Mirai Suenaga
Profile page renewal done and next up is the mascot page. Quite a few pictures in this post so lemme know if you had trouble downloading.
I've always wanted to have a cute mascot for the site and when I met manga artist Azami Yuko through some work at Microsoft, I knew it was time to create one.
The designs for Mirai Suenaga [末永みらい] were finalized in January of 2007. Azami sensei and I worked closely together on Mirai's design and am really pleased by the way she turned out.
Mirai is an eternal 17 years old. Mirai is not what she seems. To the average Jon Doe, shes just an average school girl but what the viewer knows is that shes actually from a different time and dimension. Mirai came to Earth in the year 2009 from her home planet called Sorunia which exists in a fissure of time and space...
Mirai-chan stared in a game published by Nitro Plus called Miracle Mirai. You can read more about the game here.
Mirai-chan stars in her own anime called Mirai no Mirai. Below are the anime storyboards and you can read more about this project in this post.
End of a school day and Mirai says goodbye to Kanata. Mirai gets changed into her Meisai Gear suits. She hasn't figured out the transformation sequence so wears her suit manually.
In collaboration with Good Smile Company, Mirai-chan gets figmatized - read more about this exciting project in the Tokyo Figure Show Report.
Check out the up n coming Mirai goodies in the Mirai Suenaga Merchandise photo article.
Mirai-chan T-Shirts available from Cospa - details in the Anime T-Shirts photo article.
Soon these Dollfie Mirai outfits will be available for purchase. More pics available for you to gander at.
The many faces of Mirai Suenaga.
Below are some sketches done by Azami sensei which include the concept roughs.
Concept art for the manga Miracle Mirai. Ayu is the illustrator overseeing this project. These are some of her sketches of Mirai-chan.
You can download the completed mirai-chan you see on the left of this illustration from the link below.
Download (2.32MB)
Apron Mirai-chan by Ayu is a particular fave of mine ^^;
Mirai has a younger sister but we didn't get to see what she looked like until June 2008. Haruka Suenaga [末永遥香] is 13 years old and was originally name "Kako" - you can read more about Haruka in this article.
The original concept artwork for Haruka-chan is handled by Azami Yuko.
And here are the concept sketches.
Final design for the manga of Haruka-chan - PSD version available for download.
Download (5.93MB)
Kanata Hoshikawa [星河かなた] is the third mascot character for dannychoo.com and is conceived by Ayu. Fell in love with Ayu's work when she posted a fanart cosplay of Mirai and Haruka.
Group shot of all three mascots together just before school starts. The Photoshop layered file can be downloaded from the link below. Please provide links somewhere to moorina.deviantart.com and dannychoo.com if you use the material in these files.
Download (19.51MB)
Final version of Kanata. Love the ribbons on the stockings! The PSD layered file of this illustration can be downloaded from the link below.
Download (4.41MB)
The PSD file for this illustration is included in the above group shot PSD.
Download (19.51MB)
And we also have a few readers who make great contributions to growing the Suenaga world.
First up is Chun from Canada who handles not only some of the illustrated outfits but also the sewn Dollfie outfits that you saw earlier on.
Mascot sprites are provided by talented artist SG from the UK. Feel free to use these on your webpage.
The most cutesome 4-koma series "Mirai-tan" is handled by illustrator Kyourin from the Philippines who currently resides in Japan. You can view all episodes to date at figure.fm.
PSD files of some of the above illustrations are available for your use - make banners, icons, applications, T-shirts, mugs - whatever.
Each file is layered with transparency. If you are making banners or fanart, then please upload to figure.fm - the most groovesome banners/fanart will appear on this page together with a link to your website/online profile. Please tag banners "banner" and fanart with "fanart."
Download (3.78MB)
Mirai-chans bikini wear. Contains wet and dry layers, b-chiku and a few facial expressions.
Download (10.71MB)
Haruka-chans default school uniform. Contains a few facial expressions.
Download (10.71MB)
Mirai-chans default school uniform. Comes complete with a few facial expressions.
Download (6.46MB)
Mirai-chan dakimakura version. Contains semi nekkid, stockings and a few facial expressions.
Download (20.14MB)
Contains many different color variations including the pink uniform and black haired Mirai-chan.
Exceptional fanart will go in the header to join the rest of the header images in rotation. Your web url will also appear next too your work.
And if chosen, your artwork will go in the footer too.
Some of the contributors up until now are working with me long term on various projects.
And here are some ancient banners - in need for some new ones so if you can help out then upload them to figure.fm! The dannychoo.com logos can be found in any of the PSD files above.
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Daigakusei [Consular and Diplomatic Affairs]
http://dixinfernal.wordpress.com
mascot page is awesome~
great work danny!
and
Gundam Mirai is sweeeet!, i want to see more~
Student
http://foxkey.blog126.fc2.com/
Ahh yes, Gundam Mirai is very sweet.
