ITT We Complain About How Manga are Way Overpriced in the US (77)

1 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2007-06-23 06:21 ID:RXl6FYds

Is it better elsewhere in the world? Here, they're like almost double the original price. How can they ask us to pay $10 for something that's 530円 back in happy-land? sheesh...

28 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2007-10-19 15:11 ID:Id4Pc76+

Don't forget Hellsing which is like $20 per volume.

I have a Kino member card too. We should start a member card club.

I hope you're not one of those fags who just sits there reading shit for free and blocking the way of people who are searching for the next item in their collection. If I had a little less restraint some of those guys would eat book every time I go there.

29 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2007-10-19 20:51 ID:3SNrm0+V

>>24
Wait, doesn't DrMaster publish Tsukihime? Those books are printed on toilet paper. Or did you mean something else by "material quality"?

30 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2007-10-20 00:35 ID:n7E74qvd

>>29
I meant mainly Infinity Studios thanks to their gorgeous editions of Shinobuden and Blood Alone. I haven't read Tsukihime, but DrMaster have some nice color pages in High School Girls Vols 7+(after they took over from Comics One).

31 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2007-10-22 07:17 ID:JOQkMrOb

>>27
same here, sheesh! major inflation

32 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2007-10-23 22:25 ID:Urw94iYc

>>28

#27 Here.

You forgot to mention how they ruin the fresh new copies for people who actually buy them. Although I could just reach and go for the ones at the back of the shelf, I'd prefer if they didn't ruin them anyways.

33 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2007-10-27 08:41 ID:HWe49xu5

>>32

Yea those people are fags.

34 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2007-10-27 18:49 ID:LQNeJeuN

yeah, that's true. I'm finnish, but I do buy english mangas too. Finnish translated mangas are all priced from 5 euros to 6.70, so I really prefer to buy them translated, even if many people say they become an teen's mass-phenomenon that way. Hey, many people have meet manga that way. 15 euros for yaoi is really too much, because they really aren't so expensive in japan.

35 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2007-11-02 12:06 ID:+OijngcO

The 11th volume of Monster was only $13 before my discount, and I was like "lol wut?" because I thought I had already given them the discount card, but I hadn't, so it ended up even cheaper than that.

(and meanwhile it's still 2 times the price I really wish we had to pay.)

36 Name: 1pieceman : 2007-11-06 19:57 ID:vMYrf5ji

wow i normally get mine from the bookstore or even online and sometimes, online its alittle cheaper..

37 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2007-11-10 09:36 ID:Id4Pc76+

Online is a lot cheaper before postage, but the postage rapes you, especially if you're outside the US.

The problem I've had with Amazon is books come dog-eared, ripped, scratched... in all cases they have done replacements, but I don't see why it happens so often.

38 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2007-11-10 16:55 ID:oV9jf9Sk

Remember that Japanese manga volumes are published in a smaller format. Still, I'd rather have that format, especially if it lowered prices.

39 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2007-11-11 08:50 ID:Id4Pc76+

The cost of books isn't the paper anyway.

40 Name: edsgirl : 2007-11-11 21:52 ID:y5XG8Ywd

i buy online. much cheaper, but i live outside US so its a drag

41 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2007-12-24 09:13 ID:YaSaYUbS

The solution to high shipping costs for stoof you purchase online is to [b]buy in bulk[/b].

Pretty much all the major online shopping sites, including Amazon, will ship small enough merchandise together in one box for you, so you only have to pay shipping once as opposed to five times.

42 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2008-01-02 00:27 ID:BMd3F4f/

I generally find pricing of Japanese goods to be moderately acceptable. They are also of a high quality, but unfortunately are often assembled rapidly.

43 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2008-01-02 00:28 ID:BMd3F4f/

OH SNAP ゚∀゚)━━━━━━ !!!!!

