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How much do you spend on anime/manga/fandom per month?

Less than $50?
4 (36.4%)
More than $50?
3 (27.3%)
More than $100?
3 (27.3%)
More than $300
1 (9.1%)

Total Members Voted: 10

Voting closed: May 23, 2007, 10:20:40 AM

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« on: May 23, 2007, 10:20:40 AM »
I spend about  $100 dollars on anime and related goods. I buy mostly manga but I occassionally buy anime and dvd box sets. Sometimes I buy figures but that is rare. I only have two right now. The Nisshiki from Excel Saga and this chick from To Hearts. Think of all the money I could save.
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« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2007, 04:31:16 PM »
I stop looking at the price of anime but i am poor most of the time

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« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2007, 05:07:31 PM »
I grant myself a stipend of $100/month of Geek Money, which I use to feed my anime/manga habit or buy Magic cards, or rarely other miscellaneous stuff like adding a new weapon to my collection of medieval arms, but I haven't had a new acquisition there in half a year, and I only buy manga or anime when I find something a really must have - still waiting for the next issue of Welcome to the NHK and of course Excel Saga Vol. 16, but I have also been plugging holes in my Blade of the Immortal collection when the fancy strikes me.  Most of the time I rent until I find something I want to buy, so each month I might not spend all $100, or even 50, but 50+ is about right.


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« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2007, 08:07:04 PM »
Quote from: "knumlab"
I stop looking at the price of anime but i am poor most of the time


Me, too.  Lately, though, I've found so many good deals I've been foolishly running up my charge card.

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« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2007, 12:41:22 PM »
its dangerous isn't it. I just did an impulse buy for the dbz box set 1. A great deal by the way at Wal-Mart.
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« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2007, 12:06:33 AM »
There is no set amount for my spending, but I buy only what interests me.
(Usually nothing per month)
For June i'll end up spending around $50 for Cromartie High School Vol. 11 (manga), Welcome To The N.H.K Vol. 3 (manga), and Pani Poni Dash Vol. 4 (anime).

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« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2007, 08:43:25 AM »
july is coming up and there are a few new releases I need to get my hands on.
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya vol.2
Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex Solid State Soceity   (longest title ever)
.... and the best one of all

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« Reply #7 on: June 13, 2007, 07:47:24 AM »
I never really counted how much I spend...

...until one day I got an email say that I had just spent $500 at a single store, and hence was entitled to a discount...

I shop at about 5 stores, just for figures, so I guess that gives you an idea.

Next pay, I have to go out and spend a large chunk of my hard earned dollars on another bookshelf and a display cabinet.


So, I guess my answer is.... not enough?

If I had to put a monthly amount, let's see... (Prices in AU$ btw)
1 PVC fig @ $60
3 resin kits @ $30
Paint & supplies for resin kits @ $15
Manga- about 6 volumes @ $15

soooo... $270/month?
 get paid to push around air. That fact is both amazing and depressing.

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« Reply #8 on: August 24, 2007, 12:42:29 AM »
ha ah ha...
lets see...about 1400 since year 7, and if we divide that by 12 months times 4, so...48, and we get $29.66 a month, and lets convert that to american....$24.33 a month, very rough average, probably a bit more...

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« Reply #9 on: August 25, 2007, 12:26:20 PM »
I dont spend to much.my friends copy anime dvds for me. and i read alot of manga online. but i do buy manga. this mouth i have spent $18.00 dollars on two mangas
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« Reply #10 on: August 25, 2007, 08:29:14 PM »
Wow, thats cheap! It's more expensive in Australia. Books like Ouran High, ruruoni kenshin and love for venus cost 10-15. But the majority is $22. Stuff like cynical orange, with some colour pages and are bigger in size are 24. I actually saw that book Azuza, over $30. Crazy, man.
Convert that from AUS to see how much that costs in your country.

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« Reply #11 on: August 26, 2007, 10:18:50 PM »
yeah...mean i have to pay extra. Borders always was a really expensive store. Now electronics boutique - they are nicer, 15 for love hina books, but they have a very limited amount of books there, midori days, love hina, chobits, X, cardcaptor sakura...ones i dont get really, except for chobits and LH