Animate Akihabara, a specialty store for anime, comics, and games, has started its renewal plan!　It will have two buildings, No.1 and No.2, and newly opened "Only Shop" and "Glatte"!

The renewal plan of "Animate Akihabara", a specialty store for anime, comics, and games, has begun!　It will be divided into two buildings, No. 1 and No. 2, and "Only Shop" and "Glatte" will be newly opened.

Animate" is a specialty store for anime, comics, and games with stores all over Japan. The Akihabara store opened on December 20, 1997. The "Animate Akihabara Main Building" will be renamed "Animate Akihabara" and will consist of two buildings, Building No. 1 and Building No. 2. The current store is in Building 1, and the new Building 2 is scheduled to open on December 9, 2022 (Fri.) The second store is the former site of "Sword Dance STORE AKIHABARA," which was in operation until October 23 (Sun.).

▲ Building No. 2

The newly opened No. 2 building will be located from the first basement floor to the seventh floor, with "Animate Cafe Glatte Akihabara" on the second floor and "Only Shop" on the sixth and seventh floors. The "Animate Cafe Glatte Akihabara" will sell glattes and icing cookies with characters printed on the cream above the drinks, and will be the first Glatte store in the Akihabara area. The first collaborations will include the TV anime "Akiba Meizu Sensou", "Ikemen Sengoku◆Toki wo Kakeru Koi" General Election Sengoku Warlord Hospitality, "Take Shobo Bono Fes", "Oji wa Usagi Desuka? and other collaborations with numerous anime works are scheduled. In addition, the "Only Shop" will exhibit various popular works and sell products.


<Store Information
Animate Akihabara No.1
4-3-2 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Opening hours: Weekdays 11:00-21:00, Weekends and holidays 10:00-20:00

Animate Akihabara Bldg. 2
Renewal opening date (Bldg. 2): December 9, 2022 (Fri.)
4-3-1 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Business hours: Weekdays 11:00-21:00, Weekends and holidays 10:00-20:00

［Bldg. 2: Floor Structure]

7F：Only store
6F：Only store
5F：Book floor
4F：Book floor
3F：Book floor
2F：GRATTE
1F: Book floor
B1F: Event Space

Animate Cafe Glatte Akihabara
Opening date: Friday, December 9, 2022
4-3-1 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Business hours: Weekdays 12:00 - 20:00 (LO 19:30)
　　　　　 Weekends and holidays: 11:00-19:00 (LO 18:30)

(C) Kazuhiko Shimamoto, MOVIC Illustration: Kazuhiko Shimamoto (C) "Akiba Meizu Senso" Production Committee (C) CYBIRD (C) Kaworu Uchida, Mikio Igarashi, Take-shobo (C) Keri Wedge, Mikio Igarashi, Take-shobo, Cream Puff (C) Zarame Shark, Mikio Igarashi, Take-shobo Cream Puff POP (c)Bossuko Takasaki, Mikio Igarashi/Takeshobo (c)Chishanomimi, Mikio Igarashi/Takeshobo (c)Harada, Mikio Igarashi/Takeshobo (c)hitomi, Mikio Igarashi/Takeshobo (c)Pesotaro, Mikio Igarashi/Takeshobo (c)Yaomachi, Mikio Igarashi/Takeshobo (C) Mitsuru Sai, Mikio Igarashi, Takeshobo (C) Enzo, Mikio Igarashi, Takeshobo (C) Tanaka Ogetsu, Mikio Igarashi, Takeshobo (C) Ayumi Kasai, Mikio Igarashi, Takeshobo (C) Tomo Kurahashi, Mikio Igarashi, Takeshobo, Cream Puff (c)Bossuko Takasaki, Mikio Igarashi, Takeshobo (c)Niyama, Mikio Igarashi, Takeshobo, cream puff (c)Harada, Mikio Igarashi, Takeshobo (c)Yoriko, Mikio Igarashi, Takeshobo (c)Koi, Houbunsha