Animate
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This article is about Animate - a Japanese retail chain. For the action to animate, an optical illusion of motion created by the consecutive display of images of static elements, see Animation.
| Animate Co. Ltd. | |
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| Type of Company | |
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| Founded | 1983 |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
| Industry | Retail |
| Slogan | Your favorite place for your pleasure and dream. |
| Website | Official Website (Japanese) |
Animate (株式会社アニメイト) is the retailing arm of MOVIC and is the largest retailer of anime, games, and manga in Japan. The first and headquarters store of Animate opened in 1983 and is located in Ikebukuro, a district in Tokyo, Japan. Currently, there are 38 Animate stores in Japan, and one in Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan). However, for a brief period of time, there was also one in Southern California, specifically in Los Angeles, which closed some time in 2003.
