.

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>>83665911

>Anime pop
>Overpriced

This is too damn true.

>>83659648
It isn't about being depressed about personal choices. It's the simple fact that anime has a bad reputation in the west. Just look at how boards outside of /a/ and /jp/ see anything japanese:

>hurrr cartoon porn for pedophiles moeshit for faggots

Getting a bad label for yourself around school/work is going to make life hard for you just because others don't understand or like your hobby. It should also be noted that the idiots that constantly run their mouths about how great anime is are half the reason the hobby has a bad reputation. Even Japanese otaku know to keep their hobby to themselves outside of certain situations and gatherings.

>>83672951
>>83674470
should also add, you need to think about how you plan on getting that stuff back too. Check in luggage and mailing items back can also obliterate savings. Especially if you plan to keep everything inside their boxes

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>>83674668

If you're coming to UNT, I can tell you good luck finding a shop here. You might as well drive back to Dallas on certain occasions.

>>83674657
The only people who judge nerds for liking anime are other nerds, so who cares what they think of you?

>>83657775
>So i dont have to wait 3 months for shipping on something

So instead you would rather have companies like funi sit on licensees for years just get an inferior release?

>>83674738
All we've got is some comics store. To give you an idea, they have a Doctor Who cutout in the front window.

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since you'll never step foot in an animate

>>83674778
Nope. There are just as many other narrow minded normal fags who are quick to lambast things they're not into.

In Minneapolis we have Tomodachi, I've only been there once but they're OK, they have a lot of toys / figures and less anime / manga.

>>83674778
>The only people who judge nerds for liking anime are other nerds

Bullshit.

>so who cares what they think of you?

I don't care, which is even more reason not to talk about anime with someone that doesn't care about it either. There are also some fairly serious labels that can come with being an anime fan. Your career is pretty much dead in the water once people think you are some sort of sexual deviant or pedophile or something else some asshole is likely to blow out of proportion.

Nonexistent. The closest thing to an anime store here is a booth at the fair that sells stuffed things and cosplay gear with Japanese tags. I bought a Minish Cap there.

>>83675150

Please buy me something /a/non.

>all these people in the shots of the animu store
I wish it were this popular in 'murica!

>all shots at waist level
>everyone is in their teens
How horrifying.

>>83674657
it's only bad if you're personally a weird person. If you're not weird about it, then people won't give two shits. If people are treating you differently because you like anime, then it's because you - as an individual - are representing anime inappropriately.

not to blog, but back on my campus, we got a bunch of the greeks into manga. Real greeks too. not paper process orgs. Just don't be weird about that shit. Manga is interesting for a reason.

>>83674973
Pictures don't convey the effort of having to walking the stairs though if you go to Akihabara. Gamers and Animate have like 7 floors each.

>>83675250
I'll attest to it being hell. Fucking kids.

>>83674973
Jokes on you I've already been to Animate faggot.

>>83675230
>You should care what others think

>STOP BEING WEIRD IT ISN'T NORMAL!!!!!

Your own point is contradictory, and you are arguing that someone needs to change themselves fundamentally to fit in instead of just keeping it to themselves, which is plain fucking retarded.

>>83675351
I only had about 2-3 hours to walk around Akihabara. In that time I managed to walk the 5 floors of Kotobukiya, the 7 floors of Animate and Gamers plus other random floors.

It wasn't actually too bad, my legs were a bit stiff the next day but I've had worse.

I don't think i've seen an anime store anywhere near here.
Closest thing to it is the hobby shops I go to. They have shit tier selections on 2 shelves of manga.

Syracuse

>>83675474
The odd thing I see about this shot
>>83675045
Is the surprising number of women, and young one's too.

>>83675397
I think hes arguing that having any obvious inappropriate/weird feelings while talking about animu to normalfags means you shouldn't be talking about it to them since your interests lie outside of the norm.

