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Anime magical girls grow to gigantic size with new Madoka Magica plushies [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 8, 2026
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Are you ready to commit to sharing your home with Madoka and Homura?

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • crazy • Doqute • Madoka Magica • manga • plushies • Puella Magi Madoka Magica • stuffed animals)

Sanrio and Sonic the Hedgehog characters become fast friends with new plushie collection

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 1, 2025

Gotta go fast, gotta be friendly.

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• Japan
• (cute • Hello Kitty • Kuromi • My Melody • plushies • Sanrio • Sega • Sonic • Sonic the Hedgehog • stuffed animals • video games)

Buddhist monks in Japan preparing to hold funeral service for thousands of stuffed animals, dolls

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 18, 2025

Temple founded centuries ago helps out with unique modern ceremony in Osaka Prefecture.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • dolls • funeral • plushies • stuffed animals • temples • weird)

Not just a Big Totoro, but a Super Extra-large Big Totoro plushie could be in your home right now

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 14, 2025

An adorable reminder that not all Totoros are equally sized.

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• Japan
• (anime • crazy • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • interior • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • plushies • Studio Ghibli • stuffed animals • Totoro)

This Japanese cafe for stuffed animals is a sweet day out for nuikatsu fans

• Elliot Hale
  Jul 28, 2025

Plushies are the VIP guests at this cafe, complete with tiny menus and mini desserts.

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• Japan
• (cafe • COK • cute • dessert • food • food and drinks • Mariko Ohanabatake • nuigurumi • nuikatsu • pop-up cafe • SNJO • stuffed animals • stuffed toys • sweets • Tokyo)

Crazy huge Hololive plushies for crazy huge VTuber fans are on the way【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 5, 2025

Hololive’s 3rd Generation stars are getting ready to take over part of your home.

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• Japan
• (anime • big plushies • crazy • Doqute • HoloLive • Houshou Marine • interior • manga • plushies • Shiranui Flare • Shirogane Noel • stuffed animals • Usada Pekora • virtual YouTubers • VTubers)

Life-size Pokémon plushie is here for big Gardevoir fans who want a big Gardevoir in their life

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 3, 2025

Full-scale, self-standing Psychic/Fairy-type is even bigger than other life-size Pokémon plushies we’ve seen.

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• Japan
• (anime • crazy • Gardevoir • life-size • manga • plushies • Pokemon • statue • stuffed animals • video games)

Two new fantasy creatures join the Funbaruzu posture-correcting plushie family

• Shannon
  Apr 8, 2024

Because sometimes it’s hard to imagine a real animal fixing your slouch.

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• Japan
• (cute • desk toys • Funbaruzu • health • plushies • posture • stuffed animals • stuffed toy • unicorn • yeti)

Ghibli beanbag plushies want to hang out and provide profound cuteness to your living space【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 22, 2023

14 characters from half a dozen anime masterworks for your cuddling/decorating needs.

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• Japan
• (anime • Castle in the Sky • Cat Bus • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • plushies • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • stuffed animals • Totoro)

Legend of Zelda’s traveling Koroks set to travel to our homes as adorable plushies from Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 30, 2023

There’s no question that these puzzling creatures from Tears of the Kingdom will look great on any fan’s shelf.

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• Japan
• (cute • Korok • Legend of Zelda • nintendo • plushies • stuffed animals • Tears of the Kingdom • video games)

Massive-variation new Pikachu plushie line lets you find the perfect Pikachu just for you

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 28, 2023

Pokémon Centers Pikatto Pikapika Pikachu Campaign kicks off with the new My Pikachu line.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cool • cute • Pikachu • plushies • Pokemon • Pokemon Center • SNJO • stuffed animals • video games)

Are you a sloucher? Get a cute, furry little friend to help correct your posture at your desk

• Dale Roll
  Feb 22, 2023

And maybe it’ll help reduce stress too!

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• Japan
• (COK • cute • desk • desk work • health • interior • plushies • posture • stuffed animal • stuffed animals • toys)

Japanese company engineers soft toys that will nibble your finger, for folks who are into that

• Katy Kelly
  Jan 16, 2022

Finally, a toy for masochists who only want to be nibbled at a teeny-tiny bit!

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• Japan
• (cats • cute • dogs • funny • playbiting • plushies • stuffed animals • technology • weird)

Japanese plushies’ tentacles want to keep you warm this winter【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 12, 2020

Are these lifelike octopi also cutie pies?

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• Japan
• (blankets • cool • crazy • cute • plushies • stuffed animals • tentacles • Village Vanguard • warm • weird)

Behold the cycle of life with new Japanese plushie sets depicting the food chain and more

• Ingrid Tsai
  Oct 26, 2020

Pair the talk of the birds and the bees with pregnant dolphin and manta ray plushies.

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• Japan
• (cute • dolphins • ecology • killer whale • marine animals • nature • penguins • plushies • polar bear • stuffed animals • toys)

Don’t panic! You can now get a gigantic life-size Psyduck plushie at the Pokémon Center

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 8, 2020

Keep calm and carry on decorating your home with Pokémon.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • life-size • plushies • Pokemon • Pokemon Center • Psyduck • stuffed animals • video games)

Social distanced dining is a cinch with these stuffed capybara companions【Photos】

• Katy Kelly
  May 29, 2020

This zoo’s thought up the cutest possible way to keep some barriers up between diners at their eatery.

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• Japan
• (capybara • cute • dining • Izu Shaboten Zoo • restaurants • social distancing • stuffed animals • zoo)

Huge Pikachu plush heavy enough to use as exercise weight, other Pokémon as big as a person

• Casey Baseel
  May 11, 2020

New Gigantamax Poké-plushies are here to steal our hearts, crush our bodies.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • crazy • cute • Pikachu • plushies • Pokemon • stuffed animals • video games)

Japanese bank using cute stuffed animals to try to stop the spread of the coronavirus

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 23, 2020

Leaving extra space between yourself and other people is the safe, and in this case adorable, thing to do.

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• Japan
• (banks • cool • coronavirus • cute • funny • Mascots • stuffed animals)

Pokémon fan learns the startling truth about the Wooloo plushie

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 27, 2019

Stuffed animal of Sword and Shield’s adorable sheep Pokémon isn’t quite as sheep-like as fan expected.

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• Japan
• (anime • funny • plushies • Pokemon • Pokémon Sword and Shield • stuffed animals • video games • Wooloo)

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