Anime Zakka

Loved everything. Had so much animé stuff I hadn’t seen before. There prices were kind of high but that’s my only complaint. Will definitely be back when we come back to Boston.

This store is awesome! Being somewhat new to animé, I went in there not quite sure what to expect. They had some great products! I was glad to see the variety of shows represented. I was very pleasantly surprised to see some posters from one of my favorite amines, «Ouran High School Host Club,» there since it is from a number of years ago. It is defiantly not the exact same store as the one on Newbury St. If you’ve only been to that one– be sure to stop by this one (vise versa).

Pretty cool spot to get animé merch if you want to get it at a brick and mortar shop. The staff always greets me when I arrive, and I actually bought my AoT Recon Corps jacket here for $ 50. Good quality (though a very different color than what you find on Amazon).
Only issue I had was how overpriced it was, and on top of it, it was taxed as an accessory instead of a clothing item. Clothing should be tax-​free. I also bought Eren from AoT’s key necklace here for about $ 12 – 13. I also got a Recon Corps patch here for about $ 8. Decent, and great if you are in a rush and need it to cosplay ASAP.
They have these bear storage boxes that are marked up from their previous price of $ 12 – 13 to $ 15 – 16. Lots of cool stuff, some highly marked up, some decently priced. Small, specialized bento, neat knick-​knacks, animé merch, and some cool Japanese mascot stuff (they had goods of my 2^nd home’s mascot, Kumamon! Wish I bought it all.)

The employees there don’t listen. I asked for a poster and they just kept ignoring me.

8÷29÷2014 Update:
As mentioned previously, this is still a great place to go for Japanese home goods and Ghibli merch, and if that were all the shop was it’d probably stay at five stars for me as a niche store I’d visit once or twice a year.
For now it stays 5 stars. As noted below, I got a full refund for bootleg items, and the new blind boxes seem to be the real deal… for the time being.
Dated:
Unfortunately, they also carry a nice selection of blind-​box Nendoroids and other mainstream mini-​figures. I purchased a few last year that were of surprisingly low quality; after my October trip to NYCC I confirmed by comparing with some items vendors were selling that I had bootlegs on my hands. Carrying bootlegs lowers this to three stars.
On the upside, I brought this to the owner’s attention when I dropped in a few months ago and he let me return the items for a full refund. He apparently forwarded them to his distributor to bring the bootleg issue to their attention; the personal touch and the instant offer of a refund easily returned a star to bring me up to a four on the store. However it’s still not a five; whenever I pop in and take a look at the blind-​boxes, they all have the telltale signs of being inauthentic on the boxes. It’s not the storeowner’s fault since he only has one distributor he can work with, but I still can’t give five stars to a store carrying low-​quality bootlegs.

If you love studio ghilbi movies, this is the place for you. They have so many totoro things that I have not seen elsewhere, I was so excited! They had many ponyo and Kiki delivery service items too! Most items if not all are brought in directly from Japan. The shop owners are super friendly and sweet as well, and were so nice about letting me look over several bento boxes and opening them so I could see the durability of them myself and see which one I would prefer. It was so hard to pick just one item to purchase! Love the store!

I recently visited this store for a present for my husband, who loves Totoro. There were a few tables and shelves with Totoro merchandize, and I couldn’t decide what to get. The owner came over and talked to me for a bit, and helped me decide about what to get, and I decided on a plush blanket that has a huge Totoro on it. My husband was really surprised and loved it. It’s now sitting on the couch folded with the Totoro face facing on the front.
The owner and the staff were really friendly and helped me wrap the blanket so it’s not obvious :)

I like this store for gift shopping. They have a whole wall of items that you wouldn’t think of searching for on your own, but would make fun gifts — for example, a self stirring coffee mug, or adorable bird wall key hooks.
There are also lots of Animé related products, and Pokemon related items as well. (The poke-​trainer caps are really cute!)
The store is very clean and organized, and the staff are friendly and helpful.
It’s worth a stop in Animé Zakka when you’re visiting Harvard Square.

I don’t get this place but I am here a lot because I have kids and they like Japanese animation and animé. The person who runs the place is very amiable and is very forthcoming with information about products that he has and will be getting. The most recent items of interest to my middle son is stuff from «Full Metal Alchemist» and I am guessing some of the items will be on his upcoming Christmas List.
Popular with my tween (and me, I suppose) are those solar things that you put on the dashboard of the car or home window sill. They had obscure sushi heads and the prolific dancing flowers (with or without faces).
The prices are not the best but I have seen the same stuff for higher prices in Chinatown so I guess it is all relative.

Well this store is pretty small and they do not have a large selection. The video selection was almost non existent. The comic store in the same building had a bigger animé dvd section then this place. There isn’t anything wrong the store itself. Its well organized and very clean. They have toys and gundam figures. They sell a handful of art pieces. I would only suggest you come here if you live in the immediate area. Traveling from far away would be a waste of a trip.

I like this store, however I don’t go back often due to the fact that all their animé figures besides Ghibli merchandise is all bootleg, — even their non-​Ghibli plushies are knockoffs. I’ve been a figure collector for 8 years now so I know a thing or two about detecting bootlegs from China. I am not sure if the owner is aware of this though.
I am not trying to bash this place, the owners are nice and friendly and the store is always kept clean and organized, but if you are looking to buy animé figures and plushies here you are better off buying elsewhere.

This is an amazing little place. I had a very emotional and nostalgic experience upon entering. The sound of the My Neighbor Totoro theme was playing, and Hayao Miyazaki related merchandise decorated much of the store. Aside from the Hayao Miyazaki merchandise, there were various other animé and manga related items. The owner was an absolute pleasure to talk to and I will make sure to return here when I visit Cambridge next.