On November 18, AEON’s fashion brand Doublefocus launched six pieces of apparel inspired by the soccer series Captain Tsubasa! These items will be available at 260 AEON and AEON Style locations nationwide as well as AEON Style Online. 

Captain Tsubasa Sweatshirt

Captain Tsubasa Hoodies

Track Jacket

T-Shirts

Soccer is becoming more popular in Japan, and this is becoming apparent through its inclusion in various anime and manga series. If you’re a fan, be sure to grab one of these Captain Tsubasa shirts, sweatshirts, or hoodies!

(c) 高橋陽一／集英社・2018キャプテン翼製作委員会

In an effort to help support of the restoration efforts in Kumamoto after the 2016 earthquake devastated the prefecture, the Nohara family from the popular manga and anime series Crayon Shin-chan have been appointed official Kumamoto Restoration Supporters. This begins with a PR campaign to help promote tourism in Kumamoto’s city of Aso. To celebrate, Shin-chan himself visited the Kumamoto Prefectural Government on July 15.

Shin-chan’s mother, Misae, was born and raised in Aso, Kumamoto, while himself and his father Hiroshi were both born in Akira Prefecture. Shin-chan considers Aso his second home, and all of this the reason behind the family’s appointment as supporters. The manga series has raised money for Kumamoto numerous times in the past, including for the Crayon Shin-chan 25th Anniversary Exhibition which saw money raised for charity products donated towards relief efforts of the earthquake disaster. This year, the series joins hands with the prefecture once more.

The 2021 summer campaign is being carried with the slogan “I’m fine! ASO.” The Nohara family will serve as PR characters to spread the word about Aso. This will include a digital stamp rally that will have people travelling around the prefecture on their smartphones. The app will be released in August, followed by campaign posters, pamphlets, and other promotional material rolling out.

When Shin-chan visited the local government office for his appointment as a supporter, he played the Nintendo Switch game Crayon Shin-chan: Ora to Hakase no Natsuyasumi – Owaranai Nanokakan no Tabi with officials, which also released on the same day. In the game you can visit lots of spots around Kumamoto such as Kumamoto Station, Kusasenri Observatory, Tsujun Bridge, Aso Station, and more.

©臼井儀人／双葉社・シンエイ・テレビ朝日・ADK
©2010熊本くまモン

 ⒸNeos Corporation
Nintendo Switchのロゴ・Nintendo Switchは任天堂の商標です。

Digital content enterprise Cocone has made Sanrio’s popular character dress-up game Hello Sweet Days available in the US, Canada, and South Korea. The app hit the overseas countries on June 10, allowing for fans outside Japan to enjoy dressing their avatars up like their favourite Sanrio characters.

Hello Sweet Days first launched in Japan back in August 2017 and has since amassed over 2 million downloads. It rolled out to Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao in 2020, and now an English version has finally been made available. There are plans to release the app to even more countries in the future.

Pre-registration opened early in South Korea on May 24 when it garnered 60,000 advance sign-ups. Those who registered early even received K-pop idol-style fashion items. Since releasing last Thursday, it is now being used by over 300,000 fans in South Korea.

Head on over to the App Store or Google Play and enjoy Hello Sweet Days in English now!

© 2021 SANRIO CO., LTD. TOKYO, JAPAN Ⓗ. APPROVAL NO. S620438 ©cocone corp.

SHISEIDO MEN has teamed up with FC Barcelona and the popular soccer manga series Captain Tsubasa to launch the BARÇA x SHISEIDO FC Manga Player Generator App to promote men’s skincare. This app shows men how to properly care for their skin with a quick virtual skin checkup. Users can also BARÇA x SHISEIDO FC, a virtual football team led by SHISEIDO MEN ambassador Sergi Roberto as well as Tsubasa Ozora, the main character of Captain Tsubasa.

BARÇA x SHISEIDO FC Manga Player Generator

Available for a limited time now until June 29, users can take a quick skincare check-up. The collaboration aims to encourage men to learn about their own skincare concerns as well as promote the importance of skincare amongst men in a more fun and engaging way.

The official Twitter account for the association football game Captain Tsubasa: Rise Of New Champions announced the release of a free demo which hit PlayStation®4, PlayStation®5 and Nintendo Switch™ on Thursday (January 14). The demo offers a chance for players to experience the Tutorial and Versus modes.

Tutorial Mode

Versus Mode

The game is based on the popular sports anime and manga series Captain Tsubasa and features anime-style graphics. It features familiar faces and high-speed action from the series. It also comes as the series’ first ever action soccer game.

