Quick question

[maripecanha.livejournal.com]

I'm brazilian, but I'm going to the USA this May and wanted to know if anyone knows about any physical stores around the area of New York City that sell Hetalia merchandise and/or the comics, or any anime merchandise at all. I'm probably going to stay in the Broadway area, but I have some sense of locomotion in the city and it's not a problem if it's a bit farther away...

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[moonlightmari.livejournal.com]

omg Im southamerican too and im going to NYC as well 8D I hope people answer this so I can buy stuff too >U

[kitsunekon13.livejournal.com]

Well there is a bookstore called Kinokuniya which is close to the 6th ave 42nd street transit.
Also a place called Anime Castle but that is in Queens.
I could always help you out with finding the places since well I've been here all my life. ^^;
I hope this helps.

[maripecanha.livejournal.com]

Do you have the address of this store in Queens?

I'm going with my mother and we're thinking about kind-of-sightseeing, because it's the second time we go and in the first time we just went to the museums, so we thought it could be useful to go to other places and stuff.

[kitsunekon13.livejournal.com]

Anime Castle Store
35-32 Union Street
Flushing, NY 11354

The 20Q and 44Q are in the area.
Ah yes it would be nice and rather useful. Of course be careful~

[maripecanha.livejournal.com]

Thanks!!

We'll be careful ^^

[kitsunekon13.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome.~

[omgimsuchadork.livejournal.com]

Seconding the caution, because that area of Queens has the worst crowding I've ever seen. It's really easy to get separated from others, but you can find a lot of interesting AND DELICIOUS things there.

[maripecanha.livejournal.com]

Delicious things are delicious.
But it reminds me of my mysterious and sudden addiction to pretzels and Starbuck's white chocolate mocca. =/

I don't think that it is possible to have worst crowds than the Macy's thanksgiving parade ones... is it?

[omgimsuchadork.livejournal.com]

Delicious things are delicious. I had a pork bun at Taipan Bakery in Chinatown once, found out they have another location in Flushing, and went WAY out of my way every week just to get pork buns, and bubble tea (or noodles. Or both) at the mall.

The Macy's crowds are tightly-packed but they have order to them. The Flushing crowds are tightly packed but do not have order. Add some cars, buses, and trucks into the mix (and train stations), and it's chaos. I try to avoid that area, or go through from the other side where it's not as bad. ^_^;;; I don't mean to scare anyone. Flushing's a great place, you've just gotta know where you're going and be prepared for it.

[maripecanha.livejournal.com]

*carefully taking notes* I really have to try eating more of the local cuisine and not surviving only of caffeine and pretzels. Last time I spent half the time in line D8 it went like that:
- Look the guide said this place is ni-
- OMGOMGTHERESASTARBUCKSHEREMOMIMGONNAGOGETACOFFEDOYOUWANTSOME? IKNOWYOUDOILLGETYOUONEKTHANKSBYE *caffeine highs*

I'm not scared, I have some experience with bad chaotic crowds; the only problem is the size, I think xD

[omgimsuchadork.livejournal.com]

^Seconding kitsunekon13.

I hope your trips to New York are awesome, guys! :D /proud New Yorker

Kinokuniya is probably your best bet, since it's closest to where you're probably staying, but it's hella overpriced. Image Anime on 30th St. between 7th and 8th Aves. does a little better on price, and it's got a different selection of goods. Book-Off is about three blocks from Kino, and is fair on prices.

Further downtown in the East Village, there's Toy Tokyo with lots of cute things and Forbidden Planet with a whole upstairs full of manga. St. Mark's Place is in that area, and there are a few shops around there for general anime and video game stuff. And you can kinda get stuff down in Chinatown (http://downtownotaku.blogspot.com/2009/04/chinatown-stops.html) if you're feeling adventurous (it'll get you some good deals, though).

And if it's not too creepy, I can help play tour guide. I live in the city and work near to where you'll probably stay, and can show you how to get around (except in Chinatown; that place is a maze to me). :D

[maripecanha.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's too creepy, but I won't be going alone so I'll have to check, and I don't want to be a bother too...

[maripecanha.livejournal.com]

These images of Chinatown made me die a little inside. I always feel like this when I think about the Liberdade (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberdade_(district_of_S%C3%A3o_Paulo)) district in Sao Paulo and how it's halfway across the country, and Chinatown is so much better D8

[omgimsuchadork.livejournal.com]

I love looking at those photos because it makes Chinatown seem small and not threatening and not scary. :D;;;

[maripecanha.livejournal.com]

I imagined D=

I have the worst sense of direction in all the history of bad sense of direction so it makes me go D= when I think about how in reality it is completely not like that.

