Manga in American schools

[animecartoons]

Is there any other school out there in the USA that has manga in their libraries?
The other day the librarian at our school got mangas! :D (Mainly because my sister told her to, and she understood how much we love anime! She's so cool!) I'm so happy! But, too bad I'm moving this summer to a different state. :eek:
Mangas should be in every school library and public library! O_O

[yoshipool]

There use to be lots of manga in our library in australia: ranma, tekken chinmi, urusei yatsura etc but people kept stealing them ;_;

[NANGI]

Konnichiwa Animecartoons-san!

In Japan, there is not Manga in libraries. Because it is thought that Manga is low and harmful tastes.:D
But there is an exception, it's a historical Manga. The Manga of historical person is considered instructive materials for children. A lot of libraries have those historical Manga. But it's not so fan.:eek:


NANGI

[Luz-chan]

At some of the libraries (public; one of them's down the street from my school), they have Dragon Ball, Ranma 1/2, Mai the Psychic Girl, Slayers, and Inu Yasha.

[gundamv3]

my little brother's middle school has manga but my high school and local libary dont have any last time i checked,

[Saiyuki]

damn, now i'm going to have to check out my school library and the library around me. hope they have something good like GTO (highly unlikely), Ranma 1/2, Ragnarok, and Real Bout High School.

[Eito]

My local comics shop doesn't even have manga. It would be nice to get it there regularly. The only manga I saw there was a Lupin III.
I can't imagine ever seeing manga in my school library. I'm one of only two people in my whole school that likes Japanese entertainment.

[tasuki]

Stop to ask yourself this question: can you find superhero comics in your library? Same applies to manga. Manga, despite the fad in North America at the moment is still pretty fringe... On top of which it still costs outrageous amounts of money to translate manga because of the spacing limitations, which is not so for normal novels. I don't think you'll ever see that much manga on library shelves... When I was younger, my school libraries had a lot of European comics, but they were usually self contained, one volume stories, therefore easy to buy and low maintenance (i.e. not need to keep buying the next episode). When you stop to think about it, manga is really high upkeep for a library...

[Luz-chan]

One of the libraries recently got "Mars" by Fuuyumi Soryo(I think that's how you spell it). I read the first volume, and fell in love with it.

[Peachgirldb]

Our school actually has a lot of manga in the library, probably at least 15-20 different tankoubon, largely in thanks to our new Anime & Manga club ^_^; And I mean, this is in North Carolina..so I wouldn't think it'd be too hard to get your school to order some.

[Gackt's Twin Fan]

Weird, but what kind of manga do they alow in schools? I haven't seen any manga in our school, but there is some in our Public Library...but a school...that seems hard to believe. But I'd go to the library everyday if they had Rurouni Kenshin (Which comes out in November in the U.S.) I can't wait!

[Tare. Aura Violette]

yes our library has manga as well
not too many though...
a few dragon ball, and a few other ones which I cannot remember http://theshortbus.addr.com/baby/dumbfounded.gif

but, selection is very limited

[Onizuka]

In france, we don't have any mangas in school libraries or city libraries. It is considered really stupid to read these "silly comics that trap you in an imaginary world and prevent you from working because of the lost of perception of reality..."

oddly, I've never heard that for any french, belgium or american comic...

[Ami]

Theres Manga at my local library but it's all in bad condition.

[=w=eezer]

Manga in libraries???!!!

Wow, I never thought of libraries having manga.

i will definiately check out my libraries to see if they have manga. I really hope they have Kenshin and Inu-yasha.

That sucks that your fellow french people think you're weird for liking manga, Onizuka. A world without manga? Now that would be even weirder.

[Ami]

Yep they'll usually nowadays have Manga at your local library. Well, it's at my local library. My friend told me that the movie Princess Mononoke was at the Library and you could check it out. :victory:

[=w=eezer]

wow! You're one of the fortunate people with easy access to great manga. I just called a couple of my local libraries and there was no luck : P

But luckily I just found out that stores like Barnes and Noble and Borders (large bookstore chains in my area) have just put up manga on the shelves. No movies yet, though. : (

[Kaleikuiha]

:note: Try going to Suncoast for the anime and they do have a semi-good solection of manga too but alas it's all in English tisk tisk tisk and sorta old too but for lets say Peach Girl, Peradise Kiss, MARS, ect ect Tokyopop titles are newer then most.

Well you can just go to a Little Tokyo (if you have one) and ask at the book store there for some manga or even anime music CD's too. The only Little Tokyo's I go to are in California.

:note: note... Little Tokyo is like a Chinatown but with Japanese.

[animecartoons]

I'm so glad the new high school I'm going to has manga in the library but... it's not a lot and most of them I've already read. :auch: And, my sister and I still think we're the biggest otakus at that school. :cool:

[animecartoons]

Originally posted by Ami
Yep they'll usually nowadays have Manga at your local library. Well, it's at my local library. My friend told me that the movie Princess Mononoke was at the Library and you could check it out. :victory:

oooooooo! I love your avatar! It looks so cool! :cool:

[Carolgirl00]

hrm... I think my public library has some dragon ball z mangas but that's pretty much it. sucks, eh?

[TheSpectre]

I never thought to look for manga in a library

[Kaleikuiha]

Manga is becoming more and more acessable <i>*yawns*</i> as time goes on, all due to the demand of the public. Plus the new major fad that finally hit home. For people like m this is a good thing and yet a sad thing as well... Once every fad hits then soon it falls away into the deapths of nothingness.

You can try using Kazaa, Limewire, ect ect ect... to find manga for your fix. Hay!!! I know afew people in the America's that are willing to sale there manga's thats in mint condition for as much as $10.00 USA... S&H are included in the price.

