Item Type: Keychains The coins in the image are not included. Instant purchase is OK. Unused, stored item (I hesitate to say "new, unused"). Heisei Retro Heisei Nostalgia Authenticity is unknown (as you can see below, it doesn't seem to be entirely authentic...). Item will be delivered as is. Simple packaging using recycled materials, etc. Please refrain from purchasing if you are a stickler for details or are concerned about initial scratches. If you are a person who is easygoing, please consider purchasing. See below ↓ Why did "Sazae-bon" disappear? Sazae-san x Bakabon: The phantom collaboration character... "Sazae-bon" still looks good and is cute... Around 1995, a sudden boom occurred in the Osaka area: parody keychains that combined Sazae-san and Bakabon's Papa. A fusion character that combined "Sazae-san" + "Genso Tensai Bakabon." The origin of this parody is said to be Hitoshi Matsumoto of Downtown... He apparently showed similar illustrations on a Kansai local program (he mentioned it in a free talk on "Gaki no Tsukai"). At that time, it was often seen in souvenir shops, but... for some reason, it's not seen at all now. Despite being quite a hit, where did it disappear to...? Or rather, as you may have noticed, it was a completely unauthorized character, a so-called bootleg. It was made without any copyright agreements with the Machiko Hasegawa Art Museum or Mr. Fujio Akatsuka and was sold on Takeshita Street in Tokyo. However, this became an unexpected hit product and was sold all over the country, and the rights holders could no longer overlook it. In 1997, they sued a company in Fukuoka Prefecture that was manufacturing the goods for copyright infringement, and won. The manufacturing company argued that "it was brought about by the unique gag and parody culture of Kansai and there was no intention of copyright infringement," but the court ordered a ban on sales. The company went bankrupt in 2000. *Originally, a street vendor in Osaka sold them handmade, and a company in Fukuoka "copied" them and started mass production. However, if the above theory is correct, the street vendor's idea was also a "copy" of Matsumoto's, and since Matsumoto himself "copied" Sazae-san and Bakabon in the first place, this case is a multi-layered case of bootlegs/copies. And, companies in South Korea, etc., are further copying this.