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Animate Akihabara November 2012

Yohco — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:30:22 +0000

Took a monthly pilgrimage to Animate Akihabara. We can find new goods in this store every time.

Tiger&Bunny section.

Hetalia goods.

Magi is rapidly gaining in popularity with starting the TV anime series.

Current hottest genre, Kuroko’s Basketball section.

Other manga goods from Weekly Shonen Jump.

Hakuouki section♡

Do you know about this? A popular otome game “Hiiro no Kakera (緋色の欠片).”

Starry Sky.

The biggest section in the girls’ floor is for Uta no Prince-sama!

I want to this one! Sho-chan’s earphone jack for iPhone.

SO MANY MANY UTAPRI POSTERS!!!

Let’s take selective buying at Yaoi manga section♪

Kyaaaaa!! How kawaii boys!!! I decided buying this one♡

Umm… this one looks nice as well…

Animate staff’s recommendation message helps us.

Actually I love “Megane Danshi (眼鏡男子; boys with eyeglasses)”… so this one should be nice…

Fumu fumu… “Ao Haru Ride” is current popular shōjo manga.

★Today’s catch at Animate Akihabara

Yaoi manga “RUSH!” by Aoi Hashimoto, and “Katakoi Sokuhou” by Mayami!

↓ “RUSH!”

↓ “Katakou Sokuhou”

Kotobukiya Akihabara November 3rd.

Yohco — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 12:21:20 +0000

I report today inside of Kotobukiya Akihabara. Kotobukiya is one of major otaku goods shops in Tokyo, especially known as plastic figures’ shop. This is third time for me to report this shop on this blog. Check out the first and second report as well.

Akihabara Saturday night.

Here it is! Kotobukiya Akihabara!

At the entrance of Kotobukiya, THE IDOLM@ATER Nendoroid Petit was sold today. This is really popular series, I have them as well. You can buy this nendoroids one by one, but I recommend “Hako-gai (箱買い; buying it by the boxload)” if you complete them.

THE IDOLM@STER’s plastic figures and K-On!’s nendoroids. Kawaii!!!

(´・ω・`) Shobon (ショボーン), the most famous Japanese emoticon goods are popular with young girls and people overseas.

Do you know about ┌（┌ ＾o＾）┐? This is one of Japanese emoticon “Homoo (ホモォ).” Homoo means Fujoshi who want to Yaoi. Absolutely about me. LOL

Nameko is recent trend character in Japan. Is this kawaii…?

Nendoroids are very very popular.

On the girls floor, so many new goods have hit the streets.

Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel! When I was little, I loved her.

Rilakkuma is popular with girls all over the world!

Utapri section remain perennial favorites.

Guess what!!! The number of Kuroko’s Basketball goods are rapidly increasing!

Kotobukiya Akihabara September 9

Yohco — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:57:42 +0000

Last weekend, I visited Kotobukiya Akihabara. In the girls’ market “Uta no Prince-sama” and “The Prince of Tennis” remain the most popular. Otaku girls’ love for anime characters is deeper than the sea!

The Chuo street in Akihabara (秋葉原中央通り) is a “pedestrians’ paradise” every Sunday.

Kotobukiya Akihabara is within easy reach of the Akihabara Station.
Let’s hurry inside!

Girls’ section is on the second floor.

Ah, Creamy Mami’s keyboard! That takes me back.

Utapri section is most popular. Personally, I want to Satsuki Shinomiya’s cushion. I do love meany character♡

Utapri trading card.

Mini cushion. Otoya kawaii!

The Prince of Tennis section. Japanese girls love “prince”!

And everything else.

　
★Shop data
Kotobukiya Akihabara (コトブキヤ秋葉原館)
TEL: +81-3-5298-6300
1-8-8 Sotokanda Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 101-0021 JAPAN
Official Website: kotobukiya.co.jp

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Animate Akihabara August 31

Yohco — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 19:32:16 +0000

Visited Animate Akihabara to buy commercial yaoi manga. I have read them at manga cafe, and also I have bought yaoi dojinshi a hundred times, but to tell the truth, this was the first time for me to buy commercial yaoi manga. I was so pulsated! (In Japanese, waku waku doki doki♡)

This is it! Let’s hurry inside!

