I was physically in that store about 3 weeks ago -
- we spent a couple of good hours on a Monday 
afternoon in there (I live nowhere near Santa 
Monica, but we were out near Malibu on a trip).  
It was one of the best anime stores I've visited.

It was pretty busy, they were moving a lot of 
merchandise.  We left there with cels, posters, 
art books, CDs, and pencil boards (quite a haul).

And they were still unpacking boxes from the move 
into that store from the old one.

I wonder what happened?