London’s main anime shop streets are Shaftesbury Avenue and Berwick Street in the West End, and the Stables Market in Camden. Forbidden Planet’s megastore and Gosh! Comics cover manga and graphic novels in Soho, while Camden now has Bandai’s own Bandai Namco Cross Store and The Gundam Base London a few doors apart, plus independent figure shops.
This guide lists every shop we could confirm was trading on 31 October 2026, with the address, opening hours, nearest Tube and what each one does best. Two big Japanese pop-ups open in Soho and Fitzrovia this November, and they are here too.
- Best for manga: Forbidden Planet London Megastore near Tottenham Court Road, and Gosh! Comics near Piccadilly Circus
- Best for official Japanese merchandise: Bandai Namco Cross Store and The Gundam Base London, both in Camden’s Stables Market
- Open on Sundays: every shop in this guide; Forbidden Planet opens later, at 12pm
- Christmas pop-ups: Tamagotchi at 60 Broadwick Street (6 November to 31 December 2026) and Maison Ghibli at 36 Eastcastle Street (7 November 2026 to 10 January 2027)
- Getting between the two areas: the Northern line runs from Tottenham Court Road to Camden Town
Anime Shops in London, From Shaftesbury Avenue to Camden
Anime Shops in London: Addresses, Hours and Nearest Tube
Opening hours below come from each shop’s own website, Camden Market’s shop directory or the shop’s Google listing, checked on 31 October 2026. Camden traders sometimes change hours around bank holidays, so check before a long trip.
| Shop | Area | Address | Nearest Tube | Opening hours | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forbidden Planet London Megastore | West End | 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2H 8JR | Tottenham Court Road | Mon to Sat 10am to 7pm, Sun 12pm to 6pm | Manga volumes, graphic novels, figures |
| Gosh! Comics | Soho | 1 Berwick Street, W1F 0DR | Piccadilly Circus | Daily 10.30am to 7pm | Manga, kids’ manga, signed and limited editions |
| ARTBOX | Covent Garden | 44 to 46 Shelton Street, WC2H 9HZ | Covent Garden | Mon to Sat 11am to 7pm, Sun 11am to 6pm | Sanrio and Japanese character goods |
| Bandai Namco Cross Store | Camden | Provender Building, Units 16 to 18 and 100 to 101, Stables Market, Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8AH | Camden Town or Chalk Farm | Daily 10am to 7pm | Gashapon, prize figures, One Piece Card Game, Tamagotchi |
| The Gundam Base London | Camden | Provender Building, Units 19 to 20, Stables Market, Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8AH | Camden Town or Chalk Farm | Daily 10am to 7pm | Gunpla kits, tools, G Base exclusives |
| Anime House London | Camden | 10A Paddock Lane, Stables Market, Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8AH | Camden Town or Chalk Farm | Daily 10am to 7pm | Figures and plush |
| Camden Anime | Camden | Arch 9, Water Lane, NW1 8JY | Camden Town | Daily 11am to 7pm | Figures, Nendoroids, posters, clothing |
| Nendozone | Chalk Farm | 5 Malden Road, NW5 3HS | Chalk Farm | Mon to Fri 11am to 6.30pm, Sat 10.30am to 6.30pm, Sun 11am to 6.30pm | Figures, Pokémon cards, manga |
| Tamagotchi Pop-Up (6 Nov to 31 Dec 2026) | Soho | 60 Broadwick Street, W1F 7AN | Oxford Circus | Mon to Fri 11am to 7.30pm, Sat 11am to 8pm, Sun 11am to 5pm | London-only Tamagotchi shells |
| Maison Ghibli (7 Nov 2026 to 10 Jan 2027) | Fitzrovia | 36 Eastcastle Street, W1W 8DP | Oxford Circus | Mon to Fri 11am to 7.30pm, Sat 10am to 8pm, Sun 11am to 6pm | Official Studio Ghibli plush and homeware |
Manga Shops in London’s West End
Forbidden Planet London Megastore
The biggest name on the list sits on Shaftesbury Avenue, under a sign that calls it the Cult Entertainment Megastore. It is a general pop culture shop, so the anime merchandise shares space with graphic novels, film memorabilia and Funko Pops, but its Google reviewers single out the manga section downstairs. Come here for range, with long-running series on the shelves alongside figures from the bigger anime franchises. It opens at 10am from Monday to Saturday and at noon on Sunday.
