animate to Open New Store at DiverCity Tokyo Plaza in December 2026

animate, widely regarded as Japan's largest anime, manga and game retail chain with 125 stores across all 47 prefectures, has announced plans to open a new location in Tokyo's waterfront area.

According to the announcement, the store, to be called animate DiverCity Tokyo Plaza, will officially open in early December 2026. It will be located inside the DiverCity Tokyo Plaza commercial complex in Odaiba, an area already familiar to tourists and pop-culture fans in the capital.

The expansion into Tokyo's waterfront is presented as a new step in animate's existing retail network, promising to add another shopping destination for anime, manga and game fans visiting Odaiba.

Full details on the store's size and opening activities have not yet been disclosed. Under the current plan, animate DiverCity Tokyo Plaza will begin operating in early December 2026.