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Another Japanese import of growing popularity here in the United States is anime. It used to be that the only toys you'd find based on anime were imports. But, thanks to the Cartoon Network's popular Toonami block that has highlighted (and shot to the top) such anime as Dragonball Z, Sailor Moon, Tenchi Muyo!, Gundam Wing and so on, the American toy market is now proliferated with anime based toys. Isn't it great?
Toy lines relating to this category are:
MCFARLANE'S 3D ANIMATION FROM JAPAN
Todd McFarlane's popular Spawn comic was definitely influenced by Japanese manga and anime. So, it stands to reason that he would come full circle with a line devoted to anime. Check out these wonderfully sculpted figures...
RONIN WARRIORS
This is one of those programs that made it onto the Cartoon Network's Toonami programming block. It is a tale of warriors from a futuristic time where the populace still respected the way of the Samurai and the Ronin Warrior. Playmates created a short lived toy line based on the series...
GUNDAM WING
To be or not to be...that was the question with these toys. Gundam are giant robots or mobile armor in Japanese anime...but, does that necessarily make them of "Asian descent." Find out what I decided to do...
CARDCAPTORS
Cardcaptors is a cross between Sailor Moon and Pokemon -- but, better! Trendmasters has the license to produce toys for this fantastic anime series here in the U.S. Check out the first American releases...
DRAGONBALL Z
Check out the toys from this irreverent anime created by Akira Toriyama and made popular in the U.S. by Cartoon Network's Toonami lineup...
Toylines in this category that appear on my Wishlist are:
Tenchi Muyo!
- Super D Headliners 3 Pack (includes Tenchi, Ryo-Ohki, and Sasami)
- Tenchi Masaki 12" Toynami figure
- Ryoko 12" Toynami figure
- Princess Ayeka 12" Toynami figure