Animate (Main store, Ikebukuro) (アニメイト　池袋本店)

Anime fans, this is it: the largest anime store in the entire country. This naturally gives Animate major influence in the industry. In fact, it has exclusive deals with publishers that enable it to stock merchandise you can’t find anywhere else.

The 9th floor hosts tons of events, from anime concerts to signing events to voice actress appearances and much, much more. It also has one of the countries’ biggest collections of fan comics aimed at women, not to mention exhibitions and photo corners featuring characters from your favorite series! So why are you still reading this? Hurry and get going!