Shin Anime Shopper's Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area

The Shin Anime Shopper's Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area

Shin. New; novel; modern.

Introduction	Notes on web pages	Mass Transit Tips	Terminology
San Francisco
	Japantown	Sunset District Richmond District	Chinatown Downtown
East Bay
	Berkeley Emeryville	Oakland	Richmond
Peninsula
	Burlingame	Palo Alto	San Mateo
South Bay
	Fremont Milpitas	Morgan Hill Mountain View	San Jose Sunnyvale

Introduction:: Many years ago Stephen Mah produced an excellent guide called "An Anime Shopper's Guide to the SF Bay Area" but over five years later with no updates I felt it was time to create a totally new replacement on the web.; This page may be distributed freely as text as long as it remains unaltered and proper credit is given to the author and all contributors. Any text distribution should include the date it was copied from the web. I ask that people not mirror the document but link to it instead to prevent out of date pages from existing.; This page shall be considered the authoritative version of the guide.; All links to retailers in this guide shall be written out for easy use as printed text.; Omake, a little extra.; There are some stores that are not major places to check for anime or manga related goods but have interesting items and are worth looking at if you happen to be near them.; I also include places to eat in some areas.; Don't buy pirated goods. Pirated goods reduce fan access to quality goods by undercutting the market for licensed releases and reducing imports of legitimate goods. For information on how to spot pirated goods see the Pirate Anime FAQ
Notes on web pages:: Store web pages are always incomplete, keeping a web page up to date is labor intensive so much of what is in a store never makes it to a page.; Calling or emailing are good ways to find out if a store has that hard to get item you want, or better yet drop by and find what you never thought to ask for.

Mass Transit Tips:

Always have change and one dollar bills as bus drivers cannot give change.

BART tickets should be purchased for a round trip.

BART has a web page with schedules and if you have a PDA or iPod you can even download a quickplanner so you will have the schedules with you..

You need the ticket to exit BART so keep it with you at all times, when a ticket is fully used up the exit gate keeps it and lets you out, if it is your first time on BART you may want to add a nickel more to the ticket so you will have it as a souvenir when the rest of the fare is used up.

Transfers are free in SF and a quarter extra in the East Bay. You should always get a transfer from the driver when boarding a bus in SF and probably won't need one in the East Bay depending on where you are going and how long you plan to be there. In the East Bay my advice is don't get a transfer as it probably will expire before you are done shopping and the stores are all within walking distance of a BART station.

Transit information for the nine Bay Area counties is available at:

http://www.transitinfo.org/

SAN FRANCISCO

Quick tour of San Francisco:

If you don't have much time and wish to hit one area with alot of shops try Japan town.

The shops to focus on are:

Japan Video - videos.

Mikado-Laser Japan - music, Bandai models, region 2 DVDs.

Kinokuniya - manga in Japanese and English, books about anime, books about Japan.

If you have a little more time hit other shops in Japantown or in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO JAPANTOWN:

I'll start with Nihonmachi (Japan Town) since this is a major collection of shops in a small area.

Besides shops to buy anime and manga related items you will find food stores which may have candy boxes with series related toys inside, note that these toys will always be for shows that are current in Japan.

Some shops may close for major holidays, including Japanese holidays. The biggest of such is New Year's when the mall just is not open. So is you plan to be in the area don't be surprised.

Getting there:

Location:

Western Addition

Major Cross Streets:

Geary and Fillmore

Parking:

Street parking is best to the north, one can also park in the strip mall lot on the south side of Geary off Fillmore and take the pedestrian bridge to the Kintetsu Building in Japantown, there is also a parking garage underneath the Japantown mall with entrances off of Geary and Post (one block north of Geary)

Mass Transit:
By way of BART:

Get off at Montgomery Street Station, use the Post Street exit.

You will be on Market Street, face the street and you will see a clock tower at the Bay end of the street to your left, if its on your right you took the wrong exit and need to cross market.

