From Menko Cards to One Piece Tokens: Japanese Animation Collectibles Worth Knowing

Japanese Collectibles

Today’s Random Four
Every morning we pull a handful of items from our store completely at random — and today, these four surfaced. Use code D2607277RQ at checkout for an extra 15% off any of them, stacked on top of the sale prices already running. With today’s markdowns, that’s up to 30% off. Good for 3 days. New picks drop every morning, so check back — you never know what’ll turn up.

This week’s picks span several decades of Japanese animation history — from 1970s menko cards to modern One Piece merchandise. Whether you follow current manga or have a soft spot for retro kaiju heroes, there is something here for the serious collector.

GUN FALL One Piece Berry Collection Token (Japan Limited)

GUN FALL One Piece Berry Collection Token Japan Limited Collectible

A Japan-limited token from the GUN FALL One Piece Berry Collection series. One Piece, Eiichiro Oda’s long-running manga and anime franchise, has inspired an extensive range of merchandise over its 25-plus years in publication.

Price: $15.29 | View on eBay

Mitchie Mach GoGoGo Figure Strap — Circle K Sunkus Limited

Mitchie Mach GoGoGo Figure Strap Circle K Sunkus Limited Retro Rare

A figure strap featuring Mitchie Mach from the GoGoGo series, originally distributed as a limited item through the Circle K Sunkus convenience store chain. Convenience store exclusive merchandise — known in Japan as convenience store premiums — was a popular promotional format throughout the 1990s and 2000s and is now a sought-after category among retro collectors.

Price: $9.59 | View on eBay

The Ultraman Anime Vintage Menko Card (1979)

Ultraman The Ultraman Anime Vintage Menko Card 1979 Japanese Retro Kaiju Hero

A vintage menko card from 1979 featuring imagery from The Ultraman anime series. Menko are traditional Japanese playing cards with roots going back centuries; by the 1970s and 1980s they were widely printed with anime and tokusatsu characters and traded by children across Japan.

Price: $9.59 | View on eBay

Kinnikuman Vintage Menko Card (1980s)

Kinnikuman Vintage Menko Card 1980s Muscle Man Anime Japan Retro

A menko card from the 1980s based on Kinnikuman, the wrestling-themed manga and anime series known outside Japan as Muscle Man. Kinnikuman ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1979 and became one of the defining properties of early 1980s Japanese pop culture.

Price: $9.59 | View on eBay

About This Collection

The menko cards and the convenience store figure strap in today’s selection all come from an era when Japanese animation merchandise was designed to be used, traded, and played with — making surviving pieces genuinely interesting to find. The One Piece token represents how that collector culture continues today in updated forms.