25 years after the Suica Penguin helped revolutionize how Japan buys train ticket and shops, JR’s plans for the future don’t include the character.
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Facility where Grape-kun spent his days with his anime crush says it has no plans for a statue, hasn’t given permission for an installation.
The artist who created the penguin’s 2-D anime crush has even left a beautiful illustration in honour of their memory.
The cardboard cut-out he fell in love with was moved from the enclosure to be with the penguin as he passed away.
Watch as a flat stack of paper springs to life like magic, instantly becoming a three-dimensional penguin in the blink of an eye.
Lost his real-life penguin wife, gained an anime waifu.
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