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The next time you’re feeling stressed out, you could relax on a Pokémon Psyduck chair from Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 16, 2026
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Before you erupt like Psyduck, take a seat on Psyduck.

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• (anime • chair • crazy • cute • furniture • interior • manga • Pokemon • Psyduck • sofa • video games)

Final Fantasy Fat Chocobo and Moogle chairs — perfect for when you need to recover real-world HP

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 7, 2025

Japan’s anime/video game furniture maker turns its eyes to Final Fantasy XIV.

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• (Cellutane • chair • Chocobo • crazy • cute • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XIV • interior • Isetan • Moogle • sofa • Square Enix • video games)

Japan’s Baby Bird Reincarnation sofa bed — So cozy you won’t want to go back to being a human?

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 18, 2024

It’s really hard to see a reason to ever get out of this thing.

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• (bed • cool • couch • cozy • furniture • interior • sofa)

Muji’s Sofa Made From Air review: Is Japan’s most sought-after portable couch worth the hype?

• Oona McGee
  Jan 16, 2024

Japanese chain wants to make inflatable furniture the next big thing, but it’s harder to set up than an Ikea flatpack.

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• (air sofa • COK • furniture • muji • Mujirushi Ryohin • review • SNJO • sofa)

Get ready to take a seat on Muji’s new lightweight and easily portable Sofa Made from Air

• Krista Rogers
  Dec 30, 2023

Muji takes the minimalism it’s known for to the next air-cushiony level.

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• (chair • clever • cool • furniture • interior • muji • Mujirushi Ryohin • new product • portable • sofa)

Kotatsu heated tables for sofas rising in popularity, giving Japan best of both worlds this winter

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 20, 2023

Old-school winter refuge adapted for modern living rooms.

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• (clever • furniture • interior • kotatsu • sofa • warm)

Slowpoke Sofa wants to help you live the slow life of your Pokémon dreams【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 26, 2022

And yes, the designers made sure to include his tail.

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• (anime • awesome • Cellutane • chair • cool • cute • furniture • interior • Pokemon • Slowpoke • sofa • video games • Yadon)

Crazy new Pokémon chair makes no secret of your pure love for Poison-Type Gengar【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 18, 2021

Spiky Pocket Monster turns into a soft spot to relax.

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• (anime • awesome • chair • cool • crazy • Gengar • interior • Pokemon • sofa • video games)

Official Pokémon furniture line launches with Pikachu Sofa and Poké Ball table【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 9, 2021

Cute enough for any fan, and stylish enough for any home.

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• (anime • COK • cool • cute • Detective Pikachu • furniture • Pikachu • Pokemon • sofa • video games)

Official Totoro reclining sofa makes naps on the Ghibli star’s tummy a real-life option【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 16, 2020

Recreate anime’s greatest nap in the comfort of your own home.

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• (anime • awesome • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • interior • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • sofa • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Smash Bros. director Sakurai’s couch appears in video, has Internet searching for where to buy it

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 23, 2020

Sakurai’s sofa joins the fight, and we join the hunt!

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• (couch • furniture • interior • Masahiro Sakurai • nintendo • Nitori • sofa • Super Smash Bros. • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate • video games)

Super-comfy sofa is threatening to turn our reporter into a human-sloth hybrid【Pics】

• KK Miller
  May 10, 2016

It might be incredibly supportive, but it sucks the will to be productive right out of you.

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• (couch • furniture • interior • P.K. Sanjun • relaxing • sofa • yogibo)

This Rilakkuma-themed sofa is soft on your bottom, hard on your wallet

• Philip Kendall
  Jan 8, 2014

Rilakkuma, whose name is a combination of the words “relax” and “kuma” (meaning bear in Japanese), is one of Japan’s more deserving popular characters. Created back in 2003, the lazy little bear with a zip on his back became an instant hit with a series of picture books and cuddly toys, and continues to be adored almost 10 years on–a feat that few cute-for-the-sake-of-it mascots besides Hello Kitty could ever boast.

Now, a furniture maker in Japan is offering Rilakkuma fans the chance to purchase an original order-made sofa based on their favourite po-faced bear. But with a price tag of almost US$2,000, their bank balances will have to be just as healthy as their love of all things cute and cuddly to afford it.

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• (cute • furniture • home • Rilakkuma • sofa)

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