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New Zealand is a small place globally speaking, it can be pretty hard to find niche products and groups. I’m lucky in that I have a couple of pretty well stocked anime/manga/figures/more stores handy. But that comes with the issue that a niche product in New Zealand is going to come with a hefty price tag, I don’t have any comparisons on hand but take my word for it.

I came across a site that has a very detailed list of places in around here that sell our favored products, New Zealand Anime & Manga Shopping Guide.

Most of them I had come across before like locally here we have Pulsar Max and sadly they don’t have a web presence but they have a wide selection and can get things in if you ask for them, you pay for it though in the price as it’s not cheap and sometimes you would be better off buying from overseas yourself.

One that is fairly recent and not on that list is Overworld in Petone. A small store run by one guy just of the main street and mostly stocks mainstream stuff like Bleach and Naruto but it has some nice odd stuff and respectable prices to match.

When I read that we in NZ could use Amazon Japan I was ecstatic and went on a spree making wish lists of all and sundry (was also fun to see how much Japanese I could read).

So in the ever present future when I have money (aka not a student) it looks like I’ll have some catching up to do.