Bikkuriman (ビックリマン) is a line of wafer snacks produced by Lotte, made notable for the randomly assorted bonus stickers included inside each snack. First released in 1977, Bikkuriman (ビックリマン, “Surprise Man”) became wildly popular in Japan with the introduction of the Akuma vs Tenshi Seal (悪魔VS天使シール, "Devil VS Angel Seal") series of stickers, leading to a prolific number of media tie-ins.
Bikkuriman is a chocolate and peanut wafer snack made by Lotte that sold for 30 yen at the time of its introduction. Originally, the pack-in stickers were called “Dokkiri Seal” (どっきりシール, “Shocking Seal). Each Seal featured a realistic image on a clear background, with the intention of using them for pranks or gags (broken glass, clothing tears, fake wall switches, etc.) By the 1980s, the Seals began featuring individual gag-based characters with a theme that united a particular set of Seals. These style of stickers would remain for the first 9 sets of Seal releases.
In August of 1985, Lotte released the first of the Akuma vs Tenshi Seal series. While maintaining the same humorous art style of the earlier series, the Akuma vs Tenshi Seals featured characters based on assorted mythological, folklore, and even metaphorical sources engaging in an overarching story-line. Akin to the Mars Attacks trading card series from America, the battle between the Tenshi and Akuma is told on the back of each sticker, with the plot progressing with each new set. Each set was divided into several themed tiers featuring a Tenshi, Akuma, and an Omamori (お守り, "Protector"), with an ultra-rare "Head" Seal that serves as the main character of its particular set. The Head Seals were typically printed with a prism or holographic holofoil to set them apart from the Tenshi's metallic silver or gold backing, the clear backgrounds of the Omamori and the multi-colored backgrounds of the Akuma. The rarity of the early Akuma vs Tenshi Seals were, in order: Head, Tenshi, Omamori, Akuma.
Unfortunately, the popularity of the stickers led to trouble for the series. The zeal to try to obtain Head Seals would lead children to buy Bikkuriman in mass quantities, retrieve the stickers inside, and simply throw away the snack. This, along with the fact that children and collectors were willing to pay high amounts of money for the rarer cards, led to parent groups expressing concern of possible gambling implications for the stickers. This led to action by the Japanese Fair Trade Commission, and the number of Head Seals per pack was increased from the average 4 to 24 individual Seals.
These stickers were a huge success, leading to a multitude of media tie-ins. The original Bikkuriman anime series, created by Toei Animation, aired from October 11, 1987, to April 2, 1989.[15] Sequels include Shin Bikkuriman, Super Bikkuriman, Bikkuriman 2000 and Happy Lucky Bikkuriman.
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message Bikkuriman ビックリマン is a line of wafer snacks produced by Lotte made notable for the randomly assorted bonus stickers included inside each snack First released in 1977 Bikkuriman ビックリマン Surprise Man became wildly popular in Japan with the introduction of the Akuma vs Tenshi Seal 悪魔VS天使シール Devil VS Angel Seal series of stickers leading to a prolific number of media tie ins BikkurimanビックリマンAnime television seriesDirected byYukio KaizawaWritten bySukehiro TomitaMusic byTakanori ArisawaStudioToei AnimationOriginal networkTV AsahiOriginal runOctober 11 1987 April 2 1989Episodes75Anime filmBikkuriman Taiichiji Seima TaisenDirected byHiroyuki KakudoWritten bySukehiro TomitaStudioToei AnimationReleasedMarch 12 1988Runtime30 minutesAnime filmBikkuriman Moen Zone no HimitsuDirected byJunichi SatoWritten bySukehiro TomitaMusic byTakanori ArisawaStudioToei AnimationReleasedJuly 