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Anime Book Store Co., Ltd. changed its company name to Anime Wave Co., Ltd. on November 1, 2026. Accordingly, the operating company name in Article 1 (Scope of Application) of the Terms of Service was revised from the former company name to the new one.
Due to system maintenance, all services of Animate Bookstore will be suspended. The maintenance will start at 18:30 on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, and is scheduled to continue until 8:00 on Thursday, October 22. The maintenance duration may vary.
Due to maintenance, AnimePay payments became unavailable earlier than originally scheduled, starting from 22:00 on July 22, 2026. During the outage, there was an issue where the balance temporarily displayed as "0", but this has now been resolved and services are back to normal.
Due to maintenance of the Animate online shopping site and Club Animate, the online charge and payment functions of Animate Pay will be unavailable from 4:00 to 8:00 on June 3, 2026. During this period, new registrations for Animate Bookstore will also be temporarily suspended.
Animate Book Store has revamped the in-store product search function. Sorting options of 'Popularity', 'Attention', and 'Highest price' have been added, and filtering by 'Price range' is now available. The default sorting setting is 'Popularity'.
When starting the Animate Pay usage process at Club Animate, an error may occur if the login integration with Animate Online Shopping is incomplete. We advise completing the login integration on Animate Online Shopping and then retrying the process.
Due to maintenance of Animate Online Shopping, the online charge and settlement functions of Animate Pay and new member registration for Club Animate will be suspended from 0:00 to 8:00 on March 26, 2026. The maintenance period may vary.
Animate Inc. will partially revise Articles 3 and 8 of its Privacy Policy as of March 24, 2026. It adds new items concerning the handling of personal information and continues to strive for appropriate handling in accordance with the policy. Details can be found on the Animate official website.
Due to maintenance of Animate's online shop, the Animate Pay online charge function will be unavailable from 6:00 to 9:00 on March 4, 2026. Charges already made to Animate Pay will remain usable. The maintenance window may vary.
The system maintenance scheduled for February 19, 2026 has been postponed due to various circumstances. The new schedule will be announced on this page or the official website as soon as it is decided.