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Gotta buy 'em all: Pokémon celebrates its 30th anniversary and Japan's global soft power

From playing cards, cartoons, films, television and many more iterations, Pokémon has soared since its first appearance in Japan 30 years ago and become a global cultural phenomenon.

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00:22When you buy the stuff, and these old Pokemon cards, these toys, it brings you back to a time of
00:27life when we played.
00:30So, that right there brings you joy. I tell people, you don't have to play with it, you just buy
00:35it, you put it on your shelf, and you look at it, it's going to bring a smile to your
00:37face.
00:45Yeah, Pokemon, I think it's just a game that brings everyone together. I mean, I see a lot of families,
00:50it's something to do, you know, I've seen kids starting to play, and they grow up, they have kids, they
00:57pass it on, it's something to do with their family.
00:59And just a sense of community.
01:06Just a really good place to put your money, in my opinion.
01:11Better than a lot of other assets that I could see.
01:14So, and yeah, it's funny you mentioned about the house, that is how I bought my house, was off Pokemon
01:19cards.
01:20So, luckily I was able to buy a house in California last year, off, you know, our business.
01:27So, I wear Pikachu shirts everywhere I go, and somebody will be like, Pikachu, oh Pikachu, even if we don't
01:47even speak the same language or anything like that.
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