Bandai’s machines are called gashapon in Japanese, because of the gasha sound the machine makes before spitting out a surprise into the tray with a pon. Also called gacha gacha or just gacha ...

Bandai Namco’s Brooklyn debut is coming at the heels of the success of its store in Camden, London, which opened in August 2023. Like its other locations across Japan and the U.K., the new latest ...