Address: 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8JR. Nearest Tube: Tottenham Court Road, with Covent Garden close by. Website: forbiddenplanet.com.
Gosh! Comics
Gosh! is the independent choice, a comic shop at the southern end of Berwick Street that gives manga its own section, with a separate kids’ manga shelf. It works with artists and publishers on limited edition runs that come with bookplates and prints, so it is the place to look for signed copies. It is open every day from 10.30am to 7pm.
Address: 1 Berwick Street, London W1F 0DR. Nearest Tube: Piccadilly Circus. Website: Gosh! manga range.
At the Oxford Street end of the same street, NQJPN’s Japanese arcade bar has rhythm game cabinets imported from Japan, for over 18s.
ARTBOX Covent Garden
ARTBOX is a shop for Japanese character goods: Hello Kitty and the other Sanrio characters, Rilakkuma, stationery and plush. It is a gentler stop than the figure shops if you are shopping for children.
Address: 44 to 46 Shelton Street, London WC2H 9HZ. Nearest Tube: Covent Garden. Opening hours: Monday to Saturday 11am to 7pm, Sunday 11am to 6pm.
Map of Forbidden Planet London Megastore
Anime Shops in Camden’s Stables Market
Camden is where London’s anime shops cluster, almost all of them inside the Stables Market off Chalk Farm Road. Allow a couple of hours: the market’s alleys are easy to get lost in, and the shops below are spread across the Provender Building, Paddock Lane and the railway arches.
Bandai Namco Cross Store Camden
Bandai Namco’s own shop gathers its official brands under one roof: GASHAPON capsule toys, Ichibankuji prize draws, Banpresto and MegaHouse figures, TAMASHII NATIONS collectibles, Sun-Star stationery and a ONE PIECE CARD GAME official shop, plus arcade machines. The Tamagotchi Official Shop is in here too. If you only have time for one Camden stop, make it this one.
Address: Provender Building, Units 16 to 18 and 100 to 101, Stables Market, Chalk Farm Road, London NW1 8AH. Opening hours: daily 10am to 7pm. Website: Bandai Namco Cross Store UK.
The Gundam Base London
The UK’s first permanent Gundam shop opened in the same building on 3 July 2026. Bandai’s senior brand manager told Japan Nakama that High Grade is the most popular grade with UK builders, and that staff steer first-timers towards Entry Grade kits, which need no glue or paint. Look for the statue of the RX-78-2 in a colour scheme made only for this shop, and the London-themed dioramas built by UK fans. Our interview with Bandai about The Gundam Base London has the rest.
Address: Provender Building, Units 19 to 20, Stables Market, Chalk Farm Road, London NW1 8AH. Opening hours: daily 10am to 7pm.
Anime House London
A small figure and plush shop on Paddock Lane, deep in the Stables Market alleys, with pins, bags and cosplay pieces alongside the figures.
Address: 10A Paddock Lane, Stables Market, Chalk Farm Road, London NW1 8AH. Opening hours: daily 10am to 7pm.
Camden Anime
Camden Anime sits in a railway arch at Hawley Wharf, on the canal side of the market. It specialises in figures, including Nendoroids and scale figures, with posters, accessories and clothing.
Address: Arch 9, Water Lane, London NW1 8JY. Opening hours: daily 11am to 7pm. Website: camdenanime.co.uk.
Nendozone
A short walk north of the market, near Chalk Farm station, Nendozone sells figures, plush and posters, and also stocks manga and Pokémon trading cards.
Address: 5 Malden Road, London NW5 3HS. Opening hours: Monday to Friday 11am to 6.30pm, Saturday 10.30am to 6.30pm, Sunday 11am to 6.30pm. Website: nendozone.com.
Map of The Stables Market
Studio Ghibli and Tamagotchi Pop-Up Shops, November 2026
Two official Japanese pop-ups open within a day of each other this November, a short walk apart.
