The Asra Archer design always has been beautiful and attractive, the model kits design always has been based on the design of illustrator Nidy -2D-. He also provided the design for this figure of this review.

For the big figure of the Asra Archer character he added more meat to her, as we see an increase in overall body volume on the figure. The belly is cute and the character has bigger boobs than the original design.

Instead of making a 1/12 scaled scale figure Kotobukiya decided to inflate her size to 1/0,5 scale, giving the figure a massive height of 36 cm. Asra Archer was released in the end of May 2023.

There was a version with bonus erotic face that you would have had to order at the Kotobukiya page, but since it was quite expensive I went for the normal version which was already expensive enough with its 26,000 Yen + 13.000 Yen for EMS shipping.

The figure is obviously very cute with her purple eyes and the blush below them, Asra has a deeply carved open mouth with upper front teeth line, it’s a quite sweet smile that also puts a smile on my face.

She has a very cute hairstyle with a natural blonde hair color. The bangs are placed the middle between her eyebrows and the strands at the sides, it ends with a gigantic ponytail at the backside.

The figures design is wholesome a happy robot girl with a dynamite body, while the Megami Device character became an fully assembled scale figure, she still need assembly similar to a model kit. Several parts can be taken off and other parts can be attached I would be lost without the provided manual, but fortunately the parts snap together tightly and stay in place.

When exchanging armor and leg parts the figure provides a second display option, she can lie down on the included pillow.

It’s a good idea, but the limited viewing angle when the figure lies on her back reduces the alternative display option to nothing more than a nice extra, although it’s somewhat unnecessary to be honest.

The default pose is my favorite I can admire Asra’s nice body and happy face at towering 36 cm.

I love the red and white color thee of the figure, the skintight bodysuit is really cool, also her mechanical parts look amazingly good with the shiny finish and overall very clean paintjob.

Asra Archer is armed, she has an bow in her hands and a sheathed sword at her side. The bow can be taken off to make the already gigantic figure a little less high.

The figures jumping pose is both dynamic and cute, the raised arms reveal the actually pretty armpits. The pose also amplifies the beautiful body line also on the backside, her butt looks great.

In summary Asra Archer is a great figure and it is an interesting concept that a small model kit action figure was turned into a really big scale figure. I admit that the figure won’t fit into any of my display cabinets. Anyway, Asra is beautiful, cute and has a sexy body.

Today’s figure post is about Souryuu Asuka Langley – Shin Seiki Evangelion – Gothic Lolita ver :RE made by Kotobukiya. It was a gift from my dear friend Miette-chan Figure Photography. I always kept an eye on this figure, but other orders always took the budget for this gorgeous figure away, so I ended up with not ordering the Asuka Langley – Shin Seiki Evangelion – Gothic Lolita ver :RE figure.

Weeks later I received a package from the States and I was just speechless when I looked what was inside. This figure of Souryuu Asuka Langley – Gothic Lolita ver :RE, also had a rerelease in 2020 and 2021 it was sold for 12,800 Yen. Asuka is scaled 1/7 and measures 18 cm in height, she was sculpted by Itandi. This figure is a reissue of this Souryuu Asuka Langley – Gothic Lolita ver. figure from 2004.

Yeah, well it is an old figure, compared to things that have been made before 2010 figure sculpting and manufacturing took a big leap and nowadays figure collecting is not the niche hobby as it used to be.

I like the updated version a lot more, the smoother facial features are much better and it looks like a sweet Asuka. In this figure adaptation Asuka is dressed in a frilly gothic lolita outfit, albeit it’s not something would wear on many occasions, but it suits her very well. The gothic lolita outfit turned out quite nice, it’s a copy from the old 2004’s Asuka, with the new version though, it has, as to be expected a more detailed design. More folds and wrinkles were added and there is a generally more appealing appearance present now.

As base Asuka comes with a quarter cut, weathered looking staircase with lots of cracks, it’s damaged condition is adding a nice touch and atmosphere to the Because it is not as detailed as on frontal view,
you rather don’t want to look too hard from other sides. I like the way Asuka is resting on the steps, her feet are placed on different steps which puts some focus on her pretty legs with the pretty thighs and thin ankles. With the right hand she is playing around at her skirt, the left arm just hangs downwards lazily with the elbow overstretched.

The main color of the figures outfit is a dark blue, which is present on her corsage, gloves and stockings.
A curiosity on her outfit are the holders at the corset, they look like weapon holsters in my eyes.
All the borders of the outfit are decorated with a frilly border basically everywhere. Asuka is also wearing a four layered white skirt. She is wearing black shoes with blue ribbons. The white choker around her neck is decorated with a red ribbon, the element with the ribbon was repeatedly used at the twintails and sleeves of the dress.

Asuka has an impressive twintail hairstyle painted in carrot orange. The face of this young lady is very expressive with her big blue eyes and her slightly shy gaze is directed to the left. Her character design follows the style of the movies, were Asuka has soft facial features and a generally cute appearance without pointy nose or chin, like in these animes of the 90’s. Overall this is a beautiful figure of Asuka, I really like the cute and round face with the expressive eyes.

