Anime/manga-themed café’s baked goods run the range from cute to crazy, just like Chiikawa itself. Osaka is famous as one of Japan’s best foodie destinations, with kuidaore, “eat until you drop,” being a rallying cry of gourmands in the city. As of this month, you’re going to want to leave at least a little room […]

New tie-up with hit anime comes with anti-scalper strategy. Fast food and anime figures are two of the reliable simple sources of joy in life, and yet there was some trepidation about combining the two of them as McDonald’s Japan launched a collaboration with the Chiikawa franchise last week. Chiikawa Happy Meals went on sale […]

Hopefully new policies will keep Chiikawa figures out of scalpers’ hands so they can find their ways to fans instead. McDonald’s Japan is getting ready to release its Chiikawa Happy Meals this week, featuring figures of the cast of the quirkily cute anime/character merch franchise dressed up in the burger chain’s uniforms. As a matter […]

End scalpers! End scalpers!

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Parade announced that, at the end of February 2026, _Chiikawa_ Sanrio plush of characters from the anime and manga dressed as mascots like Hello Kitty will appear. There will be three varieties. They will appear in actual arcades as prizes in Japan and in many online crane games. There’s no word on if we’ll see them eventually everywhere.

While three characters appear in this _Chiikawa_ Sanrio…