Tutorial Mode teaches players the basics of the game while Versus Mode allows them to play a match with one of the four teams including a 4-player online mode. This is a great opportunity for football lovers who have yet to play the game to try it out.

©高橋陽一／集英社·2018キャプテン翼製作委員会
©BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc.

The real-world mobile game TSUBASA+ will be available in 37 countries and territories worldwide on October 30, 2020. The game was released in seven European countries on September 30, and thanks to demand from users across the globe in other countries, the game is dropping in even more tomorrow. Check out the full list below.

Asia

Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macao, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Australia

North America

USA, Canada, Mexico

South America

Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Columbia

Europe

Portugal, Austria, Denmark, Switzerland, Greece, Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Ukraine, Turkey

Africa

Morocco, Ghana

Pre-registration campaign brings in 400,000 players

TSUBASA+ launched a pre-registration campaign on September 25 which invites people around the world to sign up for the game. Depending on the number of players that register when the campaign ends, they will receive different in-game items. The campaign recently hit the 400k mark and will run until November 30, 2020.

©Yoichi Takahashi/SHUEISHA
©”The use of images and names of the football players in this game is under license from FIFPro Commercial Enterprises BV. FIFPro is a registered trademark of FIFPro Commercial Enterprises BV”
©LICENSED BY JAPAN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
©miraire Inc.

The real-world mobile game TSUBASA+ was released in even European regions on Wednesday including United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

Developed by MIRAIRE and based on the popular football manga series Captain Tsubasa, TSUBASA+ is a collaboration between football players throughout the world and Captain Tsubasa’s players, bringing them together in real world locations using GPS and Google Maps Platform.

Players walk around real world locations and battle with Captain Tsubasa characters and real-life FIFPro football players at stadiums found around the game. They can also create their own unique teams and play 1-on-1 with 3 players around the world.

Players pick a stadium in-game which will be registered as their home stadium where they can level up by playing with others. As your stadium levels up, it becomes easier to recruit more famous and high level football players.

Andres Iniesta: The first official supporter of TSUBASA+

Andrés Iniesta, a player for Japanese club Vissel Kobe and a former member of the Spain National Football Team, has been appointed as the first official supporter of TSUBASA+.

Andrés Iniesta | Comment (Excerpt from full interview)

Being appointed as the first official supporter fills me with excitement. I’m personally very excited to be appointed as an official supporter. I have loved Captain Tsubasa for a long time now, and now I’ve been able to come to Japan. Like the original series, TSUBASA+ is about more than just football. It’s a bigger project about the spirit of all sport. This not only helps us to understand the game, but also creates a sense of companionship. I feel that this game brings surprising innovation into the world. This game is a place that mixes the real world with the characters from Captain Tsubasa. I myself would love to play against Ozora Tsubasa, Kojiro Hyaga, and Jun Misugi. I’m really happy to be part of this project and I wish for its success.”

Pre-Registration Campaign

TSUBASA+ launched a pre-registration campaign on September 25 which invites people around the world, including countries where the release date has yet to be announced, to sign up for the game. Depending on the number of players that register when the campaign ends, they will receive different in-game items.

TSUBASA+ will be released in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Australia, Portugal, and Switzerland on October 15, 2020. Release dates for other countries will be announced at a later date.

©Yoichi Takahashi/SHUEISHA
©”The use of images and names of the football players in this game is under license from FIFPro Commercial Enterprises BV. FIFPro is a registered trademark of FIFPro Commercial Enterprises BV”
©LICENSED BY JAPAN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
©miraire Inc.

The ISEKAI app began its summer event on July 20, 2020. The app, developed by BOOK WALKER, lets you have conversations with anime characters.

The summer event will be split into two different phases. The first phase is running from July 20 to August 3 and lets you talk about the ocean, while the second phase which will run from August 3 to 17 lets you have conversations about Japanese festivals. The event also introduces a new swimsuit costume for Megumin from KonoSuba who is also the first character introduced on the app.

To get more people playing the game, users can now talk with Megumin for free up until August 3, 2020. The usual paying price is ¥360, so don’t miss out on this opportunity.

The light novel series, which is written by Natsume Akatsuki and illustrated by Kurone Mishima, concluded with its 17th volume on May 1, 2020. The series is being published in English by Yen Press.

