RILAKKUMA

Updated 04-May-2020.

Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about RILAKKUMA!

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Bandai RilakKuma netbook suffers from serious supercuteitis: The RilakKuma is what’s known in the business as a money-printing device. It might have the same spec — Atom N270, 1GB memory and 160GB storage — as every netbook since the time of Moses, but its killer feature is a set of eyes and whiskers painted on the lid. Having once already cashed in on popular children’s characters, Bandai is clearly not shy about exploiting its intellectual assets in peddling outdated 8.9-inch 1024×600 displays to the undemanding youth. Only 500 units will be produced, making this a pretty exclusive item and the price is unsurprisingly steep: ¥79,800 ($862). Integrated WiFi and a 1Seg tuner go some way toward rationalizing the cost, but let’s be frank, rationality doesn’t play a huge role in a purchase like this.

Rilakkuma: Bear essentials: A forthcoming animated series on Netflix celebrates Rilakkuma’s lackadaisical ethos in all its glory

My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: after the character’s launch in 2003, Rilakkuma has been featured on stationery and merchandise . a stop-motion animation series titled . a portmanteau of the words “relax” and “bear” was created by kondo . it was designed with a slightly sloppy posture . Kondo had also designed Rilakkum the zipper on its back reveals that his appearance is a costume . it has a red button on its chest and does not appear to be a real bear . other creatures in the series also have their own character lines San-X opened its first temporary pop-up Rilakkuma shop in Florida, USA . the shop is open until the end of the year . a stop motion animated series called Rilakkuma and Kaoru began streaming on Netflix . the series is directed by Masahito Kobayashi and written by Naoko Ogigami .