How to buy from Animate from overseas
Animate is Japan's largest anime goods chain and the main source of store-exclusive bonuses — the 特典 illustration cards, posters and drama CDs bundled with CDs, Blu-rays and books.
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This shop will not deliver outside Japan and generally will not accept a foreign card or a forwarding address. Send us the product link and we buy it in our own name, receive it at our warehouse, then ship it to you.
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What to know before you order from Animate
- The 特典 is usually the entire reason to buy here rather than elsewhere: an Animate-exclusive extra that is not sold separately and never reprinted.
- Bonuses are strictly limited and allocated first-come. If the bonus matters, preorder as early as you can.
- Tell us when the bonus is the point of the order and we will confirm it is in the box before your parcel ships.
Worth knowing
Store bonuses run out long before the product itself does. An order placed after the allocation is exhausted still ships — just without the bonus.
How it works
- Send the link or place the order. Paste the product URL into your account and we quote the total, including our commission, before anything is bought.
- We receive and check it. Your item arrives at our Osaka warehouse, where we photograph it and record its weight and dimensions. Storage is free for the first 30 days.
- Combine with anything else. Keep shopping at other stores. Everything waiting in your warehouse can go into a single parcel, so you pay international shipping once rather than once per shop.
- We pack and ship. Choose your carrier and we repack to remove wasted space, quote the exact rate, and send it with tracking.
What shipping will cost
Shipping is charged on the packed parcel, not per item, so the cost depends on where it is going and what it weighs. Real rates by weight for each destination:
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