See my updated “Finding Anime in
NYC” presentation.pdf 4081 KB,
.ppt 23867 KB Versions of this were presented by me and my fellow panelists
(named in the notes) at anime cons from NYAF 2007 through BAACon 2014
See my “Impact! Anime
Rocks America” presentation.pdf, 1044 KB.
A version of this was last presented at the
PJ Mini-Pop festival
on 2010-05-23
See the
video
& article
on a panel with me at NYAF
on 2008-09-28 (the Japanamerica panel).
I am in part 11 & part
12 of the video playlist, and in the
article paragraph starting “To this, Adams added…”
(Thanks to Lawrence Brenner
for recording the video)
“Where and how can you find anime and
manga in NYC, as well as anime clubs, anime-related events, and merchandise?
Host Clyde Adams III, webmaster of nyc-anime.com for
over a decade, has the answers.
This is an update of his NYAF 2007 and 2008 panels”
[New York Anime Festival (NYAF)
September 2009 panel schedule]
“Anime expert Clyde Adams III gives us
a crash course in Japanese popular culture… He’s been a real
otaku (superfan) of Japanese anime and manga for nearly two decades…
he also manages the fan site
nyc-anime.com.”
[Time
Out New York2008-04-10]
“…Join the creator one of the
best NYC’s anime website [sic],
www.nyc-anime.com,
to get the information you crave.”
[AnimeNEXT
Pocket Schedule
2008-06-20]
“New York City Anime—A pretty
darn comprehensive list of NYC-area anime and related cons, events, stores,
reviews and more. It’s not fancy, but its da bomb for any local or
visiting otaku.” [Yuricon
links]
“A one-stop shop for always up-to-date
information about events, festivals, Meetups and other goings on”
[Heath Row, Anime in New
York on Squidoo]
“…I found the Japanese Cultural
Events and Resources section of your website (which is excellent by the
way)…”
[Tony Do, Weatherhead East Asian Institute
(WEAI)2008-02-11]
“An informative, up to date page on all
anime related organizations in NYC and NJ.”
[Gordon, Anime Game Tech
links2006-03-14]
“I’ve regularly visited
nyc-anime.com since I moved to New York City three years ago.”
[Peter Tatara of Reed Exhibitions,
organizers of
New York Anime Festival (NYAF)2007-07-16]
“Great Resource for finding anime in
NYC.” [Eugene Chen, AnimeNEXT
links2005-12-22]
“We are all happy and proud to see our
club in your awesome website.”
[Javier Garcia,
Bronx Community College Anime Club
2008-08-17]
“We have read about you and understand
your passion and understanding of anime!”
[Pia Burone of
Allison & Partners
representing
GameFly2008-09-11]
“I love your site—great info!
What can I do to get our link up there with you guys?”
[“Samurai
Zak”, organizer Genki Shock
[Gone]2007-07-12]
“…it’s a really nifty
resource…” [Greg Mourino,
NYU Club Anime2006-07-17]
“Your site has such a great list of
anime events I would like to see if we can be added to your
listings.”
[David Solomon Rodriguez, producer of the
off-Broadway play The Jaded Assassin
[Gone]2007-02-14]
“This was exactly what I was looking
for but wasn’t finding…”
[visitor
2006-05-17]
“Thank you for your great site, it has
greatly helped me in finding and posting anime events.”
[“Smokey the Balrog”, moderator AnimeNYC Yahoo!
Group2004-01-15]
“…I just wanted to say
‘thanks.’ I’ve
been trying for almost a week to get ahold of someone here who knows anything
about when/where this club meets! Can you believe I actually came to NYU
looking for an anime club, and couldn’t find it? Well anyway,
thanks so much for listing the when/where on your site!”
[NYU student
2003-11-11]
“I was searching the web for anime
sites to contact and yours was the first that was really thorough and up to
date on anime events.” [Manager of Games
and James (later Otakuden,
now closed) anime store 2003-10-29]
This site will look much better
in a browser that supports
web standards,
but it is accessible to any browser
or Internet device
This section is for anime-related events, including club
meetings, that are less frequent than weekly
For regular weekly club meetings, see Clubs For non-anime-related Japanese
cultural events (both pop culture and “high” culture), see Japanese cultural events and resources
2015-09-10 19:00
NYC Anime Meetup(Thursday) The regular monthly meeting of the
NYC Anime Meetup Group
is normally scheduled for the 2nd Thursday in each month
On the 2nd floor near the W 31st St entrance in
Café R,
116 W 32nd St btw 6th & 7th Ave,
New York NY 10001map,
+1-212-695-9550 Free admission, but free membership and RSVP required,
and Café R reportedly has a $5 minimum order
2015-09-23 19:00
NYC Manga Meetup(Wednesday) The regular monthly meeting of the
NYC Manga &
Comics Meetup Group
is normally scheduled for the 4th Wednesday in each month
On the 2nd floor near the W 31st St entrance in
Café R,
116 W 32nd St btw 6th & 7th Ave,
New York NY 10001map,
+1-212-695-9550 Free admission, but free membership and RSVP required,
and Café R reportedly has a $5 minimum order
See the invitations
(.pdf, 319 KB) The NYC Manga Meetup now holds its monthly meeting jointly with the
NYC Toy and Model Kit
Meetup
2015-10-08 19:00
NYC Anime Meetup[Unconfirmed](Thursday) The regular monthly meeting of the
NYC Anime Meetup Group
is normally scheduled for the 2nd Thursday in each month;
it will likely shift this month becuse of New York Comic Con (NYCC)
On the 2nd floor near the W 31st St entrance in
Café R,
116 W 32nd St btw 6th & 7th Ave,
New York NY 10001map,
+1-212-695-9550 Free admission, but free membership and RSVP required,
and Café R reportedly has a $5 minimum order
2015-10-28 19:00
NYC Manga Meetup(Wednesday) The regular monthly meeting of the
NYC Manga &
Comics Meetup Group
is normally scheduled for the 4th Wednesday in each month
On the 2nd floor near the W 31st St entrance in
Café R,
116 W 32nd St btw 6th & 7th Ave,
New York NY 10001map,
+1-212-695-9550 Free admission, but free membership and RSVP required,
and Café R reportedly has a $5 minimum order
See the invitations
(.pdf, 319 KB) The NYC Manga Meetup now holds its monthly meeting jointly with the
NYC Toy and Model Kit
Meetup
2015-11-12 19:00
NYC Anime Meetup(Thursday) The regular monthly meeting of the
NYC Anime Meetup Group
is normally scheduled for the 2nd Thursday in each month
On the 2nd floor near the W 31st St entrance in