>>83675585
entire floors for BL.

not shocking at all. fucking yaoi fags

>>83675585
Fujoshi.

>>83675813
Should have figured as much.

>>83675585
There's actually a fair amount of females in Animate and such, but if you go over to Ikebukoro (which is where I stayed on another visit) all the anime shops there are pure BL and filled with fujiyoshi.

>>83675765
It's clearly not, for two reasons:
1: You got the young kids right in front of the camera
2: You can see the stuff that's being sold on that floor isn't BL shit

>>83675832
>>83675813
>>83675765
Last time I was there, they were really hovering around the Magi and HxH section.

Bitches sure love their shounenshit.

My local anime store doesn't sell anime they just have a bunch of autistic college students playing D&D and Warhammer 40K

non-existant.

>>83675071
Tomodachi is shit, we have no good stores in Minneapolis

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>>83675906
Gee I wonder why

I live in upstate New York. No "animooo" stores here.

>>83676060
Manhattan has a few with decent/good selection, although overpriced up the ass.

>>83675397
it's only contradictory if you yourself are a weird person. And being weird isn't being normal. If something is "weird" then it is abnormal - so of course, being "weird" is not being "normal." Thus, if you were normal, you wouldn't be considered weird. Whether or not you choose to stop it, is a personal preference. If you are unable to properly conduct yourself around others or if you are concerned that others may react negatively around you - then yes, adjusting your behavior or properly explaining your interests to them may be something to consider. Either action will convert what is perceived as abnormal to normal.

are you a weird person anon? Do people behave cautiously around you? if so, then I think there's a much more serious concern at hand here than the perceptions associated with anime.

Personally, I believe you may be projecting. In which case, you're being weird. This is probably why people think poorly of you and the activities that you indulge in.

>>83676111
>Manhattan

What part of "upstate" do you not understand?

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>>83676226
Geez, you don't have to be so mean.

>>83676297
as someone who moved upstate, they hate downstate up here.

bunch of dicks

>>83676111
I used to go to Kinokuniya but the last time I went it was gone? Either that or I was at the wrong place. What are some other places around there?

>>83675717
that's actually the exact opposite. I'm saying that you can and should be able to talk about anime and manga to normalfags. It's cartoons and comics. There's nothing deviant about that. What would be deviant however, would be if you were actually indulging in it inappropriately. In which case, you would get the same reaction regardless if your interests were in anime or not.

ie if you were reading Kodomo no Jikan because you enjoyed watching child rin suck dick and told that to the average person, well, you would probably get an adverse response. Not because it is anime, but because of the context. You would get the same adverse reaction if you replaced Kodomo No Jikan with... I dunno, a Disney film or those teenager disney shows.

Now if you were talking about anime because the story itself was interesting, like I dunno, the camaraderie or the romantic elements. Stuff like that, well, normalfags won't give two shits, since the same conversations occur with all other forms of media: literature, film, day time tv, etc.

Bear in mind though, that if the person doesn't watch anime, then it would be like conveying an episode of House or Daily housewive's to someone who hasn't ever watched it. It's the same thing. They prob won't have much interest in it, and you will need to properly convey the context to them so that they can first understand then secondly appreciate.

>>83676549
it got moved to near 42nd St. Bryant Park.

I think it moved a couple years ago. I've forgotten

>>83676723
>immediately go to lolicon
I was talking about Moe/cute girls doing cute things. But I guess that works too.

>>83659185
>PG Denborium
if you'll tell lies just be sure you're in a right place to lie

>>83676855
I don't know if it was a PG or MG or what, all I know is that it was fucking huge.

Never seen one in real life and wouldn't go near it. Barnes & Noble and Amazon to buy my manga is all.Anime is just easier to download that buy and free.

>>83676924
you saw the HG (which is a huge box = to a PG)
if there's a MG it will be in a size of a small Car
PG is a mini bus in size

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Are there any near San Diego County? I haven't seen any around here, didn't think they existed.

