Today I went to explore a dungeon, located on the 5th floor of Tokyo Solamachi, a mall right by the Skytree... it's a whole exhibition themed around Dungeon Meshi! There was a LOT of stuff, so I'll be splitting this into a few parts!
In general, the exhibition is divided up into sections based on different floors of the dungeon. Each section highlights different monsters, dishes, and characters. I'll start first with some character highlights!
Through-out each "floor", a different character is highlighted. These have a large picture of the character on the wall, along with a description, several sketches with different expressions, and some audio of the character speaking. Marcille's was very noisy... Partway through, there's this great double-sided cut-out of Senshi, from when Marcille made him wash his beard. A LOT of people were trying to get pictures of that one! Much later, there's one of a few photo-spots in the exhibition; you can join Laios' party in their frog suits! And very close to the end, you can find Falin waiting for you...
Next up, I'll post some highlights of the monsters on display!
Here's some of the monster highlights from the exhibition!
First, there's a little display with the giant bat Marcille tried to get to pull mandrakes! It looks way cuter here than the manga though... next, right near the Living Armor display, is Kensuke! The lighting here looks REALLY cool! After this is one of my favorite parts... the golem, with Senshi's vegetables! This display is actually a couch, so you can sit down and have your picture taken in it if you want. And last is the red dragon itself! They really build up to this one; there's a video screen with animatics of the fight with it, so you can see how Studio Trigger put the scene together. When you emerge through a set of curtains... the dragon is there, waiting for you with its jaws wide open!
