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I'm going to Kinokuniya for the first time tomorrow or the day after.
What should I expect? How are the prices, selection, and people (staff and most customers alike)? Is it easy to find? I-I've never been to NYC before
I'm not exactly sure what I'd be looking for, probably some merchandise from specific series, magazines, and maybe bento.

>> No.11723189

I could go with you if you want...? Maybe we could grab something to eat before we go too...

>> No.11723192

>>11723189
Oh anon, you know I would love to do that.
(But no job means the only reason I even have the opportunity to go to NYC is because of family members since it's a Christmas trip, so in short sadly I'm not going alone. Plus I don't really know my way around there yet, s-sorry)

>> No.11723193

Make sure you get SVU's number before you go because they're gonna rape your wallet

>> No.11723199

Expensive. Good selection of manga, they have English and the Jap versions, for more or less the same price as they would be in Borders or something. Manga magazines they have alot of, they should have dengeki, no LO though. Some figs, but nothing worth the money. There are artbooks, but mostly generic stuff. Couple CDs too.

>> No.11723210

>>11723199
Sounds pretty much like the one in Seattle. The CD selection in the Seattle one is actually not too bad, not huge in number but good variety. A bunch of anime and game soundtracks, too.

Tons of cookbooks and stuff like that as well.

>> No.11723225

>>11723210
NYC's selection at the time I was there was crap, I assume it changes alot.
If someone is planning to take a trip, go to Mitsuwa in NJ instead. Their bookstore is better than Kinokuniya and they have a huge dvd selection. Really good authentic food too.
Also, real Japs shop there and many bring their loli.

>> No.11723362

Here's my current rating of Kinokuniya:

Mother/child relationship: B
Homosexuality: C
Mathematics: A+
Fire damage: 3.6
Armor: Light
Last Word: 9/10
Speed: ★★★☆☆
Overall rating: (´・ω・｀)

After a bit of searching over the internet, I stumbled upon an interesting-looking store in Manhattan called Image Anime. Seems to specialize in figures, is it any good?

>> No.11723415

Are there any anime/manga/game-goods shops in the west that are actually worth the time? Not meaning to hate, just my personal experience says no.

In the case I'm wrong, what makes the shops good? Do they have rare or old/vintage stuff?

>> No.11723420

I only go there every few months since It's really expensive and it's about 30 minutes from where I live by subway but they have a lot of great art books, figurines and a whole lot of other stuff. Last December they had a Touhou special for like the whole month and they were selling games and other stuff which was really neat.

Another great place is a few blocks up called Book Off. They mostly carry imported games, music and movies but it's worth checking out.

>> No.11723424

>>11723415
Pink Godzilla is pretty cool, lots of old games and consoles and they get some rare stuff sometimes. Expensive as hell, though.

>> No.11723426

>>11723424
Excuse me, I guess they're "Pink Gorilla" now.

>> No.11723428

>Is it easy to find?

It's right in Midtown and next to Times Square. Take a B,D, F or M subway train to the 42 Bryant station. It's literally right across the street from it.

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>>11723188
I wanna smash that window. It looks very delicate, too delicate.

>> No.11723437

>>11723415
8-bit & Up here in NYC is a really good game store that specializes in retro games. I bought a PC Engine Duo from there a few months ago.

>> No.11723442

If I can think of any other good places I'll let you know OP. If you are looking for manga Midtown Comics might be worth checking out. Thank you for visiting my city and I hope you enjoy your time.

>> No.11723444

>>11723420
>>11723424
That does sound pretty cool. Even if it's expensive it might be fun to visit.

>>11723188
I remember going to the NYC Nintendo Store the one time I was there a few years back. It was disappointing, they had like a mini-museum of stuff on display, but other than that it wasn't anything special.

I might have gotten my expectations up way high from the great experience I had at the Tokyo Pokémon Center in 2008 though.

>> No.11723459

You can expect a lot of cute shop clerks.

>> No.11723775
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OP I just got word from a friend that says that last week they had Touhou games, figs and fumos in stock. I took this picture a few months ago so you can get an idea about what they have there.

>> No.11723788

>>11723444
My favorite exhibit there is the Gameboy that survived a direct bomb blast from The Gulf War. It survived and still works despite being completely charred and torn up.

>> No.11723838

>>11723444
It used to be the Pokemon Center: note the Pokeball door pulls that still remain from the original Nov. 2001 opening design!
And yeah back then it was much better: that circular balcony area let you get event Pokemon from machines there!

