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Moyashimon, Sengoku Basara Get Alcohol Tie-Ins
posted on by Gia Manry
The production team behind the live-action Rakuten, who announced that the initial launch of the beverages — 200 bottles sold at 1,500 yen ($17.35) — sold out in one minute. The site promises that an additional 100 bottles will be sold at a later date.
According to Japanese news site Walker Plus, Ishikawa himself visited Okinawa incognito to find the right distillery to collaborate with. The Seifuku Distillery makes Awamori as well as other alcoholic beverages, and in 2009 the company worked with Sega to sell bottles of awamori and umeshu (a sweet fruit liqueur) branded as tie-ins for the video game Yakuza 3. Awamori is a drink that historically associated with Okinawa, having come to the island in the 15th century from Thailand. Unlike sake, which is brewed, awamori is distilled, like the Japanese drink called shōchū. However, shōchū is distilled from Japanese short-grain rice, while awamori uses Thai-style long-grain rice. The limited-edition Moyashimon awamori contains 25% alcohol by volume, which is about 5% less than Seifuku's usual batch of awamori.
On July 19, simulcast of the second season also began today.
Each character's sake will be made by a different brewer, chosen for their "strong connection" to each character, as follows:
- Date Masamune - Hōyō Uchigasaki Brewery, Miyagi - Masamune's mausoleum is in Sendai in the Miyagi Prefecture
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi - Jurakudai Sasaki Brewery, Kyoto - Jurakudai is the name of Toyotomi's palace
- Takenaka Hanbei - Tsuki no Katsura, Kyoto
- Maeda Keiji - Tomio Kitagawa Honke, Kyoto
An official website and Twitter have been launched for the campaign, which is titled "Sake Kassenn" (Sake Campaign).
[Via alafista, animeanime.jp]