Café R,
116 W 32nd St btw 6th & 7th Ave,
New York NY 10001map,
+1-212-695-9550 Free admission, but free membership and RSVP required,
and Café R reportedly has a $5 minimum order
2015-11-25 19:00
NYC Manga Meetup[Unconfirmed](Wednesday) The regular monthly meeting of the
NYC Manga &
Comics Meetup Group
is normally scheduled for the 4th Wednesday in each month,
but may shift this month due to Thanksgiving
On the 2nd floor near the W 31st St entrance in
Café R,
116 W 32nd St btw 6th & 7th Ave,
New York NY 10001map,
+1-212-695-9550 Free admission, but free membership and RSVP required,
and Café R reportedly has a $5 minimum order
See the invitations
(.pdf, 319 KB) The NYC Manga Meetup now holds its monthly meeting jointly with the
NYC Toy and Model Kit
Meetup
2016
Sailor Moon Gala[Unconfirmed] Date and venue to be determined
Page updated 2015-04-27 Potentially featuring dancing, live entertainment, vendors, food,
and Sailor Moon screenings
By the organizers of Senshi Matsuri NYC, the Sailor Moon festival first
and most recently held 2013-06-30 (Sunday)
in Chelsea;
see 2013 Facebook
event page and home page[Page expired]
2016-03-18–20 Lunacon(Friday–Sunday?) Annual convention of the New York Science Fiction Society,
usually held on the 3rd weekend in March
Most recently held 2014-03-14–16 Not held in 2015 New York’s longest running fan convention,
first held 1957 Lunacon apparently had the first dedicated anime room at
a US regional con in 1983,
and they have had one almost every year since
See their 2014 anime
flyer (.pdf, 452 KB) At the Hilton
Westchester (formerly the Hilton Rye Town), 699 Westchester Ave, Rye Brook
NY 10573-2821map (see Lunacon
directions & Hilton
Westchester maps & directions),
+1-914-939-6300 2014 registration adult $60, child $30; group rates available
2016-05? East Meadow Public Library Anime
Fest (EMCon)(Friday–Sunday?) Annual spring anime con held since 2011 Most recently held 2015-05-15–17 “Long Island Best Anime Fest Convention”
See the EMCon
Facebook page On Long Island at East Meadow Library, 1886 Front St, East Meadow
NY 11554map Free admission
Japanese cultural events and resources
[This section is for selected non-anime-related events &
resources involving Japanese culture, both popular culture and
“high” culture, with emphasis on items of interest to anime fans,
manga fans, and gamers, and films from Japan or about the Japanese; for
anime-related events, see Anime events.]
Subway Cinema
News[Stale] “Your Guide to Asian Entertainment in NYC and Beyond.”
Apparently last updated 2012-01-12 An older version of the site,
last updated May 2008, is still up here:
http://subwaycinema.blogspot.com/[Stale]
Cultural events
Cultural resources
aozora NYC “Japanese Culture, Arts, Music, Food, People and More
in NYC”
Chopsticks New York “The Most Convenient and Comprehensive Resource For All Things
Japanese in New York!”
Columbia Japan
Society (CJS) Among other activities, CJS presents Matsuri at Columbia in the spring,
next Friday 2015-03-27,
most recently Friday 2014-03-28 See the CJS
Facebook page
Henry Smith’s
home page Professor
Henry D. Smith II, Ph.D. teaches Japanese History at the
Weatherhead East Asian
Institute (WEAI) at
Columbia University,
and is faculty director of the Donald Keene Center of Japanese
Culture The site features
copyrighted essays, articles, and books in electronic form, written or edited
by Smith, about Japanese history and language.
These include detailed discussion of the Chushingura (47 Ronin) incident,
a November 2005 report
on Japanese electronic dictionaries, and discussion of Smith’s book
Learning from Shogun
(1975)
amazon
about the James Clavell novel Shogun
(1975)
amazonWikipedia
and its relation to real Japanese history
At the Anime Symposium at the Japan Society in
January 1999, Dr.
Smith gave a fine talk on the cultural and historical background of
Miyazaki Hayao’s anime film
Princess Mononoke [Mononoke Hime]
(Japan, 1997, 134 min)
amazonWikipediaANNIMDbVideos;
unfortunately, this site does not
include that talk or anything else about anime
Japan Society 333 E 47th St (btw 1st & 2nd Ave), New York
NY 10017-2301map
(see Japan
Society visitor information for directions),
+1-212-832-1155, box office
+1-212-715-1270 The Japan Society hosts exhibits, lectures, and special events,
which I do not attempt fully to document on this page; refer to their site
The Society has
a multimedia page with
full-length event videos,
a YouTube page,
& a Facebook
page The multimedia page
includes a full-length video
of Dan Pink’s “Adventures in Manga,” a
presentation given on 2008-10-06 (Note the site url is now
http://www.japansociety.org/
The old url http://www.jpnsoc.org/ no longer works)
New York Japanese Culture Meetup
Group Weekly japanese language study group
Meets Thursdays in Citigroup Center’s lower level atrium,
153 E 53rd St btw Lexington & 3rd Ave,
New York NY 10022map
New York-Tokyo (NYT) “New York-Tokyo is online fashion news + creative agency to connect
NY, Tokyo, and global market”
NYT formerly presented major and minor events related
to Japanese pop culture, including anime, live-action film, gaming, music, and
robots; their current focus is art + design, fashion, and sports
See Facebook page “NEWYORK-TOKYO LLC. is a girl friend of PRO TECH DESIGN
CORP”
580 Broadway, New York NY 10012map+1-212-965-6751[Address & phone might not be current]
This section lists anime-related clubs, associations, &
meetup groups,
and provides general information (if available)
about their meetings & events
For detailed information about specific events that are less frequent
than weekly, see Events
Anime Meetup New
York A page for New York anime fans to arrange online to meet in
person
Meetings are normally scheduled for the 2nd Thursday of each
month at 19:00; occasionally, additional meetings are scheduled
Anime Syndicate[Web site gone] is (was?) the new
name for the Queens College Science Fiction
and Animation Club, formerly known as Bukimi Anime
This bare-bones, undated page had some contact and location information,
no schedule, and the following mesage:
“Welcome to our really old website. There is no new site at the
moment. Thank you for your interest in our club.”