44 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2008-02-23 02:35 ID:mZmsYtPZ

>>41
If you buy $25 or more you can get free, but slower, shipping on amazon.com (Super Saver Shipping)

It doesn't apply for most items besides books, DVD's, and CD's though.

45 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2008-02-23 14:04 ID:UIOJuTBV

>>41
But Amazon have an "additional shipping cost per book" which really rapes you when all the books are small.

46 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2008-02-25 16:18 ID:m4t4C+jI

Why don't you just find scans?

Weeaboos.

47 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2008-02-25 21:21 ID:Cu2/9ebe

random
ikkitousen or battle vixens as its called in USA
is it just me or is it hard to read?
did snoop dogg[y dogg] translate it?

48 Name: sage : 2008-02-25 21:58 ID:Heaven

>>46
GTFO.

49 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2008-03-05 22:58 ID:UKjkyDuB

What's really annoying is that the stuff clogging the bargain bins usually isn't manga, but Korean manhwa. Why do they license so much of that stuff if it isn't selling?

50 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2008-03-06 00:22 ID:p4GAoYYx

>>49
I like some manhwa...Dokebi Bride especially, it's sort of like a bizarro, dark version of Kamichu.

51 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2008-03-13 18:03 ID:HcWky8N2

Just buy on the last day of conventions, on online sales, and from sites like buy.com with google checkout (oder $25 worth, free shipping, -10 from GCO = $15).

Other than for the newest boogipop, I haven't paid more than $5 for a manga volume in years, with sometimes only paying $1 or $2.

52 Name: Antipika!AntIP1KaOw : 2008-03-16 00:22 ID:lkrvce8z

>>2

>Isn't manga dirt cheap in France and Italy as well?

Not really, prices in France are 6.60eur to 8eur per volume, in USD that's $10.30 ~ $12.50.

And here we got a strict law on book prices, wherever you buy them, nationwide, the price will remains the same. Maximum allowed rebate is 5 percent on the MSRP, no more.

Only way to get our mangas cheaper is either to import from the US, either to buy used ones.

53 Name: Kelsie : 2008-03-16 07:32 ID:cGqmGtFa

Light Yagami(even though this does happen)

54 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2008-04-08 18:38 ID:Heaven

as an aside, music, dvds, and especially anime are RIDICULOUSLY over-priced in Japan. I know it seems impossible, but it's true. this occurs (i assume) because there are so many fanboys who will buy things no matter what that they can charge silly prices like that. I'm talkin' like 30 bucks for a regular CD, or like 100 or more bucks for like 1 season of a show.

55 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2008-04-09 20:37 ID:Heaven

VIZ and Tokyopop are starting to lower prices on more mainstream titles.

Like 7 or 8 dollars for stuff like Naruto, Death Note, what have you. I guess that vindicates the "economy of scale" argument.

56 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2008-04-09 20:38 ID:tcxaxD8Y

>>46
leechfag NEETs deserve to die

57 Name: Sen : 2008-04-19 21:25 ID:sVOx+RLp

In waterstones, manga costs either £5.99 or £6.99
Generally, Naruto and Bleach cost the former, and most of the other manga cost the latter.
Still, in my store, they have a three for two on all manga at the moment, so I can buy 6 volumes and end up with 9 overall!! Not that I normally have enough money to do that... Still, buying 3 volumes and getting a 4th is pretty good going.

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59 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2008-04-30 20:43 ID:Heaven

>>56

meh, until the industry can compete with the fan community, I see no reason to be supporting them.

60 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2008-05-13 01:34 ID:ZGKsK47r

>>59
Let's see how well the fan community would do without the industry at all.

And don't say "the R1 and R2 manga industries aren't related at all." There are even companies that publish for both markets, ie, Broccoli, NetComics, VIZ (owned by Shogakukan and Shueisha).

61 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2008-05-24 14:38 ID:Heaven

Depends what you mean by industry. If you mean the guys actually drawing the anime, then sure, it would mean there would be no anime. If you mean the guys spinning off the DVDs, then it wouldn't make much of a difference if they vanished.

