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Rin Natsume from Little Busters! by Kotobukiya

YoU — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 19:15:37 +0000

Cute 1/8 PVC figure of Rin Natsume (棗鈴) based on Japanese light novel, Manga and Galgame series Little Busters! (リトルバスターズ！). Brought to you by Kotobukiya, this is a quite nice figure where you can see cats are surrounding Rin. Hope the series will soon get green-lit for Anime adaptation as the next KEY series. The figure will be released in November at a price of 7,980JPY. You can pre-order at J-List, CDJapan and Play-Asia.

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Asuka Langley Shikinami by Max Factory

YoU — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 14:39:01 +0000

A new figure preview from mikatan on the Good Smile Company blog, the 1/6 scaled Asuka Langley Shikinami (惣流・アスカ・ラングレー) from Anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン). This time, the figure was produced by Max Factory and will be ready to release in November at around 7,800JPY. As you can tell from her suit, the figure is from the movie of the series Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance. You can pre-order her at J-List and Amazon Japan. Also, here’s another Asuka figure from Kotobukiya quite worth mention.

The first time I watched the TV Anime took back in elementary (secondary?) school time. It was one of my favorite series at my early age, and, of course, as well as grownup. It is a good series and I was terrified while watching the 19th episode which Unit 01 (初号機, Shogouki) fights against ZERUEL (ゼルエル). It’s bloody but impressive. And Asuka was my favorite character at that moment and was sad that she was no longer the pilot of Unit 02 at late stage. The remake of the movie is quite good and looking forward for the third episode (four in total) to be released.

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Long-Waited Maxima PVC Figure from Shining Hearts

YoU — Sun, 29 May 2011 19:54:47 +0000

Have been waiting for this figure to be released since I have played the PSP game Shining Hearts. The figure was released on May 27 2011, with a 1/8 scale and a price tag 7,140 JPY of from Kotobukiya (壽屋). This is the best figure I can imagine. Despite that fact that Maxima only shows up in the PSP game from time to time, with the strong back up of the voicer Nana Mizuki (水樹奈々), she is still my favorite character of the series.

Most online stores are now running out of orders of this figure but you can still order is on CDJapan, Play-Asia, J-List and Amazon (JP). The nice shots are from foo-bar-baz who have already got their hands on it and you can visit their blog for more pics and detailed review.

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Shining Wind: Blanc Neige Swimsuit PVC Figure

YoU — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 01:30:25 +0000

Kotobukiya (寿屋) has decided to put another cute figure on their production line and this time, continue to be one of the protagonists from Shining series who show up both in Shining Tears and Shining Wind, Blanc Neige ( ブランネージュ ). This delicate 1/7 PVC figure featured the character in Swimsuit and will be available in July 2011 at 7140 JPY. You can pre-order now at CDJapan.

The Shining series to me is always a better illustration more than a game. The character design is done by Tony Taka and I will have to say that all the female characters are too cute that the story cannot compete with.

Like the Shining series? SEGA also has also made another PSP game back in October 2010 named Shining Hearts. I also wrote a review of the game and you can check it out at this post.

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Kotobukiya: Nymph

YoU — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:49:01 +0000

Really cute Nymph 1/6 PVC figure from Anime series Sora no Otoshimono will be available June this year. Pretty delicated one and probably the best I’ve seen from the series. Guess Kotobukiya always has a better quality in character design than most manufacturers out there. And about the character, yes, Nymph is cute and is my favorite character of the series. She seems to have an appealing personality than other angeloids, including Ikaros and Astraea.

Like this one? Pre-order is available at both CDJapan and HobbySearch.

And FYI, the movie of the series was announced and was about to be on screen this summer. Do have the specific date though will keep an eye on it.

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Suzuhime

YoU — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:25:10 +0000

Kotobukiya is about to release the Suzuhime (鈴姫) 1/8 PVC figure from the fighting game series Samurai Spirits Sen (サムライスピリッツ閃) in November. Gemaga magazine exclusive. Despite her young age (14) she really has a nice body (I cannot believe this). The details are well done, white Pantsu, beatiful thighs and legs, topless breasts, elegant Kimono, everthing attract a man. Some previews are a little bit NSFW, you are warmed ^^

More previews:

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Isoroku Yamamoto

YoU — Sun, 24 May 2009 13:20:57 +0000

The 1/8 PVC figure Isoroku Yamamoto (山本五十六)Â from the Galgame Sengoku Rance (戦国ランス) will be released in September 2009. Another Sengoku Rance character Sill Plain. Am recently interested in the series and would like to bring a list of Sengoku Rance figures next time. You can preorder at HobbySearch, Hobby Stock and Amiami.

Check out the review list:

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Sill Plain

YoU — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:02:37 +0000

Sill Plain (シィル･プライン), a female character of the galgame Sengoku Rance (戦国ランス) is made into figure by Kotobukiya. The 1/8 PVC figure will be released in August 2009. Sill looks cuter than in the game ^^ Check out more previews at Moeyo and Akiba Hobby. Preorder at Play-Asia. Also check out Hobby Stock for preorder and more if you can read Japanese.

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Shuffle! Asa Shigure PVC Special Ver.

YoU — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:40:25 +0000

Kotobukiya (壽屋) is about to release its special version of Asa Shigure in June. What’s special in this new version? Well, if you have tracked the identical figure before, you will probably noticed about the hair style of both figures. In the normal version, we have Asa in short hair as she looks like most of the time in the Anime and Galgame Shuffle! while in the special version Asa is wearing her long hair and with a cute look on her face. To me, both look awesome! Preorder and get more info on Amiami.

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Shining Wind Cross PVC Elmina

YoU — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:50:29 +0000

Kotobukiya (壽屋) will release it’s latest product Elmina (エルミナ) in May and I’d like to bring some previews. Since I haven’t play the Shining Wind game on PlayStation 2 I have no ideas about this character. Elmina does not appear even in the Anime Shining Tears X Wind, but in Shining Wind X. Not sure about the information but it will be welcomed since it’s illustrated by our famous Tony Taka.

Also you can preorder on Jlist.com.

And, if you’d like to find out where the character comes from, check out the stick poster below.

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