Independent Research on the Business of Trading Card Games
How we researchOrganization
Bandai develops and markets entertainment products across several categories, including cards, toys and capsule toys. It operates within the Bandai Namco group’s Toy and Hobby Unit. The group presents Bandai and Bandai Spirits as separate companies with different product emphases, so this profile follows Bandai’s own documented card-related activity.
11 records, each with its direction, scope and sources.
Details: Rights credit
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Official site rights warning; specific ownership split unknown
Rights and publishing; Worldwide
Source wording: global
Qualified · 1 source
Details: Product manufacturing
Research note: Bandai Made in Japan attribution; physical printer unknown
Production location or supply; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Game publishing
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Edition and language market; Worldwide
Source wording: global with local editions
Qualified · 2 sources
Details: Game publishing
Edition and language market; Worldwide
Source wording: global with local editions
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Game publishing
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Publisher
Rights and publishing; Geography unspecified
Qualified · 1 source
Location: Admin review admin-review-2026-10-28, item news:icv2_news:4c66c2743513
Details: Game publishing
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: publisher of the Gundam Card Game
Rights and publishing; Geography unspecified
Qualified · 2 sources
3 records, each with its direction, scope and sources.
Details: D2C
Research note: Bandai-branded channel. Exact contracting store company depends on territory and is not yet established.
Distribution and sales area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
23 records, each with its direction, scope and sources.
Details: Program governance
Research note: Source supported official program governance not per event organization.
Event or organized play area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 3 sources
Location: Admin review admin-review-2026-10-15, item goldset_v0:gs_0081
Details: Game publishing
Research note: Publisher
Rights and publishing; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 6 sources
Location: Admin review admin-review-2026-10-14, item news:bandai_namco_hd_press_releases:5509775b241a
Details: Licensed IP use
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: bases the NARUTO CARD GAME on the NARUTO, SHIPPUDEN and BORUTO anime
Rights and publishing; Geography unspecified
Qualified · 1 source
Location: Admin review admin-review-2026-10-15, item goldset_v0:gs_0081
Details: Game publishing
Platform audience or availability; Worldwide
Source wording: global with localized portals
Details: Game publishing
Platform audience or availability; Worldwide
Source wording: global with localized portals
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Licensed IP use
Research note: makes the card game with the ONE PIECE franchise IP together with its licensors
Rights and publishing; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Location: Admin review admin-review-2026-10-15, item goldset_v0:gs_0061
Details: D2C, Online
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Special releases only; not general booster channel
Distribution and sales area; Geography unspecified
Source wording: selected countries
Geographic interpretation is unresolved.
Qualified · 1 source
Details: D2C
Research note: Source covers special products, not every booster.
Distribution and sales area; Geography unspecified
Source wording: selected countries
Geographic interpretation is unresolved.
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Program governance
Research note: Source supported official program governance not per event organization.
Event or organized play area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Program governance
Research note: Source supported official program governance not per event organization.
Event or organized play area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Program governance
Research note: Source supported official program governance not per event organization.
Event or organized play area; Geography unspecified
Details: Program governance
Research note: Source supported official program governance not per event organization.
Event or organized play area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Program governance
Research note: Source supported official program governance not per event organization.
Event or organized play area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Program governance
Research note: Source supported official program governance not per event organization.
Event or organized play area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 2 sources
Details: Official channel
Research note: Linked from the official game website; social platform itself is third-party owned
Platform audience or availability; Geography unspecified
Source wording: English portal regions
Geographic interpretation is unresolved.
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Official channel
Research note: Linked from the official game website; social platform itself is third-party owned
Platform audience or availability; Geography unspecified
Source wording: English portal regions
Geographic interpretation is unresolved.
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Platform operation
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Digital platform
Platform audience or availability; Geography unspecified
Qualified · 2 sources
Details: Platform operation
Research note: The card database is treated as a feature of the official English portal.
Platform audience or availability; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Event delivery
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Organizes events in series
Event or organized play area; Geography unspecified
Qualified · 2 sources
Details: Program governance
Research note: Source supported official program governance not per event organization.
Event or organized play area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Program governance
Research note: Source supported official program governance not per event organization.
Event or organized play area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 7 sources
Details: Program governance
Research note: Source supported official program governance not per event organization.
Event or organized play area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 2 sources
Details: Program governance
Research note: Source supported official program governance not per event organization.
Event or organized play area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 8 sources
Details: Official channel
Research note: Linked from the official game website; social platform itself is third-party owned
Platform audience or availability; Geography unspecified
Source wording: English portal regions
Geographic interpretation is unresolved.
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Official channel
Research note: Linked from the official game website; social platform itself is third-party owned
Platform audience or availability; Geography unspecified
Source wording: English portal regions
Geographic interpretation is unresolved.
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Platform operation
Research note: Card list and past-event archive are features of the English official portal. Line 86 also observes other regional portals whose individual URLs still need extraction.
Platform audience or availability; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 3 sources
Details: Platform operation
Research note: One shared platform identity across One Piece Card Game and Digimon Card Game.
Platform audience or availability; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 2 sources
Details: Platform operation
Platform audience or availability; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Organizer
Research note: Event organizer, Orlando, United States
Event or organized play area; Country
Source wording: Orlando, United States
Confirmed · 1 source
Location: Admin review admin-review-2026-10-16, item news:onepiece_cardgame_en_news:052d43c35389
Details: Event delivery
Research note: Organizes events in series
Event or organized play area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Location: Admin review admin-review-2026-10-16, item news:onepiece_cardgame_en_news:f60495db54c8
Location: Admin review admin-review-2026-10-28, item news:gamebiz_jp:42966b2bc1c2
Location: Admin review admin-review-2026-10-14, item news:icv2_news:5f570fcfb11f
