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Beanies

Beanie Weenies

Beanie Weenies

Beanie Weenies

This collection of A4 clear files revealed yesterday by ENSKY is amaziiiinnnggg!!!💕💕💕 I've watched as many anime as there are stars in the sky and saw so many illustrations along the years that I've lost count a long time ago, but there are rarely any series that nail so many of the illustrations they release because, let's be honest, they can't always get it right (we wish!), plus the artworks are usually drawn by different artists, and there is a question of preferences of each fan etc...

But wow, so far, I don't have anything to say about the Spy x Family artworks! They are not masterpieces to keep for the ages, but they are all really nice and kick a punch each time!

so i went to japan and bought my bois stuff!! :D these are actually not that many bc somehow I could restrain myself from buying the entire floor 😂 (i really cannot splurge on anything bc i always feel guilty afterwards so yeah 😅)

all of these are from Animate stores in Akihabara and Ikebukuro (both are within walking distance from the stations). I’ve never really bought anime merch before so these stores are really lit 🔥🔥

(pro tip: the Animate Ikebukuro store is the flagship/largest one; has more goods and bigger building so I recommend going to this one if you only have time to visit one store but who tf doesn’t go to Akihabara lol)

Many of you might not have known but up until this morning I was in Tokyo.

I visited Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Akihabara and a few other places.

Most importantly I went to a bunch of K-Books in Ikebukuro and Animate Stores.

If anyone is curious about the K-Books locations... They sell Ikesen merch in the K-books beside the Animate cafe and Ikerev/Ikevam in the store across from the flagship Ikebukuro Animate.

“Are you ready?” Boueibu Happy Kiss and Ikaho Onsen are teaming up for a collab under that name (using the yu for bathwater in place of the “you” as always). Sales will start tomorrow (July 5th) for the tours and the collab period will last from July 27th to October 8th. For now though, here’s a PR Times article and a news announcement on it, plus a key visual (see top image above). There’ll be exclusive goods and a chance to use an app called Butai Meguri (Setting Pilgrimage) to look at places in AR as part of a digital stamp rally.

Also, Binan City has a sister city in the real world now - Shibukawa in Gunma, the home of Ikaho Onsen. If you need to learn more about Gunma, there’s a short anime called You Don’t Know Gunma Yet from the spring season.

What is happiness to you? It’s time for Ishii to answer the question for the last round of Hapikome.

The first floor of Animate Yokohama is in the middle of a Boueibu promotion for the LOVE! FINAL! BDs and DVDs (see middle 4 images). They even have an Umehara standee!

The Shining Store’s tour of Animate shops is being extended into June! They will be in Ikebukuro (Tokyo) and Nipponbashi (Osaka) from May 20th to June 11th.