Buyer's Guide to Anime/Manga/Etc. (plus SALES updates)
 

OK, I was thinking, anime and manga ain't cheap, so I though we should have a page for those who are looking to buy and need some help looking! And please make suggestions on sites, have a thorough description of the site, weather it has HK(R0) or Perfect(R1) or what ever kind of DVDs. And make sure to give out where you got some of the stuff in your stash if it isn't listed!

SALES!

• Right Stuf: : Rightstuf's Weekly Special
• Rober's Anime Corner Store(sales page): Different Specials
• Anime Castle: Flood Sale :Anime Castle Weekly Sale

DVD(R1) Sites: here are some good places to start looking.

• Rober's Anime Corner Store: Always has something on sale, but no major cleaning house sales.
• Right Stuf International: Great deals all the time, randomly has up to 40% off different companies.
• Viz Store: Well, they only carry their own stuff, but its cheaper there than at the Sam goody and what not.
• ANIMEniacs:Has both import and R1 DVDs, be careful of what you buy here!
• The C&L Internet Club GOOD DVD PLACE FOR CANADIANS!
• ADV films: They got all their DVDs and a few more live actions shows from the Scfi channel.
• Anime Castle: Good Selection of DVDs of all types

Manga Sites:Where you should go to pick up your manga!

• Rober's Anime Corner Store: Has a lot of manga in their store too!
• Right Stuf International:They have a lot of manga and novels
• Viz Store: Well, they only carry their own stuff, but it is cheaper than B&N or Borders
• ANIMEniacs:Has art books, manga, Novels, and a few(very few) import mangas.
• The C&L Internet Club: A PLACE FOR CANADIANS to get Manga!
• ADV films: They got all their own manga up here.
• Anime Castle: a big selection of books, from manga, to novels, mags, ets.

Merchandise Sites: Apparel, figures, you name it, you can find in at one of these!

• Rober's Anime Corner Store: They have it ALL!
• Right Stuf International:If it exists probably they have it!
• ANIMEniacs: Toys, food, apparel, cards and games
• Sun Devil DVD: Toys, action figures, models
• Discount Anime DVD:They have a lot of diffirent stuff, browse around!
• Viz Store: Apparel
• ADV films: They got a little bit of everything but modles
• HobbyLink Japan: Lots of different merch stuff, Figures, modles, apparal, they got some of everything. Based in Japan.(thank to CLOudkiller)
• Hobby Search: Garage kits, figures, modles. Based in Japan. (thank to CLOudkiller)
• Anime Castle: Apparel, Games, snacks, models, the works!

Places to ALWAYS CHECK!

• Deep Discount DVD: Nothing special for anime, but they have some very good prices.
• Price Grabbers: Nifty little site searcher that will search different online stores and bring you the results, tells you taxes and shipping that apply.
• Biz Rate: same as Price Grabbers, but they search some different websites
• Amazon: I know everybody knows of this, but some times they have REALLY good deals on DVDs, so you should always check here.

And for the general info seekers check out:

• Anime News Network: for reviews, DVD status, and information on just about anything anime you want to know about.
• AnimeNFO: Good place for anime descriptions and reviews.
• AniDB.net: Great place for anime descriptions and reviews.

disclaimer:I nor is GFF associated with any of these groups/companies. I/we have compiled this list in order to help people that might be having trouble get the anime they want and not having to pay MSRP to do so. We promote buying the legal copy of an anime when ever possible.

You're in one hell of a role, arent you ? ;p But this seems like a good idea. Im tired of getting stuff from ebay. Its the only place where im able to get stuff u.u.

edit: this has to be another good site i believe.

http://www.discountanimedvd.com/

Kinda, but any mod can edit the page if s/he knows somthing that i don't so it shouldnt be hard(and i kinda hope they do!) , i check the sale sites at least once a week, so as long as i remeber that i have this, i can always update it in like 10 seconds :). And about DDD, i already have that in the always check part :3

Amazon.com and .ca ALWAYS give a 30% discount on pre-orders. I get all of my R1 anime from there. They also have amazing specials from time to time. E.g. Now and Then, Here and There box set - I paid $25 CDN.

Ah i see. but the one up there says Deep Discount and its different from the one i posted. Its all animes not stuff in general.

:-x you posted the ANIME dvd one ;p it is another one of those mixers that i have, but more is better right?

I guess. At least now you saved me the trouble in looking for them ;p. In topic related news,the first volume of Air Gear comes out the 25th of July while D.Grayman vol 2 comes out August.


Those are the only 2 I'm looking forward to. Im collecting Death Note but i read the whole thing already so.. .

Discount Anime DVD.com has two sales going on at the moment. 25% of ADV and 40% of Bandai. It's right there on the home page. :)

Thank you for that, but ONTOP OF THAT, they are also having a Geneon and Hentai sale :3

I haven't tried any of the store but for books, animeboostore.com is not too bad. they had some good cg

Double Post:
what's the best store for figure regarding price/and shipping?

I have to say the best online store for buying anime would be Media Cavern. They have some of the best discounts on individual DVD's and box sets I've ever seen. Be sure to check it out.

Holy shit. They have the NGE 10th Anniversary Edition for $150!!! Thats $100 off the original price. They even accept PayPal.

Although, it sucks that they don't have manga, wallscrolls, posters, calendars, food, or figures.

Thanks for the site Synth.

Thank you Synthi, updating now ^^

Manga int. sale going on at www.rightstuf.com meaning you can get Ghost in the Shell for 40% off! also discount anime dvd is having a to 65% off ALMOST EVERYTHING! the stuff the havin in stock and on that list is being liquidated from their inventory and has to go! pic up dvds for $5.99 in some cases! go check out the sales seccion. Im not oging to post when every sale is, you are going ot have to keep yourselves updated, i will update the first post when i see one

Media Cavern is currently holding a limited time Super Anime Sale,

They have got some great individual titles for some great prices. Check it out before it ends.

