#animeonstage

[leciell]

AnimeOnStage & Buying services experience

Hello Tumblr,

I’m back. (kinda not really) I’ve taken a hiatus from this place and have found respite on other social medias. I still love my musical boys to death but life has caught up with me and has had me plenty busy. I still log in once in a while but you can definitey find me at other SMS where I’m much more active.

but I’m here to touch base on a subject that I’ve had some people DM me about since I guess my ASK box isn’t working? (Welp then)

I didn’t feel the need to make this post only because I feel so much of us have already have our ways to get our grabby little hands on all our favorite butai merch but to those who are new to the game and are looking at the right places to buy, tumblr and other butai blogs have long extensive lists and more detailed posts on how to procure your merchandise, as well as how to access DMM or even how to be a member on Toumyu’s website.

I’ll be blunt, I have a JP address and a card that allows me to gain access to all that.

How to get your own JP Address? Tenso. it does require you to do some verification but its really simple and easy from there. they will even provide you a phone number to use to gain access to all the other stuff They offer ems, dhl and regular shippping. Their basically a forwarding service, you buy the items yourself and you get it shipped to your tenso address and the warehouse guy wil contact you to let you know your stuff is in and forward it to your US/UK/overseas address.

Downside to tenso: Again you need to procure the items yourself, meaning you bid on your own and etc.

FromJapan: Good place to shop. They will source all items from rakuten, amazonjp and yahoo auctions and more. they are also a buying proxy with very good rates. They offer a variety of shipping and will do bids on your behalf.

AmazonJP: By far my favorite place to shop as their pricing are very very *very* competitive. If anything, sometimes even way cheaper than the regular retail price. for example: bakuten bluray originally was approx $85-95 USD. At amazonjp it was $65 USD with free global dhl shipping. Downside to buying from amazon or frommJP sellers, like buying from auction houses, your basically buying from a 3rd party seller and if your intention is to ‘support the show directly’ your better off buying directly from their sales division either by a 'in-person proxy’ or directly from the shows website and using tenso or personal shopper to buy in your place.

This post is getting quite long but let me get straightto the point as to why I’m bringing this post up, this was meant to be a walk through or talk through on my buying experiences with AnimeOnStage.

Let me start with, I’m not here to bash on a business, I’m not out to destory their reputation or anything like that. but its very apparent that so many people have been rather unhappy with their services as of late (ie; see twitter please)

Now, before we go on the whole 'why this business is bad and why you shouldn’t shop from them’, no. Stop. check yourself. And remind yourself that they are also a small business. For the fans by the fans if their motto, and for the longest time I appreciate what their trying to do. And that is to bridge the gap between western and eastern fans and basically feed us our 2.5D merch needs.

I’ve used their services a few times in the past and so far haven’t had any issues.

(but Chisa! Why would you use them when you have all these other accesses? - I’m lazy. Simple as that. I’ve said this so many times on all my other posts — yes guys i’m sorry i still have half the audio rips from the shinken ranbusai that i’ll eventually put up LOOo see how lazy i am?!.

but basically, I opted to join in on their 'group orders’ for certain live plays coz hey, i figured their going to watch the show and buy merch anyway I might as well put in a request for an item or two coz the price isnt any different if i pay for ems or dhl…etc…)

So how does AOS stage play orders work? let me run down on this real quick, they will post up the merch list on what will be on sale, you fill out the form on what you want and they invoice you for it. Simple enough right? After a few weeks when your merch is in their hands (in the US) they’ll then forward you a email/2nd invoice to shipping within the US. So in the end, you basically just pay priority mailing which is approx $7-10 depending on how heavy your package is. Simple enough.

Now, heres my gripe with them lately… their a small business, I get that. They travel all over the place, traveling wears you outand takes a lot of time. Vending at cons isn’t easy. I’ve been there, done that. So i’ve been pretty patient. But, I’ve been waiting on hold on my Engekki jacket orders for well over 9 months now, how long ago was the engekki reprisal show when the jackets were first announced? Still no word… Now fast forward June 2017…I’m waiting to hear from them.

