Animate (retailer)

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animate Ltd.
株式会社アニメイト

Industry	Retail
Founded	1983
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Area served	Japan Taiwan Thailand China Republic of Korea
Website	www.animate.co.jp

Animate Ltd. (株式会社アニメイト, Kabushiki gaisha Animeito) is the retailing arm of MOVIC and is the largest retailer of anime, video games and manga in Japan. The first flagship store of Animate was opened in 1983 in Ikebukuro, a district in Tokyo, Japan.