Media Cavern's Super Anime Sale!!

I didn't see it here (but my eyes are bad...), but alphacraze.com is a INSANE cheap way to get manga. I think they sell anime too, but I'm not sure.

They sell new manga that's like $4-6 dollars cheaper than what you would get from the bookstore or another online company. The best deal with them though, is that their shipping is fuckin' ridiculous. I just bought like $75 dollars worth of manga (13 books) through them, and my shipping?

$3.49

Yeah. It's insane. Although, now that they have their website up, the price went up a whole lot! Still, it beats the competition any day~

The actual process of getting the books is a little tricky. You have to get the ISBN number of the item you want, put it in shopping.yahoo.com, and then click the button that'll say "order from alphacraze.com." Kinda tedious, but totally worth the hassle, if you ask me.

for those of you that are CCS lovers, here is somthing that might be hard to pass up
http://www.rightstuf.com/cgi-bin/cat.../71260/4/153/0
ALL of the series, ALL 18 dvds for 80 USD! HOLY SHIT! anyway...just thought i would elt you know
Im not guna be updating the sales for every single Christmas sale so just look for yourself...this is just somthing thta was one of those hard to pass up things

And for all of those of you who was about to spend $45 for the limited edition releases of EACH of the seven volumes of GITS: SAC 1st season (that's over $300 mind you), why not try to pick it up for a low low price of only $55 at rightstuf for the full season? Sale ends next week, December 21st, I believe.

http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6.../71237/4/153/0

Anime Castle is actually pretty good. Has a wide array of stuff to. RIght now they have a Free Shipping thin going on.

here's another one... HUGE selection... average pricing (in CAD$)...

but when they have a sale... it's HUGE!... the whole stock goes for cheap...
might not be as noticable for US customers as it's generally cheaper in the US than in Canada

GREAT for Canadians who want to avoid that ridiculous duty...

www.thecnl.com

Thanks for the tip! I just added it to the list now we have a place where you crazy Canadians can buy stuff cheap now :P

I got quite a few for ya:
Got these info from hongfire.com

HK

Merchandise

http://www.snowsakura.com.hk/ -
A store specializing in mostly anime/game/manga figures. This shop is based in Hong Kong, I'm not sure if they Bootlegged or not, but my friends who happens to be a legit fanatic(one who makes sure they're legit/official figures) bought a few from them and said theyre not half-bad, fast shipping. Accepts Paypal only.

Merchandise
www.hlj.com - Based in Japan. Carries a lot of stuff, models, R/Cs, gundams, dolls, pre-painted figures, resin figures, books/magazines, etc. Their price tends to be a bit higher than Hobby Search (see below) and shipping is slightly higher too. Their web site design is great, their English is very good. So even though they are based in Japan communication is not a problem. Also they offer SAL Surface Air Lift shipping as well as EMS shipping. SAL is much cheaper than EMS but packages sometimes may or may not get the best treatment depend on the postal services. And also SAL take longer to arrive at the destination. EMS on the other hand is more expensive but does offer insurance and tracking. Packages generally gets better treatment. HobbyLink Japan carries reasonable stocks and hot item restock has indicators of when to expect a restock. For pre-order, HobbyLink Japan will not charge your credit card until the item is ready to be shipped out. And due to the time lage of credit card processing, you might not see it until even your next credit card statement. HobbyLink also takes PayPal if you don't have a credit card or do not want to give out your credit card information.

www.1999.co.jp/eng - Based in Japan. They carries models, gundams, figures dolls, and books/magazines. They are generally a bit cheaper on price as well as shipping than HobbyLink Japan. They have a point system which gives you a equivalent of 5% discount on the next purchase (or you can save the points for later purchases). Their English is not that great, but I've learned to understand them okay. They only offer EMS shipping now. So for those wants to use SAL to save shipping they are obviously no longer an option. They don't have that much stocks, so many of the popular items will just get sold out. They do restock some items but then you have to watch out for it. They are perfect if you pre-order and want to use EMS as shipping method. For pre-order, Hobby Search will not charge your credit card until the item is ready to be shipped out. And due to the time lage of credit card processing, you might not see it until even your next credit card statement.


HK Merchandise
www.e2046.com
Based in Hong Kong. A good source for recast resin kits as well as tools/supplies for building models. Their web site does offer a lot of pictures of their products including pieces from the recast resin kits. Judging from those photos of the resin pieces, they are pretty good but since I never purchased resin kits from them I can't tell for sure. Of course being recast kits you can expect the usual excessive flashing on the parts as well as some fitting issues. They offer some pre-painted models. Their new Gathering series is a collection of high quality pre-painted resin figures. The build and paint on the gathering series of pre-painted model is worth every penny. They offer the regular Hong Kong Post and EMS as the shipping options and shipping cost is very reasonable consider they have to ship out of Hong Kong. They have a forum so you can check out what others are saying about them.


www.Hobbyfan.com - Based in USA. Even though HobbyFan carries a bit more stuff now, they are still just mainly good for resin models as well as tools/supplies for model building. They do offer pre-painted resin models and now have a painting service that can paint/assemble just about any model for you (through a 3rd party model builder). They now also offer some PVC and gashaphon figure. Their resin figures are of course recasts, but for the times I purchased from them, their recasts are done quiet well, not a lot of excessive flashing. Of course being a recast, you can expect some flashing, and some minor fitting problem. The resin material used in the casting is good quality white resin. So compare to original kits (which typically would cost you quiet a few times more) the money you saved vs the extra work you have to put is is reasonably justified. Besides, it's quiet hard to get original garage kits. There's only that many options plus Yahoo Japan auction.


These are mostly figure based site, but if you really want those figures, these sites a must look.

