Chuo-dori · 4 min walk
- Tax-free
- R-18 floor 4F
animate Akihabara's book building: new and back-catalogue manga, light novels, art books
Hours
| Every day | 10:00 – 21:00 |
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Same hours as the 1st Building (10:00-21:00 every day). Only the ANNEX closes at 20:00 on weekends and holidays; the phone desk runs 10:00-20:00 daily
From the official page · https://www.animate.co.jp/shop/akihabara/ ·Verified 2026-09-05
Floor guide
- 1F
- New releases: comics, photo books, art books and foreign-language books, plus capsule-toy machines
- 2F
- Square Enix corner: Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, KINGDOM HEARTS and NieR:Automata books, audio and goods
- 3F
- New-release corner: new comics, novels, art books and photo books (some back catalogue too)
- 4F
- Back catalogue: shonen and seinen comics, light novels and fiction; the 18+ adult-comic section is also here
- 5F
- Latest magazines plus back catalogue: seinen comics, shojo/josei comics, BL comics and novels
How to find it
Three blue 'animate' buildings stand in a row on the east side of Chuo-dori; the 2nd Building is the nearest (southern) one. The official access page says the front building is the 2nd Building for books and only-shops, the one behind it the 1st Building for goods. About 5 minutes north from the Electric Town exit.
Tips
- Books are here in the 2nd Building; character goods, CDs, BDs and games are in the 1st Building just north, and capsule toys and game-title goods in the ANNEX
- 4F has an 18+ adult-comic section, where staff may ask for age verification
- Tax-free. Credit cards, transit IC cards, PayPay, Alipay, WeChat Pay and Tosho Card NEXT are accepted
- The renewal finished on 2026-08-08 and all floors are trading; some sections may still be moving, so check the floor signs
Other branches
2025animate Akihabara ANNEXアニメイト秋葉原ANNEXAnime goodsTax-freeCapsule-toy floors on B1F-1F, game-title goods on 2F-3F, pop-up official shops on 4F-7FChuo-dori · 4 min walk
Address
〒101-0021 東京都千代田区外神田4-3-1 アニメイト秋葉原2号館