Anime & Manga Stores in Ireland

o1s1n

a friend of mine who works in Forbidden Planet said to never order anything in there,as they never actually bother getting it

Scratch Acid

o1s1n wrote:

a friend of mine who works in Forbidden Planet said to never order anything in there,as they never actually bother getting it

And this is amusing to you why?

o1s1n

i...dont know. should i be sad instead? *attempts to shed a tear*

Scratch Acid

o1s1n wrote:

i...dont know. should i be sad instead? *attempts to shed a tear*

Nice attitude. No, if I were you I would be pretty outraged. I've never ordered anything specially from FP, but I've considered it quite a few times. This piece of information seriously calls into question the wisdom of shopping at a place that cares this little about its customers.

o1s1n

well, with the selection of stuff online, i dont see the need to have to get a shop to specifically order in certain items.
unless of course you havent got access to a credit card.

ThenComesDudley

o1s1n who told you they don’t bother??
For a while Fp was getting loads of manga dvd in, but a complaint was made (by another shop) to the video distribution licensing people and they were force to stop selling them for a while. But now with a new supplier they will only be ordering new manga DVDs. And anime, no more live action movies etc...

Also they do bother with peoples orders, the problem with filling them is with a series for example. Fruits baskets books 1-6 and 8 onwards will be available but for some reason book 7 will be out of print for a few months, and that will be the book people are looking for! It actually happens quiet allot.

Currently all anime/manga tokyopop are €10.50 or 3 for 25,. The larger format books like akira are still more pricy. Dvds are still expensive, but aparently are slightly cheaper than a few other stores in Dublin city centre.

o1s1n

ThenComesDudley o1s1n who told you they don’t bother??

well, with the way you worded that post, it seems you either work there or have something to do with the store, so i wont go naming names.i was just told from someone who was suposidly "in the know" not to bother ordering anything as it would never actually come in.
not that i would order anything from a store.

anyway, i fear i have said too much

*change of topic*

one thing i noticed about buying books in FP and a lot of other stores, are the lack of number 1's 2's and maybe 3's of a series. obviously this cant really be avoided. still though, right pain in the arse !

randomchild

chapters in dublin city centre now stock some new anime dvds upstairs (off the top of my head FMA, Oh my godess, love hina and some others) at generally €25 a dvd. While this may not sound much, It is a good sign. Chapters are renowned for offering really good deals on dvds and books and I don't think it will be too long till we see some nice bargains their! Their is also a small 2nd hand section with some great deals (I just pciked up macross ultimate edtion for €10 and 4 cowboy bebop dvds for €9.00 each!) I also saw some ghost in the shell dvds their too.

Condoriano

Does anyoone know where Aumanga Daioh manga is sold?
I got the 3rd volume on trip to London (the last one in the shop too) and now I cant seem to find it anywhere.

Scratch Acid

Condoriano wrote:

Does anyoone know where Aumanga Daioh manga is sold?
I got the 3rd volume on trip to London (the last one in the shop too) and now I cant seem to find it anywhere.

Keep an eye out in Forbidden Planet, they have it in occasionally. Sub City is a possibility too.

Zen 2nd

Just go into Forbidden Planet and ask them to reserve you a copy.

honru

Condoriano wrote:

Does anyoone know where Aumanga Daioh manga is sold?

The Book Depository.

Cosine

Rei-chan wrote:

The anime in Tower Records is waaayyyy better. They have more than Laser! And, they're even attempting to sell Manga!

Has the anime section in Tower moved or just shrunk?

They used to have a nice section but now its only a third its old size and had only a few good series/movies. I took a look around but couldn't find any other anime

CuLT

it moved back closer to where it was initially (window).

sharingan

Condoriano wrote:

Does anyoone know where Aumanga Daioh manga is sold?
I got the 3rd volume on trip to London (the last one in the shop too) and now I cant seem to find it anywhere.

You can try play.com too:
http://www.play.com/Search.aspx?searchtype=bookall&searchstring=azumanga&page=search&pa=search&go.x=0&go.y=0

If you like Azumanga Daioh try Yotsub&! as well, its even better:
http://www.play.com/Search.aspx?searchtype=bookall&searchstring=yotsub&page=search&pa=search&go.x=0&go.y=0

Neo Android

Does Easons In Galway Have A Large Selection Of Manga? Or Is It Like One Shelf?

sharingan

Neo Android wrote:

Does Easons In Galway Have A Large Selection Of Manga? Or Is It Like One Shelf?