Incidentally you are standing near the Hobart Building which can be seen on the Japanese LD cover for the Blue Seed OVA series.

Walk up the street away from the clock tower to a bus stop for the 38 line. The bus stop is less than half a block if you have reached Geary you have walked too far and need to turn up Geary to the first stop. On weekdays and Saturdays there is a 38 L express bus which is much faster. Ride the bus to Japantown and start shopping. You may want to get off at Fillmore which places you at the Kinokuniya Building. There is an entrance on Post street one block north up Fillmore.

Local buses to Japantown from other parts of San Francisco include the 22 Fillmore and the 1 California which goes a few blocks north of the shopping area.

Kinokuniya Building (the Western wing of the mall)

Kinokuniya Bookstore (upper level)
Kinokuniya anime and manga store (lower level): 1581 Webster St; San Francisco, CA 94115; 415-567-7625; 415-567-4109 FAX; san_francisco@kinokuniya.com; The major manga, book and magazine stop in SF. The anime and manga section has it's own store on the floor below which can also be accessed through a stairway in the main store. Almost all of the store is filled with manga in both Japanese and English. This is also where you will find Japanese anime magazines and books. Calendars are available in season.; The English manga selection is the largest in San Francisco and is a great place to find copies of titles that have been out for some time.

Japantown Collectibles (lower level): 1581 Webster St; San Francisco, CA 94115; 415-563-2970; An interesting shop filled with model kits and figurines. I make this one of my stops each time I visit Japantown.

Kintetsu Building (the Middle wing of the mall, West of the Peace Pagoda)

After exiting the main Kinokuniya store you can go up some stairs and cross the bridge, or take the elevator downstairs, exit the building go East on Post and enter near the Peace Pagoda.
Taiyo-Do Record Shop: 1737 Post Street; Kintetsu Building 11-A; San Francisco, CA; (415) 885-2818; No email address or web page; A small operation, they are not too knowledgeable about anime but the store is worth a visit as they have some hard to find items on occasion. All anime CDs are in the glass case at the front of the store. They will do special orders.

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Moritaya: 1737 Post Street #325; Japan Center San Francisco, CA 94115; Phone:(415) 674-1345; Fax:(415) 674-1346; An accessory shop for women and girls that is worth looking into. Scattered among their normal fare are some anime related items. There are many items of characters from Tezuka and Ghibli titles.
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nippon-ya: 1737 Post Street #345; Japan Center San Francisco, CA 94115; Phone:(415) 346-0332; nippon-ya sells traditional sweets, I suspect the home office is in the Kyoto Osaka area as many of the sweets they sell are traditional wagashi, and they also stock small Hanshin Tiger baseball team goods.
They also have traditional cheap sweets such as kuroame, in fact I'm sucking on one now, basically it is a hard candy made with black sugar.
Mikado-Laser Japan: 1737 Post Street; Japan Center San Francisco, CA 94115; Phone:(415) 922-9450; Fax:(415) 922-1682; mikadosf@earthlink.com; http://www.mikadosf.com; Mikado-Laser Japan has Japanese toys, models and anime related books, a very large selection of anime and video game soundtracks, popular Japanese music, and karaoke discs. You can even buy regionless DVD players here..

Japan Video
1737 Post St.
SF, CA 94115
(415) 563-5220

Their anime selection is one of the largest in the country. You can find many hard to locate titles and if you have that bent (and are old enough) they have a selection of erotic anime.

Their shelving is a little erratic so if you don't see what you want ask.

In recent years they have greatly expanded their selection of domestically released videos for sale and added books, manga, toys, t-shirts, posters etc.

