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For context, I collected many railway prints and postcards for a while now, and I’ve been showing it online for the world to see, but this year I’ve decided to branch out of my collection and started collecting postcards that’s not railroad related, and since anime it’s my favorite part of my life, it’s an easy switch for me. When anime was getting spread out in North America, there were many promotion postcards that were many for specific anime, and many anime booths at anime conventions would hand these out for free, but most of the attendees would throw them away, but sometimes these postcards would also package in dvds as well. But why collect these postcards? Well, it’s the same reason I collect vintage railroad photos and postcards, nostalgic and the love to preserved history, you can say that I’m preserving history of anime being promoted in North America in the 2000s-2010s. These postcards I purchased were brought from eBay, I realized that they were quite expensive, especially since some were from Japan(in good condition), but some were quite expensive, like around $20-$250, but I found a seller that they were selling a lot around $2.99-$4.99 and I was able to got 16 postcards, and they were worth the price. Though, there was a few Anime Expo promotion postcards that were made for anime and video games in recent years, so it’s still being made, which makes me happy that’s there are still are being made for anyone who wants to preserve these items. The plan for these postcards is to display them at conventions and events, like a museum display, at least to show these old anime from the past, and planning to collect more of these postcards to form a nice collection. So yeah, the photos you see in the bottom are stack, so you don’t see the full postcards, but it’s a start, but a nice journey. tldr; I collect old anime promotion postcards and why I collect them for the hobby.