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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1
 
                        CONSENT OF PANNELL KERR FORSTER
 
     We hereby consent to the inclusion in the Registration Statement on Form
S-3 of JAKKS Pacific, Inc. of our report dated February 22, 1999, except for
note 18, for which the date is March 1, 1999, on our audits of the consolidated
financial statements of JAKKS Pacific, Inc. as of December 31, 1997 and 1998,
and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1998.
 
     We also hereby consent to the reference to our firm as "Experts" in the
Registration Statement.
 
                                               /s/ PANNELL KERR FORSTER
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                                          Pannell Kerr Forster
                                          Certified Public Accountants
                                          A Professional Corporation
 
Los Angeles, California
   
April 26, 1999