[omgimsuchadork.livejournal.com]

I have a good sense of direction and that place messes with my head. I had to do a parade for Chinese New Year with marching band there? It was cloudy out, and after a few turns, I had no idea which direction I was facing. The sun came out eventually and it was in a completely spot than where I thought it would be.

I'm convinced that there's a giant magnet under C-town that messes with my internal compass. There's no other explanation.

[maripecanha.livejournal.com]

... I think it's not going to be such a bad idea if I keep my GPS with me AT ALL TIMES, is it?

[omgimsuchadork.livejournal.com]

AFAIK, GPS isn't good over small areas. ^_^;;

[maripecanha.livejournal.com]

yeah, it actually makes sense. /derp

[ch0copockii.livejournal.com]

I was just at Kinokuniya the other day, and the only thing I saw was Volumes 1 & 2 of the manga. In the CD section, they had the soundtrack and I think it was Italy's Hatafutte Parade.

Right after you get off the 1,2,3, or walk some distance from the N,Q, or M trains, there is a Borders where I skipped school yesterday orz;;, but they only had two volumes of the manga (plenty of others though, if you're not just limited to Hetalia... a whole upper floor. Pretty sweet).

Kinokuniya is the best place for anime in the city, and others have mentioned Flushing where I pass through to go to school, so yeah. I'm outta ideas... xP

OH. And because noone mentioned it:

Image Anime
242 West 30th Street (Btw 7 & 8 Ave)
New York, NY 10001

Whenever I try to go there, they're always closed. But that's because I'm a derp and don't know the hours.

[ch0copockii.livejournal.com]

/derp

[omgimsuchadork.livejournal.com]

I mentioned Image D:

Don't feel bad, I learned the hard way that Image is closed on Sundays. XD

[ch0copockii.livejournal.com]

I noticed that after; hence the "/derp". Prehaps I should have made that a bit clearer. xP

I did that twice too, before I was all "fuck this", and I don't think I ever made it to the store. xD The website looks like they have some pretty cool stuff, though.

[omgimsuchadork.livejournal.com]

The place is pretty cool, I like it.

I know for a fact they're open during the week at five in the afternoon or so. I was in there on a Thursday about a month ago at that time. Go, go! Buy things!

[maripecanha.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the info!

I think this is the Borders I saw once when I was completely fucking lost taking a walk during Black Friday, but I needed to find my group, and I did not had even a dime with me, and then I could never find it again.

[ch0copockii.livejournal.com]

Dude, I grew up in New York and I still get lost. I have no sense of direction. At all.

If it was near a big black building with a red 1 sign my daddy works there! :D and on the same block as Madison Square Garden, yep that's the one.

The address in case you need it is 2 Penn Plaza. Though I really don't see how you could miss it. It's kinda huge.

[maripecanha.livejournal.com]

Another one with no sense of direction here. The whole downtown here in my city is like 3 blocks away from the only main street and guess what, I get lost.

I think it's this one :D I missed it because I have no sense of direction, there were a lot of people and I was trying to find my family, so I did not exactly realized where I was and everything. It was also our last day in the city, so... =/

[ch0copockii.livejournal.com]

I hate that feeling. D: It's worse than being lost by yourself because at least you can act like you know what you're doing until you find a pretzel vendor or a train station. Because they don't discriminate.

There's also a place that makes really awesome bread (The Bread Factory, maybe? My dad would know but he's not here right now..). They have normal stuff like pizza, pasta and soup too. I was only there once. But I love the bread. :D If you're in the area, good place for food.

[maripecanha.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I can be just fine lost by my myself - years and years of practice - but it feels terrible when you're in a group... And pretzel vendors were the sweetest people I met in NY besides that Orthodox Jews in that electronic store that only employs Orthodox Jews (I really don't remember the name of the store D=), but I think it was because I was in en electronics frenzy and trying to BUY ALL THE THINGS or something.

I love bread 8D so this place is going right now to my list.

[osoroshiia.livejournal.com]

*Useless Brazilian who wants to mingle*

Aaah, te invejo! *Sincera* ;_;
Mercadoria de anime deveriam ser baratas no Brasil. c_c

[maripecanha.livejournal.com]

Deveriam ;-; Eu quase n compro coisas aqui pq sempre é muito muito muito mais cara.

Um tovarich brazuca! /o/

[mad-kitty12.livejournal.com]

Memin' this post cuz I never know, maybe I'll go to NY someday ;D