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The stores I've been to (there were no cel shops
when I was there, 5 years ago) are:
Books Nippon (St. Paul's Churchyard)
- A nice small manga store with a great selection
of artbooks. This is where I bought most of my
shoujo manga.
Forbidden Planet
- More of a sci-fi/fantasy store, but they carry
more and more manga and anime stuff all the time.
This is a big comic mecca in London.
Japan Centre (Picadilly)
http://www.japancentre.com/
This has a full-size Japanese bookstore (it
wasn't a Kinokuniya, but it's the same size as a
Kinokuniya). Also it has one of the best
Okonomiyakai restaurants outside of Japan (I hope
it's still there!) You can also find the typical
Japanese stationery shops, so you can probably
find cel books here. This -is- the Japanese hub
in London, but it's kind of tricky to get to.
Worth the trip though, I usually went down 2
times a month when I lived in the UK. If you are
going to find cels anywhere, it's probably here.
I also know of several excellent shops in
Sheffield and Leeds if you are going that far
north. Contact me offline if you would like to
know more http://www.anime-online.com/email.html
take care!
misa
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