A quick note about AC, the only stuff I have ever bought from them were music CDs so I have no idea if any of their other items are as well, but the few times I shopped for CDs there they were nearly all bootlegs. That said, the few orders I placed went smoothly. The whole issue with them is more with each person's own feeling on boots, not their customer service. If you don't mind non-legit, they are a good source for such CDs! Myself, anymore I stick with Play-Asia, YesAsia and CDJapan for imports and CDUniverse, Amazon, RightStuf and Robert's Anime Corner Store for domestic CDs... :)

Of special note:

There's quite a deal going on over at YesAsia currently for those who like the anime, Gunbuster. The OOP 3CD complete OST is currently available somehow. They must have found extra copies or it was just repressed, though I found it nowhere else. Either way, it was a great find in my view since I had just ordered the single volume 2 CD available at CDJapan and still had time to cancel said order. ;)

Anyway, here's the link for those who might be interested in a copy...

http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.asp...id-1003258802/

I should also add that DeepDiscount is having their annual sale where you can get 20% off your order. The sale lasts for two weeks until June 17 (I think). The prices of a few boxed sets over there are low to begin with and getting that 20% discount makes it even better.

Use the code: DVDTALK to activate the discount.

Time for me to nab Infinite Ryvius, PlanetES, and Tylor, with the last one just to make Acer happy.

Nice discount. I think I'll go and nab the rest of the Guu dvds that I'm missing. And you'll be making yourself happy with Tylor. So god damn good.

Additional Spam:
http://www.axelmusic.com/index.php

has some good sales as well - check 'em out

Hey all, just giving out a heads-up to those who want to save mucho greenbacks; go to rightstuf.com before the 28th of this month and you can get either 10 CDs, DVDs or UMDs of Geneon titles for $50. Or better yet, 25 of the same for $100...

It's part of their "Geneon Bountiful Bargains REMIX - 10 for $50 OR 25 for $100" deal. Below is a link to the titles to choose from and here's a quote from the site as well.

http://www.rightstuf.com/cgi-bin/cat.../desc/asc/50/1

Do you have any recommendations out of that list?

I'm getting the rest of Heat Guy J because I started on that series a while back but the rest of the DVDs have been out of stores for the longest time. Also, I'm finishing up my Lain and Paranoia Agent collections.

There's just too much to choose from otherwise.

I'm thinking the best value would be 4-DVD series (so, 20 bucks). Once you get up to 7/8-DVD series, that becomes about 35/40 dollars, which is still a deal, but more along the lines of how much anime is at Best Buy.

EDIT:

Okay, this is what I've got (25 selected):

Akira DVD (Hyb) Deluxe Edition
Armitage III: Polymatrix/Dual Matrix DVD Set
Bottle Fairy DVD 1 (Hyb): Spring & Summer
Bottle Fairy DVD 2 (Hyb): Autumn & Winter
Fafner DVD 1 (Hyb): Arcadian Project + Artbox (Limited)
" 2
" 3
" 4
" 5
" 6
" 7
Haibane Renmei DVD 1 (Hyb): New Feather
" 2
" 3
" 4
Heat Guy J DVD 1 (Hyb): Super Android w/Artbox (LIMITED EDITION) (for the box)
" 4
" 5
" 6
" 7
Lain, Serial Experiments DVD 3 (Hyb): Deus - Geneon Signature Series
Lain, Serial Experiments DVD 4 (Hyb): Reset - Geneon Signature Series
Paranoia Agent DVD 2 (Hyb): True Believers
" 3
" 4

This is a great deal!

The only bad thing about it (aside from RightStuf's stock being critically low for certain items) is that not all Geneon products are eligible for the deal (WHY NO KAMICHU).

But otherwise, yeah. I told some people the other day and they promptly dropped about $500 on it. Riches!

Yeah, I hear ya. Went for Last Exile but they ran out of volume 1 with the box and volume 5. Decided to go get those two at axelmusic again since that place is pretty cool about having boxes and limited edition stuff. I also got all of Heat Guy J, Mao-chan, Sol Bianca, Gregory Horror Show, Moldiver, Patlabor Movie 3: WXIII, and Akira Deluxe Edition. That's some mega dvdage! 700 bucks of merchandise for 100 dollars. Even my raped wallet thinks that was pretty swell. So I decided to go order a 1 TB Hitachi harddrive for 400 bucks and then it was like well that's a great deal but ouch mah butt!

Well, I tell ya one thing, they're taking a bit of time to charge me / ship. I haven't gotten anything past the order confirmation e-mail.

Here's hoping everything's going smoothly.

The item I was really hoping for was the ROD TV volume 7 + box + figurine, and amazingly enough they actually restocked. I bought that up in a frenzy (along with the rest of the series) and Starship Operators, so I'm pretty satisfied.

I've heard that they tend to take a while to ship out orders from these special promotions, which can make sense. Considering the bulk of people are ordering in packages of 10 or 25 DVDs, I imagine it takes a while to get everything ready... The thing that confused me was that they didn't even seem to have the DVDs on hand. If you go to RightStuf's page and click on 'where's my stuff' at the top, you can check the status of your order. Curiously, only the rarest item on my list (the ROD TV v7 + box + figurine) is listed as "order has been received" -- everything else is listed as "on order from manufacturer."

RightStuf is a reputable company, anyway, so I'm not worried about not receiving the products. Besides, it was an absolute steal no matter what you got. I'd be okay with waiting a few weeks.

I need to finish up some series that arent complete when I totally stopped buying anime DVDs two years ago. Thanks for the info

Ack, I just checked that.

Just about half are "reserved for your order," the other half are "on order from manufacturer."

Weird, considering they had so many in stock (when I first ordered back on June 6th). They must have had a lot more people buying even in the first few days to liquidate so much stock. Unless of course, they had that many "in stock," just not sitting in their regular warehouse. Who knows.

Yeah, it's weird. Considering that they display the amount of stock they had (there were around 280 or so of the DVDs I wanted) I figured it'd be no big deal, but I guess when they're moving about so much stock it gets to be bothersome.

