Japanese Collectibles

The Dog by Artlist Collection: Golden Retriever Figure Keychain from Japan's Kawaii Goods Era What This Item Is This is a figure keychain from The Dog, the beloved Japanese character goods brand produced by Artlist Collection. The piece depicts a...

Magna Arm No.241: A 1996 Bandai Carddass Trading Card from SD Gundam Gaiden What You're Looking At: A Carddass Card from the Knight Gundam Universe This is a Carddass trading card produced by Bandai in 1996, numbered No.241 in the...

Laputa: Castle in the Sky — The 1986 Animage Playing Card That Captured Ghibli's First Chapter A Single Card from a Landmark Moment in Anime History This is the Five of Clubs from a character playing card set — a...

Utagawa Kuniyoshi Shunga: Edo-nishiki Azuma Bunko — A Gakken Facsimile of an Edo-Period Erotic Picture Book What This Book Is This item is a modern facsimile reprint — published by Gakken, a major Japanese educational and cultural publishing house founded...

NieR:Automata Ver1.1a Ichiban Kuji E Prize: The Story Behind the Fish Clear Pouch What You're Looking At — and Where It Comes From This is an official E Prize item from an Ichiban Kuji lottery campaign tied to NieR:Automata Ver1.1a,...

Sailor Moon Crisis Moon Compact: The Transformation Brooch from SuperS Explained What This Item Is and Where It Comes From This is a collectible replica of the Crisis Moon Compact, the transformation item used by Sailor Moon in the fourth...

One Piece Mother's Day A4 Clear File Featuring Nami and Robin — A Seasonal Japanese Collectible What This Item Is and Where It Comes From This is an A4 clear file — a slim, transparent plastic folder designed to hold...

Takochu Glitter Orange Octopus Figure: A Japanese Sofubi Collectible from the Gashapon Era What Is Takochu — and Where Does It Come From? Takochu is a small octopus character rendered in soft vinyl (known in Japan as sofubi), with a...

Elevator Action Famicom Menko Card: A 1985 Licensed Taito Collectible from Japan's Golden Age of Character Cards What This Card Is This is a circular menko card (known in Japanese as maru-menko) bearing the official copyright notice © TAITO CORP....

Ryu's Shinku Hadoken: A 1995 Bandai Carddass Card from Street Fighter Zero (Alpha) What You're Looking At This is a single trading card from Bandai's Carddass series, numbered No. 08, released in 1995 as part of a set tied to...