14 Facts About Takara

1.

In 1967, Takara produced the first generation of the Licca-chan doll, which was 21 centimeters tall and had the last name of Kayama, inspired by the musician Yuzo Kayama and actress Yoshiko Kayama.

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2.

In 1975, Takara produced the Diaclone and Microman Micro Change toys.

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3.

Takara continued to sell Microman and used it as the basis for the Micronauts toy line.

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4.

Takara invented Battle Beasts, the E-kara karaoke microphone, B-Daman and Beyblade.

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5.

Takara ported some of the SNK Neo Geo based arcade games for 8 and 16-bit consoles.

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6.

In 2003, Takara contributed to the production of the game, Seek-and-Destroy.

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7.

Takara published the 3D computer graphics fighting game series Battle Arena Toshinden, developed by Tamsoft.

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8.

Also that year, Takara purchased a controlling stake in the publicly traded software publisher Atlus.

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9.

Some Takara properties were licensed to and published by Atlus.

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10.

Takara-branded product licenses such as Licca-chan, Jinsei Game, The Game of Life and Choro-Q were returned to Takara Tomy's consumer software division.

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11.

Takara has manufactured several unusual gadgets marketed as "life entertainment products".

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12.

In 2005, Takara produced Walkie bits, a colorful, multi-function miniature robotic turtle.

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13.

Takara replaced the mascot with "21st Century Colorful Dakko-Chan", which had enough features to connote the original mascot but divested the traits which brought criticism.

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14.

In deciding upon the merged company's new name, "Takara" was used for its international brand recognition and "Tomy" was used because it was a trusted brand of infant and preschool products in Japan.

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