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Title: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on November 30, 2019, 09:03:48 AM

I was torn between putting this thread in here or the main Off Topic board but I went with here because of all the Sanrio merch out there, though feel free to discuss other aspects about their characters besides the toys and merch!

Are there any other fans of Sanrio's characters here? You know, the company behind Hello Kitty? I love Sanrio and all of its characters and figured I may as well try making a thread about them here.

Some of my favorites are Gudetama, Kuromi, and Cogimyun. Franchise wise I really love Show By Rock!!, and the art style of Rilu Rilu Fairilu is very beautiful though I don't know anything about its characters. I love them all though, really... What are your guys' favorite Sanrio characters and franchises? :) Any favorite pieces of merch you own or would like to own?

Their official Japanese site has a fairly comprehensive list of their characters (https://www.sanrio.co.jp/character/?class=age) (though it is incomplete, Sanrio Danshi doesn't seem to be listed).

Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: Zapper on November 30, 2019, 09:53:19 AM

I love Kuromi (My Melody's rival), Little Twin Stars and Aggretsuko (well, the entire show).
I have a bunch of Kuromi and LTS items. My favorite is my Kuromi plush purse that looks like her head. I keep my USB cords in there :biggrin:

Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on November 30, 2019, 10:14:15 AM

I was on a real Kuromi kick for a while, and now I'm on Aggretsuko. I love Chococat and Jewelpet, too! I do wish there were more US Jewelpet stuff.

Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: Ponyfan on November 30, 2019, 11:08:37 AM

I like Little Twins Stars.


Ponyfan

Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on November 30, 2019, 11:35:23 AM

A lot of stuff has been happening recently with Sanrio's Show By Rock!! franchise. About a week ago it was announced at the annual 3969 Grateful Rock Fes (stream + concert held for SB69) that it would be getting a brand new game and a new anime. The new game will be developed by Square Enix. Then, a couple days later, as figured would be the case, it was announced that the original game (which started in 2013) will be shutting down as the new game will entirely replacing it.

It's a very bittersweet in the SB69 community right now. With everyone looking forward to the new game but we're also going to really miss the original. I've been playing the game since February of 2015 and have put countless hours into it. I've logged in nearly every day since I downloaded it, only missing a handful of days. It's going to be really hard to having it shut down. :cry: I'm excited for the new game though. I'm just hoping all 27 bands in the original game make it into the new one. I have faith all of the game's original bands will make it in, I'm more just worried if all the tie-up bands will make it in (bands directly based on real Japanese musicians). Particularly those based on bands that have since disbanded (Shirorakurosuka? and Gauga Strikes, as Karasu wa Masshiro and KFK respectively are disbanded). All of the in-game tie-ups got me into some really good music, especially with Labomunch as clammbon are now just my #1 favorite band period.

On the topic of the new game and anime, three previously existing Sanrio characters were brought into SB69 for it which really surprised me. Mashimahimeko (https://www.sanrio.co.jp/character/mashimahimeko/), a virtual YouTuber character Sanrio introduced last year, is a member of the newly introduced band "Mashumairesh!!", the band that the new anime will be focused on. Two other members in the new band are Delmin (https://www.sanrio.co.jp/character/devilmintkiryu/), who Sanrio debuted earlier this year, and Howan, the mascot for Sanrio Animestore which opened up a couple years back. Ruhuyu, their drummer, is the only entirely new character in this band. I was not expecting Sanrio to re-purpose those three and bring them into Show By Rock!!, but it's a pleasant surprise. :)

With the original game ending (its servers shut down on December 26th), those of us in the SB69 Discord server are trying our best to back up the game's episodes by screenshotting them. Once the server's down we'll never be able to access the game again so we've gotta get it done... it's a bit overwhelming though.  ^^;

Quote from: Zapper on November 30, 2019, 09:53:19 AM

I love Kuromi (My Melody's rival), Little Twin Stars and Aggretsuko (well, the entire show).
I have a bunch of Kuromi and LTS items. My favorite is my Kuromi plush purse that looks like her head. I keep my USB cords in there :biggrin:

I still need to get around to watching Aggretsuko's second season. I don't have Netflix though, so I have to look it up online...

Quote from: tailrustedtealeaf on November 30, 2019, 10:14:15 AM

I was on a real Kuromi kick for a while, and now I'm on Aggretsuko. I love Chococat and Jewelpet, too! I do wish there were more US Jewelpet stuff.

Jewelpet has so many cute character designs! I've got a few plush of some of its characters and a prize figures of one of the human girls. Still haven't actually watched it though. Should get around to that. :P

Quote from: Ponyfan on November 30, 2019, 11:08:37 AM

I like Little Twins Stars.


Ponyfan

LTS seem very popular here! I've got a few items of them, but I should get more. Don't have any plush yet. But I love their pastel aesthetic a lot. I love that they got a collaboration with MLP last year! I own the multi case from that collab.

Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: orangepeachmango on November 30, 2019, 04:42:53 PM

I've always loved little twin stars! recently Im loving chococat, shinkesan and keroppi.
I'm sort of more of a fan of san-x though  :lookround: jinbeisan is my all time favorite mascot

Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: Leave a Whisper on November 30, 2019, 05:58:18 PM

I love Sanrio, just wish it wasn't so expensive.

My faves:
Little Twin Stars
Spotty Dotty
Pachaco
Kerokerokeropi
Hummingmint


I've been looking for some good LTS merch for a while.

Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: Carrehz on December 01, 2019, 08:13:25 AM

I love Sanrio! ^^ I'm not a huge collector but I like picking some stuff up sometimes. I love Usahana (I think she's retired now though), Kuromi, Cinnamoroll/Cinnamoangels... I LOVED the original Aggretsuko shorts but I couldn't really get into the Netflix show when I tried to watch that, gotta give it another go sometime.

I think the only thing I have photos of is this Kurumi (and Kuromi) figure:
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(....please excuse the faceplanting Sylvanians in front.. they were, uh, planking. Or something. >_> One day I'll post a photo without having to say "pls ignore the faceplanting X/Y/Z"!)

Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on December 03, 2019, 07:39:41 AM

We've got some new characters in the ever expanding world of Sanrio today now that another band has been announced for Show By Rock!!'s new anime (so by extension they'll also be in the new video game). Meet DOKONJOFINGER!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzU8ZehQQ7g

Quote from: orangepeachmango on November 30, 2019, 04:42:53 PM

I've always loved little twin stars! recently Im loving chococat, shinkesan and keroppi.

Shinkesan is so cute, I really need to get myself some merchandise with him! Cute little train friend. :)

Quote from: Leave a Whisper on November 30, 2019, 05:58:18 PM

I love Sanrio, just wish it wasn't so expensive.

My faves:
Little Twin Stars
Spotty Dotty
Pachaco
Kerokerokeropi
Hummingmint


I've been looking for some good LTS merch for a while.

Love Hummingmint (and your icon of her!). She's another I don't own anything of yet though. I need a plush or something.

Quote from: Carrehz on December 01, 2019, 08:13:25 AM

I love Sanrio! ^^ I'm not a huge collector but I like picking some stuff up sometimes. I love Usahana (I think she's retired now though), Kuromi, Cinnamoroll/Cinnamoangels... I LOVED the original Aggretsuko shorts but I couldn't really get into the Netflix show when I tried to watch that, gotta give it another go sometime.

I think the only thing I have photos of is this Kurumi (and Kuromi) figure:

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(....please excuse the faceplanting Sylvanians in front.. they were, uh, planking. Or something. >_> One day I'll post a photo without having to say "pls ignore the faceplanting X/Y/Z"!)

I love your Kurumi figure! Kuromi's one of my favorites, I really want to get a figure of her human form! :lovey:

Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: Zapper on December 03, 2019, 07:52:29 AM

To all the Aggretsuko fans; who's your favorite character? Mine are Washimi and Gori.

Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on December 03, 2019, 07:56:50 AM

Washimi has my favorite design!! It's a win for Tsunoda otherwise. Fenneko is a close second.

Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: Carrehz on December 03, 2019, 03:03:58 PM

I like Zelda/Fenneko.

Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: Leave a Whisper on December 13, 2019, 06:37:55 AM

I got a cute Lil Twin Stars cloth. I'll show it off when it arrives.

Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: Taffeta on December 14, 2019, 08:19:49 AM

I have some random Hello Kitty stuff but mostly for completely unrelated reasons. As a kid I was given a couple of pencil cases by a Japanese family friend/student of my mother's. It was around 1990-1991 and I don't think I even knew what HK was then, I don't think it had come to the UK at all, but I loved those pencil tins with their little trays and I know I still have them somewhere. Then last year I obtained a couple of keychains of Hello Kitty dressed up as mediaeval Japanese samurai which genuinely DID make it into a lecture I gave at uni...

Otherwise though I have a large Kirimi-chan plush on my bed and some mini sushi straps as well.

This is not my picture but my Kirimi looks like this:

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I am not huge on Gudetama. I have a keychain somewhere and a pencil I brought back from Japan but that's all I think.

I know I have some random other stuff with the artwork from sanrio on but I am not really a fan of the cutesy fairy girly lines they produce so I don't really remember what those belong to off-hand. I'm more into the quirky cute stuff (like random sushi with faces xD).



This is probably treason on this thread so I apologise in advance but my pet favourite cute Japanese things are Sumikkogurashi and Jinbei-san, both of whom I think are SanX and not Sanrio...

Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: Leave a Whisper on December 27, 2019, 01:41:36 PM

Oh. My Little Twin Stars cloth came. Its very sweet.

Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: WickedWonderland on March 07, 2020, 03:40:05 PM

I LOVE Cinnamoroll and Kuromi is pretty cool too. I'm also loving the Aggretsuko series.

