Giant Robot (CLOSED)

This innovative retailer, which spun off the 'zine of the same name and has inspired other area boutiques/galleries such as Super 7 (1628 Post Street, Western Addition, 409 4700) and Park Life (220 Clement Street, Richmond, 386 7275), specialises in Asian-American pop in all its incarnations: fine art, toys, illustration, T-shirts, anime artefacts, art books, ephemera and all manner of ultra-covetable and collectable tchotchkes. Be sure to check out the affordable art in the gallery space.