Seattle Otaku Shop
Seattle Area Manga, Anime, and Hobby Shopping
If you know of locations not on this list, please let me know. Thanks!
I'm otaku.I'm from japan. I'm living at seattle for 1 month.
こんにちわ、シアトルに留学中のオタクでございます。
ドールが好きでたまらないのですが、知り合いの家に居候させてもらってる身で、ドールを愛でる事ができません
ああでもやっぱりショッピングくらいはしたいじゃないかとお店を捜し歩く日々です。
Shop List
Arcadia Comics & Games
5228 University Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105 / phone:206-522-6575
Hours:12-19 close:mon
Anime Kingdom (CLOSED)
4224 University Way NE #H, Seattle, WA 98105 / phone:206-675-8365
Anime Raku (CLOSED)
10627 NE 8th St, Bellevue, WA 98004 / phone:425-454-0112
Anime World
16488 NE 74th St(between N 166th Ave & N 164th Ave) Redmond, WA 98052 / phone:(425) 770-7717
small,but selling Oppai mouse pad.
Bigfoot’s Cards & Comics (CLOSED)
9794 Edmonds Way, Edmonds, WA 98020 / phone:425-672-0429
Best Buy
(National chain, address varies)
National chain with anime DVDs and video games, all domestically released. Typically found in or near malls. Anime prices are typically discounted 10-20% without need for a club-card.
BLICK
1600 Broadway Avenue,Seattle, WA 98122
(206) 324-0750
Art supply
Corner Comics
5226 University Way NE, Seattle, WA 98015 / phone:206-525-9394
open:mon-fri 11am-7pm wed 12-7 sat 11-5 sun 12-5
contents:american comics
Display & Costume
11201 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle 98125 / phone:206-362-4810
Costume and party supplies, and prop rentals. A good selection of stage makeup and fabrics as well.
Galaxy Hobby
19332 60th Ave W Lynnwood, WA 98036 / phone:(425) 670-0454
Hours: Mon-Fri 10 am - 7 pm Sat 10 am - 6 pm Sun 12 pm - 5 pm
Golden Age Collectables
(inside Pike Place Market), Seattle, WA / phone:206-622-9799
Domestic releases of translated manga, in both the monthly and trade-paperback formats, models, trading cards, a few art books, and other collectables. Their available back issues can be a bit pricier than Zanadu (Seattle), which is a few blocks away.
Hai Yang Co (?)
647 S Weller St, Seattle, WA 98104 / phone:206-622-5225
International Model Toys
601 S King St, Seattle, WA 98104 / phone:206-682-8534
Import models, figurines, plush toys, CDs, model tools, and other collectables.
Hours: 12-6pm
Kicks Hobby Japan (CLOSED)
543L NE Northgate WA, Seattle, WA 98125 / phone:206-306-9060
Domestic and imported anime for rental. They also feature imported models, video games, and other collectables. Anime soundtrack albums had been SonMay (bootleg) editions on my previous visits, so be wary of these. Saved receipts totalling $100 receives $5 discount on next purchase.
Kinokuniya Bookstore
525 S Weller St, Seattle, WA 98104 / phone:206-587-2477
Seattle’s Kinokuniya Bookstore has a large imported manga section as well as art books, domestic releases, a few imported DVDs (remember that these are Region-2 encoded, though), magazines, language-learning resources, and imported music CDs for both the J-Pop and Anime Soundtrack fans. Stamp-card (no signing up needed) discounts for music CDs, with up to 20% discounts, and a free CD, etc.
Pink Gorilla
601 S King St,Seattle, WA 98104 / phone:(206) 264-2434
product:game
RADIO SHACK
(National chain)
product:arduino
Sam Goody
(National chain, address varies)
National chain with anime DVDs, soundtrack albums, and a few collectables, all domestically released. Typically found in or near malls. Club-card members receive 5-15% of purchases in coupons on further purchases.
Scarecrow Video
5030 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle 98105 / phone:206-524-8554
Originally a rental store specializing in rare and hard to find videos, their rental section of anime is quite large (a room of its own upstairs); they also carry videos and DVDs for sale, and are one of the few places in the city for import disks (and players to play them).
Skyway Model Shop
12615 Renton Ave S, Seattle, WA 98178 / phone:(206) 772-1211
hour:Tue-Thu 12 pm - 7 pm Fri 12 pm - 8 pm Sat 12 pm - 6 pm Sun 12 pm - 5 pm
product:Plasctic model
Suncoast
(National chain, address varies)
National chain with anime VHS and DVD, as well as manga, a few collectables, and soundtrack albums, all domestically released. Typically found in or near malls. Club-card members receive 5-15% of puchases in coupons on further purchases.
Tokyo Japanese Lifestyle
633 South Center Mall #1220. Seattle WA 98188 / phone: 206-241-0219
Hours:Mon-Fri 10:00-21:00 Sat 10:00-21:00 Sun 11:00-19:00
Uwajimaya – Bellevue
15555 NE 24th, Bellevue, WA 98007 / phone:425-747-9012
Uwajimaya – Seattle
600 5th Ave S #110, Seattle, WA 98104 / phone:206-624-6248
The flagship store of Uwajimaya, “Uwajimaya Village” is right across the street from the International District Bus Tunnel. An Asian grocery and gifts supermarket (including a lot of Sanrio “Hello Kitty” items), with the two-floor Seattle Kinokuniya Bookstore branch enterance on the main floor. It also features an asian food court for quick lunches and dinners.
Video Hop – International District
601 S King St #101, Seattle, WA 98104 / phone:206-587-4037
Video rentals for Anime, Japanese TV programs and movies, and an adult section.
Video Hop – Shoreline
16300 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline, WA 98133 / phone:206-533-8126
Videophile Inc
1028 NE 65th St, Seattle, WA 98115 / phone:206-522-3035
Video Nippon (?)
22315 Hwy 99, Edmonds, WA … / phone:425-672-0407
Zanadu Comics – Downtown Seattle
1923 3rd Ave, Seattle, WA 98101 /phone:206-443-1316
Domestic releases of translated manga, art books, trading cards, models, and other collectables. Zanadu also features an adult section and has a few untranslated manga from time to time.
Zanadu Comics – University District
1307 NE 45th, Seattle, WA 98105 / phone:206-632-0989
Domestic releases of translated manga, art books, trading cards, models, and other collectables. Zanadu also features an adult section and has a few untranslated manga from time to time.