Bukimi Anime used to hold its normal meetings
every other Monday at noon
Band of the Hawk A group that, in cooperation with
Gaimova
(formerly Game Over Channel), presents anime, cosplay, gaming,
and karaoke parties, typically on Sunday evenings one or more times per month
Parties have been suspended due to issues with the venue
See the
Band of the Hawk Facebook
page The most
recent party was 2014-10-12 Typically at Radio Star Karaoke,
3 W 35th St btw 5th & 6th Ave,
New York NY 10001map,
+1-212-564-2520 Most parties are for adults only (21 and over)
Columbia University Anime Club
(CUAC)[Site down] Fall term 2014 meetings ran
2014-09-11–12-04 The club meets weekly on Thursdays at
21:00, typically in the West Ramp lounge in Alfred Lerner Hall,
2920 Broadway (SE of corner of W 115th St), New York
NY 10027-7004map,
+1-212-854-9067 In addition to the weekly meetings,
the club also presents semi-annual movie screenings,
like the screening of the Cowboy Bebop movie
on 2013-12-07 You must have a current valid Columbia University ID,
or a photo ID and someone with Columbia ID to sign you in,
to enter Lerner Hall
Redirection: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/anime/
redirects to http://cuanime.org/ The club has a
Facebook group page[Stale], apparently last updated
September 2011
Gaimova Formerly Game Over Channel
A group that, in cooperation with
Band of the Hawk,
presents anime, cosplay, gaming,
and karaoke parties, typically on Sunday evenings one or more times per month
Parties have been suspended due to issues with the venue
See the
Gaimova Facebook page
& Gaimova
Facebook events The most
recent party was 2014-10-12 Typically at Radio Star Karaoke,
3 W 35th St btw 5th & 6th Ave,
New York NY 10001map,
+1-212-564-2520 Most parties are for adults only (21 and over)
The group formerly had a different Facebook page here:
http://www.facebook.com/Gameoverchannel[Gone]
Heart of Anime[Gone] is (was?) one of the
anime clubs at Stuyvesant High School,
345 Chambers St, New York NY 10282-1000map,
+1-212-312-4800 The club meets twice a week
Another anime club at Stuyvesant is
Neo Gokuraku
Hudson Heights Anime Club meets on Monday nights in Hudson Heights, near 187th St & Broadway
map A record of their screenings
2005-02-21–09-26 was here:
http://accela.net/~dankna/hhac/[Gone] (The club formerly had a site here: http://home.beseen.com/twenties/vashthestampede1/hudson.html[Gone])
Mineola Library Anime Clubs The
Mineola Memorial Library
on Long Island used to host anime club meetings for adults and
for young viewers;
I am told they still host anime club meetings for young viewers,
but these meetings are not shown on their web site or web calendar
Contact for the young viewers anime club is the Children’s Room,
+1-516-746-8488 x319, childrensmineola@nassaulibrary.org At the
Mineola Memorial Library,
195 Marcellus Rd, Mineola NY 11501-2413map,
+1-516-746-8488
NYU Club
Anime[Stale] Apparently last updated summer or early fall
2012 This club meets (met?)
19:00–22:00 Thursdays
in the Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for Student Life,
New York University, 60 Washington Square South (W 4th St)
btw La Guardia Pl & Thompson St, New York
NY 10012-1019map.
See the web site for a schedule of meetings with specific dates and room
numbers.
Otaku Army A Yahoo!
group page for anime fans in the Northeast
Has many members, activities,
and links in New York City
Parsons Anime Screening
Society (PASS) Associated with the
Parsons School of Design in Manhattan,
PASS holds (held?) two or three screenings per month most months, and none in
the months of June, July, and August
Screenings are (were?) in the Parsons
Auditorium
Parsons Auditorium is at 66 5th Ave, New York
NY 10011-8802map,
“the building with the glass doors, and the auditorium is
all the way in the back, to the left”
(PASS had a web site, which seems to be gone:
http://www.animepass.com/[Gone])
Quest
Anime[Gone] “on hiatus until
September [2004]”, is (was?) the anime
club of the School of
Visual Arts at 209 E 23rd St (at 3rd Ave), New York
NY 10010-3901map,
+1-212-592-2000. Meets (formerly met?) regularly on Friday nights
while school is in session,
according to my sources, though their site no longer says so
The club formerly had a web page at
http://www.geocities.com/quest_anime/[Gone]
Sushi Brigade: An Eastern Culture
Society[Stale] Site apparently last updated 2011-01-31 A public club in southern New Jersey for people who enjoy anime,
manga, video games, film, music, cosplay, and eastern pop culture
Teaneck Public Library Anime
Club This club is held (was held?) once (almost) every month starting
2006-03-20 for anime screenings and
discussion, usually on a Monday evening
At the Teaneck Public
Library, 840 Teaneck Rd at Cedar Ln, Teaneck
NJ 07666-4502map
(see library
directions)
The most recent meeting was apparently
2011-12-05 See Teaneck
library calendar for meeting time and any other details
The club is (was?) for teens 13 and up; registration is not required
For more information, call the Children’s
Department at +1-201-837-4171 extension 3
The library has also hosted special anime events, including
Anime Trivia Night on Tuesday 2007-10-16 The library also has an
older calendar,
which seems mostly abandoned
AnimeJutsu
A project by Gordon of Anime Game Tech,
AnimeJutsu is a social site for anime fans, mostly devoted to photo sharing.
Fans can set up their own galleries and upload photos here.
Includes photos from AnimeNEXT 2006,
AnimeNEXT 2007, MangaNEXT 2007,
Cosplay Day at Kinokuniya (2008-08-17), and more.
ConPix is my massive site of
pictures taken at anime conventions and other anime-fan-related events.
