Okay, now that we've covered where to find your anime, now let's figure out how to afford it. My most useful suggestion would be to try to get your anime as close to the Japanese source as possible. If you haven't already done so, review the Moral and Ethical Considerations Note . As a further note, I should mention that most of my suggestions are for folks who can, at least to a limited degree, read or understand spoken Japanese. For more information on learning Japanese, visit Tumbleweed's Guide to Learning Japanese .
Most major cities have a Japanese community large enough to support a Japanese bookstore or two.
Upon walking in you'll be pleased to see walls and walls of tankouban-edition manga titles. This also means you can read stories that the American companies have not gotten around to printing yet. Japanese bookstores will also often have a small video section and CD section. Chinatown Most cities also have a Chinatown section with many import stores. This is a great place to pick up CD's that, for various reasons, seem to be cheaper than any other source outside of Japan.