We would be disgusting and wear them together to celebrate our favorite boys. My boyfriend (and anime-watching partner) came in with the perfect solution: I would get a Killua shirt, and he would get a Gon shirt. I was struggling between Killua, Kurapika, and Hisoka - my personal favorites - or just buying all of them, honestly. I just had the impossible task of choosing who to commit to. Zumiez carries a ton of Hunter x Hunter merch, and I like the line featuring the eyes of one of the main characters, with the rest of the shirt in a coordinating color palette. By the end of Heavens Arena, I already knew I wanted a shirt, and I already knew the style I was going for. I ended up loving the show so much that I binged entire seasons in just a few weeks. When I asked friends for recommendations, Hunter x Hunter kept coming up - so I decided to take the plunge. I only started watching anime in the last year or so, stuck waffling between so many options, unsure of where to start. Toussaint Egan Gon and Killua Hunter x Hunter shirts Image: Polygon I don’t wear it often, but I absolutely love it. The series, both the six-volume manga and its aforementioned anime adaptation, left an immeasurable impact on my fledgling love of the medium back when I was a teenager and as such, my favorite piece of anime apparel - a limited edition screenprint I copped from the Indonesian T-shirt shop Creep Illusion, complete with a vinyl capsule logo - is dedicated to Otomo’s magnum opus. Surprisingly though, not a lot of anime-themed shirts, with the exception of one anime in particular that should surprise no one who actually knows me personally: Katsuhiro Otomo’s 1988 apocalyptic sci-fi epic Akira. I have an extensive collection of graphic shirts that, as a whole, offer a pretty clear picture of my tastes and interests when it comes to movies, books, music, and art. Limited Edition Akira shirt from Creep Illusion Given the pervasiveness of it all, Polygon staff happened to pick up some anime merch over the years - so we decided to write about our favorite anime merch and why we like it so much. Now even larger companies are likely looking to cash in on the anime merch boom - Shonen Jump even launched a clothing store in January. Together, anime merchandise and clothing became a major consumer trend. Individual influencers posted videos about how they would style their anime merch and posted anime-inspired outfits. The merch and content around it seemed endless.
Others just wanted cute products inspired by their characters’ outfits, which is where the popular Shinobu Kocho swimsuit came in. Others looked for T-shirts or replicas of their favorite characters’ accessories, like earrings. Where official merch was harder to come by, smaller sellers started creating streetwear for manga like Chainsaw Man. On TikTok, anime merchandise and clothes specifically rose in popularity.
From record-breaking movies to best-selling manga, the past two years have been especially huge for manga and anime, and all the merchandise around it.
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Given how fashion-forward so many anime series are, it only makes sense that anime-inspired fashion trends would crop up. Whether it’s the flamboyant outfits of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure or the perfectly tailored day-to-day school outfits from series like Sailor Moon, eye-catching fashion and character design in anime and manga is a mainstay.
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