Manga in American schools

animecartoons · Apr 18, 2003, 02:12

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!

(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.

Mangas should be in every school library and public library! O_O

yoshipool · Apr 18, 2003, 10:45

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

**NANGI** · Apr 18, 2003, 22:11

Konnichiwa Animecartoons-san!

In Japan, there is not Manga in libraries. Because it is thought that Manga is low and harmful tastes.

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.

NANGI

Luz-chan · Apr 24, 2003, 21:47

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 · Apr 28, 2003, 02:04

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

Saiyuki · Apr 30, 2003, 12:19

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 · May 26, 2003, 06:32

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 · May 26, 2003, 10:50

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 · Jun 22, 2003, 05:19

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 · Jul 5, 2003, 12:11

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 · Jul 9, 2003, 22:38

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 · Jul 10, 2003, 06:31

yes our library has manga as well
not too many though...
a few dragon ball, and a few other ones which I cannot remember

but, selection is very limited

Onizuka · Jul 14, 2003, 17:23

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 · Jul 20, 2003, 08:26

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

=w=eezer · Aug 1, 2003, 02:23

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 · Aug 1, 2003, 06:25

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.

=w=eezer · Aug 1, 2003, 06:36

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 · Aug 3, 2003, 17:31

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

animecartoons · Aug 23, 2003, 22:10

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.

And, my sister and I still think we're the biggest otakus at that school.

animecartoons · Aug 23, 2003, 22:11

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.

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

Carolgirl00 · Aug 24, 2003, 05:34

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

TheSpectre · Aug 27, 2003, 04:06

I never thought to look for manga in a library

Kaleikuiha · Aug 28, 2003, 17:00

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 · Aug 29, 2003, 03:35

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

kaijuu · Oct 3, 2003, 19:00

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

Apr 18, 2003, 02:12	#1
animecartoons Regular Member Join Date: Apr 15, 2003 Location: Hispanic born in the USA Age: 21 Posts: 34	Manga in American schools 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! (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. Mangas should be in every school library and public library! O_O __________________ ~We only appreciate the beauty of Time's flow once we arrive at our destination~

Apr 24, 2003, 21:47	#4
Luz-chan Regular Member Join Date: Apr 22, 2003 Location: African-American, Mexican Age: 23 Posts: 41	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. __________________ Spread your wings, and prepare to fly.

Apr 28, 2003, 02:04	#5
gundamv3 The LEMONed one Join Date: Dec 23, 2002 Age: 21 Posts: 44	my little brother's middle school has manga but my high school and local libary dont have any last time i checked, __________________ Gets! Gets! Gets! OOohhhhhhOhhh....... Dandy Sakano: [drinking] It's Spring Water. [dramatic silent laughter] [suddenly serious] GET's!! (get the hell out of my head Sakano

May 26, 2003, 10:50	#8
tasuki Regular Member Join Date: Apr 22, 2003 Location: Location: Tokyo. Country: Quebec, Canada Posts: 365	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... __________________ - His arrogance is matched only by his firepower. - La culture, c'est comme la confiture: moins on en a, plus on l'etend. - TANSTAAFL.

Jul 9, 2003, 22:38	#11
Gackt's Twin Fan Regular Member Join Date: Jul 9, 2003 Age: 22 Posts: 78	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! __________________ Pretending I did not recognize, I was staring at the distant view from the small window. The echo of Angel's song is spreading through the sky, wafted in on the breeze. I see the leaves rustle in the wind, but no sound is to be heard. "It's just a sweet time's mischief," I whispered to the sky. (Miserable, Gackt)

Apr 18, 2003, 10:45	#2
yoshipool Junior Member Join Date: Apr 18, 2003 Posts: 3	There use to be lots of manga in our library in australia: ranma, tekken chinmi, urusei yatsura etc but people kept stealing them ;_;

Apr 18, 2003, 22:11	#3
NANGI Tutor Join Date: Jan 8, 2003 Location: I live in Kansai. Posts: 2,276	Konnichiwa Animecartoons-san! In Japan, there is not Manga in libraries. Because it is thought that Manga is low and harmful tastes. 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. NANGI

Apr 30, 2003, 12:19	#6
Saiyuki Regular Member Join Date: Apr 29, 2003 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 32	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.

May 26, 2003, 06:32	#7
Eito Wandering Hobo-geek Join Date: May 22, 2003 Location: US of A Posts: 24	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.

Jun 22, 2003, 05:19	#9
Luz-chan Regular Member Join Date: Apr 22, 2003 Location: African-American, Mexican Age: 23 Posts: 41	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.

Jul 5, 2003, 12:11	#10
Peachgirldb Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2, 2003 Posts: 15	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.

Jul 10, 2003, 06:31	#12
Tare. Aura Violette Regular Member Join Date: Jul 7, 2003 Location: French vixen ^.~ Age: 25 Posts: 63	yes our library has manga as well not too many though... a few dragon ball, and a few other ones which I cannot remember but, selection is very limited __________________

Jul 14, 2003, 17:23	#13
Onizuka Junior Member Join Date: Jul 9, 2003 Age: 22 Posts: 8	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...

Jul 20, 2003, 08:26	#14
Ami iami5o4 Join Date: Jul 7, 2003 Location: California Age: 22 Posts: 334	Theres Manga at my local library but it's all in bad condition.

Aug 1, 2003, 02:23	#15
=w=eezer Regular Member Join Date: Aug 1, 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 91	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.

Aug 1, 2003, 06:25	#16
Ami iami5o4 Join Date: Jul 7, 2003 Location: California Age: 22 Posts: 334	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.

Aug 1, 2003, 06:36	#17
=w=eezer Regular Member Join Date: Aug 1, 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 91	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. : (

Aug 3, 2003, 17:31	#18
Kaleikuiha フリクル Join Date: Aug 3, 2003 Location: 東京大学 Age: 33 Posts: 41	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... Little Tokyo is like a Chinatown but with Japanese.

Aug 23, 2003, 22:10	#19
animecartoons Regular Member Join Date: Apr 15, 2003 Location: Hispanic born in the USA Age: 21 Posts: 34	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. And, my sister and I still think we're the biggest otakus at that school.

Aug 23, 2003, 22:11	#20
animecartoons Regular Member Join Date: Apr 15, 2003 Location: Hispanic born in the USA Age: 21 Posts: 34	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. oooooooo! I love your avatar! It looks so cool!

Aug 24, 2003, 05:34	#21
Carolgirl00 ~~ Join Date: Aug 2, 2003 Location: IL Age: 21 Posts: 173	hrm... I think my public library has some dragon ball z mangas but that's pretty much it. sucks, eh?

Aug 27, 2003, 04:06	#22
TheSpectre Junior Member Join Date: Aug 27, 2003 Age: 27 Posts: 6	I never thought to look for manga in a library __________________

Aug 28, 2003, 17:00	#23
Kaleikuiha フリクル Join Date: Aug 3, 2003 Location: 東京大学 Age: 33 Posts: 41	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.

Aug 29, 2003, 03:35	#24
TheSpectre Junior Member Join Date: Aug 27, 2003 Age: 27 Posts: 6	I dont like fads. It usually turns me away if its something I was into before it became mainstream.

Oct 3, 2003, 19:00	#25
kaijuu Junior Member Join Date: Oct 3, 2003 Location: english (boring i know) Age: 24 Posts: 11	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 __________________ moggles rock and so dose jpop

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