> And since I've come out of lurking...
> 
> Has anyone outside Japan ordered merchandise from Animate?  How much 
> Japanese should I be able to understand to try such a thing?

I haven't tried Animate out yet but I will do that soon and as far as 
I've heard they can understand English if you keep it simple.
Try and write them a letter aasking a few simple wuestions about postage 
and so on before making and order!
That COULD save you some trouble..^_^
Ja ne!
Staffan
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