Here's hoping everything gets shipped out just fine. I always get anxious to receive stuff when I buy online. :(

EDIT: Owned by RightStuf. The status on ROD TV vol7 box + figurine has been changed to "reserved for your order," which changed my entire order to "All backordered." :(

Yeah, I was going to get Ergo Proxy's soundtrack, but it wasn't until I kept getting an error that I figured out it wasn't eligible. That said, I already think $10 for a new CD isn't that bad either. Will just buy it later on, or during their next sale that I use to catch up on these OSTs... ;)

I am assuming it is, they usually take a few days at the very least even when there isn't a sale going on... ;)

As for being charged, I usually notice the charge a few days after the stuff is shipped.

Yeah, they are great and are always offering something worth buying that is on sale. In this case, they are just busy I guess, plus I got the following email response from them in regards to why mine hasn't shipped at least, considering they are listed as "All backordered" as well but are still listed in stock on the item's page...

Shouldn't be much longer, though with the amount of music, I can wait! :D

I helped myself to the lot of the Lupin discs (12 DVD's but in reality, it's the only thing in the pile I'll watch), but I also finished off my Mini Goddess (3 DVD's), Star Ocean EX (2) and Tokyo Underground (4) sets and dug into Starship Operators (3) and picked up Moldiver after all these years of putting it off. I got mine in pretty early (most discs were around the 600+ mark), so here's hoping. I "Saved" like $630...Which goes to show how overpriced a lot of this stuff is.

Im sorta new to the right stuff site. I chose a shitload of dvds ( in the geneon remix list of course) and it doesn't say 50 bucks O.o. Anyone know why?

When you're paying it'll ask you for a coupon code. You need to put in REMIX10 or REMIX25 depending on what you're getting.

Alright good sir. Well then here's the list I've picked out. I wish they weren't out of the 3rd vol of Tsukihime but what can you do. I chose to get 25 dvds. a buck and 2 zeros isn't that much these days..

Armitage III: Polymatrix/Dual Matrix DVD Set 1 $0.00
Chobits DVD 1 (Hyb): Persocom 1 $0.00
Chobits DVD 2 (Hyb): The Empty City 1 $0.00
Chobits DVD 3 (Hyb): Darkness Descends 1 $0.00
Chobits DVD 4 (Hyb): Love Defined 1 $0.00
Chobits DVD 5 (Hyb): Disappearance 1 $0.00
Chobits DVD 6 (Hyb): My Only Person 1 $0.00
Chobits DVD 7 (Hyb): Chat Room 1 $0.00
geneonsale25 Geneon Special Promo: 25 for $100 offer (*) 1 $100.00
Haibane Renmei DVD 1 (Hyb): New Feather 1 $0.00
Haibane Renmei DVD 2 (Hyb): Wings of Sorrow 1 $0.00
Haibane Renmei DVD 3 (Hyb): Bird of Freedom 1 $0.00
Haibane Renmei DVD 4 (Hyb): Day of Flight 1 $0.00
Heat Guy J DVD 1 (Hyb): Super Android w/Artbox (LIMITED EDITION) 1 $0.00
Heat Guy J DVD 2 (Hyb): Vampire's Ambition 1 $0.00
Heat Guy J DVD 3 (Hyb): Sins of the City 1 $0.00
Heat Guy J DVD 4 (Hyb): Hidden Fangs 1 $0.00
Heat Guy J DVD 5 (Hyb): Haunted Past 1 $0.00
Heat Guy J DVD 6 (Hyb): Urban Corruption 1 $0.00
Heat Guy J DVD 7 (Hyb): Revolution 1 $0.00
Mahoromatic 2: Something More Beautiful DVD 1 (Hyb): Maid in Training 1 $0.00
Mahoromatic 2: Something More Beautiful DVD 2 (Hyb): Hectic Holidays 1 $0.00
Mahoromatic 2: Something More Beautiful DVD 3 (Hyb): All Good Things.. 1 $0.00
Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden DVD 1 (Hyb): Combat Maid 1 $0.00
Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden DVD 2 (Hyb): Haunting Past 1 $0.00
Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden DVD 3 (Hyb): A Warrior's Fate

Not so bad.. I always wanted to finish off the first season of Mahoro and now i can check out the 2nd season. Something tells me that I'm going to regret choosing Chobits over Trigun.

So, I take it I am the only one who went for CDs over DVDs, eh? Being a less amount of savings over what the DVDs would offer notwithstanding ;)

Oh well, here's what I picked up:



I should be getting it any day now. Though, it'll most likely take me all Summer to go through it all. Not that I am complaining... :D

Anyway, here's hoping another deal like this happens before the year is over. I definitely wouldn't mind picking up DVDs next time around regardless.

I didn't get any CDs because I've heard some negative things about US-released CDs. Something like how the quality is inferior to the original Japanese discs, or something? If you could confirm/deny that when you get your shipment, that'd be pretty interesting.

Also, US releases seem to lack the same extras as the Japanese ones (though they do cost a lot less). I am a sucker for the obi and first press goodies.

Those are nothing but old wives' tales.

The quality of of a Japanese CD // DVD is no different than the American counterpart. The only reason it would be different would be if they used a different source or tried to compress more. Some American releases are better than Japanese releases because they rip out extras, and some are worse because although they take out extras they try to cram more stuff into the media.

For CDs though those are pretty much untouched. They just lack first press bonus stuff, and sometimes the booklet inserts might have less detail. If you're obsessive over that sort of thing then yeah the import would be better.

Although I guess if they used a different media, like maybe a gold cd instead of a silver cd, then quality could suffer. But that's unlikely and you wouldn't notice it for quite some time.

I've been unfortunate enough to possess both Japanese and American releases of some things, so I've done my fair share of testing.

I've ordered from Rightstuf over half a dozen times, and they do take their time, but for sure, they do fulfil their promises. Furthermore, during the original Geneon sale in Sept 2006, I did order the 25 deal and one of the DVDs was flawed quite a bit, it was Fushigi Yugi disc 3, which I didn't get around to watching until January this year. I emailed them asking if I could get an exchange, since it skipped all over like hell, despite the return period only being 21 days. I believe it was a fellow named Brandon that agreed to exchange it, since it was from a large order and all.

