Japanese anime and manga retailer Mandarake will be opening its second store in the US in Santa Monica June 7th. This represents the first Japanese anime/manga retailer with more than one store in the US. Broccoli plans to open four to six US stores (see 'Japanese Retail Chain Heads for US').
Selling Anime, Manga, and Merchandise
Posted by ICv2 on June 4, 2002 @ 11:00 pm CT

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