NYC area content includes MALL (Metro Anime Lending Library) Party 1999,
Sakura Matsuri Brooklyn 2000, Shoujocon 2000,
& Matsuri on 47th Street 2000.
Fan’s View
(Kevin Lillard)
Kevin Lillard’s pictures and reports on anime conventions,
including NYC area conventions AnimeNEXT 2002, 2004, 2005, & 2006,
& the New York Anime Festival (NYAF) 2007.
These photos were formerly posted at Kevin’s site
A Fan’s Viewhttp://fansview.com/[Gone]
Fly By Night
Design[Stale] A site by Terry Chu (alias Doc the Stampede) of
“anything media related.”
It includes Terry’s numerous
fine pictures of several anime conventions from
2000–2001, and
“preview” pictures of conventions from
2002–2004 Apparently last updated in 2005 Terry also has a blog,
Say, What Chu Looking At?,
which is up to date and occasionally mentions anime
GD
Employee
GD Employee is Dan,
member of the Metro Anime club.
This Flickr gallery includes photos of
AnimeNEXT 2007,
AnimeNEXT 2008,
I-Con 2010,
New York Anime Festival (NYAF)
& New York Comic Con (NYCC) 2010,
and the Metro Anime 2010 Holiday Party
Ifurita
Oni Ifurita Oni is Bree,
member of the Metro Anime club.
This Flickr gallery includes photos of
I-CON 2007,
Sakura Matsuri 2007,
New York Anime Festival 2007, &
New York Comic Con (NYCC) 2007–2009
Ng-Master
Ng-Master is David Ng.
This Coppermine gallery includes photos of area anime conventions
& other area anime-related events,
including Anime Expo New York (AXNY) 2002;
AnimeNEXT 2003–2007
(David was the official photographer);
Big Apple Anime Fest (BAAF) 2001–2003;
I-Con 2001, 2002, &
2004–2007;
New York Anime Festival (NYAF) 2007;
New York Comic Con (NYCC)
2006 & 2007;
& Sakura Matsuri 2006
Abby Denson’s
Official Website (formerly called ABBYMANIA!!!!!)
Sshows off some of manga-lover Abby’s anime-inspired comics
This is the relatively new domain and url http://abbycomix.com/
replacing the old url http://www.audiokio.com/abbycomix/[Gone]
Estrigious Studio Estrigious (the name is from STGS, Sparkle Twinkle Glitter Shine)
consists of 3 artists
(Melissa “Mel” DeJesus, Rebecca “Becky” Cloonan,
& Risa “Hwan” Cho)
who create cool art, much of it anime-inspired
Estrigious used to consist of 5 artists including
Jen Lee Quick
& Alana “A.Ro” Roberts
Their link page points to other pages by artists and art groups,
many of them New York City-based
Soldats Soldats is a fan subtitling team, now apparently dormant,
including at least 3 New-York-City-based members
The news page was last updated 2008-07-11.
The most recent forum post is dated 2010-04-07
Japanese
restaurants A no-frills list of Japanese restaurants in the greater New York area
from Telephone Guide,
“English & Japanese Bilingual
Online Telephone Directory of the USA”
Otafuku x Medetai Otafuku offers authentic Japanese okonomiyaki
Wikipedia
at reasonable prices
I do not normally list individual restaurants or food stores,
but this seems to me a special case
220 E 9th St (btw 2nd and 3rd Ave), New York
NY 10003map,
+1-646-998-3438
Anime shopping guides
Anime/Manga
Shopper’s Guide to New York City[Very stale] Last updated 1997-09-17 One of the later copies of the classic guide by the late
Steve “Otaking” Pearl that was updated frequently through most of
the 1990s
aozora NYC[Stale] “Japanese Culture, Arts, Music, Food, People and More
in NYC”
Manga Chase, New York
City[Stale] Ed Sindelar’s detailed reviews of a few select stores for buying
manga. The poor guy missed Book-Off, though
Last update 2003-04-26
New York City
Anime Guide[Very stale] A years-old archive copy of Ralph’s great guide,
last updated Autumn 1998 Originally posted at http://nyc-anime.com/, which domain is now used for
this current New York City Anime page; formerly redirected to
http://home.att.net/~ralph.young/[Gone]
Akean Video Japanese video store
Inside JAS Mart, 35 St Marks Pl (E 8th St) btw 2nd & 3rd Ave,
New York NY 10003map,
+1-212-420-6370
Anime Castle See the Facebook page Anime Castle is a physical store on Long Island
and an extensive online store;
it claims to have the “largest selection of Anime Merchandise
in New York City”
Long Island Warehouse/Showroom,
77 Searing Ave, Mineola NY 11501-3027map,
+1-516-214-4484 Queens Store, 35-32 Union St, Flushing
NY 11354map,
+1-347-438-1296,
info@animecastle.com Web site revamped Spring 2004
Anime Castle had an anime social networking site
http://animehit.com/ They formerly used animehit.com for a
collection of anime links; after that, it was apparently a video sharing site;
now it is a a site showing streams of 12 selected anime shows,
apparently all English-dubbed;
apparently a kind of limited (and limiting) front end for hulu;
hulu actually hosts and streams the video
Axeice Anime Anime merchandise shop of
Phlex Umoya At 214 E 161st St,
Bronx NY 10451map,
+1-718-640-5142 Open irregularly; check page for open days
Banzai Banzai “99 cent plus” stores are franchised
by the Japanese chain of Banzai 100-yen stores.
Their shop information
shows 7 Banzai stores in Queens, 1 in Brooklyn,
and 3 in New Jersey selling low-priced Japanese products
Book-Off The number-one area store for used manga.
Manhattan: 49 W 45th St (btw 5th & 6th Ave),
New York NY 10036map,
+1-212-685-1410.
Open 10:00–20:00.
(The new Manhattan store opened on 2010-04-17;
the former Manhattan store at 14 E 41st St closed as of
2010-03-20)
Westchester: 1-15 N Central Ave at Hartsdale Ave, Hartsdale
NY 10530map,
+1-914-683-5440.
