| Dear all members, I've received an invitation to this club through one of the existing members, [shinkoukistar], and we both decided that all London MAL members should meet up sometime =) I know the anime Expo in October has just passed, so there probably won't be much for us to do when we do meet up, but it should be fun, hence I am asking for opinions on this now; we haven't decided on an actual date yet, but should be around February ? Everyone is most probably poor from buying Christmas presens and all, so err yeah =) Also, above, i said London members but anyone who feels free to travel from abroad for this meet up is more than welcome to do so. Meet up will include the following: - a trip around soho - maybe some shopping down the infamous oxford street ? - we will check out Japan Centre by Piccadilly - eat lots of yummy food =) *A MUST* - [currently researching] the bookshops around soho for those who would like to purchase anime/manga for their collection =) ***If you'd like, we may also check out Oriental City in Colindale for anyone who's up for it .. may have to split into groups if there's lots of people*** Additional Info: 1. Japanese Book Shops Adanami Shobo.387 Edgeware Road, Colindale (just south of Oriental City) Tel: 020 8201 3499 OR 70 Brewer Street, Soho. A second-hand Japanese book shop open only on Saturdays and Sundays. Prices to bring even the stingiest otaku to their knees. They have a rack of J-pop CDs as well.  2. Asahiya Shoten. Oriental City, 399 Edgeware Road. (turn right out of Colindale station, then right at the end of the road) Tel: 020 8200 0039 The largest Japanese bookshop in Europe, with the most comprehensive selection of manga and takubon anywhere. Good prices.  3. Japan Centre. 212 Picadilly. (south side, near Picadilly Circus) Tel: 020 7439 8035 Mainly a book shop, but they also sell anime and manga related merchandise, and even have a few imported videos and games. Prices are high, but there is usually some unsold stock being cleared out cheaply.  4. JP-Books. Dorland House, 14-20 Regent Street (part of the Mitsukoshi department store, south of Picadilly Circus) Tel: 020 7839 4839 5. Forbidden Planet. 71 New Oxford Street, (south side, near Tottenham Court Road station) Tel: 020 7836 4179, website: http://www.forbiddenplanet.com The largest specialist SF/comic shop in the UK, including an excellent range of anime goods by default. Manga and magazines are at the back of the shop on the west wall. Videos, books, T-shirts and merchandise are in the basement near the back. Models, trading cards and badges are mixed in with the relevent sections elsewhere. Closed on Sundays.    6. Orbital 9 Old Compton Street (near the Charing Cross Road end) Tel: 020 7434 9363 A comic shop. 7. Comic Showcase. 63 Charing Cross Road. (West side, just north of Leicester Square station) General comics store with a good range of translated comics and some UK anime videos. 8. Gosh!. 39 Great Russell Street (opposite the British Museum) Tel: 020 7636 1011 A comic shop, specialising in non-mainstream comics, including a comprehensive range of manga translations. some have recommended Blackwell's and Waterstone's for manga too ^^ hmm .. anything else to add ? LEAVE A COMMENT :D arigatou gozaimasu~ |
JHyunLoverDec 18, 2007 5:24 AM
| =( Aw man... I'm leaving London on the 31st of Jan..... ...... wowie I didn't know there were so many Japanese shops in London ^^ |
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| Orbital has now a manga only shop in Upper Saint Martin's Lane, called Orbital manga (aah the originality...). Is way better than Forbidden Planet, because is cheaper and you can order stuff for free if they don't have it. some of their mangas are a whole £1 cheaper! wooo! and it's the only manga-only shop in London! I'm up for the meeting, but i think Edgware Road and Soho in one day is a bit much because they are so far apart! :/ |
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| Tokyotoy's shop opened up in London this year ^_^. |
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| thanks for that list, i live in greater london so don't really have a chance to find these shops. going to go and hit some of those shops up when i get paid :D Edit: you forgot tokyotoys in the trocadero Edit #2: just realised how old your post was, dont think had moved to trocadero back then |
Joe1991Apr 14, 2008 12:38 PM
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