If you look at 2016 outside of what's happened with Senpai Social Club, it's been a shit year. However if you look at 2016 for the Senpai Social Club, it was a less shit year. You could even argue it was a good one. We attended a few conventions, made some friends, and sold some gear. With 2017 right around the corner, here's a look back on what we released this year.
1. The Posted Tee
Our first release of 2016 still remains as one of our favorites. The whole idea with this shirt was to have something more subtle and straight to the point. Up until then all our shirts had a front and back graphic. With no back design, everything you need to know is in the front shirt. We wear a lot of flannels and jackets and wanted to have a shirt that layers perfectly with those items. The Posted Tee does just that.
2. Wavy Logo Cap
The “Wavy Logo” cap made it’s debut at SacAnime Summer 2016 and it was a huge check off of our “shit to make” list. The text design actually comes from an unreleased graphic and has taken a life of it’s own as one of our primary logos.
Hats are something any brand should have but the logistics of it make them slightly more difficult to produce. “Trendy” Hat styles seem to change every year and hats in general fit differently on each person. So how did we pick what style to go with? We went with what we like. Apologies to the fans of “Dad Hats”, those aren’t really our thing.
3. Characters Button Pack
This button pack was another item to debut at SacAnime Summer 2016. As long time followers of the brand know, we like to make buttons. The Characters button pack features characters we’ve used on either our shirts or promotional images.
4. The Bad For You Tee
The shirt just came out, but the concept was made back when the brand first started. We love Akira’s aesthetics and that jacket is probably the second most recognizable red jackets in the world (this is the first) it only made sense for us to put our own spin on it. Once we came up with the slogan it was game over. It took us over a year to produce this shirt but we think the final product was worth the wait.
And that concludes our 2016 Release Retrospective. Thank you to everyone who has bought our stuff over the past year. We're looking forward to bringing you more good shit in 2017!
- Matt
