A simply breath-taking experience. Well out of the city centre it's extremely quiet and tranquil, but moreso than that the museum itself is a place you simply must visit. Some of the pieces on display absolutely ooze historical value, animation cells, sketches, animators desks, it's all awe inspiring! Additionally the staff are incredibly friendly and understanding! Never have I felt more welcomed in all of Tokyo!

Much better than the other nearby museum. Free admission. Friendly and helpful staff. Pictures allowed almost everywhere. Some English translation provided. English audio guide. Lots of hand on activities in addition to the character models and animation history. There was a place to do voice overs and an entire room dedicated to trying tracing and computer animation. Three stamps were available near the elevator on the third floor.

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You will need to take a bus from the station or you are in for a long long walk, BUT well worth it. Japan always has so many of the usual tourist track events etc that are all worth finding out about and visiting, even if just to get away from the hyper tourist crowds. This gem features a history of anime and manga across 2 floors. Obviously, it is impossible to cover every genre and style, so it focuses on well known and loved anime and manga. They have free portable translation guides devices and some interactive elements and lots of photo ops. Well, well worth it.

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I had a wonderful time at the Suginami Animation Musuem today! It’s on the third floor of the building. You walk in towards the elevator which is on the left and go up! I’ve been so bummed with the weather lately… so much rain… but the staff were wonderful and extremely accommodating and kind. They brightened my day! The accessibility of the venue inside is also great. They had multi-language audio guide devices (English, Chinese, Korean, etc.) that were so informative and helpful. This audio device is pictured in my first photo below (yellow lanyard with the black pen-like device and green mat). You tap the pen on the mat at the number of the exhibit you were looking at and it would give you all sorts of good information and explanations about what you were seeing! Very cool. The hands on opportunities were another really important part of the experience too! You could make your own voice over dub as well as your own light box tracing or animation! It was extremely clean inside as well! The presentation of the information as well as the overall atmosphere was great. For a free museum, very impressive. Suginami ward information pamphlets, museum stamps and event posters were also available. Don’t miss the Namisuke (Suginami mascot) merchandise either… so cute!

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What an absolute honor to be able to visit this anime museum. The museum itself is so worth it that I would have paid to enter. Walking around reading about the history of anime was a great experience. There are many pieces that anime lovers would notice. They even have intractable areas that I recommend visiting. An easily recommended place to visit.

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