Anime Stores in Taiwan; Taipei and Taichung. (2018 Updated, Active 2019 for questions) )

Looking for anime stores in Taichung and Taipei? Don't worry, I've got all the information you need!

*All Mangas sold here in Taiwan are in Chinese, so you probably won't be interested if you have difficulty reading Chinese.
*The location on Google maps and phone numbers are provided beneath each description. Time and date of the opening hours can be found on Google maps as well. Opening hours of individual stores in Taipei City Mall may vary.
*All images shown are from different stores.

In Taipei:

Taipei City Mall - Underground Mall Section Y18-21
Taipei City Mall is just located right when you arrive at Taipei via High Speed Rail or the MTR. There are multiple entrances which leads underground, with maps of the underground layout in those entrances and throughout the underground mall. It is a huge place which contains many sections, which are grouped by alphabets with a combination of numbers. Most anime stores can be found in the Y section area number 18 to 21. Around 20+ stores here sell anime related items. The stores here sell everything, such as Mangas, Models, and many varieties of merchandises, including unique egg machines, and items who's art are drawn by fans on Pixiv ( an online website where you can share your artwork), Facebook and etc, which you probably won't find anywhere else in Taiwan.

Taipei City Mall Exit Y20
Zhengzhou Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, 100

https://goo.gl/maps/EYhLen4Pvb52

Ximending
There are 3 anime stores located in, or near Ximending. They are:

MagFreak Taipei
MagFreak mainly sells a combination of Mangas and merchandises. There are only two of these stores in Taiwan. The Taipei Store has three floors, the first floor which sells Japanese related magazines, the second floor sells mostly Mangas with some merch, and the third floor consists mostly of merchandises.

雜誌瘋
No. 7, Section 2, Wuchang St, Wanhua District, Taipei City, 108
02 2389 6728

https://goo.gl/maps/8PbeaPqdh4J2

Index ACG
Located next door of MagFreak Taipei, there is a staircase which brings you upstairs to the store. The place has three levels starting from the second floor. The second and third floor consists of Mangas, some models and some merch, and the fourth floor contains merch, adult manga and items and has two Hatsune Miku gaming machines.

INDEX ACG 茵德可絲 動漫精品專賣店
No. 5, Section 2, Wuchang St, Wanhua District, Taipei City, 108
02 2388 0670

https://goo.gl/maps/scMyFV8ANqw

Taipei Animate
Across the street of MagFreak Taipei and Index ACG, Taipei Animate can be accessed by walking down a staircase and is in the basement level. There should be a big Animate sign on the ground floor and its huge staircase can't be missed. There are a total of two Animate stores in Taiwan. There is also an Animate Cafe here, where you can order drinks. Animate is one of the biggest anime stores in Japan, not excluding this place, being the biggest anime store in all of Taiwan. The place is huge and contains a wide variety of Mangas, merch, signed cards, models, anime albums, and some egg machines. You definitely don't want to miss this store when coming to Taipei!

Taipei Animate Store
100, Taipei City, Zhongzheng District, Section 1, Zhonghua Road, 39號
02 2389 3420

https://goo.gl/maps/WH2iAx1ge9o

That is all the anime stores I can find in Taipei, and next up in Taichung,

In Taichung:
If you search online for anime stores here, you'll probably only find two or three stores. I'm going to introduce five stores, which took quite an effort for me to find.

Feng Chia Night Market:
There are two anime stores located in this area.

Feng Chia/Taichung Animate Store
This place has three floors, the first floor sells Mangas, magazines and some egg machines outside, the second and third filled with merch. However, when compared to the Taipei store, this one is much smaller and doesn't have a cafe of its own. There is a section on the second floor dedicated to Love Live fans, so be sure to come to visit if you're one of them. This is also the first ever anime store that I've visited.
They have recently moved to Yi Chong from Feng Chia:

Taichung Animate Store
No. 50-3號, Section 3, Sanmin Road, North District, Taichung City, Taiwan 404
+886 4 2222 1503
https://goo.gl/maps/NV55VVAec8B2

Mansai Anime World
I've yet to visit this place, but I do know that it is located upstairs, on the second floor and above. This place sells Mangas, and probably some merch as well.

漫采動漫世界(動漫屋) - -動漫精品專賣店
No. 405, Fuxing Road, Xitun District, Taichung City, 407
04 2705 8000

https://goo.gl/maps/csVrdHx2XAP2

Yizhong Street Night Market:
There are three anime stores here, two which are in the night market and one which is a walking distance away from the market.

MagFreak Taichung
This place has two floors, the ground level and a basement level. The ground floor sells Japanese magazines and some manga, and some anime merch. The basement consists only Manga and anime magazines.

雜誌瘋台中店
No. 46-5, Yucai North Road, North District, Taichung City, 404
04 2225 0908

https://goo.gl/maps/xmo741mWqUS2

捷比漫畫便利屋
For your information, this place doesn't have an English name. Located just south of MagFreak Taichung, this place has four floors, a sub-basement, basement, ground and second floor. This place has the most egg machines out of the five in Taichung. The sub-basement contains just egg machines, the basement consists of merch and some fanmade merch artists from Facebook/Pixiv and etc. The first and second floor sells some models and mainly consists of Mangas.

捷比漫畫便利屋
No. 53, Taiping Road, North District, Taichung City, 404
04 2227 7668

https://goo.gl/maps/35BcJkCHh1Q2

Tokyocomics Store
Located further south and out of the night market, south of Taichung Park, this place has two floors containing mainly Mangas and a small amount of anime merch.

東京卡通漫畫專賣店
No. 83, Guangfu Road, Central District, Taichung City, 400
04 2225 1185

https://goo.gl/maps/mjjpSenEyXt

And that is all I have to share about anime stores in Taiwan. I'll be sure to update if I come across more stores in Taiwan!