| I thought this would be a useful topic to have up: a list of all the places (online or off!) you know that sell anime, manga, merchandise, figures, imports, heck even pocky or melonpan! It's always useful, as I'm always amazingly pedantic when I shop around... well anyway, post store names (and relevant contact details), site URLS, whatever, to make all our lives easier. ^^ (I must note, I'm not from a big city so most of my stuff is purchased online...) Kinokuniya 500 George Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 Phone: (02) 9262 7996 ---> My favourite place to get manga from when I'm down in Sydney, they have absolutely everything, and shipping's not too painful either if you're buying online. Nyan Nyan (non-eBay site: here) ---> Great dealer of legit imports, you can get some really good deals in both their online store and their eBay store, so check them both out. Yorokonde ---> Haven't actually bought from this site but it seems pretty good. They have a lot of .. well, everything, really. DVDs, manga, merch, whatever. There's also the other misc places i.e. buying directly from madman, buying stuff from places like EBGames, JB Hi-Fi, etc. Well... as you can see I'm pretty low on stores and such (I import a lot of stuff from the US X.x), so post away! |
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| BP. As in the fuel station. Seriously. I walked in there, and they just had this tiny library of softcover books, about 4 feet wide and 5 feet tall. The whole top shelf was filled with manga! Specifically Mahou Sensei Negima! The even crazier thing? $4.50 a book, no joke. I was going to buy THE ENTIRE SHELF but I remembered that the manga still isn't finished (?) so I decided against it. It couldn't have been a madman release, but it was translated, so...maybe Tokyopop's work? |
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| http://www.akibaplus.com.au/ Pretty new site but looks like fairly good prices. |
| I go to this store in Melbourne to get most of my Manga. Alternate Worlds http://www.alternateworlds.com.au/ 76 Chapel Street Windsor 3181 Victoria Australia 03 9529 2255 |
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Jonsta said: $4.50 a book, no joke. I was going to buy THE ENTIRE SHELF...? Woah, for real?? Which BP station was this? I might buy the entire shelf myself... ;) |
| Guys, it was one at the Gold Coast, but it might be elsewhere, too. It wasn't a small one either. This was one of the HUGE highway BP's with all the restaurants and the gift shop, and the manga was in that shop. |
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Jonsta said: Guys, it was one at the Gold Coast, but it might be elsewhere, too. It wasn't a small one either. This was one of the HUGE highway BP's with all the restaurants and the gift shop, and the manga was in that shop. *happyface* I'll have to stop at one of those BP's when I go to the Gold Coast. I usually go there at least twice a year. |
| lol schoolies. I'm glad I'm not going. Besides, my parents bribed me away from going by getting me a puppy. :D But back on topic-- think we should add a list of import (Japan/American) web-stores here too? Most of the stuff I buy comes from overseas... you can definitely get it a lot cheaper if you look around. Of course you kind of get owned in terms of shipping... and you can get screwed if you don't own multi-region DVD player etc.. but hey, it's always good to share the love around. |
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| Wow, thanks for this topic, it's going to be useful! I'm happy to see EzyDVD and JB Hi-Fi are both on here, because they have always been pretty good for me. I used to live in the middle of nowhere, so EzyDVD made it easy to build up my collection. |
| I was relying on JB Hi-Fi and (occasionally) Borders for my anime fix. That is, until I discovered Shin Tokyo the other day. For some reason I always thought it was a clothing store... I can't believe I never looked in there before. it's right next door to the JBs I frequent. Regardless, it's awesome good. |
| YES. Brisbane stores :D I could check them out tomorrow if I wanted to... I only really relied on Borders and JB Hi-fi and EzyDVD beforehand. |
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| I usually rely on Borders for manga, but not anime. |
| Daily planet in Brisbane City is great for manga and comics, I bought a deathnote wallet from there ^_^, I just carry it around cause it smells nice :D mmm leather... |
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Jonsta said: Guys, it was one at the Gold Coast, but it might be elsewhere, too. It wasn't a small one either. This was one of the HUGE highway BP's with all the restaurants and the gift shop, and the manga was in that shop. Which one!? I go down to the Gold Coast most weekends, I should like to pay this place a visit. Also, Brisbanites, best place for manga is Ace Comics on Queen st. They're collection's amazing. There's also a store at Sunnybank call JV Lazer City that sells a lot of Japanese anime DVD's, with subtitles. Although, they're all NTSC, but a PS2 fixes that problem. |
ViralDec 4, 2007 10:25 AM
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| i cant seem to find ace comics, i had a look for it before. i've been to daily planet and Comics Etc which is near borders O_o, where about on queen st is ace comics? |
