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Ibanez and Dragon Ball Z make a play for the coolest guitar collaboration of the year

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It’s the home of anime and birthplace of some of the most enduring characters and fictional universes in modern history – take Godzilla , Pokémon and Hello Kitty as a few obvious examples.

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