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
http://puppy52art.com/
Wooo nice to see The Suenaga gang live on site again!
Student/Blogger
http://asuka.0fees.net/
Love the group shot of the girls at school! Excellent work on Kanata too
Student
http://foxkey.blog126.fc2.com/
Great mascot page, hope to see updates on it as they happen, I'd love to follow what the sisters get up to.
This is probably my first time hearing of Mirai being in a Nitro + game, I love the frilly dress version of her in the floating Mirai section.
With a figma being rolled out, i'm not suprised that an animated series and a manga is also coming out soon after. I adore the concept sketches too!
Thanks for putting up all those lovely pictures. ^^
Student, Bowler, Collector
http://carldica.wordpress.com
TOTALLY love this!~ Wish I could make my own mascot as nice as Mirai-chan.....
Dog of the Country
too much eechi mirai >_<
browsing the nets
http://otakuposts.blogspot.com/
need to get illustrator. long time since i used it. might do some fanart once my hands get a feel of my old self.
Freelance Digital Production Artist
http://www.flickr.com/photos/victor_lee/sets/
When will the Suenaga sisters anime be released? ;)
Mechanical Engineer/Traveling Kamen Rider/Dollfie Dream Hunter
http://tcwenterprise.com/wordpress/
I am fairly interested in the Dollfie Clothing, can't wait for the details and pricing.
Otaku Graphic Designer
http://neoprolacus.spaces.live.com
Lots of goodies yo~! :3
Student
http://phiq.deviantart.com/
Where's cyborg Mirai?
Wage Slave
A page of awesomeness ....
... just need the merchandise released and easily purchasable internationally ;)
Student or something like that
http://myanimelist.net/profile/tiberis1221
Second that!!!
I want my Mirai Dakimakura!!!
LOL
Student, ACG Fans
http://modvisc.blogspot.com
awesome mascot page. a lot of picture, but no problem on loading.
Student
The mascots have come such a long way and have turned out gorgeous, congrats.
Nyoro-n...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yuki-to/
nice page! :3c
Dance Trooper: DCX-001 O.D.E. (Order of the Dancing Empire)
http://dannychoo.com.my
Awesome mascots page ^o^
Love all the 3 mascots~~~
Ayu's illustration is so moe!
Graphic Designer
http://anjerasu.wordpress.com
Really grown into a product now. All those years :)
PhD Student
I wish I could draw so well to try to make a fan art of Mirai, hehe. It's amazing how big has grown the Mirai-chan collection with drawings, merchandise, anime, manga, figma!@_@ can't wait to get one of the Mirai-chan's out fit for Nia xD
US Navy Sailor
http://punynari.wordpress.com/
Love your mascots and the artwork is very nice indeed. Wish I could make characters this well. Then I'd make my own website mascots. :p
Needs more ecchi Haruka....er nevermind. ^_^;;
Pseudo-Graphic Designer, 触手 wrangler, H-Man
http://lightningsabre.blogspot.com/
Wah! I could've used this page a few days ago XD Oh well, good to see it back up. It'll help me make more poses for the Gundam version ^^ Plus I guess I need to fix it up a little bit.
Good to see everything all collected here. Ayu's art just look so gohjas!
Teacher of English
http://www.freewebs.com/superrobots/
Excellent work Danny and co. Keep it up!!!!
Multimedia Technology Student
http://thehappyninjadrawn.wordpress.com
The mascot page is looking awesome Danny!
Student
http://purplezest.wordpress.com/
wow, amazing work - such awesome mascots :D
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
http://meimi132.wordpress.com/
Very very cool.
But stop the evil trolling :sob:.... unless the game is coming soon, and we actually will get to buy the uniforms for dollfies....
Civil Servant
http://kyokohunter.net/
It's a big page, but it's nice to see all the Mirai/Haruka artwork together. I really adore the manga concepts by Ayu, they're so cute!
Student
http://payuki.deviantart.com/
This is wonderful, I love it all!
I have always saved the Mirai banner images to my HDD when I saw a new one, and now I get to see the complete collection in one place :)
Student
http://payuki.deviantart.com/
My download of "image ID#79005 (6.46MB)" at mediafire wont start.
All the oher files works.
Anyone else has this problem?
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
Just tested and it works on this side.
Student
http://payuki.deviantart.com/
Thats strange, I guess I will try again later.
Thanks for testing it out :)
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
Lemme know when you try again - I think its because these files are popular ^^;
Student
http://payuki.deviantart.com/
After trying different time, location, os and browser yesterday and today - I finally got it working.
