Character News from Asia / Japan
“Kirby Café” operated by Benerick under the license of HAL Laboratory, the copyright holder of “Kirby “, and Warp Star, a copyright management company commissioned by Nintendo, will be from January 1, 2009. The campaign “Sweet NEW YEAR 2021” will be held.
Sentosa is having a special illumination show with Sanrio characters at Siloso beach.
On December 11, Tabio, which operates and develops sock specialty stores such as “Sock Shop”, “Tabio”, and “Tabio MEN”, will be the first in collaboration with “Chiyo no fuji x Kinnikuman” as a new work of “Tabio ARTS”, releasing new line of Wolfman socks.
LINE is holding a special holiday event “LINE FRIENDS 2020 Winter Party” in Taipei, Taiwan. Special appearance of “LINE FRIENDS Carnival sect Tokimitsu”, created by owner Kakuto Kakuho will show cute life-sized public hot balloon, puppets, coffee cups, and so much more.
From December 14th, Gokurakuyu will hold a collaboration campaign with the TV anime “Osomatsu-san” at 32 stores of the Gokurakuyu RAKU SPA Group.
During this pandemic situation, Gundam has a collaboration with Gimans Care, launching face mask products in Hong Kong.
Hanesbrands Japan is holding a limited capsule collection with Nintendo’s popular game title “Super Mario Bros.” with the authentic American athletic wear brand Champion from December 4th. Limited sale started on Official online store and Champion stores in Shibuya Tokyo and Shinsaibashi Osaka.
Häagen-Dazs Hong Kong has collaborated with Sanrio to offer ice cream fondue kits featuring Hello Kitty, My Melody and Pompompurin.
On December 1st,”Pip Erekiban for mama”, a limited package of San-X’s popular character “Sumikko Gurashi”, from the “Pip Erekiban” series of magnetic therapy devices that improve blood circulation and loosen stiffness with the power of magnetism. It will be sold in limited quantities at stores, mass retailers, wellness mail orders, and so on.
Golden Village Singapore is collaborating with Line Friends, releasing a combo set “Jungle Brown Combo Set” from Nov. 26, 2020.
On November 17, Otsuka Pharmaceutical released the WEB movies “Winter Moisture” and “Winter Habits” by virtual talents of Pocari Sweat Ambassadors calling for drinking Pocari Sweat in winter on their official YouTube channel.
Razer is now having a collaboration with Pokemon Asia, releasing a collection of PC items featuring Pokémon’s adorable yellow mascot Pikachu with a range of Pikachu-themed gaming peripherals and wireless earbuds in Singapore.