Buchanan Mall

This is the pedestrian mall across Post from the Peace Pagoda, a local landmark is Soko Hardware on the corner.
JBC Video: 1748 Buchanan St.; San Francisco, CA 94115; A small video operation with a variety of items for rent in Japanese only, they have many harder to find TV shows.
Peoples Video: 1740 Buchanan St. (2nd floor); San Francisco, CA 94115; (415) 292-5894; FAX (415) 292-5895; Mostly rental and mostly stuff in Japanese the staff are helpful and occasionally there is a box of free posters you can dig through.
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Mifune Don: After all that shopping you are probably hungry. Walk East of the plaza with the Peace Pagoda into the East wing of the mall area. In the middle of the lobby is a staircase, go upstairs and near the top you will find Mifune a great small noodle place, I recommend the yakisoba.; [Not to be confused with the larger Mifune in the restaurant mall.]

OTHER PARTS OF SAN FRANCISCO:

SUNSET DISTRICT

Le Video (rental): 1231 9th Ave. (Between Irving and Lincoln); San Francisco, CA 94122; http://www.levideo.com; Parking:; Street parking.; Mass Transit:; By way of BART:; Get off at any station between Embarcadero and Civic Center.; Do not go up to the surface but look for Muni turnstiles. Pay your fare then go downstairs to the subway. Catch the N Judah outbound Muni Metro train. After awhile the train will run on the surface, then go through another tunnel and for some time on the surface again. Get off at 9th and walk towards Golden Gate Park, the store is on the left.; Lots of cult and hard to find movies for rent. Anime selection is pretty good; Thanks to Mark Lin for providing me with some information on this store.
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Sukhothai - restaurant: 1319 Ninth Ave
A great Thai restaurant, my recommendation if you are hungry in this area. For those who dislike hot foods much of what they have is very mild. For those that like hot foods the mild stuff still tastes great.

RICHMOND DISTRICT (Including "New Chinatown")

Mass Transit:; The easiest way to get there from outside SF is to take BART to Montgomery Street Station and follow the directions given above for getting to Japantown, instead of getting off at Japantown stay on for some distance until you reach the numbered streets.; Parking:; Street parking.
Cards & Comics Central: 5424 Geary (at 19th); San Francisco, CA; Tel: (415) 668-3544.; http://www.candccentral.com/; Highly recommended! They carry the biggest selection of Japanese figurines, toys and memorabilia I have seen anywhere.; They also have a very good selection of translated manga,.
Heroes Club: 840 Clement Street (at 10th); San Francisco, CA 94118-2219; http://www.artoftoy.com; Tel: (415) 387-4552; Fax: (415) 387-5229; Some Japanese injected models, garage kits, toys and model making supplies.; The stock constantly changes so every visit can bring you new temptations. I have found these guys helpful when looking for information on model building and painting techniques

CHINATOWN

The quality of what you find in Chinatown varies and is a mixture of pirated and legitimate goods so look carefully at what you are getting. I will only list stores that seem to be mainly legitimate products.
Sun Entertainment: 725 Commercial Street; - and; 716 Sacramento Street; San Francisco, CA 94108; (415) 986-0488; (415) 986-6787; FAX (415) 986-6797; Two locations one block apart, the store on Commercial Street is the larger of the two. They stock model kits, mostly Bandai but also some Korean models. They also have toys and video CDs.

DOWNTOWN

Downtown is mostly an Asian culture wasteland. If you want to find books on British Royalty or videos of the latest blockbuster film this is the place. If you are looking for something slightly unusual in entertainment you can pretty much forget it.

However there are a few places which stand out.

Notes on transit:

BART goes to near all of these locations.

Almost all major SF bus lines end up somewhere in the downtown area.
Parking downtown is not only hell it's expensive hell, take BART or the bus.

Cartoon Art Museum

A cultural landmark. The museum looks at cartoon art in all of its facets and places of origin. The exhibits are very interesting usually with a special exhibit and a room from the permanent collection on display. The admission is not expensive, less for students. The gift shop does not require paying an admission fee.