>>83677259
No, but there are Japanese supermarkets that sell manga and anime magazines.

>>83658986
>Vancouver
aw shit, someone else went to bookoff
too bad it closed down ;_;

>local anime stores

Don't have those in Australia, mate.

>>83676791
it's not that I immediately went to lolicon. It was actually moreso a struggle.

I was running my head ragged to find something in anime or manga that I've experienced normalfags having an adverse reaction to and there's not much that shocks people these days, besides lolicon.

I suppose if you are a male and brought up animated cute girls doing cute things, then that would probably get an adverse response in general as well, since normalfags appreciate the 3DPD.

just like how people think 3DPD, you probably get people who also thing 2DPD.

in any cause appreciating cute girls doing cute things in anime, would probably be akin to enjoying cute girls doing cute things in Disney films. Which isn't really considered all that strange until the age difference starts coming into play. In which it would be the same response as 30 year olds courting 20 year olds and the like. Not necessarily a strange thing, but perhaps a bit inappropriate if you conduct yourself about it inappropriately.

but yeah, I guess if you were to run up to a normalfag and start talking about how much you enjoy watching cute anime girls doing cute anime things, it would probably be the same as if you ran up to a normalfag and started telling them how much you enjoy watching Wendy from peter pan do cute things as well. You can do it, but you would probably need to lay down some appropriate ground first.

>>83677604
Doesn't Australia have their own Japantowns?

Central Florida here. Animenation used to have a physical store you could visit, though it was tiny as fuck. However, once in a blue moon they'd have a special 'warehouse sale' where you'd get to assault their warehouse for unusual goods.

They closed their physical store years ago, though. The only thing left I know of is a little store in Orlando, which mainly stocks Gundam kits, figures and snacks.

Georgia, United States

Tomato Japanese Grocery (Doraville and Smyrna)
-The Doraville store looks like a hole in the wall, but they have anime for rent, Japanese magazines, very few manga. They mostly sell Japanese goods though (food, toothbrushes, razors, sake, etc.) I've never been to the one in smyrna.

PikaPika - Discover Mills in Lawrenceville - most stuff is of three categories: bootlegs from China, legitimate Japanese goods that were made specifically for Korean consumption (before I shopped here I had no idea that there were Korean and Japanese versions of the same thing), authentic Japanese goods. Customer should be wary.

Forgot the name of the store, but it's also in Discover Mills. Everything there is either a bootleg or a cheaper Korean version of a Japanese good. Japanese cds and dvds are definite bootlegs.

There used to be a bookstore in Doraville next to Super H mart but they unfortunately closed down. It looked very nice.

>>83677729
I think there's a place at the Mall of Georgia that sells anime but I'm not sure. I know a comic shop at a mall in Lithonia used to sell figures but they closed down.

>>83657489
That's just a flat out lie. Anime licensors pay an advance and once they make a certain amount of profit to cover that advance they begin paying royalties to the licensee. Seriously, have you read anything on the matter?

>>83658060
You know, i feel kind of retarded that i never actually went and bought figmas or nendos even though i've been to HK so many fucking times.

next time when i go back i'm gonna go full fucking weab>>83660899
>wan chai
living in shek o is suffering

http://animefix.com/

I dunno, you tell me.

If I can't find a box set at an HMV then I'll go to the local anime shops for harder-to-find stuff, and other merch like wall scrolls or figures. But damn they markup the prices at the local stores.

I don't think I have any local anime stores though I haven't thoroughly investigated.

New Haven County Connecticut here. I guess most people in CT have a pretty low powerlevel.

>>83678008
>But damn they markup the prices at the local stores.

I hate this so fucking much.

A 680 yen magazine suddenly costs 17.00 usd. Wtf?

>>83658986
name 5

>>83678113
I know man, like $20 movies or $40 box sets at big box stores are suddenly like $60 or $100 at the local shops

>>83660082
Hastings?