Animate 788620 217369758 2008-06-05T19:04:32Z ClueBot 4928500 Reverting possible vandalism by [[Special:Contributions/90.203.232.84|90.203.232.84]] to version by Cloud668. False positive? [[User:ClueBot/FalsePositives|Report it]]. Thanks, [[User:ClueBot]]. (407667) (Bot) {{otheruses}} {{Infobox Company | company_name = Animate Co. Ltd. | company_logo = [[Image:Animate.png|135px]] | company_slogan = Your favorite place for your pleasure and dream. | company_type = | foundation = [[1983]] | location = [[Tokyo, Japan]] | industry = [[Retail]] | homepage = [http://www.animate.co.jp/ Official website] }} [[Image:ikebukuro-honten.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Animate Ikebukuro main store.]] [[Image:Animate+Toranoana.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Animate Akihabara]] {{Nihongo|'''Animate'''|株式会社アニメイト|Kabushiki kaisha Animeito}} is the retailing arm of [[MOVIC]] and is the largest retailer of [[anime]], [[game|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]], [[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. ==Collaboration with Broccoli== On [[January 23]], [[2008]], Animate's rival company, [[Broccoli (company)|Broccoli]], announced that they collaborated with [[Animate]] and made a new company "AniBro". Animate holds 70% of the company, while Broccoli holds 30%. The president of the company will be the CEO of Animate, although he will continue to manage Animate along with AniBro. AniBro plans to expand using the AniBro brand to many places in Japan.<ref>{{citeweb |url=http://www.broccoli.co.jp/company/pr/pdf/080123_pr_teikei.pdf |title=株式会社アニメイトとの資本・業務提携及び合弁会社設立に関するお知らせ |accessdate=2008-01-26 |language=Japanese |publisher=Broccoli}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.animate.co.jp/ Animate Official Homepage] {{ja icon}} * [http://www.animate-world.com/ Animate USA Official Webpage] {{en icon}} [[Category:Anime companies]] [[Category:Companies of Japan]] [[Category:Retailers]] [[Category:Video game retailers]] {{retail-stub}} [[ja:アニメイト]] [[zh:安利美特]]