Week in Review: Hello Kitty Beer and One Piece Hats
Plus an anime cafe and digital divas!
Gomu-Gomu Awesome Hat!:
You love the anime, you read the manga, you buy all the toys, but how
can a true One Piece
devotee
show their love of all things Mugiwara to the world? Well, if you
have $50, you can get your rubbery hands on the Premium Bandai-produced replica of Luffy’s straw hat! Made by legendary hat maker
Tanaka Hats, this authentic and stylish headgear is fit for the king
of the pirates.
Drunk
Kitty:
Thought
that Hello Kitty was already on every single product that ever
existed? You were right, but now you can add one more piece of Kitty
swag to the overwhelmingly long list: beer. Taiwan Tsing Brewing
Company is now shipping the beer to Taiwan and China, and the Hello
Kitty suds come in various fruity flavors. More like Hello Tipsy…
Vocaloid
Idol: Do
you live in Japan and love to sing, but hate to leave your house? Fear
not, because Sony Music is holding open auditions to find the newest
Vocaloid pop idol! Teens younger then 25 can submit their entries
online and at select karaoke spots in Japan, and the winner of the
search is guaranteed a concert performance debut in the new year. Could you be the newest digital diva?
This
is Only Sort of Creepy:
Visitors
to Akihabara, Tokyo’s mecca of all things otaku, can now satiate their
hunger for both food and buxom anime babes in one fell swoop by
paying a visit to the Fantasista
Doll Cafe.
The pop-up shop features a menu based on the newly
launched multi-platform series.
Dining options range from character-themed cocktails to fried mackerel
to “special” desert and beyond. We almost don’t want to know what’s so
special about it.