{"product_id":"toei-manga-matsuri-dragon-ball-saint-seiya-hikari-sentai-maskman-choujinki-metalder-original-release-japanese-movie-poster-1987-b2-size-51-x-73cm-za1211","title":"“Toei Manga Matsuri — Dragon Ball, Saint Seiya, Hikari Sentai Maskman, Choujinki Metalder”, Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1987, B2 Size (51 x 73cm) ZA1211","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"158\" data-end=\"492\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"169\" data-end=\"271\"\u003eoriginal Japanese B2 theatrical poster printed in 1987 for the Toei Manga Matsuri summer programme\u003c\/strong\u003e, featuring four major titles from the period: \u003cstrong data-start=\"318\" data-end=\"333\"\u003eSaint Seiya\u003c\/strong\u003e (聖闘士星矢), \u003cstrong data-start=\"343\" data-end=\"395\"\u003eDragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil’s Castle\u003c\/strong\u003e (ドラゴンボール 魔神城のねむり姫), \u003cstrong data-start=\"416\" data-end=\"441\"\u003eHikari Sentai Maskman\u003c\/strong\u003e (光戦隊マスクマン), and \u003cstrong data-start=\"458\" data-end=\"480\"\u003eChoujinki Metalder\u003c\/strong\u003e (超人機メタルダー).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"494\" data-end=\"941\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"494\" data-end=\"518\"\u003eProgramme background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"518\" data-end=\"521\"\u003eThe \u003cstrong data-start=\"525\" data-end=\"547\"\u003eToei Manga Matsuri\u003c\/strong\u003e was one of Japan’s most important children’s and family theatrical programmes, presenting multiple anime and tokusatsu features together as a single cinema event. This 1987 poster captures a particularly strong late-1980s line-up, bringing together two major anime properties — \u003cstrong data-start=\"826\" data-end=\"841\"\u003eDragon Ball\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"846\" data-end=\"861\"\u003eSaint Seiya\u003c\/strong\u003e — alongside two live-action tokusatsu franchises, \u003cstrong data-start=\"912\" data-end=\"923\"\u003eMaskman\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"928\" data-end=\"940\"\u003eMetalder\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"943\" data-end=\"1168\"\u003eFor collectors of 1980s Japanese anime and tokusatsu, this is a highly appealing crossover piece, representing Toei’s theatrical marketing at the height of the period’s Saturday-morning \/ summer-holiday entertainment culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1170\" data-end=\"1408\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1170\" data-end=\"1187\"\u003ePoster design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1187\" data-end=\"1190\"\u003eA wonderfully colourful and densely composed Toei festival design, framed by bright foliage and the large pink campaign title \u003cstrong data-start=\"1316\" data-end=\"1340\"\u003eおまちどーさま 夏休みビッグ4プレゼント\u003c\/strong\u003e, advertising the programme as a major “summer holiday Big 4” event.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1410\" data-end=\"1810\"\u003eThe upper section is dominated by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1444\" data-end=\"1461\"\u003ePegasus Seiya\u003c\/strong\u003e from \u003cem data-start=\"1467\" data-end=\"1480\"\u003eSaint Seiya\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1485\" data-end=\"1497\"\u003eSon Goku\u003c\/strong\u003e from \u003cem data-start=\"1503\" data-end=\"1516\"\u003eDragon Ball\u003c\/em\u003e, both shown in bold action poses against a bright blue and yellow background. Below, the live-action hero properties fill the lower section: the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1662\" data-end=\"1687\"\u003eHikari Sentai Maskman\u003c\/strong\u003e team appear at left with their mecha, while \u003cstrong data-start=\"1732\" data-end=\"1754\"\u003eChoujinki Metalder\u003c\/strong\u003e stands prominently at right against a vivid pink burst.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1812\" data-end=\"2045\"\u003eThe poster’s strength lies in its very 1980s theatrical energy: saturated colour, multiple franchise logos, layered character artwork, and a strong festival layout designed to excite children and families at cinema entrance displays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2047\" data-end=\"2462\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2047\" data-end=\"2074\"\u003eRarity and significance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"2074\" data-end=\"2077\"\u003eOriginal 1980s \u003cstrong data-start=\"2092\" data-end=\"2114\"\u003eToei Manga Matsuri\u003c\/strong\u003e posters are increasingly collectible, especially examples featuring major franchises that remain culturally important today. 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