What you can see in Animate at first is “otaku souvenirs.”

Let’s go up to the floor for girls.

Found Kumamate at girls’ floor. You can play dress-up with teddy bears. These bears were sold out last time! At this time, I got full range of bears!

A thousand of anime and manga goods… I’ll not get bored looking at the shop until morning.

Commercial Manga and Books section. There are so many kawaii yaoi manga that I can’t decide what to buy! I think that yaoi manga artists have great skill in painting.

Of course you can find “not yaoi” at Animate.

Today’s catch at Animate Akihabara
Kumamate with Case Closed and Uta no Prince-sama’s costumes, and three commercial yaoi manga! All of these manga are really nice! Especially “Best Ending? (ベストエンディング？)” by Junta Mio (三尾じゅん太) is so cute. I became huge fan of this manga artist!

Culture Japan Night Tokyo Summer 2012

Yohco — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 15:23:51 +0000

Culture Japan Night Tokyo was held in Akihabara on August 24. There are many guests including Bushiroad, Animate, Tokyo Otaku Mode, and other popular companies. We had cosplay, dolls, figures, performance by Vividblaze, and some talk shows. This was the second time for me to attend this event, and I made a lot of good friends as same as last time.

Cute Vocaloid goods by Animate.

Madoka Magika figures by Good Smile Company.

Mirai-chan!

Character design pictures of Sword Art Online.

Performance by Vividblaze.

Doll collectors brought pretty dolls.

I met him last time as well!

Vocaloid Cosplay!

Found Akibaland Tours guides.

This event’s producer, Mr. Danny Choo.

Kotobukiya: place to see cool figures

Yohco — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:16:24 +0000

Kotobukiya (コトブキヤ) is a popular toy store dealing mainly with plastic models and figures. Kotobukiya in Akihabara allows customers to take photos of its inside, as same as Animate Akihabara.

Danbo arrangement contest was held. Danbo from “Yotsuba&! (よつばと！)” is recent hot character.

The staple for figures, Rei and Asuka from Evangelion.

Petit Sengoku BASARA (戦国BASARA). Which character do you like the best?

There are various kinds of Nandoroid.

BLEACH! This Ichigo Kurosaki is so cool.

You can buy anime character’s outfit for dolls!

Tiger&Bunny section. T&B goods are popular with girls.

WAHHHH! My favorite, Kamui from Gintama (銀魂)! I hope the new season of Gintama anime to start…

Found the figures of Tales of Vesperia. Kotobukiya has started to accept orders for Flynn Scifo figure.

Weekly Jump goods section. Gintama is popular!

Akira from Togainu no Chi (咎狗の血). Aww I love this!!!

Petit Hakuōki (薄桜鬼) characters.

Uta no Prince-sama (うたの☆プリンスさまっ♪) is the hottest topic here too.

Many fans leave the messages for Tokiya Ichinose’s birthday on Augusut 6.

Relakkuma (リラックマ) section. Rilakkuma is a longtime seller.

★Shop data
Kotobukiya Akihabara (コトブキヤ秋葉原館)
TEL: +81-3-5298-6300
1-8-8 Sotokanda Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 101-0021 JAPAN
Official Website: kotobukiya.co.jp

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Checking out Animate shelves!

Yohco — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 16:06:05 +0000

Checking out Animate Akihabara now!
You can find out what Japanese otaku girls are interested in, by looking at Animate shelves all in one glance.

The current hot topic is Uta no Prince-sama (うたの☆プリンスさまっ♪). The special campaign is being conducted to mark the release of the new character song CD “Shining All Star CD.”

In front of the cash register is also completely full up with Utapri!

Utapri characters’ cookies. Is Len Jinguji the most popular?

The school seal accessory. Kawaii!

OH! Keigo Atobe (跡部景吾), the popular character of the Prince of Tennis (テニスの王子様) is picking up girls!
“俺様の美技に酔いな！ (Be awed at the sight of my prowess!)”

