Mandarake Complex is the largest second-hand anime and manga store in Akihabara — eight floors of figures, doujinshi, retro toys, cels and trading cards, all under one roof.
The Basics
- Address: 3-11-12 Sotokanda, Chiyoda
- Hours: 12:00–20:00, open year-round
- Floors: 8 (each floor specialises in a different category)
- Walk: about 4 minutes from the Electric Town Exit
What Each Floor Sells
The floor guide at the entrance sets out the whole building:
- 1F — buyback counter, Japanese pop antiques, cosplay
- 2F — Disney goods, tax-free counter
- 3F — comics, vintage manga, art books, magazines
- 4F — men’s doujinshi, adult comics, PC games
- 5F — women’s doujinshi, dolls, magical girl toys
- 6F — American toys, plastic models, prize figures
- 7F — tokusatsu toys, 80s–90s anime toys
- 8F — bishoujo and robot toys
There is a second building, Complex 2, running to nine floors with cards on 1F–2F, games on 3F, CDs and Blu-ray on 4F–5F, and rail and vehicle goods higher up.
Prices: What to Expect
Buyback prices are advertised on the shopfront windows — on our visit these ran up to ¥900,000 for certain items, which gives a sense of what passes through here.
Practical Notes for Visitors
The tax-free counter is on 2F, not the ground floor. Worth knowing before you carry purchases up eight floors.
The floor guide is printed in Japanese, English and Chinese. Staff are not necessarily English-speaking, but the signage will get you to the right floor.
Before You Go
Hours: 11:55–20:00. Tax-free counter: 2F. Getting there: about five minutes’ walk from Radio Kaikan, on the same street as Suruga-ya.
Busy on our visit. With eight floors plus a second building, this is not a ten-minute stop — allow an hour if you intend to browse properly.
English: do not count on staff speaking it. Signage is a different story — floor guides and some price labels carry English, and that is usually enough to find what you need.
Tax-free: available at some shops but not all, and the counter is not always on the ground floor. Check before you carry purchases around the building. Note that Japan’s tax-free system changes on 1 November 2026, moving from exemption at the register to a refund at the airport.
Payment: cards are widely accepted at the larger shops, but carrying ¥10,000–20,000 in cash avoids surprises.