Haikyu!! proved the enduring popularity of the sports genre in manga. Despite its huge cast, each character has carved out its own fan base among readers and anime viewers. Karasuno's third year setter, Koushi Sugawara, proves how even the benched players earn the love of rea...

The Shining remains one of the most famous horror films of all time. Despite the movie's slow pace, the atmospheric descent into progressively disturbing scenes changed how directors approached fearful storytelling. Medicom Toy celebrates the classic film with two designs in ...

Love Live! School Idol Project Series, otherwise known by the more simplified Love Live!, is a Japanese franchise created by Hajime Yatate and Sakurako Kimino. Love Live is a multimedia project that was produced through ASCII Media Works; Bandai Namco Arts through the Lantis musi...

Sword Art Online began as a web light novel released by the creator, Reki Kawahara, on his website in 2002. Since the anime series adaptation was released in 2012, the demand for Sword Art Online merchandise has grown greatly. In 2018, Sword Art Online: Alicization premiered, and...

Haikyu!! reigned as one of the most popular shonen manga for nearly a decade. The passionate fan base earned the series both anime and stage adaptations along with countless promotional events. The series owes a lot of its success to the well-developed, likable characters. Karasu...

The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening that took the world by storm in the early 1990s for its satirical take on the average American family. The series would go on to become an international success, which eventually led to many types of merchandise...

Love Live! School Idol Project Series, also known as Love Live! was created by Hajime Yatate and Sakurako Kimono. It is a Japanese multimedia franchise with many different platforms, including animated television series, films, light novels, manga, and video games. It was initial...

Sword Art Online is an anime series that has grown hugely in popularity since it was first aired in 2012. Spin-offs, movies, and even games have also been created based on the original web light novel series published in 2002. The main series centers around characters trapped in ...

The immensely popular sports manga, Haikyu!!, spurned several screen and stage adaptations. Its resonance with fans came from its compelling characters. Fan adoration of these characters led to booming merchandise sales spanning everything from files folders and keychains to plus...

Tom and Jerry is a classic cartoon that was first created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Many consider the cartoon to be an undeniable classic and is still watched by fans over half a century later. With such a successful series, it is no surprise that Medicom Toy s...

Made in Abyss is a franchise that was first conceived as a manga by writer and illustrator Akihito Tsukushi and has been published by Takeshobo’s Web Comic Gamma since 2012. As of early 2021, chapters of Made in Abyss have been compiled into a total of nine tankobon volumes. In J...

The success of the manga series Tokyo Ghoul was nearly instantaneous ever since its release in 2011. Later in 2014, the anime adaptation only highlighted the popularity of the series around the world. As the number of Tokyo Ghoul fans grew, a sequel manga series by the original a...

Haikyu!! became an international success through the compelling rivalry and friendship between its two protagonists. At the center, Shoyo Hinata captures the classic determined, shonen protagonist aura with realistic struggles and setbacks. His persistence and ambition contrast h...

Along the lines of the cat-shaped NY@BRICK and rabbit-shaped R@BBRICK lines, Medicom Toy introduced a new BE@RBRICK variant with Trains. A relatively new line, the BE@BRICK Trains primarily represent popular Japanese train models. However, the first entries incorporated images fr...

Arle Nadja is a recurring character that appears in many of the games in the Puyo Puyo franchise. Despite being known for her appearances in games like Puyo Puyo 2 and Puyo Puyo Tetris, Arle, like many other characters, first debuted in the Mado Monogatari series. This first-pers...

Yu-Gi-Oh is one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time and has sparked numerous spin-off shows since the initial manga series by Kazuki Takahashi that ran in 1996 and anime series that aired in both 1998 and 2000 respectively. Because of this, a wealth of merchandis...

The hit sports manga Haikyu!! received critical and fan acclaim for its storytelling and character development. The second protagonist, Tobio Kageyama, subverted shonen rival tropes through his complex relationship with central character, Shoyo Hinata. Kageyama's fans enjoy a...

Valentine's Day is a day associated with love. Medicom Toy showed their love for the holiday with a line of over 12 unique romance-themed BE@BRICK designs. Here are some of the collection’s most unique Valentine's Day creations: "BE@RBRICK 2018 Valentine Set" an...

