Enters male dojin floor “I’ve come here for you guys” 10 seconds later “I saw a Pokémon handbook here once” something tells me he didn’t go there for us lot 🤣
Mandarake is legit god tier! I kid you not, when I went here last January I spent 2 hours there checking every floor properly. It was a dream seeing so many kits and figures (doujins included of course lol) in one place. I needed so much self restraint to only walk away with 2 kits and 2 scale figures there were SO much more I wanted to buy.
Fr it feels like you need a battle plan whenever you enter one of these stores in Akiba or else you're just gonna get lost in it (which is not a bad thing) and have decision paralysis
Been a few years since I went inside Mandarake but I remember their cool stuff well. Their stores in Nakano Broadway are tremendous. For Gundam stuff, the Bic Camera store in Ikebukuro has a whole floor dedicated to Gundam that I plan to visit in a few months now that I'm back into gunpla.
the way you said "hold your horses" at 2:30 made me laugh :D it just made me realize how many vids of yours I listen to and how closely I do when they come out. Keep it up man you're the best!!
Mandarake is still so underrated, it is full of gems and I snagged a lot of good stuff from them online. Highly recommended especially that the prices are great although shipping prices might depend on where you live.
@@ArchusKanzaki yeah, and places like 2nd hand stores & even small mom n pop shops that sell used stuff. you can even barter down the price a bit(just be polite and courteous)
@@kidrobot. If others really want to hunt down secondhand goods, I recommend going to Nakano Broadway. That one also have a pretty big Mandarake, but there are also quite alot of old-school and secondhand goods.
@@kidrobot. Eh not really from my perspective, I see a lot of collectors that still don't use Mandarake or even heard of it for that matter. Like I am two groups that only know of it's existence, the others are either eh or never heard of it in their lives but it makes it easier for me at least to get the figures I want ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Mandarake has pretty much taken over Nakano Broadway as well, if you can't find it at Akihabara (Complex), you will find it at Nakano Broadway, a 30 minute train ride on the JR Chuo-Sobu line from Akihabara. Another place to go would be Surugaya, there are multiple outlets, the one along Chuo-Dori near Carl's Jr is mecha specific. Other options include Lashinbang, AmiAmi's second store and Jungle.
@@hendy.widjaja The prices are about the same as the stores all have the same type of grading and pricing system. What's great about the Mandarake at Nakano is the sheer number of specialty stores and the variety of stuff, which can include some "holy grail" items.
2:10 "As the average Gundam fan, you might not find something of interest here". Believe I know how strange it feels to be a mecha fan who also loves cute magical girl series.
Hey Kakarot. Can you do more Advance of Zeta development history?? Hi-Zack and TR-2 Bigwig Marasai and TR-4 Dandelion Gaplant and TR-5 Hrairoo + Fiver mobile armor TR-6 Inle
I just arrived here in Japan yesterday and hoo boy I'm going on a 2 week gundam and hobby trip. Definitely will be hitting this place up after Yokohama, Fukuoka, and Odaiba.
Seen several of these model kit shops in japan, they seem deadly indeed, these shops seem like true wallet destroyers. I mainly did warhammer(I live in europe, basically the best place to buy warhammer) & gunpla, but recently I was stupid enough to start anime action figure collecting & mecha/musume girl kits.
Yo Mandarake was the best nerd shop Iv ever been too! I couldnt make it one floor without buying something on the way up to get some gunpla haha. I bought every Future GPX Cyber Formula model kit they had when I was there. I loved shopping in Akihabara! Every store was several floors of everything I love. I think the Bic Camera store which I believe is a few blocks away from this place was definitely an experience.
I got all of my P-Bandai kits through Mandarake, shipping to my country (Ecuador) is super cheap, more people should know about Mandarake, I highly recommend it!
I've ordered from the SAHRA warehouse a few times and have been pretty happy with both shipping charge and speed. I mean, it's expensive but if there aren't any other options then it is what it is :P
Went there a couple of times between 2015 and 2019 when I lived in Japan. Loved that store. Lost my mind the first time I hit the 8th floor. Almost came back with enough to get divorced. Good times.
