This gallery displays my collection of shitajiki.  These plastic (or cardboard) sheets are commonly used by school children in Japan as inserts between pages of notebook paper to ensure a smooth writing surface.  They are typically adorned with colorful art and popular characters.  Though not exclusively featuring manga/anime characters, I collect primarily those that are.  Please browse and enjoy, but don't reproduce or circulate the images.  They are scanned items I own, and are not intended to infringe on the copyright of any of their producers.

Boards are only listed with a "code" if it was printed either on the board I own, or on official attachments (like stickers) applied by the producers.  Galleries are organized alphabetically.  I try to use Japanese titles, but I don't know the correct titles for all boards.  If you would like to inform me about a proper Japanese title for a series, a series title for one of the unknown boards, or have useful information about the origins of any boards, please e-mail me.  I always appreciate the chance to learn more.  Click on the orange "Series" titles on the right to navigate.

Shitajiki:  Pencil Board.  Saien: Vegetable Garden.  The idea is to treat pencil boards like pumpkins in a patch.  Inspired by the "sincerity" described in the following quotation:  "Each year the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch that he thinks is the most sincere. He's just got to pick this one, he's just got to! I don't see how a pumpkin patch could be more sincere than this one. You can look all around and there's not a sign of hypocrisy. Nothing but sincerity as far as the eye can see."  - Linus, It's the Great Pumpkin,Charlie Brown