Akihabara GAMERS
Fabrice Requin
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Akihabara Gamers has received so much of my patronage that it’s not even funny. Despite its name, this store’s focus is anime and manga, although it does have a fantastic selection of Japanese game magazines as well as a whole floor dedicated to video games and computer games. The upper floors typically host card game tournaments and autograph signings. There’s some eyebrow-raising stuff here, but that’s true for most of Akihabara. I actually came here multiple times because I noticed the products changed a little. It could be that I just missed some stuff the first time around given that it has 8 floors!
Floor guide:
1F: Mag., new comics, new merch.; 2F: DVDs; BDs; 3F: CDs; 4F: Games, strategy guides; 5F: Comics; 6F: Novels; 7F: Hobby, figures; 8F: Trading card 
Groudfloor with new magazines on sales and so on. 
Other merchandise such as K-ON! made cookies or chocolates. Nice for a souvenir. 
New novels and manga section on the first floor like Sho-Colle.
Sophisticated Evangelion stairs. 
The anime section advertising recently aired series such as Little Busters! DVDs and BD releases as well as anime music singles like Sword Art Online. 
More CD releases of fall anime. 
Artist section, where its filled with various merch of the group Sphere. 
Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo Novels with a signed certificate! 
On that day, one of the floors was revamped and made exclusively for School Idol Project which is scene as the next big thing after Idolmaster. 
Cardboard depicting the members of the project, anyone you fancy? 
One of a real made outfit worn by the group in the series. 
Typical Akihabara staircase found in shops. 
Floor dedicated to Anime and games but with various merch to purchase such as scrolls, keychain, towels and many others. 
Another Little Busters! section. 
Keychains from visual novel Love me Over. 
Nitro+ section with loads of Sonico products like the comfy and healthy mousepad. 
Wallscrolls from series and games. I know a couple that would love those Yuri Yuri scrolls. 
Type-moon section with this lovely artwork and miniature cutouts of the various characters from the works. 
Sword art Online section with novels and various cards. 
Stairs, on my way down, love the surroundings, cant complain!
After tagging off the stations exit gate make a turn on your left out of the station where youll see a SEGA building then turn right and make your way to Chuo Dori (main road). The concentrated, multi-floor store should be along the path on your right, check for the big GAMERS sign with its mascot!
2-7F: 10:00-21:00
Address: 〒 173-0021 Tokyo Itabashi Yayoi-cho 77-3
TEL: 03-5298-8720
www.anibro.jp/
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Very nice gimmicks there.
I do enjoy watching anime, but I have no desire whatsoever to play any of those games. I really have enough anime in my life, I don’t need to collect a ton of figures or play those games. I’m just not that much of a fan. I could go without anime from one day to the next, but it would be harder to go without my video games, heh.
Have you tried at least playing one game? I was the same until I played ef a tale.. thanks De-Jay! haha
Nope, I haven’t. But this is different than bashing a game without playing it, which you might be referring to. I’m sure some of them are great – they don’t have fans for nothing. I’m just not interested in any more anime in my life.
De_JaY still boogies to TENMON & Eiichiro Yanagi / minori, haha.
This is one store that I would like to visit one day. The idea of such a huge store filled with nothing but anime and game goodies seems hard to visualize for me. I also really wanna see all the cool displays the Japanese like to make for their products.
Plus Gamers has a special place in my heart as this is the store my first figma came from when I asked my friend to buy me one while I was in Japan.
They actually allow photography inside? I was under the impression that I couldn’t take photos..so kept it safely tucked into my jacket. Ahaha Akiba makes you walk up so many steps..but it’s worth it! The higher you go in some areas..the cheaper and rarer the stuff gets! Ahahaha and you can never finish buying stuff..just look at the spread Gamers has..=X
I guess so because I didnt have any problems, plus there were signs like you see on the idol project cutouts which said camera ok! ^^
I remember spending a few hours insode Gamers the first time I went. There’s just so much merchandise in there that I want that it was almost like being in heaven and hell at the same time. Heaven because I can’t find most of that stuff back home, and hell because I didn’t have the money or luggage space to bring it all back.