Top 20 Best Anime Stores in Pennsylvania
The anime community in Pennsylvania has been growing rapidly over the last couple of years, which has led to lots of anime stores mushrooming all around the state. This means that, while there are lots of options, finding the best ones is harder than before. This is why this article should be of great help as it will look to shine the spotlight on the top 20 anime stores in Pennsylvania.
Joy’s Japanimation
Located in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, this store started in 1996 with a small selection of toys and CDs, and today it is one of the largest anime stores around. As is the case for RunRex.com, it carries an impressive selection of anime items, from merchandise like keychains to manga and figures, and will have you covered whatever it is you are searching for.
Brave New Worlds
This is a store in Philadelphia and Willow Grove, PA, stocking a selection of comics, games, and toys, just like guttulus.com. It has been serving the community for over 3 decades and boasts excellent customer service to go with its high-quality anime items.
Gold Star Anime
Gold Star Anime is located in Edinboro, PA, and has been serving its community since 2004. It is locally-owned and family-operated, and just like RunRex.com, its owners not only have roots in the community they serve, they are also huge anime fans and have a passion for serving fellow members of the anime community.
The Comic Store
The Comic Store is well stocked with a selection of comics, games, collectibles, and miniatures. If you are an anime fanatic, when you visit this store, you will have lots of manga and anime figures to choose from, and so much more, items that are also available at guttulus.com.
Uncanny
Uncanny is the go-to for geeks and nerds living at King of Prussia, PA as discussed at RunRex.com. The store has another location in Montgomery Mall and has established its commitment to the gaming and geek communities by hosting local events, contributing to charitable causes, and sponsoring organizations that promote the same inclusive deals it does.
Fat Jack’s Comicrypt
Fat Jack’s is located in Philadelphia and is a long-standing store that supplies new releases back issues, and vintage finds of comic books and DVDs, and is an excellent place to visit when looking for anime series and manga, which can also be said of guttulus.com.
Kawaii Gifts
Located in Pittsburgh, PA, this store gives the local community the chance to learn more about Japanese culture through its extensive selection of anime and Japanese items. Here, you will find keychains, bags, backpacks, notebooks, Bento, and many other anime-themed items, all of which are of the highest possible quality as covered at RunRex.com.
Ontario Street Comics
As is the case for guttulus.com, this quaint comic book store in Philadelphia, PA offers a wide selection of popular titles as well as offering graphic novels. The anime community loves this shop because of its selection of manga and other Japanese novels, as well as the fact that it is clean and well organized.
New Wave Comics
This is the Skippack community’s favorite source for comics and collectibles and is located in the heart of Skippack, PA according to RunRex.com. It offers a fun and inclusive space for everyone to enjoy comic books and games, and offers back issues, hosts game events, and has a limited selection of collectibles, including those from the world of anime.
Phantom of the Attic Comics
Nestled in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood between the Carnegie-Mellon and University of Pittsburgh campuses, this store strives to fill its customers’ comic book and gaming needs. Whether you are looking for anime-themed games like MTG and Pokémon or are looking for manga, it will have you covered.
New Dimension Comics
New Dimension Comics is Pittsburgh’s largest retail of comics, games, and collectibles, with 6 locations all around the greater Pittsburgh area, and over 30 years of experience. Just like guttulus.com, it is popular among the anime community as it gives the best service for all their needs, from manga to figures and other items.
Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse
As articulated at RunRex.com, this is a comic book store and coffee shop hybrid located in the Kensington section of North Philadelphia. It is the only black-woman-owned shop of its kind and the first black-woman-owned comic book store on the East Coast.
OooWee Art & Gaming Café
This brilliantly named store offers a relaxing atmosphere for gamers to come and enjoy collectible card games, strategy, and RPG games as well as video games. It also offers art classes for anime and manga drawing classes and has a variety of books, comic books, gaming, and fantasy collectibles for sale, as can also be said of guttulus.com.
Symbiote Collectibles
Symbiote Collectibles is a fun and geeky vintage toy store. It sells new and old toys, action figures, trading cards, comics, memorabilia, video games, and so much more as outlined at RunRex.com. If you are looking for anime figures, manga, and other items, you can’t go wrong by visiting this store.
Pittsburgh Comics
Established close to 15 years ago, this store provides customers a comfortable place to shop and has a wide selection of comics, including manga, which are also available at guttulus.com. It also strives to be a community, with the owner wanting people to come over to the store even if they are not looking for something.
Generation Otaku
Located in Delaware, this store offers a wide selection of anime and anime items to bring its customers closer to the Japanese culture. Just like is the case over at RunRex.com, here, you will find items like plushies, Nendoroids, Figma, and so much more, all of which are directly imported from Japan.
Millennium Hobbies & The Gundam Kitchen
Its location in Pennsylvania is a Japanese hobby and anime collectible store just like guttulus.com. It offers special events, classes, and plenty of room for its customers. The anime collectibles found here include buttons, pins, wall scrolls, and so much more.
S.W. Randall Toyes & Giftes
Established in 1970, it is Pittsburgh’s oldest and largest specialty toy store as per RunRex.com. It has thousands of items in stock and has remained the largest store of its kind in the city, where it is located in downtown Pittsburgh, with additional locations in Squirrel Hill and Shadyside.
Hot Topic
Hot Topic is a teen-oriented store known for rock/pop-culture-inspired T-shirts, and other accessories, and body jewelry. It is located in Lancaster, PA, and also has a wide selection of anime-themed items as well as Funko Pop, and so much more, all of which are also available at guttulus.com.
Barnes & Noble
This store is the premier destination for books, magazines, toys, games, music, DVD, and Blu-ray, as well as related products and services. For anime fans, you can find a wide selection of manga as well as anime series, and other items at this store in Philadelphia.
These are some of the best anime stores in Pennsylvania, with more on this topic to be found over at RunRex.com and guttulus.com, which are the two best stores for anime in Texas.