Massey Anime and Otaku

For new people here in Palmy it may be hard to know where you can buy or read manga so here is a comprehensive list of sites in Palmy were you can go get your Manga fix:

Buying Manga

The main place to buy manga here in Palmy is Heroes for Sale the local comics/manga/games store on 35 King St (Behind where Farmers used to be). It has a great range of Manga available in stock, plus if they don’t have it available you can usual order it in – though I have found that some stock you can not order from them (though I forget what)

If you can’t order it from Heroes you can likely order it from Bruce McKenzies on 37 George street (next to the audio/visual part of Central Palmy Library) The also have a small range of Manga available. Whitcoulls in Downtown on 38-42 Broadway Ave also has a small range of manga available (by the graphic novels)

For second hand Manga there is Trash and Treasures -156 Rangitikei St which has several pre-owned manga available

Reading Manga

The best place to read is Palmy Central library they have an impressive selection of Manga most of it found in the Basement – on the ground floor There you can find shonen series like like D-Grayman, Gintama as well as staples like Naruto and One Piece. Shojo titles like NANA and Love Com. Plus Magazines like Shonen Jump and Yen Plus. There is a lot of manga there.

For More “Adult” Manga you will need to travel up to the First Floor to the graphic novels section (by the fiction desk), there you will find two trays of manga available these include Blame!, Buddha, Eden, and just recently Pluto Urasawa X Tezuka (unfortunately only the first two volumes at the moment)

Finally if you can read Japanese then there is a third place where you can read in the Library as the library has in it’s Community Languages place (also on the First Floor – by the stairs) manga in Japanese like Yotsubato and Kekkashi

If you also can read Japanese the Bean Café – 16 Broadway Ave also has a lot of Japanese manga for you to read while you are drinking your bubble tea

So that’s it for getting your Manga fix in Palmy if you know of any other good place for reading/buying Manga in Palmy comment below.

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