Anime IP x Pro Baseball Team (2021)
Demon Slayer x Yomiuri Giants collab
The giant announced that it will start selling collaboration goods with the popular anime “Kimetsu no Yaiba” on the official online shopping site “Giants Online Store” from noon on the 13th.
[Photo] A collaboration T-shirt between the anime “Kimetsu no Yaiba” and the giant
The highlights are the premium products “Authentic Grab” and “Authentic Bat”. The grabs and bats of the same model that the giant players are actually using are designed with the image of 13 characters, including the main character, Tanjiro Kamado. It is sold only to CLUB GIANTS members, and non-members can apply from the 20th only if the planned number is not reached.
This collaboration is an interlocking project by 105 teams from three sports, professional baseball, J-League, and B-League, along with the anime “Yukaku Hen,” which is broadcast on 30 stations nationwide, including the Fuji TV series. Each item is designed with illustrations of the main character, Tanjiro Kamado, Tanjiro Kamado, Zenitsu Agatsuma, and Hashibira Inosuke wearing the original “GIANTS” uniform. (Excluding some products).
In addition to the above four people, the standard cheering goods “Replica Uniform” and “Player’s Face Towel” have the names of nine “pillars” such as Umeda Tengen, who is also used in the teaser visual of “Yukaku Hen”. 13 special versions. Five types of New Era caps are available in the standard “9FIFTY”, with coloring inspired by each character, and an animated visual is drawn on the back of the brim.
The Yomiuri Giants (読売ジャイアンツ, Yomiuri Jaiantsu, formally Yomiuri Kyojingun (読売巨人軍)) are a professional baseball team based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. The team competes in the Central League in Nippon Professional Baseball. They play their home games in the Tokyo Dome, opened in 1988. The team’s owner is Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, Japan’s largest media conglomerate which also owns two newspapers (including the eponymous Yomiuri Shimbun) and the Nippon Television Network (which includes flagship Nippon TV).
The Giants are the oldest team among the current Japanese professional teams. They are also by far the most successful, having won 22 Japan Series titles and an additional nine in the era of NPB’s forerunner, the Japanese Baseball League. Their main rivalry is with the Hanshin Tigers, a team especially popular in the Kansai region. The Yomiuri Giants are regarded as “The New York Yankees of Japan” due to their widespread popularity, past dominance of the league, and polarizing effect on fans. (Baseball fans who are indifferent about teams other than their local team often have an intense dislike for the Giants; on the other hand, the Giants have a large fan base even in areas with a local team.)
