Japanese Animorphs Books???

[Hawkgirl]

Does anyone know where I can buy the Japanese versions of the Animorphs books?  I really want copies of them and I've been searching the internet, ebay, etc. and can't seem to find anywhere that sells them.  Does anyone here know of a place that sells them?

[goom]

did you check ebay?

oh and check this out.

[Hawkgirl]

Yeah I've been checking ebay to no avail.  And I saw that site and looked at all the pictures.  They are awesome but I really wanna try to buy my own...it is just finding copies that is the problem.

[Myitt]

did you check ebay?

oh and check this out.

Who is this person, and tell me he/she/it is on RAF!

[Dameg]

I bought mine on Amazon. Remember the title in Japanese is "Animoufu" (in katakana, a-ni-mo---fu).
Japanese Animorphs on Amazon
I bought them when I was in Japan, and the less expensive ones... Now they're getting expensive and you also have the shipping rate who increase like hell when it's sent from Japan to another country. The books themselves, as second hand, are about 200~500 yen each ($2~5), but you'll probably pay them 1000 yen more (each, except if you buy them from the same seller, maybe it'll be a little less expensive). Just as I'm looking, "Takaraya" sell 4 of them, and the last one is sold only 190 yen by somebody else. Also, sometimes people don't accept to send to another country...
So, good luck!

PS: If there are really problems about the shipping (nobody want to sell to America, for example), and you really want them, I can ask a Japanese friend to receive them and send them back to you, maybe. It'd take more time, of course.

[Hawkgirl]

Thank you so much for the link!  I am going to look into that as soon as I get home!

[goom]

pretty expensive for books.

[Hawkgirl]

I know.  I'm hoping to try to get them second hand because they are cheaper.  Dameg, if you could contact your friend and see how much it would cost me to get it from him/her, I would really appreciate it.

[Dameg]

Hmm OK, I'll ask her.
And yeah, take them as second hand. Second hand books (and other things) in Japan are really cheap, even when they're in good shape. Not as in France ^^'
On the website, most of them are "good", there are "acceptable" ones only for the 2nd volume... and the "like new" are too expensive, so avoid them too ^^'

Why do you want them in Japanese? For collection, like me? I'd also like the other languages, like Spanish... but it's expensive to have all the languages lol

[Hawkgirl]

Thanks a lot! 

I want them for my own personal collection.  I've seen pictures of the illustrations in the Japanese versions butI want the actual books for myself.

[Dameg]

OK ^^
I'll ask my friend soon. But see how much it would cost for you if she can't send you the books...

[Hawkgirl]

Oh I will!  And thank you so much for all your help!  I really appreciate it.

[Red]

The person who uploaded the pictures on flickr is also on Livejournal, and she said she got them from amazon.co.jp. I want some too!

[Dameg]

I also scanned the pictures and put them... on RAF I think. Now they must be on Hirac Delest or somewhere...

@Red: See the links I gave. You can find them there. But same for you: shipping will be expensive...
Post Merged: November 07, 2010, 02:16:20 PMSo, what's up? How much for the shipping from Japan to US and how much for the shipping Japan-Japan?

[wildweathel]

When I got my copy of #3 it was something like $50US.  Expensive for a 120 page YA book in any language, but oh well what the hell.

Amazon did ship to the US at least.  They won't ship me games, but apparently books are okay.

I'd think it would be even more expensive if you just want to look at the pictures, but hey, I've never really understood the collectors instinct...

Surprisingly classy book, by the way.   Hardcover with a ribbon and everything.