As for the most current one, I would have done the $100 deal, but I already ordered the Platinum NG Evangelion set (bricks with artbox, not thinpak) for about $60 USD ontop of other things - Kaleido Star Complete Thin Pak and something else I forgot, so I've already dropped $160 USD, so this time I only did the $50 deal.

Ordered:

Chobits DVD 1 to 7 and Starship Operators DVD 1 to 3, for a total of ten items.

I've received numerous e-mails about how both these orders are still on backorder, but then I'm not too worried, their backlog must be up the wazoo amongst thousands of orders.

And Saka, I’ve ordered the Haibane Renmei OST from them during the last sale, and the quality seems on par to the OST that I torrented way back from the Japanese OST, I believe, but normally I wouldn’t buy OSTs anyways. It’s just unneeded extra costs ontop of buying retail anime. I ordered it mainly to fill the 1 item gap to reach 25 and I loved the music :3.

In short, RS is probably the best course of action for Canadians to get their anime fix especially during the period where our CDN dollar is almost at par with the Greenback, as anime from brick and mortar shops here charge up the ass, usually $29.99 to $39.99 PER DVD. I don’t know how it’s like in the US, as I really haven’t shopped for anime there in their stores. The only added costs are the customs fees that usually are about $20.00 payable at the post office should your order be around the $100 - $150 USD range, at least from what I’ve experienced from my previous orders.

It's funny, if my bank account info is any indication, they haven't charged me yet, even though the order shipped last Thursday...

It might have something to do with my bank, but Rightstuf orders always take a few days to show up, though other orders elsewhere can show up within minutes of placing an order or at least by the time it ships. Not too bad however, since CDJapan orders can take 2-4 weeks for the charge to appear! ;)

Actually, I have been buying such domestic anime and game CDs since JVC was one of the first to do so mainstream back during 1990 with Akira...

Except for the Onimusha domestic CD, Sounds of Onimusha, I have never noticed anything very much different as related to the mastering/sound. In that case, it might have been a pressing error since no one, in reviews, or those that I have talked with about it noticed the same digital errors that are sure not on the Japanese release. It happened with both copies I received, so who knows. Regardless though, it made me go out and pay $40 for the original.

That said, most if not all are lacking in the packaging department, though I can't say I care since I can't read Japanese and those obi's are rather pointless once you get it home if you ask me. Overall I am only interested in whether the music sounds good, but do like the obi's better than the US CDs using those crappy sticker/seals they add these days. :D

BTW, one thing I have noticed, Japanese CDs are usually mastered better than their American counterpart, but mostly the mainstream stuff. The Anime music getting released here is just pressed to CD locally, using the original master the best I can tell. So, there typically isn't any additional mastering done to them unless it's not a complete copy of the original, much the same way that Onimusha CD was. I don't know, I kind of like it that way, drama and all. ;)

I just got an e-mail from them saying they shipped it. Woohoo!. Did anyone get theirs yet?

I'm still waiting on:
pd11568 Akira DVD (Hyb) Deluxe Edition
pd12531 Fafner DVD 2 (Hyb): Ultimate Sacrifice
pd12532 Fafner DVD 3 (Hyb): Human Force

Ack, when will they finally get these discs in? They said they had hundreds in stock on June 6th when I ordered it. [/whine]

13 days after I placed my order, all of them are still on order or reserved. :(

[/more whine]

I received an email confirmation that my $50 order was shipped today, which happened to be ordered after my initial regular order - which is still all on backorder (not the Geneon Special). Shipping to Canada took about 2-3 weeks if I recall correctly from the first time I did this, thanks to customs and border security. Continental US shipping should be much faster, I imagine.

Yep, mine came in on Monday. Funny that the charge hasn't show up yet on my bank account though... ;)

Wouldn't be the first time, when they did this with ADV a few months ago, my friend didn't get charged for 1 of his 3 $100 orders. @_@ he got a lot of dvds but ended up skipping A-Kon this year because of it. He said to this day he still hasn't gotten another charge from them and likes it that way XD

Well, from what I can see, you want the "reserved for your order" status. That just means they have it in stock and are waiting for the other items until they ship.

aww what a flop. I got charged on the spot. But I guess thats why I'm already getting mine so no worries ^^;.

Got my confirmation two days ago with everything in stock. I'll edit when the loot comes.

My dvds came in today. I only wish they can ring my doorbell instead of leaving out in the open by my front door >.>;. Once I opened it up, It has everything I ordered so the rest is fine. Anyone else get theirs ?

I'll post a pic on the other thread to show what I have.

UPDATE! New RIGHTSTUF SALE! Now its a Viz sale this time, not quite as good as the Geneon Sale, but now is the time to grab some manga! 33% off all manga titles from Viz, and 40% off their DVDs. Good through the 15th. have fun :)
Im probably guna grab the missing 4 volumes of Silent Mobius, and get FMA 13-15(preorder)

I always wanted to grab the Jinchuu Arc from Rurouni Kenshin. Does anyone have an idea is to where it starts (what volume)?

Anime-wise, it is sort-of-but-not-really covered in the second OVA, Samurai X Reflections.

Manga-wise, you should start at volume 18.

Also, my RightStuf order is still not shipped yet. ;_;

Call them on it, I called on something that was 'possessing' and had been for a week, i called, they figured out the problem and got it to me 4 days later :]

I sent another e-mail to customer service (I'm rather too phone shy to call) so I hope it all works out. I know the sale was pretty big and that they must have gotten a ton of orders so I can't bring myself to be very angry... but still, a month of waiting (for items that are consistently displayed as being well in stock on the site) is pretty unhappy.

Heh.That sucks because mine came in a while ago and today I'm getting my second shipment of other stuff. You should ask for a free item for the lack of time >.>.

