Caran d’Ache’s 849 Horizon pairs a 0.5 mm pencil with sunrise colors
Japan’s ¥12,100 limited gift set brings opposite pink-to-yellow gradients to a ballpoint and mechanical pencil.
Products
LAMY’s summer editions bring six colors to its pencil range
Three Japanese retail announcements confirm pencil options across Safari and AL-star.
Platinum gives PRO-USE 171 a pastel turn for October
Silky White and Silky Pink pair matte barrels with pink-gold details; the adjustable drafting mechanism stays.
KITERA outlines two LIFT+ limited colors and phased deliveries
Gunmetal and navy are priced at ¥2,500 before tax; the trade notice leaves completed availability unconfirmed.
TOHO releases Godzilla × Sanrio Kuru Toga at ¥990
The licensed edition adds new artwork to Mitsubishi Pencil’s familiar platform.
IWI builds a Japanese retail campaign around an 18-pencil FUSION display
A Taiwanese pencil, a Japanese retail campaign and the value of letting someone try it.
Kuru Toga Dive Full Black ships at a 40% premium
The ¥7,700 Japanese model is a continuing product, with a distinct finish and care requirements.
Kokuyo launches Magic Fit with a six-pocket grip
Six air pockets, a stubborn molding problem and a ¥450 pencil.
Two Flicta multipens, ¥550 apart
KAYOU+’s Standard and Basic share a format. Weight and the grip area help separate them.
Loft adds two exclusive STAEDTLER 925-35 finishes
Black Blue and Black Black are listed at ¥3,300 each in the Japanese autumn campaign.
Rhodia scRipt turns ten in Blue Jeans and Magenta
Two limited colors arrive together, with matching pens and 0.5 mm pencils.
KAYOU+ expands AIMVISION with a ¥1,980 lead case
A 5-gram aluminum case adds a dial, a window and a ¥1,980 price.
Hands adds three mechanical-pencil lines to its 50th-anniversary range
Exclusive GraphGear 1000, DelGuard LX and STAEDTLER 925-35 editions join the August program.
Nagasawa puts a green signature on Kaweco’s Special
A 0.5 mm retailer edition pairs the long octagonal pencil with a key motif.
ORVO II adds automatic feed without chasing heavyweight status
KAYOU+ puts a new mechanism inside a roughly 10-gram pencil.
Tombow adds five Japan-only MONO graph cat editions
Five limited designs join the established mechanical-pencil line at ¥660 in Japan.
KAYOU+ sets a 3,000-unit run for its KOHAKU anniversary collection
A numbered AIMVISION PRO anchors the ¥22,000 five-item set.
SEASAR and Pentel announce a ¥5,500 brown Kerry
The collaboration adds a matte cap and translucent barrel, with delivery allocations from July through November.
Myaku-Myaku returns to Kuru Toga—in a quieter palette
The Expo 2025 license gets a June 2026 pencil release, plus matching Jetstream multipens.
Staedtler’s 92515 Metal combines the grip and nose
The ¥1,320 Japanese drafting pencil adds an integrated metal front end, with four lead sizes in black and two in white.
