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Anyone here get manga from Japan?




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tekkaman



Joined: 07 Jun 2004
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Location: Space Knight HQ
PostPosted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 7:57 pm Reply with quote
I collected a few titles directly from Japan.
Here is a few titles that I got.

Tekkaman Blade
Tekkaman Blade 2
Birdy the Mighty
Man Machine Interface 2
Silent Mobius
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Animefreak08



Joined: 24 Jul 2003
Posts: 882
Location: Michigan ftw.
PostPosted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 8:20 pm Reply with quote
tekkaman wrote:
I collected a few titles directly from Japan.
Here is a few titles that I got.

Tekkaman Blade
Tekkaman Blade 2
Birdy the Mighty
Man Machine Interface 2
Silent Mobius

I can't count how much I have from japan. The one I can think of right off the top of my mind is Zombie Powder.
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gnollman



Joined: 05 Oct 2003
Posts: 535
Location: Richmond, KY
PostPosted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 10:19 pm Reply with quote
Heh...all my manga is Japanese.... Started collecting when I was over there and saw no reason to change when I got back.
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littlegreenwolf



Joined: 10 Aug 2002
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Location: Seattle, WA
PostPosted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 10:53 pm Reply with quote
*raises hand* Meeee. Right now my biggest import is the Matantei Loki manga series. I also import all the latest CLAMP manga, cause their releases are just so pretty Wink , and a select number of other titles I just love and can't get here.
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C_Brightshadow



Joined: 12 May 2004
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Location: In a Mod-Starbridge running away from pirates
PostPosted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 10:56 pm Reply with quote
Importing, used to do that... until almost everything I wanted got licenced. Anyways, I imported first two mangas of Ayashi no Ceres, two mangas of Angel Sanctuary, and the complete set of Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne.

I imported almost the entire collection of Basara from Korea. I know it doesn't count, but I'd like to think so... Very Happy
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UberTai



Joined: 01 Nov 2003
Posts: 218
PostPosted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 12:27 am Reply with quote
I only have four, so my collection isn't nearly as big as the others.
What I have:
Two One Piece information books, one entitled Red, the other Blue.
Doraemon Volume 1 hardcover
Detective Conan Volume 1

I got them when I went to Japantown in San Fransico. They were cheaper than American manga, ranging from $5 (Detective Conan) to $8 (One Piece information books).

P.S. And yes, I meant Japantown, and not Chinatown. I was surprised that one existed.
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Animefreak08



Joined: 24 Jul 2003
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Location: Michigan ftw.
PostPosted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 12:45 am Reply with quote
littlegreenwolf wrote:
*raises hand* Meeee. Right now my biggest import is the Matantei Loki manga series. I also import all the latest CLAMP manga, cause their releases are just so pretty Wink , and a select number of other titles I just love and can't get here.
Same here! Anime hyper I love Loki!
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hakootoko



Joined: 06 Dec 2002
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 10:02 am Reply with quote
I buy all my manga untranslated. I suppose for several reasons.

First, If I can read it in Japanese, why buy the translation? It keeps my Japanese in shape to read manga.

Second, I don't trust manga translation, fan or pro. Manga translation can get away with more fudging (just like dubbed anime) because the original language isn't there to contradict you. I'm not saying they do fudge things more; you just wouldn't know if they were.

Third, unlike anime, import manga is cheaper than translated manga even after import markup and shipping.

hakootoko - who gave Sasuga books about $500 at the last two cons he went to
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HypnoticTea



Joined: 30 Jun 2004
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Location: Florida
PostPosted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 5:41 pm Reply with quote
Well um . . . .I don't actually get it from Japan. But I read the translated Inuyasha manga, online, before it hits America. ^___^ At the moment I'm on #37 I think it is. And I've also read the Alice 19th series online before it came to America.

I'm too poor and lazy to get any imported, plus I can't read Japanese characters. Crying or Very sad
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darkhunter



Joined: 13 May 2004
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Location: Los Angelas
PostPosted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 7:46 pm Reply with quote
HypnoticTea wrote:
Well um . . . .I don't actually get it from Japan. But I read the translated Inuyasha manga, online, before it hits America. ^___^ At the moment I'm on #37 I think it is. And I've also read the Alice 19th series online before it came to America.

I'm too poor and lazy to get any imported, plus I can't read Japanese characters. Crying or Very sad


You mean you read the manga scan?
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mahoro



Joined: 31 Jul 2003
Posts: 310
PostPosted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 1:01 pm Reply with quote
Absolutely! I cannot stand payment $10+ for a manga that costs less than $6 w/tax. What a freaking rip off. Yeah it is flipped, but that is the way it SHOULD have been done from the beginning. Evil or Very Mad I buy mine used and in lots, it is a lot cheaper and faster than waiting for the US companies to release or rerelease them.
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pucca



Joined: 14 Mar 2004
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 5:49 pm Reply with quote
littlegreenwolf wrote:
*raises hand* Meeee. Right now my biggest import is the Matantei Loki manga series. I also import all the latest CLAMP manga, cause their releases are just so pretty Wink , and a select number of other titles I just love and can't get here.


yeah, CLAMP's presentation of XXXholic is REALLY well-done... (unlike delrey's...-_-;; did anyone else notice how cheaply yuuko was colored on vol. 2?)
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