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Where do you go to buy...

Where do you go to buy your anime, manga, and figures ?
Which of the following places do you prefer to buy anime at ?
Rightstuf.com 835 out of 1979 (42.2%)
Amazon.com 731 out of 1979 (36.9%)
anime convetions 56 out of 1979 (2.8%)
Other online anime specialty shop 51 out of 1979 (2.6%)
Publisher's Own Online Store (Ex: Funimation.com) 45 out of 1979 (2.3%)
Brick and Mortar anime or hobby/comics shop 43 out of 1979 (2.2%)
Big Box Retailer (ex: Walmart, Target) 42 out of 1979 (2.1%)
Roberts Anime Corner Store 28 out of 1979 (1.4%)
Brick and Mortar video store 25 out of 1979 (1.3%)
Other online video store 15 out of 1979 (0.8%)
Amazon.co.jp 14 out of 1979 (0.7%)
Tokyo Otaku Mode 10 out of 1979 (0.5%)
BarnesandNoble.com 4 out of 1979 (0.2%)
(no answer) 68 out of 1979 (3.4%)
Which of the following places do you consider buying anime at ?
Amazon.com 1343 out of 1979 (67.9%)
Rightstuf.com 1045 out of 1979 (52.8%)
Publisher's Own Online Store (Ex: Funimation.com) 522 out of 1979 (26.4%)
Big Box Retailer (ex: Walmart, Target) 394 out of 1979 (19.9%)
Other online anime specialty shop 342 out of 1979 (17.3%)
Brick and Mortar anime or hobby/comics shop 260 out of 1979 (13.1%)
Brick and Mortar video store 163 out of 1979 (8.2%)
Other online video store 137 out of 1979 (6.9%)
Robert's Anime Corner Store 21 out of 1979 (1.1%)
Barns and Noble 13 out of 1979 (0.7%)
Ebay 3 out of 1979 (0.2%)
eBay.com 3 out of 1979 (0.2%)
Amazon Japan 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
Amazon.co.jp, yesasia.com, sirenvisual.com.au 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
Anime convention merchants room 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
Any website that has the item i feel like has a fair price always qualifies for me 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
Barnes & Noble 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
Barnes and Noble online 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
Conventions 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
Crubchyroll 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
Family Video 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
Kinokuniya Bookstore 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
RACS 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
Robert's 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
The publisher's website 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
cdjapan 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
crunchy roll 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
eBay (For OOP releases) 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
(no answer) 64 out of 1979 (3.2%)
Which of the following places do you prefer to buy physical manga at?
Amazon.com 617 out of 1979 (31.2%)
Rightstuf.com 458 out of 1979 (23.1%)
Brick and Mortar bookstore chain (ex: Barnes & Noble) 307 out of 1979 (15.5%)
Local bookstore 180 out of 1979 (9.1%)
BarnesandNoble.com 97 out of 1979 (4.9%)
Brick and Mortar anime or hobby/comics shop 61 out of 1979 (3.1%)
Other online anime/manga specialty shop 44 out of 1979 (2.2%)
Kinonukiya 27 out of 1979 (1.4%)
Books A Million 21 out of 1979 (1.1%)
Big Box Retailer (ex: Walmart, Target) 16 out of 1979 (0.8%)
Publisher's Own Online Store (Ex: Funimation.com) 15 out of 1979 (0.8%)
Roberts Anime Corner Store 14 out of 1979 (0.7%)
Other online video store 6 out of 1979 (0.3%)
Powell's Books (Powells.com) 2 out of 1979 (0.1%)
Brick and Mortar video store 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
Don't read manga 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
Kinokuniya Bookstore 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
(no answer) 106 out of 1979 (5.4%)
Which of the following places do you consider buying manga at ?