I’ve emailed them a few times before and as of this post today, I’m still waiting on my refund. (Its been a few weeks, I won’t name a number because I’m trying to give them the benefit of the doubt here)

again, I want to stress I’m not out here to destroy their reputation, I know a lot has been going on at twitter on how their business practices are; ie bootleg merch and all. But I would like to point out that from one thread I found on twitter (I won’t link them, please feel free to search on there) that they had no intentions on selling bootleg mech and will offer refunds to those who mistakingly bought bootleg items. So, I atleast gotta hand them that.

Tl;dr I’d shop with them at your own discretion. Because lgr, you could be duped by another seller when your trying to bid on items online but atleast finding bootleg merch on JP buying sites is almost impossible atleast.

So what happened to my engekki jacket orders? Basically, from what I can disect is that they were unable to procure the said jackets at the time of the event, for months I was led to believe that maybe they were on a pre-order basis considering the only people I’ve seen sporting them were the cast of engekki hq themselves and no other fans were posting them…but fast forward a few months later, I sent in an inquirey and the response I got was; “Hi, xxxx!

We are still trying to source the parkas from a reliable source and we deeply apologize for the delay. If you would like a refund at this time, we totally understand! ”

now, I knew full well that the jackets were gonna be a hot item to be sold at the venue so I guess in my mind it made sense that they would probably be on a pre-order basis but this response / email made me think other wise. Reliable source? As in, purchasing it elsewhere?

Anyways its been a good few mins since I started drafting this post and as I was about to hit 'post’ I got an email response from them (Finally, after a twitter blast later as well) and got a refund from a personal account. Ok.

I didn’t want to back track and rewrite the whole post. But this is my experience with AOS.

Again, I want to stress that their not a bad business, I’ve been pretty patient waiting all this time on their responses and I’ve been pretty forgiving coz I know how its like to run a small hub of a business and I just hope that this experience (and other peoples orders) go smoothly and would serve as a learning step or building block for them to grow their business better and to continue to (re)build their reputation coz I’d hate to see a vendor like this crash and burn because of a few unhappy clients. There is room for growth, I hope that they will continue to grow into being a better service provider by supplying legit merch if they insist on charging the prices they charge for other merch.

(But I would say that their buying service charges are actually very reasonable imho)

[kondou-shouri]

the blog its called animeonstage, but thanks for your answer aaaaa i'm so happy its true, but you please can translate what he said on his reply?

My blog post about it is over here: Sound-Piece! ( ´ ▽ ` )

[nimbus-cloud]

y won't u upload the show when u scan all the chracter cards n pamhplets?

Accessibility.  

The bromides and pamphlets are ONLY sold at the venues they perform in, and ONLY while the show is touring.  After that, you’re giving your money to second-hand shops not to the production itself.  Many proxy sites will obtain the bromides for you second-hand instead of buying them from the theater, meaning you’re not even giving your money to the actors anymore.  The profits are going to second-hand shops like K-Books, Mandarake, etc…  Given the extremely limited nature of such merchandise, I’m much more inclined to share scans of those items, because if you’re outside Japan, it’s TOUGH to get a hold of that.

But the show itself is available on DVDs that are available by authorized retailers for a good long while after the show.  You can still buy DVDs of the very first show on places like Amazon Japan, CD Japan, even amiami now.  All of these sites ship overseas, take credit card, paypal… the DVDs (aka, the show itself) are MUCH more accessible.  So since the opportunity remains for you to support the show via DVD sales, I encourage people that can to do so.  

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[xisanamii]

 @animeonstage is going to have a buying service for the brave10 stage which means you get to buy the visuals and (maybe?) the stageplay and i am honestly deceased. sharing this info in case those in this small fandom don’t know!

[kyanmas]

Update: I used the animeonstage online store and bought $100 worth of Justin Tomimori bromides, thank you for your help !!

oh that's great ahsksls!!!! good thing to know its reliable, i might buy some goods soon then!!!

