FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Do you ship internationally? : We currently only process orders from the United States and Canada.

Do you accept money order or cashier's check? : We accept money order or cashier's check. Please e-mail us your desired title(s) and we will e-mail you in return with a total purchase price. Also, you may use our Web site to find out the total purchase price by adding the items to your shopping cart (as if you were going to purchase online), but without actually purchasing the order. Our Web site will give you a total purchase price BEFORE it asks for a customer's credit card information. Please e-mail us and we will give you instructions on how to send us money order or cashier's check.

How do you package your shipments?: We use items like cushioned paper and bubble wrap to secure and prevent damage to shipped merchandise. Our merchandise is shipped in boxes or in heavy duty air-bubble envelopes, depending on the amount of merchandise being shipped. Also, depending on the type of merchandise, we use a different variety of cushioning.

How much does shipping cost? : You may use our Web site to find out the total purchase price (including shipping) by adding the items to your shopping cart (as if you were going to purchase online), but without actually purchasing the order. Our Web site will give you a total purchase price, which includes all shipping costs, BEFORE it asks for a customer's credit card information. Shipping is free with an order of $100.00 or more. You must choose the First Class Mail option to receive this promotion. This is only valid with the coupon code "FREESHIP" and for shipments within the US.

Do you ship to APO, FPO and AFB? : Yes. APO, FPO and AFB are all considered as a part of the United States (domestic). Also, only domestic shipping rates apply.

Anime Terminology? : The word anime appears in written form in three katakana characters a, ni, me. In the United States speakers typically pronounce the word as /'ænimei/ and in England it is generally pronounced /ænimi/. The English word transliterates a Japanese term. The etymology is generally traced to an abbreviation of the Japanese transliteration of the English word "animation". Some non-Japanese fans claim the word comes from the French animé ("animated"). Internationally, anime once bore the popular name Japanimation, but this term has fallen into disuse. The term Japanimation is much more commonly used in Japan to refer to domestic animation. Since anime or animeshon is used to describe all forms of animation, Japanimation is meant to distinguish Japanese work from that of the rest of the world. The voice actors for anime usually bear the Japanese equivalent designation, seiyuu.

What is OVA? : Most anime can be categorized as one of three types: Films, which are generally released in theaters, represent the highest budget and generally the highest video quality. Popular anime movies include Akira, InuYasha The Movie and Spirited Away. OVA (Original Video Animation; sometimes OAV, or Original Animated Video) anime is often similar to a television miniseries. OVAs can have from two to twenty episodes; one-shots are particularly short, usually less than film-length. They most commonly released directly to video. As a general rule OVA anime tends to be of high quality, approaching that of films. Television series anime is syndicated and broadcast on television on a regular schedule. All TV series anime epsiodes will have opening credits, closing credits, and often an "eyecatch", a very short scene, often humourous or silly, that is used to signal the start or end of the commercial break. "Eyecatch" scenes are only found in TV series anime.

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