A: Apart from collaborating on crossover comics, “Chibi Maruko-chan” and “Crayon Shin-chan” will launch co-branded merchandise and pop-up stores this time.
B: Actually, you don’t need to fly to Japan. Taipei’s Huashan 1914 Creative Park is hosting multiple anime-themed pop-up stores — including one for Shin-chan.
A: Really? What other pop-up shops are there?
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B: They include stores themed around “Dragon Ball,” “Snoopy,” “Rilakkuma,” “One Piece,” “Jujutsu Kaisen,” “Frieren” and “Chiikawa X Sanrio.”
A: Wow, I was just watching the second season of the live-action “One Piece.” We can visit the park during the Tomb-sweeping Day long weekend from April 3 to 6.
A: 《櫻桃小丸子》、《蠟筆小新》除了合作推出漫畫外，這次還推出聯名商品、快閃店！
B: 其實你不用飛去日本，台北華山1914文創園區正推出多家動漫主題快閃店，其中也包括《蠟筆小新》唷。
A: 真的嗎？那還有哪些快閃店啊？
B: 其他的還包括︰《七龍珠》、《史努比》、《拉拉熊》、《航海王》、《咒術迴戰》、《葬送的芙莉蓮》、《吉伊卡哇 X 三麗鷗》……等主題。
A: 哇我剛好正在看《航海王》真人版影集第2季，趁著4月3日至6日清明連假期間，來去華山園區逛逛吧。
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張迪）
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