Taipei Ximending animate animation store

Animate, an animation specialty store from Japan, has also opened a branch in Ximending, Taipei. Animation fans must come here! There are a lot of animation and related products in the store. The Animate animation store is located on the first basement floor. The entrance is on the inside of the building (not facing the main road), so it is a bit blocked, so be careful.

Going down the stairs, many of the latest anime and trailers are displayed in the stairwell.

There is a row of gashapon machines at the entrance of animate, but it’s still a good idea to check out any interesting and non-gimmicked gashapon machines. Today’s winner is the Rock Climbing Gacha (laughs).

Animate's in-store photos, the rich man thinks the store space is quite large.

The animate store can be roughly divided into several areas:

• Collection card machine area
• Animation area
• Animation merchandise area
• Animation celebrity signature area (photography cannot be taken in this area)
• Japanese books section

Collection card machine area

There are several card-making machines in the entrance area. After investing 50 yuan, you can get a card. It seems that you can get a limited number of cards.

Animation area

In the animation and comics section, comics account for the largest portion of the products in the entire store. They are all packaged and cannot be taken apart to read. Friends who want to read free comics can go hereTaipei Comic Theme LibraryGo and have a look.

There are a lot of comics and you can find a variety of themes.

There is also a erotic comics section. The rich man thinks that like the Japanese store, there should be a special 18-year-old section. It is really inappropriate to put it together with ordinary comics.

ha! There are actually book covers for sale again. Available in various sizes and brands.

Animation merchandise area

Animation products from all major brands can be seen here.

hololive production, Japan's well-known VTuber agency, has launched many co-branded products specifically for virtual idols, which are also deeply loved by many fans.

animate also provides pre-order service for books.

lashinbang product area

Please note that there are many lashinbang (compass) second-hand anime products in this area, and many friends are shopping in this area. There are many exquisite pins, minifigures, cards, stationery and other products for you to dig for.

Japanese books section

Fortunately, it is a store from Japan, and there are also many Japanese books sold in the store.

Convert the price directly in Japanese yen, the exchange rate is not cheap! From some books published for voice actors, I feel that the animation industry is still very prosperous and popular in Japan.

Store information

Business hours: 12:00 – 22:00

Address: B1, No. 39, Section 1, Zhonghua Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 100