Where to Find Anime

Purchase episodes online

• CrunchyRoll sells DRM free episodes, though some shows for the listed publishers are only available as streaming video. (Of course, there are ways to download Flash videos). Note that CrunchyRoll also provides streams of series they don't have any legal rights to stream, but not through the Publisher Index Page linked to here.
• iTunes sells DRM-locked files that are playable on Windows and Mac via iTunes, and on iPods. Studios selling on iTunes include:
  • Funimation
  • Manga
  • Tezuka Studios
  • Viz

Stream episodes online

• Youtube (of course), has official channels for a number of studios (and no shortage of anime that isn't officially supposed to be there):
  • Funimation
  • Manga
  • Kadokawa (untranslated)
• Joost
• Hulu

Buy anime (and related merchandise) on physical media

Local

Places you can get to without a car

Comics Factory

Located at 1298 E. Colorado (between Zankou Chicken and the McDonald's), this is probably the most local place to buy anime, assuming the bookstore doesn't start selling it. As the name suggests, Comics Factory is primarily a comics store, but all that means is that it's they're more likely to have manga in stock than anime. Very good selection of manga, good selection of anime for rental ($2/2 days, $1/each additional day), less anime on hand for purchase, but you can place special orders. Base price is MSRP, but you can get discounts by maintaining a pull list (a set of comics they hold for you to purchase when you come in to buy them at least once per month - this is good for 15% off printed material and 20% off for DVDs IIRC). Not much in the way of anime-related merchandise.

Borders

At the intersection of Lake and San Pasqual. Anime selection is small and even the series they stock are generally not all there. Manga selection is sizeable. Prices are basically MSRP.

Kinokuniya

Located in Little Tokyo. Japanese bookstore. Manga, both domestic releases and imports. Anime DVDs.

Anime Jungle

Kamikaze Anime?

Kawaii Anime?

Semi-local

Places within driving distance

Anime Gamers

Anime Plus

Online

Not a comprehensive list of online anime stores (see Anime on DVD's site sponsors for something closer to that), but a list of online stores that offer things that might be hard to find at other stores (whether those things be merchandise or discounts)

Rightstuf

Anime Corner Store

Aloha Anime

US Commercial Release Companies:

• AD Vision
• Central Park Media
• Manga Entertainment
• Software Sculptors
• The Right Stuf
• AnimEigo
• Anime Village (Bandai USA)
• Media Blasters
• USMC
• Geneon Animation (formerly Pioneer USA)
• Viz

Local Anime Suppliers

• Books Nippan
• Anime Plus

Non-local Suppliers

• Anime Nation
• CD Japan
• JIGS (Japan Internet Goods Store)
• Mandarake
• Nikaku Animart

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