Where to buy anime merchandise in India

[ai-chan]

If you know of any brick and mortar store or online store that sells anime merchandise (DVD, manga, artbook, soundtrack, toys etc) in India please list here.

Please use the following format -

Location:
Store/Mall/Website:
Merchandise available:
Approx pricing:
Shipping cost:
Have you ever ordered from them?

[Kyo]

Location: Link Road, Andheri, Mumbai
Store/Mall/Website: Landmark Bookstores, Infiniti Mall
Merchandise available: Several manga series.
Approx pricing: 300-700 INR
Shipping cost: N/A
Have you ever ordered from them? I believe they do take orders but I have never done so myself.

Thats my 2 bits... oh.. and the "reply" button was missing for some reason...

[6pack]

Ebay.in - global easy buy. These people have some promotions from time to time.
Just last week i saw some anime starter sets which included complete first season dvd box sets of 15-30 anime for just USD 50-60. (around 3.5- 5K shipped since shipping is costly price almost doubles).

One such seller: Movietronix

[ai-chan]

You stumped me for a moment... original anime DVDs being sold on ebay India!!

I searched ebay.in for "anime" keyword and it fetched zero results... then I clicked on that link.

That store is an US seller and not based in India. So technically it can't be included as a store in India.

Apart from that they are only offering only the 1st volume (usually 4 episodes) of the series (looks like they are dumping old ADV stock). So unless you want to buy the rest of the individual DVD of each of these series it would be a waste.

Not to mention the shipping would be a killer, and the package size (30 artboxes) would surely invite attention of the customs authority (read you'll be paying duty)  -_-;

[6pack]

^ yeah that's the reason i said after shipping it costs about double.
If you notice, on ebay.com the 30 pack starter kit is USd 50 with free shipping. On India site it shows USD99 with free shipping. In this amount Bludart shipping from US to India is included along with customs which would be around Rs.1000.

Its still cheap for us since if we try to find so many dvd sets in this amount in India, we won't be able to.

[ichigo]

Apart from that they are only offering only the 1st volume (usually 4 episodes) of the series (looks like they are dumping old ADV stock). So unless you want to buy the rest of the individual DVD of each of these series it would be a waste.

just four eps. in one dvd??

[Kyo]

Yep.... original R1 DVD's usually only contain 4 epis usually.... Why is this the case? Hell I dunno... could be that since 4 epis usually add up to 90 mins or video time.... and that is usually the length of record-able time for most DVD's... could also be that they want to make more money by selling series in more pieces... but whatever the reason... thems the breaks...

Oh yeah... Artboxes do take up waay too much room when shipping... trust me.... Ai chan and I both know what we are talking about here.... 30 artboxes... LoL... I dont think I even have that many total... I would have 20 odd I guess... maybe a couple more... but definitely not 30....

[Kyo]

Where did you buy these from? I would like to see their collection. That said... it is still not a good idea to buy bootlegs... especially if they are fansubs... cause that just totally goes against what fansubbing groups are all about....

[6pack]

I got tired of downloading and waiting anime , i see an advertisement on the net, I bought anime episodes,specific episodes or movie at 40 rupees per dvd(4 gb,1gb=1 rupees), to me its worth it, and cheap delivery price, and free delivery for 1000 rupees above. Now i got time for watching and downloading movies and games. I can give you his contact no if you want to, he is from Bangalore. I ma also from blore and i used to go to his place and buy anime . and watch all kinds of anime the whole weekends. I can spend my holidays like the way i want ti lolzz.

you could ask us for anime which you want. we can burn them to dvd's or better yet just pay for a 1TB hdd + shipping and we could fill it up for you with tons of anime. I got a lot of anime free from friends. Had to pay for just shipping+cost of dvd's once when i couldn't find the series online anymore.

[BarizAjaz]

Location: Bangalore
Store/Mall/Website: www.Flipkart.com/books
Merchandise available: Many things,movie dvd,book,games,cameras,computers and mobiles but from anime only manga are available
Approx pricing:Very Cheap!
Shipping cost: Free on Orders above Rs.100
Have you ever ordered from them? Yeah always order from them, they are great
Payment Options:Cheque/DD, Net Banking, Credit and Debit Cards and Cash on Delivery Also available for some locations XD

Rating:6 out of 5  :lol:

[BarizAjaz]

i am so happy  ....finally we can buy anime & series dvds in india on a website [  <_< not bootleg...but procurred through original publishers  :lol: ]...........  though many of the dvds on the site are out of stock and most are yet to be released [  on pre-order] but the site has just started the movies section and in the animation section u can find anime dvds....series dvds,etc  :lol:

but i wud recommend searching with exact name as it is too difficult to find ur fav anime series by browsing the pages  -_-;

Location:delhi
Store/Mall/Website: www.nbcindia.com
Merchandise available: manga , anime dvds , series dvds ,movies,etc   :lol:
Approx pricing: mostly even cheaper than www.flipkart.com which i said previously was very cheap 
Shipping cost: none [ at least the dvds and manga i have seen on the site don't have any ]  -_-;
Have you ever ordered from them? Yes I have bought manga and am planning to buy an anime dvd ending may     :lol:

everyone wud agree with rating 6 out of 5 this time 

[Heavenly Otaku]

After hours and hours of watching Anime all night long, I decided to slowly start reading Manga's....

You can buy Manga at these websites.

http://www.homeshop18.com/
http://shopping.indiatimes.com/
http://www.landmarkonthenet.com/
http://animenetwork.in

The prices start from 300Rs and goes up to 2000Rs, and they have free shipping across India.

They say that they can deliver the product in 5 to 7 days, but in reality it takes about 3 weeks.

You may not find all the mangas which are out there, but you can put in a request and hope it works its way to their catalog. I have put a lots of Anime Merchandise requests in www.naaptol.com. But haven't gotten any reply from them.......

[Omo]

After hours and hours of watching Anime all night long, I decided to slowly start reading Manga's....

You can buy Manga at these websites.

http://www.homeshop18.com/
http://shopping.indiatimes.com/
http://www.landmarkonthenet.com/
http://animenetwork.in

The prices start from 300Rs and goes up to 2000Rs, and they have free shipping across India.

They say that they can deliver the product in 5 to 7 days, but in reality it takes about 3 weeks.

You may not find all the mangas which are out there, but you can put in a request and hope it works its way to their catalog. I have put a lots of Anime Merchandise requests in www.naaptol.com. But haven't gotten any reply from them.......

very informative thanks

[Heavenly Otaku]

There is an official Anime Online Store which has just opened for India......... :thumbsup:

Check it out, and subscribe to their newsletters....

This is the website address www.tokioga.com