Oct/0829
Nyan Nyan~ Nyan Nyan~ Ni Hao, Nyan~ Gorgeous, Delicious Tuna Buns!
The Yokohoma Big World China Museum has just recently offered Macross Frontier themed manjuu(steamed buns) which goes on sale till the 19th of October. Various show related merchandise were also on sale, along with cosplay costume rental.
One must be patient before being savoring Ranka's hot buns. This is to prevent people like me from raiding the entire counter and clearing it all in one fell swoop.
I HNNNNNNG'ed just looking at the poster.
And according to the article, about 30-40 people were already at it when the counter opened for business. Never change, Japan. Talk about selling like hotcakesbuns!
A closer look at the counter. Is that you, Nanase?
Holy shit! Genuine(?) autographs from Ranka and Sheryl endorsing these buns!
Standard packaging is standard. Probably costs too much to have the same container Ranka used in the show, I guess.
If it looks ordinary, it probably tastes so. I'm just wondering what that orange nipple thing is.
:P :P
Every purchase entitles the customer to a free sticker.
I want that Valkyrie backpack.
Needs more green wig. She even has the iSlug on her shoulder.
First Ranka bentos and now this! Naturally, I was very excited over it being a Ranka fanboy, but damn, at 500 yen a pop, I'd rather get the locally made equivalent for a tenth of the price. Kidding! I've fallen victim to the power of otaku commercialism and would love to try this, just like every other anime food out on the market, though I found melon pan to have tasted like crap and the chocolate cornet equally as shit, but I digress. I now return to finishing Macross Ace Frontier.
October 13th, 2008
gentei ka~
October 13th, 2008
An order of hopes and dreams to go please!
I’m actually impressed they put as much effort as they did in this promotion.
Kabitzin’s last blog post..RD Senno Chosashitsu 14
October 14th, 2008
Why is alto’s clothes with Ranka’s… If Ozma found out what they were actually doing at Nyan Nyan’s…
I want a 1:1 VF-25. Armoured Pack naturally. On second thoughts, scratch that. A 1:1 Macross Quarter sounds better.
October 14th, 2008
Should have upgrades the container to charge more money and claim that the tin is a collectible or limited edition or other some such…
Crusader’s last blog post..[LWC 70] Planetes 04: Convenient Bastard
October 14th, 2008
Impressed. And I bet Shin creamed himself when he saw that autograph with ‘kira’ written on it.
The Sojourner’s last blog post..[ID Sojourner] My New Haircut- Detroit Metal City Version
October 14th, 2008
OH MY GOOD LORD. WANT!
ghostlightning’s last blog post..Hard Luck Woman
October 14th, 2008
ugh i’m hugry at the momment and you had to post this! especially with Ranka OMG WHY!
But wait were they made right there or somewere else and they just microwaved it or something?
Mini’s last blog post..Hurray for junjo Romantica 2!
October 14th, 2008
I’d bury my face in her buns.
The whole staff there should be green haired to enhance the value of eating there.
Setsuna-san’s last blog post..A very brief overview of the Autumn anime season. part 2
October 14th, 2008
That “orange nipple thing” looks like a macademia nut.
Hoshi’s last blog post..TOUMA IS GAR
October 14th, 2008
“This is to prevent people like me from raiding the entire counter and clearing it all in one fell swoop.”
…wait…therearepeoplelikeyouareoundtheworld????
“A closer look at the counter. Is that you, Nanase?”
OMG I think I am in love…
“Needs more green wig. She even has the iSlug on her shoulder.”
Ditto
“I found melon pan to have tasted like crap and the chocolate cornet equally as shit, but I digress.”
sssssssssssshhhhhhhhhh…. do you have a death wish or something???… wait…. never mind, keep talking trash…
October 14th, 2008
500yen and a Shinkansen ticket to Yokohama? Pass.
issa-sa’s last blog post..Bye Bye Blogger
October 14th, 2008
I’d bury my face in her buns, if you know what i mean. Recommend that salesgirl in last photo be purple-haired so i can stuff my face in her buns for kicks.
Aoshi’s last blog post..Delayed Review(Part 2)
October 14th, 2008
There’s no singing?
kanzeon’s last blog post..Chaos;HEAd – 01
October 14th, 2008
the nipple thing looks like a lychee. but i could be wrong… why didn’t anyone let the sales girl sing or dance???
biankita’s last blog post..My Second to the Last of my Fall Anime Viewing.
