First,
be warned: Japan is very weird. I have
family there, and every time I hear from them it
turns my hair a little whiter. The
Japanese have big huge sticks up their
collective asses about things like
success,
social position and
reputation. But if you can
tolerate the
workaholic Victorian atmosphere, here's what the
smart guys do when they
go to Japan:
Step
one: Bring many pairs of
jeans, the more
rough-looking and
worn the better.
Step
two:
Sell said jeans in the streets. This is not hard;
genuine American jeans are a big
fashion statement that the
rebellious youth of Japan use to
piss off their
parents. Depending on your
jeans and where you are, you can sell them for as much as $200 (remember to
convert to yen) a shot.
Step
three: Use jean-money to buy
anime, which goes for the equivalent of
five to fifteen bucks a video.
Step
four:
Sell said anime back in the states for $30-$50 a
video as what it is--a
genuine import.
Well, that's the
official instructions, but I would add two things here:
1. You might want to
research the specifics about the street value of your jeans in the
area you're going to, and also the
U.S. resale value of the anime you get, and
2. For god's sake,
keep some of that anime for yourself--or better yet,
give it to me.