I saw the Sazabi Metal Structure at the store when i visited and was thinking for a few minutes about making a bad decision 😅. Tbh though, i ended up getting some great stuff at Surugaya
Wallet:I Don't like this place😢 Mandarake: please let me assuage your Worries 😊 I later left with a Magical Chino(seen in this very video) A symphogear Figma And a Gundam Kit My wallet still hasn't forgiven me 😅
I think I'd buy the Gihren's Greed games there, given the chance. I don't think I'm... zealous enough to buy a Saturn, Wonderswan, or Dreamcast just to play those versions, but it would be a nice gem to have on my PSP.
So is there a service for someone to go there to pick something up for you and ship it state side? I want some metal builds and fixed figuration figures and I'm betting the price is better, can probably find what I want in brand new condition and with the box in mint condition.
@09:18 And that's where I come into play: ua-cam.com/video/l3_RcOU3zo0/v-deo.html I guess if I ever D.I.Y. myself the *Maus* it'll be the Kuromorimine one 😁
Hello Kakarot, thanks for your video. I'm planing to visit Tokyo this year but I can't buy all I want with the size and weight limit :( (25 kg). So I'd like to buy loose (already built) master grade kit. Have you seen a lot of already built model kits at mandarake or other shops or is it pretty rare ? Do you have an idea of the price for a standard MG ? Sorry for my english (French here! not far from you I guess :b )
I think I might've seen a few buillt kits, but your best bet for built kits is Yellow Submarine in the Radio Kaikan Building (they sell loose parts and straight built kits) or Rental Showcase Stores (you'll mostly find painted builds in these though). You can sometimes also find built kits in random second hand stores. Can't say much about the price because I don't really pay attention to them.
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But my wallet doesn't like it
Ha
What?! 12 minutes already passed?
I wonder if it plotting it's attack?
I think our wallets are waging a war against us for buying too many knickknacks.
This store is gold to me
Enters male dojin floor “I’ve come here for you guys” 10 seconds later “I saw a Pokémon handbook here once” something tells me he didn’t go there for us lot 🤣
I'm more amused that one of the categories is "Orga bottoming". Like, it's a whole subgenre.
Mandarake is legit god tier! I kid you not, when I went here last January I spent 2 hours there checking every floor properly. It was a dream seeing so many kits and figures (doujins included of course lol) in one place. I needed so much self restraint to only walk away with 2 kits and 2 scale figures there were SO much more I wanted to buy.
Mandarake is legit tourist cash grab tier.
Fr it feels like you need a battle plan whenever you enter one of these stores in Akiba or else you're just gonna get lost in it (which is not a bad thing) and have decision paralysis
I would go nuts looking for old classic models kits from the 80s.
Just by the title I knew it was going to be Mandarake. I've gotten so many Robot Spirits and Transformers from them. I'd love to visit them one day.
That Mu gazing at Murrue cap for the 4th floor censor is cracking me up.😂
Been a few years since I went inside Mandarake but I remember their cool stuff well. Their stores in Nakano Broadway are tremendous. For Gundam stuff, the Bic Camera store in Ikebukuro has a whole floor dedicated to Gundam that I plan to visit in a few months now that I'm back into gunpla.
If you think that Akiba's Mandarake is great, wait until you go to the one in Nakano. The floor size is bigger there compared to Akiba's.
the way you said "hold your horses" at 2:30 made me laugh :D it just made me realize how many vids of yours I listen to and how closely I do when they come out. Keep it up man you're the best!!
Mandarake is still so underrated, it is full of gems and I snagged a lot of good stuff from them online.
Highly recommended especially that the prices are great although shipping prices might depend on where you live.
not really. anyone that imports knows mandarake, amiami and hobbylink japan
@@kidrobot. Also if you actually went to Japan, Amiami's used store and Lashinbang should also be on your list of place to visit.
@@ArchusKanzaki yeah, and places like 2nd hand stores & even small mom n pop shops that sell used stuff. you can even barter down the price a bit(just be polite and courteous)
@@kidrobot. If others really want to hunt down secondhand goods, I recommend going to Nakano Broadway. That one also have a pretty big Mandarake, but there are also quite alot of old-school and secondhand goods.
@@kidrobot. Eh not really from my perspective, I see a lot of collectors that still don't use Mandarake or even heard of it for that matter.
