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If you only have Akihabara on your anime shopping bucket list, you’re missing out on the many shopping areas that are filled to the brim with every type of anime merchandise you can imagine. Gachapon? Check. Hello Kitty collab toys? Check. Themed makeup products? You …Read more »
Universal Studios Japan closed down for a while because of COVID. And after it opened its doors again, it still kept a lot of restrictions in place. This included forbidding guests from hugging or high-fiving mascots, due to sanitary reasons. However, with more COVID restrictions …Read more »
Sometimes hotels in Japan will theme their rooms to otaku interests, like this Hello Kitty room or this Sasuke Uchiha room. But in Jimbocho, an area in Tokyo famous for its hundred-plus used bookstores, the Book Hotel Jimbocho has unveiled two Manga Art Rooms this …Read more »
Sanrio likes to join forces with different franchises to bring some cuteness to them, and they announced their second partnership with the hit series My Hero Academia. With each of their items, they will put a My Hero Academia character with a Sanrio character. Here …Read more »
The No Limit! Parade at Universal Studios Japan used to march through the amusement park, filled with characters from all different franchises. The parade was put to a halt because of COVID, with the park spending its time either closed or at limited capacity. But …Read more »
The company Cocode has come up with a new way to show your love of Sanrio. They’ve released five T-shirts themed after My Melody, Cinnamoroll, Kuromi, Pompompurin, and Pochacco. (What, no Hello Kitty?) In addition to the shirts already being themed after each character, they …Read more »
Sanrio is working with American Olympic medalist Allyson Felix as the athlete partner for its Team USA collaboration ahead of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. “Being a fierce competitor on and off the field and a fearless member of her community, coupled with …Read more »
The Sanrio Summer Puro Festival occurs at Sanrio Puroland and mixes adorable Sanrio characters with traditional Japanese summer activities. The festival obviously didn’t happen last year because of COVID, but is scheduled to return this July 9. It will take place until August 31. They’ll …Read more »
As an April Fool’s prank, the gacha game Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Mei from the horror franchise Higurashi: When They Cry contended they were going to put cute Sanrio characters in their world, along with a theme park.
After multiple COVID-related delays, Super Nintendo World officially opened on March 18. However, there’s a new state of emergency in Japan, and it has asked all theme parks to close down. So all of Universal Studios Japan, including Super Nintendo World and the Hello Kitty …Read more »
Higurashi: When They Cry continues its celebrated return this summer with a new series. The SOTSU arc will add new twists and turns to the already twisty-turny revival of the horror classic. Equally twisty and turny, though, is the series’s life outside its own boundaries. From cameos …Read more »
What’s better than watching your anime faves onscreen? Watching all of them together at once! Anime crossovers have always been a thing, but these days they’re getting more commonplace. From isekai expanded universes to studios bringing together their top-tier stars, it all means more fun for …Read more »
There are Hello Kitty themed hotel rooms. So why not have anime hotel rooms? The EJ Anime Hotel in Tokorozawa, north of Tokyo, is here to fill that gap. According to SoraNews24, the hotel boasts guest rooms that give themes for the anime Uzaki-chan Wants …Read more »
Sanrio recently got a creepy makeover with cute toys you can disembowel, but the kawaii company isn’t done with its flair for gross/cute stuff. Sanrio’s theme park Harmonyland is getting all decked out for Halloween. According to the Japanese site grape, the Halloween theme rolled …Read more »
You know Sanrio characters can supply the cuteness, but did you know they can also supply the grossness? Toy company Mega House is coming out with Sanrio toys where you can undress the adorable characters . . . down to their bones and innards. After …Read more »
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