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NEWS: Imported Manga at Borders and Waldenbooks

Okay, please name 5 Japanese Bookstores in MAINE. Or Mississippi.

Unless we have a huge list from various sources, your arguement is moot right now. Your basing your info on scant info and a Statement from some PR Person at Borders. AND MY POST FROM THE RETAIL FORUM.

Ofcourse, if you really want to prove your point, give me $1,000 so that I can fly to Oahu via Aloha Airlines, and go to Book-Off and buy Untranslted Manga for cheap prices.

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Unless we have a huge list from various sources, your arguement is moot right now. Your basing your info on scant info and a Statement from some PR Person at Borders. AND MY POST FROM THE RETAIL FORUM.

Actually I'm basing it on basic marketing strategy. Outside of big cities, there isn't an interest, especially at $12 a pop.

Jen Rickel has written in from Gurnee, Illinois to inform us that her local Borders bookstore now stocks four shelves of imported Japanese manga. Numerous volumes in eight different series, including Ichigo 100% and Boku wa Imouto ni Koi wo Suru - Secret Sweethearts were found.

Pluie writes in the Anime on DVD Forums that a Borders store in in Novi, Michigan also had multiple volumes from several untranslated, imported manga, including Death Note, Ichigo 100% and Spiral. Other people have commented on seeing the untranslated manga at Waldenbooks as well.

ANN has contacted the Borders regarding this but has not yet received a response.

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Ofcourse, if you really want to prove your point, give me $1,000 so that I can fly to Oahu via Aloha Airlines, and go to Book-Off and buy Untranslted Manga for cheap prices.

Or how about a quarter to do what I keep telling you: Call them, ask them if they have titles X,Y,Z, give them your CC number and have them ship it to you.

USPS mangles my mail, FedEx hates the road I live on (4WD Only) and has already claimed a Brown Van, and most of the major Online Stores refuse my corporate account with DHL.

And thus what you refuse to dispute:

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Jen Rickel has written in from Gurnee, Illinois to inform us that her local Borders bookstore now stocks four shelves of imported Japanese manga. Numerous volumes in eight different series, including Ichigo 100% and Boku wa Imouto ni Koi wo Suru - Secret Sweethearts were found.

I think this thread should be closed already. I really think so. It is making me sick at the mentallity of some folks and their viewpoints that actually go AGAINST the Anime/Manga Community as a whole.

Aha, the old "youre either with us or against us" type line, don't let that reality get in the way of the dogma. I helped build the community, I've seen every proposal from here to the moon on how to grow the industry, and this one is just ludicrous, and is simply a big corporation seeing if people will buy books they can't read at a gigantic markup, whether it's the pretty pictures or the actual story that draws them. Joe/Jane Sixpack simply has no interest in books they can't read.

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Quote: I kinda find it funny the people who bemoan Downloading Anime and instead "Pay the Artists" and crucify anyone saying they support Fansubs would turn cheap over Imported Manga i have nothing to add so i didn't want to post this, but i find it hard to belive people didn't notice this idiotic statement. It was needless to begin with and really had no bearing, its neither sound nor valid in what it says. It should be obvious that supporting whatever brings the material cheaply while given due to the artist is all well and good, not to mention the fact people no matter what people often pay double its original price(often not always). Anyway thats all i wanted to add, sorry if its out of place.

If you bothered to look back at the various posts of others, you kinda notice the meaning of the post. But since you obviously didn't bother to, your post is redundant.

While some of these folks would be quick to defend the US Anime Distributors when someone proudly says "Oh, I downloaded some Anime offa http:///www.bootleganimeforfree.com.org.gov and I love Naruto, it is the 5u[k0rZ!!!" by telling them "Pay the $25 Bucks at DDDVD to get the damn DVD ya Cheapskate!!" now they decide to turn when "*gasp* Borders is selling Untranslated Manga for $13?? Fah, I can get it for $5 at XXX Bookstore!!!"

When you factor in where the bookstores are, cost of S&H, or even how much gas you burn to get to the place, the prices go up to what Borders is selling them for, where their stores are conviently located in a Big Mall or Strip Mall. Hell, I decided to look at where some of the Japanese Bookstores are, many of them aren't in Big Malls, but in either Industrial Parks, off major streets, in Office Buildings, etc. Not exactly "easy to get to."

Also, I am sickened by some folks complete lack of insight into the matter. Nobody sees Borders attempt as a way to draw more folks into Anime/Manga or to learn about Japanese Culture Raw and not "Bastardized" by Stateside Companies (I'M LOOKING AT YOU TOKYOPOP AND 4KIDS!!!). Perhaps Borders Test run has a silver lining perhaps?

Say some kid comes in, buys maybe a few of those "Imported Manga," and also buys maybe a Japanese/English Dictionary, or hell, Japanese in Manga Land. He learns a few new things, wants more. Borders selection is weak, only maybe a few titles. So, he goes online, and finds retailers that has wider selections. He buys more via these folks. If all goes well, he buys more. Soon, he manages to grasp some understanding of Japanese Culture. His grades improve, he's a wiz in Japanese Class, and whatnot.

Perhaps instead of Demonizing Borders for doing something, perhaps you should see it as a chance to get people more aware of Manga and Japanese Culture. Or are we still liking the fact that not too many folks in the World hates such Isolationist viewpoints of the USA?

Perhaps it is you that is gonna be eating those words.

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Perhaps it is you that is gonna be eating those words.

Perhaps, but I really doubt it, and you'll STILL have to special order your stuff outside of the major cities. So not only will you have to pay triple, but wait a week to do it.

you're... you must be incredibly stupid. sorry i didn't wanna say this but you think i skipped everypost and went directly to page 3 and somehow only saw this one post. someone already stated that the store didn't do its research and theres cheaper ways of getting the materials and most pedople pointed that out. there isn't a cheaper way to get anime, if there was people should ssupport that legit way, because importing anime cause way too much compare to simply buying it from a near by store. anyway i've read every post posted and no one said anything about that guy so i just wanted to point it out before some download kids went yea thats right look at them complain or something.

I can't believe you just said that.

Dude, you've pretty much gave a valid reason on Borders "high" prices. Borders imports the stuff and makes it "convient" for those that can't do Internet or mail order.

So what i said is completely invalid because i misspelled two words with common typos(pedople, ssupport a slip of the fingure really), didn't capitilize three times, and had one wrong punctuation.