JEDI

==History==
JEDI Co. Ltd., also known as the JEDI CORPORATION or the "Japan Entertainment Development Institute", was a manufacturer and online store that sold Popee the Performer merchandise, as well as merchandise for some other series. They were founded on February 23rd, 1996, and had eight employees, including their representative director Junpei Suzuki, and directors Tadashi Kamoshita and Sumio Masuko.https://web.archive.org/web/20100609122834/http://www.jedi-ltd.co.jp/company.html
The online webstore opened in 2002, and their website, http://www.jedi-ltd.co.jp, has archives dating as late as the summer of 2010.
The webshop itself closed sometime after the summer of 2010, and there are little, if any, records of the corporation, so it is assumed that the entire company closed as well. 
Their about page had a business description that said the following:
#Planning of character products and business management of copyrights, trademarks and design rights
# Planning and production of clothing, textiles, accessories, bags, watches, stationery, and other products using designs of celebrities, singers, stories, cartoons, advertisements, etc.
#Planning, manufacturing and wholesaling of textile accessories, bags, watches, stationery, daily necessities and sundries, etc. using designs of celebrities, singers, stories, cartoons, advertisements, etc.
# Mail order sales through various product catalogs.
#Planning and production of premiums and freebies
# Planning and designing
JEDI Co. Ltd. currently exists as a corporation called "Japan Environment Design Institute", but it is unlikely that it is affiliated with the JEDI Co. Ltd. this article is about.
==Merchandise==
JEDI produced quite a bit of merchandise for the show, but they also sold a few things that they did not personally manufacture (such as the Zippo Lighters).https://web.archive.org/web/20021210044612fw_/http://www.jedi-ltd.co.jp/popee.html Below is a list of items that were manufactured and sold by JEDI. Do note that these items were also likely sold via the Kids Select shop.
* Kedamono Bookmark
* Kedamono Crystal Block
* Kedamono Mask Collection (Set of 12)
* Kedamono Mask Collection (Set of 4)
* Kedamono Mask Sticker Sheet
* Kedamono Silver Bracelet
* Kedamono Silver Earrings
* Kedamono Silver Ring
* Popee the Performer Clear File (Set of 3)
* Popee the Performer Pencil Case
* Popee the Performer Pins Set
* Popee the Performer System Organizer
== "Lost" Merchandise ==
This is merchandise that JEDI produced and, assumedly, released through their website, but details are extremely scarce. It is possible this could be considered Lost Media, hence the title of this section. The only evidence this merchandise ever existed is via archives of JEDI's online store. No photos are known to be available.
=== Kedamono Memory Diary with Figure Stand ===
This item is listed as "ケダモノ　フィギュアスタンド付きメモリーダイアリー" (kedamono figyua sutandotsuki memorī daiarī or "Kedamono Memory Diary with Figure Stand") on a JEDI product list for Popee the Performer merchandise.https://web.archive.org/web/20020924233750fw_/http://www.jedi-ltd.co.jp/popi.htm 
The only details available say: スタンド素材：ソフトビニール製
身長300mm・日めくり366枚Which translates to:Stand material: Soft vinyl
Height: 300mm, 366 daily calendar pagesAnd the price was "estimated" to be ¥4,800.
It can be inferred that this was some kind of daily journal ("diary") or calendar that could be written in. The "figure stand" may have been intended to hold the diary. 
No images are available at the time of writing this.
=== Mask Memory Diary ===
This is most likely the above item (the "Kedamono Memory Diary with Figure Stand") without the figure stand. The listing gives us a few more details that were not listed on the previous listing. The name of the item was different, however, and does not mention Kedamono at all—it is simply "お面　メモリーダイアリー" (o men memorī daiarī or Mask Memory Diary). The details it mentions are as follows:Material: Cardboard
[It is] half [the size of a] postcard, 366 pages.The "estimated price" was ¥2,800. It was probably similar to the Popee the Performer System Organizer and had images of Kedamono's masks as page designs.
=== Popee the Performer Frog Pin ===
An archive of JEDI's online store's product list has a "Frog Pin" that was listed for sale.https://web.archive.org/web/20100611005351/http://www.jedi-ltd.co.jp/list.html The item name suggests that it was a pin of Frog.
The item is listed under "カエルピンズ" (kaerupinzu or Frog Pins. It's worth noting that despite the fact the katakana characters have "Frog Pins" as what would be a plural in English (ピン or pin would be singular, but the character ズ ("su") is present which makes the English equivalent plural) this item was only ¥480, which reflects that this was likely a singular item and not a set of pins.
The image for the item through the Wayback Machine is not available, and no images are currently available. It's possible this is just a single release of the Frog pin from the Popee the Performer Pin Set, but there is no way to confirm that as of writing this article.
There are no additional details known currently.
Category:Merchandise
Category:Affiliated Companies