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by Fallen Phoenix » Sun Aug 17, 2008 7:11 pm

Stargazer wrote:Currently trying to catch up with Negima. Last time I bought the manga it was up to number 11, now it's up to 20 odd! I gotta get reading, but first anyone know the cheapest place to get manga from the net? Amazon marketplace seems the cheapest......


Marketplace is usually the cheapest, with most new imports being around £1.20 (bout £4 with postage). Only problem with these is they usually take 10-15 days to deliver, which I don't feel is worth it when you can spend 50p more and get a UK supplier. Apart from that Amazon itself is sometimes cheap, but it seems they've noticed the demand and both them and Play have recently started selling close to RRP. Apart from that I get my manga from Forbidden Planet, who have a 3 for 2 on all Graphic Novels (Manga count as graphic novels). So you can usually pick up 3 manga for around £12-£14.

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by Mr.Jeff » Sun Aug 17, 2008 7:20 pm

Stargazer wrote:Currently trying to catch up with Negima. Last time I bought the manga it was up to number 11, now it's up to 20 odd! I gotta get reading, but first anyone know the cheapest place to get manga from the net? Amazon marketplace seems the cheapest......

Well, if you want really cheap... ;)

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PostRe: The Anime and Manga Thread
by Lionsheart » Sun Aug 17, 2008 7:33 pm

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Herr Dark Wolf wrote:Boxtorrents is excellent as well, especially for rare stuff.

Simple reason I didn't mention boxtorrents is that generally you have to browse through their huge directory page by page to find something which is a pain and normally those torrents are included isohunt anyway with additional trackers for more seeders.


Yeah, Tokyotosho has most of them too. If you sign up to Boxtorrents you can do searches.

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PostRe: The Anime and Manga Thread
by BAKA » Sun Aug 17, 2008 7:33 pm

The new Manga series by Death Note creators, Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, Bakuman is up on One Manga if anyone is interested.

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by Pred » Sun Aug 17, 2008 7:39 pm

The Crimson Reaper wrote:Apart from that I get my manga from Forbidden Planet, who have a 3 for 2 on all Graphic Novels (Manga count as graphic novels). So you can usually pick up 3 manga for around £12-£14.


I noticed in my local is they do a 3 for 2 on Manga which is priced at £6.99. Annoyingly, there's a lot of stuff I want which is priced at £5.99.

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by Fallen Phoenix » Sun Aug 17, 2008 7:51 pm

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The Crimson Reaper wrote:Apart from that I get my manga from Forbidden Planet, who have a 3 for 2 on all Graphic Novels (Manga count as graphic novels). So you can usually pick up 3 manga for around £12-£14.


I noticed in my local is they do a 3 for 2 on Manga which is priced at £6.99. Annoyingly, there's a lot of stuff I want which is priced at £5.99.


Yea my FP used to do 3 for £15 on all Manga priced £6.99. But aparantly it applied to all manga, not just the cheap expensive ones. You may want to check in case thats the case at your local FP.

On topic, since March i've really expanded my manga collection. My current list stands at

Naruto 1-30
Bleach 1-23
One Piece 1-18
Negima 1-18
Love Hina 1-8
D Gray Man 1-10
Death Note 1-13
Claymore 1-12

As you can see I pretty much stick the main stream (what my brother refers to as kiddy) stuff. Negima is by far the best series atm moment closely followed by Naruto and D Gray Man. Love Hina is taking some time to get into, I think it's too realistic for my taste :lol:

Anime-wise i'm currently working my way through 360 episodes of One Piece I bought off ebay. Gonna take me a good while to catch up with it I think.

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PostRe: The Anime and Manga Thread
by Pred » Sun Aug 17, 2008 7:56 pm

I'll try to ask them next time I'm up there, but the staff there are so gloomy that I wouldn't want to bother them at all.

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by LukewarmGravity » Sun Aug 17, 2008 7:57 pm

Cubeamania wrote: I tried getting into Cowboy Bebop since everyone seems to love it so much but turns out its not nearly as good as everyone makes it out to be.


You should check out Samurai Champloo then, It's basically cowboy bebop with swords.

and we all know the rules: swords>guns ;)

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by Grumpy David » Sun Aug 17, 2008 8:05 pm

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Cubeamania wrote: I tried getting into Cowboy Bebop since everyone seems to love it so much but turns out its not nearly as good as everyone makes it out to be.


You should check out Samurai Champloo then, It's basically cowboy bebop with swords.

and we all know the rules: swords>guns ;)


Seen it already. Was okay, I prefer better storylines though and Champloo didn't have that, good action scenes though, and I liked that baseball episode. Wouldn't say its essential viewing.