October 15th, 2008
That does not look like Ranka’s signature! FORGERY!!
October 15th, 2008
Manjuu are so delicious ;-; In America there aren’t any things like this at all ;-; The only place I get my steamed buns are the Asian Food Market ^^; But it would be awesome to have a shop like this, even in the streets of New York City. Hopefully, one day.
Mitoko’s last blog post..Review for Clamp No Kiseki Volume 10
October 15th, 2008
I prefer sushi.
blissmo’s last blog post..Ga-Rei -Zero- 2: How Do You Trump Motorcycle Martial Arts?
October 15th, 2008
Me wants to work here ^^ (or any anime store please! gosh they always want to pick japanese people or sth??)
One of the reasons I want to work in Japan for a while, I would end up being a complete shopping whor*
October 15th, 2008
The nipple things are probably umeboshi. XD
October 15th, 2008
OMG i SO want to eat that
James’s last blog post..Haruka Takamori 1/8 (Alter) review
October 16th, 2008
I would like to have a taste of those manju buns…. if they were chicken fillings since i hate pork.
October 16th, 2008
Would you really turn down some manjus offered by the moe overlord Ranka, AALR???
I wonder if i could get them to make me some Taiyaki and go “Uguuu”
October 16th, 2008
Wow, now anime is becoming part of our lives, that is if our lives include Tuna buns.
Hynavian’s last blog post..Field Trip to Chek Jawa Wetlands
October 16th, 2008
@hoshi
I hate Japan and their limited offers.
@Kabitzin
Japan can sell anything to me just by plastering Ranka on it.
@Di Gi Kazune
Ranka end confirmed then.
The closest thing you can get to those are the plamo kits they were exhibiting on that very same day in conjunction with the Macross Frontier Galaxy concert. 
@Crusader
Indeed, a wasted opportunity really.
@Sojourner
Should I be happy that everyone knows me that well?
@ghostlightning
You have 3 more days to buy yours.
@Mini
Looks fresh to me, even though they have a tendency to take the easy way out with these by just reheating them or something.
@Setsuna
They could have quadrupled sales by having Megumi-chan promoting them.
@Hoshi
They don’t usually put nuts on these sort of things, but good guess anyway. Exactly, it “tastes” so much different when it’s based on an anime.
@EvilDevil
You can have her, I don’t like glasses girls.
MELON PAN SUCKS! SHANA IS A CON!
@issa-sa
Awww, and I was going to ask you to go there for me.
@Aoshi
She doesn’t have the boobs to pull off Nanase.
@Kanzeon
There was; different venue though.
@biankita
Lychee and tuna? @_@ Like I told Kanzeon, they were having a Macross concert nearby.
@Mika
Good observation, you’re probably right.
@Mitoko
It just won’t taste the same either way; I have these sort of buns virtually every week, but I’d kill for some Ranka buns.
@blissmo
I hate rice.
@yaku
Your only chance is through the home stay program which my friend went for. She did speak Japanese too, so that helps a lot. Otherwise, chances of them taking in a gaijin is low.
@wolfx
Again, odd combo, but I guess it’s likely.
@James
I’d settle for those stickers.
@Anime Loving Republican
No idea what chicken filling would taste like since we only get the pork variety here, though I personally prefer those with the red bean paste.
@Dularc
Probably at a different event.
@Hynavian
And I won’t be able to savor them.
October 16th, 2008
Damn it Shin, now i demand you dress like that at AFA08 if you’re going.
Aoshi’s last blog post..Delayed Review(Part 2)
October 16th, 2008
If you nyan nyan it, they will come…
TheBigN’s last blog post..On IRC: To Be Broken Is To Be?
October 17th, 2008
“Damn it Shin, now i demand you dress like that at AFA08 if you’re going.”
I veto that proposition, under the United Nations UDHR Article 5 “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment.”, that means me Shin…
October 18th, 2008
Hahaha Nope, Japan never changes. And their is really good points to that.
I’m going to Yokohama next year for a exchange =D anyways love the pictures and that looks yummy.
Maura’s last blog post..“Skip Beat episode 2—Who’s Shou?”
January 12th, 2009
Never delete this blog..
i really love it thanks..go ranka