The gothic lolita dress appears nice and elegant with it’s combination of red ribbons, white frill and blue are interesting, although some details of the dress could be a bit finer, since it’s a 1/7 scaled figure the frilly parts do look good nevertheless.

Asuka is of courseone of the main characters in Anno, Hideaki’s masterpiece Neon Genesis Evangelion, I have been a big fan of NGE since the day it came into my life and paved my way to the anime sphere.
I loved the pre or actually post apocalyptic setting, were mankind brings together everything they have to prevent complete annihilation.

The religious elements and complex symbolism were really interesting and I liked all the heavy technology that was used to defend against the overwhelming threat.
Every character had some serious issues, nowadays I can relate to this more than in my teenage years.

I was really happy when the new movies were announced, Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone and Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance were a nicely retelling of the anime’s plot with a different direction and nice additional content. Since Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo involved a drastic time skip and had other problems in general I was no fan of it and would honestly say it’s bad for the most part. When Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time was announced I was extremely worried that it would be a bad conclusion for the story, but to my surprise it had been a wonderful final, some unnecessary, budget burning fight scenes were there, but nothing was really bothering me and I was happy how everything came to an end.

In summary Souryuu Asuka Langley – Shin Seiki Evangelion – Gothic Lolita ver :RE is a nice piece of NGE merchandise, you’ll receive a beautiful adaptation of the Asuka character, I think it’s a great idea that she was combined with this diorama base. She was posed in such a way that shows a cool atmosphere and highlights some leg and thigh highs fanservice.

She was manufactured by Kotobukiya and released in August 2020, the figure is scaled 1/7 and measures 26 cm.

Some months ago I started watching an anime named Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode Oracle. Where 3 episodes from the Phantasy Star Online 2 game were adapted into a longer running anime. It’s one of these 25 episode long shows, that are always fun to watch as the story unfolds, it’s nothing mind blowing but a great way to waste some time with an entertaining science fiction fairy tale.

Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode Oracle featured a character Named Matoi, a really pretty and friendly girl whose backstory slowly gets revealed, she first starts as cute side kick of main character Ash.

Before I watched the anime I saw this figure up for preorders, I liked it, but I did set up a condition. In case I would like the character in the anime I’ll preorder her. Unfortunately Matoi had the voice of an angel (Satou, Satomi) and I had to order this figure. The figure is not a 100% adaptation from the game design, Kotobukiya made a collaboration with illustrator Nidy, who gave Matoi a slightly different look and appearance.

Matoi has an adorable face with a cute and friendly expression. There are detailed eye decals and strong blush marks. Her hairstyle underlines the characters cuteness, it’s nicely colored hair, light purple with light blue color at the tips.

A thing that made Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode Oracle stand out in my opinion are the legs of the female characters with their realistic looking proportions and length like the Japanese girl next door. The legs in this anime look so cute and attractive. Additionally everyone has pointy ears which is a big bonus, Elves with nice legs Oh my gosh ♡＾▽＾♡.

Her outfit is inspired by sci-fi and traditional Japanese religious robe elements and of course it’s intended to look sexy. When you watched the first few episodes from the anime you wouldn’t expect it, but Matoi really kicks some ass in her battlesuit, albeit the anime outfit shows a lot less cleavage . I like the used colors a lot, the combination of bold red, white and light blue is really awesome.

The Nidy version really shows the illustrators style, Matoi has a great looking body with a slim waistline and wide hips, she also has wonderful legs and a beautiful figure line in general. Sculptor Sakaki Kaoru did a very good job in adapting the style of PSO 2 and Nidy together, turning it into this appealing figure.

From the backside the figure looks really great as well, first because of all the details of her outfit and second because of the figures beautiful body line based on the PSO 2 character design embellished by Nidy, the thighs are so good.

Matoi has an appealing pose, her torso a little bit leaned forward and shows a nice arched back. She has positioned her left raised index fingers before her mouth, maybe that means, that we should not ask about the thing she is hiding in her right hand behind her back. It’s a pretty, white lily though…

The figure features a very clean paintjob, the tiny and delicate signs are applied with sharp and clean screen printing technique. Additionally the figure of Matoi has good shading.

The generally quality is very good, Kotobukiya is a company I had great and not so great figures from in the past. Matoi though looks very good, the sculpting of character and outfit are very well done.

Final Words – Matoi – Nidy 2D version from Kotobukiya turned out very well, the science fictional outfit is quite stunning, the space shuttle white combined with bold red is really an eyecatcher. The figure portrays Matoi as sweet and also, without a doubt as very attractive girl, the sculptor did a great job with making everything look beautiful and appealing, the figure shows the aesthetics from both the origin Phantasy Star Online 2 and the work of the illustratpr Nidy. Did I mention that she has great looking thighs already hahaha ?

What I like a lot, is that the figure still carries the gentle personality from Matoi, while she is dressed in her battle suit.

From the very few figures, that I received 2020, she is one of the prettiest, so it was a good decision to order her.

Kotobukiya adapted the figure from her popular storage room scene in the Clannad anime. She is a figure from the year 2010. I just got her recently from my friend at miettechan. We sometimes send figures to each other even when we live 10.000 of miles apart. And I took in Fujibayashi Kyou from Kotobukiya, I liked the figure and so I was happy.

