Asobit City
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Sun 2008/02/17 06:06
Asobit City is a chain of hobby related stores owned by the Laox group.
There are three Asobit City stores in Akiba - one is Asobit Game, the Asobit Hobby is near Akihabara station and today we are going to spend some time in Asobit Chara City - the store that specializes in character goods.
There are three Asobit City stores in Akiba - one is Asobit Game, the Asobit Hobby is near Akihabara station and today we are going to spend some time in Asobit Chara City - the store that specializes in character goods.
I usually start off on the 2nd floor where all the Gundam stuff is.
Still have not picked Unicorn Gundam up and wont be until I finish my MG Wing Gundam which is only half finished ^^;
Did anybody get Lancelot? The quality seems a bit crappy.
Stack O Gundam goodies.
Mustn't forgot about the Seed girls.
Geass case for the DS.
HCM Pro stuff.
The Yoko scans...
Case O Gundams.
Wall O Gundams
Was just thinking that its been 4 years since the last PG (Strike Gundam) ...
On the 3rd floor of Asobit Chara you will find all the tokusatsu stuff - Kamen Rider, Ultraman, Sentai series etc.
Case O Ultraman.
Case O Kamen Rider.
Case O Dance Troopers.
The 4th floor is my fave - full O female figurines.
Theres a corner on the 4th floor full of Haruhi stuff - love Mikuru-chan on this jigsaw.
Nendoroid Haruhi.
Figumate Haruhi.
Haruhi dolls.
Looks like the rumor was true and that Tsuruya-san is the most unpopular out of the Haruhi bunch?
Potemayo - never watched. Recommended?
Tora Dora girls.
Shunya Yamashita Petra.
Figma case. Want that Haruhi but don't want the game.
Geass girls.
Dacapo girls.
ToHeart girls.
More ToHeart girlies.
Shining Wind Girlies and Belldandy in the Kotobukiya case.
More stacks of figures.
Case O Nendoroid.
More more stacks O figures.
On the 5th floor of Asobit Chara you will find all the doll related stuff. This Saber is so sweet. Oh and they have cosplay stuff too.
They also have quite a few eroge too.
Eroge mags - thicker than a MacBook Air.
Evening wear.
If you need something scary to put in front of your house to scare cats, pigeons and small children then you can find lots of stuff on the 5th floor.
For folks who want to dress up as a maid/kitten hybrid.
Would look great in the office.
Google has beanbags and wax lamps in their office - Mirai Inc will have dolls and figures ^^;
Oh what large eyes you have.
Fancy some pantsu?
Or how about a set of eyes?
Present for your little nephew?
You know, I bet some folks buy these to stick in their underwear.
Boots. You know I bet some people buy these to stick on their.....
....fingers.
....fingers.
Back on the first floor where you will find games related to character series and some other accessories.
Case O Moetans.
Case O good (right) and bad (that Q-Joy stuff on the left).
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Fri 02/15 05:51 comments (119)
Why does it pain me to see all those Tsuruya figures sitting unbought. If only I could just go over there and buy 4 or 5. CURSE YOU LOW PAYING JOB AND COLLEGE SAVINGS! CURSE YOU!!!!
(ID #72482) Posted on 2008/02/17 05:40
Raven, AMV & MAD maker, Otaku
WOW!!!!and LOL!!!!!!!!!!! they have keroro and code geass and gundam[obvius] and etc. this place has almost everything @_@
(ID #72483) Posted on 2008/02/17 05:42
Student
Gaaah! I went into major moe mode!!! I love Asobit City!!! My eyes (LOL) nearly fell out last time I went there...