The phenomenal Marvel Comics franchise has several popular villains that have become brands themselves. Thanos, Ronan, and Winter Soldier are all Marvel Villains that are all destructive characters who set out to wreak havoc upon the Marvel superheroes. The villains and the serie...

Collectible figure manufacturer Funko Pop has a long history of transforming iconic characters from film, TV, books, games, and anime into their classic chibi, black button-eyed figures. Funko Pops are so popular because they offer fans the chance to decorate their spaces with an...

Haikyu!! became an international hit with a widely beloved cast. One of the most popular characters is the Tokyo rival ace, Kotaro Bokuto. Bokuto won fans over with his big personality, childlike disposition, and friendly relationships with the main cast. Bokuto's fans enjoy ...

Vincent Van Gogh struggled through his lifetime to achieve relevance. However, after his death, he quickly rose to prominence as one of the most important artists of all time. His work is some of the most expensive in the world and can be found in countless galleries and museums....

Metroid Prime is a video game developed by Retro Studios and Nintendo for the GameCube. It is an action-adventure game as well as the fifth main installment to the Metroid series. Metroid Prime is the first game in the series to be played from the first-person perspective, though...

Yuri!!! on Ice instantly conquered the hearts of thousands of fans since its first release in 2016. Its elaborate and smooth choreographies and its beautiful music made a huge impact and received many positive comments. Having these choreographies being coordinated by a professio...

The enduring Haikyu!! fanbase enjoying an ongoing selection of figures and merchandise celebrating their favorite characters. Fans especially love the cheeky, antagonizing setter from Aoba Johsai, Toru Oikawa. Oikawa appears in promotional materials and the ever-popular Nendoroid...

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. is an entertainment company that focuses mainly on professional wrestling. In the company’s prime, one of the most prolific and well-known fighters in WWE was The Undertaker. Meanwhile, Medicom Toy eventually sought collaboration with WWE, resul...

The world-famous game phenomenon, Minecraft has a strong iron-built character at the forefront. The Iron Golem mob character is made of iron blocks. They are considered a dangerous mob in the game as they are difficult to attack. The Iron Golem mob characters have been some of th...

The Legend of Zelda series is an incredibly popular video game series that is developed and published by Nintendo. The series began as a humble game for the Famicom (NES outside of Japan) and quickly grew into an unbelievable phenomenon, becoming one of Nintendo’s most popular se...

Haikyu!! became a smash hit with fans due to its large case of endearing characters. Nekoma's Kenma Kozume consistently ranks among the top ten in character popularity polls. Fans resonate with his shyness and his relationships with Shoyo Hinata and Tetsuro Kuroo. Kenma appea...

The WWE, formerly WWF and WWWF, is an entertainment company that is known around the world for professional wrestling. Although many unique people and personas have appeared through the years, one of the more recent fighters to join the WWE rosters is Shinsuke Nakamura. On the ot...

The world-famous game phenomena, Minecraft has a mob character that's as recognizable as the game itself. The Minecraft Skeleton is prominent in the game and is often seen carrying things such as armor. The character is among the many that have a large fanbase. The popularity...

The Legend of Zelda series is an incredibly popular video game franchise that was originally created by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka. Its first game was released on the Famicom (NES outside of Japan) in 1986 and has since produced dozens of other entries in the main series...

Frozen is a super popular animated series produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and the first movie was released on the 26th of December 2013. It is a musical that produced many songs that children love to sing along to. The story is about a young princess, Elsa who holds the...

Yasuto Sasada is a Japanese artist that is known for using finely tipped pens to create unbelievably intricate works of art that blend elements of nature, technology, and mythology. As Medicom Toy continued to expand their lineup of collaborations for their BE@BRICK line of figur...

The Villager mob characters are some of the most popular and distinctive from the Minecraft game. A Minecraft Villager is dynamic and fits the creative nature of the game. The humanoid characters from the game have been a fan-favorite ever since 2011 when Minecraft was first rele...

The Legend of Zelda series is a very well-known action and adventure collection of video games published by Nintendo and created by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka. Since the debut of the series in 1986, many other sequels, spin-off games, and various other types of media bas...