9 1988Runtime45 minutesAnime television seriesShin BikkurimanDirected byYukio KaizawaWritten bySukehiro TomitaMusic byShunsuke KikuchiStudioToei AnimationOriginal networkTV AsahiOriginal runApril 19 1989 August 26 1990Episodes72Anime television seriesSuper BikkurimanDirected byYukio KaizawaWritten byAya MatsuiMusic byTakanori ArisawaStudioToei AnimationOriginal networkAsahi BroadcastingOriginal runMay 17 1992 April 4 1993Episodes44Anime television seriesBikkuriman 2000Directed byYusuke YamamotoWritten byAtsuhiro TomiokaStudioStudio Comet NASOriginal networkTV TokyoOriginal runNovember 1 1999 February 26 2001Episodes68Anime television seriesHappy Lucky BikkurimanDirected byGo KogaProduced byYasuhiko NukagaWritten byKatsuyuki Sumisawa eps 1 19 Riku Sanjo eps 20 46 Music byYoshichika InomataYoichiro HondaStudioToei AnimationOriginal networkBS Asahi TV AsahiOriginal runOctober 15 2006 September 30 2007Episodes46GameBikkurimanDeveloperDrecomPublisherDrecomGenreSocial card battlePlatformAndroid GREE mixiReleasedApril 18 2011 GREE mixi December 17 2012 Android Contents 1 History 2 Licensed collaborations 3 Anime 4 Manga 5 Video games 6 Heads List 7 References 8 External linksHistory EditBikkuriman is a chocolate and peanut wafer snack made by Lotte that sold for 30 yen at the time of its introduction Originally the pack in stickers were called Dokkiri Seal どっきりシール Shocking Seal Each Seal featured a realistic image on a clear background with the intention of using them for pranks or gags broken glass clothing tears fake wall switches etc By the 1980s the Seals began featuring individual gag based characters with a theme that united a particular set of Seals These style of stickers would remain for the first 9 sets of Seal releases In August of 1985 Lotte released the first of the Akuma vs Tenshi Seal series While maintaining the same humorous art style of the earlier series the Akuma vs Tenshi Seals featured characters based on assorted mythological folklore and even metaphorical sources engaging in an overarching story line Akin to the Mars Attacks trading card series from America the battle between the Tenshi and Akuma is told on the back of each sticker with the plot progressing with each new set Each set was divided into several themed tiers featuring a Tenshi Akuma and an Omamori お守り Protector with an ultra rare Head Seal that serves as the main character of its particular set The Head Seals were typically printed with a prism or holographic holofoil to set them apart from the Tenshi s metallic silver or gold backing the clear backgrounds of the Omamori and the multi colored backgrounds of the Akuma The rarity of the early Akuma vs Tenshi Seals were in order Head Tenshi Omamori Akuma Unfortunately the popularity of the stickers led to trouble for the series The zeal to try to obtain Head Seals would lead children to buy Bikkuriman in mass quantities retrieve the stickers inside and simply throw away the snack This along with the fact that children and collectors were willing to pay high amounts of money for the rarer cards led to parent groups expressing concern of possible gambling implications for the stickers This led to action by the Japanese Fair Trade Commission and the number of Head Seals per pack was increased from the average 4 to 24 individual Seals Licensed collaborations EditVarious media properties have run collaboration seal series with Bikkuriman including Monster Hunter 1 Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba 2 Dragon Ball Super 3 GeGeGe no Kitaro 4 Jujutsu Kaisen 5 Dragon Quest Dai no Daibouken 6 Hatsune Miku 7 Star Wars 8 One Piece Mobile Suit Gundam 9 and Persona 3 10 Some have featured celebrities such as AKB48 members 11 and Vtubers including Hikakin 12 There have also