2004-11-19, 18:18 | Link #21 |
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: The dog gossips too much.
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Whaaaaa! Here's a site I just came across today: http://www.buydvd.com/books.asp The prices look excellent even though the selection could be wider. I'm going to try ordering from them to check out their shipping and speed and so on.
EDIT: www.dollarmanga.com has cheap Comics One stuff, like Iron Wok Jan and Now! Unfortunately their shipping is atrocious: $29 for a $50 order? Unacceptable! I'm just going to wait till they have a sale. EDIT2: For those who were wondering, buydvd had excellent service and dollarmanga still has outrageous shipping prices.
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2004-11-26, 23:41 | Link #23 |
StrykerX
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Everett, WA
Age: 43
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For people in the Washington state you can get the manga at these places.
Everett Mall - Waldenbooks (manga section of the store) - Suncoast (though their selection of manga isn't as good as the one in Walden Books ) 1402 SE Everett Mall Way Everett, WA 98208 425-355-1771 Alderwood Mall 3000 184th Street SW, Suite 145 Lynnwood, Washington 98037 (425) 771-1211 - Suncoast (same as the one in the Everett Mall) - Borders (has a decent selection of manga, but not as much as the Walden Books in Everett Mall)
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2004-11-29, 21:40 | Link #24 | |
本當に愛してるなら, "鰻食べる?”ってきかないで
Join Date: Nov 2003
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oh~ >.< sorry for the late reply >.< Yes, for Chinese version, they are cheaper than English versions, but not the Japanese :P i think it is average $6 CAD each (chinese@crown) vs $9-13 (english@chapters) and $9-15 (Japanese@Yohan) Chinese translated manga have a more up-to-date list( a wider selection) as in comparison to the English version VS Japn manga. i believe ^^ |
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2004-11-29, 23:33 | Link #25 |
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Join Date: Dec 2003
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kinokuniya is also in san jose
http://www.kinokuniya.com/newyork/locwc.html (west coast locations) They have japanese manga, chinese manga, and english manga pricewise: chinese ($4.25) < japanese (varying) < english (~$10?) but the japanese stuff is rather expensive there (as with all imported stuff...) so i go for the chinese |
2004-12-05, 12:22 | Link #26 |
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Everyone living in UK:
www.play.com - just started selling some manga, although very little at moment www.movietyme.com - located in USA but ships free to uk, and has lot of the manga that has been released in USA, but they dont have rurouni kenshin www.otaku.co.uk www.up1.co.uk |
2004-12-05, 12:56 | Link #27 | |
Just call me Ojisan
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: U.K. Hampshire
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And over £19 total gives you free shipping! And while I haven't used MovieTyme in about three years, I stopped using them because of "problems" (charge for goods and no delivery). |
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2004-12-05, 16:05 | Link #28 |
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Since the prices of english translated manga are highway robbery (Compared to Japan where volumes cost about 400 yen (4$) each. The prices of german, french and swedish titles ends up between the japanese and american prices.
It's the totally opposite here in west. Anime is cheap, and manga is expensive. For japanese volumes, I recomend JP Queen |
2004-12-30, 20:25 | Link #31 |
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If you live in California, New York, Illinois or anywhere else near a large city, you should probably have no problem finding either a Mitsuwa or Kinokuniya somewhere nearby... Otherwise, you can always just order online...
Or just download Winny. >_> |
2004-12-30, 21:18 | Link #32 |
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Kinokuniya books or online at www.sasugabooks.com
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2004-12-30, 23:18 | Link #34 |
湯音カワユス~
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Canada
Age: 39
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Some raws can be easy to get, while others can be quite hard (depending on their popularity). If possible, save yourself the trouble of browsing through countless websites/search engines/file sharing programs and just go to a store like the previous posters listed above and buy them in their original Japanese form (best quality prints, neat binding, portable anywhere). Other than that, I guess you just have to look around on the net, some BT sites might have them.
Then again... Winny works too... |
2006-01-21, 10:41 | Link #39 |
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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For European manga buyers
There's a small-trader exchange called Priceminister based in France that offers sellers and traders an on-line "shop-window", www.priceminister.com. There's a lot of French-translated manga published in Europe that doesn't get an English licence and quite a bit of that can be found second-hand on this site. Look for "livres et BD" -- bande-dessinne means comic strips, sorta and that includes manga. There's also original Japanese tankos and such offered occasionally. If your French is better than your Japanese this is a useful facility for obtaining some manga titles at reasonable prices.
The website's in French with no decent English-language version. They only offer delivery to European addresses but that includes the UK where I am. It's a bit like eBay, you deal directly with the sellers ("vendeurs") but you can pay via credit card through the central Priceminister site. It's not an auction site, prices are fixed but you can haggle if you think the sellers are asking too much for a given item. You can also register a wish ("souhait") for a particular item with a set upper price limit and if the item is listed at or below that price you will be emailed to alert you to have a look. |
2006-01-28, 05:26 | Link #40 |
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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In the US Books a Million has decent prices on English releases, free shipping on $25 or more.
http://www.bamm.com |
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