As to OP, Kino is expensive, but has a great cute stationary selection and JP language books/manga/mags if you can afford them. Otherwise, you may as well shop online.

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>common bookstore all around the world
>never been to Kinokuniya

>> No.11723981

I've been there only once before. It's expensive. Maybe it justifies shipping costs, but I ended up not buying anything. I'd rather buy online. I took pictures of some stuff but some woman angrily told me not to.

They had Touhou stuff, too, but it was only one tiny section. What surprised me was that the doujin games and albums cost more than the official games themselves. They didn't have any translated doujinshi from what I saw. Figures were overpriced. Lots of weeaboos but that's to be expected. Overall, I'd stay inside and order from my room.

>> No.11724023

>>11723981
Book Off is much more fun and I go there like once a week. They get all of the newly released games in Japan and sell them at a really reasonable price. I love living in New York City. There is reason I have stayed and lived here for 28 years.

>> No.11724029

>>11723981
I should've mentioned the Kino I'm talking about is in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. It was my first time visiting the region.

>> No.11724039

Sorry to act like a tour guide OP but I love my city. If you want the best Japanese food go to the East Village. Sunrise Mart is also located there and it's fantastic.

http://www.yelp.com/search?cflt=japanese&find_loc=East+Village%2C+Manhattan%2C+NY

>> No.11724081

>>11724039
Have you been to Mitsuwa?

>> No.11724089

>>11724081
Never heard of it but it looks good. I don't own a car anymore so Jersey and LI are basically out of reach for me.

Might check it out sometime,

>> No.11726875

I was just there a couple weeks ago and noticed they were selling Touhou and Kancolle doujinshi, a bit over priced though. I can't add much to what other people in the thread have already said, but the staff are very nice and helpful from experience. Great selection of educational books too.

>> No.11726887

I am glad this thread was bumped. I will actually be near there today meeting friends for brunch. I will take a bunch of pictures of some stuff for you guys and I might end up buying a few things.

If there is any particular magazine or anything people want me to look for let me know.

>> No.11726894

>>11726875
Everything is overpriced. Their magazine and artbook section is incredibly amazing though and reasonably priced. I only go there and Book Off every few months because I work in the UWS.

>> No.11726931

OP, Why do you need so much help with visiting a book store?

>> No.11726931,1 [INTERNAL] 

gigs just shut the fuck up lmao
youre a fucking retard
fucking leave already

>> No.11726933

>>11726894
The prices don't bother me too much when I know if I import from Mangaoh I'll get raped by shipping anyway. I have to agree that the magazine selection is amazing though.

>> No.11726982

>>11726933
>?
If it's something I really want like a art book, figurine or anything else I am perfectly fine with it.

Book Off (which is like two blocks up from Kinokuniya) gets all the imported games and stuff. That is the real goldmine .

>> No.11726990

>>11726931
NYC is a big place man.I don't want tourists wasting money on cabs when they can pay $2.50 for a subway ride.

>> No.11726994

I like how tourists naturally assume NYC is just Manhattan and forget that Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Staten Island are a part of it.

>> No.11727001

Chicago was here
NYC sucks the big one.

>> No.11727005

>>11727001
Count the rings Cubs and White Sox fans.

>> No.11727009

>>11727005
who cares about sports gigs god damnit

>> No.11727009,1 [INTERNAL] 

gigs is a fag

>> No.11727009,2 [INTERNAL] 

>>11727009,1
BIG WORDS COMING FROM QUEEN DYKE OF HAIRY ARMPITLAND. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

>> No.11727009,3 [INTERNAL] 

>>11727009,2
One time a loli laughed at my hairy armpits. I wanted to make her smell them.

>> No.11727009,4 [INTERNAL] 

>>11727009,3
Did you fuck?

>> No.11727009,5 [INTERNAL] 

>>11727009,3
You could have seduced her with your pheromones

>> No.11727009,6 [INTERNAL] 

>>11727009,4
No. I still have dreams about her to this day. I guess she's the loli model my mind has on cache for my dreams.

>> No.11727089

If anyone wants to meet at Kinokuniya today at around 3PM and grab beers after let me know. Not sure how my social schedule will plan out but hopefully it will happen.

>> No.11727093

>>11727089
You're such a fucking normie.