Rightstuf.com 966 out of 1979 (48.8%)
Amazon.com 1401 out of 1979 (70.8%)
Local bookstore 661 out of 1979 (33.4%)
Brick and Mortar bookstore chain (ex: Barnes & Noble) 767 out of 1979 (38.8%)
Other online anime/manga specialty shop 287 out of 1979 (14.5%)
Brick and Mortar anime or hobby/comics shop 317 out of 1979 (16.0%)
Other online video store 56 out of 1979 (2.8%)
Brick and Mortar video store 35 out of 1979 (1.8%)
Big Box Retailer (ex: Walmart, Target) 147 out of 1979 (7.4%)
AnimeCastle.com 23 out of 1979 (1.2%)
The publisher's website 122 out of 1979 (6.2%)
eBay.com 183 out of 1979 (9.2%)
Robert's Anime Corner Store 51 out of 1979 (2.6%)
Brick and mortar Japanese bookstore (ex: Kinokuniya) 62 out of 1979 (3.1%)
Anime convention merchants room 142 out of 1979 (7.2%)
Powell's Books (Powells.com) 9 out of 1979 (0.5%)
Amazon Japan 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
Conventions 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
Ebay 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
Kinokuniya Bookstore 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
Robert's 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
Usually 2nd hand bookstores 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
(no answer) 80 out of 1979 (4.0%)
Where do you prefer to buy figures and other anime merchandise online ?
Amazon.com 415 out of 1979 (21.0%)
amiami.com 286 out of 1979 (14.5%)
Rightstuf.com 222 out of 1979 (11.2%)
Tokyo Otaku Mode 111 out of 1979 (5.6%)
HLJ.com (Hobby Link Japan) 89 out of 1979 (4.5%)
Crunchyroll.com 85 out of 1979 (4.3%)
eBay 68 out of 1979 (3.4%)
Anime Conventions 64 out of 1979 (3.2%)
Hobby Search (1999.co.jp) 52 out of 1979 (2.6%)
CDJapan (cdjapan.co.jp) 47 out of 1979 (2.4%)
Robert's Anime Corner Store 26 out of 1979 (1.3%)
BigBadToyStore.com 21 out of 1979 (1.1%)
J-list / J-Box 17 out of 1979 (0.9%)
AnimeCastle.com 4 out of 1979 (0.2%)
Daisuki.net 4 out of 1979 (0.2%)
Hobbywave,com 2 out of 1979 (0.1%)
Kolektakon 2 out of 1979 (0.1%)
Anime-Island.com 0 out of 1979 (0.0%)
Amazon Japan 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
AmiAmi, Mandarake, Nippon Yasan 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
CD Japan 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
CDJapan 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
Conventions 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
GoodSmile 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
J-List/J-Box 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
None 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
Robert's 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
Yesasia.com 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
j-list 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
n/a 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
(no answer) 225 out of 1979 (11.4%)
THIS QUESTION IS DIFFERENT: You just finished watching your new favorite anime and you desperately want to buy a figure of the protagonist. Unfortunately you only have time to check 2 online stores, which 2 do you check?
Amazon.com 926 out of 1979 (46.8%)
Rightstuf.com 581 out of 1979 (29.4%)
amiami.com 521 out of 1979 (26.3%)
Crunchyroll.com 282 out of 1979 (14.2%)
Tokyo Otaku Mode 282 out of 1979 (14.2%)
HLJ.com (Hobby Link Japan) 223 out of 1979 (11.3%)
Hobby Search (1999.co.jp) 147 out of 1979 (7.4%)
CDJapan (cdjapan.co.jp) 121 out of 1979 (6.1%)
ebay 121 out of 1979 (6.1%)
J-List / J-Box 91 out of 1979 (4.6%)
Robert's Anime Corner Store 62 out of 1979 (3.1%)
Mandarake 50 out of 1979 (2.5%)
BigBadToyStore.com 35 out of 1979 (1.8%)
Daisuki.net 28 out of 1979 (1.4%)
AnimeCastle.com 19 out of 1979 (1.0%)
Nippon-Yasan.com 12 out of 1979 (0.6%)
Anime-Island.com 11 out of 1979 (0.6%)
Hobbywave,com 5 out of 1979 (0.3%)
Kolektakon 4 out of 1979 (0.2%)
Rakuten 4 out of 1979 (0.2%)
Amazon Japan 2 out of 1979 (0.1%)
CDJapan 2 out of 1979 (0.1%)
Good Smile Company (goodsmileshop.com/en/) 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
J-List/J-Box 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
Jlist 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
Koleltkon 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
Myfigurecollection.net. I gotta see if there's actually a figure! 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
Yesasia.com 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
amazon.co.jp 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
i wouldn't 1 out of 1979 (0.1%)
(no answer) 67 out of 1979 (3.4%)