Universal Studios Japan Marks 25 Years With Anime Crossovers
The 25th anniversary lineup fuses the park's two most successful anime partnerships with its signature film attractions, and adds a new Junji Ito collaboration tied to Halloween Horror Night.
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Universal Studios Japan will release collaboration goods this fall pairing ONE PIECE with Jurassic Park, Detective Conan with Back to the Future, and a Junji Ito Tomie design with Halloween Horror Night's Street Zombies. Eiichiro Oda and Gosho Aoyama shared anniversary comments. Woody Woodpecker and Winnie Woodpecker debut as LINE stamps.
The anniversary goods program leans on the two anime franchises that have anchored Universal Studios Japan's seasonal events for years. ONE PIECE has run as a major summer attraction since 2007, and Detective Conan has staged annual real escape games since joining Universal Cool Japan in 2017. Both now appear crossed over with park rides: Luffy holds a turkey leg beside a giant T-Rex in the Jurassic Park area, while Conan Edogawa and Professor Agasa appear in a design modeled on the Back to the Future movie poster.
The new item is the Junji Ito collaboration. Ito drew Tomie striding through a zombie-filled park for Halloween Horror Night, with T-shirts and keychains among the goods. Creators Eiichiro Oda and Gosho Aoyama each offered comments for the anniversary.
- ONE PIECE x Jurassic Park: Luffy with a turkey leg beside a giant T-Rex in the Jurassic Park area
- Detective Conan x Back to the Future: Conan Edogawa and Professor Agasa in a movie poster homage design
- Tomie x Street Zombies: New Junji Ito artwork of Tomie leading a zombie horde, on T-shirts and keychains
- Woody Woodpecker and Winnie Woodpecker LINE stamps: 25th anniversary theme design with park-invitation phrases
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