Japanese Collectibles Your Guide to the Ohmu Art on Nausicaa’s 1984 Playing Card
This 1984 Animage playing card features original Ohmu artwork from Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, produced before Studio Ghibli existed.
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Japanese Collectibles Demon Slayer’s Genya Shinazugawa on a Japanese Shokugan Card
Genya Shinazugawa is one of Demon Slayer's most distinctive fighters. This holographic Japanese wafer card comes from the shokugan food-toy tradition.
Japanese Collectibles How Lindbergh’s One Piece Card Captures the Revolutionary Army
Lindbergh is a Mink tribe commander in One Piece's Revolutionary Army, featured here as a Yellow character card in Bandai's Japanese TCG series OP09.
Japanese Collectibles What Every Tokusatsu Fan Should Know About Ultra Q Menko Cards
Ultra Q (1966) was Tsuburaya's first kaiju TV series, the direct predecessor to Ultraman. Showa-era menko game cards brought its monsters to vivid life.
Japanese Collectibles What Makes Street Fighter Zero’s Boss Card Special
A 1995 Bandai Carddass trading card uniting M.Bison, Sagat, and Akuma in SD artwork, issued in Japan alongside the Street Fighter Zero arcade launch.
Japanese Collectibles Alto Saotome’s Macross Frontier Carddass Card and Why It Matters
A 2011 Bandai Carddass Masters card featuring Alto Saotome from Macross Frontier, released during the franchise's theatrical film era in Japan.
Japanese Collectibles The Story Behind Teto on a Pre-Ghibli Nausicaa Card
This 1984 Animage playing card features Teto, the fox-squirrel from Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, made the year the Hayao Miyazaki film first screened.
Japanese Collectibles Asuka and Rei on a 1990s Japanese Phone Card, Explained
This Animage Limited telephone card features Asuka and Rei from Neon Genesis Evangelion, produced in Japan during the series' original 1990s broadcast era.
Japanese Collectibles Japan’s Dachshund Keychain and the Gashapon Toy World
A glossy molded plastic dachshund keychain from Japan, set in the context of the gashapon and prize goods culture behind Japanese character collectibles.
Japanese Collectibles The Animage Playing Card That Shows Kiki With Blue Hair
A 1989 Animage playing card tied to Studio Ghibli's Kiki's Delivery Service, featuring the film's hero Kiki as the Ace of Diamonds with blue hair.