TOKYO — Global appetite for Japanese trading cards continues to grow, with July releases featuring Godzilla and characters from the “Mobile Suit Gundam” anime series poised to stoke further demand.
An event hosted by Bandai in Dallas, Texas, on March 8 and 9 to promote cards featuring heroes and other icons from the “One Piece” franchise drew over 10,000 attendees. The Bandai Namco Holdings subsidi organized various game events and offered early sales of new cards.
