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Animate Ltd. (株式会社アニメイト,Kabushiki gaisha Animeito) is the retailing arm ofMovic and is the largest retailer ofanime,video games andmanga in Japan. The first flagship store ofAnimate was opened in 1983 inIkebukuro, a district inTokyo, Japan.
Acos Co., Ltd. (株式会社アコス): A subsidiary specialized in costumes.
ACOS animate costume kan (ACOS アニメイトコスチューム館): A chain of costume shops by acos co., ltd.
ACOS Online Shop (ACOSオンラインショップ): An online shop for acos co., ltd.
Animate Film (アニメイトフィルム): An animation studio.
Animate-GyaO Corporation (株式会社アニメイトギャオ)/animate Bookstore (アニメイトブックストア): An electronic book store.
Animate North America, Ltd.: A North American subsidiary.
USA Animate Online Shop: An online store for the United States market for Animate North AMERICA, Ltd., established in Jan 2013.[6] The online store was closed on 2016-02-29, and re-opened on 2018-07-14.
Animate Oversea Co., Ltd. (安利美特股份有限公司): A joint venture of animate Ltd., Kadokawa Taiwan Corporation, and Nongxueshe (later United Distribution Co.). The company acts as an operator of Animate branches in Taiwan and Hong Kong. In 2000, the first overseas store was established inXimending, Taipei.[7]
Animate Shanghai Co., Ltd. (魅特（上海）商贸有限公司): Established in May 2011.
Animate Chinese online shopping platform (animate中国線上購物平台): ATmall online store operated by animate Shanghai Co., Ltd., established in 2012-01-06.
Animate Times (アニメイトタイムズ,Animmeito Taimuzu): An online streaming and industry news site. It was formerly "Animate TV", but changed its name in 2016.[8]
Japan Manga Alliance CO., LTD. (株式会社ジャパン マンガ アラインス): It is a joint venture of animate Ltd.,Kadokawa Corporation,Kodansha,Shueisha,Shogakukan, established in 2015-09-01. The company was incorporated in Bangkok, Thailand in autumn 2015.[9] The company acts as an operator of Animate branches in Bangkok.
animate JMA Co., Ltd: Established in 2015-09-28 as a 100% subsidiary of Japan Manga Alliance. The first animate shop under the company was opened in 2016-02-06 atMBK (Mahboonkrong) Center in Bangkok as animate Bangkok store (アニメイト バンコク店).[10][11]
Libre (リブレ出版株式会社): Originally part of Biblos Co., Ltd. (株式会社ビブロス) Following the bankruptcy ofBiblos on April 5, 2006, caused by the chain bankruptcy started by its parent company Hekitensha (碧天舎),[12] animate, MOVIC, Frontier Works Inc. funded the company allowing Biblos Co., Ltd., to continue operation. On May 1, 2006, the company was renamedLibre Publishing and became a subsidiary of animate Ltd.[13] However, the company was still registered as established on December 28, 2000.
ANIBRO Ltd. (株式会社アニブロ): On January 23, 2008, Animate's rival company,Broccoli, announced that they collaborated with Animate and made a new company "AniBro", with 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.[14]
coade (株式会社コアデ): The company name was derived from its own slogan 'Code Anime Design'.
Meito Anisawa (兄沢 命斗,Anisawa Meito) is Animate's mascot character, affectionately known as the Anime Tenchō (アニメ店長). He is depicted as a wild anime character with spiky hair and rippling muscles, clad with the Animate uniform, going to extreme measures to promote Animate's goods. Anoriginal video animation based on the character was produced byGainax and released in 2002. Another OVA was released in 2010. An animation project which crosses over Anime Tencho with theTouhou Project was produced byufotable and aired on November 20, 2010, at the Animate Ichioshi Bishojo Anime Matsuri to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Animate's mascot character.[16] Meito has also made various appearances in other media, such as theLucky Star anime series and video games such asDisgaea 4 andTouch My Katamari.[17] Meito is voiced byTomokazu Seki in his anime appearances, and is voiced byLex Lang in the English dub ofLucky Star.[18]
^アニメイトTVから「アニメイトタイムズ」へ！ サイトが生まれ変わりました！ [From Animate TV to Animate Times! The site has been revamped!] (in Japanese). Animate. April 27, 2016.Archived from the original on August 30, 2024. RetrievedAugust 30, 2024.
^Demars, Anne (2008). "Les éditeurs deboys love". In Brient, Hervé (ed.).Homosexualité et manga : le yaoi. Manga: 10000 images (in French). Editions H. pp. 12–16.ISBN978-2-9531781-0-4.
