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January
1990 |
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Shinsei
Manufacturing changes its name to Yutaka. |
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August
1990 |
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Bandai
Transport (now Bandai Logipal) lists on the OTC market. |
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"Sally's
Spikatact" passes the one-million sales mark. |
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February
1991 |
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Local
subsidiary, Bandai (Taiwan) Co., Ltd., established in Taiwan. |
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April
1991 |
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The
Chara-Can series of small toys packaged with drinks, produced in
a tie-up with Suntory, are a big hit. |
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October
1991 |
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Tosho,
Seiko and Dairin merge to form Happinet. |
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September
1992 |
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Bandai
Transport changes its name to Bandai Logipal. |
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October
1992 |
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Control over
Media Department operations is transferred to Bandai Visual. |
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March
1993 |
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The
Sailor Moon series is a huge hit. |
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Sailor Moon Moon Stick
(c)Naoko Takeuchi · PNP · TV Asahi · Toei Animation |
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October
1993 |
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Power
Rangers are a huge hit in the USA. |
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Power Rangers
(c)1993 Saban |
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March
1994 |
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Sunrise
enters the Bandai Group. |
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July
1995 |
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Eastern
Japan distribution center completed in Tochigi Prefecture. |
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October
1995 |
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Three
firms founded in the US: Bandai Holding Corp., Bandai Digital Entertainment
Corp., and Bandai Entertainment Inc. |
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March
1996 |
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Launch
of Pippin Atmark. |
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Bandai Trading
(Shanghai) Co., Ltd. established in Shanghai, China. |
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November 1996 |
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Tamagotchi launched. |
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Tamagotchi
(c)BANDAI 1996 |
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February 1997 |
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Tamagotchi-Ver.2. launched.
Facing a severe scarcity of stock, Bandai takes the unprecedented step
of issuing a press apology for the situation. |
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April 1997 |
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Launch of the Hyper Yo-yo. |
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June 1997 |
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Takashi Mogi appointed
President. Makoto Yamashina becomes Chairman. |
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July 1997 |
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Tamagotchi launched in
overseas markets. |
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Group firms Kaken, Angel
and B-AI merge to form Megahouse. |
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August 1997 |
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Happinet gains an OTC
stock market listing. |
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October 1997 |
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Founder Naoharu Yamashina
dies on October 28, aged 79. |
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April 1998 |
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Over 41,000 people attend
a Hyper Yo-yo festival/event. |
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Hyper Yo-yo
(c)YOMEGA · THP · BANDAI |
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March 1999 |
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Takeo
Takasu appointed President & COO. |
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Service begins for Dokodemo
Aso Vegas, the first content offering for NTT DoCoMo i-mode. |
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Digimon Adventure is made
into anime (Japan). |
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July 1999 |
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Total sales of Gundam
plastic model kits top 300 million. |
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October 1999 |
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Agreement entered with
Mattel, Inc. for joint business development (contract covering Japanese
market terminated in December 2003). |
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November 1999 |
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The talking stuffed toy
Primo Puel goes on sale. |
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December 1999 |
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Beam Entertainment Co.,
Ltd. becomes a subsidiary of Happinet Corp. |
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