#RightStufAnime

[moltengarnet]

This is going to sound weird, but whatever. Right Stuf Anime was an online anime/manga/figure shop that also sold adult manga & blu rays (like ero stuff). I think they were one of the most popular for that sort of thing in America.

They got bought by Crunchyroll, who proceeded to absorb their entire business EXCEPT the ero stuff. You can no longer buy adult stuff from one of the biggest anime/manga online retailers. I’m not saying I’m collecting hentai manga & anime, or that hentai is some super important thing, but it’s just a shame to see an animation and art industry (even a lewd one) take a hit just for the sake of advertiser friendliness. It’s the same thing that happened to Tumblr a few years back.

This is the only hentai anime I own, and I don’t plan on getting more, but posting this silly video gives me a platform to talk about this uhhh… issue?

@rightstufanime

[fellowmedia]

Manga Haul 51323:

#thefellow with a #big #RightStufAnime #rightstuf #unboxing #haul for #anime/#manga #fans/#followers continuing a good handful of #shonenjump titles like #nisekoi #onepunchman #weneverlearn #myheroacademia but also starting some others! #read #reading #books #comicbooks #comics

Picked up so many for about $6 each with a birthday coupon 🥲

Any look good to you?

[hopeymchope]

Crunchyroll’s progressive march towards dominance of all anime and anime-related products continues...

Crunchyroll has now purchased RightStufAnime, giving them control of America’s largest seller of physical anime disks, anime figures and statues, and more. RightStuf even has exclusive rights to a lot of merch physical anime releases — which now exclusively belong to Crunchyroll by proxy.

[mycurrentfandomobsessions]

My order from rightstufanime came in!

[nerdiertides]

RightStuf's latest sale spotlights long-running anime series, including One Piece, Sailor Moon, Hunter X Hunter, and more!

[digi-lov]

By the way, for anyone who has missed it,

Digimon Adventure original Japanese version with English Sub is out now on Blu Ray!

For the first time ever!!

You can get it on amazon or rightstufanime!

[utena-fanmerch]

RGU Blu-rays and ATR Manga are on SALE 🌹

Heard word that post Rightstufanime's death by absorption (RIP to a real one), Crunchyroll is doing a sale on various items including Revolutionary Girl Utena bluray sets and the After The Revolution manga!

The Deluxe Utena Manga boxset remains as elusively sold-out as ever, bless

[lupincentral]

It looks like RightStufAnime is now Crunchyroll, with all products moving stores as of October 10th.

More details via ANN. 👇

[dailykodocha]

Kodocha Resources

Looking to stay connected to the Kodocha fandom? Here are some creators and resources for you!

The Kodocha Archive First off, we have to shout out @thekodochaarchive - a blog dedicated to preserving Kodocha content run by our friend @rgmbrasil! You can also follow the archive on YouTube.

The Kodocha Discord Server: Babbit's House Join the party! Also by RGM!

That Kodocha Girl You know I gotta shout out my gal Ari-chan @thatkodochagirl and her fantastic YouTube channel dedicated to all things Kodocha. You can find character analysis, clips, and rarities galore!

19 O'Clock News: A Kodocha Podcast Once a month That Kodocha Girl and I sit down and analyze a character or story arc from Kodocha - sometimes ft. special guests! Listen on YouTube. If you are interested in joining us as a podcast guest, fill out this form.

Liz/kodomonomocha Liz creates Kodocha content on social media and has collected raw screenshots and footage for others to use. Also #1 Naozumi fan! Follow her on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. Her resources are available on her carrd or on Pinterest.

HoneyCherry08 If you're looking for Kodocha fanart, HoneyCherry08 is responsible for most of the art of the last few years! You can see their work on Pixiv and Twitter.

Kodocha Blurays If you haven't already, please consider supporting Discotek Media's heroic rescue of the Kodocha license by purchasing the blurays from @rightstufanime. Buy Season 1 here. Preorder Season 2 here.

Daily Kodocha I am Daily Kodocha, and I post daily scans, screenshots, memes, gifs, fun facts, and video clips of Kodocha. I am slightly more active on Twitter.

Kodocha Tumblrs There are a lot of really lovely blogs here on tumblr that share some fantastic Kodocha content. Not all are active. @hotwaterandmilk @dezaki @brickme @kodochaforeverandever @akitoandsana

[yunoteru4ever]

Hi! Do you perhaps know where I could find official Mirai Nikki merch like @reversed-yukiteru-amano ‘s?

If you want some of the stuff that's sold/produced in Japan, your best bet is probably to search eBay or — better yet — watch Japanese auctions via Buyee.jp. Or hit up anime conventions and hope for the best...

