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Visitors among colorful Pokémon character displays inside Pokémon Center Shibuya

Pokémon

A history of Pokémon from the 1996 Game Boy games and their collect-trade-battle design to anime, manga, cards, localization, and a durable global media mix.

Yōkai Watch-themed Kemamoto Station installation inside Kumamoto Station with visitors and character displays

Yōkai Watch

A guide to Level-5’s Yōkai Watch, the 2013 role-playing game that grew into a major Japanese media-mix franchise of animation, manga, and toys.

Crowded exhibition floor at AnimeJapan 2014 with company booths

Anime Production Committee

An anime production committee is a contractual group of companies that jointly finances a project and coordinates its rights, distribution, and commercial uses.