A S$160m revamp ends Otaku House's 17-year run at Plaza Singapura

Otaku House had been part of Plaza Singapura for 17 years — the chain's second outlet, which began, in the store's own retelling, with a sketch submitted to the mall and a lion dance at the opening. It sat in the top-floor row of toy stores, selling figures, plushies, collectables and anime merchandise.

On 9 July 2026 the shop announced on Instagram that 16 August would be its last day, and opened a Moving Out Sale with 40 per cent off storewide. The cause was structural: CapitaLand, which manages the mall, is renovating the entire Level 7 — every tenant on the floor is moving out — as part of a S$160 million revamp running in phases from the third quarter of 2026, reconfiguring retail and dining units across several levels.

Otaku House is one face of a wider wave of tenant departures ahead of the works. The chain itself survives: outlets continue at Jewel Changi Airport, PLQ Mall and Suntec City, with a new store due at SingPost Centre. What is gone is the seventeen-year Orchard Road address.