So you're an anime Fan. Naturally, you'd want to get your hand on some anime goods. With all the fake items out there, how do you know if you're getting a fake or the real thing? Better read this selection if you want to know.

Quality
Obviouslly, the quality of unlicensed goods are a lot lower than the legitimate products. Unlicensed goods are produced as cheply as possible. So if the product looks shabby, chances are it is not the real thing.
Price
Normally, imported anime goods are often expensive for the retailer to buy in the first place, ounce they have added their markup, the goods are hardly to be cheap. So, the price itself shows whether the product is original or not.
Packaging
Official goods normally have god quality packaging that is well designed. Look at the print quality of the packaging to see if it is up to scratch. Is the design appropriate for the anime/manga title? hmm...
Strange English
Contrary to some beliefs, anime and manga products with english that is either strange, doeen't make sense or just plain nonsense is not due to spotting unlicensed goods. In japan, English is cool, characters yell in English for special attacks, moves and magic. Although english is taught across Japan, few japanese people have spent enough time in an english speaking country to write proper english. Rather than hire translator, sentences are thrown together and checked  to see if they seem right. So if you read some strange english on anime gods it doesn't mean that it is unlicensed.
Copyright Information
Copyright information is a good way of spotting bootleg products. More often than not, they have no copyright information. If they do, the company names are ussually spelled wrong. Look for the ©  symbol