(ID #72484) Posted on 2008/02/17 05:58
anime/cosplay events organizer
wai~!!! *heart heart heart* so much figures, so many to choose from yet so little budget lulz XDDD i so wanted the CC ad Kallen figures so much
(ID #72486) Posted on 2008/02/17 06:02
Student
Why cant American have 5 storys of anime!! dont really need the fifth but still!! oo yeah wondering, why are they selling panties at that shop, cant they just walk into Victoria's secret and get some, or at least get it from a real girl... no want fake panties
(ID #72487) Posted on 2008/02/17 06:02
Webmaster
"If you need something scary to put in front of your house to scare cats, pigeons and small children then you can find lots of stuff on the 5th floor." ROFL! I died at this, because it's so true. I would definitely have to avoid the 5th floor, but I think I will need to spend great amounts of time everywhere else, and bring lots of money. XD
(ID #72488) Posted on 2008/02/17 06:11
WOW awesome store, and yes, potemayo good d(*_*) I really liked that series,it made me laugh a lot, I strongly recommend it.
(ID #72489) Posted on 2008/02/17 06:13
Anime Retailer
A real treat this post has been... I imagined myself being dropped there in person for a day... What a happy feeling. Only a good flogging would remove my grin. Let's see, how can I make the time to get there this year?
(ID #72490) Posted on 2008/02/17 06:14
would like to ask.. how do you take photos from these shop most of the time..(or maybe because of your popularity? lol) it's because i did remember seeing no photography sign within most akihabara shops.. and that's the main reason i didn't any of them though my previous trip.. quite sad though..
(ID #72491) Posted on 2008/02/17 06:21
Student
whoaaaa~ imagine if that kind of store opened in here.....so much stuff that I want! no store so cool like that in my country though..... T_T
(ID #72492) Posted on 2008/02/17 06:23
NEET (no, student, AND employed min. wage)
dude, I must have visited during the wrong time period (Christmas/New Years). I found NO Unicorn Gundam models, and none of puchi Haruhi Nendroid.
(ID #72493) Posted on 2008/02/17 06:25
student , otaku and awesome blogger
my god, when i go to japan i'm going to visit that store and sprend over a 1000 dollars in that one store. you are sooooo lucky
(ID #72496) Posted on 2008/02/17 06:32
Website Producer, Amateur Voice Actor
Ah..Asobit City..I can seriously recall some of those camera angles in my own browsing when I visited Tokyo for my last week in Japan. In fact, I think I may have stood in front of those cosplay outfits holding up a Haruhi cosplay top. Natsukashii na...Thanks for that! ^^
(ID #72497) Posted on 2008/02/17 06:46
If I go to Japan sometime in the future that's where I'm gonna go... orz
(ID #72498) Posted on 2008/02/17 06:48
Leisure Consultant, Writer, Webmaster
Wow I don't know anything about Gundam action figures or any other figures in general. I guess I suck as an otaku....Oh well time for some research? What type of figures should I start with? Someone give me some advice.....
(ID #72499) Posted on 2008/02/17 06:52
By the time I came here on my last day, I already ran out of money ._. Also, I can't imagine anyone answering "No" to the poll today (ﾟДﾟ)
(ID #72500) Posted on 2008/02/17 07:03
Project Manager, Engineer
Potemayo is a very funny anime!!! I recommended it for those who likes to laugh!! you wont regret it!!!
(ID #72501) Posted on 2008/02/17 07:11
Danny, Potemayo truly is awesome. Granted, it's not for everyone but its minimalistic and cutting comedy is just so unique. I REALLY want to buy that Potemayo plushie. The best one of the lot IMO.
(ID #72502) Posted on 2008/02/17 07:29
Wow, what a store >.
(ID #72503) Posted on 2008/02/17 07:59
Student
They're... Selling Touhou Cosplay!!?! Excuse me while I calm down. I just wonder what other Touhou stuff they sell there. Also that doll's head is the scariest thing I've seen all day and will haunt my nightmares.
(ID #72504) Posted on 2008/02/17 08:02
Eh? Something's not right with my comment O.O, doesn't display everything. Anyway, sorry repost ^^; "Wow, what a store...I could spend one whole day there, and probably still won't get enough of it XD"
(ID #72505) Posted on 2008/02/17 08:02
Part trooper, part -timer, 100% loser...
I could spend the whole day (window) shopping without stopping...
