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purpledragon42
 Posts: 9 Location: The Lone Star State |
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Okay, I know that Tokyopop has an excellent list of their OOP manga titles. However, I'm having difficulty finding anything similar for any of the other manga publishing companies. Does anyone know if a comprehensive list of OOP manga titles exists somewhere? Or even lists for some of the other companies that have been around awhile, like VIZ or Dark Horse? Anything anyone can offer here would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much!
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fusion duelist
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http://www.alibris.com/search/books/author/Dark%20Horse%20Comics
I searched for Viz and got nothing, but for Dark Horse this came up. |
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Celes
 Posts: 223 Location: Madison, WI |
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Viz: http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?format_id=1&brand_id=10 I don't believe it is even remotely complete though. For one thing, I know Here is Greenwood is out of print and so are the earlier volumes of X/1999, but they aren't on there. |
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jgreen
 Posts: 1325 Location: St. Louis, MO |
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Tamaria
 Posts: 1512 Location: De Achterhoek |
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Sorry for the bump, but OOP manga are really annoying me right now. I recently started a few new series, mostly Viz. Now look what happened:
Banana Fish: mostly unavailable, volume 3 is impossible to find Basara: recently finished publication, but already volume 20 and several other more recents volumes are unavailable Excel Saga: for some reason, volume 7 and 8 are a rarer sight than UFOs Fire Fighter Daigo: hard to find, especially volume 9, 10 and 13 Here is Greenwood: swiped most of this OOP manga from a budget bin, but volume 7 is unavailable everywhere Maison Ikkoku: volume 3 and 8 are very hard to find, thank god there's the Gollancz alternative! Saint Seiya: volume 10 is ridiculously hard to find, even though Viz hasn't completed the series yet and it's a freaking Shounen Jump manga Saint Seiya and Excel Saga will probably get reprints, just like they did with Phoenix, but I fear for the other series... Viz hates me. |
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Moomintroll
 Posts: 1600 Location: Nottingham (UK) |
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Book Depository (where I buy most of my manga) looks like it has the whole series in stock, including vol. 3 (and shipping is free to most of the world, including all of Europe and North America).
I could be wrong but I think I saw both those volumes in my local comic shop (Page 45) a few weeks ago for about £6.50 each. They rarely update their website but you can email them and ask them to check and then order from them online if they still have them in stock.
Book Depository has a lot of them, including 9 and 10.
United Publications has it for £5.14.
United Publications lists it as available for £4.34 but they're a bit vague on delivery times for it which generally means they don't actually have it in stock right now - they just think they might be able to get it. Failing that, you can buy a second hand copy on amazon.co.uk for about £4.00. It took me about 10 minutes to find those. So much for "impossible to find". 
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Hon'ya-chan
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http://www.booksinprint.com/bip/
You can look via in print, OOP, and upcoming. Mostly accurate.... |
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Tamaria
Posts: 1512 Location: De Achterhoek |
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I don't have a creditcard, so that makes things a bit more complicated. I checked all my usual stores (proxis.nl , vanstockum.nl , archonia.com, bol.com etc). I found Here is Greenwood 7 at Proxis, but because Proxis can't be trusted I don't know if I'll actually be able to get it.
Bookdepository only has the first edition of Banana Fish 3 and I really want the second edition. I already have 3 in French (it has yellow pages :3), but I'd like to own a complete set of the second Viz edition. I'm an annoying collector, aren't I? 
I know most OOP manga can be found on Ebay, at conventions etc if you search long enough, but in some cases it's ridiculous that some manga are so hard to find. Shounen Jump manga hard to find? Doesn't that make the universe implode or something? |
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Moomintroll
Posts: 1600 Location: Nottingham (UK) |
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I'm not keen on credit cards either but, presuming you're 16 or over, you'll find life a lot easier if you pick up a debit card - all of the online advantages of shopping with a credit card but none of the charges or potential for debt.
Just think of it as an epic quest - train hard and defeat the online retailers to gather all of the legendary SJ manga and each time you do, your power level will increase.
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Tamaria
Posts: 1512 Location: De Achterhoek |
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You forgot about the power of friendship! I've already found some friend to help me on my quest. The Chinese guy who speaks Japanese, the yaoi-fan/doujinshi artists and some guy with a creditcard! Together we will buy them all!
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Raven Shinobi
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Some volumes of Akira went OOP. A shame really since it's one of the best manga ever translated to English.
Also, the early volumes of Please Save my Earth and vol 7 and 13 for some reason. |
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Tamaria
Posts: 1512 Location: De Achterhoek |
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According to Archonia, Please Save My Earth 1, 2, 3, 13 and 14 are very difficult to keep in stock, even though they have several suppliers.
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The Xenos
 Posts: 1519 Location: Boston |
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From my own collection I belive I have out of print copies of:
Clover by CLAMP (Mixx/TokyoPop) - All 4 Volumes (Thankfully Dark Horse is redoing it this year!) Sanctuary by Sho Fumimura& Ryoichi Ikegami (Viz - Pulp) - Vol 1 Strain by Yoshiyuki Okamura and Ryoichi Ikegami (Viz - Pulp) - Vol 1,2,4,5 Offered by Kazuo Koike and Ryoichi Ikegami (ComicsOne) Both volumes 2001 Nights (Viz) All 3 Volumes Eat Man (Viz) - 1 Vol Blood the Last Vampire 2002 Benkyo Tamaoki (Viz) - I think this is out of print |
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stuckinfresno
 Posts: 223 Location: Fresno, CA |
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Here is Greenwood vol 7 is available from BN.com with in 24 hours and with 3 day delivery you don't have to wait long. Free shipping (which is 3 day UPS shipping) if you spend $25. As for Maison Ikkoku 3 and 8, I completely understand. I went crazy trying to locate these volumes and, when I finally had, I was so happy. Both vols are available from thebookdepository.co.uk for about $15.33 USD plus shipping (and I won't lie international shipping can hurt). But hey somtimes desperate times call for desperate measures.
The OOP problem is really frustrating. I even had a hard time finding vol 2 of After School Nightmare! It is truly ridiculous. Also, any Pet Shop of Horrors fans should know that the original work (Not the new Tokyo arc) is becoming OOP. |
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Moomintroll
Posts: 1600 Location: Nottingham (UK) |
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Book Depository don't charge anything for shipping to most of the world (including North America). Also, those are the UK Gollancz Manga editions rather than the US Viz editions (they're exactly the same as the 2nd edition Viz books apart from the logos though so if mismatched spines don't bother you, there's no reason why you can't mix the two different releases). |
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