655 Mission St (near 3rd)

San Francisco, CA 94105

(415) 227-8666

http://www.cartoonart.org/

funnies@sirius.com

Jeffrey's Toys

An eclectic toy and comics shop. The comics side has an excellent selection but is weak on graphic novels, though that is improving. The model selection is large with anime and manga models as part of the ever changing selection. Jeffrey's has a good reputation for special orders from Previews, the Diamond Catalog.

Jeffrey's Toys, Inc.
685 Market (Near Third Street)
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 546-6551

Mass Transit

By way of BART:

Near the Montgomery Street BART station.

Metreon

The Metreon complex, has several shops.

101 Fourth Street (at Mission)

Mass Transit

By way of BART:

4th is near the Powell Street BART station, face the clock tower at the end of Market Street and South is to your right.

Action Theater: Located in the Metreon, this is a little hard find. Go to the Second floor and look around. It is near the following two shops.; They occasionally have anime showings.
Kamikaze Pop: Located in the Metreon, ground floor, near the restrooms. This is a sizeable stand rather than a seperate store, however they have the largest selection of anime and manga in the downtown area. They also have some character goods.
Virgin Records: I usually avoid chain stores in my shopping as they have little I'm interested in and are noisy. The SF Virgin store is an exception on the "I'm interested" side. They have a better than average selection of videos for a chain store.; 2 Stockton St (At the intersection of 4th, Stockton, Ellis and Market.)
San Francisco CA 94108
(415) 397-4525; Mass Transit; By way of BART:; Near the Powell Street BART station, just a little East on the North side of Market.

EAST BAY

East Bay Quick tour:

If you don't have much time and wish to hit one area with alot of shops try downtown Berkeley (near BART).

The shops to focus on are:: Anime V - anime, toys Japanese manga.; Comic Relief - translated manga.; If you have more time hit other shops in the immediate downtown area like the Other Change of Hobbit (Science Fiction) and Games of Berkeley. Or get up to Telegraph Avenue and check Rasputin Music and Amoeba for both new and used anime.

BERKELEY:

Mass Transit:

By way of BART:

Get off at the Downtown Berkeley station for all anime related locations in Berkeley.

By Bus from San Francisco.

Take the F bus from the Transbay Terminal, it goes to downtown Berkeley, if you stay on it it loops around the campus and you can get off at Telegraph Avenue. There is also an FS bus that goes to downtown but not near Telegraph.

Downtown Berkeley

Parking:; Local lots and street parking exist, watch your meter time the city of Berkeley is very efficient and that includes the meter folks.; Mass Transit:; Besides BART the local busses that reach the downtown area include the 7, 8, 9, 15, 40, 43, 51, 64, 65, and F
Anime V -: 80 Shattuck Square, (1/2 block South of University Avenue, between University Ave and Addison)
Berkeley, California 94704
Phone: (510) 849-9838
Fax: (510) 849-9839
Email: animev@hotmail.com; http://www.e-anime.com/; Directions with map.; This is my favorite place in Berkeley.
Anime V has a very large and varied selection of anime, imported books, Japanese anime magazines, posters, t-shirts, Music-CDs, models, plush toys, manga, translated manga in graphic novel format and many small items in one small location.; A good portion of their stock is imported direct from Japan and at prices lower than most stores.; Video rentals are also part of what they offer, perhaps the best in the East Bay.

Cody's Books: 2201 Shattuck Avenue; Berkeley, CA 94704; VOICE: 510-559-9500; http://www.codysbooks.com/; Mass Transit:; If exiting BART stay on the West side of Shattuck, head South to the corner (hills on your left are East). Cody's is accross the street on the corner.; If taking a bus get off at BART.; An excellent bookstore for a variety of works. They don't have much manga as they let Comic Relief down the street handle those. Cody's does have a very good selection of books on Japan scattered throughout the store, including many titles from Japan not often available in US retailers.

