a study of circulation of manga and anime in india-shilpa tanna
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Shilpa TannaDepartment of Cultural Studies
The English and Foreign Languages UniversityHyderabad
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Bookshops
Online Stores
Second Hand Bookshops
Libraries
Book Fairs, Conventions
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Well known book stores in Hyderabad include Walden, Landmark, Crosswords, Odyssey, Himalaya Book World, A.A. Hussain, Bookpoint.
Only Landmark and Crosswords had mangaand that too only Tezuka’s Buddha.
Landmark online store more titles available
Limited availability, more expensive
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Buddha by Tezuka: Common token of manga in some Indian Bookshops
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Landmark online, homeshop18, flipkart, ebay, infibeam, indiaplaza etc.
Discounts, popular titles available, predominantly yaoi/hentai, free delivery (except for imported), same titles by different publishers
International editions; expensive by Indian standards
Lag
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Leaping Windows, Mumbai
Manga Cafe, Delhi
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Leaping Windows, Mumbai
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A rack filled with manga books : A rare sight for a manga fan from India, (Leaping
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Picture Courtesy: Japan Foundation
Manga Cafe, Japan Foundation, Delhi
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Blossoms, Bangalore
Sunday Market, Hyderabad
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Ranged from “why buy when you can have them free” to “not many places sell them”
Not many usually buy them and those who do treat them as collectibles and buy them only after having read them online
Practicality of buying manga (expensive, too many titles and long series)
More than manga itself, manga artbooks or manga merchandise are invested in
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Animax (2004)
Exclusive channel for anime
Anime for all ages
Not available on most DTH operators list now
Had altered before it was discontinued
Most anime/manga fans were converted by Animax
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Cartoon Network (Pokemon, Beyblade, Dragonball Z..) Hungama (Shin Chan, Kiteretsu, Doraemon...) Nickelodean (Ninja Hattori, Chibi Maruko Chan,..)
Anime increased on children’s channels after Animax’s entry in 2004
Available in Indian languages, meant for kids, extremely popular
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Not available in any stores
Only anime titles available are some of the popular series shown on channels for children in India. e.g. Shinchan, Doraemon
Not available in video rental stores
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Doraemon and Shin Chan in Hindi at Crosswords Hyderabad
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Anime is not available on Indian sites such as homeshop18, flipkart, indiaplaza etc.
Ebay India does not have anime. However the site also lists products from ebay USA that they deliver in India. Popular titles are available though expensive.
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Online scanlation sites for manga and streaming sites for anime
Scanlation sites: Mangafox, mangacrazy, etc. Streaming sites: animecrazy, animefreak, youtube
etc.
Downloading sites: Manga: mangatraders, mangashare, stoptazmo, etc.Anime: realitylapse, anime-eden, animesuki, etc.
Fan activity makes titles available quickly reducing lag
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Read/watch manga, anime online (and download if they like it)
Download manga/anime and save for re-watching (if they like it) on DVDs and now more commonly on external HDDs
Favourite manga/animes are discussed and shared with fellow fans who either do not have internet or do not want to bother downloading or with interested peers who are not yet fans but are interested
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Tie-in between anime, manga, music, movies and live series
Live adaptations of the same manga in Japanese, Taiwanese and Korean
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English language
PC/Laptop
Good amount of memory space
Fast speed Internet with preferably unlimited download facility
Expendable income
Leisure
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