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Rainbow Pomeranian Lover from Central Illinois (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded)
Pomeranian Lover
#1: Jul 6th 2011 at 4:42:17 PM

I was watching Magic Knight Rayearth and I ended up thinking, what would be some interesting food products that would fit various anime? Like something that would be merchandise but would fit the characters (so not just something like "chocolate chip cookies with anime characters on the packaging" unless it's a character who loves cookies).

Two ideas I thought of:

  • For Magic Knight Rayearth, Magic Knight Sword Pops. They could either be popsicles or be lollipops, but I was imagining sword-shaped candy/frozen treats that would be either red (for Hikaru), green (for Fuu) or blue (for Umi). Like cherry, blue raspberry and lime flavors.
  • Sailor Moon ice cream, since the main character likes ice cream a lot (according to some descriptions). It could be pink with yellow crescent moon sprinkles in it.

Recon5 Avvie-free for life! from Southeast Asia Since: Jan, 2001
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#2: Jul 6th 2011 at 6:27:49 PM

There are a ton of Japanese food products that are Defictionalization of foods that appear in various series. You've also got to bear in mind that real dishes often make their way into anime as well.

For example, Dorayaki and Taiyaki are traditional foods.

edited 6th Jul '11 6:29:45 PM by Recon5

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#3: Jul 6th 2011 at 6:42:54 PM

There are tsundere cookies. Do they count? And no, they don't say 'I-it's not like I want you to eat me or anything, I just think it would be a shame to let me go to waste.'

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#4: Jul 6th 2011 at 7:41:51 PM

[up] lol

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#5: Jul 6th 2011 at 7:44:48 PM

[up][up]Sounds like it would appeal to Vore fetishists.

Jordan Azor Ahai from Westeros Since: Jan, 2001
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#6: Jul 6th 2011 at 7:47:35 PM

IIRC, there was an LCL drink sold in Japan (not sure whether or not it was actually Tang), which goes to show that Japan is weird.

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#7: Jul 6th 2011 at 8:16:37 PM

Evangelion puts a whole new meaning to Angel cake.

Or you could look at the FullMetal Alchemist foods some theme park is selling.

Oh Japan.

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Rainbow Pomeranian Lover from Central Illinois (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded)
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#8: Jul 7th 2011 at 4:41:10 AM

[up] Wow. That stuff probably outdoes anything I could think of. I also wasn't aware that Japan had the same general idea I had. I wouldn't be surprised if there WAS a "Sailor Moon ice cream" at one point or even "Magic Knight pops" given what was just shown there. I did know about the Tsundere cookies, though. I think they're mostly spicy with a few sweet ones in the package.

Nyarly Das kann doch nicht sein! from Saksa Since: Feb, 2012
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#9: Jul 7th 2011 at 4:43:32 AM

Does Tentacle Grape count?

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UltimatelySubjective Since: Jun, 2011
#10: Jul 7th 2011 at 4:49:07 AM

Geass pizza!!

Charlotte's world is very edible looking. At the very least you could get cake from that.

Gurren Lagann could probably do with an energy drink pehaps and maybe some drill toffee or something.

Most interestingly though, if there were Haruhi Suzumiya pockey I would look forward to the interesting and far from ordinary flavours.

edited 7th Jul '11 4:50:52 AM by UltimatelySubjective

Nyarly Das kann doch nicht sein! from Saksa Since: Feb, 2012
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#11: Jul 7th 2011 at 4:51:59 AM

I think certain noodles would fit better to Gurren Lagann.

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UltimatelySubjective Since: Jun, 2011
#12: Jul 7th 2011 at 5:10:02 AM

Maybe but... Shouldn't they be green? Also, I don't know if pasta's the best choice for Gurren fans.

Maybe if they were absurdly long chips. Seasoned with chili and other MANLY things!

Rainbow Pomeranian Lover from Central Illinois (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded)
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#13: Jul 7th 2011 at 8:43:59 AM

About the Haruhi pocky, I could see it being flavors that are definitely weird but wouldn't taste good as pocky flavors except to very specific tastes. I'm not sure what that would be, maybe something like meat flavor? And Kyon would try to argue that no one will buy them if they don't taste good, and Haruhi would claim that she's tired of boring typical Pocky and that she doesn't care if "normal" people think they taste bad, she likes that it's unexpected to have a Pocky that looks like strawberry but it's really spicy chili powder or something.

As in, that's something I could see her doing in the series if someone actually let her design Pocky flavors.

edited 7th Jul '11 8:44:33 AM by Rainbow

HidingGames Awesomebender Since: Apr, 2011
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#14: Jul 7th 2011 at 8:54:55 AM

I thought this was going to be food that we discovered from watching anime :p I was getting ready to discuss my experience with Dango and Riceballs: I'll stick with my native hispanic foods kthnks.

The FMA food looks so cute D; I want the Alphonse ice cream. Ed's braid looks weird though o_o Who'd want to eat something that is supposed to resemble hair?

kyun Since: Dec, 2010
#15: Jul 7th 2011 at 9:17:50 AM

This is no different than how some American chains do the same thing. I remember that Carvel had Shrek ice cream! It's just that we don't do it nearly as frequently as Japan!

I wanna Lucky Star rainbow ice cream, since they all have pastel hair.

The Chappy dispenser that Rukia uses in the first season of Bleach... actually exists, and it dispenses regular candy instead of soul candy.

edited 7th Jul '11 9:24:18 AM by kyun

Zeether Knight of Legend from Mahora (I wish) Since: Jan, 2001
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#16: Jul 7th 2011 at 9:44:23 AM

There's a leek dish called negima.

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#17: Jul 8th 2011 at 5:22:20 AM

[up]It doesn't count. The folk recipe existed way before the start of the comic

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tvsgood from Steins Gate Since: Jan, 2010
#18: Jul 8th 2011 at 5:59:05 AM

One Piece is easy: lots and lots of meat.

Also, just found this.

edited 8th Jul '11 6:13:01 AM by tvsgood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFmGNqji4u0
general_tiu Since: Jul, 2009
#19: Jul 8th 2011 at 6:13:24 AM

How about Clannad canned hamburgers?

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#20: Jul 8th 2011 at 6:18:49 AM

How about Nagisa brand sake, The Strongest sake in the world!

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#21: Jul 8th 2011 at 8:10:32 AM

...THIS VINTAGE HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN THE ARMSTRONG FAMILY LINE FOR GENERATIONS! (Yes, it's sparkling wine, why do you ask?)

edited 8th Jul '11 8:22:40 AM by Pyrite

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Jordan Azor Ahai from Westeros Since: Jan, 2001
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#22: Jul 8th 2011 at 4:08:32 PM

I think an Armstrong recipe for ham would be appropriate.

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