Comic Relief: 2026 Shattuck (Between University Ave and Addison); Berkeley, CA 94704; VOICE: (510) 843-5002; http://www.comicrelief.net/; Mass Transit:; If exiting BART stay on the West side of Shattuck, head north (hills on your right are East) towards University Avenue for a little over one block..; If taking a bus get off at BART or University Avenue & Shattuck.; The best place in the East Bay for manga translations.; They have a large section of shelves for graphic novels, recent comics and also have a selection of older issues of comics and magazines. The erotic stuff is all in the adult section. They also have a selection of anime videos.

Telegraph Avenue

Telegraph Avenue is Berkeley's most famous street, so famous that people often come just to see it and shop in the stores and buy crafts from the local artisans. Some find the people on Telegraph a little scary, in fact the odder looking folks are probably tourists doing some shopping and are quite harmless.; Omake; During the school year Cal-Animage Alpha, U. C. Berkeley's anime club has showings on Monday nights. Showing information can be found at; http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~animage/; You can shop on Telegraph, grab dinner and walk to Cal-Animage for anime, a great combination. If you forgot to check the web page for the schedule you can find their sign board on the bridge on campus at Sather Gate, just head down Telegraph to the campus and keep going you will see the gate, go through it and the sign boards will be on either side of the bridge.; Parking:; Parking is very difficult near Telegraph Ave. due to the huge number of students and staff at U. C. Berkeley. The easiest place to park is the city garage between Durant and Channing, other good locations are side streets south of Dwight, but watch your time, most days street parking is limited to two hours even in unmetered residential areas without a resident sticker for that area on your car.; If you plan to go on a Saturday check to see if that day a football game day, parking is far worse on those days with lots filling up fast. http://calbears.ocsn.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/cal-m-footbl-sched.html; Mass Transit:; By way of BART:; You can get there on foot from BART but a bus is easier. You need to be at the bus stop on Shattuck near the main, circular, entrance to BART, just take the escalator up to the street, turn left and walk to the next corner. Catch a 7, 40, 64, or 51 to Telegraph Avenue, ask the driver to announce Telegraph when the bus gets there.; The 7 and 51 will drop you at Durant and Telegraph, the 40 and 64 at Dwight and Telegraph.
Amoeba: 2455 Telegraph (at Haste); Berkeley, CA 94704; 510-549-1125; http://www.amoebamusic.com/; A large second hand record store with a large selection of used video tapes, DVD and LDs. Their VHS and DVD sections have separate animation subsections. Do check the bargain bins as many good items end up there right away for some reason. They even have a small anime soundtrack section near the movie soundtracks. They also have a store in the Haight Ashbury district in San Francisco but as I avoid tourist traps I don't know if it has much in the way of anime.
Rasputin Music: 2401 Telegraph Ave. (at Channing); Berkeley, CA 94704; http://www.rasputinmusic.com/; Another great place to shop for second hand and new anime. Ignore the music, they have a large used anime DVD selection. Be sure you find the second hand section and not the new or rental sections. Also be aware that they simply price almost everything at $17.95 so this may not be such a good deal for titles like Phantom Quest Corps (SRP $15.00) or Blue Submarine (SRP $ 20.00) They also have stores in Pleasant Hill, San Lorenzo, Campbell and Newark but I don't know if they have much anime in those locations.
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Eid's TV Electronics: 2508 Channing Way; Just around the corner by Rasputin's
This is one of the few places in Berkeley that sells regionless players, and will beat the price anyone else has for the same model.

EMERYVILLE

Parking:; Street; Mass Transit:; Local busses 6, 17, 57, 72. All take you a few blocks from the one anime related store in this area.
Kimono My House: 1424 62nd Street (at Hollis); Emeryville, CA 94608; Phone: 510-654-4627; Fax: 510-654-4621; orders@kimonomyhousetoys.com; http://www.kimonomyhousetoys.com/shop.cgi; On the roof of a building so look for the sign carefully.; Lots of very hard to find and just plain rare stuff.; Almost everything in the store is ordered directly from Japan or bought on trips the owners make to the anime homeland. A large portion of the stock consists of toys that others stores just do not have.