(ID #72506) Posted on 2008/02/17 08:38
Nice photos! I always make a beeline to the 4th floor! Gotta love the girlie figures... I take it you are on good terms with the manager there then? The only photo i had the guts to take in there was a sneaky one of the life-size papermoon bunny girl. I just couldnt resist... You gonna do a lengthy photo tour of Lammtarra next? Pleeeeaaase...? :-P
(ID #72510) Posted on 2008/02/17 09:14
Polytechnic Senior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer, Pokemon Indexer.
I could walk around in there for hours and not feel tired. That Lancelot box there looks larger than the one I've seen in Singapore though. But that all for CG:LOTR? I was hoping they'd have a Guren Mk. 2... ... ToT
(ID #72511) Posted on 2008/02/17 09:16
This place is like heaven to me... So many cute figures, so little money >.
(ID #72512) Posted on 2008/02/17 09:17
Awesome place. I'll keep that place in mind when I visit Japan.
(ID #72513) Posted on 2008/02/17 09:19
IT-Architect, SysAdmin, WebDesign and Coding, Virtualization (VMware + NetApp)
I seriously did gather drool in my mouth now... damnit. I want such awesome shops in germany... thats just NOT fair... *cries* Reminds me, i need to look for a nice leather case for my NDS tho. :( With an Anime motive it would be so much much better... i wonder if there are laptop softcases with Anime relaed stuff on it too? Like those neoprene thing i had for my MacBook Pro, that was really awesome - just did lack the anime design! Now i could use something stylish for my PC Laptop... (well i put it as it is in my Japanese High School Bag atm i got from J-List *lovelove*)
(ID #72514) Posted on 2008/02/17 09:25
Student and full-time otaku
Must go to Japan....now...drool
(ID #72519) Posted on 2008/02/17 10:32
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
Toradora=WANT DaCapo=WANT ToHeart=WANT I WANNA GO SO BAD DAMMIT!!! And I wanna paper moon doll just cos they're so pretty....
(ID #72521) Posted on 2008/02/17 11:42
Policy & Research Officer
Woah case of kamen riders! I want!
(ID #72522) Posted on 2008/02/17 11:52
五〇一軍团 TK8316 Singapore Garrison Public Relations Officer
*this is a gentle reminder to danny to finish his MG wing zero* ^^;
anyway what's on the first floor? me love floor 2 to 4. ('~')
(ID #72523) Posted on 2008/02/17 12:36
Student
Definitely a shop I must visit when I go to Akibahara in a couple years, I think I'll stay in the Gundam and figure floors, will probably take a peek at the eroge floor XD
(ID #72525) Posted on 2008/02/17 12:50
Its stores like this that make me wish I was rich. I would totally go nuts in a place like that and clean them out.
(ID #72526) Posted on 2008/02/17 13:22
I didnt see a single thing that didnt catch my attention...though I probably wouldn't get too far from the gundam section ^^; Im actually looking for some Gundam 00 models any suggestions to where I can get one?
(ID #72527) Posted on 2008/02/17 13:34
University Student.
I needed a restraining order by my friend in that store else I would have gone bankrupt in 10mins (still bought 3 figures though). Time spent was mainly on the 4th floor. Come to think of it I didn't visit the other 2 Asobit City stores in Akiba lol. I want to go back there again!!
(ID #72528) Posted on 2008/02/17 13:36
must go there... *slowly reaches toward Japan *dies
(ID #72530) Posted on 2008/02/17 14:12
McMaster Engineering Level I
How can someone say no to there being nothing they would like in that store o.O!
(ID #72532) Posted on 2008/02/17 14:46
Definitely want most of that stuff... Especially those Geass girls. Also been trying to get that Geass DS case for ages. Sold out everywhere... T_T
(ID #72533) Posted on 2008/02/17 14:51
Kokoro Kotonoha's personal trainer
Jesus friggin' Christ! I must visit this place someday if i ever make it to Akihabara. This is overwhelming. All the To Heart 2 Another Days figures, all the Moetan figures, and especially the Max Factory Tsuruya-san. Good work.
