{
  "id": 3859772,
  "title": "Anime and Hollywood movies cross over in new Universal Studios Japan merch collection",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/anime-and-hollywood-movies-cross-over-in-new-universal-studios-japan",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-28T01:00:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SoraNews24",
    "slug": "soranews24",
    "url": "https://soranews24.com/2026/08/28/anime-and-hollywood-movies-cross-over-in-new-universal-studios-japan-merch-collection/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Luffy from One Piece is teaming up with a Jurassic Park T. rex at Universal Studios Japan's new merch collection. Universal Studios Japan, committed to its \"Japan\" branding, partners with popular anime franchises alongside its Hollywood movies. The collaboration features Luffy and T. rex on T-shirts, tote bags, and insulated drink bottles, while Conan Edogawa and Marty McFly/Doc Brown appear on shirts, mugs, and figures. These items will be sold at the Studio Style shop in USJ starting September 9, coinciding with the launch of Junji Ito horror manga merch. Pairing Luffy shirts with Nike footwear is suggested.",
  "summary": "Luffy makes a Jurassic friend at USJ. One of the keys to Universal Studios Japan’s success is that the Osaka theme park is strongly committed to the “Japan” part of its name. So while Tokyo Disneyland has to limit itself to IPs under the Disney umbrella, USJ is free to forge partnerships with whatever Japanese […]",
  "key_points": [
    "Luffy from One Piece teams up with Jurassic Park T. rex in merch collection",
    "Universal Studios Japan partners with anime and Hollywood franchises",
    "Collection available at Studio Style shop starting September 9"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}