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New Pikachu PC cushion is here to recharge your work-from-home work ethic【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 12, 2020 - Tweet
Pokémon mascot wants to use super-effective ergonomics to make your workday better (and cuter).
- Japan
- (anime • cute • PC cushions • Pikachu • plushies • Pokemon • Premium Bandai • video games)
New Evangelion figure has eyes that follow you, very form-fitting plugsuit【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 7, 2020
If you’ve got your eyes on Asuka, she’s got her eyes on you too.
- Japan
- (anime • Asuka • Bandai • Evangelion • Figure-rise Labo • figures • Premium Bandai • Rebuild of Evangelion)
You can use anime mecha weaponry to open your mail with this awesome Gundam letter opener【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 30, 2020
It’s how Char would handle his fan mail.
- Japan
- (anime • Char Aznable • cool • Gundam • letter openers • mecha • Premium Bandai • robots)
Gundam face masks will help you stay safe when you have to be mobile during the pandemic【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 20, 2020
Maybe if we all wore Char Custom masks, the pandemic would be over three times as quickly.
- Japan
- (anime • Char Aznable • cool • face masks • fashion • Gundam • masks • Premium Bandai)
Gundam can now be part of your signature in Japan with Mobile Suit Gundam personal seals【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 26, 2020
But could you really trust a signature endorsed by Char Aznable?
- Japan
- (anime • cool • Gundam • hanko • inkan • personal seals • Premium Bandai)
Sport some subtle Sailor Moon summer looks with these sailor-style T-shirts from Premium Bandai
- Katy Kelly
Aug 24, 2020
No need to go through a pastel transformation sequence to suit up like Usagi and friends!
- Japan
- (Anime Fashion • apparel • Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon Eternal • cute • fashion • Premium Bandai • Sailor Moon • t-shirts)
Put your feet up and relax in these adorable miniature character-print Sailor Moon pajamas!
- Kay
Aug 16, 2020
These Sailor Moon pajamas are sure to add a little magical moon prism power to your downtime!
- Japan
- (anime • fashion • loungewear • manga • pajamas • Premium Bandai • roomwear • Sailor Moon)
Evangelion teams up with fashion brand glamb to bring us seriously cool street art apparel
- Katy Kelly
Jul 11, 2020
Rock T-shirts and hoodies emblazoned with graffiti-spattered prints of your fave pilot, EVA-01, or the second angel, Lilith.
- Japan
- (Anime Fashion • apparel • clothes • glamb. • hoodies • Neon Genesis Evangelion • Premium Bandai • t-shirts)
Attention: The cast of Naruto is now cats【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 13, 2020
Anime ninja Naruto turns into Nyaruto for adorable figure line.
Now you can buy a piece of a gut-busting android’s abs from Kamen Rider thanks to Premium Bandai
- Dale Roll
Feb 5, 2020
We have no idea why anyone would want one, but why the heck not?
- Japan
- (funny • Kamen Rider • Kamen Rider Zero One • Nakayama Kinnikun • Premium Bandai • weird • weird products • why?)
No one knows what Bandai’s real-life Pot of Greed does, but it’s still pretty cool
- Dale Roll
Dec 4, 2019
Yu-Gi-Oh interior item would make a great talking point in your home, that’s for sure!
- Japan
- (anime • collectibles • cool • crazy • funny • interior • Pot of Greed • Premium Bandai • weird • Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Dragon Ball Trunk’s jacket on sale, gives you the look of a ‘90s anime hero today!【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 18, 2019
Dragon Ball’s time-traveling swordsman came from the future, but his clothes are ready to take you back to the past.
- Japan
- (anime • cosplay • Dragon Ball • fashion • jackets • manga • Premium Bandai • Trunks)
You can now turn your smartphone into a Pokémon Pokédex thanks to Bandai【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 9, 2019
Case gives your phone the look of iconic anime technology.
- Japan
- (anime • cool • Pikachu • Pokédex • Pokemon • Premium Bandai • smartphone • smartphone cases • video games)
Slowpoke Pokémon PC cushion is ready to help you feel great about not getting very much done
- Casey Baseel
Aug 13, 2019
Pokémon plushie pal’s productivity parameters are suspect, but his cuteness can’t be denied.
- Japan
- (anime • cute • PC cushions • plushies • Pokemon • Premium Bandai • Slowpoke • video games)
UchiPika: New Pikachu robot talks, sings, controls lights and TVs, even when Pokémon isn’t on
- Oona McGee
Jun 1, 2019
A talking Eevee robot is arriving in Japan this summer too!
- Japan
- (Bandai • cool • cute • Detective Pikachu • Pikachu • plushies • Premium Bandai)
New posable life-size detective Pikachu plushie commits crime of stealing our hearts【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
May 28, 2019
But we’re willing to grant him a pardon in exchange for lots of fluffy hugs.
- Japan
- (Bandai • cool • cute • Detective Pikachu • Pikachu • plushies • Premium Bandai)
Anime lingerie takes a walk on the wild side with GeGeGe no Kitaro fundoshi from Japan
- Oona McGee
Mar 30, 2019
This possessed cotton spirit will scare everyone away from your private parts.
- Japan
- (anime • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • fundoshi • Gegege no Kitaro • lingerie • Premium Bandai • underwear • yokai)
Sexy new Japanese lingerie sets are inspired by 50-year-old horror anime【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 13, 2018
The granddaddy of yokai anime, Gegege no Kitaro, gets an unexpected salute as it reaches the half-century milestone.
- Japan
- (anime • beautiful women • fashion • Gegege no Kitaro • lingerie • manga • Premium Bandai • yokai)
Drink your tea in style with the new Zaku mobile suit-shaped heavy iron teapot
- Dale Roll
Nov 15, 2018
Not a fan of floral teapots? Well then, this is for you.
- Japan
- (cast iron • Gundam • ironworks • Japanese traditional crafts • metallurgy • Mobile Suit Gundam • Premium Bandai • teapot • Zaku)
What’s cute and cozy and soft to wear? The new Sailor Moon Luna and Diana loungewear
- Kay
Nov 12, 2018
The newest line of wearable Sailor Moon merchandise features the famous felines from the series!
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Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
Japanese government announces criteria for creating backup capital of Japan
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Starbucks Japan releases now Tokyo Reserve Roastery Christmas drinkware collection [Photos]
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- Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
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Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia- Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
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Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
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Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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