Carddass

Carddass (カードダス, Kādodasu) is a name given to Bandai's card vending machines and, thus, a generic term given to the cards sold by these machines. The name was inspired by AMeDAS (Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System), a system in Japan used for gathering weather data; the idea was that Carddass would be an information source for kids.[1] Carddass is a registered trademark of Bandai.

As of March 2021, Bandai Namco has sold 17.767 billion Carddass cards since 1988, in addition to 2.749 billion Data Carddass cards since March 2005.[2]

  1. ^ プレスリリース｜株式会社バンダイ (in Japanese). Bandai. Archived from the original on 2009-07-13. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
  2. ^ Fact Book 2021. Bandai Namco Group. 2021. pp. 3–6. Retrieved 2 October 2021.