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POP IN 2 - B-Komachi

Anime: Oshi no Ko

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Genre expectations.

(from Barakamon, S1E02: "Hitonmochi")

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"Happy Kappy Donut!!" - Happy Kappy - April 6, 2011

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Down the rabbit hole of Oshi no Ko collabs

As someone constantly looking at Oshi no Ko merch I shouldn't buy, I came to learn about the sheer number of OnK collaborations. So I figured why not impart such useless knowledge here.

Note that these are merely some of them and yet there are so many that I had to split this into a whopping three posts. Here is part 2. The third is to come.

Most of the below collabs featured limited edition merch and special illustrations.

Cafe Collaborations

The Animate stores had OnK events at their cafes which involved themed food, decorations, and special merch. You can see a video of one Animate cafe event here.

Other OnK cafes took place at Sweets Paradise restaurant, The Guest cafe and diner, Tower Records cafe, the Atari cafe inside Ikebukuro Parco (Parco is a chain of department stores), and cafes in Tokyo and Osaka held the Exceptional Autumn event (the name of course is taken from "lies are an exceptional form of love"). This is by no means an exhaustive list.

Brands

The funniest brand that has teamed up with OnK has to be Panasonic's personal "Solota" dishwasher. There are a few commercials including this one where Ai mentions that there are three people in her household and then has to play it off. There was also a 2 hour low fi style video of Ai sitting on her couch reading with the dishwasher in the background. Unfortunately, I can't find it which sucks because it was pretty cool [edit: updating this to say that you can download it here. Thanks for that!] There's also a Hikakin Premium cup noodle commercial.

Other tie-ins include Onkyo earbuds, Kaneyo brand baking soda with Kana of course, Sanrio, candy, food and drink brands like Meiji and Lotte chocolate, 7-11, Pizza Hut, Sushiro restaurant (the Mother's Day promo images are so cute it nearly killed me), TIRTIR cosmetics, and hair care brand Je L'aime.

It would be remiss of me not to highlight Tamanoi's Sushi no Ko seasoning powder which was advertised in the manga (why? just how much did they pay them?) during an important pep talk from Kana to Aqua no less.

Pop Up Events

There have been a bunch of other pop ups where they sold limited edition merchandise based on illustrations created for those events. I'm especially fond of Ai in the "cheer squad" design from Animate. It's the cutest damn thing. Most of the pop ups mentioned below also had exhibits.

(The bottom right photo is from this tweet).

One took place at Base Yard Tokyo, a store that sells clothes and anime/manga goods. This was at the Harajuku store and took inspiration from Harajuku fashion. Ai's hair bow is stupidly enormous. I love it so much.

The store Akihabara Gamers sold merch based on illustrations with a flower theme featuring ridiculous hats for Aqua, Kana, and Akane.

Another event was at the Atre Akihabara mall. The building was decorated with murals including an Ai mural matching the one in the anime where fans left flowers after she died. This article has images.

Tokyo Records and Red Tokyo Tower also had events. Red Tokyo Tower is a VR/AR related theme park next to Tokyo Tower. Here is a video.

Clothes

Recently the Japanese online shopping site Yumetenbo put out a line of dresses under the name "Black Devil Stars." This is the website.

I think they're really cute and Ai's devil design is one of my favorite collab designs. I'm sad that Aqua's art did not feature him in his dress but the suit is still cool. Bic Camera stores are also selling items like stands, keychains, cards, and an Ai plushie based on the same designs.

In terms of more regular clothing, there of course a ton of Oshi no Ko items, but the clothing lines I know of are from Uniqlo and Shimamura. The photo below is Rumi Okubo, Mem's VA, wearing a Shimamura sweater and uh... is that a neck warmer? Is that related? I have no clue.

There's also a fashion show called Tokyo Girls Collection and this year they had an event called Idol Runway Collection pairing fashion with idols. The official YT channel put out a Mem vlog style video of it. It doesn't look like the models wore the outfits featured in the illustration. It's a real missed opportunity to show off Aqua's baggy suit.

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Chigiri's Mom And Sister

Their names are actually revealed for the first time in the anime alongside their voice actresses.

Chigiri's mother is Neneko and she's voiced by Ryoka Yuzuki (voice actress of Ino Yamanaka from Naruto/Boruto and Taiki's mom from Blue Box)

Chigiri's sister is Koyuki and she's voiced by Rumi Okubo (voice actress of Memcho from Oshi no Ko and Astolfo from the Fate series).