Reflections was an ok OVA. I only wish it stuck with the manga since:



As for vol 18-28 including Death Note 12, It looks like it'll cost me about 65 bucks >.<. I'm not that desperate but it's whatever.

Yeah, I'm in the same ship as Saka. I've been waiting for Rightstuf for a month. I'll have to call them soon because this is getting a bit ridiculous. It's a big sale but a month? I'd expect 2 weeks at max.

Well, I can kinda understand why its taking so long. I know they where selling 'in-stock' only, but the website probably let people order more than was accualy available for order. So they might have Some stuff that they have to order from Geneon.
On the website they itemize everything for you on the 'where's my stuff!?' if you also click 'view order' once your there.
This happened to me when they had a BanDai and ADV sales a while back. I ordered in Feb, and got my stuff in late March/April. They sent me some emails apologizing for the wait and explaining that they had an unexpected demand for certain items and they simply had to order more

I'm not sure, but I remember reading that Watsuki (the manga creator) accepted the OVAs as canon, even though they actually end up going past the end of the manga. It's kind of sobering, but hey, it's life.

I asked about this in my first e-mail to customer support, and this is what they said:

A little shady (just how much do they actually have in stock?!) but I guess it works.

Still no reply from RightStuf yet. COME ON MAN.

Well, I got charged, I always do, it's just that it takes a few days after it arrives to see that it was charged...

Wish I was as lucky as your friend though! :D

Interesting deal through ADV...might wana check it out
http://www.advuniverse.com/advbucks.php
what they have on the site is kinda limited right now, but you can try out some anime by payin to download it, and save up some 'ADV bucks' and buy a DVD if you want it. Interesting idea on their part, just thought those of you might want to know

I went and purchased the platinum versions of Neon Genesis Evangelion DVDs 1,2,3,4,6 and 7 today at rightstuf. Each were 8 bucks a piece but they don't have vol 5 anymore for some reason. Looks like I'll have to cough up 20-something bucks for it <sigh>. And if I get this package before sakabadger, that's just fucked up >.<;; .

Well, rightstuf is sending me the items that are already available (7 of them (that number has not moved in over a week)) and the person I talked to said they'd ship on Wednesday.

So, yeah, if you get your stuff before me heads will roll. Probably mine, from emo suicide ;_;

EDIT:

;_;

If anyone else has received these DVDs I will hunt you down.

If anybody lives in an area (US only :()with a Borders store, they're running a promotion now through July 30th that comes around about twice a year: all Viz Manga are buy 3 get the 4th free. It's not that amazing of a deal, but it does help when you've been putting off buying a lot of one series (like I have with Godchild/Count Cain and Death Note).

Right Stuff Hentai sale announcement!
http://www.rightstuf.com/cgi-bin/cat.../desc/asc/50/1
I figured the perverts amung us need love too. There aint all that much offered, afew graphic novels, but cheaper hentai is always good!

Well all mine were shipped and prolly will receive them Wednesday-ish.

It seems that nearly all of the Rightstuf's CDs are on sale, for those who missed the 10/25 for 50/100 deal... :)

Finally got mine in. Only took Rightstuf like 2 months but they're here. Now for my other order for them to arrive. See you this time next year for updates! Sheesh.

My last order (4th shipment, 3 of which were single DVDs...) is on its way. I suppose it'll get here Monday... By then it will have almost been exactly 2 months since I placed the order, but at least I got it all in the end.

Can't really blame Rightstuf for the huge delays since I know they tried their best, but hopefully next time they'll have clearer communication with the manufacturer so nobody gets shafted. I'd hate to be one of those people who found out they couldn't actually get the item they wanted.

Rightstuff is having a big time sale each day with a different sale on animes doing it 12 days style.

Day 1 - Eureka Seven 1-10 $89.99 63% off Reg. Price : 249.99
Day 2 - Inu Yasha DVD Boxset $39.39 53% off Reg. Price : $89.98


I need that Cowboy Bebop remix. Unfortunately, my original dvds don't work anymore O_o;;. I'll be updating for the next 10 days ^^.Eureka Seven is in my list because someone here recommended it highly to me. I could've seen this in adult swim... >.<. Maybe..

good luck to everyone else and pray that it doesn't come no more than 5 months..

Oh yeah, just wanted to note that I did eventually get my huge stash of anime but months late. I only just got the last two dvds two weeks ago. gg, rightstuf. Oh well I guess that's what I get for going for a clearance buy.

Woah, Impressive page...

Hmm... I wonder, can I ask for a small recomendation?

I have been looking for some figures for my room, actually only 2:
- KOSMOS (Xenosaga I or III), however I haven't been able to find one in this stores (I have seen screens of gourgeous figures, so I know it exists)

- Another one that just looks cool. - Originally I wanted one from Dizzy (Guilty Gear Series), but I gave up in finding one decent enough.

Heh... I know this is a buyer's guide... but maybe you have seen something like that in your buying aventures!

I don't buy figurines. But whatever floats ya boat right? ^^;


Day 1 - Eureka Seven 1-10 $89.99 63% off Reg. Price : 249.99
Day 2 - Inu Yasha Movie DVD Boxset $39.39 53% off Reg. Price : $89.98
Day 3 - Chobits Mini DVD Boxset $48.99 59% off Reg. Price $119.96

Chobits was part of my ultimate right stuff sale in the summer. I wanted Gankutsou but they were out of stock. Gonna have to try harder, RS! =/

1/8 KOS-MOS Ver. 4 PVC

1/8 Xenosaga III KOS-MOS Ver 4

There are other retailers that specialize in imported goods (and yes, you usually will have to import figurines), but HLJ is a decent place to start any search.

My hero!

Edit: Gorgeous!.... I freaking love you!!!!

