| Hmm.. well I thought this would be useful to know since to be honest, it's hard to find English manga around here. so do you guys know of other places? apart from comics connection and popular bookstore. ---- Okies. I shall be updating this list ------ BORDERS (Orchard) Kinokuniya (Orchard, Ngee Ann City or Parco Bugis Junction) A store besides Kino @ Bugis Leisure @ Clementi MRT station M.A.G.E (Eastpoint Mall) 5-room converted Store (Bedok Interchange, level 2) Sunshine Plaza (Bugis, opp old NAFA building) Man Hua Tian Di (opp Yishun MRT) Aniplay (Sunset Way & Sunshine Plaza) |
AzurielJan 27, 2009 12:06 AM
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| Oh man, I've been getting my manga from those two exact same shops for years now. (Live around Sunset Way) As for anime, well, I summon it using voodoo magic ^_^ |
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| Well, I know many SG manga lovers are Chinese, so they can pretty much get it anywhere. For me, I guess I'm like Azurel, English only! I get mine at the same place (which is also why my manga read list is pathetic -_-) Anime wise, I get it at... Crunchyroll. End of story. I'm not gonna spend my money on ODEX crap which gives sub standard quality DVDs and sub standard subbings. Oh, and for anime-related stuff (models, OSTs), some of you might like to try Sunshine Plaza, which is at Bencoolen Road. That place has TONS of anime stuff. Cups, T-shirts, posters, you name it. Try that place out guys! |
| haha i've got some street fighter manga that i got from kino, i bought the blue max naruto boxes, and i've got about 14 of those bloody Odex anime vcd boxes that u can get at any DVD shop in singapore... ...the rest of my anime and manga...is, i'm afraid, also summoned by powerful voodoo magic! >:D |
| I don't know. I always purchase my manga from Comics Connection, sometimes from Kinokuniya. And they are all either Chuangyi Chinese, or other Taiwanese publisher. I prefer English material, but I don't buy them since they often cost much more than their Chinese counterparts. For anime, I... fly to Japan back & forth to watch them!! Okay honestly; Crunchyroll, and if need a change of 'environment', try Veoh, or Tudou (Chinese). All video streaming sites. Halberdier's suggestion of Sunshine Plaza also not bad. Used to be my favourite haunt for those rarer-to-find anime merchandise, though I seldom visit the place now. |
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| Kinokuniya and BORDERS. |
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| For manga, KINO~~~ (the one at orchard) Comics Connection... Popular... and any comic shop i happen to walk past... XD As for anime... Well, i do buy... except that they are not the ones with "ODEX" labeled on them... got them from some video shop in Rivervale Mall before the stupid saga... i supposed they have stopped selling it coz of that, and i have not bought any anime since then... Though i've gotta say tat Kino's stuff are kinda expensive and since i don't live around that area i don't really buy stuff frequently from them, but once i'm around that area, i'd be sure to pop by that place to take a look at their books... i'm a huge fan of reading and they have the latest collection of books from manga to english novels... plus... their membership cards give discounts to normal ChuangYi comics as well, not like the others which is like limited to figurines or TW comics... |
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| I think i am kind of a super spoiler man... Lol... I don't buy manga... I read them online haha... |
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TriBnitylade said: I think i am kind of a super spoiler man... Lol... I don't buy manga... I read them online haha... XD It's the same with me! Be it manga or anime, i hate waiting... =x I even resort to reading the Chinese translated novels (online lolz) for those anime which are adapted from novels. Really kills the eyes trying to read not only SMALL but PACKED and ridiculously long chinese translated foreign names... I'm buying the manga for the reason that i love reading and collecting the books that i love to read... the novels are a tad too expensive, so i don't really buy them. |
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| Is there even sources other than Comics Connection and Kinokuniya? O.o |
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| haha there's M.A.G.E. if you want to borrow manga. popular/MPH/borders all have a bit i think. plus other "3rd party"/non-franchised stores scattered about. if you're talking about sources per se there's always the...the dark side...0_o |
| LOLS. Dark side...Voodoo magic? =P |
