Anime World Celebrates Rock Day With Tributes Across Series
The cross-franchise participation shows how a minor calendar pun has become a recurring promotional moment for music-themed anime and rock-related characters.
Reporting from 1 sources: Anime News Network.
June 9, Rock Day in Japan, saw anime and manga properties including Girls Band Cry, My Hero Academia, Precure, and Haibara's Teenage New Game+ post themed art and messages. The date is a wordplay on the numbers 6 (roku) and 9 (ku).
June 9 is Rock Day in Japan, a date derived from the wordplay on 6 (roku) and 9 (ku). Anime and manga accounts across the industry posted tributes, from official series pages to individual creators. Girls Band Cry, My Hero Academia, and Precure all joined in, as did the Haibara's Teenage New Game+ anime and the Bonobono franchise. Square Enix producer Masanori Ichikawa tied the date to Romancing Saga character Rocbouquet, while Mega Man's official account opened pre-orders for an acrylic logo display that plays series background music.
- Barbapapa: posted an image of the character transformed into a guitar
- Bonobono: promoted the second theme song 'Bono Bono Rock 'n' Roll' by MBB
- Minori Chihara: posted a Rock Day message
- Chopper (One Piece): posted a guitar-learning illustration
- Girls Band Cry: posted a Rock Day graphic
- Haibara's Teenage New Game+: posted a character illustration for the occasion
- Masanori Ichikawa (SaGa series producer): noted June 9 as Rocbouquet Day
- Atsushi Kamijou (To-Y): posted a Rock Day illustration
- Futago Kamikita (Precure manga): released rocking images of Suite Precure, Go! Princess Precure, and Hugtto! Precure characters
- Taiyo Matsumoto (Blue Spring): posted a Rock Day message
- Mega Man: opened pre-orders for an Acrylic Logo Display Sounds item
- My Hero Academia: celebrated the day
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Anime News Network Interest Happy Rock Day (& Lock Day) From Around the Anime World