©2019 Natsume Akatsuki・Kurone Mishima/KADOKAWA/映画このすば製作委員会

A trailer was released for the upcoming video game Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions which is set for release worldwide on PlayStation®4 and Nintendo Switch™ on August 28, 2020.

What is Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions?

Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions is the first console game based on the internationally beloved manga masterpiece Captain Tsubasa in 10 years. It will be fast-paced an arcade-style football game featuring familiar faces from the series in anime graphics.

New Trailer showcases high-speed gameplay

Check out the epic trailer release for the game on the official PlayStation YouTube channel below.

Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions – Street Date Announcement Trailer | PS4

Pre-Order Bonuses

Pre-Order Bonuses
1. Shutetsu Uniform
2. Meiwa FC Uniform
3. Tsubasa’s Challenge Ball to Wakabayashi

・Download Purchase Bonus
If you pre-order the game by September 23, 2020, you can receive the BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment uniform.

©Yōichi Takahashi / Shueisha･2018 Captain Tsubasa Production Committee
©BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc.

Tipsys, a social app for women in Japan, has expanded its reach to the whole of Japan on March 17, 2020. It was previously only usable in major cities throughout the country.

Tipsys is an app aimed at women who are at a turning point in their livesーwhether it be going to university, looking for work, changing jobsーand helps them make friends with other women to hang out with so they can go going shopping, get a drink at a bar, and so on.

The app launched its service in Tokyo in March 2017, and subsequently rolled out at surrounding major cities. It has over 60,000 users, and that number is set to grow as the app now caters for the entire country.

The app allows you to customise your profile with tags and details, like hobbies, where you want to meet up with people, if you drink and what you like to drink, your outing budget, and so on. Tipsys aims to introduce more functions that cater to the needs of its users and their matchmaking needs too.

“Safety Tips” is an app for foreign travellers in Japan that was developed by the Japan Tourism Agency. The app has added three new languagesーKhmer, Burmese, and Mongolianーbringing the total number up to 14. The languages were added together with the new 3.4.0 version of the app on March 17, which is available on iOS and Android.

Safety Tips was launched in October 2014 and enables push notifications and alerts for sudden earthquakes, tsunamis, breaking news, volcano eruptions, virus outbreaks, civil protection news, evacuation announcements, and more. It also displays flow charts that showcases the spread of the particular disaster, links on where to get important and helpful information at the time of disaster, and more.

Compatible languages include: English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified/Traditional), Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, Tagalog, Nepali, Khmer, Burmese, and Mongolian.

If you’re worried about natural disasters when travelling to Japan, arm yourself by downloading Safety Tips for all the necessary information.

My Melody’s birthday was yesterday (January 18), and in the run up to it, Sanrio released a new smartphone app on Friday named “Itsudemo Issho ni My Melody” (Together Always With My Melody). Described as a “healing app,” the app is My Melody’s way of cheering on those who are working hard every day; it continues her support of healing people on Twitter and radio with her personality.

This app was developed together with fans, with 300 of them participating in a questionnaire for it. It has three major functions including “Text Chat,” “Schedule,” and “Alarm,” all of which incorporate everybody’s favourite bunny.

Receive texts from My Melody with Talk Chat

The Talk Chat function enables you to chat with My Melody via text messages. Replies are given 24 hours a day, so you can send her a text at any time, whether it’s idle chit-chat or telling her a secret you can’t tell anyone else. Whatever it is you want to talk to her about, her words are sure to leave you feeling warm and fluffy.

The messaging service has 12 special stamps which can only be used on the app. If you send a certain stamp, you’ll even receive a call from My Melody. You can also customise the chat backgrounds as you please.

My Melody keeps your days organised with the Schedule

Using the app’s cute calendar, you can enter your schedule for each month.

My Melody will even send you reminders of upcoming plans in the chat too, even if the app is closed, so you won’t miss a thing.

There are 10 “Schedule Seals” you can use depending on what kind of reminder you are setting. Depending on which seal you use, My Melody will send you a different message. Setting a schedule has never been so much fun!

Look forward to waking up to My Melody’s voice with the Alarm

The Alarm function makes use of My Melody’s voice, which is sure to support you during your busy days. There are six voice functions you can set, from waking up in the morning to break time and more.

Additional convenient functions to be released in the future

More functions are set to be released in the future, including the Weather function in March which will have My Melody informing you what the weather will be like outside. If you ask her about the weather in the chat room, she’ll tell you the weather type, temperature, and more to help you prep for each day.

Download the My Melody app and make your days even more fun♡

©’76,’20 SANRIO