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GNG tenugui towel, also recent new items from Yokote Masuda Manga Museum! I just learned today that it's very usual for tenugui towels to have the short ends are purposely left raw and unhemmed. This helps them dry faster and prevents dirt from accumulating in seams. This is also why it's very affordable, only 1100 jpy (~6โฌ). https://manga-museum.stores.jp/items/6a2924a756e39c5de5409faf
New towels from Yokote Masuda Manga Museum! Such a cozy, nice designs on these. I might need to buy doubles just to be able to use them as well... They are currently selling for 2530 jpy / pcs (around ~14โฌ). https://manga-museum.stores.jp/items/6a267603380c3d00c8ec63aa
3 of 4 unreleased coaster prototypes by Creation Advance. My collection is missing the Akakabuto one but you can see it for example in Hornanhurtta's collection. These were recently sold in Japan by seller who had lots of Happinets and CA deadstock to share. To combine some sort of information from their sales posts: "These are rare samples that were to be published, but due to various reasons, such as the effects of the coronavirus and the increase in material costs, they remained prototypes and were taken in only one batch. As for the coasters, we decided not to add the range and focused on only one product, so the prototypes were rejected."
The actual amount of the original and only print of the protypes is a bit unclear but it was mentioned to be somewhere around 10-13 pcs.
A new Yoshihiro Takahashi art book will be released in September! It will include art from Ginga, Yamato, Gamu, and more!
I was randomly watching some of the old Japanese "Mameshiba" commercials on YouTube... got an idea to draw these ridiculously cute little bean dogs as Ginga characters
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Btw, I made an unboxing video of the Happinets merch too! With mostly text to speech as my awkward Finnish personality hits my soul as soon as I open my mouth to speak, sob.
Last ones from my haul: phonecase and two different t-shirts. I'm super happy I got the outline Gin t-shirt, it was one of my favourites.
More of the Happinets haul I got from Japan. The keychains are my absolute favourites from this merch. The jacket designs are so fun and I've never seen something like these before. And the round ones are just stunning with vibrant colors, I love the effect.
Got myself a small haul from Japan of this amazing Akita Northern Happinets merch from 2017. Takahashi used to make special sports themed illustrations for this merch and they are super fun and colorful! Extremely big thanks for the one Japanese seller who sold huge amounts of this merch, you made so many fans around the world so happy. In these pictures specifically: bandana, two towels and coasters.
๐ฃ๏ธ It is Akame collab time people! ๐ฃ๏ธ https://bsky.app/profile/murasakiinu.bsky.social/post/3mk7viikh7s2x
Auction in Mercari had pictures of the rare sight! Original package of the 80's GNG figures made by Bandai and sold with Morinaga's chocolate. Absolutely stunning piece of merch history and gorgeous package!
I was able to win one of the GNG anime studio sheet sets from Japanese auction recently! Here's some sheets from the small set. Absolutely adore these studio materials and GNG ones are so beautiful.
Yokote Masuda Manga Museum is selling the Oolong tea with Ginga labels for a limited time of 2026/4/4๏ฝ2026/4/11. Full set of 4 cans and coasters included. Limited to 1 per person. You need a middleman service to buy outside of Japan. https://manga-museum.stores.jp/items/69c8ac018ae1789fa6d39db4
Dress up your Ginga plush!!! Submit your photos to be featured in the next Silver Fang Magazine (we're also looking for artwork and articles to feature!) Photo by Rio~
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I was able to won one of the rare GDW trading cards from fellow collector recently! These trading cards were made by Sugimotoya in 2004 and included in packets of two different flavours of gummies (cola and grape). Unfortunately they stopped making these very early in production for unknown reasons so it seems very possible there isn't many of them out there. Such a shame, these are absolutely gorgeous and nicely designed. In 2022 there was one auction for some of these cards but other than that, they have been really hard to run into:
Studio sheets - and how to tell if they are authentic
As a collector of 10+ years, I've struggled a lot with the authenticity of my studio sheets. There's very little information out there and I hope this information I've collected helps my fellow collectors.
What is settei (่จญๅฎ)? Settei is a japanese term for any sort of images of characters, objects and places. Basically these are reference images for anime production studios (in Ginga-series: Studio DEEN and Toei Animation). Their main purpose is to tell everything relevant to the working artist. How they end up to collectors is a bit unknown but they could have been sold by studio or single workers after the project is done. Mainly they are being sold from one private seller to another second-hand or they can be sold by sellers who specialize in studio materials. The most important things to consider when identifying the authenticity of studio sheets: 1) Seller Most of the studio sheets are still being sold on Japanese selling platforms like Yahoo!Japan Auctions. They might end up elsewhere via collectors though. When looking at a seller, it is important to be critical: Do they have multiple sets for sale or just single ones? Does the seller provide information of the set or it's origin? What do you see in the images of the sets? Most of the sets have multiple pages (the GDW ones I buy usually have around ~50 pages included). Sets can be related to a certain episode. It's usually a good sign if the seller has multiple different series for sale. Sets are usually not from the cheaper side: the last ones I've bought have been around 40โฌ but more popular series might be more expensive.
2) Paper The paper used in studio sheets is different to more common, modern copy paper. It has a bit more opacity and it has - especially if the series have been made long ago like Ginga ones - more of a yellowish tone instead of pure, blueish white because of the age. Sheets used in production might also have imperfections like wrinkles, stains, bended corners and marks from staples.
Left image shows older studio sheet in used condition and staple marks on left. Right image has clear picture of a fake studio sheet on top, below is real one.
However, when examining paper, the following should be taken in consideration: - Paper batches vary, different production companies may use different papers - Storage and age affect paper, significant factors in conditions are, for example, humidity or sunlight 3) Content of the set What the set includes can tell a lot of the authenticity. Sets that only include the most popular characters are usually a bad sign. Most of the sets include more "unpopular materials for collectors" like side characters, scenery, instructions, step-by-step movement and anatomy.
When it comes to Ginga, colored studio sheets are more rare to come by. Additionally to full colored sheets, there are studio sheets that only have highlight colors and lines for markings and details. In my experience there might be a slight difference to used paper on colored studio sheets. Color copies are often more valuable in any production (e.g., color copies cost more in printing services), so it is not unusual that they were most likely not preferred to be taken as easily.
It is also not exceptional - in fact, it's very common - that there are several pictures of the same character in a set. Often there can be an unshaded and a shaded version of the same character - or if the character has gone though changes during the series, studio sheets may be found before and after the changes (e.g., there is a picture of Smith with and without a missing front leg). Characters who get a lot of screen time usually also have much more studio sheets done, which is why for example Weed has the most studio sheets, while the side characters might share a sheet. A character who is drawn a lot has often lots of different expressions and angles.
At first it might seem like same sheet but the sheet on bottom actually is a black & white copy of the highlight GB seen above. Easiest way to spot this is to look at the "messy coloring lines" on bottom right. 4) Quality You can tell a lot of the authenticity by quality, right? ... Right? Err... not exactly. Not easily. As studio sheets can be copies of copies of copies... and still be totally authentic. When you take a new copy of the image that has been copied many times before there is always some quality loss. Images that have been copied many times will begin to lose detail, depth and darkness. The people using the copy machine can also influence the result by adjusting the darkness higher or lower when taking a copy. There might have been issues with the printer that affected the quality.
Different quality copies of the same studio sheet.
I hope this helps a bit! โฅ
FaNeMa's large, sitting Weed. Gotta be one of my favourite plushies of him.
