Manga Cafes

Postby **Kireihana** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:19 am

So has anyone heard of these? I think it's utter genius. I first heard about them from my uncle, who lived in Japan for a period of time. He said there are "cafes" where you can go and pay a certain amount of money to read as much manga as you want. For example, you can pay for 30 minutes, and read as much as you want for 30 minutes. Isn't that awesome?!? I wish we had those in the US but I don't think manga is quite that popular... *yet*

Here is a link to more information on manga cafes: http://www.tjf.or.jp/eng/ge/ge27mangakissa.htm

Something to add to your "when I go to Japan" to-do list! :lol:

Postby **ShiroiHikari** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:29 am

wow, that would be so freaking cool! I wonder if that kind of idea would fly at all here...that would rock. maybe combined with like...an internet cafe or something like that.

Postby **Kireihana** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:32 am

Well that site said that most manga cafes also offer internet, music, tv and video games... so I guess there's pretty much something for everybody.

Postby **MorwenLaicoriel** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 12:10 pm

Wow! Those would be a really neat way to preview manga and anime while having fun with friends.

Postby **Fireproof** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm

Being the freeloader I am, I could do the same at Barnes and Noble for free, but the selection here would be MUCH larger, not to mention the free drinks. I can't argue with free drinks. *Puts this on his "To-Do-If-I-Ever-Go-To-Japan List*

Postby **Debitt** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:56 pm

Wow, that sounds like paradise! :lol:

I'd pay to get drinks and all the manga I can read!

They actually do have manga in some of the boba and tapioca tea cafes by my house, but it's only Shounen Jump and it's all in Chinese. u_u;

Postby **AngelSakura** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 3:05 pm

*dies* TAKE ME TO JAPAN!! But teach me Japanese first....^^;;;

Postby **RoyalWing** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 7:59 pm

oh! I have one kind of close to my house. I have never been in, though. ^-^;;

Postby **mitsuki lover** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 2:26 pm

That would be fun. :drool:

Now all it would take is say MONEY and the knowledge of Japanese. :lol:

I could see someone like Yumiko from Read Or Die or Michelle and
Maggie from the sequel to it R.O.D The Tv spending literally forever in a place like that.As long as there's books involved.

Postby **Mangafanatic** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 6:26 pm

I've seriously thought about opening something like this after I get my business major. But I'd have to do alot of research to see if it would be something you could make money doing.

Postby **Esoteric** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 6:32 pm

When I visited a friend in LA, she took me to a boba drink place called Tea Spirit, I think. Anyway, this was a very hardcore Asian place and they had bookshelves on one wall, filled with manga and Japanese maganizes for people to read. I don't know if you had to pay or not, but I thought that was cool. It would be nice if there was such a place closer to home.

Postby **LightUpTheDark** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:46 am

I remember reading about those online once. Sounds pretty cool. It would actually be something I could see some College Anime club doing....lol.

Postby **blue whisper** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:50 pm

ShiroiHikari wrote:wow, that would be so freaking cool! I wonder if that kind of idea would fly at all here...that would rock. maybe combined with like...an internet cafe or something like that.

Dude.. that would be awesome!

Postby **Kisa** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 3:10 pm

Sounds awesome! I wanna go to one! ^_^
Osaka if you open one you will have to tell us all!

Postby **Namelessknight** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 7:51 pm

Why Pay?!? As Fireproof said, just visit your local B&N. And if you feel like you have to pay[you masochists], then buy something from the Starbucks cafe....

Postby **Tenshi no Ai** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 1:47 pm

About manga cafes in America... there is one with over 200,000 titles that just opened in New York! Not sure if they're translated/not translated/both, but still with that many titles and paying only $5 to read as many as you want... what a bargain!

EDIT: there's over 20,000 made up of both orginal and translated manga

Postby **Mangafanatic** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 11:19 am

Tenshi no Ai wrote:About manga cafes in America... there is one with over 200,000 titles that just opened in New York! Not sure if they're translated/not translated/both, but still with that many titles and paying only $5 to read as many as you want... what a bargain!

EDIT: there's over 20,000 made up of both orginal and translated manga

20,000 titles!? Oh my gosh. I wouldn't even know where to start!

Postby **Madeline** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 10:51 am

The site that you linked to is really cool. ^^ It has alot of valuable information on it.
Thanks for linking it! *bookmarks it*
And yes, the idea of a manga cafe is VERY neat...though expensive >"<

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