Day 1 - Eureka Seven 1-10 $89.99 63% off Reg. Price : 249.99
Day 2 - Inu Yasha Movie DVD Boxset $39.39 53% off Reg. Price : $89.98
Day 3 - Chobits Mini DVD Boxset $48.99 59% off Reg. Price $119.96
Day 4 - Mai-Hime 1-7 $69.99 Retail Price: $174.86
Day 5 - Volume 1's of Xenosaga, Innocent Venus, Red Garden, Pumpkin Scissors and Venus versus Virus : $13.99 each!
Day 6 - Big O season 1 boxset and season 2 boxset for 18.99 EACH!
Day 7 - Rumbling Hearts aka Kimi ga Nozomu Eien vol 1-3 : $19.99
Day 8 - Initial D The First Stage Season for $29.99!

December 10 - I really love the ID series. Too bad I'm not cop'in this only because it might just stay in my library sealed up like the chobits dvds I got before =/.

My list - BigO, Rumbling Hearts.

Reviving thread for those who aren't aware.

Day 1 - Eureka Seven 1-10 $89.99 63% off Reg. Price : 249.99
Day 2 - Inu Yasha Movie DVD Boxset $39.39 53% off Reg. Price : $89.98
Day 3 - Chobits Mini DVD Boxset $48.99 59% off Reg. Price $119.96
Day 4 - Mai-Hime 1-7 $69.99 Retail Price: $174.86
Day 5 - Volume 1's of Xenosaga, Innocent Venus, Red Garden, Pumpkin Scissors and Venus versus Virus : $13.99 each!
Day 6 - Big O season 1 boxset and season 2 boxset for 18.99 EACH!
Day 7 - Rumbling Hearts aka Kimi ga Nozomu Eien vol 1-3 : $19.99
Day 8 - Initial D The First Stage Season for $29.99!
Day 9 - Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA Ultimate Edition $24.99

I never saw the series or the OVA. If it was the TV edition then yeah I'd get it. It took more than 2 hours for Rightstuff to post that sale. They must be fucking retarded. Watching a sequel while not noticing that there was a tv series before it. Although I did watch RM:traumend before the first season >.>;

Day 10 - December 12th: Burst Angel DVD Box Set (Hyb): $39.99

Yeah, I guess RS is just trying to get rid of some undesirable stock.

$24.99 for Tylor OVA Ultimate Edition? I hope some of you slackers took up that most excellent deal.

Day 11 - December 13th: Boys Over Flowers DVD Bargain Bundle (1-12) (Hyb): $89.99
Day 12 - December 14th: Scrapped Princess DVD Complete Collection (Hyb) (Anime Legends): $23.99

Too bad the Scrapped Princess set is the Anime Legends one (not the usual DVDs + box), or that'd be amazing. Oh well.

I guess out of the whole list, I'll be grabbing the BigO season 1,2, and Kiminozo. I never heard of Scrapped Princess only because too many idiots compared it to FMA.

I liked Scrapped Princess (but not enough to buy it, even at that price). It's a pretty decent sci-fi ish/medieval fantasy series.

A Bundle of Anime Joy

* Afro Samurai DVD (D) Uncut: $17.99
* Baki the Grappler DVD Box Set 1 (Hyb) (1-6): $22.99
* Cutie (Cutey) Honey: The Movie DVD (Hyb) LiveAction Limited Edition w/Lunchbox: $23.99
* DNA Squared DVD Bargain Bundle (1-5) (Hyb): $19.99
* Flame of Recca DVD Bargain Bundle (1-10) (Hyb): $74.99
* GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka DVD Box Set 1 (DVD 1-5) (Hyb): $19.99
* Legend of Himiko DVD Bargain Bundle (1-3) (Hyb): $12.99
* Mar DVD Bargain Bundle (1-3) (Hyb): $23.99
* Mecha Masters: Explosive Anime Classics DVD Set (Hyb): $12.99
* Nuku Nuku Dash DVD Collection (Hyb) (Thinpak): $17.99
* Nuku Nuku TV DVD Collection (Hyb) (Thinpak): $17.99
* Ping Pong Club DVD Bargain Bundle (1-7) (Hyb): $19.99
* Sister Princess DVD Box Set (Thinpak): $19.99
* Street Fighter II TV Series DVD Box Set 1-4 (Hyb): $17.99
* Wandaba Style DVD Complete Collection (Hyb) (Thinpak): $19.99
* World of Narue DVD Box Set (Hyb)/Book 1 Brick Pack: $16.99

I think this concludes their sale.

It would've been much better if they included the 2nd boxset of GTO >.<! Anything you'd recommend ?

GTO is really the only title that caught my eye in that last batch. $20 for an introduction to a great series is probably a very cheap price to pay.

I haven't seen many of those series, though, so it's hard for me to really comment on them. Too bad RS wasn't feeling very jolly with dropping deals on big name titles from the big companies. :(

Heh..Due to the semester bill, I have about 80 bucks left til the next time I get paid. GTO's the way to go I guess. Besides, I'm tired of having the customed (yet medicore quality)version. Any difference in the funimation version? Did theyget more actors other than David Lucas doing 15 characters at a time ? ;p


Kiminozo - Forget it =/ . Too dramatic but it's an anime I saw just once which was more than enough. The OVA should be out soon anyway ;p.

BigO - samething =/ . It's one of those animes that don't make you want to see it again after the second time. The music is the best part.

As for the other animes, Flame of Recca wasn't so bad but it looked more like a cut copy and paste storyline of Yu Yu Hakusho mix with nudity and more blood.

If you feel like a little experimenting, then I'd also recommend Scrapped Princess since you said you never heard of it (due to FMA idiots). A 24 episode series for that price isn't shabby at all.

But if it's down to a choice between that and GTO, I'd go with GTO since I find that series to be much more meaningful.

Luckily, I found that Amazon has their fair share of sales themselves. 50 bucks for GTO Semester 1 and 2. since I'm left with 35 bucks + 125 bucks more from what my friend owed, I'll be set to buy Scrapped Princess.

