{"id":239345,"date":"2021-04-30T16:55:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T13:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/pay-for-your-future-anime-goods-with-these-madoka-magica-keychains\/"},"modified":"2021-04-30T16:55:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T13:55:45","slug":"pay-for-your-future-anime-goods-with-these-madoka-magica-keychains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pay-for-your-future-anime-goods-with-these-madoka-magica-keychains\/","title":{"rendered":"#Pay For Your Future Anime Goods With These Madoka Magica Keychains"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Pay For Your Future Anime<\/a> Goods With These Madoka Magica Keychains<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Since the implementation of electronic money and smart cards, it was only a matter of time before a company in Japan combined the tech with anime to somehow let people pay for anime goods with actual anime goods. First to this<\/span><\/a> is Sony, who are embedding their FeliCa\u00a0contactless RFID smart card system (which is most known for being the backbone to JR East’s Suica system) into\u00a0Puella Magi Madoka Magica<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a> <\/span>keychains!<\/p>\n

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While you\u00a0use them to tap onto\u00a0trains in Tokyo, the FeliCa tech in the Madoka Magica<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a> acrylic keychains is connected to Rakuten’s Edy\u00a0prepaid rechargeable electronic money\u00a0system. You load up the\u00a0Madoka or Homura keychains\u00a0at any compatible ATM (Seven-Eleven convenience store ATMs commonly\u00a0have Edy charging functions) and that’s it, just tap your favorite girl at a contactless terminal with an Edy logo\u00a0and be on your way to have a magical day.<\/p>\n

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Sony is using the Madoka Magica<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a> keychains as a public proof-of-concept to showcase that the tech inside acrylic keychains is functions and can be used for other properties\u2013even going so far as to put an inquiry form on the website for businesses interested in collaborating on their own productions.<\/p>\n

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While at this time the Madoka Magica<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0keychains only work with Rakuten’s Edy system, Sony’s FeliCa is used all over the world for contactless payments, transport cards, and as swipe cards for universities and other organizations. FeliCa is widespread in Japan, Hong Kong, and Indonesia, with some uses in Europe and the United States. This means that while the anime keychains are currently only tied to Rakuten’s contactless payment system, it doesn’t mean that they can’t be used for other functions in the future.<\/p>\n

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Each Madoka Magica<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0keychain will be up for pre-order on the Aniplex+ online store<\/span><\/a> from May 1 to May 31 for delivery around July. Each keychain is\u00a02,980 yen (US$27.37) and sadly doesn’t come with any money pre-loaded.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Source: Sony<\/span><\/a> via Takashi Mochizuki on Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News<\/a>. He also runs a YouTube<\/a> channel about Japan stuff called\u00a0TheDoctorDazza<\/a>, tweets at\u00a0@DoctorDazza<\/a>,\u00a0and posts photos of his travel<\/a>s on\u00a0Instagram<\/a>.<\/em>\n<\/div>\n