(ID #72534) Posted on 2008/02/17 16:12
Visual Communications and Web 2.0
i would love to have some of those Gundam models, I never tried them before, but kind of want to. We don't have anything like this where I live, well now that I think about it, there might be one store close by which I never been to that might carry some figures. Off to the store...
(ID #72535) Posted on 2008/02/17 16:15
Heads up, Danny! You can order the Figma Haruhi on HLJ now without the game, but she's like two times more expensice than Yuki.
(ID #72537) Posted on 2008/02/17 16:27
omg thats a freaking cool shop >< wish there was once at my place =S
(ID #72538) Posted on 2008/02/17 16:28
I really don`t care about gundams,sorry, but some figures, like the Code Geass intersting me!! So is true that Tsuruya is unpopular!? I can`t understand this japanese people... Who can resist a smile with fang like that!?
(ID #72539) Posted on 2008/02/17 16:32
GUNDAMS. WANT. So much stuff I want from there. D:
(ID #72540) Posted on 2008/02/17 16:35
lol, why do they sell pantsu.
(ID #72541) Posted on 2008/02/17 16:40
Combat Meido
Great! I don't know how long my credit card would survive there. About 3 minutes I think.
(ID #72544) Posted on 2008/02/17 17:10
I don't know why Tsuruya is unpopular, I think she's the best character lol, fang FTW ^^. Potemayo was a great anime to watch, possibly the best part was Guchuko-chan, they should make a 1/1 scale version of her instead of Potemayo; everyone would buy Guchuko-chan.
(ID #72545) Posted on 2008/02/17 17:14
Troubleshooter, Universal Exports
GUNDAM!!! ^^ I always heard this shop was filled with lots of goodies. Thanks for the photos Danny. Now I can't wait to have a visit. Most likely I will start out on the 2nd floor and just walk around and look look look. When i stop back the second day then I will spend money. I like to do my shopping that way. I see the new metal GFF. Wondering if I should get this one as well... It would be nice if they did something new for the metal GFF line. Oh heck Danny, I just wish I had some extra time to think about building a model. Looking forward to a post on the MG Wing when you get it completed. The colors you want to use should look good. Oh man, look at all the figures... drool... I've reduced my figure collect down to nothing. I really want to start buying some new ones... Really!? Dolls in the Mirai Inc. office. How will you get work done? ^^; Seriously, that would probably be interesting thing to have in the office. Something one probably doesn't see often.
(ID #72546) Posted on 2008/02/17 17:16
I would go check out the Gundams! The stores seem great, would love to check it out.
(ID #72548) Posted on 2008/02/17 17:28
See any goodies you want from Asobit Chara City? I WANT MOST OF IT!!!
(ID #72551) Posted on 2008/02/17 17:45
Director/Technical Director, Cameraman
Danny you're making e want to go back to Japan even more and more : < I almost forgot all the good deals there are.
(ID #72552) Posted on 2008/02/17 17:50
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
Good things yes, ugly.. YES. :P Anyways, I'm glad I don't live there... bankrupcy is an issue.
(ID #72553) Posted on 2008/02/17 18:08
OMG! YES!! This is my favourite store in the whole of Akihabara!!! I love Gamers, Animate, etc but this store, is my favourite store...simply because it was my saviour. When i went to Akiba, i went everywhere looking for gurren lagann merchandise, and everywhere was either soled out, or just didn't have any. But on my circular tour of Akiba, i was starting to think i would never find anything gurren-lagann related, then i found this store, on walking up to the second floor, and seeing all the mechs, i was like "i must be in luck here, surly" and sure enough, on the second aisle, there it was, a whole section, devoted to gurren lagann, naturally, i was soo happy, i went into overload, and bought everything there was at the time, all the figures they had in stock, t-shirts, mugs, wrist bands, and the trading figure card boxes (x6), i then got to the till and realised, i hadn't checked the prices, btu i didn't care, and it came to a very reasonable 50,000 Yen, i also got a free drill for buying soo much. But now there is soo much more stuff there, soo much more stuff i want and need, especially that Yoko book. But it is set, i am returning in easter of 2009, so i shall fill up on gurren lagann stuff then ^_^
(ID #72556) Posted on 2008/02/17 18:28
working to pay for figures etc.
