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Legendary shojo manga classics get reprints as miniature capsule toys with full-volume contents

Small packages contain a huge dose of girls’ comics history and nostalgia.

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Spy x Family anime scene-stealer Anya turns into seven different adorable mochi sweets【Photos】

The many faces of the pint-sized mind-reader reproduced in mochi and anko.

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Newest Gundam anime robot model kit is made with green tea leaves, smells like green tea

Bandai offers the chance to make a mecha that looks cool and smells nice.

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Jamiroquai doll from Japan lets you control your own Virtual Insanity 【Video】

The realism here is off the charts.

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Tuna sushi transforms into a robot in Sushiro x Bandai collaboration

The Unitrobo Tuna Sushi Fire Engine commands you to play with your food!

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Giant 1,431-square meter arcade and bar opening in downtown Tokyo from Bandai Namco

Namco Tokyo pours drinks, serves Pacman parfaits, and plays game music into the night in Shinjuku.

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Japan’s newest capsule toys: Capsules that Absolutely Won’t Open【Photos】

Our natural instinct is to open up our Gashapon capsules ASAP, but it’s not so simple here.

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Akihabara arcades aren’t dead yet! New six-floor game center opens in Tokyo otaku quarter next month

Namco steps in with its first-ever Akihabara arcade.

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Tiny travel guides are our latest Japanese gacha capsule toy obsession

Taking pocket-sized to whole new extremes. 

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One Piece Tamagotchis let you raise Chopper and other adorable virtual pirate pets【Video】

Fans can vote on which designs they want produced for the Choppertchi.

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Bandai Namco is opening a chain of gigantic megastores for mega otaku joy

Branches open this summer in Yokohama and Fukuoka.

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1:1-scale Ultraman artwork appears on headquarters of Japan’s biggest toymaker【Photos】

Other anime and tokusatsu heroes can be seen on the sidewalk below.

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Bandai is raising all full-time employees’ salaries by roughly 30 percent

Giant robot toymaker gives workers giant raises to boost motivation, with one possible catch.

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Sunrise anime studio, home to Gundam, is being renamed

New name references parent companies, but “Sunrise” will still get its moments in the spotlight.

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Japan’s Flat Gasha Pon takes gacha capsule toy machines to a whole new level

A fun way to buy otaku goods.

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Retired pro wrestler Riki Choshu greets you at the door in this new line of sound gachapon toys

Even our pro wrestling-loving reporter can’t quite explain why these toys exist.

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If anime silhouette capsule toys look this awesome, they need to be more of a thing ASAP【Photos】

Lupin III and his gang of thieves capture the imagination with new shadow figure series.

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What are the most popular Gundam model kits in Paris? French Bandai Store gives us the answer

And we learned a lot about Gunpla in the process!

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Honey, I’ve shrunk the Japanese bath controls! New miniatures celebrate a home icon

Tiny panels talk to you and play melodies, just like the real thing. 

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We attempt to solve the Millennium Puzzle from Yu-Gi-Oh! ourselves, gain new respect for Yugi

The fact it took the series protagonist less than a thousand years to solve this puzzle is a credit to his character.

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