I still remember Clannad to be a show that made me cry a lot, some events were quite melodramatic and overwhelming for my heart, but some things were also quite happy memories for me, I can’t say it was a bad experience to watch Clannad and Clannad After Story. One time I would probably like to rewatch it.

The figure is scaled 1/6, although the pose is rather compact the figure still looks big afterall she measures 12 cm in height. Another feature of the figure is a realistically sculpted vaulting box, I have put it somewhere, but could’t find it on the day of the shooting. Typically for Kotobukiya’s 4-Leaves label the figure also has a cushion base.

Kyou Fujibashi is an athletic person. In the VN her route is a big first love drama, but everything will be ok later.
Kyou is a strong, even rather bold character, but is a tsundere type who acts shy when romantic stuff is involved.
She is the older sister of Ryou, Kyou is very protective torwards the little sister and wishes her to find happiness in life.

My favorite girl from Clannad is actually Kotomi Ichinose, because she is a gentle soul with cute appearance.

The figures outfit is nicely sculpted with the wrinkles and folds on them. The bloomers look tight and stretchy, it’s supposed to look a little naughty. Her thigh highs also look nice and realistic. I also like her shoes quite a bit. The shading is done nicely, even when it’s done a bit roughly at some areas, I do really like the dynamic look it creates.

The outfit is nice highschool fanservice, the combination of short sleeved shirt, red bloomers and thigh highs doesn’t fail to appeal. I remember a volleyball tournament in our school, what a joy for the youngsters ahaha.

Her bodysculpting is great, everything looks smooth and pretty. The left thigh has a minor seamline, they could have made it smoother like the rest of the figure. I also think that she has nice arms and perfect looking hands. There could be a few finer details here and there, but it’s quite all right and I like the presentation of the figure as a whole.

The character design follows the beautiful Kyoto Animation style, her big purple eyes are very pretty and lively.
The old school blush effects also add a bit more to the pretty face. The violet hair looks smooth and pretty, not super fine as on figures nowadays, but clean and soft looking, also the hair ornament on the right side is there.

Her expression captures Kyou’s nervous and flustered from the hilarious storage room scene in Clannad very well.

Kyou’s pose is nicely articulated, the arched back doggy pose sets the focus on her backside which looks nice.

Final Words

This was all about Fujibayashi Kyou – Gym Storeroom version, I hope you liked the pictures and idea behind them.

It’s overall a nicely designed figure. The concept with the compact doggy pose is both sweet and sexy, as Kyou has a nice butt. The P.E. uniform looks very stylish and pretty. The figures expression is also quite good. For a figure from a decade ago it’s great and a nice memento of Clannad, who honestly did not receive many nice figures.

There should be more figures based on Kiyoto Animation characters, why is there no Violet Evergarden?

Today, I will present you a newU Preorder post. Uhh, what has the Figure Hobby turned into, it is more expensive than ever before, release dates became unreliable and updated dates are pushed around more regularly than ever.

Although with all those negative aspects one can not complain about the lack of beautiful figures.
This month was full of very nice figure announcements, which actually needs to the next problem…

Which one should I purchase!?

Rikka Takarada – I Believe in Future from GSC

From the SSSS Gridman show that I liked just a little bit, main heroine Rikka appears in an nice pose with parts of the base flying around her. The cute expression aside this figure is a rather ecchi creation, some will like it some won’t.

The figures proportions seems to be more inspired by pixiv artworks than how the girl looked in the anime, but that is fine since I love nicely shaped thighs like that. There aren’t many figures around with such voluminous thighs and I really like the figures expression, so I would be very happy to order the figure here. She is scheduled to be released 2021, that is for sure a long time, but I would not have to worry too much about expenses for 2020.

release date: April 2021 – list price: 19,800 Yen

Chino – Summer Uniform from PLUM

Plum just makes the best figures of young girl characters and this Chino could be easily one of their best.
The sculpt and overall presentation are so enchanting, everything about her is just so sweet and happy.
Her summer uniform accentuates her cuteness once more and everything looks quite lively.
I think from all the figures listed in the post her preorder will be set by me soon.

release date: 03 2020 – list price: 14,850 Yen

Hurdle Girl Illustration from Skytube

An figure adaptation based on a character drawn by Kekemotsu, the color palette is strong, the bold yellow jacket for example is striking. I approve about hurdle running in a black bikini and I also really appreciate that they combined the rather daring outfit with a very sweet facial expression and the golden eyes are beautiful. It seems to be a pretty figure of a nice, sweet girl in a skimpy outfit and a great looking butt.

release date: 08 2020 – list price: 19,580 yen

ARMS NOTE Kouhai-chan of the Swimming Club from AMAKUNI

I would really appreciate it if AMAKUNI would start giving bigger promo pictures to the shops, it’s just so tiny!

