Info How much does a tankoubon cost?

[GEshode]

I was wondering, how much tankoubon cost in your neck of the woods?
Here in Germany they are about 6,50€. Sadly the price increased, a few months ago they only cost 5€. Does the tankoubon got more expensive in your country? If so, does anyone know why?

 

[Ju-da-su]

No increase here though...the tankoubon still cost 45 THB (approximately 1.34 USD) here... .-.

 

[GEshode]

That's like 91 €-Cent, so you get them for 5,59€ ($8.32 / 276THB) less...

 

[Ju-da-su]

Nope...I'm saying that the tankoubon sold in my country is around that price...1.34 USD per volume... .-.

 

[Kaiten]

U.S. also had a price increase for some series. Jump Comics (VIZ Shonen Jump) were $7.99 and increased to $9.99 this month. VIZ Shojo Beat were already $9.99, VIZ Signature (seinen and josei) cost $12.99. Yen Press, Tokyopop, and Del Ray (all things Kodansha) manga usually cost $10.99. Dark Horse's prices change from series to series.

 

[Crude]

Usually around 7 euros here.

 

[GEshode]

Nope...I'm saying that the tankoubon sold in my country is around that price...1.34 USD per volume... .-.

Yeah, i understood that and sad that it is 5,59€ ($8.32 / 276THB) cheaper in your country than in Germany...

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U.S. also had a price increase for some series. Jump Comics (VIZ Shonen Jump) were $7.99 and increased to $9.99 this month. VIZ Shojo Beat were already $9.99, VIZ Signature (seinen and josei) cost $12.99. Yen Press, Tokyopop, and Del Ray (all things Kodansha) manga usually cost $10.99. Dark Horse's prices change from series to series.

Wow... Than it is way more expensive in the US than here, that suprises me...

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Usually around 7 euros here.

Well, that's about the same as here, probably in all Europe it is about the same...

 

[Leu]

Manga isnt sold here everywhere, but I checked at a library that does, and cost $10 each volume; pretty darn much if you ask, mostly if you go for a long series

 

[Xadyu]

If you buy english volume's here, it's about 1-2 euro's cheaper then you'd pay for their original price.

For manga translated in my language you'll pay around 2/3 euro's. (With the exact quality as the original versions of the volume's, so that's pretty neat.)

 

[Blackthornhiei]

Manga isnt sold here everywhere, but I checked at a library that does, and cost $10 each volume; pretty darn much if you ask, mostly if you go for a long series

If you mean the ones sold at La Ceiba, at $10 they're pretty cheap considering they come all the way from Spain. I've bought manga from from Spain through friends and they cost me around $15.00

Manga imported from Mexico can cost between $7.00 and $10.00, depending on the seller.

 

[GEshode]

If you buy english volume's here, it's about 1-2 euro's cheaper then you'd pay for their original price.

I don't even now, if I could English versions here, maybe I should look for some and hope that they are cheaper, too.

 

[BBB Banana]

In my country usually they make things like this:

If a volume costs $9,00 then it will cost around €9 but I'm not sure that WSJ manga follows that rule. Because Naruto cost around €7,55 and I don't know abou USA.

 

[Horsee]

I posted it already an other topic so here it is:

In Hungary the first manga price was 1500 Forints. It's about 8 USD or 5.5 €. Then it raised up to 2000 Forints (10.5 USD or 7.5 €). But some publishers uses dusk jacket and color pages like the original japanese manga. And the online bookstores gives 20% discount. The english language manga price is really high: an 8 USD manga cost 2100-2500 Forints (11.5-13.5 USD or 7.75-9 €). I get my Yen Plus issues for 2500 Ft.

Edit: You can get german language manga for ~1900 Ft (10 USD or 7 €).

 

[LilaChan]

Mangas are offcially priced at £7 (GBP) in the UK , but couple of years ago, you can easily find them at below £5 on amazon. Nowadays, it's closer to £6 then £6. We just get the american version.

Chinese editions are cheaper then the Japanese versions, by about 20-30%, and I'm talking about the legal versions too. But the quality isn't up to scratch with the Japanese edition, they do have dust covers and the format is exactly the same as japanese, but the type setting and paper quality is quite meh. Even Chinese manga costs more now, this year mangas are 10% more expensive then last year. I guess they're cheap to collect at the end of the day, and you still support the original artist.

 

[Kaiten]

I really wish American editions kept the dust jacket.

 

[Mushashi]

viz regular shonens and big three 10 US for me in australia about 13 aussie atm, with the current exchange rate this fluctuates alot, beserk volumes 35 dollars at border 23 at other comic stores, kinokuninya is definetly the cheapest here in australia paying 10 aussie for a one peice volume (thats like 8 us) when in the USA its 10 us and its made there.

 

[BBB Banana]

In my country they cost at least 8€.

By the way why are naruto tanks 2 dollars expensivier ? They were usually 7.95 now they are 9.95 dollars. They were 8€ now they cost 10€.

 

[Mushashi]

^ global economy and the us dollar is going down and is at a low so they need to sell there merchendise for more to make a profit

 

[Kaiten]

VIZ raised prices for Shonen Jump Manga in the U.S. They probably would have even if the economy were better. SJ/SJ Advanced were selling for $7.99. Their other lines are $9.99 - $12.99. The other major (and minor) publishers sell for a minimum of $10.99 per book, have been for years now. VIZ just brought their prices closer to the established market value.

 

[Drmke]

Dark Horse sells certain series like Trigun: Maximum for $9.99 and Tokyopop, last time I actually read one of their series, were mostly going for $9.99.