been figurine collaborations featuring properties including Neon Genesis Evangelion 13 There was even a Bikkuriman edition of the Game of Life 14 Anime EditThese stickers were a huge success leading to a multitude of media tie ins The original Bikkuriman anime series created by Toei Animation aired from October 11 1987 to April 2 1989 15 Sequels include Shin Bikkuriman Super Bikkuriman Bikkuriman 2000 and Happy Lucky Bikkuriman Manga EditSuper Bikkuriman a series published by ShōgakukanVideo games EditTwo Bikkuriman video games were made for the PC Engine console in Japan One of which is a reskin of Wonder Boy in Monster Land Other games were also made for the Famicom Game Boy Super Famicom Dreamcast Neo Geo Pocket Game Boy Color Nintendo DS mobile phones and Nintendo 3DS Bikkuriman World 1987 PC Engine Hudson Soft Bikkuriman World Gekitō hijiri senshi ビックリマンワールド 激闘聖戦士 1990 Famicom an RPG by Hudson Soft Super Bikkuriman Densetsu no Sekiban スーパービックリマン 伝説の石板 Game Boy by Yutaka Super Bikkuriman スーパービックリマン Super Famicom Interbec Bikkuriman Daijikai ビックリマン大事界 PC CD ROM Bikkuriman 2000 Charging Card GB ビックリマン２０００チャージングカードGB 2000 Game Boy Color Bikkuriman 2000 Viva Festiva ビックリマン2000 ビバ フェスチバァ Sega Dreamcast Bikkuriman April 18 2011 GREE mixi December 17 2012 Android Drecom Bikkuriman Collectors Battle DeNA Bikkuriman Daijiten ビックリマン大事典 2007 Nintendo DS Heads List Edit1st Dan Head Super Zeus 2nd Dan Head Shaman Kahn 3rd Dan Head Super Devil 4th Dan Head Satan Maria 5th Dan Head St Phoenix 6th Dan Head Shiso Jura Black Zues 7th Dan Head Herachrist 8th Dan Head Masho Nero 9th Dan Head Headrococo 10th Dan Head Mataiden Noa 11th Dan Head Wander Maria Ghost Alibaba 12th Dan Head Yasei Erusa M Master P St Bon Miroku 13th Dan Head Yamato Bakushin 14th Dan Head Seishin Nadia 15th Dan Head St Bon Indust 16th Dan Head AndrococoReferences Edit ビッ狩りマンチョコ をはじめ モンスターハンター 10周年記念グッズがいよいよ発売間近 in Japanese Famitsu Retrieved 2022 12 28 鬼滅の刃マンチョコ 3弾 遊郭編 シリーズが10 11に発売 テーマは ド派手 第2弾から約1年ぶりのコラボ商品が登場 in Japanese Famitsu 2022 10 05 Retrieved 2022 12 28 ドラゴンボールマンチョコ超 第2弾が5月24日より東日本で先行発売 シールは新作映画のキャラを書き下ろした全24種で シークレットはビックリマンとのコラボVer in Japanese Famitsu 2022 05 19 Retrieved 2022 12 28 ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 ビックリマン コラボ企画が4月23日より開催 太郎茶屋などでオリジナルシールがもらえる企画やグッズ販売 コラボメニュー提供などが実施 in Japanese Famitsu 2022 04 06 Retrieved 2022 12 28 呪術廻戦 ビックリマン がコラボした 呪術廻戦マンチョコ が3月29日に発売 ビックリマンイラスト風になった虎杖たちのフィギュア付き in Japanese Famitsu 2022 03 22 Retrieved 2022 12 28 ドラゴンクエスト ダイの大冒険 と ビックリマンチョコ がコラボした ダイの大冒険マンチョコ が11月3日より発売 in Japanese Famitsu 2020 10 27 Retrieved 2022 12 28 初音ミクｘビックリマン ミックリマン ミクと奇妙な仲間たち編 が発売決定 in Japanese Famitsu 2013 08 01 Retrieved 2022 12 28 スター ウォーズ がビックリマンチョコに エピソード1 6のキャラクターがビックリマンイラストレーター描き下ろしで登場 in Japanese Famitsu 2015 04 30 Retrieved 2022 12 28 機動戦士ガンダムマン チョコ スペシャルエディション 1年8か月ぶりコラボ 全24種シール入り in Japanese Entabe 2021 06 16 Retrieved 2022 12 28 劇場版 ペルソナ3 第2章の来場者特典が決定 第1章に続き 描き下ろしの スーパーP3シール が先着 週替わりでプレゼント in Japanese Famitsu 2014 05 15 Retrieved 2022 12 28 ビックリマンチョコ が世代を超えて愛される理由とは ロッテの担当者を直撃してみた in Japanese Hot Pepper 2017 08 21 Retrieved 2022 12 28 Bチューバーマン チョコ HIKAKIN はじめしゃちょーがビックリマンチョコに 動画クリエイター19組イラスト化 in Japanese Entabe 2021 06 15 Retrieved 2022 12 28 エヴァックリマン海洋堂フィギュア付きチョコ が12月22日に発売 ビックリマン風の初号機やアスカが食玩フィギュアに in Japanese Famitsu 2020 12 04 Retrieved 2022 12 28 ビックリマンチョコ が世代を超えて愛される理由とは ロッテの担当者を直撃してみた in Japanese Hot Pepper 2017 08 21 Retrieved 2022 12 28 Bikkuriman Toei Animation Retrieved on April 2 2009 External links EditOfficial Website Complete Akuma vs Tensi list Bikkuriman 2nd Toei Animation Super Bikkuriman Toei Animation Bikkuri Man anime at Anime News Network s encyclopedia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bikkuriman amp oldid 1130261025, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