I don’t know whether this Westchester store is still open;
it’s not on the web site; call first
Bulletproof
Comics & Games A comic book store that sells manga
See their Facebook
page 2178 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn NY 11210-3024map
(main location),
+1-718-434-1800 4507 Fort Hamilton Pkwy, Brooklyn
NY 11219-2411map,
+1-718-854-3367 8109 Flatlands Ave, Brooklyn NY 11236map,
+1-718-531-6415
Chameleon Comics &
Cards A comic book store that sells manga, anime,
and anime-related merchandise
See the short anime/japanime page on their site
3 Maiden Ln Ste 1 (nr Broadway), New York
NY 10038-4008map,
+1-212-587-1603 or
+1-212-587-3411
D & V Import One of many stores
(mostly without web sites) in Chinatown that sell anime videos and music.
“Under Construction Web Site Opening Soon !”
210 Canal St (btw Baxter & Mulberry St), New York
NY 10013-4155map,
+1-212-227-2212 60 Mott St (btw Canal & Bayard St), New York
NY 10013-4811map
(non-deliverable address), +1-212-791-3391 Reportedly used the web address http://www.asiamusic.com/[Gone]
that (as far as I know) never had any content
Forbidden Planet NYC A long-lasting (25+ years) and well-regarded store
selling science fiction, fantasy, and comics;
it offers an exceptionally good selection of manga,
as well as anime DVDs & anime-related soundtracks, art books, figurines,
and posters
See their blog,
The Daily Planet 832 Broadway btw E 12th & 13th St, New York
NY 10003map +1-212-475-6161,
email sales@fpnyc.com Formerly located a short distance away on the same block,
at 840 Broadway on the SE corner of E 13th & Broadway
There was another web site http://www.forbiddenplanetnyc.com/[Gone]
that (as far as I know) never had any content
Goraku Japanese DVD, Manga, & Internet cafe
129 E 47th St btw Lexington & 3rd Ave,
New York NY 10017map,
+1-212-827-0502 Open Monday–Friday 10:00–24:00, Saturday 10:30–24:00,
Sunday 11:00–22:00
HQ Video Japanese video sales and rental
21 W 45th St Fl 2 (btw 5th & 6th Ave),
New York NY 10036-4908map,
+1-212-221-0027 Supposedly had the web site
http://www.highqualityvideo.net[Empty]
JBC Books Probably the number-two area store for used manga (it is a
poor second to Book-Off, though)
725 River Rd #33, Edgewater NJ 07020-1149map,
+1-201-941-4417, a couple of
blocks from Mitsuwa
Marketplace Open daily 11:00–19:00
Jim Hanley’s
Universe A comic book store that sells manga.
Manhattan: 32 E 32nd St btw 5th & Madison Ave,
New York NY 10016-5503map,
+1-212-268-7088, open
Tuesday–Saturday 09:00–23:00,
Sunday & Monday 11:00–21:30 (This Manhattan address is new as of
2013-05-01;
the previous address was 4 W 33rd St)
Staten Island: 299B New Dorp Ln btw Edison & Clawson St,
Staten Island NY 10306-3005map,
+1-718-351-6299, open
7 days 12:00–21:00 (This Staten Island address is new as of
2010;
the previous address was 325 New Dorp Ln)
Kidrobot
New York Sells toys, many inspired by anime.
118 Prince St (btw Wooster & Greene St), New York
NY 10012map,
+1-212-966-6688
Kim’s Video
& Music Sells foreign & domestic video including anime
124 1st Ave btw E 7th St & St Marks Pl (E 8th St),
New York NY 10009map,
+1-212-533-7390 Open 7 days 10:00–24:00
Displayed this message for years:
“Temporarily down for maintenance.
We’ll be back up shortly.”
Had 4 locations in the NYC area, now only one plus their online store
Redirection: http://www.kimsvideo.com/
redirects to http://www.mondokims.com/
Kinokuniya
Bookstores See the Facebook
page 1073 6th Ave (btw 40th & 41st St), New York
NY 10018 (main NYC store) map,
+1-212-869-1700, open
Monday–Saturday 10:00–20:00,
Sunday 11:00–19:30 3360 Palisades Center Dr, West Nyack
NY 10994-6603map,
+1-845-353-6600 (Note that the area Kinokuniya stores at the following addresses have
closed:
595 River Road #B-101,
in Mitsuwa Marketplace,
formerly Yaohan, Edgewater NJ 07020,
+1-201-941-7580 10 W 49th St (in Rockefeller Plaza),
New York NY 10020-2205,
+1-212-765-7766)
Media Blasters One of New York City’s own anime publishers;
they offer streaming sample episodes on the site
See their Facebook
page 132 W 36th St 4th Fl, New York NY 10128map,
+1-212-868-0991
Midnight Video Japanese video store
35 W 43rd St btw 5th & 6th Ave,
New York NY 10036map,
+1-212-827-0502
Midtown
Comics A comic book store that sells manga, anime DVDs, and anime-related
collectibles
Times Square: 200 W 40th St (at 7th Ave) 2nd & 3rd Fl,
New York NY 10018map Grand Central: 459 Lexington Ave (at 45th St),
New York, NY 10017map Downtown: 64 Fulton St (btw Gold St & Cliff St),
New York, NY 10038map +1-212-302-8192,
+1-800-411-3341
Mitsuwa Marketplace Mitsuwa (formerly Yaohan) is a Japanese shopping center
595 River Rd,
Edgewater NJ 07020-1104map
(see Mitsuwa access
& Mitsuwa shuttle),
+1-201-941-9113 Open 09:30–21:00 daily
The Mitsuwa
shuttle operates between Mitsuwa & the Port Authority in Manhattan
Mitsuwa can also be reached via
New Jersey Transit
from the Port Authority (158) or from 175th St in Manhattan (188);
details on the
Mitsuwa shuttle
page Mitsuwa shuttle fare (cash only) is $3, $2 for children under 14
& seniors 60 & over, free for infants
Free Mitsuwa
shuttle service is conditionally available on Wednesdays & Thursdays;
see link for details
OCS Bookstore Japanese book store that sells some manga
5 E 44th St (btw 5th & Madison Ave), New York
NY 10017-3607map,
+1-212-599-5886
Roger’s
Time Machine A comic book store that sells manga
See the
Facebook
page 207 W 14th St Fl 2 btw 7th & 8th Ave, New York
NY 10011map,
+1-212-691-0380
Samurai Japanese Outlet
Store[Site missing] Has stores in Queens
(and Brooklyn?) and sells all kinds of Japanese products
107-50 Queens Blvd, Forest Hills
NY 11375,
+1-718-261-1515 3108-10 Steinway St, Astoria NY 11103,
+1-718-278-1434 92-03 Roosevelt Ave, Jackson Heights
NY 11372,
+1-718-205-3836 136-41 Roosevelt Ave, Flushing
NY 11354,
+1-718-381-1283
St. Mark’s Comics A comic book store that sells manga.
