Cream Cafe

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Cream's Cafe Corporation (**Japanese:** クリームズカフェ) is a global japanese megacorporation that deals with entertainment and toy manufacturing. It is one of the most influential megacorporations in the world on a cultural level. The company is also the largest distributor of products made in Japan in the American, European and Asian markets. It designs, licenses, and produces products focusing on the kawaii ("cute") segment of Japanese popular culture. Their products include stationery, school supplies, gifts, and accessories which are sold worldwide, including at specialty brand retail stores in Japan. Cream's Cafe best-known characters are Cream, Mochi, Choco and Mooncake, cartoon cats and the most successful marketing brands in the world.

In addition to selling character merchandise, Cream Cafe is involved in the production and publishing of films, animated series, video games and music. Cream's Cafe has its video game creation division called Cream's Gaming Studios. They own the rights to most of the characters in Japanese culture. The company also operates a franchise of cafes and train stations throughout Japan, such as Cream Cafe and Mochi Frosty Treats or Mocha Catté. Cream's Cafe Corporation publishes many books with its own characters. She also publishes art books for children and the corporation's mascot, Cream, is internationally recognized. The company has sold more than 5,592 million video games.

## History

Cream's Cafe was founded in 52,051 at the beginning of the Reconstruction Era, it was a small company creating its first characters. The company produced a line of character products for gift-giving occasions. Originally, the Cream mascot was only marketed to pre-teen girls, but within a couple of years, the brand found commercial success also among adolescent, child and adult consumers. Cream's popularity also grew with the rise of kawaii culture. By about 10 years later, the character was worth 5 billion credits a year and The New York Times called her a "global marketing phenomenon".

UNICEF has named Cream a children's ambassador and the Japanese government has named her a tourism ambassador. Some time after its success as a toy and entertainment manufacturing company, Cream's Cafe opened the PlayTime facilities, with three stories tall, it's the flashiest, raddest, rockingest, safest daycare the universe has ever seen.

After years of creating new toys, many toys became popular. Of all the toys created by the corporation, Mooncake was the most popular and memorable toy. For an unknown amount of time, the company offered toy factory tour guides for 2.99 credits per visitor. The success of its daycare and the attractions to the Development Centers in Japan made the company quickly gain popularity. The nursery was a bright and colorful area, with depictions of grassy hills and flowers. The area appears to have two phases: a day phase and a night phase. During the daytime phase, the room is brightly lit and resembles a cheerful "sunshine and rainbows" scenario, with blue skies, clouds, and a sun. During the night phase, the room is dark, illuminated only by neon star lights lining the wall with a crescent moon shining in the background. This facility was called Mooncake Daycare. Cream soon received the title of every child's special friend in Neo-Tokyo and gained visibility with a wide variety of products, from stuffed animals to her own public train station at 52,268. With her own station mascot that she was the boss of the place and other animatronics.

Some time later, CyberCore creates Neo-Tokyo Academy, a huge institute that has more than 50,000 students and more than 1,000 classes. The Neo-Tokyo Academy megabuilding is 800 stories high and has a student shopping center and cafeterias. Cream Café is one of them. Cream Café also opens its first theme park with cafes and attractions. The park is renamed Cream Café Studios and is financed by CyberCore. By then, Cream's Cafe is the largest greeting card manufacturer in Japan. Months after this success, they began a joint venture with the Walt Disney Company for their greeting cards. Cream's Cafe also collaborates at CyberCore Science and Research Centers, showing several of its characters wearing glasses and lab coats or doing experiments in educational programs for children.

That same year, the corporation released its animated series called "Cream's Adventure Island", with the cat as the protagonist and other characters. Months later, Cream's World was revealed in Hong Kong and several of its services were opened throughout Asia, including a postal service. In 52,291, the company opens its first chain of hotels and restaurants. Some time later, Cream Cafe opened its chain of financial support to the city's veterinarians and raised 20 million credits for the country's animal hospitals, revealing one of its new characters, Berry, a snowstalker doctor who gave his support for sick animals at the Neo-Tokyo Marine Animal Recovery Center.

Some time later, Cream Café takes its hotel and restaurant chains to Latin America and Europe, and Cream becomes the mascot of Neo-Tokyo University. Months later, Cream Café opens its first museum and café reservations in towers. In addition to supporting CyberCore fairs and science projects, the corporation has opened its new line of limited-edition stuffed animals and a candy factory throughout the city.

Cream's Cafe's main headquarters are impressive locations that project much of the corporation's public face. The main towers of the megacorporation can be found in Neo-Tokyo, Taipai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Seoul, Bangkok, Baghdad, Sydney, London, Hamburg, Paris, Madrid, Bratislava, Rome, Geneva, Stockholm, Helsinki, The Hague, Dubai , Kinshasa, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City, Montreal, Neo-Tokyo, Nairobi and Moscow. Smaller offices exist in almost every major city. In Japan, almost every major city will have a Cream's Cafe office; Osaka, Kyoto, Sapporo, Kitakyushu, Narita and Fukuoka. NUSA is home to some of the most regional offices outside of Japan; Washington, D.C., New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago.

Cream's Cafe not only donated money to the city's veterinarians and animal hospitals, but also to child care associations and other daycare centers. It is currently one of the most popular entertainment megacorporations, with thousands of video games and animated series, in addition to its own music.

## Characters

### ***Mooncakecat***

Mooncakecat (ムーンケーキキャット, Muunkeekikyatto) or just Mooncake is one of the characters from the series ***The Adventures of Cream***. Mooncake is a cat with a face that resembles a smiling crescent moon. The left half of her face turns black with the details of her teeth and eyes still visible, and the right side of her face, shaped like a crescent moon, turns white. Mooncake wears a sleeping cap and star and moon pajamas. Like Bubbly Berry, her character theme is space and she eats the stars that fall on the island. However, Mooncake doesn't like children staying up late without sleeping. Mooncake is Bubbly Berry's friend and they are often seen together talking or even studying at the island's observatory. Mooncake is sensitive and quiet, but she has a lively and happy personality. She is often mistaken for being lazy, as she is sleepy all the time and likes to sleep. Despite her simple personality, Mooncake is a good babysitter and likes to do other activities such as capturing stars and collecting objects. She currently works at Cream Cafe as a cake baker and at Neo-Tokyo daycare as a caregiver.

### ***Bubbly Berry***

Bubbly Berry (バブリーベリー, Baburī Berī) or also known as Berry, is a snowstalker who comes from space in the Adventures of Cream series. Berry is a snowstalker with fluffy white fur, a pastel pink collar with a bell, and a star on his head. Within the story the adventures of Cream, Berry arrives on the island during a meteor shower when a star crashes on the beach. Bubbly Berry is born on April 13. Berry has almost no memories of his life and only knows that he came to this island since his star crashed on it. Since then, he has dedicated himself to the study of the stars and other planets in his observatory. Berry is sensitive, quiet and reserved, but kind and has a passion for the world of astronomy. He usually sleeps during the day and can be seen working at night at his observatory or walking on the beach during a meteor shower. Berry is one of the oldest characters in Cream Cafe, being one of the first to be designed at the beginning of the corporation and used in CyberCore scientific projects such as advertising and presentation for children in schools.

Berry appears in different children's stories and animations related to science, teaching children about the stars and planets and also having his own lullaby called ***"The Star Festival"***. He is often picked on by Rainbow and Choco, who often call him a nerd. Although Berry's expression is one of constant anger, he is actually quite calm and sweet with others, but he is extremely introverted and does not like to socialize with the other animals on the island. Some consider him quite serious and scary, since he does not like insects. Berry eats stars and other fruits, does not like meat (which is ironic for a snowstalker) and considers himself a vegetarian. Berry is also somewhat forgetful and clumsy, occasionally working as a teacher at the observatory and in his special video game, he takes center stage traveling on a star through different planets and worlds until he discovers the island where he currently lives. There are many theories about Berry from fans given his mysterious origin and abilities, such as his ability to eat stars and recognize each type or even travel on them.

According to Berry, he comes from the pop star planet and one day wants to return home. He constantly seems nostalgic talking about his home, but then emphasizes that he likes the island and is considering staying for a while to learn from the rest of the animals. Berry's age is not confirmed, but he is considered young due to his high-pitched voice. As for his gender, in the English instruction booklet for Berry's Dream Land, Berry was introduced as a "cheerful little boy", while in the Japanese version he was called「若者」(wakamono), which translates to a more general "young man". Berry within the show The Adventures of Cream uses「ぼく」(boku), a masculine first-person pronoun. Despite his apparent seriousness, Berry is largely innocent and has a cheerful demeanor and positive attitude. She likes helping other people so much that she sometimes goes out of his way to do so. In the games themselves, regardless of region, Berry retains his innocent and cheery personality, promotional materials such as advertisements and box art tends to be tweaked if not changed outright when released internationally due to cultural differences between Japan and overseas countries, in particular America, due to strong, tough characters being popular in the West.

Berry's appetite for food is immense (but he does have his limits); he can eat whole tables' worth of food and still go on, and partially eat a cake as large as a mountain. He likes everything they do at Cream Cafe and has a sweet tooth when choosing his food. Berry is a parody of the real-life Kirby video game saga. Berry is also best friends with Pancake and his family, **Milk** and **Choco** and **Cappuccino**.

### ***Rainbow Rush***

Rainbow Rush (レインボーラッシュ, Reinbō Rasshu) or simply Rainbow, is one of the characters in Cream Cafe and within the series of Cream's adventures. Rainbow is a white cat with parts of his fluffy fur (legs, arms, and tail) that are rainbow-colored. He has two cinnamon rolls in his fur, one on his head and one on his chest. His eyes are also rainbow colored and so is his necklace. Rainbow can change his body colors and change the shape of his pupils depending on his emotions. He is a fairly outgoing character and Honey's best friend. Rainbow is considered the greatest artist of the Cream Adventures series. However, Rainbow is not a perfect character, as she can sometimes be inconsiderate and sometimes even cruel with her practical jokes. Rainbow is a mischievous, impulsive, rebellious, reckless, sarcastic, and brazenly condescending individual, and rarely shows any empathy or remorse for those around him.

Rainbow has a sassy and creative personality, he is friendly and likes to paint anywhere on the island with his giant paintbrush. Rainbow supports all types of art, such as painting, literature, dance, music, etc. He is passionate about art and likes to motivate characters and creators. He loves creating things like figures and sculptures that come to life. He is afraid of whiteness, of the absence of presences or forms around him, of loneliness, of huge empty spaces. Rainbow has a tendency to get too excited about things. He happens to sometimes randomly vomit ink, mostly when he gets too emotionally shaken, whether from passion or shock. He also has very short memory and will forget about different things - sometimes stopping mid-sentence to try and remember what he just said a few seconds before. Despite his occasional bouts of rash, impetuous behaviour, he normally maintains an unexpectedly calm and composed demeanour. Yet, his flattery is generally insincere and often borders on outright insult.

In the short animation "Meet Rainbow Rush" Rainbow sings ***"Ink Melody"*** as his introduction as a character, playing practical jokes on his friends even calling Pancake a cry baby. This angers Choco, who chases Rainbow around with a bat until he disappears through an ink portal. Rainbow often appears in the series with a mischievous smile, and his jokes are dark and adult humor. He is also very sensitive to language however, and will censor any vulgarities when he got a chance. Despite all this, on rare occasions Rainbow manages to show affection for his friends and even mixed feelings for them. His favorite hobbies are painting, doing street art like graffiti, and putting stickers on structures on the island. He has a lax attitude and tends to be a very 'go with the flow' type personality. Most of this is due to his lack of caring for basically anything. Originally, in the pilot version of Cream's adventures, Rainbow Rush was going to be called Crayon, but in the end it was decided to stick with that name given its characteristic and iconic design in the series and video games. Occasionally, Rainbow wears an ink-stained painter's outfit while carrying his paintbrush; he is in charge of art on the island, although he often plays pranks on Cream, such as creating imitations of her by magic paint.

In the story of Rainbow Rush, he was born on April 15, the day of art, when a painter decided to create him and give him life with magic ink, but Rainbow escaped from the canvas and stole his brush, since then he travels from island to island causing disasters of graffiti that comes to life and attacks the other inhabitants of their homes.

### ***Honeycat***

Honeycat (ハニーキャット, Hanīkyatto) is one of the characters of the universe of Cream's adventures. Honey or Bee, called by her friends, is a cream-colored kitten tending to pastel yellow with resemblance to a bee. It has ears and a fluffy black tail. Honey was born on a sunny day on May 20, the World Bee Day. Her favorite food is pudding, cupcakes and honey. In general, she likes all kinds of sweets and is someone who is hyperactive and has a bubbly personality. She is a happy cat who loves soft things and makes friends easily. Honey knows almost everyone in town, and she is known by everyone for her lively personality and the parties she throws to celebrate. Honey writes and performs many songs and is the source of many of the show's comedic and cartoonish jokes.

Honey frequently performs cartoonish feats, such as bulging eyes, wild shots, and cutting at unusual angles in the frame. On several occasions, Honey breaks the fourth wall in the show about Cream's adventures and makes jokes to the viewers. In the first episode of Cream's adventures, Honey is introduced to the island for the first time as a talented and avid party planner. She organizes a welcome party for Cream in the village and with all the homely people, in previous flashbacks she reveals that her family comes from a honey farm on another island far away. Despite her cheerful personality, Honey is quite insecure about herself and is afraid that her friends don't really like her. This makes her quite sad. Currently she works at Cream Cafe as the children's party entertainer. Her tail fluffs up when she's happy, but when she's sad, she deflates.

One of Honey's favorite activities is catching bugs and talking about them. Especially bees and butterflies, which are her favorite animals. Some of the songs that Honey has composed for the series of Cream's adventures have been "drop pop candy" and "a touch of color" along with "smile" and others including more characters from the series. In Honey's merchandise it has been revealed that her favorite fruit is peach. She occasionally wears pilot goggles because she constantly flies around with her little wings. Honey likes to joke with Pancake and Rainbow, and all of her friends. In other designs of Honey she has been seen with candy and bee decorations on her fur, being a quite colorful cat. Cream Cafe officially reveals that Honey was created to educate children about the importance of bees in our world and other insects in our ecosystems. Additionally, on the official page, it is also revealed that Honey loves flowers like a bee and constantly helps Milk with the island's gardening.

At Cream Cafe daycare, Honey sings with the children and makes them play melody and music games. Her favorite activity is playing music with the little ones and teaching about insects in schools in Japan and other European countries. Unlike Choco and Rainbow, Honey's jokes and pranks are innocent and more for children. Honey also values the health and safety of children. During holidays and events, Honey will ask the mayor to take a break from her duties to enjoy the festivities. Most festivals on the island are organized by Honey.

In Honey's past history, she lived on a far away honey farm island. According to what they show in the series, she was not happy and felt dull in her home, and her dream was to one day be a party organizer and make all the people happy on their birthdays or any especial date. Since then, Honey traveled away from her island to become a comedian and musician. Honey discovered in this way that making the other inhabitants of the islands laugh was what made her happy, she left her shyness aside and since she made the first child in her life laugh, she swore that she would never stop making people laugh. This is why Honey is considered the happiness and laughter of the entire island of Cream's adventures.

### ***Pancakecat***

Pancakecat (パンケーキキャット, Pankēkikyatto) is one of Cream and Mochi's best friends. They have yellow eyes, pink cheeks and a plump and curly tail that resembles a cinnamon roll. When they were first created by Cream Cafe, they were called Baby Pancake, but a year later they were "renamed" Pancakecat, to remedy any problems with the registration of the mark overseas. However they are now called in both ways, but also more simply Pancake. Pancake was born on May 5, on Kodomo no Hi (こどもの日, Children's Day). It is a complete breakfast and teaches children about proper nutrition in schools, this made it also called breakfast cat. Pancake is shy but friendly and always wants to help his friends when they need it. He works at Cream Cafe and sometimes sleep on customers' laps. Pancake's favorite food is fresh, hot pancakes with eggs. In Cream's adventures, Pancake meets his family, **Milk, Choco** and **Cappuccino**. Pancake is naturally shy and cries when he feels threatened or scared, despite this, he can be sociable and friendly and this is shown in several episodes where he is seen doing social activities with some of the other characters, such as going to the movies and playing games.

Pancake has white fur with cream tones tending to yellow, he is fluffy and his friends describe him as extremely soft. He has an egg on his head and occasionally some pancakes, he likes to bake and lives in the Cream Cafe shop baking cupcakes and preparing breakfasts for his friends. Some fans were surprised to discover that Pancake does, in fact, have freckles. Early in the series, Pancake barely manages to tell TCream his own name due to his shyness, whispering so quietly that Cream can't hear him while he hides his face with his ears. In all episodes Pancake hides behind other characters or rarely decides to be the protagonist, however, Pancake has also shown a more aggressive side on rare occasions. Most of the time, Pancake can withstand almost anything that makes other characters explode with anger. However, even a shy cat like him has his own limits.

Despite his little prominence, Pancake has become a character much loved by the franchise and by children, as he is sensitive and sweet. As a housekeeper, Pancake works at Cream Cafe cleaning and cooking, although Pancake is serious when it comes to cooking, he can also be very encouraging and forgiving. He will console those who struggle and offer to help them and has many friends due to his caring nature. Pancake loves to make new friends and feels sad when he's lonely or ignored, but he will find new things to do to occupy himself. Besides cooking, Pancake also likes to garden, babysit, and craft in his spare time. He also enjoys getting in touch with nature by going camping.

Pancake worries about his friends and their safety, he is insecure and easily scared, but although he is afraid of ghosts, he can act theoretically and bravely when necessary to save people in need. Choco sometimes plays ghost pranks on Pancake to scare him, and often calls him a coward, but the reality is that Choco loves his brother very much and cares a lot about him. Pancake has starred in different games such as Choco's World and Cream's Adventures, and also has his own cooking video game for children which is a parody of the Cooking Mama video game. His younger brother, Milk, has a video game called Gardering with Milk, where Pancake and his other siblings also star. Pancake also loves to play with children. While he often initially complains when asked to play a game, he commits to the game fully, often at the expense of his other responsibilities or personal dignity. He does his best to teach children lessons in the process, with mixed results.

Pancake's favorite colors are pastel colors like blue and yellow. Other additional information is that it has curly fur and is non-binary. This has made him an important icon in LGBT pride along with his older sister Choco. Additionally, Pancake seems concerned about the people around him and always cheers up people who are feeling down. Pancake also has a positive relationship with Honey, although she is sometimes too outgoing and overwhelming for him.

###  ***Chococat***

Chococat (チョコキャット, Chokokyatto) is Cream's rival and manifests as a black cat or imp-like creature that wears a black spike necklace with a pink skull on the front and sometimes a black devil tail. The skull's facial expression changes to match Choco's mood. Fittingly, her birthday is Halloween (October 31). Her favorite food is chocolate. Choco's appearance is also similar to 1990s Human Era cartoon characters, such as Impmon from Digimon. She has become a popular character among punk and goth due to her appearance. Although she may look tough and punk, she is actually very girly. Choco enjoys rock music and heavy metal and is hooked on romantic short stories. Her favorite colors are black and hot pink. Her favorite food is taiyakis, all kinds of meat, and in recent Choco merchandise, cherries have been shown. Despite being a villain, Choco is mostly into food and even cooks. You might call her a rowdy free spirit.

Choco is playful, violent, happy to commit crimes, and willing to do whatever it takes to achieve her goals, such as physical assault, kidnapping, and murder. She likes to mess with people. She can also be inconsiderate of others. She is a bit of a loner because everyone she knows ostracizes her and vilified her as a monster. She can also be quite kind and caring, and tries to help children in particular, which makes their fear and hatred of her difficult to bear. Choco also has a pet named Boo-chan, a small and shy ghost.

Choco presents herself as aloof and cold-blooded, a ruthless fighter who is certain of her victory. However, she is particularly quick to anger due to her competitive nature. Still, she appears to be the most mature member of Cream Cafe. Despite that, she is quite sarcastic and joking, annoying the group members, especially Cream. Choco's humor could be described as rude or inappropriate for children. Contrasting to Cream's much calmer personality, Choco is extremely short-tempered and generally becomes enraged at very little things (for example, she took a bat with nails to hit a person who made Pancake cry). She may appear cute, but she is actually violent and aggressive underneath that; if someone angers her or hurts her friends, she won't hesitate to attack them.

She also likes competitions and is quite confident in herself. Choco often feels self-conscious regarding how she appears in front of others. She often discards things, activities and certain gestures considered feminine, although sometimes this is just a facade for her true personality. Outside of all this, she is quite loyal and brave with her friends and with those who do not see her as a monster. However, she is somewhat mischievous and she enjoys playing pranks on her friends all the time. Choco can be proud and skilled, she is strong and likes extreme sports like flying. She is passionate and likes strong and unique emotions. Some fans have realized in the middle of the ***Adventures of Cream*** series that Choco actually loves Cream and has romantic feelings for her, but she doesn't like being cutesy and doesn't want to accept her love for her. This is shown by blushing and getting angry when she has Cream near her, as well as constantly challenging her.

## Controversies

Cream Cafe has suffered from multiple accidents over the years and this has generated high controversies for the company. To begin with, a few years after the Reconstruction Era, the corporation was accused of exploiting its clients and a massive wave of resignations was generated for a nine-month period. It is estimated that around seven thousand workers resigned from the company, leaving it almost bankrupt. However, the corporation recovered a century later after the arrival of the War of Separation. Cream Cafe was able to recover several assets and begin its expansion of toy manufacturing into Cream Cafe Playtime. Despite its success and recovery over the following years, Cream Cafe experienced one of the least expected terrible accidents of the time.

On October 31, approximately 52,298, the Cream Cafe toy factory and entertainment and development site were closed and an unexpected fire broke out, killing all workers and children inside the facility. The accident was tragic and cost the lives of approximately forty children within the daycare centers; five more children died in the coming weeks, bringing the final death toll to forty-five. After these events, fourteen managers were arrested by the police after determining that the cause of the fire was negligence. A civil lawsuit for negligence was also filed against the owners of the Cream Cafe daycare center and the Social Security Institute. By the time security officers, paramedics and firefighters arrived, it was too late and the place had been destroyed with everyone inside. After this event, a memorial was formed to the accident and the loss of these forty-five children and thirty workers.

According to agents, the most terrifying thing about the case was that the Cream Cafe playtime toys and animatronics emerged from the disaster intact, being completely clean of any damage or burns. The animatronics had no protection against fire and this sparked strong theories and speculation among journalists and other people, generating controversies about what was the true cause behind the Cream Cafe Playtime daycare fires.

## Trivia

* Unlike her mates, Choco's gender was unclear upon her reveal. The resulting confusion among fans lead to Cream Cafe representatives clarifying shortly after that Choco identifies as female and uses corresponding pronouns.
* Honeycat was originally going to be called Candycat, due to her obsession with candy and her outgoing and happy personality. Another of her names in development was Sugar Rush, given her sweet and friendly personality. Honey has had many names as she has developed, including the name Cake.

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