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If you are in Japan and are a One Piece fan you might want to stop by a Kentucky Fried Chicken. For a limited time when you purchase certain combo meals you can receive a One Piece ice cream maker. The ice cream makers have images of: Luffy; Chopper; and the Straw Hat Crew. I still love how companies in Japan have fun with their popular culture figures.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-07-27/one-piece-ice-cream-maker-offered-at-kfc-japan
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.
Here’s something librarians can pass on to their teachers within the community or use it within the library itself. Akitoshi Maekawa, a 46 year old teacher in Japan, is using Chopper, from Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece, to demonstrate civil rights. Chopper is a character that was isolated from any interaction from the world when Luffy and his crew first encountered him. People made fun of him, they were scarred of him, and bullied him because of this, but Luffy and the crew befriend him and he becomes part of the pirate crew.
Maekawa’s class related the Chopper character to several issues including: racial discrimination; people forced into a homeless lifestlye; handicapped people; and bullying. Follow the link below for the complete article.
For all of our neighbors in Japan AXE Fragrance Body Spray and Soap will have One Piece figures in them. You will be able to get one figure out of nine, for a limited time in Japan. The campaign begins next Monday and last until supplies are out. Good luck in getting all nine figures and if any one has friends in Japan see if they can pick them up for you.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-07-20/one-piece-to-pitch-axe-body-spray-soap-in-japan
This is a fun little item that your patrons that are into One Piece or anime in general would probably like. It’s the One Piece Dream Dessert Dish: Thousand Sunny. Bandai’s official shopping site will have the Sunday dish up for pre-order Friday at 1:00 p.m. in Japan (Midnight EDT). The dish is approximately 10 inches long and comes with 2 forks that feature the characters Luffy and Chopper. The price tag on this cool item is 4,500 yen or $57.00 and is scheduled to ship in early November. Check out the full article at the link below.