A shelf with ~ 1 - 1.5 m width of manga, and a rotary shelf of Tokyopop/Gollanz stuff.

If you really want manga, go to Sub City, where they have a bit more. Like well lots.

Espy

direbadger wrote:

In Limerick
The Comic Shop on Lower Gerald Griffin Street has a selection (sometimes good, sometimes small) of manga and anime. The animes are expensive (aren't they everywhere?) but the manga is very reasonably priced. www.thegatheringlimerick.com

Their selection of manga in there isn't very good as of late. They also slap on an extra few euros which isn't really fair. As for whatever anime DVD's they have, way too expensive.

I usually go to Eason on Cruises street/O' Connell street or else O' Mahoney's also on O' Connell street. I ordered a book(Life of Pi by Yan Mertel) in Eason before and they just DIDN'T do it. I asked and they were blank about it. So I recommend to anybody who lives in Limerick to try O' Mahoney's if you want to order a book. They usually get it within a week without any extra charge. Plus they text or ring you to let you know your order has arrived, handy out

k89

sub city is in the corbet court shopping centre near eyre square, it is below gamestop you have to go down the stairs

sokitume san

HMV have a lot of anime on sale at the moment - handy if you want to watch something on the spur of the moment - the one in Grafton street has a fair selection....

mark_363

I order the anime directly in from england. it takes about a month but is totally worth it.

Carbon Blob

mark_363 wrote:

I order the anime directly in from england. it takes about a month but is totally worth it.

Holy christ, is it shipped by carrier pigeon? I ordered a load of stuff from the States last month with international surface shipping and it took 19 days to get here. A game shipped by airmail left Canada on a Tuesday and was in my hands on the Friday morning. CD-Wow takes a week to get cds to Ireland from Hong Kong. Whenever I've bought anything off Play in the past it's generally arrived within a week, 2 at most. A month's delivery from England is absolutely insane.

Aside from that though, if anyone has a multi-region DVD player you should STRONGLY consider ordering anime from Florida. Huge selection, low prices in the American market (whose normal prices beat the UK prices anyway, and the UK prices beat ours), low enough shipping costs, AND they mark the value down for customs

Seriously: €27.50 for each Planetes DVD in the Forbidden Planet (if they even have it) VS €22.50 for each DVD from Play with free shipping VS €22 and about €5 shipping for the full series boxset from dvdpacific. The entire 26 episode series shipped to your door from 4000 miles away for cheaper than a single 4 episode disc in Dublin. It's crazy how much better it is, I've spent far too much money there since I came across it because everything's so cheap it's mind-blowing. Media prices in Ireland really are extortionate.

Hell even if you don't have a multi-region player, the savings you'd make from buying your stuff through these guys would justify the cost of one pretty damn quick (managed to pick one up from the local supermarket on special for like €35 last year). 3V vouchers gives you access to a credit card too, so really unless you've got an old tv that doesn't do NTSC you've no excuse! I know I sound like a shill for them, but when they got 2 seasons of non-bootleg Galaxy Angel to me in a little under 3 weeks for €40 they turned me into a bit of an ol' zealot.

mark_363

Carbon Blob wrote:

Holy christ, is it shipped by carrier pigeon? I ordered a load of stuff from the States last month with international surface shipping and it took 19 days to get here.

LOL..... i must get onto them pigeons. They must be getting lost. Not a bad idea. Im going to order my stuff from there now! lol thanks

Hisoka

Hi, just moved to Ireland from England a couple of months ago, and am desperate to get some manga!

I live in Kerry, about an hour away from Killarney. Can anyone tell me where the nearest decent manga store is, or if there is anyone in Kerry who likes the stuff.

Thanks!

Saruwatari

Hisoka wrote:

Hi, just moved to Ireland from England a couple of months ago, and am desperate to get some manga!

I live in Kerry, about an hour away from Killarney. Can anyone tell me where the nearest decent manga store is, or if there is anyone in Kerry who likes the stuff.

