K-ON! Census Poster Fetches $900
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Oct 9, 2010 08:41 JST
- Tags: Anime Goods, Auctions, K-ON!, Kyoto, Kyoto Animation, Marketing, Moe, Otaku
A rather unique poster of the Keion-bu sidelining as spokesmodels for the Japanese National Census has recently sold on Yahoo Auctions for ¥71,000 (approx. $860 USD); while definitely not a record for impassioned otaku auctions, still surely a princely sum for a B2-sized poster with governmental text obscuring much of the artwork.
The poster itself is a Kyoto City advertisement encouraging residents to participate in this year’s national Census (this year’s Census Day fell on Oct. 01).
The auction maker does not state specifically where he acquired this copy of the poster, other than that it was not stolen or any other illegal method, but does describe it as the sort of small poster that would be distributed for storefronts in the Kyoto area.
The poster itself:
The top pink text says:
Residents living in Kyoto Metropolitan Area, Let’s All Participate!
October 01, National Census Day
There are also English, Chinese and Korean equivalents lower down.
As the auction says, the artwork is as splendid as one would expect from a Kyoto Animation artwork, although it does seem to lose something with all the official blurbs laying on top of it all.
A variety of other special artwork featuring the girls of K-ON! has been seen as part of the census – for some reason (likely regional pride at the success of Kyoto Animation) K-ON! was selected as the source of image characters for the census, despite the anime itself having no actual connection to Kyoto – it is apparently set in the Saitama/Tokyo sprawl.
The extreme popularity of K-ON! and the national exposure (largely via 2ch) of the Kyoto census campaign probably accounts for the high price.
The auction itself can still be seen at Yahoo Japan, but for posterity’s sake, here are screens of the entire auction page:
A slightly modified version of the poster even appeared in a Kyoto newspaper:
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Yuika Itano Newcomer AV Promisingly Sexy
Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso Dubbed “Brilliantly”
Ninja Training Courses: “Be Just Like Naruto!”
Dimension W An Emotional Roller Coaster
Valkyria Chronicles Remaster Masterful Indeed
Hibike! Euphonium Goods Strike A Tranquil Chord
Top 20 Most Charming Anime Siblings
Afterschool Hypnosis Club Hypnotic Indeed
Utawarerumono Bathes Harder
Samurai Vader VS Kamen Rider Black RX
Final Fantasy Explorers Gameplay Action-Packed
Koukaku no Pandora Cuter Still
Lively Nozomi Tojo Figure
Dead or Alive 5 Last Round x Tatsunoko
One Piece: Burning Blood Busting It Up
Extended Valkyria: Azure Revolution Trailer Calls to Battle
Atelier Shallie Plus “Ayesha Returns!”
Gate “Endlessly Tragic…”
Boku Dake ga Inai Machi Distressingly Melancholic
Cooking Mishap Asuna Figure
Umaru Ero-Cosplay by Asami Hamsterific
Goddess of 2ch: “Pink & Soft All The Way!”
Kuroneko Cosplay by Mikehouse Full of Life
Busty Hotaru Cosplay Delightfully Delectable
Adorable Ati Cosplay by Kaieda Kai Kemonomimi Chaos
Momo Velia Deviluke Cosplay Bursting With Bridal Beauty
Skimpy Sonico Cosplay Barely Contained
Kumiko & Reina Cosplay Hardly Blows At All
Skimpy Elf Bikini Cosplay by Saku Supremely Sexy
Gothic Lolita Hatsune Miku Cosplay Busts Out
Dull investment.
interesting
off topic:
Quen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow I didn't notice that.. +1 for you.
That should be QUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN~ ^_^
Hello. ^^
wow ive never seen a poster sell for so much, then again, I saw an xbox 360 sell for 24k XD
Hm, make 1:1 copies of it and get rich. ^^
Next arc in Hunter X Hunter: Hunting For The Endangered K-on! Census Posters.
I can't wait to read it in 2025.
..with rough sketch quality artwork..
If it's in yen that's maybe but if it's in US dollars,
BITCH PLEASE!
Stocking from Panty & Stocking makes a more reasonable price than this.
K-ON! is connected to Kyoto due to a school trip they took there in episode 4 of the second season. The site depicted in the poster is of Arashiyama's famous “Moon Crossing Bridge”.
That said, the poster is rather nice but I'm not liking all the text covering Kyoto's fall colors.
K-on! is becoming more and more resembling an ambassador just like Doraemon....
900 bucks for a poster? O_O
retarded AND rich.
Oh wow.. To top it off.. It was sold...
Damn..... I could sure use that and buy myself a workstation graphics card.
no rich, just RETARD!
I can only imagine...
"Hello, I am Nakano Azusa and I'm here to tell you that your country needs you to repopulate Japan! Get in the sack! For Japan!"
I'd get into the sack with Azunyan anytime. Banzai! ^_^
You be it's sack and your hand in that.
It's be you and your hand in that sack.
It's be you and your sack in that hand.
lol if you think k-on will be relevant 10 years from now
Whoever paid for this is an idiot and deserves to have all his money be taken from him by smarter people.
I'd certainly like to be the dude selling it, considering he probably just took one from a hand-out pile and turned into nearly a thousand dollars.
I'm actually considering of going to glorious Nippon just to watch the movie...
It just shows how everyone loves K-On now!
No. It just shows how lonely you foreign otakus are! 20 years from now you wonder why you are still single and how you fapped to this godawful show and posted on this godawful website
860 for a poster of a series that wasn't that great?
And no tits either. :(
What has become of this world!
I've actually blown over $600 on a Black Lagoon poster.
Haters gonna be hated
Mio and azu nya worth it!
The goverment want to lure the hikki out and participate in the census.
How do you get the hikki out to SEE the poster?
I can sort of understand the original movie cells going for so much but a poster I cant really justify
I love the show, but really, some of the fan base are a bit weird.
I wouldn't pay that for a danged poster.
what the? next thing you know they will sell K-on! used pantsu,candy wrappers,teacups etc..
wait oh shi--
I'd like to buy your used underwears
Shitty moeblobs. K-on worse than shit
Whether you like or not, Kyoto Government has officially endorsed this.