ONE PIECE (Japanese manga and anime series features an extensive cast of characters) collaborated with LAWSON and produced their original sweets and goods.
I love the anthropomorphic reindeer and doctor “Tony Tony Chopper”. He looks adorable,but he is also brave.
ONE PIECE milk tea on the desk makes me feel cheerful.
In this time Kimi ni todoke animation will be on TV (from October 6th.). Promotion campaign is held in Harajuku street.
Cafe, beauty salon and so on collaborate with Kimi ni todoke and they have speciality menu. Your hair style can change as like the character in kimi ni todoke.
Kimi ni todoke (from me to you) is the most popular shojyo manga in Japan now. It will be converted to the animation in this October.
Story
Sawako Kuronuma, called Sadako by her classmates for her resemblance to the character from Ring, has always been feared and misunderstood because of her appearance. There are rumors that Sawako can see ghosts and curse people. But when her idol, popular boy Kazehaya, begins talking with her, everything changes. She finds herself in a new world, trying to make friends and talking to different people and she can’t thank Kazehaya enough for giving her these opportunities. Slowly, but surely, a sweet love is blossoming between the two as they will overtake any circumstance or clear obstacles in their way. (from Wikipedia)
“Change” is big word in Japan, too. Kimi ni todoke give hope and happiness to all girls readers.
Recently kimi ni todoke vol.9 was published and now continuing. It seemes to be translated in English for vol.4. The animatsion will start from October 6th.
Yotsuba&! (as known in Japanese “Yotsubato!”) is a very popular manga series by Kiyohiko Azuma. Not only Japanese girl, many people love them.
Yotsuba is a main character. She is 5 years old young girl. This story are depicted her daily summer holiday life with her father and neighborhoods.
Most of Japanese people love summer vacation at the best in a year, so I think it might be why this manga is attractive to Japanese.
Some of products born from Yotsuba&! are also released.
This is “Danbo” (cardboard robot). Danbo was represented on the story that Yotsuba and her friends made a robot with cardboard on summer homework (incruded in vol. 6).
Amazon co.jp reproduced Danbo with their delivery box. It’s funny idea.
Nodame Cantabile is very pupular manga featuring classic music.
“Nodame” is girl’s name of the main charactor. She is a music college student. And She is described as talent to become an incredible pianist. But She is lazy girl like not to clean her room and not to take a bath sometimes, and so on….
She is growing up with her elder boyfriend “Chiaki”. He was born into a musical family. And he is also musical talented. but he is a good guy to do housekeeping.
I think every readers feel funny to her lazy behavior and sympathy with her attitude to be a good pianist.