I didn't know Aso Bit City had QUITE so much goodness in it - must go there next time I visit! ("Give me Haruhis!")
(ID #72557) Posted on 2008/02/17 18:30
I need to get there, immdediately please t_t Those modelkits caught my attention. Didn't finish my first kit yet but I'll order the next ones today ^^
(ID #72559) Posted on 2008/02/17 18:56
I'd definitely buy a lot of stuff if I were to go there. Your comments were really amusing at times too.
(ID #72560) Posted on 2008/02/17 19:01
you went dressed up?
(ID #72565) Posted on 2008/02/17 21:21
Hey Danny since you've mentioned ABC I'd need help from you about it. According to the guide book(s) I had, there was apparently a gunji/military branch of Asobit City in Akihabara, where there's supposed to be discount on every 15th of the month. I've tried to get there twice, but it's always closed. Is that branch is there, or it's moved/gone?
(ID #72566) Posted on 2008/02/17 21:42
I'm glad to live far away from a store like this. Living anywhere near would be way to costly. ^^
(ID #72567) Posted on 2008/02/17 21:49
Man, Its a good thing, I am all the way here & not there. I would have used my kids' milk money to buy these stuff. Then the wife would also buy her stuff. Naughty Naughty
(ID #72568) Posted on 2008/02/17 23:51
Everything
I NEED to visit the 4th floor!
(ID #72569) Posted on 2008/02/17 23:53
VF-25 Pilot. Universariate Scholar.
great place to visit. but my wallet says otherwise.
(ID #72570) Posted on 2008/02/18 00:12
Online Shop
I remember that 1:1 Saber doll was super expensive when I saw it last time... Wonder anyone would actually buy it.
(ID #72571) Posted on 2008/02/18 00:12
Damn, I want to be on that second floor, all those Gundam kits. 0.0 I really need to visit Japan. By the way, how did you manage to take 58 photo's without upsetting an employee? :P
(ID #72572) Posted on 2008/02/18 00:46
IT TechGuy
Agree with the second floor. Gundam Heaven for me and Im sure will stuck there for few hours. LOL XD
(ID #72573) Posted on 2008/02/18 00:55
saragnayan (Registered on 2007/12/19 16:43)
*nose bleed*
(ID #72574) Posted on 2008/02/18 00:55
.NET/Web Developer
I'd probably just go there and go straight up to the 4th floor. ^^ I so want those figures.
(ID #72579) Posted on 2008/02/18 02:02
Pre-Enlisted NS(Army)-men
Its so tempting... the female figurines and gundams...
(ID #72581) Posted on 2008/02/18 05:32
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
Want to go there!
(ID #72586) Posted on 2008/02/18 06:12
Afro-ed Student
I pick fourth floor D:
(ID #72589) Posted on 2008/02/18 06:27
UCI Student
So many figures...drool... I want that Code Geass DS case. Every online place I look, they're sold out already. someone help me find it online or the one with the geass symbol on it! hehe
(ID #72592) Posted on 2008/02/18 07:29
wow that place is a paradise...+_+ Like the other guys I also recommend Potemayo...it's a good short ~12 ep series with 6 specials...and yea they shoulda made one of Guchuko...
(ID #72603) Posted on 2008/02/18 09:58
Drool! If I lived in Japan I would be Happy. I would also be broke $$. :)
(ID #72628) Posted on 2008/02/18 18:21
I am not too surprised that there are so many Tsuruya figures compared to the others. 1. the Max Factory Tsuruya just came out. 2. I doubt Max Factory would produce so little figures considering how well the others have sold.
(ID #72633) Posted on 2008/02/18 18:50
lol danny thats not evening wear! Thats touhou cosplaying clothes Marisa Reimu Sakuya and youmu Cosplay clothes x_x
(ID #72639) Posted on 2008/02/18 22:36
WOW! I didnt know places like this existed. It's like an eye candy store! Would love to spend a day there.