Manhattan: 11 St Mark’s Pl (8th St)
btw 2nd & 3rd Ave(Cooper Sq),
New York NY 10003map,
+1-212-598-9439, open
Monday & Tuesday 10:00–23:00,
Wednesday 09:00–13:00,
Thursday–Saturday 10:00–13:00,
Sunday 11:00–23:00 Brooklyn: 148 Montague St,
Brooklyn NY 11201map,
+1-718-935-0911, open
Monday & Tuesday 10:00–19:00,
Wednesday 09:00–21:00,
Thursday–Saturday 10:00–21:00
Toy Tokyo Sells toys and models, some inspired by anime
91 2nd Ave (btw E 5th & E 7th St), New York
NY 10003map,
+1-212-673-5424
Wanpaku USA Japanese video store
16 E 41st St #2A btw 5th & Madison Ave,
New York NY 10017map,
+1-212-686-5560
AniMiniCon SoHo[Site stripped] Annual anime 3-day mini-con started in
2010 Last held 2012-08-10–12 In SoHo at the
SoHo Gallery for Digital Art,
138 Sullivan St btw Prince St & W Houston St,
New York NY 10001-2321map,
+1-212-228-2810,
+1-800-420-5590 2012 registration ranged from $16 to $36
depending on number of days and when purchased
2012 on-site registration was $16 per day
AniMiniCon SoHo has a
Facebook
page (active)
& a Twitter feed[Stale]
(last tweet 2012-08-20)
See photos
from AniMiniCon SoHo 2010[Site stripped]
Nerd York City Calendar of events in NYC of interest to nerds, including anime-related
events
Nerd York City has a
Twitter feed
Anime at About.com “Anime news, reviews, FAQs and interviews from your guide
[NYC-based Serdar Yegulalp,
member of the Metro Anime club]
at About.com”
Japanamerica The blog of Roland Kelts of New York (and Tokyo), author of
Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture has Invaded the US
(2006) amazon The blog often discusses anime, manga,
and Japanese popular culture in general
Roland also writes a regular column “Soft Power/Hard Tuths”
for the Daily Yomiuri
Anime Hit Anime social networking site started and run by folks from the
Anime Castle store
The site is up and running, but it is also somewhat under construction
This domain animehit.com was once used for
Anime Castle’s collection of anime links,
and then apparently for a video sharing site
Lawrence Brenner Among his many other activities, Lawrence cosplays
(as Lupin III, as Saito Wikipedia
of Section 9 from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex,
& others)
He also takes and publishes pictures and videos
of anime-related activities
Last updated 2009-09-19.
See also his
YouTube channel
Yuricon &
ALC [AniLesboCon] Publishing A site celebrating shoujo-ai (girl-love) and yuri
It offers news, an events calendar, merchandise, and a mailing list
Yuricon was a successful convention held on
2003-06-13–15 in Newark, New Jersey. A
“Yuri Revolution” tour in Tokyo was held on
2005-04-12–17 The Yuricon site includes a
links page
which nicely references this New York City Anime page
Redirection: http://www.yuricon.org/
redirects to http://www.yuricon.com/
flowerstorm.net The relatively new, multiform fan site by longtime Metro Anime members Angela, Danielle
(Dan-chan), and Mandisa (Disa), with emphasis on
shoujo manga and anime, apparently last updated
2010-03-15 There is plenty
of good content here; this site has about ten sections at last count,
including
Angela’s Cosmic Giggle,
on shoujo manga and some of its creators, Watase Yuu and Yuki Yoshihara
(apparently last updated 2002-05-18)
Mandisa’s non-shoujo Shades of
Nemesis, a shrine to Asamiya Kia and Studio TRON (creators of
Nadesico, Silent Moebius,
Compiler, etc.)
Fly By Night
Design[Stale] A site by Terry Chu (alias Doc the Stampede) of
“anything media related.”
It includes Terry’s numerous
fine pictures of several anime conventions
Apparently last updated in 2005 Terry also has a blog,
Say, What Chu Looking At?,
which is up to date and occasionally mentions anime
Seth no Baka Seth’s page, and the title says it all
Many of Seth’s links to anime resources are seriously
out of date
Haze Studios Founded and headed by Mike “Haze-man” Hayes, a New Jersey
manga-style comics and video game creator
Haze Studios’ old site was at http://www.webspan.net/~hayesman/[Gone]
Adventures in Anime Music This is [was?] the New York anime music radio show
Warning—This site made my
computer hang whenever I browsed it; therefore, I have removed my
clickable links to this site; if you wish to visit this site at your own
risk, here is the address:
www.adventuresinanimemusic.com
Mariela’s site[Stale] This site of Mariela aka Sapphire aka Marisama aka Mari-chan
has several sections, notably
Shoujo Manga in the USA This site did not seem to get any updates after Mariela moved to Texas in
August 2003 to work for ADV Films, and
it seemed to go missing for a while
Mariela’s Grand
High Licensing List is still up and being maintained (by her? I
don’t know)
2013-08-10 15:00
Momotarō’s Sea Eagle(Saturday) Doors open 14:30, program starts 15:00
Screening the black and white anime short Momotarō’s Sea Eagle [Momotarō no Umiwashi]
(Japan, 1942, 37 min)
amazonWikipediaANNIMDbVideos With Japanese soundtrack and English subtitles
With a brief introduction and a concluding question & answer session
In Japanese legend, the hero Momotarō (“Peach Boy”),
with his animal allies,
goes to the island of the oni (horned demons or ogres)
and defeats them.
