Museum · Ogikubo

Suginami Animation Museum 杉並アニメーションミュージアム

A free museum about how Japanese animation is made, in Suginami ward, home to more anime studios than anywhere in Japan, with hands-on dubbing and drawing corners.

About

Suginami has the highest concentration of animation studios in Japan, and this museum opened in 2005 to tell the history of anime and how it is made. Exhibits trace the industry from early 20th-century shorts to modern digital production, with original cels and drawings, explanations of key frames and in-betweens, and a timeline of landmark works. Hands-on corners let visitors try simple animation, and an after-recording booth lets you dub voices onto a short clip. A library holds thousands of anime-related books and DVDs, and a small theatre screens shorts. Special exhibitions rotate; autumn 2026 celebrates 50 years of Shin-Ei Animation, the studio behind Doraemon and Crayon Shin-chan (to Nov 29).

Highlights

• Original cels, key frames and production materials
• Voice-dubbing booth to record over anime clips
• Shin-Ei Animation 50th anniversary exhibition (Jul 25 – Nov 29, 2026)
• Anime library with books and DVDs to watch on site
• Free admission

Tips

• From Ogikubo Station North Exit, Kanto Bus services toward Nishiogi run past the door in about 5 minutes; walking takes about 15 minutes.
• It is on the third floor of Suginami Kaikan, a public building.
• Combine with Nakano Broadway or the Ghibli Museum on the same Chuo Line.

Open in Google Maps · Info checked 2026-10-09

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