Like I am two groups that only know of it's existence, the others are either eh or never heard of it in their lives but it makes it easier for me at least to get the figures I want ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
For a second I saw the astro boy and thought I saw the iconic "big boy" from American restaurants which to me looks like a heavy set astro boy
Big Boy actually do have restaurants in Japan too!
Haha that crack me " the boss of your wallet." Haha
I love the change in background music for the section of the video that covered the 4th floor 😂😂
I know where to go now since Im going to Japan in September! Thanks for this showcase
Yep, I also spent quite a lot last time I was there.
Mandarake has pretty much taken over Nakano Broadway as well, if you can't find it at Akihabara (Complex), you will find it at Nakano Broadway, a 30 minute train ride on the JR Chuo-Sobu line from Akihabara.
Another place to go would be Surugaya, there are multiple outlets, the one along Chuo-Dori near Carl's Jr is mecha specific. Other options include Lashinbang, AmiAmi's second store and Jungle.
Are the prices the same or cheaper at Nakano?
@@hendy.widjaja The prices are about the same as the stores all have the same type of grading and pricing system. What's great about the Mandarake at Nakano is the sheer number of specialty stores and the variety of stuff, which can include some "holy grail" items.
Damn i have a huge regrets not going here last week…. Hope ill be back again sometime soon 😢
Hoo boy time to live vicariously through you again
Thank You, Soldier! 🫡
I was just in that store less than 2 weeks ago when I was on vacation lol
Financially Deadly Store 👻
great tour
when i go to Japan, i have to go to Mandarake! awesome video!
2:10 "As the average Gundam fan, you might not find something of interest here".
Believe I know how strange it feels to be a mecha fan who also loves cute magical girl series.
Only a real Gundam fan gets Roller Coaster Tycoon 3. Ignore the spice people, we have an amusement park to run 😤😤😤
now if only this video came out last week i could’ve gone home with more loot lol
Hey Kakarot. Can you do more Advance of Zeta development history??
Hi-Zack and TR-2 Bigwig
Marasai and TR-4 Dandelion
Gaplant and TR-5 Hrairoo + Fiver mobile armor
TR-6 Inle
I can tell you that the next one will have to do with AoZ, but not the ones you mentioned.
@@kakarot197 hype
4:22 Young Jijii DBAF Manga on the left!
PARADISE!! I wish there was something like this here in New York!
I just arrived here in Japan yesterday and hoo boy I'm going on a 2 week gundam and hobby trip. Definitely will be hitting this place up after Yokohama, Fukuoka, and Odaiba.
Seeing those Macross kits is making me drool!
Seen several of these model kit shops in japan, they seem deadly indeed, these shops seem like true wallet destroyers. I mainly did warhammer(I live in europe, basically the best place to buy warhammer) & gunpla, but recently I was stupid enough to start anime action figure collecting & mecha/musume girl kits.
Elaborate on the SD Gundam stuff on the ladies' floor. 🤣 I'm ready to risk my sanity.
I'm planning to visit Japan in 2025, I'll definitely be checking this place out!
Hey kakorate197 um here's the thing in the latest witch from mercury episode of season 2 your theory on the ariel being eri is correct
yes she is......... Gundam
@@The_Str4nger yeah fist time onscreen in 4 years
Yo Mandarake was the best nerd shop Iv ever been too! I couldnt make it one floor without buying something on the way up to get some gunpla haha. I bought every Future GPX Cyber Formula model kit they had when I was there. I loved shopping in Akihabara! Every store was several floors of everything I love. I think the Bic Camera store which I believe is a few blocks away from this place was definitely an experience.
this place is amazing
I must go to this store.
That will be nice one day or someday go to that store and I like this video a lot. 😯😀😃👏👏👏💯👍🙌
I got all of my P-Bandai kits through Mandarake, shipping to my country (Ecuador) is super cheap, more people should know about Mandarake, I highly recommend it!
Oh, if I ever go to Japan this place will definitely be on my list! Of course I might have to budget a few extra $500 just for here... 😅
Id say double that
I was just there back in November 2020! Mandarka has so many good deals!
R-18 SD Gundam doujins are cursed, it is like those Transformers doujins.
