In 1994 the company Broccoli was formed. Over the course of the next decade Broccoli would create several different media franchises, trading card games, and PC games, but most otaku know Broccoli as the creators of the character goods chain store GAMERS. Character goods shops are basically shops where you can buy, well, character goods, […]
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