Wine With Character
To paraphrase Henry Chinaski in Barfly, "a drink for all my Ultra-friends!" Hot on the heels of their Kamen Rider Shocker Wine, Bandai has just announced the Ultraseven 40th Anniversary Wine Set, limited to (of course) 777 sets at 9,800 yen a pop. (I was expecting -- perhaps even praying a little -- that it'd be a repackaged "fortified wine" like Cisco, the better to fortify oneself for all-night Ultraseven watching sessions, but in fact it's a merlot from Japanese winery Lumiere.) Each is lovingly packaged with Ultraseven festooned glassware and the signature of Koji Moritsugu, better known as "Dan Moroboshi." They're taking orders until September 28th, so get those Ultra-communicators tuned in to the LaLaBit site. This has got to be the weirdest pop culture/alcohol mashup since the legendary Taxi Driver Sake.
Hey check out my report on Ultraman Festival 2007. This year's ULFES celebrated the 40th anniversary of ULTRASEVEN!
http://textfiend.net/zerohero/index.php/2007/08/06/ultraman-festival-2007/
Posted by: Zer0 | August 07, 2007 at 04:28 PM
I'll put it on the shelf next to my Skywalker Chardonnay:
http://www.rebelscum.com/story/front/2005_Skywalker_Ranch_Chardonnay_108007.asp
Posted by: Roger | August 07, 2007 at 11:43 PM
There's also "Vagrant Story" wine as well, from the oddly-titled Square-Enix videogame of the same name. This kinda thing is only going to be increasing, because wine's become a lot more popular in Japan over the last five years or so.
http://www.geocities.com/mullenkampx/product.html
Posted by: Matt | August 08, 2007 at 09:05 AM
Goddamn, first the Shocker Officer Wine Set, now this?
Why must they tease me so -_-
Posted by: Mike D. | August 09, 2007 at 09:18 AM