As a side-note, using R1 and R2 to distinguish language markets is silly. Both the UK and Japan are in R2. But 90% of US citizens are unaware that there are any countries other than them who speak English, so I suppose you're forgiven.

62 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2008-07-23 19:39 ID:SUAt56Zh

I'd love to live in the US, you huys got some damn cheap manga! Back here in Sweden we pay about 110 SEK ($18.5) for one english translated volume in our local manga bookstore.

One funny thing is that it's the english translated manga sells better than the swedish translated, even tough the swedish ones are usually pretty cheap ('bout $9).

Anyhow, most of us pays 18 bucks to get one volume, and that's expensive!

63 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2008-07-24 05:31 ID:hxkkNiLc

>>62
That's a quite odd situation...

64 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2008-07-24 17:09 ID:J7zN88bT

It used to be around $15 for manga in Canada but they charge the US price now, which is alright for me. I only buy a couple vols a year anyhow.

65 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2009-07-08 12:31 ID:yBdFk+p0

I bought the whole of Welcome to the NHK recently because I felt like reading it again, it was absolutely awful quality. Turns out I prefer reading manga on a monitor anyways, so I only buy stuff that I really like now and want to own a physical copy of.
That's not a load of series.

66 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2009-07-08 22:16 ID:OEJIXmn5

Why not just pirate manga, or get fan translations? For whatever reason, I really like the book form better, but I don't have much money these days so I go for getting them online.

67 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2009-07-09 00:10 ID:RPNjpBgp

My policy nowadays is to read online, then buy if I feel like ACTUALLY supporting good artists.
Sadly, they keep delaying my fave publication, Yotsuba!&... goddamn.

68 Name: Nanamika : 2009-07-09 14:43 ID:VM/1Oray

Same here, except sometimes there comes across a series that you just have to buy because it's that awesome.
You know what I mean?

69 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2009-07-14 06:16 ID:RPNjpBgp

>>68, yeah. Sometimes.

70 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2009-07-15 06:13 ID:iVNPBsHQ

wat. It used to be $16 for most series in America, about ten years ago. I remember even paying $23 for a book once. And you kids think $10 is a big deal. Sheesh. There are some books that are sold for $8 now.

71 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2009-07-17 23:17 ID:RPNjpBgp

Just go online/irl and buy used, or find a good friend with whom to swap every so often!

72 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2009-12-01 17:37 ID:BoYHfg70

have u ever thought of why are they so much? and during christmas sells after it and black friday u know those manga's and all slecations are about $2 to 25 cents!!! lol me out!!! XD

73 Name: TalentlessTroll : 2010-01-04 19:00 ID:DLvD6EzJ

I buy manga on the last day of a convention. Most of the booths don't want to carry all the books back to their car so they cut the prices. Unless the booth is run by Barnes and Noble, or Borders, they're fucking lame. But the privately run booths the manga is drastically reduced. Like 3-4 dollars per volume. And sometimes they'll even do buy two get one free.

The Barnes and Noble booths don't do any discounts on the last day, and they even charge tax. Which is bullshit when you can walk two booths down and buy the same manga for significantly less and no tax.

74 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2011-05-13 02:59 ID:sjVB/dZ6

When purchasing manga (and pretty much everything else imported) you have to consider that you are paying two contributors instead of one. If you go to Japan and buy manga you are paying all the people in Japan who created and produced it but if you buy a licensed import somewhere else you are paying the people in Japan while ALSO paying the people in your native country who worked on translating and producing it.

75 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2011-05-14 08:12 ID:Gf6V3CgN

>>74
So why isn't OEL manga cheaper?

76 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2011-05-16 03:37 ID:8j570tNm

>>75 because OEL is shit.

77 Name: Random Manga Otaku : 2011-05-16 03:50 ID:fLE9f4PJ

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