Animecast: Supporting the Anime Industry

We love anime, and what better way to show our appreciation than spotlighting the companies and sources available to us for keeping anime growing and becoming more available. In this episode of the Animecast, we run through the places you can find your anime fix, 100% legit!

Discussions include: Information Sites, News Sites, Anime Distributors, Anime Streamers, Manga Distributors, Manga Apps, Light Novels, Music Distributors, Figure Buying, Visual Novel Distributors, and Memorabilia in General. See below for full site listings.

The intro to this episode is called “Amrita” by Yui Makino which can be found on iTunes. The outro for this episode is called “Scapegoat” by SawanoHiroyuki featuring YOSH which can also be found on iTunes.

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Site Mentioned:

Portal and Information Sites:
Manga-Anime-Here.com, Anime-Planet.com, MyAnimeList.net, OtakuSpirit.com

News:
Manga-Anime-Here.com, AnimeNewsNetwork.com, Crunchyroll.com, OtakuMode.com, OtakuUSAMagazine.com, MyAnimeList.net

Anime Streaming:
Crunchyroll.com, Funimation.com, Daisuki.net, Viz.com, Crackle.com, Amazon.com, TheAnimeNetwork.com, Netflix.com, Hulu.com, Youtube.com/user/FUNimation, Youtube.com/user/nozomient, Youtube.com/user/GundamInfo, Youtube.com/user/DAISUKI

Anime Purchasing:
iTunes.Apple.com, Funimation.com, Amazon.com, NISAmerica.com, RightstufAnime.com

Manga:
Viz.com, YenPress.com, ComiXology.com, Amazon.com, RightstufAnime.com, BarnsAndNobleInc.com, iTunes.Apple.com, Global.Bookwalker.jp, Crunchyroll.com

Light Novel:
YenPress.com, Global.Bookwalker.jp, RightstufAnime.com, Amazon.com

Music:
iTunes.Apple.com, CDJapan.co.jp, Amazon.co.jp, OtakuMode.com, RightstufAnime.com

Figures:
AmiAmi.com, RightstufAnime.com, Amazon.com, Nippon-Yasan.com, OtakuMode.com, Crunchyroll.com, Mandarake.co.jp, MyFigureCollection.net, GoodSmileshop.com

Memorabilia and Artbooks:
OtakuMode.com, RightstufAnime.com, JBox.com

Visual Novels:
SteamPowered.com

Adult Items, VN, and Manga:
Jlist.com (adult), Fakku.net (adult), Denpasoft.com (adult)

Andrew

Co-Founder of OtakuSpirit.com and Co-Host of the OtakuSpirit Animecast. A huge fan of anime since the early 1990s, consuming over 800 shows. While he's late to the collecting scene, he's found a lot of joy in filling his DVD/Blu-ray collection as well as collecting figures. Once a week, he posts unboxing and feature videos on anime goods to YouTube.