OAKLAND

Dr. Comics & Mr. Games: 4014 Piedmont Ave. (at 40th); Oakland, CA 94611; VOICE: (510) 601-7800; They have a very good selection of manga, anime and back issues of anime magazines. They also have a mail order catalog.
Oakland Chinatown: Currently there is not too much in Oakland's Chinatown, but if you are in the downtown area you may want to wander through the shops because on occasion something interesting shows up.; Oakland Chinatown is growing rapidly and more shops open every year and even if you don't find any anime related stuff you want its worth shopping in this area as it is free of the tourist oriented junk shops one finds in SF.; BART 12th street is close to here and almost all of the south bound buses from Berkeley end up in this area.; Be aware that some goods you may see could be pirated, legitimate Japanese made goods can be found in some stores.

RICHMOND

The following stores are all in the Pacific East Mall just off highway 80 at 3288 Pierce Street has a few shops devoted to anime,; Mass Transit:; BART to the El Cerrito Plaza station or the 15, 43, 72, and 73 bus to Fairmount near San Pablo Avenue and walk West towards the bay, look for the signs for the mall as you near the freeway.; The following is edited information from Rob White [May 9, 2005] (thanks Rob) .
: Parking:; There is a huge free parking lot but on Saturdays in the daytime it is full. People drive and park crazily at times -- be alert. Also, at night there have occasionally been some robberies in the parking lot. Exercise sensible security protocols (park in lighted areas near the mall entrance, go with some friends, etc.) to make yourself an undesirable target for such operations.

Collectors Universe: Across the mall from the 168 Restaurant.; They have Anime DVD and VHS videos for rent and have a respectable collection of manga, models, action figures, trading cards and t-shirts. I usually find the shopkeeper to be somewhat surly and rude, but to be fair I may just catching him on bad days. Your mileage may vary. There is a sign outside that warns children under 12 to stay out unless accompanied by a parent.
Kingstone Books: This store is across the mall from the Ranch 99 Supermarket, and next to a vitamin store. The owners and workers here are friendly and helpful. They have the biggest collection of Chinese manga I have ever seen, and have many CDs (mostly Mando-pop, J-pop and some K-pop) and DVDs/VCDs. All legal even (as far as I can tell). There are some Anime videos but not many. There are also lots of Chinese magazines and books, and novelties and knickknacks.

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This mall is a great place for Asiaphiles to visit. As of May 2005 there are 5 Chinese restaurants, each with different specialties (one serves Macao style, another has Shanghai style, yet another serves Taiwan style, etc.), a Chinese bakery, and a hip Taiwan-style coffee shop. The other restaurants in the mall include a Vietnamese and a Thai, and there is a Japanese restaurant opening soon. The main store in the mall is the huge Ranch 99 Asian supermarket. Their fresh produce is excellent, and there is an in-store mini-restaurant as well (not in the count above). Other mall shops specialize in gifts/souvenirs, jewelry, tea, ginseng, vitamins, snacks, tobacco, and musical instruments, and there are also a beauty shop, a dentist's office, a wireless telephone service, a video game room (very cool -- about 50 PCs with huge monitors in a darkened room) and a video rental shop (movies but no anime section).

PENINSULA

BURLINGAME

Network Video: 1215 Broadway; Burlingame, CA 94010; Domestic and import playstation games for sale/rental, and anime rentals and merchandise; Thanks to Mark Lin for the information.

PALO ALTO

Fry's Electronics: 340 Portage Ave.
(650) 496-6000; Anime videos; Thanks to Kenneth Ott for the information.

SAN MATEO

Game Hunter: 302 E 5th Ave; San Mateo, CA 94401; Mostly a playstation game rental place also anime for sale.; Thanks to Mark Lin for the information, further thanks to Cindy Dianne Yeatts for updated information.

