Harry Potter Cast Goes Anime-Style in New Line of Japan-Exclusive Merchandise

”You’re a (chibi) wizard, Harry.”

With a constant stream of domestically produced fantasy-themed anime and video games, Japan doesn’t have a whole lot of room in its heart for foreign examples of the genre. One very big exception, though, is the Harry Potter series.

With its storylines dealing with studying, exams, and club activities, the trappings of the Harry Potter books and movies aren’t all that different from an anime set in a special school for magically gifted students, one of the more popular recurring settings in Japanese animation. And driving home just how easy it is to imagine Harry and his cohorts as anime characters, there’s a just-launched line of Japan-exclusive anime-style Harry Potter merchandise.

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Source: Otajo via Hachima Kiko
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