Welcome to my list of Kansai-area (well, mostly Osaka) otaku bar reviews! There is a website that documents otaku bars, and several sites that document bars and resturants around Japan in general, but they are all aimed at a Japanese audience. Also, a lot of smaller bars do not have a presence on Google Maps.

Criteria

Most of the bars on this list, I found via looking for アニメバー or オタクバー on Google maps.This omits several which aren't listed on there, so I have found others by the ancient method of "just wandering about". That's what safe streets do for you, eh? I've listed every one I can find, and I hope to visit at least every one in Osaka, plus as many further-afield ones as I can manage to get to.

I can't gaurantee these bars will still be open when you visit them, but I'll try to keep on top of things as much as possible.

Notes on scores

Our cute AI-generated mascot Estrella-Chan will help us with the scores!

- Crap. This can mean a combination of too expensive, standoffish staff, an insular crowd who don't like outsiders etc.

- OK bars with only one or two of the major flaws mentioned above. Go if you like the sound of the theme.

- OK places, best if you like the theme (like a JoJo bar), but a decent night out, even without that.

- Good bars, recommended.

- The greatest!

- This means I haven't been there yet.

- This means I have visited the bar, but I don't remember enough to make a proper review.

- Nah-chan means I can't / won't go there.

- Ripoffs, scams and / or completely terrible.

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- This page has pictures of the bar itself.

- This page has a video guide, showing how to get to the bar from central Osaka (or, at least, the nearest station).

- This page has pictures of just the outside.

Otaku Bars Q&A

Osaka Prefecture

Osaka City - "Minami" (incl. central Chuo Ward, Shinsaibashi, Namba, Honmachi, Denden Town, America-Mura etc)

New Caoff Discovery - /

Anna - /

Anisong Bar Noo - /

Bar Bunch 78 - /

C-Part - /

Warp Room - /

Otome - /

Subculture Entertainment Round 2 - /

Picture-Book Bar Gabu - /

Ra-Ra Ya-San - /

Jan Kounen - /

Cue Lamp - /

The Hearth - /

Bar Trek - /

Mofuru Osaka Nipponbashi - /

2.5D Bar Clan - /

Guild (Dotonbori) - /

Mofuru Osaka Dotonbori - /

Plus At - /

Misco -

The Drunken Clam -

At Home Bar Kai -

SubCulBar Now! -

Monogori Bar -

Jukimamani - /

Game Bar Love Hime - /

Gunpla Bar Axiz Iolite - /

U.N. Osaka Nazdrowie - /

Secret Garden - /

BB Otaload -

Guild (Nipponbashi) - /

Anison Cafe Arcadia - /

Red Comet - /

Ore No Heroine-chan - /

Gamer's Bar Kuronekodo - /

Guild Bar Luida - /

Kuroro - /

Laugh Tale - /

Space Station - /

Jake (Woman-Only Bar) -

Bar Tual-On - /

Jojo Bar Golden Wind - /

Uramakoya - /

Encount - /

Guild Neo - /

8192 -

Bar BK - /

Milu Lari - /

Osaka City - "Umeda" (Kita Ward)

Lapis Lazuli - /

Claris - /

Book & Bar Shosai - /

Space Monkey - /

Bar Z - /

Fitting Bar Daphne - /

FireBom Bar -

Cat's Eye -

Rinka - /

quivering jubblies

Osaka City - "Kyobashi" (East Chuo Ward)

Beetle - /

Otaku Bar Angel -

Osaka City - Tsuruhashi

Recomiya - /

Osaka City - Abeno

Room Mania - /

Osaka City - Higashinari Ward

Luminous - /

Osaka City - Yodogawa Ward

Super Tomoco -

Higashi-Osaka

Bar Owl - /

Subculture Bar Lustier - /

Moriguchi

Vava UT-183 -

Himitukiti - /

Sakai

Tamari Bar - /

Yorozuya - /

Fan Club - /

Miku Star - /

Orange Drop -

Fudge fiddle

Ikeda

Anime Bar Snow - /

Kyoto Prefecture

Kyoto City - Nakagyo Ward

Otaku Bar Ism - /

Hyogo Prefecture

Kobe City - Sannomiya

Gundam Bar 0079G - /

Anison Bar Stella - /

Anime Bar Seven - /

Toybox - /

Shield - /

Saki Sanobashi

Kawanishi

Anisong Cafe & Bar Pomaru - /

Big cans

Nishinomiya

Re:Cos -

Biggest cans

Nara Prefecture

Nara City
Even bigger cans

Closed-down Bars

Nostalgic Fairy - /

Anime Bar - /

Twinkle Star - /

Crossover - /

Bar 559 -

Ani Labo -

TCG Bar Fun - /

Pub Haa -

Caoff Discovery - /

Digital Cafe - /

Mofuru Osaka Sennichimae - /

Bar Dendo -

Over - /

Heroine Comic - /