SOUTH BAY

FREMONT

Fry's Electronics: 43800 Osgood Road
(510) 252-5300; 880 south, take automall exit, keep going until you hit Osgood (a good mile
down; adjacent to I-680); Anime videos; Thanks to Kenneth Ott for the information.

MILPITAS

Anime Video Games: 81 South Main Street; Milpitas, CA 95035; (408) 586-8928; FAX (408) 586-8929; info@animevideogamesmilpitas.com; American, Japanese and Chinese: video games, systems, software, anime and soundtracks.; Conversion service for game machines so that they can play both U.S. and Japanese games.

MORGAN HILL

Anime 101 & Manga Too: 17660 Monterey St., Suite A
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
Tel: (408) 778-5285 or (866) 24ANIME
Fax: (408) 353-5700
http://www.anime-101.com
shop@anime-101.com; Character Goods, Figures, Pencil Boards, Manga (English & Japanese), drawing supplies, trading card games and much more. Various tournaments held on most weekend (check website for latest list).
MOUNTAIN VIEW

Lee's Comics: 1020 N. Rengstorf Ave. Suite F
Mountain View, CA 94040
(650) 965-1800
11-8 every day; lee@lcomics.com; http://www.lcomics.com; An excellent selection of domestically released manga and anime; Posters; Toys; Mass Transit:; Accessible by Caltrain and San Mateo county transit.

SAN JOSE

The San Jose has two major anime areas Japantown and Yaohan plaza. If you have limited time just hit these two locations.
California Video (Major Cross Streets are Berryessa Rd and King Rd. Near the Berryessa Flea Market): 986 Lundy Ave; San Jose, CA 95133; (408) 251-1878; "They have a large collection of Japanese Animation Video Rental, as well as video games, Hong Kong and English movies on video and DVD" - Thanks to Linda Kuo for the information.
Farout Toys: 161 Jackson Street Suite #2 (at E 4th Street); San Jose, CA 95129; (408) 279-3073; http://www.farouttoys.com/; In Japantown.; Models, action figures, posters, assorted other toy items. They also rent video games.
Fry's Electronics: 550 E. Brokaw Road
(408) 487-1000; Anime videos; Thanks to Kenneth Ott for the information.
Kinokuniya Bookstores: 675 Saratoga Ave; San Jose, CA 95129; (408) 252-1300; (408)252-2687; san_jose@kinokuniya.com; http://www.kinokuniya.com; In Yaohan plaza.; While smaller than the San Francisco branch the San Jose store stocks a larger selection of manga graphic novels in English and Japanese. The store also has a small selection of anime. They are an excellent source for Japanese books and magazines on anime, manga and related subjects.
Nikaku Animart: 615 North 6th Street; San Jose, CA 95112; Tel: (408) 971-2822; Fax: (408) 971-0856; http://www.nikaku.com/; nikaku@nikaku.com; In Japantown.; One of the best known and best stocked anime stores in the country. Lots of all kinds of items.; To get a catalog via email, just send them an e-mail with the subject heading 'catalog' and one will come back to you as an automatic response.

SUNNYVALE

Anime Palace: 1050 E. Duane Ave., Suite J
Sunnyvale, CA 94085; Office Hours:
Monday: Retail Closed
Tuesday to Sat 11:00 to 5:00
Sunday : 12:00 to 4:00 (Pacific Standard Time)
Phone: +1-408-737-8168; http://www.animepalace.com/; I have heard they have an excellent collection of figurines and other anime related material. I have also heard the store is hard to find.; Thanks to Bruce Krueger for this ino.


Fry's Electronics: 1077 E. Arques Ave.
(408) 617-1300; Anime videos; Thanks to Kenneth Ott for the information.

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Created October 4, 1998 | Updated April 29, 2008