Tsutaya is a good call actually. They are very popular in the Kanto area. A cool aspect of the Tsutaya stores that are opening recently is the cafe inside a la Borders etc. in the U.S. Makes for a very easy afternoon shopping and then reading away a couple of hours.
I think a combined look at Tsutaya, Tower, and a few of the hole in the wall shops for DVDs in Akihabara will be wise. The other thing which occurs to me is that if you have specific titles in mind you should pop over to
Amazon.co.jp and order them there the day you arrive. Anything in stock can be delivered the next day. Easily time enough to get them while you are here.
More ideas will follow I am sure.......
Mike
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Originally Posted by
marmaladeboy
Thinking of actual DVDs and not things like games and books, I'm surprised that no one mentioned Tsutaya (or is it not popular in the Kanto area like it is in the Kansai area?).
Book-Off does have some DVDs, but I have noticed that their prices are not that cheap, even if the quality is pretty good (they rock for books and games, but not so much for DVDs).
Big electronic stores also tend to have a decent selection of DVDs (like Big 5 Camera). I second the idea of taking a trip to the Akihabara district in Tokyo, although that might present more video game, figure, etc opportunities than DVDs.
Mandarake, as far as I know, does not carry very many DVDs at all. At least the two stores in the Osaka area that I have been to are mainly manga, figures, cels, cosplay, and doujinshi.