Besides the major FAQs, there are many Anime related documents that everyone
might find handy to have or at least look at. Click on the appropriate
document to try and grab the latest copy. These links go to FTP sites,
Gopher sites and HTTP servers. Let me know if you find them to no longer
be valid.
General Anime Guides
- The Anime Pocket Guide
Series information including plot synopsis and characters. - Hamster’s Beginners Guide to Anime
“Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Anime, but were Afraid to Ask,
for Fear of Ridicule and Public Disgrace” - Parent’s Guide to Anime
Reviews of Anime with notes of nudity, violence and other age dependant
content. - Anime CD Guide
Search for your favorite songs. - Anime LD Cyclopedia Index and
Expanded Listing
Tired of grainy VHS tapes? Step up to the greater clarity of the laserdisc
with this guide to what’s available. - Hitoshi Doi’s Seiyuu Database
Comprehensive database of seiyuu (voice actors). Browsable or searchable. - The Wacky Anime Definitions Dictionary (W.A.D.D.)
Have you just started watching anime and have know idea what anything means?
Find your answers in this alternative reference for anime material! - The Definition of “Piyo”
Just what does it mean. And what does a chikadee have to do with it?
Shopping Guides
(not necessarilyup to date)
- Chicago
- Hong Kong
- Honolulu
- London
- Los Angeles
- The Netherlands
- New York City
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Sydney
- Travellers’
Hobby Shop Guide
Yoshida Designs, makers of photo-etched modeling accessories,
has an excellent list of hobby shops throughout the world.
Archives
- Venice Anime-Manga Source!
The Anime FTP Source - SUNET’s FTP Archive
Web access to v Venice Mirror. - SUNET Manga Images
Next door to the Venice mirror are some more images. - Adult KISS Page
Not the kind of paper dolls you want your kids (or maybe even grown
ups) to play with. Adults Only! - Andy’s Anime Images
General anime images, DragonBall Z pics and “Anime Chicks” online. - Anido Animation Museum
The online home to a large collection of Japanese (and some American)
animation, including information on movies, television, books, cels
and even animation equipment.
Among its offerings include a special feature on
Yasuji Mori,
one of the architects of Japanese animation. - The Chibi & Super-deformed Image Archive
Images of all your favorite tiny characters. - Chris’ Anime Archive
Captures and scans from a number of series, including Dragon Half,
Iczer-One, Iczer 3, Lensman, Outlandes and more. - Cristoff Westimer’s Iria Image Archive
Join bounty hunter Iria in her mission to end the unstoppable alien
Zeiram’s reign of terror. - Erotic Anime & Naked Toon Archive
An 18 and over site filled with a variety of hentai material.
Membership and access fee is required. Adults Only! - MangaArt Archive
Features artwork from Chiho Saito and Yu Asagiri’s manga series. - Urotsukidoji Image Archive
Unable to get your fill of tenticles doing … what tenticles in anime
usually do? If so, this is your site! In “regular” and “adult” formats.
Not for kiddies. - Vandessa’s Video Vaults
Large collection of Ah! My Goddess! and Sailor Moon movies
in a variety of formats. This server is usually pretty busy.
Rings
A ring is kind of an association of web pages. Like any club, some are more
exclusive than others. Some rings have chats and archives available too.
- The Anime Ring
- The Sailor Moon Ring of Power
- The Moon Kingdom Society Page
- R.O.A.R.
The Ring of Anime Rings site. Hopefully there is only one of these,
otherwise we’d need a Ring of Rings of Anime Rings site… (: - Anime Cels Ring
Open to any web site which provides Japanese animation cels related
information, both non-commercial and commercial - Anime Convention Web Ring
- Saint Seiya Webring
Other Documents
- Anime CD Encyclopedia – Entire collection. Long!
- Anime LD Encyclopedia – Entire collection. Long!