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[Info about Sugar Apple Fairy Tale]

to be updated if needed

Sugar Apple Fairy Tale season 1 ends with such a big cliffhanger for everyone, and there are not many people knowing about this series since it was more than 10 years ago. As an old reader, I hope to offer some clarification for those who need it.

Sugar Apple Fairy Tale was originally a light novel series and got picked up by Aquascans, translated by Icarus Bride, unfortunately the project was dropped with only 2 volumes finished: https://aquascans.wordpress.com/novels/sugar-apple-fairy-tale-novel/

On Aquascans tumblr, if you search using “sugar apple fairy tale” tag, you can still find the illustrated pictures used in the novel. The illustrator and character design is Aki-sensei. Back then I fancied this novel for the illustration since I’ve liked her drawing style for a long time ago.

Then the novel was promoted with one-volume manga drawn by Yukimura Alto. She is the author of the shoujo-manga: Colette wa Shinu Koto ni Shita (Colette and Hades)

It also got 2 drama CDs with Shall voiced by Sakurai Takahiro and Ann by Okubo Rumi. I personally like this version better than the anime. Shall is more mischievous and Ann is calmer in the novel and drama CD.

Spoilers:

Shall will come back to Ann in the next volume (or in season 2 anime). Later in the series he declares his love for her and they kiss. One fun fact is Ann keeps counting the number of kiss they share, but when she is asleep, Shall still kisses her without her being aware of. So he finds it amusing as she incorrectly counts the number later on.

There are two other fairies who are stone-brothers to Shall. Shall Fen Shall was born from obsidian, Raphal Fen Raphal from opal, and Eril Fen Eril from diamond. Shall, Raphal and Eril were from three stones inlaid in the late fairy king’s sword by himself. They are the candidates for the next fairy king.

Mythril will be dying because of his short life span (born from water) but saved by Eril, though he loses his water-control ability. Ann was stabbed by Raphal and saved by Eril, however she loses all her confections making skill and has to start training again.

Raphal fights Shall; they both go missing and lose memory. However, Shall retrieves his memory and comes back to Ann. They get married and the series ends here. The recently published volume is after their marriage.

(all pictures credit: from Aquascans Tumblr)

It’s a pity that at the time I knew about this series, half of them had been published and I missed most of the extra short stories sold exclusively and limitedly. TT_TT

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Oshi no Ko - Additional characters and casts

Mem-Cho (CV: Rumi Okubo)

Akane Kurokawa (CV: Manaka Iwami)

[everyvane]

"Granblue TV Channel is on the air now, with Okubo Rumi (Lunalu) back in the studio for her second week as guest. She's fully ready to spend another day clutching her dear Vane close."

twitter.com/granblue_en/status/1728748537981088052

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Il video dell'anime Oshi no Ko rivela altri membri del cast e anticipa la canzone finale Manaka Iwami e Rumi Okubo si uniscono al cast come Akane Kurokawa e Memcho. Info:--> https://www.gonagaiworld.com/il-video-dellanime-oshi-no-ko-rivela-altri-membri-del-cast-e-anticipa-la-canzone-finale/?feed_id=355468&_unique_id=641eb50882e77 #AkaAkasaka #Anime #AnimeJapan2023 #OshinoKo #推しの子

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Information on the No Longer Allowed in Another World Anime

It has been announced that the No Longer Allowed in Another World anime will begin airing in Japan in July 2024. Cast information for this forthcoming anime has also been announced. The main character, Sensei, will be played by Hiroshi Kamiya, Annette by Rumi Okubo, Tama by Sayumi Suzushiro, and Nia by Makoto Koichi. Furthermore, this work marks the first time in Kamiya’s long career as a voice…

[ardathksheyna]

Oh Shit, Tunguska Sanctuary Incoming!

Tunguska Sanctuary is going to drop on the 21st or 22nd—just in time for my company's holiday break. Holy shit, I know what I'm gonna be doing.

On the heels of Tunguska, the New Years event is coming and we also know who the New Years Servant is. So who's rolling for Koyanskaya of Darkness? Personally, I'm not but I wish everyone else good luck in their rolls!

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Rumi Okubo (Astolfo’s voice actress) reacting to the Charlemagne reveal.

Since Astolfo has lines toward him in My Room that means she knew he was coming at some point, but lines can be recorded way in advance. I wonder how long she was waiting for this, and I wish I could see her face when she was called in to record and saw in the script who Astolfo was talking to.

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