Japanese Collectibles Super Buu and Dragon Ball’s Wafer Sticker Tradition, Explained
Super Buu appears on this Japanese Dragon Ball wafer sticker — a shokugan trading collectible with holographic borders that circulated only in Japan.
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Japanese Collectibles What a Jensen Healey Is Doing on a Japanese Coca-Cola Cap
A metal Coca-Cola crown cap from 1970s Japan printed with the British Jensen Healey roadster, connecting Japan's Supercar Boom to a beloved cap-collecting tradition.
Japanese Collectibles The Half-Zentradi Pilot Behind This Macross Frontier Card
Michel Blanc is one of Macross Frontier's most distinctive characters. This Bandai character plate from 2011 captures the SMS sniper pilot in detail.
Japanese Collectibles Behind the Numbers on a 1998 Dragon Quest Monsters Sticker
A 1998 Enix sticker featuring RockSlime from Dragon Quest Monsters, with TCG-style stats and character art by Akira Toriyama, made for the Japan market.
Japanese Collectibles Why Armin Arlert Wears Street Clothes on This JR Central Postcard
An officially licensed Attack on Titan postcard from a JR Central Japan collab, featuring Armin Arlert in civilian clothes — produced during The Final Season and sold exclusively through Japan's railway network.
Japanese Collectibles How Crazy Raccoon Earned Its Own Ichiban Kuji
An official BANDAI SPIRITS Ichiban Kuji prize from CRAZY RACCOON, the Japanese esports org that built its own anime-style character IP, sold only in Japan.
Japanese Collectibles One Piece Meets Sasebo in This Chopper Hamburger Keychain
A Sasebo-limited One Piece keychain featuring Chopper in a hamburger design, tied to Sasebo's long tradition as Japan's go-to city for American-style burgers.
Japanese Collectibles Inside Furuta’s Choco Egg: A Splatoon 2 Squid Figure
Furuta's Choco Egg line brought Splatoon 2's Inkling squid form to life as a Japanese food toy. Here's the story behind the franchise and the figure.
Japanese Collectibles The Story Behind Kamen Rider Amazon’s Menko Cards
A 1970s menko card featuring Kamen Rider Amazon, the fourth rider of Toei's Showa tokusatsu series — and a surviving piece of Japan's dagashiya toy culture.
Japanese Collectibles Your Guide to Sailor Moon’s Crystal Star Brooch
Sailor Moon R's Crystal Star Brooch, the transformation item from the 1993 anime, reimagined as a compact mirror collectible for fans around the world.