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If you only have Akihabara on your anime shopping bucket list, you’re missing out on the many shopping areas that are filled to the brim with every type of anime merchandise you can imagine. Gachapon? Check. Hello Kitty collab toys? Check. Themed makeup products? You …Read more »
Nice find from ANN’s Kim Morrissy on the Twitter this week: a trading card shop in Akihabara, Tokyo’s mecca for otaku merch, has apparently had enough of smelly customers. The official Twitta account for the shop announced a new shop policy on Twitter this week: …Read more »
Akihabara: Tokyo’s mecca for otaku. Now Akibazens can even get their teeth worked on in otaku style at a new dental clinic in the neighborhood. The main attraction of the dental clinic, located right in the heart of Akiba, is hygienists who dress in maid …Read more »
This season’s anime adaptation of Keigo Maki’s romantic comedy manga Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie is a big one, but just how big is it? Well, the series announced plans to pull off the biggest one-character takeover of the Akihabara area ever, with the series’ …Read more »
The Japanese horror entertainment company Kowagarasetai has announced a new gig teaming up with the franchise School Days. School Days started out at a harem dating video game that has received multiple adaptations in other forms, including manga and anime. But it twists the usual …Read more »
Adult Swim animated series Rick and Morty is mixing it up with anime once again, this time in a new short titled “The Great Yokai Battle of Akihabara.” It all starts with a busted toaster and quickly spirals into some Halloween appropriate horrors and Rick’s realization …Read more »
Adores is a major arcade located by the Akihabara Station building in Tokyo, but unfortunately it won’t be around for much longer. Like the Sega Akihabara Building 2 arcade and Silk Hat Ikebukuro arcade, it appears that the COVID-19 pandemic has chased away enough people …Read more »
Bkub Okawa’s Pop Team Epic is ridiculous in every way, from the original gag manga to the over-the-top anime adaptation that really went for it back when it aired in 2018. Now the series’ merchandise is going all out, as well, with Pop Team Epic …Read more »
The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t hit Japan as hard as other places in the world: there are only about 600 new cases per day, and life is relatively back to normal after a quasi-lockdown earlier this year. Still, many places are seeing the impact of less …Read more »
The Sega Akihabara Building 2, located in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, has been a hot spot for tourists since it opened in 2003. Unfortunately, that will soon change, as the business will close at the end of the month. SoraNews24 translated their announcement: “Notice …Read more »
A few days ago we posted about a billboard that went up in Akihabara and caught everyone’s attention for being particularly… busty. Some folks weren’t too happy about having a building-size monument to massive mammaries, and it looks like the local officials took their complaints to heart. …Read more »
When you go to Tokyo’s otaku mecca of Akihabara, you expect to be bombarded with images of questionable taste. As captured by a few Twitter users, a new ad is pushing the limits of even the most skewed otaku tastes, offering up multiple stories worth …Read more »
NBC Universal might not be the first name that pops into mind when it comes to anime, but its Japan branch is actually involved in the creation of several anime series. Now it’s getting in on the time-honored business of “anime cafe in Akihabara.” Anime …Read more »
Leaks, hacks, identity theft, fraud: online crime is on the rise around the world, and Japan is no exception. But not to worry: AKB48 is on the case. Three members of the Akihabara-based idol group appeared at an event with law enforcement in Akihabara to …Read more »
Your average Sunday in Akihabara means lots of anime, game and maid-obsessed shoppers and onlookers quietly making their way to and fro. But on April 23, Akihabara was the sight of a bit of tension when a suspicious object necessitated the evacuation of the station …Read more »
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