Bukimi Kun (Japan)

The first Bukimi Kun stickers were released in Japan in 1989, after the Israeli and Italian international versions, and the set was put together by Dentsu Young & Rubicam with Hotaka Saito as art director. It was printed in Hong Kong, sold in paper packs of four for 100 yen, and built from U.S. Garbage Pail Kids artwork, but without the twin characters. The set was originally issued uncensored, then changed in a second printing when Japanese censorship rules came into play, which meant altered names and black bars over some content.

The base set contains 168 images, drawn from U.S. Original Series 1, Original Series 2, Original Series 3 and Original Series 6. A few of the local kids include Tiny TIM : Small SAUL, Off-Color CLARA : Brushed-Off BRENDA, Many LENNY : Lotta CARLOTTA, Over FLO : Moist JOYCE, and Totaled TODD : Towin' OWEN.