Animate Umeda has relocated to N U Chayamachi and reopened! The promotional video by Hitsujimiya Hina is now airing in Animate stores nationwide and on the official YouTube channel!~The birth of a new and unprecedented “Animate”~

Animate Umeda in Umeda, Osaka, which has been used by many customers since it opened in 2011, has moved to the third floor of N U Chayamachi, a commercial facility that offers the latest fashion, popular miscellaneous goods, and gourmet food, just a one-minute walk from the Chayamachi exit of Hankyu Osaka Umeda Station , and the entire floor has been dedicated to Animate!

Some sections will open early on November 15, 2024, with the grand opening in spring 2025.

With the theme of “NEW animate,” the store will be an evolution of the existing Animate, serving as a bridge between the works and customers, and will be full of entertainment that you can enjoy every time you visit.

In addition, the narration for the Umeda store’s reopening announcement video will be done by Hina Hitsujimiya, the vocalist of “MyGO!!!!!”! The announcement video is currently being aired at Animate stores nationwide and on the Animate official YouTube channel, so be sure to check it out.

Relocation and reopening date: November 15, 2024

Grand opening date: Spring 2025 (planned)

Address: 3F N U Chayamachi, 10-12 Chayamachi, Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture 530-0013

Access: 1 minute walk from the Chayamachi exit of Hankyu Osaka Umeda Station, 7 minutes walk from the Midosuji North Exit of JR Osaka Station

Opening hours: 11:00-21:00

*Please note that the content may be changed, postponed, or canceled due to various circumstances.

Animate Ikebukuro is a specialty store for anime, comics, and games that operates both in Japan and overseas, and its first store, Animate Ikebukuro, opened in front of Ikebukuro Sunshine City in March 1983. Since then, the company has expanded to 123 stores across Japan, and 12 stores outside of Japan in major East Asian cities such as Shanghai, Seoul, Bangkok, and Taipei, as well as Los Angeles in North America, selling products such as anime, comics, and games.

Animate Ikebukuro Main Store will expand in March 2023, and will be recognized by the Guinness World Records™ as the Largest anime shop/store in March 2024. Animate Umeda in Umeda, Osaka is scheduled to relocate and renovate in November 2024.

In order to spread anime culture around the world, we are developing stores where customers can enjoy themselves.

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