Japanese anime and characters loved in Mexico, Mexicans were otaku
I never thought I would meet ASCII art 'Kuma' or NHK 'Domo-kun' in Mexico. In addition to this, there were 'One Piece', 'Hatsune Miku' and 'Ghibli', and the 'AKIBA Building' in the capital Mexico City was like Japan. Among them, 'Yu-Gi-Oh!' Is quite popular, and card battles are held on the table. There are a lot of serious expression duelists. I saw Made in Japan characters not only in the capital but also in local cities.
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◆ Mexico City
The Mexican nerd sanctuary 'AKIBA Building' is located near the Latin American Tower, which is also a symbol of the city.
There is an electric town around here, and the basic set of Nintendo 'Wii U', which has just been released in front of the game shop, is 5499 pesos (about 40,000 yen), and the premium set is 6799 pesos (about 50,000 yen). It was sold at.
President Iwata's promotional video is in English.
This brick-colored building is the 'AKIBA Building'. The 1st floor sells mobile and computer-related electronic devices, and the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floors have stores such as comics, DVDs, figurines, and games.
The destructive power of the signboard on the outer wall of the building. This is Mexico, not Japan.
When I climbed this escalator, the world of dreams was expanding.
The basic character in the building is Moe-e.
Pretty girl.
Is 'J Go PONES' a Japanese language class?
Shops are lined up like this on the 2nd and 3rd floors across the aisle.
A Mexican youth shop with a gentle atmosphere.
Hatsune Miku.
The mug 'Black Magician Girl' (fourth from the bottom left) is cute.
I knew that 'HENTAI' was a Japanese word that spread overseas, but I didn't know that there was even 'YURI'.
Discover 'Kuma'. When I asked the shop staff, they said, 'It's popular on Facebook.'
There is no sense of discomfort even if it gets mixed in with a T-shirt. Kumar is
No matter how you look at it, there was 'Domo-kun'.
・ Copy DVD
The video that the store selling the DVD is showing in the promotion is 'confession'
At one point, it was 'Rurouni Kenshin'
And I know 'GANTZ' and the fashion of Japan.
A lot of 'Ghibli'.
'Busou Shinki' 'Sword Art Online' 'I love you' 'To LOVE-Ru Darkness' 'Student Council's Discretion' 'Haruka Nogizaka's Secret' 'High School DxD' And even deep Japanese animation.
The lineup was expanded to this extent.
·Manga
'Marmalade Boy', 'CLOVER', 'Love Hina', 'D ・ N ・ A2 ~ The guy who lost somewhere ~' and 'SHADOW LADY' were displayed at the manga shop.
He seemed to have a lot of stock, so he showed me the catalog.
And the 'Dragon Ball Z' that I got is 25 pesos (180 yen) per book, and one book is thinner because the price is cheaper.
The Japanese version has 42 volumes x 2 + 1 and 85 volumes. It seems that the same books are sold in Mexican, Argentine, Chile and Latin American Spanish-speaking countries.
The contents are of course Spanish.
'Ahora' is Spanish, but 'MAKANKOO SAPOO' is Japanese, isn't it?
There was also a Spanish version of One Piece.
・ Sweets, Korean wave, heavy meta, games
Japanese sweets are also on sale, and the standard Pocky 70g in a red package costs 40 pesos (about 300 yen). It's amazing because there are people who really buy it.
Even a huge Pocky. 'Mexico has an importer that handles Japanese food,' said the store clerk.
Korean-made cup noodles.
There was also a K-POP CD. Here, Japanese, Korean and Taiwanese subcultures are mixed.
It's a live video that sings in Japanese and MCs in Japanese, but I don't know who it is. The shop staff said, 'I'm Korean.'
It was a band called 'CNBLUE'. I know Mexicans very well.
Shop accessories for heavy metal goods.
bracelet.
An older sister in a heavy metal shop.
The 4th floor is a game space. It seems that 'yo-yos' are in fashion, and some people practiced and hone their skills.
The 'first Street Fighter' in 1987 is in operation.
'THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII' and some recent games.
'NARUTO Ultimate Hero' was played on home video game consoles, and I enjoyed movie-like games on the big screen.
·Yu-Gi-Oh
Yu-Gi-Oh!'S card game is also very popular in Mexico. Cards were lined up on the desk and a hot duel was unfolding.
Store display with cards displayed. The card may be in English.
Discover the Millennium Puzzle.
'EL LEON DORADO', whose trademark is Afro's lion, is Yu-Gi-Oh!'S card shop.
A dragon ball animation was playing on the TV in the store.
There are many Japanese anime posters on the ceiling.
I have a rabbit in the store.
For some reason, get along with the clerk.
Another Yu-Gi-Oh! Card shop sold card cases.
Up to Pokemon cards.
I first learned about the existence of a card game called 'Card Fight !! Vanguard' in Mexico.
Taby, who was at the store, dreamed of 'I want to go to Akihabara someday, and I also admire Nakano Broadway.'
Kevin pointed to his T-shirt, 'I'm a fan of Dir En Gray.'
・ Paper craft
There are many characters in the paper craft shop. Assemble a piece of paper to create a three-dimensional doll.
'Howl's Moving Castle' is a blockbuster.
Evangelion
One Piece 'Thousand Sunny'
Totoro.
Three early Pokemon 'Bulbasaur', 'Vulpix' and 'Totodile'
'Keroro Gunso' is Spanish for 'Sargento Keroro'
One Piece Luffy has a chest wound.
Ace.
Star Wars 'R2-D2' robot.
There was also 'Darth Vader'.
The helmet will come off here.
Dragon Ball 'Vegeta'
The other side is a Super Saiyan specification.
Excited about 'Mazinger Z'.
The head is separated as a fighter.
Assemble Mazinger Z from a piece of paper like this. It costs about 110 yen for 15 pesos.
◆ Local
This excitement is not limited to Mexico City. If you search for 'BAZAR DEL ANIME Y EL VIDEO JUEGO' on the signboard of 'AKIBA Building', you will find a site called
It was also in Merida, the central city of the Yucatan Peninsula.
People who are enthusiastic about Yu-Gi-Oh! Card games.
DVD of Japanese animation in the market of Guadahara in central Mexico.
In Veracruz facing the Caribbean Sea, I saw a poster for the event.
Tepic anime shop in a local city.
Haruhi Suzumiya at the clothing store.
Naruto chews on torta, a Mexican sandwich.
Dragon ball sticker.
Super mario.
Ryu's Shoryuken and Ken's Hadoken.
Mexico was full of Japanese subculture.
Angry Birds, which was recently born as a mobile game, was media-mixed and gained popularity in Mexico. Even Japanese characters have such a good foundation, so they have a lot of potential to become a business. There aren't many countries where you can do business with characters.
I never thought I would touch Japanese characters so much in Mexico. Mexicans have something to accept anime and games.
(Sentence / Photo: Takuya Suto @ Chariderman
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