Tamagotchi Pop-Up, 60 Broadwick Street, Soho. Bandai’s first standalone Tamagotchi shop in the UK runs from Friday 6 November to 31 December 2026 for the toy’s 30th anniversary. It sells shells you cannot buy anywhere else, including a Destination UK design. Opening hours, devices and exclusives are in our Tamagotchi pop-up guide.
Maison Ghibli, 36 Eastcastle Street, Fitzrovia. The official Studio Ghibli shop for Europe returns from Saturday 7 November 2026 to 10 January 2027, with more than 1,000 products, from Totoro and No-Face plush to tableware. Last year’s shop in Knightsbridge had queues outside. Hours and the full range are in our Maison Ghibli London guide.
Pokémon Center, Nintendo and Crunchyroll in London
None of the three has a permanent shop in London. Pokémon Center’s official UK shop is online at pokemoncenter.com, and Pokémon has run temporary Pokémon Center shops at the Pokémon Europe International Championships at ExCeL London, plus a Pokémon pop-up shop at the Natural History Museum from January to March 2026. Nintendo ran a pop-up at Westfield London in Shepherd’s Bush in the autumn of 2025. Crunchyroll sells its merchandise online, and brought its stand to MCM Comic Con London at ExCeL in October 2025.
For Pokémon cards in a shop, Nendozone in Chalk Farm stocks them, and the Bandai Namco Cross Store runs a ONE PIECE CARD GAME official shop with events you can book.
Where to Buy Manga in Japanese in London
The shops above sell English translations. For manga and magazines in Japanese, JP Books, which describes itself as the UK’s largest retailer and wholesaler of Japanese books, sells online from its base in Bermondsey: shop.jpbooks.co.uk. If you are new to reading manga at all, start with our guide to how to read manga and which series to pick up first. Japan Centre’s flagship store on Panton Street, near Piccadilly Circus, also carries manga alongside its groceries, as our guide to Japanese supermarkets in London explains.
A One-Day Anime Shopping Route: Soho to Camden
Start at Gosh! Comics on Berwick Street when it opens at 10.30am, cross to Forbidden Planet on Shaftesbury Avenue, then take the Northern line from Tottenham Court Road to Camden Town. Work through the Stables Market from Camden Anime at Hawley Wharf to the Bandai Namco Cross Store and The Gundam Base in the Provender Building, and finish at Nendozone near Chalk Farm. Between 6 November and 31 December, add the Tamagotchi pop-up on Broadwick Street to the Soho half of the day.
Planning a bigger weekend? AnimeCon London filled the Grand Hall at Olympia in October 2026; our AnimeCon London guide covers what the convention offers.
Anime Shops in London: Questions and Answers
For manga and the widest range under one roof, Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Shaftesbury Avenue. For official Japanese merchandise, the Bandai Namco Cross Store in Camden’s Stables Market, which brings together GASHAPON, Ichibankuji, Banpresto, TAMASHII NATIONS and Tamagotchi. Gunpla builders should go next door to The Gundam Base London.
There is no permanent Pokémon Center shop in London or anywhere in the UK. The official UK shop is online at pokemoncenter.com. Pokémon runs temporary Pokémon Center shops at events such as the Pokémon Europe International Championships at ExCeL London, and ran a Pokémon pop-up at the Natural History Museum from January to March 2026.
Nintendo has no permanent shop in London. Its most recent London shop was a temporary pop-up at Westfield London in Shepherd’s Bush, which ran from 22 October to 16 November 2025. Watch Nintendo UK’s news pages and social channels for any return.
Forbidden Planet London Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Avenue) and Gosh! Comics (1 Berwick Street) have the largest manga sections in central London, both within walking distance of Tottenham Court Road. In Camden, Nendozone on Malden Road stocks manga alongside figures. For manga in Japanese, order from JP Books online.
Yes. The Stables Market off Chalk Farm Road has Bandai Namco Cross Store, The Gundam Base London and Anime House London, Camden Anime is in a railway arch at Hawley Wharf, and Nendozone is a short walk north on Malden Road. Most open daily from 10am or 11am until 7pm.
Every shop in this guide opens on Sundays. Forbidden Planet opens later, from 12pm to 6pm. Gosh! Comics keeps its usual 10.30am to 7pm, and the Camden shops in the Stables Market open from 10am or 11am. The Tamagotchi pop-up closes at 5pm on Sundays.
