Four Anime Collectibles From Pokemon to Wish Upon the Pleiades

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 D260819NFA 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 selection brings together three Pokemon collectibles in different formats — an arcade card, a vintage sticker, and a gashapon figure — alongside a can badge from the anime series Wish Upon the Pleiades. Each piece reflects a distinct corner of Japanese anime merchandise, spanning several decades of production.

Arctozolt Pokemon Mezastar Arcade Card

An arcade card from the Pokemon Mezastar series featuring Arctozolt. Pokemon Mezastar was a trading card arcade game by Bandai Namco, installed in game centers across Japan, where players used physical cards to battle at dedicated cabinet machines.

Subaru Wish Upon the Pleiades Can Badge

A pinback can badge featuring Subaru, the main character from the anime series Hoshi no Ouji-sama, known in English as Wish Upon the Pleiades. The series began as a short web anime in 2011, produced by Gainax in a collaboration with the Subaru automobile company, before expanding into a full television series in 2015.

Farfetch’d Pokemon Sticker No. 171 by Amada

Sticker number 171 from Amada’s Pokemon sticker series, featuring Farfetch’d and dated 1995. Amada was among the first companies to produce licensed Pokemon merchandise in Japan, releasing sticker and card sets during the franchise’s earliest years.

Snorlax Minna no Snorlax Takara Tomy Arts Gashapon Figure

A capsule figure from the Takara Tomy Arts Minna no Snorlax series, depicting the well-known sleeping Pokemon. Takara Tomy Arts operates a wide network of gashapon vending machines throughout Japan; the series name Minna no Snorlax translates roughly as “Everyone’s Snorlax.”

About This Collection

These four items illustrate how varied Japanese anime merchandise can be, ranging from a mid-1990s Amada sticker to a modern Takara Tomy Arts gashapon figure. Three of the four are Pokemon collectibles, each in a different format, with the Wish Upon the Pleiades can badge representing a separate chapter of Japanese anime merchandise altogether.