I like Hello Kitty aesthetically on rare occasions, but it has to be a pastel color pallet. Not a fan of the usual red/blue/yellow/hot pink outfits she usually wears.

Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: PinkieLopBun on March 08, 2020, 09:14:32 AM

I've been starting to get into it recently. I'm sure there's still a lot I don't know, but I love Hello Kitty and My Melody. Right now, the only merch I have is this plush I just got yesterday:
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Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: Carrehz on March 08, 2020, 09:49:25 AM

Has anyone seen the upcoming Ojamajo Doremi x Sanrio collab? It's soooo cute!

https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/anime-news/2020/01/26-1/cuteness-overloaded-in-sanrio-x-ojamajo-doremi-collaboration-visuals

I think they're planning to make plushies too.

Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: Ponybookworm on March 12, 2020, 06:15:35 PM

I have a couple of Hello Kitty toys. My fave is the one of the right size to integrate wi my Ponies. She likes to hang out at Cappuccino's Caffe...
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 (https://www.hqg1c.com/gallery/Personal-album-of-Ponybookworm/youngguestsatcaffe-pic_376.htm)

Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: little.fox on March 13, 2020, 07:33:55 AM

I’m a Sanrio fan! I have small collection of vintage Twin Stars merch, which I’m always trying to add to!

Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on March 15, 2020, 10:43:47 AM

So Sanrio's latest mobile game launched recently, Show By Rock!! Fes a Live, the second Show By Rock!! game (the first closed down in December). As with other Japanese apps, you do have to jump through some hoops to download it from overseas.

Here's my profile information including my ID if anyone here decides to try it out and wants to add me:

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It's a rhythm game! :)

Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: Beth3346 on June 25, 2020, 06:53:30 AM

I've been thinking about getting into collecting. I'm not really sure where to start though.  i really liked Spottie Dottie when i was a kid. i still have a little pencil case :)

Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: Thimble on September 14, 2020, 09:44:28 PM

Cinnamoroll, lol. And all the friends. Oh, and the whaleshark is super cute, but I always forget its name...

Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: Marshie on September 14, 2020, 09:48:29 PM

Kuromi is one of my favorites!! I also really love Aggretsuko, they're probably my favorite Sanrio characters!

Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 14, 2020, 09:49:14 PM

Quote from: Thimble on September 14, 2020, 09:44:28 PM

Cinnamoroll, lol. And all the friends. Oh, and the whaleshark is super cute, but I always forget its name...

There's a whale.shark?

Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: Thimble on September 15, 2020, 08:11:07 AM

If you google sanrio whale shark, you can see him. He might be officially under a different label or something, but he's always on the sanrio display, so I assume he's theirs. I just think he's cute, dunno much about him, lol.

Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 15, 2020, 08:48:44 AM

Quote from: Thimble on September 15, 2020, 08:11:07 AM

If you google sanrio whale shark, you can see him. He might be officially under a different label or something, but he's always on the sanrio display, so I assume he's theirs. I just think he's cute, dunno much about him, lol.

OMGS he's cute!

Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: PinkieLopBun on September 15, 2020, 05:44:13 PM

Quote from: Thimble on September 15, 2020, 08:11:07 AM

If you google sanrio whale shark, you can see him. He might be officially under a different label or something, but he's always on the sanrio display, so I assume he's theirs. I just think he's cute, dunno much about him, lol.

I don’t know what Sanrio display you’re referring to, but it looks like he belongs to San-X, a different company. His name is Jinbesan.

Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: NanoRuby on September 15, 2020, 05:57:16 PM

Hello Kitty was a big part of my childhood, but I lost interest until I discovered Kuromi early last year. Like, was no one going to tell me there was a cute goth rabbit character? I only own one plush of her at the moment, but I'd love to have an army of them someday.

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Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: lovesbabysquirmy on September 15, 2020, 08:27:05 PM

I have so much Sanrio stuff in my house... SO MUCH

a grail item I want?  HK toilet paper XD

Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on September 15, 2020, 10:09:39 PM

Quote from: lovesbabysquirmy on September 15, 2020, 08:27:05 PM

I have so much Sanrio stuff in my house... SO MUCH

a grail item I want?  HK toilet paper XD

Haha, I hope you're able to get the toilet paper you want someday! :P

I just realized I didn't answer my own question in the OP about what merch I hope to get someday. Some of my most wants pieces of Sanrio merch would be the Show By Rock!! scale figures:

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Title: Re: Any other Sanrio fans here?
Post by: Thimble on September 17, 2020, 06:21:02 PM

Ohhh, well that's good to know. And I meant the Sanrio display in stores here. Apparently there's a lot of people who can't tell them apart, lol. They seem to get mixed up a lot. Must make the shop workers crazy trying to keep them sorted...

Oh well,wrong brand, still cute. I like the whole snackfood puppy family :lol: but Cinnamoroll is the only one I have plushies of.