27 Manga: manga library
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This article is from the Manga Glossary, by Steve Pearl starbuck@cybercomm.net with numerous contributions by others.
27 Manga: manga library
The first dedicated Japanese manga library, located in Kawakami (Okayama
Prefecture), was opened in May 1988. It boasted about 100,000 mangas,
exhibits of original mangas, and antique manga magazines.
There are few manga libraries in Japan, where the price and availability
of manga makes them mostly unnecessary. However, manga rental libraries
proliferate in Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong. A handful have also appeared
in some Western countries. These libraries usually stock thousands of
tankoubons and the latest issues of best-selling magazines, along with the
occasional CD or video collection. Most of these can be borrowed overnight
or read on-site for as little as a few cents, charged by the hour or by
the tankoubon.
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