Review on Mandarake: Online anime shop

I bought a very rare vintage(?) anime CD box set from Mandarake online last week, which is "Kimagure Orange Road Singing Heart 2". It's a soundtrack of the TV anime series, "Kimagure Orange Road". The anime series was aired in TV in Japan in late 80's and very popular among teenagers. Especially its trendy theme songs of the series were favorite of anime fans and still are widely listened by fans until now after 20 years that the anime series finished. The CD box was sold only for limited time in 1993 only to people who preordered. This had premium value ($$$) and I had a hard time to get the CD box (took me several years).

Mandarake is a used anime goods shop established in 1987 in Japan. They have several branches in Japan now and very well-known among anime fans. Mandarake opened an online shop for anime fans outside of Japan recently. The online shop has menus in English, Spanish, Korean and Japanese. I used their English site.

The service was fantastic. I ordered the box on 18th and they sent the box to me from Japan on 19th by express. I got the item on 23th. It took 5 days. The condition of the item was extremely well - almost new one. I was very satisfied with their service and the item I bought.

If you are a big anime fan, and if you want to buy vintage anime goods, try Mandarake.

www.mandarake.co.jp