In this wartime animated retelling,
Momotarō and the animals ride in warships and planes,
the oni (still horned) are American sailors,
and their island base is Pearl Harbor.
2012-05-06 12:00–18:00
FantasyFest 3 at Metro Anime[Cancelled](Sunday) Cancelled because our usual venue (Maui Tacos) has closed;
will be rescheduled elsewhere if possible
Showcasing fantasy anime
See the
flyer
(.pdf, 152 KB) Featuring the following fantasy anime (or episodes from them):
Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yōko
[Genmu Senki Leda] OVA
(Japan, 1985, 75 min)
amazonWikipediaANNIMDbVideos The Gargoyle of the Yoshinagas
[Yoshinaga-san Chi no Gāgoiru] TV
(Japan, 2006)
amazonWikipediaANNIMDbVideos
eps 1 & 2
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
[Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magika] TV
(Japan, 2011)
amazonWikipediaANNIMDbVideos
eps 1–3
Shamanic Princess OVA
(Japan, 1996)
amazonWikipediaANNIMDbVideos
eps 1 & 2
Strange Dawn TV (Japan, 2000)
amazonWikipediaANNIMDbVideos
eps 1 & 2
The Tower of Druāga: The Aegis of Uruk
[Doruāga no Tō: ji Ījisu no Uruku] TV
(Japan, 2008)
amazonWikipediaANNIMDbVideos
ep 1
See the
Metro Anime show descriptions
12:45–14:00 Auditorium: Panel presentation:
anime impact on American pop culture. Host: Clyde Adams III
Now downloadable: “Impact! Anime Rocks America”
.pdf, 1044 KB.
14:30–17:30 Auditorium: Karaoke contest,
followed by a concert by cosplay singer Reni
13:00–14:00 Robotic room:
Robot demonstration & practice
GoodGameTV[Site unreachable, times out] NYC-based company offering many anime TV series and movies
through cheap and legal streaming on demand
Prices range from $2.00 to $4.00 for most videos,
“including all bonus footage, and you get it for
two weeks (14 days)!
That’s more than enough time and cheaper than iTunes, On Demand cable, or
anywhere else.”
“No file downloads, no extra software.”
Blog last updated 2010-12-16;
security certificate not up to date, last time I checked
Their YouTube channel of
previews is still up
Bronx Community College
(BCC) Anime Club[Gone] The anime & manga club of Bronx
Community College (BCC), once called Ikimas Anime Club
The club meets Thursday afternoons
12:00–13:50,
usually in room 207 on the 2nd floor of Bliss Hall (Art Department),
but sometimes in room 33 or 35 on the 2nd floor of New Hall
The club also holds special events like a game tournament on
2008-10-09 They were to hold a mini anime
convention on 2008-11-13, but that was cancelled
At Bronx Community College (BCC),
2183 University Ave at 181st St, Bronx NY 10453map
(see BCC directions
& BCC campus map),
+1-718-289-5100 The club has a
Facebook
page and an old-style, soon-to-be archived
Facebook group
Anime Club of
Long Island (ACOLI)[Gone] A relatively new club;
the site has very little public information about the club itself,
and none about its events or meetings;
you need to register and log in to find out about these things
Site last updated 2008-04-03
Central Park
Media[Closed; site gone] Central Park Media (parent company of US Manga Corps,
Software Sculptors, CPM Press,
& Anime 18)
was one of New York City’s own anime & manga publishers
250 W 57th St Ste 317, New York
NY 10107-0300map,
+1-212-977-7456
Manga Cafe Atom[Closed; site gone] A cafe where you could read manga for $5/hour or $12 for 3 hours
Soft drinks were $1 with free refills
38 W 38th St (btw 5th & 6th Ave) Fl 3, New York
NY 10018-0029map,
+1-212-221-0615 Open 11:00am–02:00am
DJ Ranma S[Gone] Former site of the well-known local cosplayer
(DJ Ranma S himself is still active)
NYO! Cosplay[Gone] “We are the New York
tri-state area’s anime / cosplay group known as NYO! Cosplay (formerly
BAAF Cosplayers). Periodically, we get together for parties, anime
screening, trips, cosplay gear, you name it!”
Site last updated 2005-11-04 There is also a private, unjoinable NYO! Cosplay Yahoo! group[Gone] Note that NYO! Cosplay is not affiliated with planned convention NYOCon
Redirection: http://nyocosplay.com/[Gone]
redirected to http://djranmas.net/nyocosplay/[Gone]
TheGline.com[Gone] Included anime DVD reviews and manga reviews
by NYC-based Serdar Yegulalp,
member of the Metro Anime club
Serdar is now the anime guide for About.com; see
Anime at About.com
Metro Anime Lending
Library (MALL)[Gone] existed to lend both fan-subtitled and commercial anime to its members.
Site apparently last updated 2000-08-24;
I do not know the status of the library
For pictures of the 1999 MALL party, see ConPix
Ng-Master Anime
Conventions[Gone] David Ng’s anime convention photographs,
including photos of Anime Expo New York 2002,
Big Apple Anime Fest, &
AnimeNEXT 2003–2006 Material formerly at the domain http://ng-master.org/[Gone]
can still be found at the domain http://ng-master.com/
NYC Japan[Gone] “Everything Japanese in New York.”
