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A 2012 official One Piece clear file from Japan, featuring a tearful Nico Robin and Straw Hat silhouettes — the character and cultural background explained.

A miniature Le Creuset Marmite fridge magnet distributed by DyDo Drinco as a Japanese vending machine campaign prize, never sold through normal retail.

A Japan-only Pocket Monsters GB Mini Card featuring Lickitung No. 108, produced during the 1997 anime boom with official Nintendo licensing.

Card MF151 features Grace O'Connor, Macross Frontier's key antagonist, a character seldom seen on official Bandai merchandise from the 2011 theatrical era.

A not-for-sale lenticular card from a Chiikawa sushi collaboration in Japan, featuring Chiikawa, Hachiware, and Usagi on a rotating conveyor.

An official Ensky character magnet from Disney Twisted Wonderland, featuring Rook Hunt — the theatrical hunter of Pomefiore dorm, distributed within Japan.

Boa Hancock appears on this Bandai Spirits rubber coaster from the One Piece Ichiban Kuji Whitebeard Pirates lottery — here's the full story behind the item.

A 1996 Amada sticker depicting Grimer (No.88), produced at Pokemon's Japanese launch before the anime began and long before the series reached Western markets.

A 1997 Amada paper sticker featuring Meowth, made during Japan's first Pokemon boom — a year before the franchise launched in the West.

Bandai's 2004 Pokemon Kids line gave Munchlax its own sofubi figure the same year the character debuted in anime, two years before any Pokemon game.