Anima Tokyo, Tsim Sha Tsui, take a first look at the 80,000-square-foot Japanese animation experience center + Showa-style food street

The Japanese animation experience center Anima Tokyo will officially open on April 29 on Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. It will be a three-story building covering an area of 80,000 square feet. The museum has a limited-time limited store and a specialty animation peripheral store, selling more than 4,000 products of various styles, including exclusive original products and collaboration products. AnimaToky will also collaborate with different units to promote movie releases, new games, new products and hold special exhibitions. It covers many sets of classic and popular anime, including the Japanese classic animation “Mobile Suit Gundam”, “Chibi Maruko-chan” and “Peter Pan Astro Boy”.

▲The Japanese animation experience center Anima Tokyo will officially open on April 29 at Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui.

When entering the main entrance of the underground floor, there is a giant display screen nearly 2 floors high, showing brand stories, major IPs and exhibition short films.

▲When entering the main entrance of the underground floor, there is a super giant display screen that is nearly 2 stories high.

After passing the big screen at the main entrance, you immediately enter the futuristic rainbow tunnel, which is inspired by the speed line in the comics. It displays a variety of rare and collectible “Pokemon” game cards, as well as more Check in at the Rainbow Tunnel for a souvenir. In addition, the ceiling and display cabinets also incorporate comic storyboard elements, decorated with black and white main colors and polka dots to highlight the characteristics of each IP.

▲A variety of rare and collectible “Pokemon” game cards are displayed inside, and you can also check in at the Rainbow Tunnel as a souvenir.

During the trial period, Anima Tokyo. The underground floor will display classic Japanese animations such as “Mobile Suit Gundam”, “Chibi Maruko-chan” and “Astro Boy”. Different themes will be changed regularly in the future. In addition, more than 4,000 items of various items are sold. In addition, a game experience area has been set up since the beginning of the week, providing the latest games from the three major game giants PlayStation 5, Nintendo switch and Xbox for trial play. Gashapon will also partner with Gashapon to set up a POp-up Store in late May to introduce more than 30 gashapon machines.

▲The underground floor will exhibit Japanese classic animations such as “Mobile Suit Gundam”, “Chibi Maruko-chan” and “Astro Boy”. Different themes will be changed regularly in the future.

Opening of the first limited-time exhibition “Fullmetal Alchemist Exhibition”

To celebrate this opening, “Fullmetal Alchemist Exhibition” is located in the Anima Tokyo / Incubase Arena animation and entertainment base on 1/F. The exhibition area is approximately 10,000 square feet, with more than 300 exhibits and collectibles on display. Including costumes and props used in the live-action movie “Fullmetal Alchemist 2022”. The exhibition is divided into seven areas, including one-to-one models, three-dimensional clothing exhibits, and animated multimedia installations, creating a stunning world view of “Fullmetal Alchemist”. The exhibition also specially prepares original check-in attractions for fans. , including the classic scenes of “Alchemist Laboratory”, “Synthetic Beast”, “Retrieval of the Right Hand” and “Door of Truth”.

Anima Tokvo Incubase Arena has also opened a themed cafe and launched a variety of limited-time food and beverages based on character themes: including “Full Steel Chain” skewers & shrimp cakes, spicy meat sauce hot dogs, crispy apple slices, crispy Fried chicken nuggets, Luo Huan Ice Cream Fortress, “Chain of Steel” rose honey syrup, Jade Green Tea, Alishan Oolong Tea and Tieguanyin Milk Tea. In addition, the exhibition also has a dedicated merchandise area selling “Fullmetal Alchemist” peripheral products and Hong Kong-exclusive world premiere peripheral products.

Michelin team recreates Japanese Showa-style food street

Anima Tokyo’s Michelin team is located in the large retro Showa-style dining plaza on the second floor – “Japanese Food Yokomachi”, which covers an area of more than 30,000 square feet. The decoration design reproduces the classic features of the retro Showa era from the 1940s to the 1980s. “Japanese Gourmet Yokomachi” brings together 10 unique Japanese restaurants. The menus of each restaurant are designed and managed by the Michelin team, including “Haibao Seafood”, which specializes in fresh seafood, and “Sushi”, which specializes in hand-made sushi. “Love”, Futong Japanese cuisine “Tori Izakaya”, authentic Japanese ramen “i Ramen”, handmade bakery “Peach Baking Studio” run by a baker who once worked at a five-star hotel in Tonko, and Japanese whiskey “Takumi Whiskey Bar” and so on. In addition, “Japanese Food Yokomachi” also has a kimono experience area and regularly holds various activities, including whole tuna carving performances and different Japanese festivals and other cultural activities.

▲”Japanese Food Yokomachi” brings together 10 unique Japanese restaurants. The menus of each restaurant are designed and managed by the Michelin team

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May Day Golden Week launches trial opening limited offer

During the trial opening period, in order to respond to the expectations of Anima Tokyo, the animation fans of Agricultural University, a series of opening-limited promotions and discounts were launched, including:

Wear anime costumes to visit Anima Tokyo on designated days and get 5% off on shopping and dining

During the May Day Golden Week (April 29 to May 15), as long as you wear anime costumes, you can enjoy exclusive discounts on shopping and dining, including 5% off Anima Tokyo shopping discounts and Japanese gourmet Yokomachi dining discounts

Enjoy 10% off. (Except the first floor)

Spend $500 or more and get a free kimono wearing experience

Customers spend $500 or more at “Japanese Food Yokocho”. With the voucher, you can wear a kimono for free for 30 minutes in the kimono experience area and take photos in the store.