Comic Toranoana Akihabara Store A, the flagship store of the doujin store Toranoana, closes on August 31.

Comic Toranoana Akihabara Store A, the flagship store of Toranoana, which sells doujinshi, comics, PC games, and Toranoana original goods, will close on Wednesday, August 31, 2012. The location is along Chuo Street. It is located along Chuo Dori, next to the "Animate Akihabara Main Building," an anime store and specialty store.

Comic Toranoana" is a specialty store that mainly sells doujinshi, doujin games, manga, comics, CDs, anime BD/DVDs, bishojo games, etc., throughout Japan.

According to the information posted on the website

the stores that will close on August 31, 2022 (Wednesday) are

Akihabara Store A
Shinjuku Store
Chiba Store
Namba Store A
Umeda Store

The company has also abandoned the Nagoya store, which it had been seeking to reopen since last year. The Ikebukuro store will continue to focus on women's doujinshi. The store business has been severely impacted by the Corona disaster since 2020, and the closure of the Ikebukuro store was due to the fact that there are no signs of recovery at this point in time. Although sales at directly managed stores will be temporarily reduced, the in shop business, which the company has been engaged in since the year before last, now has more than 10 locations, and new stores are scheduled to open in Toyama, Aichi, and Shizuoka prefectures in July, August, and September.

In Akihabara, which has played a central role for Toranoana, the company is preparing to open a gallery-type store where illustration exhibitions can be held, and is continuing discussions about reopening a new store, and will announce the details when the reopening is realized.

In the future, in addition to the Ikebukuro store, in shop, and the illustration gallery shop as a new store format, as well as mail-order sales and existing digital services such as Fantia, they hope to expand support for creators, including Toramarriage.

Comic Toranoana Akihabara Store C and Comic Toranoana Akihabara Store B will close on April 4 (Sun) and April 6 (Sun), 2021, respectively, and the closure of Comic Toranoana Akihabara Store A will mark the end of 28 years of operation in the Akihabara area. The closure of "Comic Toranoana Akihabara Store A" marks the end of 28 years of store operation in the Akihabara area.

<Store Information
Toranoana Akihabara Store A
4-3-1 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Weekdays 12:00-20:00
Weekends and holidays 11:00-19:00
Closed: None