There was some interesting stuff here, and some outdated and/or useless stuff
The Japanese
supermarkets section looked very good
The Restaurants Guide was simply a bad link to the Zagat site
The Japanese Books
section was outdated: it listed 4 locations for 3 stores, and 3 of those
locations were no longer there
Asahiya
Bookstores New York[Closed; page gone] 360 Madison Ave at 45th St, New York
NY 10017map
(entrance on 45th St btw 5th & Madison Ave),
+1-212-883-0011, opened
in late 2003
and closed end of October 2009 (There was an earlier Asahiya bookstore at 52 Vanderbilt
Ave, a short distance away,
which closed in March 2003)
This newer Madison Ave store
was shown on the
list of US Asahiya stores[Gone]
This new Madison Ave store was smaller than the previous one,
and it mostly catered to Japanese speakers;
English-language books, manga, & video were in very short supply
Here was a later
list of US Asahiya stores[Gone] Here is the most
recent list of US Asahiya stores
MangaManiacs[Gone] Manga information and reviews,
concentrating on manga published in the U.S.;
apparently last revised 2003-08-21
Aoshi’s Anime
Realm[Gone]
A fan-subtitled anime tape distributor with an outstanding reputation
Griffin
Waldau[Stripped] Griffin Waldau’s site showed his art and his love for
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
[Kaze no Tani no Naushika]
(Japan, 1984, 116 min)
amazonWikipediaANNIMDbVideos
and Miyazaki Hayao’s other creations
The site included Griffin’s NYFF
1999 photos[Gone] of
Miyazaki’s visit
to the New York Film Festival, but those photos along with all other anime-related content are now gone
The current site is Griffin’s
design, illustration, & development site
Redirection: http://www.waldau.com/griffin.html
redirects to http://www.griffinwaldau.com/
Aestheticism[Gone] A membership organization of aficionadas of certain subgenres
(shoujo, yaoi, shounen-ai) of adult manga
Momo Mashimaro Studios[Gone] A very young New Jersey-based prolific maker
of amateur anime music videos;
there were 102 on her site (a YouTube page) at last count
Otaking.com—Starbuck’s Home Page[Gone] The site of the late legendary New Jersey fan Steve Pearl
(d. 2007)
aka Starbuck aka the American Otaking (king of the otaku)
There is some very very old stuff on this site, and the
material mostly does not mention years, so it is hard to tell
(http://www.otaking.com/[Gone]
formerly redirected to http://www.shizukapress.com/Otaking/[Gone])
Animate USA[Gone] Was a good, reasonably-priced one-person New York City-based online shop
for anime-related merchandise: idol cards, pencil boards, pins, models, etc.
“This is more of an online catalog for you to order from
than a true sales website…”
As of February 2008,
the main page still said
“Sorry, but the update won’t be ready until
August 18, 2006.
I’ll be taking orders then.”
New York Otaku
Convention (NYOCon)[Site removed] NYOCon was to be a new convention; no
current, official details are available
Note that NYOCon is/was not affiliated with NYO! Cosplay
NYOCon was originally projected to be held in
2006 at the
Long
Island Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, 101 James Doolittle Blvd,
Uniondale NY 11553-3637map,
+1-516-794-3800
Galaxy Anime[Gone] “your multimedia anime, manga,
and gaming destination.”
A strange mix of stale and staler stuff from
July 2006
and April 2006 For example, the last I looked
(in May 2007),
the main page showed “AnimeNation Bestsellers
April 10th
through April 16th [2006]” and the
“About Us” page
said “More GATV information coming in
May [2006]” and
“We will unveil new information next month as we officially
re-launch in August 2006.”
Otakuden[Gone] offered a large
selection of anime DVDs and other products, and had a fine online catalog of
their DVDs
Previously called Games and James;
the name change was appropriate, since they no longer carried games
The web site is missing and the
phone is disconnected, so I assume the store is gone too
732 Broadway at Waverly, 2nd floor front, New York
NY 10003-9584,
+1-212-777-4727map, open
Monday–Saturday11:00–20:30
Games and James[Closed] The main store at 566 7th Ave #1 at 40th St in midtown is now closed;
the store at 732 Broadway at Waverly operated under the new name
Otakuden, but is now gone also
Vigilante Anime[Gone] Ayaka K.’s anime site
Included guides to anime and manga,
and to anime shopping in New York City and in Tokyo
Also had con reports,
and descriptions and pictures of the many costumes Ayaka has made and worn
Fushigi
Moon[Gone] This was Angela’s page all about
Fushigi Yūgi
(Japan, 1995–1996)
amazonWikipediaANNIMDbVideos Then it was stripped, leaving only a list
of selected Fushigi Yūgi links; now it is gone entirely
See Angela’s latest and best site at flowerstorm.net
Anime
Colony[Gone] A division of New York City-based USA Network’s Sci-Fi Channel, had
many anime and manga reviews on its site, now removed
Note that
back-ups of my Anime Colony reviews
are still available
NYC-ANIME.COM Was missing, but has been reborn right here
The original site, created by Ralph Young,
included “Upcoming Events” and a highly recommended shopping guide.
See an old copy of Ralph’s site See the excellent shopping resources page on the
Metro Anime club site,
also compiled by Ralph—oops, that section is now empty
You might also try Ayaka’s NYC Anime Shopping
page—oops, that is now gone also
Yumeka[Gone] A group of talented women artists;
but this site is now reduced to a single page,
announcing that the site is closed as of
2002-06-16,
and suggesting other art sites to visit—oops, now gone entirely
Crazed Fangirls
Invade Anaheim![Gone] Angela’s wonderful account of Anime Expo ’98, with some pictures (oops, gone)
Some time ago, Angela told me this would re-appear as part of a
Watase Yuu (creator of Fushigi Yūgi
(Japan, 1995–1996)
amazonWikipediaANNIMDbVideos,
Ayashi no Ceres, etc.) section of her
flowerstorm.net site; that
Watase Yuu
section (The Wonderful World of
Watase!) does now exist, but it seems incomplete, and it does not include
this account
Mangaya[Gone] Mina Monden’s online manga store—oops, gone
Cat Cafe[Gone] One of Jack Chu’s sites—oops, this site is gone, but
Anime Next, his
main site, is still up—no, wait, that one is gone too
The Official Tsukirima Comix Website[Gone] Oops, gone
The site for the Tsukirima comic
Reigen Senshi
Hinako[Gone]
is still up (oops, not any more),
but I suspect Tsukirima Comix itself is history
Reigen
Senshi Hinako[Gone] A small site
about a comic of that title that was published (or, more likely, was to have
been published) by Tsukirima Comix
The only date mentioned was 1998 Tsukirima Comix formerly had a site at http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Pagoda/5405/[Gone]
but that is gone, and I can not find a newer one, so I suspect they are
history
Anime Kakumei[Gone] Imported Japanese anime merchandise for
fans—oops, the site is gone
There does exist a site named
Anime Kakumei, but it is apparently
unrelated to the missing site, to merchandise, or to New York
A Night of J-Pop[Gone] oops, site gone
Held in December 1999,
but maybe they will have another one
