The toys come from anime merchandiser extraordinary Bandai, and feature the cast of an anime that always oozes coolness: Lupin III.
A lot of Japan’s capsule toys can be described as somewhere on the spectrum between “charmingly offbeat” and “bafflingly weird.”
That said, this is an awesome idea for any anime character with a recognizable silhouette, and hopefully we’ll see the Shadow Art capsule toy expanded to other series too.
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