Pop Zone
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Pop Zone is a multi-property Disney•Pixar art style found in Japan. Cars 2 and Toy Story 3 were foundational PIXAR properties, designed together for the Fall-Winter 2012 window,[1] and on shelves at least as early as 2013.[2] Throughout the 2010s, additional segments brought in Monsters, Finding Dory, and Inside Out, while first-party Disney properties like Frozen have been joined by Zootopia and Big Hero 6 as recently as 2024.[3]
Overview
Pop Zone was one of several style and branding concepts created around 2013 for (or with) Japan Creative, presumably to address market complexities which may previously have kept 3D-animated PIXAR films behind traditional "mascot" character culture. Pop Zone's simple and colorful style relies on "super-deformed" chibi-like characters, forgoing detail in favor of heavily exaggerated expressions and proportions. Some of the first products released—"moving" plush toys by IWAYA Corporation—were marketed as "action mascots".[4]
Art
Characters
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ライトニング・マックィーン
Lightning McQueen -
メーター
Mater -
ルイージ
Luigi -
グイド
Guido -
フィン・マックミサイル
Finn McMissile -
フランチェスコ・ベルヌーイ
Francesco Bernoulli -
フィルモア Fillmore
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ラウール・サルール
Raoul ÇaRoule -
マックス・シュネル
Max Schnell -
ミゲル・カミーノ
Miguel Camino -
ルイス・ハミルトン
Lewis Hamilton -
カルラ・ヴェローゾ
Carla Veloso -
ナイジェル・ギアスリー
Nigel Gearsley -
ジェフ・コルベット
Jeff Gorvette -
シュウ・トドロキ
Shu Todoroki
Product samples / Pattern approximates
Media and merchandise
Disney Collect! by Topps
A digital card set featuring Disney•Pixar characters was available in roughly (2024).
| Card | Ref. | |
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Lightning McQueen | [1] |
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Mater | [2] |
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Luigi | [3] |
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Guido | [4] |
| Image needed | Fillmore | [5] |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Registration Number VA0001887017: "POP ZONE, TOY STORY 3--CARS 2, FW12." (2013-12-09). copyright.gov. Retrieved June 15, 2026.
- ↑ "POP ZONEアクションマスコット" (2013/11/30). IWAYA CORPORATION, "PICK UP" (新商品情報), www.iwaya.co.jp. Archived July 26, 2014.
- ↑ Registration Number VA0002374124. "POP ZONE BIG HERO 6 ZOOTOPIA - APAC ON SHELF JAN 2024 STYLE GUIDE GLOBAL." (2023-10-04). Retrieved June 15, 2026.
- ↑ "406024-10831" - Pop Zone Action Mascot - Woody. Archived from the original June 15, 2026.
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