Bandai Namco has announced its collaboration with Arita Porcelain, a high end ceramics manufacturer, to release four limited edition teacups to tie in with its game Touken Ranbu -ONLINE-.
Touken Ranbu -ONLINE- is a musou style mobile game – think any game which has ‘warriors’ in the title – which is aimed towards women. The way it attracts women to play is by being absolutely stacked with achingly gorgeous, half-naked samurai lads. What pairs well with playing with your favorite sexy samurai other than sipping elegantly on some tea emblazoned with his crest?
As spotted by Famitsu, the range features four different designs based on the characters Ishikirimaru, Akashi Kuniyuki, Buzene, and Nikkari Aoe. Each cup is also tied to a traditional Japanese plant, bamboo, plum blossom, chrysanthemum, or orchid. The cups are in fact remarkably similar. With each design, only the color palette changes and the golden crest at the bottom of the cup.
The teacups are very very much a set, however, those who want to own them all will have to purchase them separately, and that doesn’t come cheap. Each cup costs ¥4,950 (roughly $50) meaning that the set will be an eye-watering ¥19,800 (or almost $200).
Still, it’s a small price to pay to elegantly sip your tea, sitting across from your lifesize samurai cutout and/or body pillow. Looking deeply into your husbando’s eyes and remarking on how beautiful his family crest is as you reach the leaves at the bottom of the bowl.
The set was expected to sell out quickly due to limited numbers, and a quick look at the website feels like that is the case. It’s no longer listed there despite pre-orders only opening a few hours ago. However, it could be that as a niche product it is not being advertised outside of Japan, despite Bandai Namco’s usual policy of offering international shipping.
It’s okay though. The marketing team missed a trick by not including the seductive swordsman friends right there on the side of the cup, in all of their half-dressed glory.
Written by Georgina Young on behalf of GLHF.