Thanks!

I moved from kerry to Kildare, and I can safely I only know of one store around Tralee, Easons on the Main Street.
And I do know of a few manga/anime fans up there. Good luck!

ren99

anime in ireland is so overpriced , full metal alchemists volumes for 27euro + its only on for an hour an half like most anime dvd's, the ones that are under 15 euro are the same titles they brought out years ago on vhs cyber city,appleseed,tank police etc.Tower is the only good store for anime u can see all the other stock the same old stuff , when I went too Asia/Australia last year it blew me away the amount of shops that just sold anime/manga,had everything sountracks, models, t-shirts, i know it will never be like that here the fan-base is too small+stock is so overpriced, your better off downloading stuff from Limewire or check out animecastle.com its great has everything, its easy to get stuff nowadays cos the internet but I remember waiting for Game to open to get my latest video of Guyver. . .

randomchild

Just to let you guys know, their is a brilliant sale on a t rightsuf at the moment: http://www.rightstuf.com/mail-templates/12days-2006/index.shtml

I got:
Elfen Lied DVD Collection (Thinpack)
Excel Saga DVD Complete Collection (Thinpack)
Full Metal Panic? FUMOFFU DVD Complete Collection (Thinpak)
Outlaw Star Complete Collection DVD
X TV Series Remix DVD Set (1-5)

for 140 euro, including shipping (which was $27 but at those prices who cares!). With the doller in its weakened state this looks like its going to be a very merry xmas around my house! It ends on christmas eve btw. (If only I was'nt from a large family, I could afford that samurai champloo box too....)

Rodimus Prime

Just import. I pick up all my anime dvd's for peanuts off ebay.

randomchild

Genrally if you are picking them up for cheap on ebay, they are pirate.

Rodimus Prime

I can tell you now, everything i've picked up is 100% authentic. Just use common sense.

Infernon

Killarney
The Director's Cut,
Killarney Outlet Centre,
Killarney.
Not a wide choice of anime,but they are the only ones in town who sell that stuff.I saw such famous anime such as Evangelion,Neon Genesis and Chobits but that's about it.Check it out if you'll ever be in town.

igtica

Ow wthis is really useful Having only just moved here from the UK, it's one of those things where I just don't know where to look other than the obvious places like borders and waterstones.

Blargg

I've given up on buying anime and manga in Limerick. O'Mahoney's carries a handful of manga, and HMV carries the most famous anime, but they're both far more expensive than buying online. www.play.com is the only site I use, as they're cheap, and they have a decent enough selection.

RetroRainbow

I'm heading up to Dublin Friday morning, and leaving Saturday afternoon.
I'm looking forward to getting some manga I don't have. ^^
So basically, with Forbidden Planet and Tower Records you can't go wrong?
What series do they have? Also, what figures and plushies?
Any help is appreciated!

Mcj metroid

in limerick? Anyone?

randomchild

RetroRainbow wrote:

I'm heading up to Dublin Friday morning, and leaving Saturday afternoon.
I'm looking forward to getting some manga I don't have. ^^
So basically, with Forbidden Planet and Tower Records you can't go wrong?
What series do they have? Also, what figures and plushies?
Any help is appreciated!

Easons and chapters also stock a sizable range (check the second hand part of chapters too, might stumble upon a bargain).

Gambra

Blargg wrote:

I've given up on buying anime and manga in Limerick. O'Mahoney's carries a handful of manga, and HMV carries the most famous anime, but they're both far more expensive than buying online. www.play.com is the only site I use, as they're cheap, and they have a decent enough selection.

