Dragonball Meet in NYC

Undercooked Sausage · Post by **Undercooked Sausage** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 7:21 pm

I'd go but I live in Illinois.

Scarz · Post by **Scarz** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:48 pm

We got some serious interest. Awesome. I'm thinking maybe we could have the meet during a nice and early October weekend. (I say nice because the weather should be generally cool at most and not frigid) As for Kinokuniya, personally I never been there so I'm definitely going to check it tomorrow after work. If it's a cool spot I would be down for setting up a meet there.

bkev · Post by **bkev** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:56 pm

If New Jersey is an option (haha XD this is for half the forum) isn't there a Mitsuwa in Edgewater? I read they do shuttles from Manhattan.

xD

Tanooki Kuribo · Post by **Tanooki Kuribo** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 1:16 am

As for Kinokuniya, personally I never been there so I'm definitely going to check it tomorrow after work. If it's a cool spot I would be down for setting up a meet there

It's an awesome place. They usually have all the new DragonBall books when they come out, and sometimes even the CD's.

Velasa · Post by **Velasa** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 2:09 am

bkev wrote:If New Jersey is an option (haha XD this is for half the forum) isn't there a Mitsuwa in Edgewater? I read they do shuttles from Manhattan.

xD

Went there earlier this year actually and it was freaking awesome. It's where I got my kanzenban 11 (which I had for less than a day before I got robbed, frikkin Jersey) and a bunch of tasty tasty things I wish I had more access to.

I am however slightly more iffy on Jersey though because I'm just a little pissed at it right now <_< Maybe we could like... go there after meeting or something. I don't know how comfortable I'd be going there by myself and their drivers are goddamn insane. Course this is just me muttering.

Scarz · Post by **Scarz** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:11 pm

I couldn't make it to Kinokuniya today like I planned, I told a friend about the place and he wanted to see it too. So pulled it off till tomorrow so we can both check it out together. I'm going to take some pictures of the place and post it here after the visit. I know they are a bunch of pics online but few more wouldn't hurt. Also I'm going to check out a few other places in the city as well, just trying to keep options open.

bkev wrote:If New Jersey is an option (haha XD this is for half the forum) isn't there a Mitsuwa in Edgewater? I read they do shuttles from Manhattan.

xD

I like to try to keep this meet NY this year since I am more familiar with the city than any where else... And I thought Mitsuwa was like Japanese super market? Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

Velasa · Post by **Velasa** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:14 pm

Mitsuwa is mostly a Japanese grocery store, but there are also side stores to it with just books or crazy merchandise or pottery and other stuff.

MCDaveG · Post by **MCDaveG** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:07 am

I want to go...... but don't ask me why I can't

ultimateemail5000 · Post by **ultimateemail5000** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:51 am

I'll be there wearing my movie Goku gi, can't wait to see who wants to fight me first.

Big Momma · Post by **Big Momma** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 12:53 pm

MCDaveG wrote:I want to go...... but don't ask me why I can't

Why can't you?

Sebastian (SB) · Post by **Sebastian (SB)** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 2:28 pm

I'm interested. I want to go and buy the other Dragon Ball Super Exciting Guide Book, Japanese One Piece volumes, and some of the Shonen Jump Viz GNs that come out that month. So it works for me

Scarz · Post by **Scarz** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:08 pm

Back from the city and here are some pics of Kinokuniya and Book-Off. Both store mangers were very polite to me and had no problems answering my questions and allowing me to take some pictures even in some places which are not allowed.

I'm not great at taking pictures and these are the best I could do.

On the first floor it kind of looks like a normal bookstore, they have magazine on the right, new arrivals (books toys etc) displayed in front and of course Japanese and English literature.

Oh yeah and some shirts and costumes in the back of the first floor.

On the second floor, which I'm sure most otakus hangout, the cafe and manga plus more. The cafe has a few tables (I didn't take picture of the whole cafe, sorry). By the time I was there about 6:15pm all the seats were occupied. The manager told me that the cafe is usually busy during lunch and from 5:30 til closing.

Playing not to far from the cafe, Dragonball Z Japanese Dub. They must have known I was coming.

Book-Off is much smaller book store and I believe the prices are cheaper than Kinokuniya. I think. (I know, I know, should have checked out the prices too... )

Velasa · Post by **Velasa** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:50 pm

Dude, that looks awesome. o_o I'm so for going there.

It'd be smart if we get enough interest to figure out when they're open, because for the transit time it would be cool to have at least a few hours.

Scarz · Post by **Scarz** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:59 pm

Velasa wrote:Dude, that looks awesome. o_o I'm so for going there.

It'd be smart if we get enough interest to figure out when they're open, because for the transit time it would be cool to have at least a few hours.

Oh I almost forgot to add the store hours:

Kinokuniya
Hours: 10:00am - 8:00pm (Mon-Sat)/ Sun 11:00am - 7:30pm (Sun)

Book-Off
Hours: 10:00 am - 8:00 pm (Mon-Sun)

BUFF Trunks · Post by **BUFF Trunks** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:27 am

Kinokuniya is having a Eureka 7 day this Sunday thats sponsored by the upcoming NY Anime Festival con so it'llmost likely be crowded. These usually have these types of events periodically for cosplay, or J-Pop related stuff.

Scarz · Post by **Scarz** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 12:49 am

BUFF Trunks wrote:Kinokuniya is having a Eureka 7 day this Sunday thats sponsored by the upcoming NY Anime Festival con so it'll most likely be crowded. These usually have these types of events periodically for cosplay, or J-Pop related stuff.

Since everyone was gushing about it, and since I went to the place and found it cool, I've decided to hold the meet as the Kinokuniya book store. Now, I've checked the Kinokuniya event schedule on their website and they have a list of events for the month of September. I'm going to call the store tomorrow and ask about any special store events for the month of October. I want to make sure the meet doesn't fall on any of those days.

Before the meet we need to choose the date on which most of us can attend. I would like to pick a weekend early in the next month, so I'd love to have those who would attend choose the date. (Probably on Saturday or Sunday, either the first or second week of Oct.) So, if you want to go, sound off.

Kinokuniya closes at 8:00pm Mon-Sat and 7:30 on Sun so this will most likely be an afternoon'ish meet. Just so everyone knows, just so we're clear. Also, there might be a good chance of a crowded cafe by lunch time, so if need be we can try to grab a light bite elsewhere.

Once we choose a good date, I'm going to make another thread with an announcement (or I might just edit this post) about the NYC DB Meet. That will provide a place for those who definitely will come to say so, and give a few folks who aren't sure to make up their minds by a set date.

Velasa · Post by **Velasa** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 2:39 am

Dude, give me two weeks to put in time off and I should be able to work something. Just let us know what the possible dates are and we can start picking out what works.

Post by **Herms** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:25 am

I might be in New York in December, but I guess that's too far down the line for this.

jda95 · Post by **jda95** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:00 am

Herms wrote:I might be in New York in December, but I guess that's too far down the line for this.

Same.

Postpone for the two most awesome members of the forum?

Velasa · Post by **Velasa** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:20 pm

Well, is December better or worse for anyone else? It doesn't make a big difference for me and I've still got my ginormous coat from when I went to a frozen hole for school.