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  • Hey guys! I am out in Akihabara today

  • I'm gonna show you my favourite spot to get anime and cosplay goods in Akihabara

  • You guys know that I'm a super big fan of Nakano Broadway

  • and absolutely love it, but the place that I'm going to show you today

  • actually outdoes Nakano Broadway, in a few categories!

  • So I'm excited to give you a tour of it!

  • First I would like to introduce you guys to Veerle!

  • She's here visiting from the Netherlands!

  • She is actually the winner of Viewster's Take Me To Tokyo Contest!

  • So she won a trip to Japan for a week!

  • And we're going to hang out in Akihabara today

  • I would like to give a big thank you to Viewster for sponsoring this video

  • and offering to pay for our day out in Akihabara today, that was very awesome

  • If you don't know Viewster, it's a website where you can stream anime for free

  • and they have less ads than other sites

  • Totally recommend it if you're an anime fan and you're looking for a place to watch anime

  • Check it out, I will link it down below!

  • But yeah! Let's get started on the tour!

  • So the name of the building I'm giving you a tour of is Animate

  • They are just the pros of everything anime

  • We're on the 1st floor right now in the gacha section!

  • Of course Veerle needs to try some gacha

  • This is my first time trying them!

  • Ok that's exciting, I'm so excited for her haha

  • Really cool

  • What is that?

  • Aww My Melody, that one's really cute too

  • And then you just turn the thing?

  • Which one would you like to get the most?

  • I actually really love these two

  • Yeah those are cute

  • I got a pink one!

  • I love pink

  • How do you open it?

  • Oh gosh, that's the hardest part. They usually tape it

  • I got the one I wanted!!

  • Dude! You are so lucky!

  • Congratulations~!

  • Nice work!

  • You're already better than me at this

  • Ok so besides all the gacha machines

  • the first floor is filled with LOTS of anime goods

  • I've noticed the 1st floor seems to carry mostly anime that is popular right at the moment

  • They don't really have any older stuff

  • If you're looking for an older anime I would try some of the upper floors

  • On the 1st floor right now is lots of Love Live stuff

  • That's probably one of the most popular anime in Japan at the moment

  • So you'll see lots of that

  • But they also had a couple other things

  • like nail stickers and cat ears

  • Oh and this souvenir section had some really yummy looking cookies

  • They also had sake with anime characters on it

  • Which I thought would make a cool souvenir

  • Up on the second floor they have lots of anime DVDs

  • and they have a small cosplay section

  • but there's a much better one up on the 5th floor that I'll be showing you in a minute!

  • What I like about the 2nd floor is they have lots of discounted anime goods

  • Lots of stuff with really good deals up there!

  • So I would say start on the higher floors and work your way down

  • And if you couldn't find what you wanted up there

  • then you could get some on the bottom floor

  • But the 1st floor was definitely a lot more expensive

  • The 3rd floor is amazing because they have used stuff

  • So again, it's a lot more affordable than new products

  • Lots of collectors dolls and stuff that you would not see for sale new anymore

  • So if you're looking for older anime, check the 3rd floor for sure

  • They also had an amazing Pokemon plushie section!

  • And lots of Pokemon figures!

  • This store definitely kicks Nakano's ass in Pokemon goods

  • So if you're looking for Pokemon stuff, I recommend this place

  • Look at all these adorable plushies!

  • Apparently these POP! dolls are popular overseas?

  • I've never seen them before but they have those as well

  • And lots of gacha toys!

  • Lots of hamsters for some reason... If you like hamsters!

  • Oh this section! I love this place!

  • It's little kitchen figures? I don't know if you know what I mean

  • If you had a doll house, these would be great for stocking your doll house

  • Lots of really cute stuff!

  • And I found the Rilakkuma Cat Series!

  • Which I was really excited about and wanted to buy all of it

  • But I resisted (T__T)

  • But it's here, so if you want it, you know where to get it!

  • The 4th floor seemed to specialise in figurines

  • So if you're looking for figurines, come up to the 4th floor!

  • Lots of used stuff

  • Pretty good prices, comparable to Nakano Broadway

  • The thing that I prefer about this store to Nakano Broadway

  • It's all in one spot, so it's a lot easier to find something

  • Whereas with Nakano you have to go to each separate store

  • it's like an adventure when you're looking for something

  • The 5th floor is the cosplay floor!

  • They have lots of great cosplay makeup!

  • and their wig selection is definitely the best that I've seen in Japan

  • Hundreds! Hundreds of wigs.

  • And lots of them are pre-styled to the characters

  • So if you're not good at styling wigs, you'll probably be able to find ones that are pre-styled here

  • Lots of cool accessories like shoes and ribbons

  • Basically anything you would need for cosplay, the 5th floor will have it

  • Lots of really cute Sailor Moon costumes!

  • Costumes from basically any anime

  • I saw costumes from older anime, current anime...

  • They had weapons! Check out the weapons section

  • This is just like a cosplayer's dream

  • Lots of costumes to look through

  • They all looked really good quality and they weren't very expensive

  • So how did you enjoy Animate?

  • I loved it so much!

  • We spent a really long time inside and there's so much to see!

  • Probably about 3 hours?

  • We got quite a few things

  • I actually bought this bag of stuff for you guys!

  • So if you would like to win some anime goods

  • I'm not sure what your favourite animes are, so I just picked some random stuff

  • Most of it is pretty girly

  • But there's lots of Sonico goods in there

  • So you guys will probably enjoy those Sonico goods (#bewbs)

  • So leave a comment down below and tell me your favourite anime!

  • and I will use that random comment picker website to choose one of you

  • and I'll announce the winner 2 weeks from the day I release this video

  • So check the description box for details!

  • Good luck guys! And thanks for watching!

  • And thanks for joining me today!

  • Bye!! :D

Hey guys! I am out in Akihabara today

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