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| I always pass by it if it's the same one I go to 2 years ago. It's the mrt station itself. Get down and walk straight past the top-up station. The one with people in it that is. It sells a small variety of more 'popular' comics in Singapore. Namely Bleach, Naruto, Honey and Clover, GetBackers, NaNa, plus the newest release every tuesday is stocked there too. |
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| hmm... i don't really travel around SG that much, but i know that there are plenty of comic shops around the place i stay at... There are a few shops in Katong area which sells and rent manga... There's one which i would recommend... but it only deals with ALL(taiwan, malaysia, hongkong, china, singapore) chinese manga and whatever english manga chuangyi sells. Plus it has a small collection of chinese novels. Its located near Bedok interchange, juz above the Bedok outlet of comics connection. Note that it's on level 2 and they don't put signs to advertise besides pasting notices on their windows... but then again, it's HUGE. Although i've been there for quite a while, i never did got to know the shop name... XD So far, from what i've seen, it got almost all the chinese manga collection up till date. I was hanging out at that place before i got acquainted with my laptop and the internet lolz... |
twilightWizzFeb 28, 2008 7:21 AM
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| Hmm.. I guess the bookstores at the East side is news to me since I don't venture that. Well, if you guys know of anywhere else just drop a msg. =P Actually, I don't buy dvds since it's all streaming for me. My main source are usually Crunchyroll and Veoh. But when I'm desperate enough, I try to scavenge at Youtube, DailyMotion, Stage6. But I do KNOW of some Online Anime Archives like animeepisodes.net animebolt.com watchanimenow.com animeplaylist.blogspot.com |
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| haha so now we're delving into voodoo magic equipment and techniques as well? ;) come, let's all share our experiences with the dark side... i'll speak for everyone this time...just because we know websites that stream anime or provide direct downloads doesn't neccesarily mean that we use them ourselves! :) |
| Import Japanese originals. And I'm saddened by how subscribing to a Japanese magazine and having it sent to your doorstep is cheaper than buying it at Kinokuniya ("Zetsubou shita!"). |
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| i might do that too...except that i can't read jap in all its forms *aahh filled with even more despair*. :( even though i want to learn eventually. but that's quite a surprising bit of info in any case...i guess pri school kids over there could buy a Jump! with their pocket money but it's definitely not the case here. |
| Err... DCC bots ftw? |
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| I get original japanese manga/artbooks at Taka. |
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| I get mine from Sunshine Plaza. Reasonable prices there... Don't get tricked by those big name bookshops! |
| I = Katze (Ai No Kusabi)L (Death Note), Ryuichi Sakuma (Gravitation), Kyoya Ootori (Ouran High School Host Club), Hisoka (Yami No Matsuei). Or so the personality quizzes say... "The cruelest lies are told in silence." |
| Is it really cheaper at Sunshine Plaza? I went to that place before but didn't know there's a bookstore there since I never exactly went in it. The standard english manga price that I usually see iis $8.50. |
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| Well... so far the ones at Sunshine Plaza are the cheapest that I can find... |
| I = Katze (Ai No Kusabi)L (Death Note), Ryuichi Sakuma (Gravitation), Kyoya Ootori (Ouran High School Host Club), Hisoka (Yami No Matsuei). Or so the personality quizzes say... "The cruelest lies are told in silence." |
| Yep, so far I've only bought Chuang Yi but I think the price is abt the same for other publishers. Btw, I finally went in Sunshine Plaza but only got to stay for a while. I saw 2 manga stores there and there were tons and tons and tons of english manga. heavenly~ X) I didn't get to ask the price though coz I was late in meeting my fren. @snowfish sunshine plaza is at bugis, near the old NAFA building, a few blocks from the National Library. |
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| meh, always the odd one out... am I the only one here who only reads Japanese untranslated manga? |
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TakaseRyou said: meh, always the odd one out... am I the only one here who only reads Japanese untranslated manga? I buy volumes in Japanese only because I believe in preserving the author's uhh.. feelings (?) which may be lost in translation. Picked up Japanese a while back just for that. Still have a little trouble with the seinen manga without furigana though. Need some help from a dictionary. |