If you want the North American merch, it's mostly produced by Great Eastern Entertainment. This will give you an overview of MOST of the Mirai Nikki merch they've put out in the past decade — although their own site is sold out of everything listed at the moment. Still, you can use it to help you look for things on sites like Amazon, eBay, Entertainment Earth, RightStufAnime, and the like. There's definitely still some things available on such sites.

And that list from GEE isn't comprehensive, either, because it lacks stuff like their playing cards, the Yuno bikini throw blanket and the, uh, tumbler-with-lid featuring the same Yuno-in-bikini art on it...

...guess they really like putting that image on stuff... 😒

The last time GEE produced a new print run of their Future Diary merchandise was in late 2022 — although that was only a new shipment of throw pillows, buttons, keychains, and the ever-popular Yukiteru Beanie. Some of the stuff shown on their site hasn't had a new print run in many years now, and I haven't seen them do a new run of any MN stuff yet this year.

Oh, and uh... here's an important warning: Unless you've already got one, don't expect to EVER own the much-coveted Mediacom Yuno figure. It rarely shows up for sale, and when it does? Sure hope you're ready to spend the price of a used car on her!

I'd love to have one, but holy SHIT. For that price, I could literally travel to Japan MYSELF to hunt merch. And still come back with cash to spare.

[fellowmedia]

Manga Haul 8223

[hopeymchope]

So crunchyroll's becoming the Disney for Anime?

I guess a more accurate way to phrase it would be that Sony is becoming the Disney for anime. Since Sony bought Crunchyroll before CR acquired those other companies. And Sony also still owns Aniplex, which is now - ofc - forced to do business with Crunchyroll.

Ok, my interest is EXTREMELY piqued. Tell me more, please. What licenses have they bought and just hoarded?!

[angelfeed]

On weekends Hune and I usually head into the city to visit used book n record stores. Yesterday when I was at the manga section in Half Price Books, another person was there talking to themselves about which volume they did/didn't have while checking their phone. I was crouched down near them and replied, "I have a giant notepad file list of all the manga I'm in the process of collecting too n always using it as reference~!" Then they showed me their phone, where their manga was documented on Libib n told me I should start using that. They started talking about completing their Angel Sanctuary set after that which made me really happy to find another Kaori Yuki fan, and I recommended Fairy Cube since it's only 3 volumes compared to Angel Sanctuary having 20.

Walked around to some other sections after that, eventually making my way back to the manga section, where a different person was complaining about the price of manga and wanting to complete their Monster set. Sooo I recommended checking out rightstufanime n waiting for their sales :3

Anyway! Was especially happy finding these yesterday:

(There are 2 more from this set I'll eventually get)

Also this pretty one:

We also found the complete sets for Samurai Champloo n Cowboy Bebop at a rly good price n_n

[cuteteacakes]

I got my first order delivered from rightstufanime today! I had ordered a preorder too so that didn't ship but I got the first three volumes of My Androgynous Boyfriend and if you haven't read it yet PLEASE DO ITS SO CUTE AND WHOLESOME

[animehouse-moe]

Buying Manga In Canada

So, any Canadian knows the woes of not having a RightStufAnime up here, or a Kinokuniya or any real specialty animanga stores (unless you live in a major metropolitan area). We also know that Indigo has currently been out of commission online for nearing a week at this point (and has a whole host of other issues currently), and that even then it's hit and miss for orders shipping on time, not having damaged items, and any number of other thing. And Amazon, well it's Amazon. Sure it'll get there in 2 days, but in one piece is an entirely other conversation.

So what can we do? Where we can we shop?

Quite a few places, it turns out. Though each with a caveat.

I'll be blunt. For pre-ordered items, you're not going to beat Indigo or Amazon for delivery. If you have a store near you there's no concerns, but for people ordering predominantly online you'll most likely be stuck with a bigger retailer if you want your items in a (typically) timely fashion.

Anyways, let's get started, what are our alternatives?

The C&L Internet Club

The C&L Internet Club, also referred to as The CNL, is an online retail website for a warehouse located in Burnaby, BC. They sell a whole lot of stuff, including DVDs and Blu-Rays. Anyways, to the point, Manga. It's good, they have pretty common sales that align overall with sale periods (so just don't expect sales outside of regular windows). The shipping time frame is pretty solid, packaging is well done and they process very quick. The only thing is that they might not carry that niche title you're looking to get into.

