like the thread says

if you know any good places / sites please post here
if you can give any of the following info please do so

> name of store / or site
> name of location (city/country) and/or site

merged: 08-08-2006 ~ 09:45am

here's what i have:

> http://gaforum.org/showthread.php?t=69265 >> stores in Hong Kong (btw the site is in chinese)
> in Japan, a place called Akihabara in Tokyo sells a lot of Anime/Manga stuff

www.ebay.com
You can search for any manga books and I think Passingfancy has them all.

I'd recommend Deep Discount DVD here in the US. they tend to have some of the lowest prices on anime anywhere.

Also, if you are going to collect anime DVDs I highly recommend a piece of software called DVDProfiler to keep track of your collection.
Just search for these in Google.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/

I get great anime and manga books from them.

For UK residents, you may want to try:
http://www.up1.co.uk/
A very wide selection of manga/anime, and starting to introduce models too. Also, they're rather cheap and (depending if in stock) are quick to react on delivery.

where i live they're are not many manga's....
but i only own 2.....
but instead watching anime is a lot better

where I live, in Santiago (Chile), you should go to Eurocentro (Ahumada with Moneda I think, near the big television they have there) because they have a lot of good things, and to the Crazy all Comics (there are three places, one is in Portal Lyon, one in San Diego and one in Huerfanos with Mack-iver) to buy manga

I hope that helps for the ones who live in Santiago

for raw anime&manga:
Amazon Japan:
amazon.co.jp
Toranoana
http://www.toranoana.jp/
both of them are japanese, but amazon.co.jp has a little english translation option.