Ooples Anime

Friendly staff and a good place to just kill some time with people. They are still adding on to the store side and I can tell this will be a hot spot next year. I can’t wait to see this place grow. The movies in the back with seating is a great idea for someone wanting to watch something old or new to them. It could use some space for a artist trying to find inspiration or finish creating his/​her comic or book. I can’t wait to go back and see ooples in six months.

In a little known nook of the northish side of town there is a little gem of a place called Ooples Animé. Spite its whimsical name, Ooples is a pretty serious store selling an endless selection of animé merchandise. If you are an animé collector you will probably find something here that relates to what ever you might be a fan of. The store seems to pay very close attention to what new animé is trendy and keeps stock to reflect that. If you are not a fan of animé, they also have a lot of random things that play to other aspects of nerd culture: Video game memorabilia, Magic The Gathering and other TCGs, Doctor Who, comics, action figures, you name it!
This store also have a lot of table space… I mean a lot of table space! More than any other store in Austin… This store is a trading card gamer’s paradise! Most stores don’t have enough space to support casual play of any card game in between events but Ooples does.
Speaking of events Ooples also usually has something interesting happening every night. Some nights they will have obscure format Magic the Gathering tournaments… (always fun!) other nights they may have a meeting of inde game developers or even a super smash brothers tournament (so I’ve heard)… as I said there is something for everyone here. I personally enjoy coming just to hang out just to see what happens.
The store itself is tucked away on a back road in an industrial part of Austin near the Domain. If you ever find yourself in the area please check it out! The staff and owner are incredibly friendly and the people that play/​hang out there are a lot of fun… I think I finally found a place in Austin I can be a regular to!

The best animé store in Austin. It’s also the store with the largest gaming area in Austin. Other stores may have more total square footage, but Ooples has more footage dedicated strictly to gaming. In addition to the usual card games, they also feature regular tabletop game events, such as Aes: Brass Revolution, the steampunk RPG of Texas.
Ooples also has a thriving animé club that meets regularly on Saturday. Highly recommend it to anyone looking for a great place to hang out and meet new folks.
The owner and staff are great. The closing times are flexible. They have the attitude that if someone is in the store, they’ll stay open. It’s great to see that dedication.