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If you are going to be in the Ikebukuro, Japan area you will want to visit the Animate Cafe starting November 17th. Starting on the 17th the Cafe will have a special themed menu from the cast and creatures from the upcoming Digimon Adventure tri. Besides have special menu items the Cafe will be giving out complementary items as well. If you order a food item you will receive a Digimon bookmark and if you order a drink item you will receive a Digimon coaster. Cool promotional.
If you are going to be in Japan during August or part of September you might want to check out this art exhibit. Ghost in the Shell turns 25 and there is an art exhibit for the event entitled, Ghost in the Shell, 25th Anniversary- Art Exhibition. If you are in the area the exhibit will be in the Seibu Gallery in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro from August 8 – 20. Then if you miss it there you have another chance to see the exhibit. From August 27 – September 8 on the 8th floor of the Hanshin Department Store in Osaka’s Umeda. Tickets will be 1,200 yen ($11.75).
If you are planning a trip to Japan or live there you will want to check out you local planetariums. The Konica Minolta Planetarium Company is sponsoring a Summer One Piece Planetarium event. The planetariums that are participating will have One Piece characters during their sessions. Nami will navigate visitors around constellations, meteors, and auroras while Luffy, Usopp, Zoro, Sanji, and Franky will make interruptions. There will also be anime scenes interspersed during the show, which will last 35 minutes.
Two of the Planetariums will be Manten Planetarium in Ikebukuro’s Sunshine City shopping center July 13 – September 8 and at Tenku Planetarium July 20 – September 1. As mentioned earlier it will be at other planetariums so be sure to check them out and have some fun.
The Japanese Pasela karaoke store chain will begin offering sweets inspired by characters from the upcoming Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha the Movie 2nd A’s at select locations. If you happen to be in one of these locations: Ikebukuro; Shinjuku Yasukuni-Dori; Shibuya; or Akihabara stop in and give them a try. The creations are pictured above.
For the 30th Anniversary of Macross a traveling exhibit is making its rounds across Japan. This last Saturday it opened at the Sunshine City Complex in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. The exhibit is called “30th Anniversary of Macross Super Dimension Exhibition~Valkyrie de Sasotte!~”. The exhibit features several Macross images and statues, but the big center piece for the exhibit is the full-scale VF-25F Messiah Valkyrie Variable Fighter. Because of the smaller size of this complex only the top portion of the Valkyrie is on display. When the exhibit makes it way to Osaka it will be in a larger complex and will have the complete Valkyrie on display. For more images follow the link below: