Nitroplus has since developed the character into a media franchise that includes music products, manga series, computer and video games, toy figurines, and other merchandise.
Voiced by: Ayano Yamamoto[a][1] (Japanese); Jessica Nigri[2] (English) Super Sonico is a fictional character created by Tsuji Santa of Nitroplus.
Her debut appearance was on October 14, 2006, as the mascot for Nitroplus' annual live music festival event "Nitro Super Sonico", which took place at Shiba Park in Minato-KU.
[3] Nitroplus was initially focused on computer games based on visual novels, but every year since 2000, they have also held a music festival.
Her depictions show much variation in her facial features and body proportions between the different artists, while always keeping her trademark traits: headphones, pink hair color, and large bust.
[4] A popular and extensive line of PVC figurines of Super Sonico has been produced for Nitroplus by well-known toy designers, including, among many others, Max Factory, FREEing, Orchid Seed, and Hobby Japan.
A 4koma manga series by Chika Nonohara titled Super Sonico SoniKoma began serialization on March 12, 2011, in Comic Earth Star.
[17] The game was released worldwide with an English translation by JAST USA through Steam, featuring dubbed voice by Jessica Nigri.
[18] SoniPro (ソニプロ, full title Super Sonico in Production) is a game developed by Nitroplus and Imageepoch for the Nintendo 3DS, announced during the 2013 Wonder Festival.
[19] Sonico has made cameo appearances in various games, including Le Ciel Bleu,[20] the visual novels Shiny Days[21] and Lovesick Puppies,[22] the Japanese online games Web Knight Carnival,[23][24] Mechanical Girl War Z,[25] Dragon League,[26] Dungeons Lord,[27] Momoiro Daisen Pylon,[28] Blue Sky Dragon Guild,[29] and Super Heroine Chronicle.
[58] Sonico was used to promote the International Exhibition Center station of the Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit Rinkai Line.