Printing Manga like the U.S. Prints Money!! - BakaBites EP 170

When building out your manga library, it's important you remember this one piece of advice: nothing is sentimental, so sell it for a profit. What? What, you thought I would give you some uplifting wisdom about how best to collect series or where to spot deals? No no no. Building out your manga collection isn't about enjoying the series you love or anything of the sort. It's about profiting off of series that go out-of-print or are rare to find, forcing those who desperately want to enjoy them to take a second mortgage on someone else's home just to afford them. A monster, you say? Well, if you want the entire Monster series it'll be $750! Satire aside, Frankfurtter and MagicallyAverage talk about those hard-to-find manga series and debate which ones deserve a reprinting. With series coming back as Omnibuses, Perfect editions, and Deluxe editions, its only a matter of time until the scalpers' lose on their bets. I'm looking at you, guy who's selling the complete Mushishi manga set for $1,100...

Article in Podcast:

https://animecollective.com/how-to-tell-if-a-manga-is-going-out-of-print/

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