
NisiOisin’s official twitter page has teased a 2nd upcoming collaboration event between the Monogatari series and Hello Kitty (with the first involving a maid cafe), revealing some tasteful illustrations of the anime’s lovely ladies with a noticeable Hello Kitty theme – though little has been divulged about the team up itself.
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The delectable girls of apparition anime Monogatari will somehow star in a café collaboration with the iconic Hello Kitty – a bizarre combination that at least substantially elevates both the moe levels of Monogatari’s lovely girls and the cat-like icon.
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Sanrio looks to be indirectly going after the creepy male demographic with another gratuitously moe figure, in this case of the obscure Mikan Tachibana, evidently a fan of the franchise herself, wearing lots of Hello Kitty goods for her release date in December 2012, courtesy of Kaitendo.
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Puella Magi Madoka Magica fans have been left in no doubt as to the fact Madoka and company have made it big – Sanrio have granted them their own line of Hello Kitty merchandise (in this case featuring My Melody), an honour even K-ON! has been denied and Bakemonogatari could probably never even hope for…
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The previously featured Iroha Nekomura receives another feline salutation figure by Milestone, switching her Vocaloid apparel for frillier attire and due to be released in March 2012.
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Designed by popular artist Okama, Iroha Nekomura is a relatively obscure Hello Kitty “To Issho” spin-off Vocaloid, now due her own figure edition courtesy of Griffon Enterprises, due in November 2011.
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Japanese asked what popular girly character goods they think it permissible for a male to possess reveal a surprising degree of tolerance – for non-otaku goods at least…
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Sanrio and X Japan have announced that they would be collaborating for the X Japan’s World Tour Live concerts, bringing their renowned Hello Kitty brand into a new world of eccentric hairstyles.
The new look Hello Kitty, or now known as “Visual-kei Hello Kitty” was created by owner Sanrio specifically for this tour.
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Quite the harem. I couldn’t help but notice that the more human looking wives have cushions and mattresses, whilst the horrific ones have to make do with bare bars.
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This demonic robo is sure to terrify adults and children alike, and certainly makes me glad that the predominant robot aesthetic is of giant armoured killing machines and sultry temptroids, at least outside of companies trying to market hospital bots in place of Filipino nurses. And the price? A mere ¥450,000 (about $1,000,000 if current trends continue). Better to content yourself with a robot that can’t talk, but does perform reasonably well at oppressing animals.