>> No.11727093,1 [INTERNAL] 

I'd love to grab some brewskies with gigs

>> No.11727104
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I'm curious, is there anything worth of visiting at Central Florida, Washington DC and Seattle? Not like some regular Japanese manga/figure store or something, but a very notable place.
Maybe an event even, like that Final Fantasy symphony concert that just recently took place at Boston and Miami (http://www.ffdistantworlds.com/past-events).).

I pretty much don't travel, but I might be at those places at some point in time. In fact, I was at Washington DC this week. I regret I didn't prepare beforehand - all I could find without any beforehand preparation was a Chinese district I accidentally ran into. (More like discovered than found, since I wasn't looking for anything at all, just was walking around the city.) I though that I could at least get some Japanese food there, but having found a restaurant and ordered something I though would be at least decent, I was disappointed, since I couldn't even finish half of the expensive dish. Well, at least this experience left some fun memories of the trip. Lesson learned: don't order fish dishes if you don't generally like eating fish.

>> No.11727105 [DELETED] 

>>11723188
Check out what they got in kino, make a list and buy it online. If you're going to spend money there eat at the cafe, they got nice authentic shit like melon pan.

Take a trip to book off instead, which is a couple blocks down. They have rare out of print manga for discount prices, art books, figures, games and music. It's not the best for new stuff but you find some really awesome shit there sometimes.

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>>11727104

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>>11727104
The restaurant.

>> No.11727118

>>11727104
>Lesson learned: don't order fish dishes if you don't generally like eating fish.
If you do have to order a fish dish: crab, lobster, octopus.

>> No.11727120

This thread sure is otaku culture!!

>> No.11727123

>>11727120
Yes, it is. Good observation.

>> No.11727141

>>11727118
So that I no only won't be able to finish the dish half way through but won't be able to even start it?
In that case I would prefer that octopus, which starts moving as if it was alive when it's being cut due to some chemistry/reflexes. I heard it squeezes one's tongue when eaten, must be orgasmic.

>> No.11727226

I want to fuck a japanese woman between the age of 20-46 and watch anime with her.

>> No.11731768

So how did it go?

>> No.11733959

I picked up a bunch of comic magazines from Kinokuniya today, but not the New York one.

Sage.

>> No.11734985

>>11723210
The Seattle location has a pretty good selection of artbooks.

>> No.11735379

>>11723981
>What surprised me was that the doujin games and albums cost more than the official games themselves.
Must've cost quite a bit because the last time I was there the official games were being sold for about $30

>> No.11735394

>>11735379
I know Genius of Sappheiros goes for as much as a full console game.

>> No.11735528

If you live close enough to a Kinokuniya, you can have them special order books for you for no extra cost. You just pick it up at the store when the get it. I've been able to get more obscure manga and artbooks this way.

>> No.11735618

Anyone going to the NYC Kinokuniya today? I basically gave myself a $1700 Christmas budget for myself and I don't plan on spending it just on games.

If anyone wants to meet up around 4PM (will be busy today visiting friends and stuff) let me know.

>> No.11735645

>>11735618
>$1700 Christmas budget

>> No.11735650

>>11735645
It's the season of giving, I gotta give to others man.

>> No.11735652

>>11735618
Why not get a super cute loli girlfriend for that kind of money?

>> No.11735653

>>11727109
Couldn't have picked a more racist sounding restaurant huh.

>> No.11735656

I'll hangout with any /jp/sies at SF Kinokuniya. No femanons though 'cause my gf wouldn't like that.

>> No.11735661

>>11735650
>It's the season of giving, I gotta give it to the man.

>> No.11735663

>>11735656
>my gf

>> No.11735667

>>11735656
How the hell is SF rent more expensive than NYC? I am not complaining about SF (never been but would love to visit).

>> No.11735669

Do they have the Koji Morimoto artbook?

>> No.11735675

>>11735667
Um what? I never said it was. Fuck off.

>> No.11735680

>>11735669
I am going to say yes because they have every art book imaginable.

>> No.11735683

>>11735656
I wouldn't want to hang out with a リア充.

>> No.11735689

>>11735675
It's a question. Sorry I didn't break it down further into something you could understand.

>> No.11735702

>>11735683
OK well you're missing out. We could have hit it off well but whatever.

>> No.11735730

>>11723188
Nigga it's a bookstore only it sells books that are in Japanese. Expect books.

>> No.11735796

Kinokuniya is for when you don't feel like waiting weeks for shipping or if you just like tachiyomi.

Otherwise shopping online is probably better.

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