Four Classic Anime Collectibles, From Kinnikuman to Demon Slayer

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 D260826UBO 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.

Today’s four items share a common thread: each is a small, physical collectible tied to a beloved Japanese anime franchise, ranging from a 1980s playground card to a 2018 magazine premium. Together they offer a snapshot of how anime fan culture in Japan has expressed itself across different formats and decades.

Drowzee Metal Charm

This metal charm depicts Drowzee, the Hypnosis Pokemon, and is numbered #2 in its series. Pokemon launched in Japan in 1996 and expanded rapidly into merchandise of all formats — trading cards, figures, and small metal collectibles — making items like this a fixture of the franchise’s early fan culture.

Zoro One Piece Berry Collection Token

A collectible token from the Berry Collection series, featuring Roronoa Zoro from One Piece. “Berry” refers to the in-universe currency used throughout the series, and One Piece itself has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump since 1997, making it one of the longest-running manga in the magazine’s history.

Kinnikuman Vintage Menko Card

This 1980s menko card depicts Kinnikuman and is numbered #5 in its set. Menko are traditional Japanese cards that became popular playground collectibles when anime franchises began licensing their characters onto them; Kinnikuman, a wrestling superhero manga serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1979 to 1987, was among the most prominent franchises to appear in that format.

Inosuke Hashibira Demon Slayer Jump Hanafuda

This hanafuda card features Inosuke Hashibira from Demon Slayer (Kimetsu no Yaiba) and was issued as a premium with Weekly Shonen Jump in 2018. Hanafuda are traditional Japanese flower cards used in various card games for centuries, and their occasional use as anime promotional premiums gives one of Japan’s oldest game formats a contemporary character.

About This Collection

These four items span different eras of Japanese anime merchandise, from the menko tradition of the 1980s to a Shonen Jump promotional card from 2018. Each format — menko, metal charm, token, hanafuda — has its own place in Japanese collecting culture, and together they make a compact cross-section of that tradition.