Yes they are ^w^
http://moemoekyun.wordpress.com
trio mascot awesome ^_^ katana looks really moe !
http://moemoekyun.wordpress.com
ups kanata I mean my finger slip >_< she is too cute
Student and full-time otaku
Lots of good pics. Nice to have it all in one place now. Can't wait for the figma either!
College Student
Sweet!! Can't wait for mirai figma.
Student / Free Thinker / Otaku
http://www.google.com/profiles/SeanSigloch
Thanks Danny. (^_^) I've been hoping you would fix the PSD files. Though Mirai-chan dakimakura version is timing out every time I click download, I'll try again later. =]
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
Do try again later - that file is very popular ^^;
Boukenger
Why do I get the feeling that Kanata is Danny's female alter ego??? You're not doing some cross-cosplaying are you Danny? LMAO!
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
If you get timeouts when trying to download, please try again later - the dakimakura is especially popular ^^;
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
Also just added the link to the Haruka seifuku version by Ayu.
All files here http://www.mediafire.com/dannychoo
I donno I might be the oddball here, but none of those mascot characters spike an interest in me. They seem typical and cliche. I say this strictly by looking at the characters, without knowing about their personalities, which is a huge factor for me.
I do like the Mirai-tan 4-koma series though.
studying comp studies, planning to look for part time job
http://bruneian-otaku.blogspot.com
Yay! the Suenaga sisters and Hoshikawa Kanata ^o^ truly cute and adorable when they're together.
Nekophilia
Ayu's unlimited loli works! :3
Did I mention how much I atually love Miko Reimu? Also, Gundam section can use lightningsabre's pics xD
wow!mirai look pretty!and cute too^^
Young Grasshopper
http://miragestrike.blogspot.com
Must be nice to have a site mascot grow at such a massive scale. ^^
I'm not worthy of having a mascot for my site yet..
Custom Pc Builder, Muppet, Pyromaniac, Demolitions Expert, Guitar Slinger,
http://myspace.com/dyingoblivion
hmmm.....Haruka = Lolicon much?
Art Student
http://roxyssketches.blogspot.com/
The girls are so cute Danny :D I've been meaning to do a fan art of them for quite some time.I should get on it and do it already!
unemployed gamer and anime watcher
http://otoboku.se
I just have a big grin on my face right now :)
Great choice for artists Danny. Lovely characters. Only question that arrises is how you will implement them all in the site design. Or are you just going to randomly show of the artwork like you are doing now?
Anyway, great info and great mascots.
Just have to ask one thing: How did you decide on the name of your mascot?
Student
http://payuki.deviantart.com/
Answer to your last question on: http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/740/Mirai+Suenaga.html and http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/19980/Kanata+Hoshikawa.html .
Or do a search on top of dannychoo.com for "mirai suenaga" and "kanata hoshikawa".
unemployed gamer and anime watcher
http://otoboku.se
thank you. I´m a bit busy trying to figure out a name for my own blog´s mascot and all names I can think of are already taken...
Student
http://payuki.deviantart.com/
I just try to help Danny because he has answered so many of my questions ^^. Is otoboku.se your blog?, it has much interesting content for reading. Congratulations to 200 posts on otoboku.se!
unemployed gamer and anime watcher
http://otoboku.se
Yes, otoboku.se is my blog. Multi-author blog now :)
And I thank you for your kind words. We will try to keep it going for as long as we can.
anime, programmer, gfx designer, illustrator ^^
http://denkikoiji.com
awesome page but i was wondering if it is possible to get a psd of coloring the mascots so it would have all the layers of coloring so you can get a feel for how to color ^^ anyone know any drawings were u could get one of the psd files, sai files or what others there may be ?
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
Do plan on releasing those at a later date.
Art/Media
http://sgallen.wordpress.com/
And we shall then learn the secrets of colouring in Mirai hohoho~
Chinese/Viet restaurant waiter, no post secondary
All of them are so cute! I'll download these on a later date :3
Student
So that's how Kanata look like, she is so cute. I love her stockings.
Student, part-time slave
http://yakuri.wordpress.com/
Oh GOD! Kanata-chan~~~ <3<3<3
???Confused???
Um under Haruka's profile it says the concept is by Azamu Yuko...did you mean Azami Yuko or is that a nickname? Also, will Azami sensei be doing her own version of Kanata or it's just going to be Ayu's version?...Either way is fine with me...Everything Mirai in one place...awesome...
meow-meow!
http://sokhim.com
slap these wonderful illustrations on t-shirts danny!
university film student | ecchikid | the Archivist
http://www.vimeo.com/longhim
Wow, this is certainly nostalgic. I have most of those files saved already - great to see them all together! Now we can skip the lengthy in-comment answers for new members and just point them to this page. ^^
(Speaking of which, haven't seen all of Ayu's artwork collected together before. Fell in love with 'em all over again. ^^;)
Student, Freelance Artist
http://rhythmemotion.net
:D I see my arts~
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
Would like to see more!
http://www.facebook.com/rowellsabino
Oh I want that bed sheet! A worthy replacement for my Hello Kitty! LOL! Mine's ravaged by the typhoon tragedy here just yesterday T_T
Star Gazer
http://vixums.wordpress.com/
It is absolutely amazing seeing all the pics of the girls, the final products are breathtaking, I'll be referring to them much more than I thought I would've. The combination of the coloring and the character style is amazing <3
WIP-TK Otaku
http://www.youtube.com/user/Rodimus1138
Very nice.