Ahem, while I don’t know a lot about ARMS NOTE, this stunning figures positive aura is contagious, really love the golden eyes and the happy fang. The tan suits the figure very well, especially in combination with the blue sports bikini.

release date: 09 2020 – list price: 13,618 Yen

Kantai Collection Suzuya [Xmas]mode from AMAKUNI

I forgot about Kancolle to be honest, still remember the characters that were dear to me, but I only play Azure Lane nowadays. Nevertheless this Suzuya figure is especially pretty in the nicely textured red christmas dress, the exposed shoulders and overknee black santa boots.

release date: 09 2020 – list price: 14,500 Yen

Ore o Suki nano wa Omae dakekayo – Sanshokuin Sumireko from Aniplex, Aquamarine

Her anime is on my “going to watch” list, but I really know nothing about this character. Nevertheless her figure appears to be very nonchalant and attractive, also her pose looks cool. The alternative top looks very interesting together with this school uniform, I really like the long skirt version in blue.

release date: 08 2020 – list price: 13,182 Yen

Teletha Testarossa: Maid version from Phat Company

In 2018, 13 years later FMP received a new season, not as great as I wanted it to be, you can’t just use content from 13 years ago and expect people to be all excited about a so so adaptation that ended with a cliffhanger. I did finish the light novel because of it and at least Tessa got 3 more figures because of it, but I think this one was the nicest.

release date: 08 2020 – list price: 16,280 Yen

Iya na Kao Sarenagara Opantsu Misetemoraitai Hon Chitose Itou STD version from Alphamax

The angry panty flashing girls are surprisingly popular and this character even got the second adaptation. doing something you don’t like, but still doing it nevertheless is a weird fetish. Anyway a scornful maid is somewhat interesting. There are 2 versions available, one with castoff option and one without, in any case you get the 2 faces, one that shows you even more disgust, you swine!

release date: 06 2020 – list price: 19,580 Yen

Asuka Soryu Langley -Gothic Lolita Ver.- :Re from Kotobukiya

This figure is apparently a reissue from a figure first time released in 2004, the new Asuka figure has a nicer anime style face and a few more smaller differences made, I really like the base with the stairs, the gothic lolita dress is nice anyway.

release date: 05 2020 – list price: 12,800 Yen

Sansei Muramasa – Character’s Selection from Rocket Boy

I really like Sansei Muramasa, but this here is the tainted love version apparently, bondage, chain around the neck, it’s all quite kinky. The figure has an alternative face plate and alternative hip part. I’m really not sure about purchasing this figure, it’s a bit too erotic and display in the open might be interesting.

I know the origin of the figure and while most visual novels have sexual scenes, but Soukou Akki Muramasa is very grim and not vanilla. Still seems to be a great looking figure just not really my cup of tea.

release date: 08 2020 – list price: 17,500 Yen

And now I will show you my latest preorders concerning 2020. The ambitious plan is to order only 8 new figures in 2020, delayed figures doesn’t count at this. I admit with those delays together it looks like I lost control ahahaha.

Asuka Langley – RADIO EVA Original Color

A quite nice figure adaptation of Asuka. There are 2 color variations of this Asuka figure, I decided to get the less saturated one.

Lacia – Black Monolith Deployed version

I’m outing myself … as fan of the Beatles anime, a big reason was the charming Lacia voiced by Touyama, Nao. The figure doesn’t show Lacia’s pretty smile but at least she looks like from the anime. I decided against the cheaper version, I rather want the cool one haha.

Takimoto Hifumi – Witch version

Ummm, why did I buy a figure of Hifumi, I think it’s a very cute figure with the breezy witch outfit and the gigantic hat.

Juliana Eberhardt

I became quite a fan of the odd Raita design, while the body proportions look something special, I’m really addicted to great faces Raita creates. Great coincidence that I also love summer and bikinis, Phat Company also announced a figure of the more friendly looking Riela Marcellis. I will definitely order her, too.

Matoi – Nidy-2D version

The nidy version is so adorable I decided to watch a few episodes of the anime Phantasy Star Online 2 – Episode Oracle, before I would order this Matoi, unfortunately also there she is a cute angel, although she didn’t wear this great outfit so far.

I wish everyone a wonderful start into 2020, I look forward to another year of exciting figures in 2020.

Hello fellow figure collectors, on February the 18th was the annual Wonder Festival Winter event, the first Wonder Festival of 2018. The figure manufacturers exhibited their current projects and planned figures for the future.

I had a very positive impression of this years event, I hope you also liked it. It was a nice mix of quite different figures from different origin. I was really happy about the new Sairenji Haruna from Alter, the charming Takagi san, an 1/6 scaled Rico from Made in Abbys and finally a beautiful figure of Louise Françoise Le Blanc de la Vallière as bride.

Of course there were many more eye catching figures, also in the ero category the manufacturers did not disappoint.
I decided to make a listing of everything I considered interesting, to cut down my work, I will write not too much.

To LOVEru Darkness – Sairenji Haruna

Soukou Akki Muramasa – Ashikaga Chachamaru

To LOVEru Darkness – Momo Belia Deviluke – Babydoll Ver.

Overlord II – Narberal Gamma – so-bin Ver.

Love Live! School Idol Festival – Nishikino Maki – Yazawa Nico- Valentine Hen

Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory – Teletha Testarossa

Louise Françoise Le Blanc de la Vallière – Finale Wedding Ver.