As for The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA, I'll get that plus the TV series (*sighs* 89.99.....). This shit better be good cause other than Ace, other people in my class have major hard-ons for this show. Time to see what's all the commotion with this story. Finding a good mech-animes are hard to come by ( and dont tell me ttgl u.u; ).

EDIT : Tylor TV series bought at a price of 70.92 at some other online store. Same with Tylor OVA at TRS. Yeah. That's enough anime til the next 4-5 months..

Those damn TRS people added another bundle of dvd's after the ones you posted :

Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya DVD 1 Special Limited Edition only $31.99 (50% OFF)
Fullmetal Alchemist DVD Box Set 1 (1-4) only $24.99 (50% OFF)
Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles Special Edition DVD only $19.99 (50% OFF)
Petite Princess Yucie DVD Box Set (Thinpak) only $22.99 (61% OFF)
To Heart DVD Bundle (1-4)only $39.99 (49% OFF)
Twelve Kingdoms DVD Economy Set 1 only $24.98 (49% OFF)
Twelve Kingdoms DVD Economy Set 2 only $24.98 (49% OFF)


I still have 40 bucks left and another check i got outta the semester (Which is going straight to the next semester =/ ). Recommendations please? Other than Twelve Kingdoms,haruhi and FMA that is. Petite looks kinda cute from lookin at that boxset. Is it a fantasy genre with fighting,etc? Or is it not what I believe it to be?

Since nobody else has done so, and since it ends Sunday, I feel obliged to inform everyone about RightStuf's New Year's Clearence. Twenty percent of everything in stock is definately worth a look.

Today has begun a 40% off of DVDS and Manga Novels by Viz only. So for those who are collecting Hitman Reborn, Bleach, Naruto or any Jump title, Take advantage now!

Lucky, now I can get the last two DN vol.'s and rack up on the reborn stuff as well.

WOW! its a little late, but Right stuf has some awesome deals until Sunday!
Coupon Code: sensational Sale Ends: February 17, 2008

Thats ALL of you Ghost in the Shell at 50% discount! $50 a box set, thats hard to pass up(well if you like the show anyway)

Rightstuff's selling lots of Bandai stuff 40-50% off. For those of you who couldn't purchase animes back in 2k-2k4, get them now! They released boxsets (at the cost of 20-30 bucks) such as :

Vision of Escaflowne
Outlaw Star
Cowboy Bebop
Argento Soma
Banner of the Stars
Blue Submarine No.6
Dragon Drive sets 1-2
Wolf's Rain
Witch Hunter


Choose Wisely >=]. You'll have til the 2nd of March to get back those good ol years.

Updated list in first post.(and will try and keep it more up to date)
Added a few sites, sales.
Removed a few sites.
Added some thank yous(and will continue to do so)
Moved the bootleg stuff into a spoiler because that should be the last place you are looking for anything and only for the real obscure things at that! the US anime market is not exactly doing good, so help bolster it by buy some! that way they can pay the Japanese better and we can start getting some better animes out!

Anyway, more sites are always good, any sales you know of are even better!

FUNimation Sale at Right Stuf. 40% off their DVDs, 33 of everything else. That means, you can go pick up those new box sets of Slayers, Fullmetal Alchemist, One Piece, DBZ, and all those other FUNimation series we all love

well, Since this hasnt been updated in a while...
Right Stuff is having a Geneon blow out, ALL of their DVDs and CDs are 5/10/15$ meaning you can get the whole set of stuff like Last Exile, Trigun, Melody of Oblivion, Stellvia, Read or Die, Saiyuki reloaded, Samurai Champloo, Star Ocean...all for like $40 or less(I think Champloo was $10/dvd, putting it at 70). Most everything is pretty low on stock so if you want it better pounce now, or it might not be there tomorrow!

I myself went ahead and got all of Last Exile and the remaining 3 DVDs missing from my Ergo Proxy collection.

I'm pretty pissed off that I didn't get to purchase Tenjou Tenge dvd 2,5,7 and 8 yet they continue to put them up their list over. I wonder when they'll answer my question.. otherwise I'm just gonna cancel my order for 1,3,4 and 6 >.<.

Other than that, I manage to get the the one anime series I held back in a while. Gankutsou >=p.

edit : woo hoo, got 5 7 and 8 today. 2's still sold out.. No prob.. I'll amazon it if anything XD.

Its that time of year again, and Rightstuf has kicked off their 12 Days of Christmas,
Starting today with:
Shuffle DVD Bundle 1-6 $59.99(67% off)
Witch Hunter Robin DVD set $22.99(55% off)
Shingu Box set $19.99(67% off)

Looks like Right Stuf resurrected that awesome sale that has 10 dvds for 50 and 25 for 100. Look into it. So far I can only think of these to get :

Pani Poni Dash - 6 DVDS
pEACH gIRL 6 DVDS
Pumpkin scissors 5 dvds
Trigun Remix 6 dvds
Welcome to the NHK 6 DVds
Black Cat dvd 6
cowboy bebop remix 6 dvds
Count of Monte Cristo 6 dvds
Mahoromatic summer special
heatguy j 7 artbox

NHK , Trigun and CB are in my top list. so if I decide it that way then I'll end up getting HGJ7..again..cause the other 4 dvds are naked with the box =_=...

AW SHIT DAWG.

This is actually pretty neat. Could use it as an opportunity to pick up the second half of Kodocha (I only have up to DVD 6) and Full Metal Panic TSR! which I've been meaning to buy at some point.

You mean the second half of the first season of Kodocha, right? Since NOBODY BOUGHT IT and we'll never get the rest of the episodes released in America.

TECHNICALITIES MOTHERFUCKER, second half implies second half of the first season.

I know. I'm mostly just going ;____; because America sucks at Kodocha watching, even though the 'subbers went nuts over the show before it was licensed.

Yeah, believe you me I'd love to have the second season get a proper treatment.

Can't I get a 5-for-$25 deal?

All I want is 2 - 6 of Pani Poni Dash ;_;