The Tokyo Anime Center (東京アニメセンター) is a facility that was created to market

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to residents of

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and foreign visitors. The facility hosts events such as live radio interviews with creators, voice actors, and merchandising fairs. It once included the AKIBA 3DTheater. It dubs itself as "The definitive spot for anime and anime-related entertainment." It was located on the fourth floor of the

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UDX building near

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. In 2007, many promotional displays for the then-upcoming ''

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'' movie were set up inside the Tokyo Anime Center, including life-size cardboard stand-ups of

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and interactive demos. More permanent sections of the center contain merchandise from popular anime series, such as mugs, key chains, promotional fliers, mouse pads, etc. The Center closed down on July 17, 2017, and was reopened on October 28, 2017, at DNP Plaza Shibuya.

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