Xenoblade 2 – Homura

Kantai Collection ~Kan Colle~ – Saratoga

Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san – Takagi-san

Magical Record Mahou Shoujo Madoka ☆ Magica Gaiden – Futaba Sana

iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls – Jougasaki Mika – Glorious★Glow

Blade Arcus From Shining EX – Sakuya

Happoubi Jin – Original Character

A.I.Channel – Kizuna Ai

Fate/Grand Order – Saber EXTRA

Fate/EXTRA – Saber EXTRA – Idol Koutei ver.

Taimanin Asagi ZERO – Igawa Asagi

Azur Lane – Akagi

Made in Abyss – Rico

Queen’s Gate – Alice

Original Character – Kasshoku China Musume

Original Character – Skytube – Omamori Hinagiku

Original Character – Skytube – Gal Sniper

iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls – Kanzaki Ranko – Unmei no Machibito Ver.

Youjo Senki – Tanya Degurechaff

Ane Naru Mono – Chiyo

No Game No Life – Shiro – B-style

Youkoso! Sukebe Elf no Mori e – Evelyn Celebrían

Original Character – Saitom

Original Character – Peach Maid Figure Series – Mayuri Maliani

Original Character – Health Care Girl – Saitom

Original Character – “Witch of October 31st” Miss Orangette

Original Character – Hosoyama Shugo

Kuroinu ~Kedakaki Seijo wa Hakudaku ni Somaru~ – Olga Discordia

Tonari no Ie no Annette-san – Annette – Poledance

Soukou Akki Muramasa – Sansei Muramasa

Original Character – Mitiking

Original Character – Momi

 

 
The pictures are from the following sources:

Akiba Weekend

Cut A News

Akibaphotography

Kuri Anime Hotline

figure news

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I really appreciate the effort of those people, they make the Wonderfestival events accessible for us.

 
On the 30th of July, this years Wonder Festival [Summer] was held, all the different manufacturers came together to present their upcoming figures and prototypes. Often it’s an exciting day for me, this year it was a bit less enjoyable.

Normally the mix of painted and grey prototypes and Illustrations that were chosen for figure adaptions make wonfes enjoyable for figure collectors, but this time nearly everything shown was a grey prototype, I really expected to see some prototypes from the last Wonder Festival being painted. Fate Go and Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata ♭ -seemed a bit hyped. There were of course some nice figure prototypes I will show you my favorites here in my small summary.

Ashikaga Chachamaru – Soukou Akki Muramasa

This Chachamaru was my biggest joy to see at the Wonderfestival, she is so beautiful, her expression with her gaze over the shoulder and the general articulation are just great.

Lala Satalin Deviluke  – Onepiece Style – To LOVEru Darkness

Haha that is a hilarious pose for this happy Lala figure ❤

Konjiki no Yami – To LOVEru Darkness

Katou Megumi – Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata ♭ – Dress Ver.

Iowa – Half Damage Ver. – Kantai Collection

Oh something was painted on this rather monochrome event ahahaha. I’m not a real Iowa fan, but she looks interesting and I really like her legs.

Kouhai-chan – Getsuyoubi no Tawawa

Louise Françoise Le Blanc de la Vallière – Finale Wedding Ver. – Zero no Tsukaima

Kyahhh! After the last season of ZnT I was hoping that another figure of Louise or even her friends would be made,but my hopes were crushed bitterly. Now after 5! years after Zero no Tsukaima F, I will get a bride figure of my first anime waifu ❤❤❤! that actually sounds too good to be true.

Kasumi – Renewal – Dead or Alive 5 Last Round

I actually always liked the old Kasumi from Max Factory, but had the impression that it could be better, so this “Renewal” announcement makes me curious.

In the year I liked the varietyon the Kotobukiya booth

 Nishizumi Miho – Girls und Panzer der Film

Jabami Yumeko – Kakegurui

Kani Nayuta – Imouto sae Ireba Ii.

 Morikubo Nono – iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls

Izumi Sagiri – Eromanga Sensei

You don’t see figures like that very often I think the girl with the watergun is truly enchantïng ❤

Tamaki Ako – Netoge no Yome wa Onna no Ko Janai to Omotta?  

Awww it’s Ako ❤❤❤
I would like to have a figure of the cute heroine of Netoge. This figure looks already quite promising and she is so cute.

Ooyodo – Kantai Collection

Kancolle figures aren’t as popular as in previous years, but they are still being made. I like Ooyodo and it is nice to see her painted, she looks just great and just enchanting. Apparently this figure doesn’t heavily rely on fanservice, it’s mainly a good design.

Original Character –  Happoubi Jin

I liked the butterfly lady from FLARE, the more realistic character design makes it quite interesting and the overall look is also appealing.

Saber – Okita Souji – Fate/Grand Order

I tried my.best to ignore everything labeled Fate GO but this cute adaption of Saber is just right up my alley. Some months ago I already saw the beautiful garage kit and so the news of it getting a Pvc figure adaption makes me extremely happy.

Original Character – Yabu Sudare Haji na Maid-san – Skytube Premium

This commando maid figure is quite interesting with a decent paintjob it will be hard to resist.

Sawamura Spencer Eriri – Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata ♭

Original Character – Skytube Premium – Sameshima Urara

Yes, please!