[TheSpectre]

I dont like fads. It usually turns me away if its something I was into before it became mainstream.

[kaijuu]

it bugs me that in the north of england were i live no one has even heard of anime or manga there is a small stor more than 30 miles from were i live that has a small slection but thats it manga in liberys not here

[ayanami_rei]

My library has lots of manga; actually I suggested it. (I never thought they'd listen to me of all people. :victory:) We have Ranma 1/2, Ah! Megami Sama, Marmalade Boy, Battle Angel Alita, Dragon Ball Z and Pokemon. (Yes, I know.) I always go there and check most of it out.

So, now the otaku of OB, NJ can have a little manga. Let's celebrate! :beer:

[neko_mimi]

The Salem Public Library has Manga, but not much. *is very disappointed* I don't like Oregon. Thank God that there is a Cosplay coming up soon. ^_^

[KlahaXGackt]

When I graduated from my high school last year...they were actually starting to get manga in our library....and then my American Lit. teacher was thinking of adding Neil Gaiman's "The Dream Hunters" to the books to read for the class list...I was amazed...and well I live in small town wisconsin so that's a big step forward....because as it was everyone in my school who was interested in J-rock, anime, manga, or just Japanese culture came to me...because I knew about it I was like a legend for it....either that or people just aren't open minded....the Borders Books and Music here had to move all the manga over and give it a bigger home...it's an impressive selection

[x2468]

my library doesn't have any manga. but one day i was looking in the movie rental section (where all of the discovery chanel documentaries are) and i found princess monuke (spelling*). i would never rent it though cuz then someone might see me with it and the school would find out i still like cartoons (and i'm in high school) and that would be one big mess.

[KlahaXGackt]

anime isn't like lame cartoons....Mononoke was really deep and insightful besides it was in the documentry section and well it sort of is one...

[x2468]

really why is it considered a documentary

[x2468]

this is really off topic but u kno wat i just noticed, if u take the h out of fuhyou and replace it with k u get a pretty funny phrase. :)

anyway, ya i kno that was stupid so just get on with the manga in libraries thing and ignore wat i just posted.

[neko_mimi]

yeah mononoke was a great movie. The movie i loved more then that was Spirited Away. Now that was like the best movie ever!!! Anyway The Kare Kano manga is a must buy!!! GO BUY IT NOW lol

[silver angel]

I never thought of schools having manga. >_>;; Knowing my school they'd probably just throw them away or have creepy-crusty guys that love anime girls steal them....I have too many of those kind of guys at my school. Our librarian wouldn't dare bring mangas...:eek:

[Spike308]

We have some people who stare down my belldandy shirt...Hence why no manga exists in the school library. our public one only carries the "how to draw manga'' book series. Can't hurt to learn how though! ;)

[neko_mimi]

my school's library has NOTHING!!!!! *sobs* i hate my school its full of nothing but jocks and preps

[KlahaXGackt]

I don't know what my school's library has....I started a big enough "revolution" when I still was in high school I gave a speech on J-rock/street fashion and was my visual aid...they might assume manga/j-rock = goth....but they did have a few titles when I graduated...and if my friends who still go there have anything to say about it...there'll be more titles added

[Spike308]

WE must start the revolution! *draws katana* NOW! IKUYO!

[Carolgirl00]

hmmm.. well my highschool has an anime club, about 20 members and we started donating manga to our school library. It's cool because ppl check them out all the time!! ^_^

[MangaMan2009]

Dude I feel so happy me and the two other manga fans at my middle school suggested to get manga books and the how to draw series at our public library and they now have one they said they would be getting plent of stuff and they would have a japaneese only section were its all about japan and stuff even the comics like ranma 1/2 and the J version of Rurouni Kenshin for those who want to learn japaneese and other stuff like umm lemme think for a second......Battle angel alita and some marmalade boy and even some animes like G Gundam and princess mounouke and spirited away and that one vampire slayer one and something else i cant think of.

[Spike308]

KOSU!!! that is a lot. I wish my middle school could rip off enough tax money for that, but no, we had to buy 300 more computers! ER!

[silver angel]

Originally posted by neko_mimi
my school's library has NOTHING!!!!! *sobs* i hate my school its full of nothing but jocks and preps

I feel your pain TT_TT

[neko_mimi]

silver angel knows how i feel!!!! i feel so happy

[silver_ash86]

wow.... what's this i hear bout u guys being able to get manga at libraries... no one will ever see such stuff in my school library... :(
but i really think all libraries should have manga!! saves us lotsa money ya... after all it only takes about an hour or so to read one...

[animecartoons]

Originally posted by neko_mimi
my school's library has NOTHING!!!!! *sobs* i hate my school its full of nothing but jocks and preps

WOW! That's the kind of school I'm going to now! :auch: I really don't like it here.... :wary: But at least we have manga! :happy: Even though it's not a lot. -_-:

[silver angel]

I just go to comics america [it's a store here] and I read the mangas there...even though I shouldn't....XD

[KlahaXGackt]

I just go to Borders books and music...they have really comfy chairs and well they don't mind if you read the books....

[Rancid]

damn most of you r so lucky to have manga in libraries
in our damn country it would be a dream :-(
there is no manga to buy in lithuania only manga i have is brought from polland :-(

[silver_ash86]

oh... that's sad... i used rent my mangas most of the time as there was a rental shop near my former school... but now i hardly get to go there anymore... :( too far away...

[Rancid]

u all r really lucky.....


'i'm so boring of that scans reading :(

[nikki_the_insane]

I believe my main branch public library would have some, need to check next time i'm out there. My school libray doesn't have any. my obssesive anime buddy would have told me. or would she!? :shock:

[kireitenshi]

Usagi something. It's about a rabbit.