The Mechanical Toy Archive

Asakusa Toy, Ltd

Trademark: Asakusa

Specialized in pop-culture character licenses and imaginative science fiction. They became early pioneers in adapting emerging pop-culture phenomena—such as early Japanese anime (Astro Boy) and the global 1950s sci-fi craze

Country
Japan
Address
Tokyo
Active
1953 – mid 1970s

Types of toys made

Robots, anime and character toys, battery vehicles, novelty mechanical animals