7 Upland Road
Cambridge, MA 02140
Tel: (617) 497-5460
Fax: (617) 497-5362
(Right near the Porter Square T Stop)
info@sasugabooks.com
Sasuga carries mostly Japanese books of all sorts, including lots of manga. They also have Japanese culture books (English), children's books in both languages, and heavy-duty Japanese dictionaries. Now there are some videos of various formats (all untranslated, I think, and NO rental) and music CDs, as well as a nice selection of weekly manga magazines, standard magazines, and newspapers. There is a used manga and book section in the basement. There is a subscription service to weekly manga magazines -- I'm not sure if they ship. (Kinda funny story: some years ago, a FedEx plane crashed and the two pilots walked away mostly unharmed -- but the piles of manga inside didn't make it. Yep, there was a huge Sasuga order in there, including my subs!....)
(Right near the Harvard Square T Stop)
The store is mostly devoted to anime paraphernalia! Posters, plastic models, anime music CDs, anime DVDs and video cassettes, some anime toys, and a very limited manga selection.
Affiliated with The Tokyo Kid, above. Plastic models, DVDs(?), and the like, all right across the hall from The Tokyo Kid. Underneath it is some kind of console game exchange shop, too. "Chibi" means something like "little one" or "little kid" (or "shrimp," as in a small person).
(Right near the Porter Square T Stop)
Kotobukiya is a grocery store that (I think) carries a reasonable selection of manga weekly magazines (they no longer carry tankoubon/compilations). Last I heard, Kotobukiya gets their weekly manga by ship, so they're a couple weeks behind Sasuga (great when you've missed an issue at Sasuga). They also have video rental (and Japanese junk food, AND onigiri rice balls!).
(Right near the Central Square T Stop)
This is a large Japanese grocery store; they have weekly manga compilations and videos to rent. Also, edible things like okonomiyaki mixes, shumai, soy sauce, tea pots; you know, the works. And junk food. Too much junk food ;)
Near a commuter rail stop
I just recently got email about this place (thanks!). Apparently, Outer Limit is mostly a "silver" and "golden age" comics store; it has a "little corner section of anime videos, manga, magazines" and some figures and Gundam kits, and are starting to collect DVDs, CDs and the like. They are willing to buy items, especially DVDs and figures.
Harvard Square (Harvard Square T).
It's a traditional comic book store, but like most comic places these days, it has a selection of translated Japanese comics too. Their web site says they do mailorder.
Another email informed me about this place ... and it's actually in Boston, not Cambridge. Apparently contains lots of manga and anime related goods and manga compilations.
OK, it's not quite near Boston, but it's not a bad commute; about 30-40 minutes away during non-rush hour times. It's a large store with a big selection of Western and Japanese comics, plus videos, DVDs, some CDs, T-shirts, and plastic figures/models.
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