#range murata

I wanted to make a post on where you can purchase Doujinshi and books  that Range contributes to. Books that aren’t self published are not to hard to access. I recently purchased the second volume of 138° E , which murata contributed a short one shot entitled The Planetarium in Midsummer (written by Yumi Tada) from Otakumode.com. I’ve used this site twice now, and have had excellent service both times. Shipping is quite expensive but they frequently have free shipping promotions and they are currently opening a warehouse in the United states. So shipping will eventually be much cheaper. Previously published books like the Robot anthology can be purchased from amazon. The first five have been translated and the others have not. Ebay is also another option, though the stuff form there can be very overpriced. I have used ebay quite a bit for doujinshi since using a site like yahoo auctions and mandrake can end up just as expensive. Mandarake is a great site since the cost of the items are usually cheap, but shipping can raise the price up quite a bit. I would recommend  mandarake if you are ordering multiple items. The final place is toranoana. I’ve only seen Murata’s work on toranoana a few times and it seems to sell pretty fast. Toranoana is a very well known Doujinshi site so I don’t think I need to say anything about them.

So here is a quick list of sites:

-Amazon.com (no need to a proxy or buying service depending in your country. Here is a guide on how to buy from amazon.jp ) 
-Otakumode.com ( Shipping is pricey but they frequently do free shipping promotions, though not every many of Range murata’s work.)
-Ebay.com (Can be overpriced but its convent and easy to use.)

Sites that need a proxy or buying service:

-auctions.yahoo.co.jp (They now offer a buying service directly on the site. I’ve used it once and had no issue.
The fees are standard  for any buying service:

• Item price
• commission fee
• domestic shipping
• bank transfer fees
• international shipping

I have heard mix reviews about buyee but I had a positive experience with them. They allow real time bids which is great. If you have a buying service you like, you can always use them instead. The fee breakdown is all on the site if you use buyee.

- Mandarake.co.jp ( no need for a buying service, they take paypal and credit (no debit) items are cheap, but shipping can be pricey.)
- Toranoana.jp ( Occasionally has Murata’s Doujinshi up for sale. They are very well known but need a buying service. Recently they paired with with Tenso and are offering the service. I haven’t used Tenso ever so I can’t tell you about their service, fess ext. But most buying services will purchase from here, so you use whatever buying service you are comfortable with.)

Right now there is no way to directly purchase Doujinshi from Range Murata himself, unless he is attending a convention. But you can still support the artist by buying published work like art books and anthologies. So please give your support to artist you admirer. Avoid downloading scans and buy their works, even if you have to get a second hand copy.  

I’m going to stop posting Murata’s more suggestive lolicon works. I, myself have never been a fan of that particular part of his work. I was, and still am interested in Murata’s work because of his skill, and versatility. I have been able to look passed some of his subject matter, over the past few years. But now it has become quite difficult to do so, due to the fact that more or less all of his recent work feature little girls wearing bikinis in suggestive poses. I have no problem with fairly young looking characters, some are actually very cute. But it’s becoming repetitive as well as uncomfortable.