Quietly sneaking onto the radar are official, licensed Samurai Pizza Cats metal pins from Gimans Care, featuring both a Nyanki set and a solo Nyagoking pin. These are modern releases, officially approved, and very much real (yes, really).

🔹 Nyanki Metal Pin Set

Includes Yattaro, Sukashii, and Pururun in a matching enamel pin set.

👉 https://shop.gimans-care.com/products/samurai-pizza-cats-metal-pin-set

🔹 Nyagoking Metal Pin

A standalone Nyagoking enamel pin—because of course he gets his own.

👉 https://shop.gimans-care.com/products/samurai-pizza-cats-nyagoking-metal-pin

Notes for collectors:

• Officially licensed (Tatsunoko Production)

• Modern production item

• Sold individually / as a set

• Shipping may dramatically outpace the pin price itself (ask me how I know 😌)

For now, documenting these as part of the ever-growing modern SPC merch archive—purchase decisions may occur after the holidays, when wallets are emotionally recovered.

NOTE: image courtesy of @AnimeNostalgiaPod on Instagram.

Big news coming out of Anime Frontier this weekend!

Rimi Star Production has begun publicly teasing new Samurai Pizza Cats plush prototypes, including Guido and Francine.

The plushies were physically present at the Rimi Star booth, but notably censored/blurred in official social media posts, strongly suggesting that licensing approval or final reveal clearance is still in progress.

Key takeaways:

• In addition to the Speedy and Polly prototypes, we now know that Guido and Francine plush prototypes also exist.

• They are far enough along to be shown at a convention

• Public imagery through RimiStar social media is being deliberately obscured, likely due to pending licensing or reveal restrictions.

This lines up with earlier sightings of SPC plush development and strongly indicates an official release is planned, not cancelled or speculative.

📌 Status: Prototype / tease phase

📌 Manufacturer: Rimi Star Production

📌 Reveal method: Controlled preview + partial censorship

📌 Confidence level: Very high

More updates as they surface—this is one to watch closely. 👀🐾

Before the modern revival wave, before Yolopark, before Wave Corp… there was Tongmeng EX. Tongmeng EX walked so the current renaissance could run.

Being unlicensed, the manufacturer could not secure the rights to use the correct names, so this is how “Yattaro” became “Taro” and he’s only a “Pizza Cat” and not a “Samurai Pizza Cat”

This Chinese figure line produced one of the most ambitious Yattaro figures of its era — featuring:

• multiple interchangeable faceplates

• articulated limbs and sitting pose

• swappable weapons and accessories

• a dramatic ukiyo-e–inspired display box

• and one of the best early attempts at translating Yattaro into a modern chibi-action format

• Despite extensive promo images, the planned lineup was never fully released.

• The manufacturer intended to make more figurines after Yattaro. Although Pururun and Sukashii were teased, they ultimately vanished after the release of Yattaro.

• A third “To Be Released” (発売予定) silhouette appears on promos… and although it’s labeled as being Karamaru, the silhouette is actually Wokkaa.

This figure is often confused for the ES Gokin line, despite having no affiliation with Action Toys.

A fascinating relic of the era when Samurai Pizza Cats merch was kept alive almost entirely by passionate overseas studios — quietly, lovingly, and just a little bit chaotically.

YouTube user TheSalvado has done a more in-depth review of this figure, please go and give him some love:

https://youtu.be/Cd8EHLhsRbU?si=VwTBlaEB61bilxhk

Archive-worthy. Always. 💙❤💛

Before video games took over the living room, the Pizza Cats were already throwing down on the tabletop.

Released by Bandai as part of the Party Joy series, this colorful board game lets players jump into two different game modes:

• 🏯 Edoropolis Battle

• 🤖 Mecha Edo Battle

Designed for 2–4 players (ages 8+), it’s fully illustrated in that unmistakable late-Showa / early-Heisei style — bold colors, dramatic character art, and pure Saturday-morning chaos.

This is one of those items that perfectly captures the era:

not just merch, but a snapshot of how Kyattō Ninden Teyandee lived outside the TV screen in 1990.

Vintage. Playable. Ridiculously charming.

What started as a crossover ended up lighting the fuse on an entire revival.

When Tanuki Creative Studio (now currently known as Blast Zero) brought the Nyanki into Jitsu Squad (as an arcade version exclusive), it wasn’t just a cameo for nostalgia points. According to developer commentary shared via Netto’s Game Room, the team had so much fun working with the Samurai Pizza Cats characters that they actively pursued permission to do more with the license.

And they got it.

That enthusiasm — the joy of animating them, modernizing their movement, and seeing audience reactions in arcades — directly led to the greenlight for Samurai Pizza Cats: Blast from the Past, a full game built around the Nyanki rather than borrowing them for a guest appearance.

In other words:

Jitsu Squad wasn’t just a crossover — it was the proof of concept.

📌 Source: Netto’s Game Room, developer background on Blast from the Past

https://www.nettosgameroom.com/2025/10/samurai-pizza-cats-blast-from-past.html

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Why this is HUGE (and worth documenting)

• 🕹 Arcade feedback mattered — Nyanki weren’t tested in a vacuum.

• 🎮 Modern gameplay → full revival pipeline actually happened.

• 🧠 This explains why Blast from the Past feels confident, playful, and character-forward.

• 💙 It reframes current merch, collabs, and hype as momentum, not random nostalgia drops.

Honestly? This is one of those rare cases where fandom passion → developer joy → official revival happened in the bestpossible order.

For more info about Jitsu Squad, please visit:

https://exa.ac/en/games/jitsu-squad/?v=0f177369a3b7