Western Australia


Damn Toys
142 William Street,(upstairs room 5) PERTH Center,open 7 days a week
Run by Paul and Jade Ikin
A lot of Astroboy toys and memorbelia from the 80,s..,Large range of Gundam kits,Wallscrolls,badges. Mostly toys and action figures ,very nice 70's Shogan Warrior Robots,Evangelion ,Dragonball Z,Transformers,Ultraman,Mask Rider,and lots of boxed 80's Toys. 142 William Street,(upstairs room 5) PERTH Center,open 7 days a week
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Quality Comics
Downstairs 872 Hay St Perth. 93212168.
Sells all current English manga: comics and graphic novels with a large collection of back issues. Will order from Previews for you. This is the main comic show in WA.
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Empire Memoribilia
882 Hay Street (Downstairs, corner of Shafto Lane, next to Clef Music) Perth
Telephone: (08) 9485 2444
Web Page: www.theempire.com.au
e-mail: sales@theempire.com.au
This sells mostly merchandise. Lots of poster, wallscroll, keyrings, plush, dolls - will order through Singapore for you. Very nice owners.
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WA salvage
Various shops. Sells bulk products really cheap, lots of stores. Has anime at $10 Aust per tape including RanmaOAV RG Veda, Tenchi Muyo and lots more.
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The Australian Nihongo center
Sells secondhand Japanese books cheap - not much manga but has a huge library that you can become a member to for only $50. Library has monthly ASUKA and misc manga as well as lots of books. Its in Murry Street in the centre of Perth opposite the Greater Union cinema. (This is practically in the center of Perth so most people in WA could follow these instructions) They can also direct you to a Japanese bookshop with a few hundred differend mangas that is just near where they are - I can't remember the address.
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Valhalla games and hobbies
493 Wellington Rd Perth 9321 2909
This has most of the anime video that were released in Aust. plus a few imports - nothing great, hugh prices but worth a look seeing that its in walking distance to all the other shops listed above. .
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Chinese bookstore
268 William Northbridge - 92277872
There are also many many many Chinese bookstore in Northbrige - if you walk along the main road you can't miss them - I would recommend Wing Loong newsagency, it specializes in manga with a few thousand of the latest - in Chinese of course. It also has a HUGE library, with almost all manga titles you can think of (Every CLAMP I could name as well) plus DVD etc. for 50cent a day, all in Chinese - some of the owners speek really bad English though.
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Morning Glory
Full of merchandise like keroppi and hello kitty stuff and it sells card captor sakura writing books. i forget the address but its called Morning Glory and its in the carillion arcade [i think its the carillion] upstairs and it is the BEST shop!
There are also a morning Glory store Westfield Carousel, Cannington
Information provided by rasheedah and Mel

JA Press
Ground Floor
Westminster House
10 Pier Street
Perth WA 600
Ph: (08) 9325 1444
Fax: (08) 9325 1244
This is a relatively new place. Although they've been in Perth for some time, is has only been actively selling anime and manga related merchandise for the last 12 months. They have the widest selection of manga (both new and secondhand) that I have seen in Perth. There are also zaashi and artbooks, as well as merchandise such as trading cards, pencil boards and posters. What you can't see, you can ask staff to order in for you. You can also get ongoing subscriptions of magazines like Newtype and Animage. Prices are charged according to the exchange rates and are cheaper than buying from Wing Loong. The only (minor) quibble is that it can take some time to get what you want (although the subscriptions are only about a week or so late). The people there are very friendly and helpful!
Information provided by Hari

Funfair
Sells Sanrio and anime stuff... it's in the city near Target. There's also one in Garden City.
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