From: hgm@cray.com (Harold Melanson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Shopper's Guide to Minneapolis-St. Paul
Keywords: anime manga shopping guide
Date: 18 Nov 92 00:20:50 GMT



      Manga/Anime Shopper's Guide to the Twin Cities
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      Rev. 1.0     11/17/92

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Project Minnesota
C/O Noe Saenz
5570 136th St. Ct.
Apple Valley, MN 55124

Please send all additions/corrections/comments to:

Internet: saen0001@student.tc.umn.edu     (Noe Saenz)         or
Internet: hgm@aspen.cray.com              (Harold Melanson)

For the purposes of this guide, I am only listing businesses which
carry actual anime and not every comic shop in town.

DISCLAIMER:  With the exception of Dreamhaven, none of these locations
are really great sources of anime.  Most of the shop owners are content
to keep occasional copies of movies in stock, or order only if there
is a request.  Most stores will keep a small portion of Anime on the racks
but all the current, or new titles will be gone almost as soon as they
arrive.  Most of the nationalized chain Video stores only carry the more
flashy/dubbed variety of Anime.


----------- Anime Shopper's Guide to Minneapolis-St. Paul ------------

Dreamhaven Books & Art
1309 SE 4 St.
Minneapolis, MN
ph: 379-8924

 - Small selection of Japanese magazines and compilation manga.
   some back issues of Newtype, Animage, and Animedia.  Also has
   a small collection of specialty prints and books.  Most of the
   prints are from Windaria (some very nice ones IMHO).  All prints
   are in the orginal Japanese.  Some specialty items also get to the
   store from time to time.  For example a very nice japanese fan is
   on display behind to counter with pictures from "Kiki's Delivery
   Service".
 - They have a membership program that has discounts on all purchased
   books and magazines.  No discounts on VHS tape sales or rental.
 - VHS tapes from Animeigo, US Manga Corps, Streamline, USR.  Prices
   are standard, there is no mark up on advertised prices.  Animeigo
   tapes go for the catalog price, i.e. $34.99 for BGC.  Almost all
   titles released in the US will get here, eventually.  They also
   have a few non-Anime specific japanese films.
 - VHS tapes for rent, mostly Macek dubbed stuff

The Source Comics and Games - 4 stores
Corporate Office
2161 University Ave. W
St. Paul, MN
ph:646-4112

80-B Snelling Ave. N.
St. Paul, MN
ph:646-7870

 - English manga compilations (UY, Nausicaa, Mai the Psychic Girl,
   Crying Freeman, Akira)
 - VHS tapes (US Manga Corps, Streamline - they were sold out of 
   the Animeigo KOR tapes when I was there.)

1309 SE 4 St.
Minneapolis, MN
ph:623-3456

 - Japanese magazines (Animage, Newtype, Hobby Japan, manga "phonebooks")
 - Protoculture Addicts (when there is any)
 - Located next door to DreamHaven in the University of MN area (Dinkytown)

1981 Silver Bell Rd.
Eagan, MN
ph:681-0400

 - Only a small collection of old Robotech Tapes (Palladium)

2451 Rice St.
Roseville, MN
ph:486-8339

 - I haven't been to this store.

Kim's Oriental Market
689 Snelling Ave. N.
St. Paul, MN
ph:646-0428

 - Lots of Japanese and Korean TV shows on VHS tape for rent, $2/tape/3 days.
   Only anime I saw was 5 tapes of Nadia (eps. 1-31);  I can't read Hangul
   so I have no idea what's on the Korean tapes.

Sam Goody's
Mall of America
Bloomington, MN
ph:###-####

 - VHS tapes under a rack of "Japanese Animation".  Mostly USMC and
   Streamline.  Titles include Robotech, Speed Racer, etc.
   No Animeigo, not much subtitled at all.

Suncoast Motion Picture
Mall of America           Burnsville Center
Bloomington, MN           Burnsville, MN
ph:###-####               ph:###-####

 - Both stores are very similar in stock and quality.  Expect a better
   selection at the Mall of America (catering to Japanese tourists ;))
 - VHS tapes, Animeigo,USMC,and others.  No USR/LA Hero.  Also titles from
   Streamline, FHE, and Palladium Books.  Decent selection, although they
   tend not to order very many copies.  Reasonable prices, and occasionally
   will put out discount coupons in mailers.  Also carry harder to find
   titles like AstroBoy, RoboFormers (?), and the dubbed Tekkaman.
 - LD, one of the few LD stores in the area.  Very limited titles, and high
   prices.  Titles in stock are USMC's Project A-ko, and the letterbox
   limited edition of Akira ($100+).  Also a small LD catalog.  Will probably
   carry Animeigo LD's soon.


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