Unfortunately the anime of Gintama (銀魂) ended, but it is still very popular.

So many character goods are here…

Now we focus our eyes to manga for Otome & Yaoi fans.

Recently, Kuroko’s Basketball (黒子のバスケ) is hot.

One of the big bestseller, “Junjo Romantica (純情ロマンチカ) series” has won enthusiastic support from many fans as a leading manga of Yaoi category over the past 10 years. The author, Shungiku Nakamura (中村春菊)’s other manga are very popular as well, especially “Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi (世界一初恋)” is recent hottest one. It is partly linked “Junjo Romantica.”

Shungiku Nakamura’s illustrations are really attractive.

Today, my interest was “Iyayo Yameteyo (いやよやめてよ).” The author, Lalako Kojima (小嶋ララ子) is a new yaoi manga artist, but her illustrations are very pretty and the story also looks interesting. You can see her blog here. >> mim.vivian.discotica

These days you can often spot “Shirokuma Cafe (しろくまカフェ)” as well. (This is not yaoi manga!)

The anime has been on the air since April.

I found very very cute cosplay bears, “Kumamate (くまめいと)”! You can dress the bears in your favorite anime character’s costumes. The bears and costumes both are for about 800 yen. I wanted to buy a bear and Utapri’s costume, but bears are sold out because it is now becoming popular. What a pity!

K-On! (けいおん！) cosplayed black bear.

Nintama Rantaro (忍たま乱太郎). I could see only black colored bears, but there are other colored bears.

WOW! Various costumes! OHH I REALLY WANT THE BEAR!!!

Kumamate Official Website: くまめいと (Japanese only)

For your information, you can get your costumes in Animate Akihabara as well.

Strolling around Akihabara

Yohco — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:43:25 +0000

Akihabara is internationally known for being a Mecca for otaku. But, it is not so well known that there is an interesting place unique to Japan, only 10-15 minutes walk away. You can enjoy both places in under few hours.

Main street “Chuo Street (中央通り)” at Akihabara, filled with otaku on weekends. Some maids and cosplayers who stand on the street luring customers can be seen here.

I usually buy dōjinshi in this store, “Comic Toranoana Akihabara Main Store B (コミックとらのあな秋葉原店B).” From 5 to 7th floors are for otaku girls including yaoi fans.

★Shop data
Comic Toranoana Akihabara Main Store B
TEL: +81-3-3526-5551
4-3-1 Sotokanda Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 101-0021 JAPAN
Official Website: www.toranoana.jp/shop/akihabara/

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One of my favorites in Akihabara, “Gachapon Kaikan (ガチャポン会館).” Have you ever enjoyed Gachapon? Gachapon is Japanese capsule toy machine. They are similar to the coin-operated toy vending machines seen outside of grocery stores and other retailers in other countries. Japanese gachapon can cost anywhere from ¥100 to ¥500. This Gachapon Kaikan is gathering many Gachapon from each companies.

There are many kinds of Gachapon. The capsule toys cannot be understood by most people who are not otaku.

I found the poster Gachapon of Uta no Prince-sama!

★Shop data
Gachapon Kaikan (ガチャポン会館)
TEL: +81-3-5209-6020
3-15-5 Sotokanda Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 101-0021 JAPAN
Official Website: www.akibagacha.com

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From Gachapon Kaikan, it is about 10 minutes on foot to Ueno area. What you first see is the department store “Matsuzakaya Ueno (松坂屋上野店).” Matsuzakaya Ueno still has a rooftop playground, which used to be around every department store in Japan. This is retro-flavored sight.

　　
There are many interesting places, but it is “Ameya Yokocho (アメヤ横町)” that is playing a leading role in cheerful atmosphere of Ueno. Ameya Yokocho, commonly known as Ameyoko (アメ横) is home to over 180 shops, which sell products ranging from fresh food and fish to clothing and time pieces.

Fresh coconut juice. Yummy!

P.S. Today’s catch in Akihabara
Mini Natsuki Shinomiya (Uta no Prince-sama). It is attached to my camera’s strap. Kawaii♡