Original Character – I.V.E – White Elf

Original Character – I.V.E – Laura Mischief

Tsukikawa Saki – Mashumaro☆Imouto☆Succubus☆ 

Kuramoto Erika – Mahou Shoujo

Erika is finally painted and I was very surprised how nice she turned out, just look at her beautiful face, I like the half naked angel.

Original Character – Injection Time! Sakurako

I remember that I’ve been waiting for this figure to get painted since 5 damn years, would someone please take the time to paint this precious figure for the next Wonderfestival already.

Original Character – Saito Masatsugu

I really like that idea, the character is cute and even though it’s a nude figure, it’s not a naughty one, you even get a tripod with camera.

Original Character – Klone

I also liked this funny figure, cheerfully swinging around her whip. I think the sadistic but also happy expression gives her something specïal. The figures nice body also looks interesting, she ïs a DFC character with some seriously nicely endowed hips

Wagaya No Liliana-san – Liliana

I this high kick pose is cool Hopefully this Liliana won’t be as glossy as her other figures so far.

Non Virgin – Suguri Hiromi – Bunny Girl

While I really appreciate the style of Oda Non and the high level of craftsmanship, I don’t need the additionally lewdness with these rings and stuff XD Ahahaha but there will be more hot ladies in this lewd lineup.

Kuroinu ~Kedakaki Seijo wa Hakudaku ni Somaru~ – Olga Discordia

Next to that BINDing selected a few great looking illustrations to adapt into figures, with their level of qualïty I have high expectations of these projects. Can I expect to see a figure of the blonde Dark Elf in the future, too?

Original Character – Morning

Original Character – necömi

Original Character – Warabino Matsuri 

I feel quite interested in this one ❤

 
That’s all folks, this Wonderfestival 2017 Summer didn’t make me as happy as previous events, it still was nice to see a few interesting things. I feel a bit sad about the lack of Granblue Fantasy, I would have been so happy about a Lyria figure, I also would have liked to see a figure of Lailah (Tales of Zestiria the X).I don’t like that there were so many things from that hyped Fate Go, or other overly popular things, I would have prefered a bït more variety from the manufacturers. The nagging won’t stop here yet, I also expected to see some of the grey prototypes from the previous wonfes painted, did the Summer Wonderfestival came so surprisingly for the manufacturers?

How was your impression from the event?
Did you feel satisfied with everything and also saw some things you want?

In the end I would say that a limited number of must haves is good, considering the figure prices nowadays.

Kanzaki Ranko – Dark Princess – iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls

“jawdrop” Ranko was one of the biggest eyecatchers

Sagisawa Fumika – Bright Memories ver. – iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls

Oh wow! Fumika looks extra beautiful and happy

Koizumi Hanayo – Sangatsu Hen – Love Live! School Idol Festival

It looks like ALTER won’t stop and Hanayo gets another figure adaption, to be honest her first figure had a very childish costume. This one is prettier.

Hoshizora Rin – Sangatsu Hen – Love Live! School Idol Festival

following Hanayo’s outfit Rin also gets a new figure adaption

Lala Satalin Deviluke – Maid ver. – To LOVEru Darkness

the planning team of Alter apparently likes To Love Ru Darkness and Lala. Here she is portrayed as naughty maid ^^

Koshimizu Sachiko – Jishou – Kanpeki ver. –  iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls

I like Sachiko’s interpretation of cute, she wears a lovely expression and beautiful dress.

Ichinose Shiki – Perfume Tripper ver. – iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls

Another Idol, but in a different context as on stage. The figure looks really interesting and wears an attractive outfit.

Lancer – Fate/Grand Order

Everyone likes pretty women in cozy sweaters.

Sonico – 10th Anniversary Wedding ver.

OMG! a Sonico bride was also present, extremely beautiful and adorable. I could already preorder her last week.

Vira – Granblue Fantasy – Summer ver.

Vira looks quite pretty there. Idols and Kancolle still overshadow Granblue Fantasy, but slowly the number of figures increases.

Miki Sayaka – Gekijouban Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica 

I like my Sayaka Miki figure from GSC a lot, this one seems to be a little more dynamic

Shigure – Kantai Collection  – Casual ver.

Oh my god a casual Kancolle girl! I was always more interestest in the characters than the bulky shipparts. Shigure also is a favorite of mine, she even has a camera.

Sawamura Spencer Eriri – Swimsuit ver. – Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata ♭

Haha that Eriri is cute, I really like swimsuit girls paired with swim rings.

Arisa – Shadowverse

This one appears like a very detailed figure, the female archer is pretty and has pointy elf ears.

Wilhelmina Braunschweig Ingenohl Friedeburg – Swimsuit ver. – High School Fleet

considering the cute style of the anime, I guess this figure might look really sweet after she received some paint.

Irizaki Mei – Swimsuit ver. – High School Fleet

The hyperactive Torpedo Officer is also nicely captured, I like the inflatable torpedo toy she has and the bare shoulder her loose shirt reveals.

Mutsuki – Nendoroid – Kantai Collection

I’m quite happy about a Nendoroid of my ship waifu Mutsuki.