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| I know my sis buys untransilated Japanese anime magazines.... without ever knowing what a single word meant. Fine, maybe one or two words... :P |
sn0wfish said: If only i can read Japanese, i would buy those Japanese ones.. around $10 a book only -.- $10 a book is the overpriced Kinokuniya pricing. The actual price printed on the back of the book cover is usually around 400 yen, which is around $5. that's why I don't buy from them, blardy scams. it's cheaper to subscribe to a Japanese magazine and have them deliver to your doorstep than buying at Kino. |
TakaseRyouMay 20, 2008 5:52 AM
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| How do you subscribe to magazines? Are there any sites which I can do it from online? And yeah the Kino prices are horrible. Compared to the retail price on the covers, they charge quite an exorbitant amount. Especially their illustration books. |
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| http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/magazine/index.html and like most online imports, there's a need for a credit/debit card. |
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| Ah I see, thanks. I'll look into one first to see if I like mags and maybe I'll pick up more in the long-term. |
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| tell you the truth, i dont even know where to get mangas even if i wanted to started reading and collecting them. I got my first complete series of zoids manga from, believe it or not, tiong bahru 7 eleven and popular. hahahahaha.. if its the malay 'manga' ur referring to which is obviously not and im trying to be funny here, id just find the tree. jkjk.. as for my anime.. hmm.. how should i say it.. they mysteriously appear? Ive got one helluva computer, i must say. heh heh heh. |
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| I get my manga from Comics Connection/Kinokuniya. Mostly get from Taiwanese publishers if Chuangyi is slow. And hell they sure are ^^ For my anime, I don't use voodoo magic! It's too.. primitive. You know that uncle who sells ice-cream on his motorbike? Tell him this "ODEX sucks.". He'll open a secret compartment in his ice-cream box that contains a legion of fresh anime from Japan. For free. And you'll never see uncles selling icecream on a motorbike in the same light anymore ;D. (YHBT) |
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Ckrono said: That's not voodoo magic, dude. Voodoo magic is something much more intangible, desirable and inexpensive :PFor my anime, I don't use voodoo magic! It's too.. primitive. You know that uncle who sells ice-cream on his motorbike? Tell him this "ODEX sucks.". |
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| The only manga I buy Is Yotsubato and Ichigo Mashomaro, both of whihc are easily found in any Kinokuniya. I don't buy any anime other than Studio Ghibli films. I bought them overseas. |
| yup...so true..^^ Easiest way is to learn or know japanese, then get em to deliver the magazines to your doorstep. But for those who want it online and don't know where.. Manga: www.mangafox.com www.onemanga.com Anime: www.zomganime.com www.animeseason.com www.anime-media.com www.animecrazy.net well, cheers! =D |
| Well since the title reads "GET your title in SINGAPORE" and not my d/ls or scans, here's my buying stops : Any nearest Comic Connection Any nearest POPULAR (CY mangas only) Kinokuniya Sunshine Plaza (The shop is Shen Me Dian) Man Hua Tian Di (not sure) opp Yishun MRT. Those are for mangas only. I seldom buy animes.Hohoho, ima pirate. |
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| I get mine from Kinokuniya in Orchard. I tried Borders, but I can't seem to find it. (Also in Orchard) |
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| I found another manga haunt spot! Aniplay - Sunset Way =D |
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| BORDERS (Orchard) Kinokuniya (Orchard, Ngee Ann City or Parco Bugis Junction) A store besides Kino @ Bugis Leisure @ Clementi MRT station M.A.G.E (Eastpoint Mall) 5-room converted Store (Bedok Interchange, level 2) Sunshine Plaza (Bugis, opp old NAFA building) Man Hua Tian Di (opp Yishun MRT) Aniplay (Sunset Way & Sunshine Plaza) I guess you said most of it! Azuriel ^__^ |
FabriceNov 20, 2009 6:57 AM
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| ^ No. |
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| try imeem, myspace player, and crunchyroll. Otherwise youtube is also an(unwelcome) option if you're really desperate, or you can try animemangafun.com(it has its own player, but you need to sign up as a member to watch) |
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