Asahiya Bookstores
(Los Angeles main branch)
333 South Alameda St., Suite #108
Los Angeles, CA 90013 USA
+1 213.626.5650 vox
+1 213.626.1746 fax
http://www.asahiyausa.com/ (partially in Japanese)
sales@asahiyausa.com (orders can be English)
Great place to do special orders for manga, anime artbooks, anime CDs
and JPOP CDs. They also can do LD and DVD special orders! Asahiya may
have a branch closer to where you live (including London); check their
website for location info.
Books Nippan
605 W. 7th Street
Los Angeles, CA 91801 USA
+1 800.427.6100 vox
+1 213.891.9631 fax
nippan@np.jpn.net
An established anime seller, Books Nippan does custom orders and
international shipping.
Kiyokuniya Bookstores
(Los Angeles (Little Tokyo) branch)
123 Astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka St., Suite 205
Los Angeles, CA 90012 USA
+1 800.59.JAPAN vox
+1 213.687.4447 vox
+1 213.621.4456 fax
http://www.kinokuniya.com/ (partially in Japanese)
kinokuniya@kinokuniya.com
Established bookstore, great selection of anime and manga publications.
Kinokuniya may have a branch closer to where you live; check their website
for location info.
Mikado Laser Japan
1737 Post Street (Japan Center)
San Francisco, CA 94115 USA
+1 415.922.9450 vox
+1 415.922.1682 fax
http://www.mikadosf.com
info@mikadosf.com
Solid prices, but great selection of import anime DVDs, LDs, CDs,
including JPOP stuff. They are also one of the fastest import houses -
in terms of getting in items by street date.
Nikaku Animart
615 North 6th Street
San Jose, CA 95112 USA
+1 408.971.2822 vox
+1 408.971.0856 fax
http://www.nikaku.com
nikaku@netcom.com
Established anime seller, automated e-mail catalog,
international shipping, large inventory.
Sasuga Bookstore
7 Upland Road
Cambridge, MA 02140 USA
+1 617.497.5460 vox
+1 617.497.5362 fax
http://www.sasugabooks.com/
sasuga@sasugabooks.com
Imports books, magazines, videos, CDs and more, directly from Japan.
Weekly air shipments with all of the latest releases, including
Weekly Jump and Shonen Sunday, and special orders practically any
Japanese publication.
Tokyo Pop
+ 1 714.665.2751 vox
+ 1 714.665.2749 fax
http://www.tokyopop.com
mjkiley@tokyopop.com
New internet seller from original UCI Anime Store head, specializes in
Japanese imports.
UCI Anime Store - alt.ant, UCI Bookstore
200 UCISC
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-1550 USA
+1 800.829.BOOK vox
+1 714.824.2430 vox
+1 714.824.8545 fax
http://www.book.uci.edu/anime.html
anime@uci.edu
Note: alt.ant is being phased out, and no longer carries any "new"
import inventory. See the aforementioned listing for Tokyo Pop.
