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 D2607077CJ 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 picks span several decades of Japanese pop culture, from a retro 1984 Godzilla sticker to a badge from one of 2024’s most talked-about anime series. Each item is an official piece produced for the Japanese market, the kind of small collectible that tends to slip through the cracks outside Japan.
Dandadan Capsule Can Badge — Jiji Character
This is an official button pin of Jiji, a character from the anime and manga series Dandadan, released through a Japanese gashapon (capsule vending machine) campaign in 2024. Dandadan, created by Yukinobu Tatsu, became a major hit in Japan and internationally after its anime adaptation premiered in late 2024.
Price: $13.76 | View on eBay
Sentomaru One Piece Wafer Sticker SW9-09
This is a trading sticker card numbered SW9-09, featuring Sentomaru from the One Piece franchise, produced for the Japanese confectionery market. In Japan, wafer candy sets like these are sold in blind packaging, making individual character cards from a given series harder to find once the run sells out. One Piece, created by Eiichiro Oda, has been serialized since 1997 and remains one of the best-selling manga series of all time.
Price: $13.76 | View on eBay
Leo Bottle Cap Figure — Kimba the White Lion / Jungle Emperor
This small bottle cap figure depicts Leo, the white lion protagonist of Osamu Tezuka’s Jungle Emperor (known outside Japan as Kimba the White Lion), released as part of a Tezuka World series. Osamu Tezuka, often called the “father of manga,” created the original Jungle Emperor manga in 1950, making Leo one of the earliest iconic characters in Japanese animation history.
Price: $13.94 | View on eBay
Godzilland Sticker No. 69 — TOHO 1984
This is a numbered sticker from the Godzilland series, officially licensed by TOHO and dated to 1984. Godzilland was a spin-off property that reimagined Godzilla and other kaiju as chibi, child-friendly characters for merchandise and an educational anime series — a notable contrast to the original Godzilla films produced by the same studio.
Price: $8.63 | View on eBay
About This Collection
These four items trace a broad arc through Japanese pop culture — from a 1950s manga legend and a 1984 kaiju spin-off to some of the most recent hits in anime. What they share is their origin as small, officially produced pieces made for the Japanese domestic market, the sort of items that rarely make it to international retailers in any consistent way.