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PostRe: The Anime and Manga Thread
by LukewarmGravity » Sun Aug 17, 2008 8:22 pm

You're probably best sticking with FMA then, I loved the storyline in that and I'd probably consider it one of, if not my favourate anime that I've seen

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by Fallen Phoenix » Sun Aug 17, 2008 8:40 pm

Godslayer wrote:You're probably best sticking with FMA then, I loved the storyline in that and I'd probably consider it one of, if not my favourate anime that I've seen


Yeah i'm currently watching this via Lovefilm, and although i've had to wait 4 weeks for volume 12 the series just gets better and better for me. Can't wait to watch the last disk and the film now, hopefully i'll be able to watch both before my trial runs out start of september.

Is it possible to buy a complete set of FMA? I don't have space or money for the seperate editions but I might just be able to afforded a discounted boxset.

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by LukewarmGravity » Sun Aug 17, 2008 8:45 pm

I'm sure they split it into 2 boxsets at one point, which is probably cheaper than forking out £100+ for all the volumes... like I did.

If you're interested, you should check out the manga. Its went off in a completely different plot direction than the anime and is aparantly still going on. That's my next port of call :)

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by Fallen Phoenix » Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:14 pm

Godslayer wrote:I'm sure they split it into 2 boxsets at one point, which is probably cheaper than forking out £100+ for all the volumes... like I did.

If you're interested, you should check out the manga. Its went off in a completely different plot direction than the anime and is aparantly still going on. That's my next port of call :)


I might keep an eye out for that. I'm fairly upto date with all my manga (I buy Shonen Jump Magazine to get my montly fix, so don't buy manga usually on release) so wouldn't mind a new manga series.

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PostRe: The Anime and Manga Thread
by Pred » Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:43 am

I've finished watching episode 10 of Naruto. The quality of the episodes isn't that great, but I'm not too bothered.

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by Spike » Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:48 pm

Currently watching Initial D:First Stage. It's alright, gotta love your cars though as you would imagine.

Darker than Black is probably next on my 'to watch list'.

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by St Nick » Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:20 pm

Cubeamania wrote:I wish I could forget about Death Note so I could rewatch it again totally fresh, its one of the most amazing shows I've ever watched. Hooked from start to finish. I'm hugely into One Piece as well, I just wish it was subtitled faster, I feel like I'm going through withdrawal symptoms sometimes. Really enjoyed Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

Currently downloading Fullmetal Alchemist. Upto episode 9 and enjoying it so far. I tried getting into Cowboy Bebop since everyone seems to love it so much but turns out its not nearly as good as everyone makes it out to be.


This literally sums up everything for me.

Deathnote, is simply amazing. I, like you, was just totally addicted from start til finish, dedicating most nights to just watching it. The storyline was just so fresh and interesting. I just loved the music in it as well, and with the japanese voice acting just made it amazing. Not just one of my favourite anime, but one of my favourite shows ever.

I couldn't get into Cowboy Bebop either, just found it a bit boring unfortunately, shame as I was looking forward to it after the hype on GR.

I'm currently watching 'Welcome to the NHK' which is a 24 part series. It's.....odd...to tell you the truth but very entertaining at the same time...even if it is a bit well..cringeworthy at times.

I'm also reading the Deathnote manga at the moment, the first manga I have ever read as I enjoyed the anime so much.

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by Spike » Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:33 pm

Hmm im much the same. Death Note was just something else, amazing. So much different to what I usually watch as well.

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by Cyburn2 » Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:36 pm

I have Volumes 1-7 of Death Note manga, need to get volumes 8-12 sometime and also gonna to start getting the DVDs.

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by Vishvanath » Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:44 pm

I've watched the first four episodes of Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto, and I'm liking it.

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by Grumpy David » Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:25 am

St Nick wrote:This literally sums up everything for me.

Deathnote, is simply amazing. I, like you, was just totally addicted from start til finish, dedicating most nights to just watching it. The storyline was just so fresh and interesting. I just loved the music in it as well, and with the japanese voice acting just made it amazing. Not just one of my favourite anime, but one of my favourite shows ever.

I couldn't get into Cowboy Bebop either, just found it a bit boring unfortunately, shame as I was looking forward to it after the hype on GR.

I'm currently watching 'Welcome to the NHK' which is a 24 part series. It's.....odd...to tell you the truth but very entertaining at the same time...even if it is a bit well..cringeworthy at times.

I'm also reading the Deathnote manga at the moment, the first manga I have ever read as I enjoyed the anime so much.


The music in Death Note is a true highlight - I loved the opening song in the first 16 episodes and Kira/L's theme. That human strawberry floater song was terrible though. I got to binge through Death Note as I started watching it well after it had reached the mid 20's. Best way to watch a show like Death Note too. I did the same thing with One Piece last year, went through about 310 episodes in about a month! Good times.

It's good to see I'm not alone in the "Cowboy Bebop really isn't very good" camp. I just couldn't see what all the fuss was about, I kept hoping it would get better, but it never did.

Welcome to the NHK sounds quite interesting, I may well give it a go.

I read the last 3/4 chapters of Death Note because it has a different ending to the one in the anime but haven't read the whole thing.


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