Sentai Filmworks Acquires 'Soni-Ani: Sonico The Animation' Anime License". News. The Fandom Post. January 21, 2014 . Retrieved January 21, 2020. Crunchyroll to Stream Super Sonico Anime". News. Anime News Network. December 30, 2013 . Retrieved January 21, 2014.

Sonico wakes up late and prepares food for her pet cats. She meets people as she rushes towards the college and still ends up late to class. Her professor praises her intellect but criticizes her tardiness. After class, she attends a photo shoot with a lecherous client. After an array of photos, the client requests Sonico wear a much more revealing outfit, but thanks to the intervention of Mr. Kitamura, Sonico's manager, she does not. After the photo shoot, she helps wait on customers at her grandmother's bar, where a baseball team is their regular patron, giving praise to Sonico's growth. After a phone call from her bandmates, she meets up with Suzu, the bassist, and Fuuri, the drummer. They practice a new song that Suzu composed. Super Sonico Joins Anime Network!". Anime Network. February 6, 2014. Archived from the original on February 8, 2014 . Retrieved February 10, 2014. Ouka Satsurikuin, Sonico's co-worker at the modeling agency, gets a job as the spokesperson for a new fat-reducing ointment. Ouka invites Sonico, Suzu, and Fuuri to join her on a VIP cruise to celebrate the product's launch. In a private cabin, the ointment company's owner is confronted by one of her own staff, concerned that the product has had insufficient testing. She proceeds with the product release anyway. Ouka's roll-out presentation goes very well, with samples given to attendees who are pleased with the immediate results. That night, however, Ouka, Sonico, and her bandmates find themselves on the run from the other passengers, who have effectively become zombies from the ointment's side effects and are desperately hungry. With the cruise ship out at sea, there are few places they can go to get away, which they must do until the effects of the cream wear off. A popular and extensive line of PVC figurines of Super Sonico has been produced for Nitroplus by well-known toy designers, including, among many others, Max Factory, FREEing, Orchid Seed, and Hobby Japan. Figurine styles have included the highly stylized Chibi, Nendoroid, and Figma designs, in addition to the more realistic designs drawn directly from the character as she appears in games, manga, and anime. Sizes have ranged from 1/8 to 1/2 the size of the young adult woman character as she appears in the media. Action figures have also been produced. [8] [9] Media [ edit ] Music CDs [ edit ]The story follows the life of an eighteen-year-old girl in Tokyo named Sonico who struggles to balance her school life, modeling gig, part-time job, and her band. Here is a brief overview of the story. Series Overview With Christmas approaching, the Musatani Shopping Center finds itself up against a giant department store that has appeared recently. Suzu, who is asked to help bring younger customers to the shopping center, has Sonico, Fuuri, and various others act as Santa girls to appeal to customers and increase sales. When the department store responds by employing some popular idols to draw the customers away, Suzu decides they need an official Santa Claus to appear on Christmas Eve to appeal to parents and children. On her way home, Sonico encounters a young girl named Ayaka, who is upset about her father not being able to come home in time for Christmas. On Christmas Eve, Sonico brings Ayaka to meet Santa, who turns out to be Ayaka's father, bringing her the present she wanted the most. The Shredder: Soni-Ani: Super Sonico the Animation". News. Anime Herald. January 10, 2014 . Retrieved January 16, 2020. a b "Nitro+'s Super Sonico Mascot Gets TV Anime". News. Anime News Network. September 21, 2013 . Retrieved January 15, 2014.

Gravure books featuring Sonico were released by Enterbrain on July 7, 2011. An internet radio show, SoniRadio ( そにっくらじお♪), began broadcasting on March 24, 2011. A Sonico-themed non-game networking software application for iOS has also been released. [57] Endorsements [ edit ] Sonico was used to promote the International Exhibition Center station of the Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit Rinkai Line. [58] She is also being used to promote the Soni Plateau ( 曽爾高原, Soni Kougen) brand of beer from Nara Prefecture as a collaboration based on the similar-sounding name. [59] Sonico was also the mascot for the 2013 Anitamasai Convention in Saitama. [60]Crunchyroll to Stream "Soni-Ani SUPER SONICO THE ANIMATION" ". News. Crunchyroll. December 31, 2013. Archived from the original on February 21, 2022 . Retrieved December 31, 2019. SUPERSONICO (Official biography profile of Super Sonico)" (in Japanese). Nitroplus . Retrieved February 10, 2014.