Carddass
Bandai's card vending machine system and collectible card line.
Carddass is a trademark of Bandai for card vending machines and the cards they dispense. The name derives from AMeDAS, Japan's automated weather data system, with the intent of serving as an information source for children. By 2021, Bandai Namco had sold over 17.767 billion Carddass cards since 1988, plus 2.749 billion Data Carddass cards from March 2005.
Quick Facts
- First carddass release
- 1988
- First carddass series
- Saint Seiya
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History
The first Carddass, released in 1988, was based on the Saint Seiya anime series. Initially intended solely for trading and collection, the line later shifted toward playable trading card games as Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh gained popularity in Japan. Many popular anime, manga, and tokusatsu series have been adapted into Carddass, including Bleach, Toriko, Hunter x Hunter, Digimon, Dr. Slump, Dragon Ball, Kinnikuman, Gin Tama, Black Butler, Code Geass, Soul Eater, Fullmetal Alchemist, Gundam, Kamen Rider, Naruto, Neon Genesis Evangelion, One Piece, Revolutionary Girl Utena, YuYu Hakusho, Ranma ½, Sailor Moon, InuYasha, Slam Dunk, Konjiki no Gash Bell!!, Rurouni Kenshin, Ultraman, and Yu-Gi-Oh! (the Carddass game is based on Toei's anime, not Konami's card game).
In 2006, a Super Sentai trading card game called Rangers Strike was released for the franchise's 30th anniversary. Carddass began selling Top Trumps in Japan in 2007. A digital variant, Data Carddass, debuted in 2005, using arcade machines that read specially designed cards to unlock in-game items. More recent innovations include AR Carddass, which uses augmented reality on smartphones, and Net Carddass, which employs online functionality.
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