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Forkball · Mar 18, 2015

A few years ago when I lived in northern Japan, I and the other resident foreigners were pretty excited when we first heard that a new H&M would be opening in Sendai. The store would be a familiar, inexpensive alternative to Uniqlo, and we wouldnt have to travel all the way to shop at the Tokyo store, after all.

Its too bad that Im not around anymore to check out H&Ms spring 2015 fashion line, which includes some adorable Japan and anime-inspired prints. But waitwe can buy some of them overseas, too!?

The Swedish clothing giants new spring offerings include a handful of items designed in an adorable, colorful Akihabara style!

While we dont have specific availability information for different regions, a quick browse through the new arrivals section of H&Ms US website revealed that at least one of the items can be found in both US and Japanese H&M stores, one seems to be exclusive to the US, and the rest are exclusive to Japan.

Here are all five of the Japan-themed spring clothing items we could find after perusing the official websites:

1. Patterned sweatshirt: Anime girl sailor uniform style

This colorful sweatshirt is decorated with the image of a cute anime-style girl wearing a sailor uniform. Her long, pink hair and overall design seems to channel the character Hinagiku Katsura from Hayate the Combat Butler.

Price: Japan 1,990 yen/America US$24.95

2. Patterned leggings: Anime girl sailor uniform style

If youre buying the sweatshirt, why not go all out and get some leggings to match? Theres no such thing as too much moe, after all.

Price: Japan 1,490 yen ($12.28)

3. Jersey short top: Sushi

Heres a perfect addition to the closet of any sushi-loving lady. By the way, the Japanese word kawaii (cute) is scribbled in pink across the whimsical raw fish design.

Price: Japan 1,190 yen ($9.80)

4. Jersey short top: Anime sailor uniform style

This one is undeniably based on a simple anime-style sailor uniform design. Better yet, pair this shirt with one of countless Sailor Moon-themed accessories for the full effect!

Price: Japan 1,190 yen ($9.80)

5. Printed knit sweater: Kawaii Cutie

Finally, we have this bright pink and fluffy sweater which will make you want to scream kawaii (quite literally, in fact). Dont be alarmed if you start shedding pink threads of kawaiiness all over the floor

Price: America $24.95 (3,029 yen)

Good luck finding these items at an H&M store near you!

A human has worn this:

Salsa · Mar 18, 2015

would wear

CheesecakeRecipe · Mar 18, 2015

We Vaporwave Now

YoungFa · Mar 18, 2015

Forkball said:

Just looking at this makes my hair static.

Darryl · Mar 18, 2015

The sushi top is fab as fuck

Pinko Marx · Mar 18, 2015

Hell yeah stretchy pants with anime chicks on them.

LesPaul · Mar 18, 2015

OMG the Sushi one

NeoGeoOwner · Mar 18, 2015

You can really wear everything when you're a good looking person.

NotTheGuyYouKill · Mar 18, 2015

All of a sudden it's the late 90s again

Amalthea · Mar 18, 2015

NotTheGuyYouKill said:
All of a sudden it's the late 90s again

If you go to H&M atm. it sure looks that way.

Ratrat · Mar 18, 2015

SalsaShark said:
would wear

What is that green shit? Other than the wasabi and cucumber.

Nachos · Mar 18, 2015

That sushi shirt would look rad if it didn't have "kawaii" scribbled all over it, but the entire line looks like what you'd get if a middle-aged designer quickly glanced at a Borders' manga section in 2005 and used that as inspiration ten years later.

SalvaPot · Mar 18, 2015

They could make it "Kawaii as fuck" here, huge missed opportunity here.

Item Box · Mar 18, 2015

the sushi shirt doesnt look too bad, but everything else...wat

seeing those leggings on the street would probably make me hate leggings forever

wonzo · Mar 18, 2015

Meatfist · Mar 18, 2015

psh, I wouldn't let my waifu wear clothes with such poor stitching

Mook1e · Mar 18, 2015

Item Box said:
the sushi shirt doesnt look too bad, but everything else...wat

seeing those leggings on the street would probably make me hate leggings forever

QFT.
The sushi top is cool.
The rest, blah.
My daughters will love it all, I think.

