Anime Gallery and Totoro Coffee, a joint venture, is set to open in the former Cooperative Bank building in Feasegate - hopefully before Christmas 2024.
The shop will be the second venture for Maggie Yang – who has run Anime Republic, a shop selling Japanese animation themed goods, in Edinburgh’s Waverley Mall for 11 years.
As a celebration of all things Japanese culture and anime – a style of animated cartoon art specific to Japan – the gallery will feature a variety of different products and manga comics.
In addition to the downstairs store, Anime Gallery will also feature a themed café upstairs called Totoro Coffee – named after the title character from popular animated film, My Neighbour Totoro, and comparable to themed cafes that can be found in Japan.
The café will feature a forest canopy with figures of well-known Studio Ghibli characters, such as Totoro, Kiki and No Face, dotted around the area, and featured themed drinks.
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