About Anime Yokocho

Anime Yokocho

Anime Yokocho is a platform for discovering anime events, figures, release dates, guides, and Japan-only goods — searchable by the works you actually watch and read.

We translate Japanese-language fan signal — collab cafes, pop-up stores, ichiban kuji, exhibitions, gacha drops — into a single English calendar and shopping channel for the rest of the world.

KIRAMO

KIRAMO is the broader brand for culture, travel, fandom, and creative tools by Novalis. Anime Yokocho is the SEO entry point; KIRAMO is the consumer-facing app and curator network that grows from it.

Novalis Inc.

Novalis Inc. is a Japan-based company founded on April 30, 2026.

We build tools for two sides of culture: fans who never want to miss what they love, and the creators, organizers, and local stores who want their work to reach a global audience.

Our mission

Help people never miss the culture they love, and help the people who make that culture reach the world without language, video, or distribution barriers.

What we build

• Event coverage — collab cafes, pop-up stores, ichiban kuji, exhibitions, gacha drops, with daily updates from Japanese trackers.
• Figure tracking — pre-orders, releases, restocks, and resale signal across major Japanese stores.
• Works hub — every event, figure, manga release, map pin, and guide attached to the work it belongs to.
• Guides — practical how-tos for collab cafe booking, ichiban kuji, gachapon, and Japan-only fan rituals.

For international anime fans

Most of what makes Japanese fan culture worth chasing is published in Japanese, scattered across dozens of stores and venues, and never resurfaced in English. Anime Yokocho is the index that fixes that — built by a team that lives in Tokyo and watches the same shows you do.