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Cafe & Bar Characro is a unique restaurant that holds events and changes its decor and menu items to tie in with anime. Their collaboration with the popular series Tiger & Bunny to celebrate the release of the movie ended on July 13, and a new collaboration called “Cafe & Bar Characro feat. Macross Frontier” themed after Macross Frontier opened on July 27. The concept is that Nyan Nyan Hanten, a restaurant that appears in the series, opened a new restaurant as a Western-style cafe and bar. Both the interior decor and the menu reproduce the world of Macross Frontier.
The interior decor includes Valkyrie figures as well as tons of items themed after those used in the series, making for extremely busy interior. Many items are in-jokes that fans who have seen the anime will understand, like Sheryl Nome posters and the mascot character of Nyan Nyan Hanten where Ranka works. The decor isn’t just from Macross Frontier; items from The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Macross 7, and other works in the series’ history are casually strewn about as well. Those well-versed in the series will likely enjoy just searching through the decorations.
The cafe isn’t just fun to look at, there is also a full lineup of cafe-limited menu items.
In addition to all this, there are events related to Macross Frontier, a character popularity poll, and other games fans will enjoy participating in. The movie used during the event even has newly recorded dialogue! These games are sure to make fans who want to know everything about Macross Frontier happy! Depending on how many times you go to the cafe, you can rank up your “S.M.S. Membership Certificate” and receive one of six stickers with each visit. This is a cafe fans will want to visit many times.
Dining at “Cafe & Bar Characro feat. Macross Frontier” requires reservations. Those without reservations won’t be seated, so if you’re coming to Japan, see if it fits your itinerary and be sure to make reservations early. Macross Frontier fans coming to Japan, definitely make sure to meet Ranka and Sheryl at this restaurant!
Cafe & Bar Characro feat. Macross Frontier
Address: Fujiwara Building B1F, 1-32-4 Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo
Tel: 170-0013
Business Hours: 11:00 - 23:00
Reservations are required by the previous Wednesday. If there are an abundance of reservations, a lottery system will be enacted. The restaurant uses a full rotation system (100 minutes).