ViM said: i cant seem to find ace comics, i had a look for it before. i've been to daily planet and Comics Etc which is near borders O_o, where about on queen st is ace comics? You have to walk up about 2 flights of stairs, and there's a store called Egg Records, then another 2 flights and Ace Comics is at the top. From Queen st. it's basically just a door, but there's a sign on it that says Egg Records and Ace Comics. Took me a while to find it, aswell. If you still have trouble, just ask someone that works in Queen st., I'm sure they'll know. |
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| lol k |
| Wow, I only just recently noticed there was a Borders here in Adelaide. I had only known about JB Hi-Fi and Shintokyo for buying anime or manga. Now that I've found it, I've got three places to go to. ^_^ |
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| So let me see... Since I'm going to Brisbane sometime this month (to check out the QANTM College), I'll have to find Ace Comics, JV Lazer City, Comics Etc and Daily Planet. Need to start saving up some more cash. Edit: Because I fail at spelling. And...well...meh. I'm going to Brisbane tomorrow, so I felt like rechecking this thread. |
BlueYoshiJan 18, 2008 4:57 AM
| Viral mentioned it on the last page. |
| Does anyone know of any shops around Bondi Junction? I cant find anything.... =/ |
GreenJupiter said: I go to this store in Melbourne to get most of my Manga. Alternate Worlds haha that's where i get all mine from too! and it's just around the corner from Uni so even better XD though that means i spend WAY too much money there... |
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| There is a bookshop underneath Central Station in Sydney which has 5 manga for $10 deals. Though i've never actually been, i hear it's quite good. I'm going up this weekend for a look so i'll post back. |
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| Checked out that shop under central. It's called the Basement, and it's not the greatest.. VERY limited selection, only 1 series I recognized and most of it is Manwha. Plus by the time I got there most of it was sold so it only had a table worth of manga left. Still picked up some cheap volumes from random series though. Hell who can say no to manga at that price even if it sucks and i have to download the 17 chapters before the volumes I purchased. >.> |
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| Ozanimart in melbourne is quite nice, bit small and hard to find though. Address: 705/258 Little Bourke St, Melbourne Website: www.ozanimart.com.au |
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| Neon Fantasy Diamond Creek Melbourne, VIC 3089 Website: www.neonfantasy.com.au AnimeZone Mostly figures and model kits. Shop 25, 9 Market Street Box Hill Vic 3128 Akiba Hobby Figrues model kits and some other stuff I can't remember. Shop 17, 9 Market Street Box Hill Vic 3128 Trans Reality Anime Games 54 Marsdes Street Dickson Canberra 2602 Website: www.transreality.com.au Hobby Japan Figures, models, DVD's (Japanese or Chinese I haven't had a proper look) and snaks. 14/200 Bourke St Melbourne VIC 3000 (03) 9639 1219 One Stop Anime Figures and Chinese (bootleg) DVD's Shop 15, 239 Bourke Street Melbourne Vic 3000 |
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| For Perth-ians: Empire Toys Large selection of manga and figurines. 100% legit but mostly overpriced. 1/856 Hay St Perth WA 6000 (08) 9485 2444 Tokyo Underground Cheap merchandise, model evas/gundams etc. Beware of fakes. 816 Hay Street Perth WA 6000 (08) 9226 3677 Both these stores are EXTREMELY hard to find unless you already know where it is. Quality Comics Manga and some merchandise. Haven't been there so can't comment on price/quality. 872 Hay Street Perth WA 6000 (08) 9321 2168 Otherwise you've got JB Hi Fi for DVD/Blu-rays (the one on Hay St mall has the best selection) Borders and Angus and Robertson also sell some manga and light novels (but you'll probably need to order it from them). Enjoy |
| Also adding to the Brisbane area - there's a small shop in Fortitude Valley, I'm not quite sure what it's called but it has anime, figurines, k-drama etc. On google maps it says its on 204 wickham street but that's not really accurate. It's across a place called the Chopstix Arcade and a little to the right of a Pawnbrokers store (the store is kind of in a hall not on the street). It's really close to the valley station exit with escalators (when you exit, go straight past the win hing chinese herb food store). Though really it's only worth going if you're in the area. Still has some great stuff. |
| wells here are the places I get all of my stuff from, hope they help.... P.S. most of them are in Melb or online..... ozanimart http://www.ozanimart.com.au/ Level 7 705/258 Lt. Bourke St Melbourne Alternate Worlds 76 Chapel Street Animezone http://www.ozanimart.com.au/ 908 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill Hikaru Gift Shop Shop 18, 108 Bourke Street Hobby Japan Shop 14, Midcity Arcade 200 Bourke Street or.... 928 Whitehorse Road Box Hill Honya Shop 13, Port Phillip Arcade 228 Flinders Street JB-HI-FI http://www.jbhifi.com.au/ Madman http://www.madman.com.au/ KKnM http://theanimehouse.com/ 91 Bencoolen Street Sunshine Plaza One Stop Anime Tivoli Arcade Bourke St Minotaur http://www.minotaur.com.au/ 121 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne Borders http://www.borders.com.au/ Sunstar Music Bourke Street Animeworks http://www.borders.com.au/ asian.paradise @ Ebay http://shop.ebay.com.au/asian.paradise/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg= (asian dramas only) |
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| does anyone know any other places for anime in newcastle other then JB HI FI (glendale) becouse that place i already know? |
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