Lala Satalin Deviluke – bride ver. – To LOVEru Darkness

Max Factory also likes Lala, she looks very cute and I think about adding her to my Sairenji bride, so I would be a very happy fan of the first TLR season.

Shuten Douji – Fate/Grand Order

Yes, she is a sexy, little demon. Even without really knowing the origin I would say Max Factory created a stunning figure adaption of the character.

Iowa – Half Damage ver. – Kantai Collection

The pretty Iowa ship girl was a nice addition to Kancolle, she quickly became very popular. In her half damaged look, Iowa looks beautiful, curvy and has a flirty atmosphere, like a pin up girl.

Hatsune Miku – Racing 2016, Team Ukyo Support ver.

Seems to be bicycle racing Miku with all the focus on bicycles in anime recently, this no bad idea ad most of the figure looks very appealing.

Takamaki Anne – Kaitou Fuku Ver. – Persona 5

This looks great, but who is this?

Aty – Summon Night 3

Ii always liked Aty’s character design, this upcoming figure of her is scaled 1/5 which is very nice.

Rem – Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu

Rem is so much more popular than her sister. Still despite all her cuteness a naughty bikini bride might not be the best outfit for her.

Kawakami Mai – Musaigen no Phantom World

Yeah, I want this cute figure of Mai, actually more figures from Musaigen no Phantom World.

Ayanami Rei – Evangelion Shin Gekijouban: Q

Lady Rei looking good

Mizunashi Akari – Aria

Will this finally be a Akira figure that I want to buy I hope so.

Sakuya – Blade Arcus From Shining EX

Sakuya sensei! I’m very interested into such a figure.

Kashima – Kantai Collection 

Amakuni made a lovely Kashima figure, such a nicely painted face and remember, don’t do bad things to Kashima!

Michael – The Seven Heavenly Virtues  

The 7 Deadly Sins receive some counterparts, The Seven Heavenly Virtues I’m not that interested in another lineup, but Charity is very cute.

Izetta – Shuumatsu no Izetta

Awww it’s Izetta! the pose and expression are so good.

Vira – Granblue Fantasy

So this is Vira when she is not going to the beach, I like her playful but also dangerous expression.

Charlotte – Shironeko Project

This one looks also very cool

Sonico – SoniComi – Christmas ver.

Some progress on Santa Sonico, she is nicely detailed so far.

Galko-chan – Nurse style – Oshiete! Galko-chan 

Galko as nurse, sure why not, please continue.

Tenshi – Bunny Style – Angel Beats! 1st Beat

Tenshi looks very cute, but also attractive in her bunny suit.

Alice – Queen’s Gate

Yay, finally there is a figure, since I’ve received my Alice from AlphaXOmega I also wanted another figure of her in a standing.

Tamaki Ako – Netoge no Yome wa Onna no Ko Janai to Omotta? 

Please make her soon, Ako is so sweet.

White elf – Original Character – I.V.E

The elf figure looks so interesting and attractive

Usako – Hoshizora no Babylon -Semarikuru Cosmic Sukebe Onee-sans

A figure based on a VN game ^^ nice curves.

Original Character – I.V.E – Laura Mischief

Another appealing figure from Kalmia Project, I really like their choices of figure adaptions so far.

Original Character – Houtengeki

I know this illustrator from pixiv, I really like it and hope to see a prototype next time.

Original Character – Houtengeki II

A very talented illustrator

Original Character – yapo

One of my friends pointed out that the cute girl is a trap, but as long as it’s cute…

With this borderline illustration we end todays post, I hope you also had fun with the first Wonderfestival of 2017 coverage, the next one will be on 3rd July. The pictures were borrowed from akiba weekend, Akibaphotography,
Cut A News and moeyo. Thank you for the hard work otherwise such a post wouldn’t be possible.

stay tuned for the nex post with the 18+ part of the Wonderfestival 2017 winter.

I’ve liked this Granblue Fantasy character already from several fan made illustrations, both normal and more fanservice related ones. I also liked this very figure on first sight, for a few reasons I’ve bought her shortly after the release in October 2016, but fortunately I did.

The figure was sculpted by Matsumoto Kouei, she is scaled 1/8 and is 18,5 cm in height.

Danua the cute and short demon girl surprised me with a quite sad background story, according to that, she is presented in a darker mood unusual for bishoujo figures, though Danua looks very cute in a melancholic way, which is also charming. She has a diorama base and 2 interesting monster dolls with sharp knives that accentuate the morbid atmosphere.

The figures outfit consists of something between a spaghetti strap summer dress and a nightgown with a elaborate corsage around her waist. She also wears fingerless gloves and has a half heartedly bandaged arm. The white dress shows nice wrinkles and shading, also the corsage also looks really good with the dark purple and metallic painted areas.

Danua has elaborately crafted dark hair, the strands are sharp and clean, I also like this reflection line at her deep hanging fringe. At the sides long horns with fancy decorations are coming out of her skull. The demon girl also has cute droopy elf like ears. The figure has a beautiful face, the face tilted downwards creates a unique presentation of a bishoujo figure.

A very appealing aspect of Danua is the variety of expressions she can show, just from changing the perspective, she can look cute, grumpy and also straight scornful.