Where The CNL makes up for that though is in two areas. The first is free shipping no matter the order size. Sure, it might mean you end up with a dozen packages because they split it up into lettermail, but it means free shipping anywhere in Canada. It's a pretty great deal. The second aspect though is rare stuff. I just recently purchased about half of the total volumes currently printed for D-Frag! through them. The latter half mostly, but still, they had quite a few volumes that are OOS with other retailers, and even had crazy stuff like the last 5 volumes of Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei.

So at the end of the day, they might not have as much stock as the bigger retailers, but free shipping regardless, fast processing times, good packaging, and (from personal experience) great customer service, it's pretty easy to recommend for in stock orders at retail price.

The Beguiling

The Beguiling (subtitled Books & Art) is a comic and manga bookstore in the heart of Toronto, Ontario. They're a relatively small store for sure, so pre-orders and great shipping times aren't a guarantee, but this is another retailer I've bought from (both in store and online). I haven't paid enough attention to see if The Beguiling does any sales, but their retail prices are pretty reasonable. They follow The CNL pretty well in most areas but are just a smaller retailer overall so things can be a bit slower. One thing they're behind on is available stock. It's a small location so they don't have a lot of space for lots of extra volumes, so some orders might take longer.

The Beguiling makes up for it in an interesting and one-of-a-kind manner though: range. The Beguiling could also have some rarities like The CNL, but this is in a different fashion. This bookstore is one of two bookstores in all of Canada that carry Glacier Bay Book titles. Alongside that, they have a lot of other unique publishers, another example being Hollow Press. And if that wasn't enough, they've got plenty of interesting and uncommon art books, old ones too. I got my Yoshitoshi art book via The Beguiling.

If you're going for an "in stock" order, I'd probably sooner pick The CNL, but that's because I have more experience with them. The packaging, customer service, and overall experience with The Beguiling is really solid for sure, and for orders over 100CAD it's free shipping (unlike The CNL which has no minimum), anything under it though they cite a 9 dollar charge for it, so there's no need for expensive orders.

Imaginaire

Imaginaire is the start of the retailers that I haven't purchased from. It's a Quebec based retailer with several locations, and has a bit of an interesting side to it. There's free shipping, but at several tiers. Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick see free shipping at over 59CAD, while other areas see it over 119, though paid shipping is pretty reasonable as it's as cheap as 8CAD.

Imaginaire is somewhat similar to The CNL in that it carries much more than just manga, but it's also similar to The Beguiling because it does not carry a great amount of stock. Instead, there are items you have to "special order", which essentially means extra processing time before they can be shipped. Overall, I'd say it's the most limiting of the list currently, its catalogue is rather narrow overall despite carrying both French and English titles.

I think if there's something you're looking for, and you're really far from BC Imaginaire probably isn't too bad, but it doesn't have a lot of the volume that the prior two have in terms of offering. Really, this is an online retailer for French, and by extension French Special Editions. If you collect them, this is one of the few alternatives to Indigo for fancy French stuff.

OtakuLounge

OtakuLounge is probably the most interesting on the list because it's effectively a Manga Cafe, located in Montreal, Quebec. It's got a massive library of French manga, a good amount of English, and even some Japanese volumes available to read.

Their catalogue is better than Imaginaire, but they have quite a few items that aren't sold online, making for a bit of a back and forth game on figuring out what you can and can't order online. In addition to that, OtakuLounge has no information that indicates that there is a free shipping minimum, and shipping costs start at 8CAD, and increase for a dollar with each volume. With all of that, it's even less likely to be a hit for online purchases, but the very idea of it is interesting enough to warrant attention.

In opposition though, their French Catalogue is fairly massive, and they seem to have more French Collectors editions. Though again, both retailers are somewhat hit or miss for older titles. In stock ones they're both fine, so Imaginaire has the edge due to free shipping.

Other Options

Manga Canada - Low stocked, but free shipping at 79CAD Bookoutlet - Almost zero stock, but free shipping and great prices BookDepository - Owned by Amazon, free shipping and sometimes good prices (use VPN and access from UK for best prices) And probably a few others, but a lot operate as brick & Mortar only.

At the end of the day, do we have a RightStuf or Kinokuniya in Canada? No.

But, there are options.

Personally, I would recommend The CNL or The Beguiling pretty strongly, depending on what it might be that you're after. Outside of that, the other retailers are conditional and specific to your personal circumstances and preferences. It's not an amazing solution, but it's certainly better than putting up with the constant issues and headaches of Indigo and Amazon.

[lupincentral]

Lupin III: Greatest Heists (Volume 2) is now available to pre-order over on RightStufAnime, for fans living in the United States! A release is due later this year.

Lupin the 3rd The Classic Manga Collection Volume 2 (Hardcover) (rightstufanime.com)