pic.twitter.com/pNk2wfJMrSThe comic ran in the popular comic magazine, and it gained a legion of fans after eight years of publication in that magazine.
Shortly after, the comic spawned an immensely popular trading card game. The franchise also included a popular anime series, movies and even video games.The trading card game debuted in the United States in 2002.
The trading card game would ultimately become one of the most popular card games in the country. In fact, The trading cards were so popular it rivaled one of the behemoths in the trading card game: Pokémon.According to, the franchise is estimated to have made over $17.1 billion, including over $960 million in sales of Takahashi's manga series.
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