If there’s any trend our posts in the past couple of years have shown, it’s that the Japanese can and will personify absolutely anything.
From Gum Boys to anthropomorphized swords to cute girls inspired by intestinal bacteria, Japanese creators have wowed us again and again with their desire and ability to turn just about anything into anime-style mascots.
New to join the ranks of the countless handsome characters inspired by random things are these fancy young men modeled after various cocktails, scheduled to make an appearance in thousands of smart devices this coming fall with the launch of a mobile game app titled Cocktail Prince, produced by geechs Inc.
▼ Get drunk on their song and dance in “Making Love!!”.
The six main characters fronting the show are:
▼ Martini (CV: Takuya Eguchi)
▼ Salty Dog (CV: Junya Enoki)
▼ Tequila Sunrise (CV: Nobunaga Shimazaki)
▼ Tom Collins (CV: Takashi Kondo)
▼ Emerald Mist (CV: Makoto Furukawa)
▼ Moulin Rouge (CV: Junichi Suwabe)
【発表第１弾！】
— カクテル王子（カクプリ）【公式】 (@kkpr_PR) May 10, 2016
トムコリンズ＝近藤隆
ソルティドッグ＝榎木淳弥
マティーニ＝江口拓也
テキーラサンライズ＝島﨑信長
ムーランルージュ＝諏訪部順一
エメラルドミスト＝古川慎https://t.co/jMgBvnrTij#カクプリ pic.twitter.com/L72v9NteOk
To date, 19 other cocktail-inspired characters have been revealed, some of which already have voice samples that you can listen to on the game’s official website (Japanese).
▼ From left to right:
American Lemonade (CV: Showtaro Morikubo)
Kiss In The Dark (CV: Takuya Sato)
Pink Lady (CV: Mutsumi Tamura)
Jack Rose (CV: Masashi Igarashi)
【キャスト発表第2弾！】
— カクテル王子（カクプリ）【公式】 (@kkpr_PR) June 10, 2016
アメリカンレモネード＝森久保祥太郎
キスインザダーク＝佐藤拓也
ピンクレディ＝田村睦心
ジャックローズ＝五十嵐雅
公式webはこちら→https://t.co/jMgBvnrTij #カクプリ pic.twitter.com/RbvshGJcPr
▼ From left to right:
Blue Moon (CV: Takahiro Miyake)
Caipirinha/Caipiroska (CV: Ayumu Murase)
Mistia Royal (CV: Toshiki Masuda)
White Lady (CV: Hiroyuki Kagura)
【キャスト発表第3弾！】
— カクテル王子（カクプリ）【公式】 (@kkpr_PR) July 5, 2016
カイピリーニャ・カイピロスカ＝村瀬歩
ミスティアロワイヤル＝増田俊樹
ホワイトレディ＝花倉洸幸
ブルームーン＝三宅貴大
公式webはこちら→https://t.co/jMgBvnrTij #カクプリ pic.twitter.com/0W0R7uIXLV
We welcome all forms of eye candy, so… cocktail princes? Sure, why not! To get more up close and personal with the Cocktail Princes, check out their official website or follow them on Twitter!
Source/images: Nijimen
Top image: Cocktail Prince Official Website
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