(ID #72641) Posted on 2008/02/18 23:14
4th Year Business Economics Student
I can already tell that my wallet would not survive it if I were in that store. ^^
(ID #72643) Posted on 2008/02/18 23:37
Hotdog Repairman
"Control, control. You must learn control." -Yoda
(ID #72650) Posted on 2008/02/19 03:26
I think If I can be there, I'll be confused to look for the stuffs I want because I'll feel overwhelmed ^^'
(ID #72652) Posted on 2008/02/19 03:37
Daigakusei [Consular and Diplomatic Affairs]
goodbye my life savings...and hello new figures! ^^
(ID #72654) Posted on 2008/02/19 05:28
Graphic Design student | Receptionist | Otaku
Wow, there are many figs that I'd like.. other things too ^-^
(ID #72672) Posted on 2008/02/19 08:00
CEO MIrai Inc
Dillithium, terry, I have permission to take pics there. Quentin aka Q, Never heard of it... Gorm, Sure did. AndyH, Good idea ^o^ Panther, I dont think shes from any series.
(ID #72686) Posted on 2008/02/19 10:18
Danny I've checked the ABC website and I'd assume that the gunji stuff are located in ホビーシディ, as there are just 3 shops in Akiba now. Would that assumption be correct? :/
(ID #72707) Posted on 2008/02/19 17:28
Cosplayer, Artist, Blogger, Spawn
I want to go there!!! Please take me there!!! Dx
(ID #72708) Posted on 2008/02/19 18:25
Graphic Designer / Illustrator
Oh my !! gotta go while in Japan
(ID #72714) Posted on 2008/02/19 20:56
Must buy bag of doll eyes. Don't know when they'll come in handy, but I live by the old "Adventure Game" rule. I pick things up, never knowing what I'll use them for. Then later on, when I find myself in the back room of a mansion fighting for my life, I'll be happy I had those waxed lips. (C'mon, Monkey Island reference!)
(ID #72717) Posted on 2008/02/19 22:55
Oh man... I so have to go to Japan soon and ask my friend to bring me there ;_;
(ID #72753) Posted on 2008/02/20 21:20
poor Tsuruya, I'd buy her, she's one of my favorite characters anyway.
(ID #72781) Posted on 2008/02/21 06:05
tsuruya san is my favorite from haruhi. still trying to find a FREEing version of her.
(ID #72911) Posted on 2008/02/22 23:37
volunteer art centre
I think I could spend at least an entire year of my life just gawking at all this stuff. AWESOME.
(ID #72947) Posted on 2008/02/23 13:16
Credit Risk Analyst
Asobit seems like a paradise, when I'll be able to go to Japan, my wallet must be prepared xD
(ID #73126) Posted on 2008/02/25 20:47
i see a lot of "limited" strike freedom full burst >_>
(ID #73128) Posted on 2008/02/25 20:51
They have the haruhi capsule machine overhere, of course I went on a tried once, and what do you know, a kyon which has a 1 out of 7 chance came out. Kinda sad :P.
(ID #154556) Posted on 2008/03/11 21:32
I wanna go to Akihabara now...how much does it cost to get a place there I wonder...
(ID #166794) Posted on 2008/04/05 12:45
what a place! wow! i'd spend hours in there and not know it :)
(ID #186107) Posted on 2008/05/12 18:47
College Student
I think when you level up dolphin mastery too much in one week, this kind of thing looks rather ridiculous. Then again, if you lay off dolphin mastery for a few days, it starts to all make sense again haha!!
(ID #219743) Posted on 2008/06/23 09:55
Just saw on image ID#18282, you can see Danny in his Trooper costume ^_^ Something casual to go shopping in eh?
(ID #363934) Posted on 2008/11/09 00:48
Great store indeed. If you ever go to Akiba and not pay a visit, you surely miss out a lot.
(ID #428318) Posted on 2008/12/29 15:47
Undergraduate student.
Must be fun that there's a store that big just for those.... There's nothing like that in here, just the little ones.
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