Mandarake Shibuya

Several manga sketches directly from the hands of their drawers.

At Mandarake you can find full sets of second hand manga in very good condition. Here is the full Patalliro! set.

In Mandarake you can also find some interesting Shonen Jump magazines. This one is the December 2003 issue and it is very special because Death Note was published for the first time in this issue. The rest of the history, you already know it :)

And speaking about Death Note, here is the complete manga collection. The 12 volumes in the set cost about 20 dollars.

Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan is a series about a teen guy who was born with psychic powers. And although maybe many of us dream of having psychic powers, he does not always do so well :D

We dive a little bit into the darker side of the store. Some manga for adults.

Some erotic manga in Mandarake's shop. Judge by yourself!

Anime is still being sold in physical formats in Japan. While many people think of Japan as a really technological country, there are some old technologies that are still being sold and used everyday here. As for anime there are also a lot of collectors around, so it makes sense that legacy formats like DVD are still selling well.

Some anime series in DVD and Blu-ray format are available at Mandarake.

Gundam blu-ray box at Shibuya Mandarake.

We now navigate into the antique figures and toys section. In the photo, several boxes of Nendroid figures. This Nendoroid series has released more than 1000 different figures already and I am sure that someone out there have at least one copy from all of them.

In Japan there are also many collectors of Saint Seiya figures. All figures in the photo have a price tag of over $300.

Some old Japanese toys.

These are the typical ugly monsters that appear in series like Ultraman or Kamen Rider. Personally I find them horrible, but in Japan they have a lot of fans.

Some more toy monsters!

In Mandarake there is also a section for dolls: Pullip, Bluthe, ball-joined dolls, Barbie...

Another product available in Mandarake is collectible cards. Personally, I love them and I'm thinking if I should start a new collection :)

In the picture, Animal Crossing cards.

Although it was released quite long ago, Pokémon TCG cards are still very popular among players and collectors alike.

Some manga posters at Mandarake's shop.

So here we are finishing our tour through the Mandarake store in Shibuya. If you enjoyed this post, I also recommend you to learn about some more Mandarake shops in Nakano Broadway, each of them focusing in different kind of products.