[masayume85]

Hi. Do you know how to purchase tickets for the upcoming Harada-hen play? I found an official site, but it's in Japanese and I'm not fluent, so I was wondering if you could tell me how to purchase or help me translate? If not, thanks anyway!

Hi there, unfortunately you’ve missed basically all of the lotteries (tickets are usually gotten via lottery) for Sano-hen, but general sales do start next week and there’s always resale. Getting tickets is rather hard if you a) aren’t able to read Japanese or b) have someone in Japan willing to help you pay for and pick up the tickets. I’ve been incredibly fortunate to have the help of some friends that will be going with me but man it hasn’t been easy trying to do it from outside Japan. There’s so many hurdles. 

Just to save you a lot of grief, I would HIGHLY recommend using @animeonstage‘s ticket buying service. You can check out their quick email form here: http://animeonstage.com/?page_id=3159

These ladies are experts when it comes to getting tickets and are incredibly helpful. Please check them out ^^ Good luck!

[arachibiko]

Both Beauty and Handsome ~ Kitamura Ryo

Yoyo ! Sudah saatnya Ara ngenalin Mamas yang ganteng sekaligus cantik ini ! haha

Kitamura Ryo ! Tapi Ara lebih suka manggil dia Mu ! Kalau yang lain biasanya pada manggil Kitamu sih ~ hehe Mu ! Ini selain jadi actor, dia juga seiyuu (pengisi suara anime), dan juga model loh ! Mu mengawali karirnya dari model ! Dan dia juga bisa nyanyi ~ paket komplit kan nih haha

LIhat profil nya dulu yukk 

Family name : 北村

Given name : 諒

Date of birth : Januari, 25 1991 

Twitter :  gdgd37458

Ameblo : Kitamu Blog

Official Fans Club : kitamuraryo.com

Source : animeonstage, animenewsnetwork, 

Mu ini juga punya grup yang pernah nyanyi untuk OP anime  Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V. Nama grup nya, Unknown Number yang membernya Mizayaki Shuuto, Matsuda Ryo, dan Mu ! Mereka rilis single judule Kibou no Hikari ! Nama fansnya adalah Unswer. Jadi mungkin karena nama grupnya nomor tidak dikenal maka terus tidak dijawab. lol

Ara tahu Mu dari pedal stage haha tetep ya ! Uechan membawa berkah banget, jadi kenal ikemen. Dia jadi Toudo Jinpanchi yang di stage sebelumnya dibawain oleh Tamaki Yuki.  Dasarnya Mu ini ada bawaan cantik, maka karakter yang dia bawain itu kadang lebih ke Oneeppoi gitu. Tapi Mu ini cowok tulen kok ! 

Trus ya Ara kan suka dengerin lagunya ansute (Ensemble Star) apa lagi lagu Knights ya, dan ternyata yang nge-seiyuu salah satu karakter dari Knights itu adalah Mu ! Dia jadi Arashi ! Bahkan di ansuta (Ensemble Star Stage) dia ikut main dan jadi Arashi juga. Nggak nyangka loh pas awalnya tahu. Ara nemu foto dia sama seiyuu gitu awalnya trus baru ngeh ternyata dia juga seiyuu haha

Mu ada dvd jalan - jalan gitu, namanya Kitamura Ryo No Tabikita, yang Vo.1 guest nya Uechan tapi Ara belum nonton. Nggak ada yang share huhuhu /maunya gratisan ahaha/ Pengen beli tapi uang belum cukup. Semoga bisa kebeli yaa ~ Amin !

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[thy-iheart]

Thank you @animeonstage for buying this for me! Don’t know where else I could’ve bought this!

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[meeokie]

animeonstage reblogged your post Y'all need to hit up @animeonstage ‘H... and added:

We loved shopping for you! You’re so welcome! >u<

<3

[utahoshikengo]

if any of you guys have twitter, please follow our business here: http://twitter.com/animeonstage it'd really mean a lot to me!