Japanese Collectibles

Queen Alice Through Japan’s Collectible Looking Glass

Queen Alice from Through the Looking-Glass reimagined as a Japanese chibi mascot figure, complete with golden scepter and a tiny arched door on the base.
Japanese Collectibles

Your Guide to Vil Schoenheit and Disney Twisted Wonderland

An official Aniplex mini acrylic stand of Vil Schoenheit from Disney Twisted Wonderland, shown in his Night Raven College uniform from the 2020 mobile game.
Japanese Culture

What Is Final Fantasy? A Collector’s Guide to Japanese FF Collectibles and Why They’re Worth Money

Imagine a video game series so woven into Japan's cultural fabric that its music sells out concert halls worldwide, its limited hardware bundles become instant heirlooms, and a playing-card crossover in 2025 sent collectors from two completely separate fandoms into...
Japanese Collectibles

Sanji’s Name Card and the Meishi Culture Behind It

Sanji from One Piece appears on a meishi-format card styled as a bounty poster, displayed in an acrylic stand from Japan's Jump Business Card Collection.
Japanese Collectibles

Nature Meets Nostalgia in Furuta’s Black Woodpecker Figure

A Furuta Choco Egg figure from Japan's Animal Collection series, this Black Woodpecker miniature comes with its original pink data card, number 059C.
What Makes Aizawa’s Furuta Choco Egg Figure Special Japanese Collectibles

What Makes Aizawa’s Furuta Choco Egg Figure Special

A closer look at the Shota Aizawa mini figure from Furuta's Choco Egg My Hero Academia line, a Japanese anime collectible that pairs a character figure with chocolate.
Japanese Collectibles

Android 16 and the Bandai Wafer Stickers of Dragon Ball Z

Bandai's Super Warrior Seal Wafer series brought Dragon Ball Z characters to candy-toy stickers in 1990s Japan. This card features Android 16 from the Cell Saga.
Japanese Collectibles

Ken Masters in the Carddass Era of Street Fighter Alpha

This Bandai Carddass trading card features Ken from Street Fighter Zero (Alpha), card No. 51 from Part 2 of the series released in Japan.
Japanese Collectibles

Inside Japan’s GB Mini Cards: Wartortle and the First Pokemon Boom

Pokemon GB Mini Card No. 008 features Wartortle in a thick, textured format — a Japan-only Nintendo-licensed collectible from the late 1990s Pokemon boom.
Japanese Collectibles

Exodia’s 1999 Bandai Capsule Figure and the Gashapon Tradition

Made for Japan's gashapon machines in 1999, this Bandai Capsule Monster figure of Exodia dates to Yu-Gi-Oh's earliest wave of licensed merchandise.