I'm still waiting for the figma ^^;
Student
http://situsaleatorius.blogspot.com
PSDs of Kanata!!! I was waiting for that!
thousand master II, Internet Learner, Auto didacta
http://pipopaz.wordpress.com/
an amazing introductory page for the site mascots ^^. Also waiting to get my hands on in some suenaga sisters' merchandise
College Student, Computer Science Major
http://www.projectsaber.com
Wow, so much Mirai! I need to make a banner for figure.fm and otaku.fm sometime. Thanks for providing the PSD files! ^^;
By the way, what happened to otaku.fm? =/
Student or something like that
http://myanimelist.net/profile/tiberis1221
Really Good!!
Love what u did with the mascot's page ^^
Lol, never knew about Kanata >.<~~NICe
hobbyist snapper
will definately grab the swimsuit and the sch uniform if you do make it for SD / DD size.
Student
http://himikoo.blogspot.com
waaaarg!!! love the Mirai gantz version!!
NEET part-time - Technical Support Officer - Network security engineer
http://burugureibi.blogspot.com/
scrolling down the page gave me cutegasm after cutegasm
щ(￣Д￣щ)～MOAR
Student
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dramacd/
I'm really liking Kanata.
To Aru Tenki Rain
http://kyourin-sama.blogspot.com/
I've been thinking .. Miracle Mirai Eroge wouldn't be an April fools joke if we have a capable artist and writer ^w^ I could handle most of the programming - and I could support the former roles if ever XD
Japanese Language Student
http://bamola.wordpress.com/
These are awesome, Danny! It must cool to see your ideas flourish like this.
maintenence
http://joey1058.wordpress.com
Wow, there is more eye candy on this page than I can possibly deal with! LOL!
http://twitter.com/phossil
http://www.animoe.net
Hard to say for me but I like all the mascots of the site. >_<
Student (Programing, Streaming, Gaming)
awesome, just awesome! I wish I could sketch like that.
Illustrator / Photographer / DDer
http://kiwira.deviantart.com
eyes on mirai @w@
Student
http://ivan05.deviantart.com/
I love all of them!
developer
Thanks for the images, I' love Mirai!!!!!!!!!!!!
Graphic Design student | Receptionist | Otaku
http://sukidesho.blogspot.com/
Kyaa~ They're all so cute >.<~ Love all the unique fanart, all high quality! Loving Kanata's design too~ Must make some fanarts as well ^^
Passerby
http://jitokun.wordpress.com/
Love it. Make me want to have my own mascot.
http://lolanime.wordpress.com
I can't seem to find this 'upcoming eroge' of Mirai on NitroPlus. Any idea?
Undergraduate student.
http://quantum-force.deviantart.com
Really, Danny, your steps never failed to make me keep pursuing what I've been looking for.
Whenever I feel like I lost motivation, when you showed your progress of your steps like this, it burns my spirits to get rise again~
Maybe one day I can show you what I've been keeping on all this time ^^
Student
Love the mascot page! Great job!!
Alchemist in training
WOw , fully updated Mascot page .
I think My favorite would be Kanata Hoshikawa . She is so Moe ^_^
Computer Engineering Student
Wow quite a lot of history here for this mascots. I started visiting this site some time last year but I didn't knew much about the mascots til now.
Restaurant and foodindustry student
How old is Kanata and is she friend of Haruka and Mirai?? Does that anime of Mirai Suenaga real on work and is it really coming??
Freelancer, Blogger
http://archersanime.blogspot.com/
Hi guys I took the gif images (sorry danny) broke them into there seperate files and created some neat window sitters for Otaku Mascot program. I Dunno where to put them though so email me and ill send you the files.
Student
http://ivan05.deviantart.com/
Is there Kanata Hoshikawa figure available?
Freelancer, Blogger
http://archersanime.blogspot.com/
I beleive i Have one yes
Student
http://ivan05.deviantart.com/
Is there any way to purchase it and ship to Canada, I want to buy it!
Freelancer, Blogger
http://archersanime.blogspot.com/
i thought you ment something else sorry
Student
Mirai's new outfit is nice.
Spec Ops Otaku
Truly one of the greates creations to ever grace the web. Now and forever!