O'Mahonys is pretty good for it, TokyoPop stuff only though (three full stands as of yesterday). Online is yer only bet for it I'm afraid. HMV have a single DVD of Final Fantasy Unlimited (Volume 4 i think) for 40 quid!! Nuts..

sme

o'mahonys aren't as good as they used to be, they have pushed all the manga in with the comics and they don't have the same range that they had 2yrs ago. normally they only have tokyopop stuff in stock, i looked for a dark horse release a couple of months ago and it would have been cheaper to get it shipped from the states than get it there.
as for anime, i know its sad to say but its always cheaper online.

prisoner42

forbidden planet is definitely the best on the list but does anybody know if there are ever any anime expo's in ireland

Numina

prisoner42 wrote:

but does anybody know if there are ever any anime expo's in ireland

Have a look at the 2 threads below this one, i believe that'll answer your question

ollielou

CuLT wrote: »

Well, the current eirtaku forums have been chugging along happily for the last couple of years, so you have no excuses

Be nice if you'd like to take on some suggestions here of what would likely have a good reception. Having run EirtaKon and gotten to speak to a wide demographic of Irish fans has been enlightening. Perhaps OtherRealms would care to have a presence of some sort at the next EirtaKon?

I'd also be able to do you a good deal on getting that website overhauled

You can contact me at either cult[at]anime.ie or cult[at]eirtaku.com.

I am a colossal retard; forgive the poor grammar that I previously commented with CuLT, your unfathomable wisdom had confounded me.

ZorbaTehZ

randomchild wrote: »

Easons and chapters also stock a sizable range (check the second hand part of chapters too, might stumble upon a bargain).

Correct. I was pleasantly surprised.

Headshot

lads where could i buy online gundam seed destiny box set english language version
im looking every where but no luck

lainchan

Is the only anime/manga event in Dublin eirtakon???
Im living in Ireland for one year now
and i really miss this kind of events
since in my city at least two times per month
we had one event.
I would love to know if there are different ones
even if small...

lainchan

{(-_-)}HeadShoT** wrote: »

lads where could i buy online gundam seed destiny box set english language version
im looking every where but no luck

http://cgi.ebay.ie/Mobile-Suit-Gundam-Seed-Destiny-TV-Series-Box-Set-DVD_W0QQitemZ220214427892QQihZ012QQcategoryZ2288QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

rejkin

that looks quite fake imo, I found this as well,the shop is selling complete box sets of nearly every anime http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Anime-United

maybe im wrong but seeming as i couldnt find any of the "box sets" anywhere else it seemed strange.

randomchild

lainchan wrote: »

http://cgi.ebay.ie/Mobile-Suit-Gundam-Seed-Destiny-TV-Series-Box-Set-DVD_W0QQitemZ220214427892QQihZ012QQcategoryZ2288QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Seems defo fake. Chinese subs, region free...

rejkin

Carbon Blob wrote: »

Holy christ, is it shipped by carrier pigeon? I ordered a load of stuff from the States last month with international surface shipping and it took 19 days to get here. A game shipped by airmail left Canada on a Tuesday and was in my hands on the Friday morning. CD-Wow takes a week to get cds to Ireland from Hong Kong. Whenever I've bought anything off Play in the past it's generally arrived within a week, 2 at most. A month's delivery from England is absolutely insane.

Aside from that though, if anyone has a multi-region DVD player you should STRONGLY consider ordering anime from Florida. Huge selection, low prices in the American market (whose normal prices beat the UK prices anyway, and the UK prices beat ours), low enough shipping costs, AND they mark the value down for customs

Seriously: €27.50 for each Planetes DVD in the Forbidden Planet (if they even have it) VS €22.50 for each DVD from Play with free shipping VS €22 and about €5 shipping for the full series boxset from dvdpacific. The entire 26 episode series shipped to your door from 4000 miles away for cheaper than a single 4 episode disc in Dublin. It's crazy how much better it is, I've spent far too much money there since I came across it because everything's so cheap it's mind-blowing. Media prices in Ireland really are extortionate.

Hell even if you don't have a multi-region player, the savings you'd make from buying your stuff through these guys would justify the cost of one pretty damn quick (managed to pick one up from the local supermarket on special for like €35 last year). 3V vouchers gives you access to a credit card too, so really unless you've got an old tv that doesn't do NTSC you've no excuse! I know I sound like a shill for them, but when they got 2 seasons of non-bootleg Galaxy Angel to me in a little under 3 weeks for €40 they turned me into a bit of an ol' zealot.

Dvdpacific seems brilliant for the prices but most of the anime I want to buy off them are "on order" and when they dont know when they will get more back in stock :mad: any other sites with good enough prices like that?!

wonder101

yeah i totally agree!

owlwink

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