I've ordered from the SAHRA warehouse a few times and have been pretty happy with both shipping charge and speed. I mean, it's expensive but if there aren't any other options then it is what it is :P
Oop you spilled the secret sauce on the location now everyone knows of it.q
Shame on you for not buying that Char x Amuro doujin, manliest book in there imo.
It would be a heaven for me if they have PG Astray Green Frame
Interesting. I was just there 4 days ago
Ah, yes, Char x Garma. "Blame this on the fortune of my girth".
There are many mandarake stores nakano, osaka. Few to name do no that som are opening at 12 oclock.
Went there a couple of times between 2015 and 2019 when I lived in Japan. Loved that store. Lost my mind the first time I hit the 8th floor. Almost came back with enough to get divorced. Good times.
Oh, right. My first intro to this shop is from Trash Taste special.
HEAVEN 😂😂😂😂
I love it
I saw the Sazabi Metal Structure at the store when i visited and was thinking for a few minutes about making a bad decision 😅.
Tbh though, i ended up getting some great stuff at Surugaya
Wallet:I Don't like this place😢
Mandarake: please let me assuage your Worries 😊
I later left with a Magical Chino(seen in this very video)
A symphogear Figma
And a Gundam Kit
My wallet still hasn't forgiven me 😅
This will hurt my wallet, but it's worth it....
I think I'd buy the Gihren's Greed games there, given the chance. I don't think I'm... zealous enough to buy a Saturn, Wonderswan, or Dreamcast just to play those versions, but it would be a nice gem to have on my PSP.
What I would give just to get a marida Cruz statue
I wish to find more MS in Action in Tokyo.
Mandarake is the GOAT
Crunchyroll got rid of the dubed version of gundam the witch from mercury😢
ha always wanted that figma lum
God knows what he was doing when he made me born in America. I'd be homeless and only have my gunpla to comfort me!
What about Jungle, Kakarot? that place is just down the street.
So is there a service for someone to go there to pick something up for you and ship it state side? I want some metal builds and fixed figuration figures and I'm betting the price is better, can probably find what I want in brand new condition and with the box in mint condition.
mandarakes are like religious shrines for nerds
> Char x Garma
Quick, someone show this the A-Mac!
Garma dies at the end
take my money
💸💰😆
@09:18 And that's where I come into play: ua-cam.com/video/l3_RcOU3zo0/v-deo.html
I guess if I ever D.I.Y. myself the *Maus* it'll be the Kuromorimine one 😁
what's your opinion comparing the various Mandarake branches?
Which one do you prefer, the one in Nakano Broadway or in Akiba?
I wonder what the most expensive model they have is
I wonder is there hobby tool section?
- pls let me know
Did Kakarot forgot to show us what was bought on that trip? I was hoping to see the haul at the end.
Maybe it will be a separate video
Can u also tell online stores in japan where we can buy gunpla using buyee
Do they have godzilla
Is supose they all ar first hand right?
Hello Kakarot,
thanks for your video. I'm planing to visit Tokyo this year but I can't buy all I want with the size and weight limit :( (25 kg). So I'd like to buy loose (already built) master grade kit. Have you seen a lot of already built model kits at mandarake or other shops or is it pretty rare ? Do you have an idea of the price for a standard MG ?
Sorry for my english (French here! not far from you I guess :b )
If the price isn't too much then shipping is an option. When I go this year I plan to ship all of my purchases back home.
I think I might've seen a few buillt kits, but your best bet for built kits is Yellow Submarine in the Radio Kaikan Building (they sell loose parts and straight built kits) or Rental Showcase Stores (you'll mostly find painted builds in these though). You can sometimes also find built kits in random second hand stores.
Can't say much about the price because I don't really pay attention to them.
@@reijigamer My concern is that in Europe you have to pay 25% taxes when you send something (even if it's a "gift" if it's worth more than 45 €)
@@kakarot197 Thanks for your reply :) I'll also check Hobby off / Book off !
2:05
Speak for yourself buddy.
So there's Gundam porn? Seriously!!??
Sooo haven’t watched the whole video yet.
….but aaaare you over in japan right now aaaand how long 🫢😋😋
I wish I was, but I recorded this footage last time I was in Japan :p
Sneaky!
I’m so glad you were aloud to share this footage and the store with us! It was the dopamine but I needed this morning :)