Sinfamy · Mar 18, 2015

Not what I had in mind.
That's the kind of shit Hot Topic sells.

When I think "Anime Inspired" i think of the cool shit you can import from Korea that will not look good on you because you're too fat and aren't in the right lighting conditions.

Phat Michael · Mar 18, 2015

these are the worst clothes in the world.

Josh with a J · Mar 18, 2015

Bold One · Mar 18, 2015

Dabanton · Mar 18, 2015

Looks dreadful.

vejas · Mar 18, 2015

damn what is this???

jerry1594 · Mar 18, 2015

Looks like warm garbage

InfiniteBento · Mar 18, 2015

I hate the color choices and poor designs

Do not want.

Mashin Haters · Mar 18, 2015

if they made a guy version of the sushi shirt and black lettering. I would i buy

Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew · Mar 18, 2015

Is this like when those Asian shirts come with gibberish English?

Are we stereotyping a stereotype?

Or could be worse...

Droplet · Mar 18, 2015

This is like the women's equivalent to those anime Hawaiian shirts from 10 years ago.

Chariot · Mar 18, 2015

Not like this.

TatteredHat · Mar 18, 2015

Please save me from this living hell.

gngf123 · Mar 18, 2015

This isn't what I had in mind when I read anime-inspired.

All of those look fucking dreadful.

jwk94 · Mar 18, 2015

Where's the male clothing?

Lulubop · Mar 18, 2015

Uniqlo had some pretty decent anime stuff years ago.

Chairmanchuck · Mar 18, 2015

Lulubop said:
Uniqlo had some pretty decent anime stuff years ago.

They usually have a One Piece Collection each year as well as a MonHun Collection.

Btw. If I buy those clothes, do I have to throw my arms back and run like some Ninjas to be faster?

XiaNaphryz · Mar 18, 2015

Obligatory:

SalsaShark said:
would wear

Would you really?

BlackBuzzard · Mar 18, 2015

90s are making a comeback.

Pinko Marx · Mar 18, 2015

BlackBuzzard said:
90s are making a comeback.

I had a shirt that was VERY similar to this.

liliththepale · Mar 18, 2015

I'm probably going to get the sweatshirt and leggings tbh

Kurita · Mar 18, 2015

Huh, I thought they were collabs with manga/anime franchises, not ugly cliché clothes.

neorej · Mar 18, 2015

XiaNaphryz said:

I don't know what this means, but it sounds hot as all hell.

Amalthea · Mar 18, 2015

I ordered this from Japan the other day. I think it looks much nicer and tasteful than those H&M anime clothes.

rhophiehalul78 · Mar 18, 2015

looks tacky

Shaanyboi · Mar 18, 2015

This is the way the world ends

Twilight Gap · Mar 18, 2015

rhophiehalul78 said:
looks tacky

understatement

XiaNaphryz said:
Obligatory:

oh my god

Zeyphersan · Mar 18, 2015

No.

XiaNaphryz said:
Obligatory:

Yes

Philippo · Mar 18, 2015

Should have hired Hirohiko Araki for true fabulous clothing instead of a vaporwave artist smh

Alienous · Mar 18, 2015

Ugh.

That's anime references on regular clothing.

That isn't the stylish shit you see in Anime.

ugly · Mar 18, 2015

Ratrat said:
What is that green shit? Other than the wasabi and cucumber.

Avocado?

B.O.O.M · Mar 18, 2015

Terrible designs

RadioHeadAche · Mar 18, 2015

Pinko Marx said:
I had a shirt that was VERY similar to this.

Me too, but it was generic giant robots. I got a few compliments on it too.

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