

I am looking for a list of sites that are legal of course where I can buy and
download digital copy for personal use of Anime soundtracks. One that would be
good is a legal site where I can actually filter through many different anime
soundtracks quickly.

Example: I am currently looking for the Uta no Prince Sama soundtrack to
download/buy but I cannot find any legal sites to actually buy it from [and I
don't really like the idea of pirating or just getting it for free]. I prefer
to buy.

Are there any legals sites where I can purchase the soundtracks of different
animes?


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Database of legal sites that allow the download of Anime Soundtracks?


There's a Japanese website, [CDJapan](http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/), from where
you can order CDs. However, here's the catch: they focus more on offbeat and
non-mainstream-anime related things.

For some miscellaneous and also filterable (like in English, Bestsellers,
Great Deals, New Releases), I recommend
[YESASIA](http://www.yesasia.com/global/en/english-anime.html). I'm giving you
the link that points to its English anime page.

[PLAY-ASIA](http://www.play-asia.com/music/soundtracks/14/71cy) is epic. Trust
me. It is. I buy things from there as it accepts my currency too (INR). Here
you can find exclusive and good amount of foundational soundtracks. If you
feel adventurous, there's more! Like Frozen's Japanese (or was that Korean)
version and K-pop songs, etc. But that's not what you asked for, so sorry.

If you can read Japanese, [HMV Online](http://www.hmv.co.jp/) is a Japanese
website that gives good deals but may be limited in offers and variety of
payment.

If you're a resident of Japan, check the comment by another user. Also, it may
be that the above mentioned HMV only lets Japanese people buy.

If you're American, you should know about [Right Stuf
Anime](http://www.rightstufanime.com/) and [The Anime Corner
Store](http://www.animecornerstore.com).

Finally, I recommended you try the mighty [Jungle](http://jungle-
scs.co.jp/sale_en/). The prices can sometimes be very well placed.

I've picked the links that will land you at appropriate places. Most websites
will accept PayPal too.


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Note: I only mention iTunes/Amazon MP3 because they are the largest
distributors of digital music for purchase. I don't refer to others
distributors because whatever they offer will likely be available in either,
or both, iTunes or Amazon MP3.

* * *

If you live in Japan, then you can find pretty much any anime soundtrack
OST/opening/ending/insert song in the Amazon MP3 _JAPAN_ store or if not
there, the iTunes _JAPAN_ store for purchase.

Note that I emphasize the _JAPAN_ ; you will likely NOT be able to find what
you're looking for in an Amazon MP3 or iTunes store for a different country.

Although it pertains to the United States in particular, this
[link](https://www.quora.com/Why-is-it-so-hard-to-find-buy-Japanese-music-in-
the-US) more or less explains the gist of why that is so.

However, there is a small amount of anime music you can find in a non-Japan
iTunes/Amazon MP3 store. Here are couple examples that I have found in either,
or both the U.S. Amazon MP3/iTunes Stores (but the trend seems to be that
there is mainly J-Pop opening/ending songs, and very little instrumental
OSTs):

  * Yui's "Again" from Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
  * LiSA's "Crossing Field", "Shirushi", Eir Aoi's "Innocence", "Ignite" and a couple of other opening/ending songs from Sword Art Online 1 / 2
  * Most of Fairy Tail's opening/ending songs ( _NOT the OST though, unfortunately_ )
  * Hiroyuki Sawano's OST for Attack on Titan ( _nothing for Aldnoah Zero though_ ) and Linked Horizon's "Guren no Yumiya" and "Jiyuu no Tsubasa"
  * Joe Hisaishi's complete OSTs for a couple of Miyazaki films including Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky and Princess Mononoke (iTunes only)

* * *

If you don't live in Japan, as the above [link](https://www.quora.com/Why-is-
it-so-hard-to-find-buy-Japanese-music-in-the-US) alludes to, then it is very
difficult to truly legally obtain anime music via download.

Other than legally purchasing from the small library of anime songs available
in your own country digitally from iTunes/Amazon MP3, (I know this defeats the
purpose of your question of _digitally_ obtaining anime music, but)
unfortunately the only other option is to purchase physical CD's from various
vendors like Amazon, CDJapan or some other CD distributor.

I will leave this [link](http://www.tofugu.com/2013/01/23/how-to-get-japanese-
music-outside-of-japan/) for you to read. It tells you ways to obtain Japanese
music outside of Japan both physically and digitally.

You will notice that there is a trick involving buying Japanese gift cards
from a middle-man like Japan Codes and then creating an iTunes Japan or Amazon
Japan account, BOTH OF WHICH ARE _ILLEGAL_ if you don't live in Japan because
they require that you have a valid address in Japan.

I mention the gift cards because anybody looking into purchasing music from
digital stores from countries that they don't live in will likely consider
buying foreign gift cards, but since the question is about LEGAL methods, I
wanted to make the point that it is technically illegal to do so if you don't
live in the country that the gift card in question is for.


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