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Anywhere with a decent Manga selection?

  • 09-02-2005 12:45pm
    #1
    AARRRGH
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    Hello,

    I'm looking for some Manga. I know Forbidden Planet have lots of graphic novels, but for some reason they are always number 7 or 13 or 17 or something. They never have 1, 2 or 3 etc.

    In particular I'm looking for Rumiko Takahashi stuff (Ranma 1/2 number 2 and so on.)

    Thank you!


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  • #2
    Scratch Acid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 456 ✭✭Scratch Acid


    www.amazon.co.uk is pretty much your only option. Although FP did get a sh*tload of volumes of Inu-Yasha in recently. (1st and 2nd editions...)


  • #3
    kinkstr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,542 ✭✭✭kinkstr


    Try asking in the anime forum, you might get a better response
    Here


  • #4
    lucius fox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16 ✭lucius fox


    Forbiden Planet on crampton quay have a selection but it very rarely get's restocked.Phone # is 01-6710688
    3rd Place on Crow St have a growing selection as well and just got in a lot of the VIZ Manga cos they have a new American supplier.Phone number is 01-6336964.
    Sub-City carry it too but I don't get much there because they are 2 Euro dearer. Their # is 01-6671902.

    On-line shop's like Amazon, Mile High and Comics Conspiracy are good too. or if you want something closer to home check out other realms site or www.irishcomicshop.com Their up on the 26th of this month and have a notice up in my college about it.


  • #5
    ][cEMAN**
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,126 ✭✭✭][cEMAN**


    Are there really only 3 shops/franchises out there?


  • #6
    lucius fox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16 ✭lucius fox


    In Dublin yeah.

    I know their is Other Realms in Cork but i'v never been there and their is a Foridden Planet in Belfast and a Sub-City in galway but I'v never been to any of them.

    I don't know if any of the mainstream book shops carry Manga.


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  • #7
    Scratch Acid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 456 ✭✭Scratch Acid


    Waterstones and Hodges Figgis (or however the f*ck you spell it) have a couple of titles....
    Waterstones had the first volumes of GTO, A.I. Love You and Mars the last time I was there, and Hodges Figgis had a couple of volumes of Saiyuki and Akira. Strangely enough, Hughes and Hughes in Dublin airport have a manga section now....they had Fruits Basket, Saiyuki and Battle Royale that I can remember and a few Manwha titles.


  • #8
    herobear
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    try checkin out some uk anime shops, like otaku.co.uk and up1.co.uk for hard to find manga, because they import it specially.
    closer to home, easons in dundrum s.c. have a graphic novel section with manga


  • #9
    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,129 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    lucius fox wrote:
    In Dublin yeah.

    I know their is Other Realms in Cork but i'v never been there and their is a Foridden Planet in Belfast and a Sub-City in galway but I'v never been to any of them.

    I don't know if any of the mainstream book shops carry Manga.

    Being a regular customer of both Other Realms and the Galway Sub City, I can say that both carry some manga. However, since I'm not a fan I can't tell you in any great depth about how good a collection it is. Other Realms have a tendency of randomly skipping or not restocking certain titles for no good reason, so I'd expect that to apply to what manga titles they do have. Sub City have generally been pretty good in terms of stock, but a bit more expensive.


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