Pokemon Is The 3rd Bestselling Toy Series In Japan In The First Half Of 2019

GfK Japan has published the listing of bestselling toys in Japan for the first half of 2019.

According to GfK’s findings, the Pokemon brand was the No. 3 bestselling toy brand in Japan in the first half of 2019. Pokemon improved from No. 8 in the first half of 2018 to No. 3 in the first half of 2019, indicating that children and adults are buying more Pokemon toys this year.

Other than Pokemon, no other brands in the top 5 list saw their rankings change, with the exception of Kamen Rider that was kicked to fourth place.

Check out the full list below:

Anpanman (first half of 2019: No. 1, first half of 2018: No. 1)

Tomica (first half of 2019: No. 2, first half of 2018: No. 2)

Pokemon (first half of 2019: No. 3, first half of 2018: No. 8)

Kamen Rider (first half of 2019: No. 4, first half of 2018: No. 3)

Plarail (first half of 2019: No. 5, first half of 2018: No. 5)