Danua is a little sister type and speaks with a very cute voice, she appears a bit defenseless, but she is assisted and supported by her living dolls, Hansel and Gretel. They are intelligent and despite their tattered and scary appearance they are very kind and care a lot about Danua. The dolls are also part of this figure, they look really scary without knowing the game. Hansel is walking on the base and Gretel is hold up by Danua in a shy manner.

Danua is a short, petite girl, well partially she is not exactly petite, she has a very attractive body and well endowed boobs, that barely fit into her dress and create a luxuriant cleavage.

The base looks good, but could be a bit more detailed or of higher resolution. The figure can nevertheless also stand without her base, only supported by the train of her long dress.

Final Words

Danua is a great figure, Kotobukiya did a wonderful job with manufacturing her figure.

The figure follows the official game design by Hideo Minaba very closely. She is at the smaller end of the 1/8 scale, but nevertheless a great looking figure with lovely details. Danua is very appealing as figure and her expressive face is just too cute. The sculpting is is very detailed and overalll the figure is nicely colored.

She is still available at some shops, no need to hesitate ^^

Hey Followers, what’s up? It’s the end of November and a (probably) last time this year we will take a look at the recently announced anime and game figures that appeared at the shops, in autumn the number of appealing figures increase dramatically, so this post has many entries.

Ordered Items

Nanairo Reincarnation – Kotori Takigawa

This cute little maid in skimpy uniform really caught my interest, I just ordered her without a second thought. She has an adorable face with detailed facial features and also cute proportions with average sized boobs and soft curves all around she is a lovely figure.

manufacturer: Kalmia Project  – scale: 1/7 – release: April 2017

Super Sonico Nuresuke Satsueikai

It’s been some time since I ordered an interesting Sonico figure or saw one that wasn’t a prize figure. I’m still a Sonico fan and fortunately the figure manufacturers never get bored of. This figure wears a casual street outfit, ok she accidently was hit by water, but what would Sonico be without a bit of fanservice here and there. The figure has a nice big 1/6 scale, DRAGON Toys figures often turn out really nice and this Sonico should turn out great, as well.

manufacturer: DRAGON Toy – scale: 1/6 – release: February 2017

Peach Maid – Ami

Sorry I’m a perv (//∇//). Well, the first time I saw this maid figure at the last Wonderfestival, I already knew that I had to get her no matter what. In the first place, Ami has an amazingly nicely made face with a strong expression. On the other hand I also like all sorts of maids, even the half naked ones, I can’t deny that her ecchi bits were also a small convincing aspect.

manufacturer: Process/Native – scale: 1/7 – release: May 2017

Interesting

I haven’t ordered any of these figures yet, but I think they are very interesting and I like them. Tell me which figure you like, which not or which figure you would like to see in a review here.

Senran Kagura NewWave G Burst – Ikaruga – Circuit no Joou

Vertex announced a nice looking big scaled figure of Ikaruga in a skimpy outfit. She is one of my favorite Senran Kagura characters, she is a pretty girl and I also love long jet black hair.
The figure portrays her in a slightly bendover pose as grid girl with battle torn clothes. The characters in Senran Kagura are squishy in the right places and she is no exception. In 1/6 scale her attractive proportions are accentuated nicely, on their official blog Vertex also hinted her top is castoff able. On top of that Ikaruga also has a cute bashful smile.

manufacturer: Vertex – scale: 1/6 – release: March 2017

THE IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls – Ranko Kanzaki Memories Ver.

I know someone who probably ordered this Idol figure at the speed of light ^^. I’m really convinced by ALTER’s Ranko figures, she has a cute face and wonderful red eyes.

manufacturer: Alter – scale: 1/8 – release: May 2017

Fate/EXTRA CCC – Saber Bride

I really like this figure adaption of Saber Bride a lot, judging from the promo pictures from Hobby Maxx. This Saber looks elaborately desinged with her dynamicly sculpted outfit and the pretty paintjob. I’m also enchanted by her sweet and gentle face. To get this figure with a stylish base you’ll have to buy her at shops like Big in Japan or Nippon Yasan for a little more.

manufacturer: HOBBY MAXX – scale: 1/8 – release: August 2017

Fire Emblem if – Camilla

Partially I like this figure because of her gorgeous color combination, purple, black and gold. The figure looks very pretty and somehow elegant. Her face also has a kind expression, like a lovely big sister. You know, I totally like these kind of hairstyles that keep on eye hidden.

manufacturer: Intelligent Systems – scale: 1/7 – release: September 2017

Sanfujinka Shikeishuu Byouin Jack- Asami Akabane

FREEing adapted a naughty nurse fantasy into a big 1/4 scaled figure, Asamai is a mature woman with a hot and curvy body, apparently she has really big boobs and in general her uniform is tightly fitting. As you can see her body is sculpted and painted in a quite detailed fashion. She also has a quite unique face with a lot of paint which is unusual for figures of that scale. I’m not a big fan of the long and thin nose, aside from that she looks very attractive.

manufacturer: FREEing – scale: 1/4 – release: May 2017

Love Live! School Idol Festival – Honoka Kosaka

Honoka was a bit plain for a leader personality in Love Live! nevertheless ALTER made a wonderful figure of Honoka, following the Love Live! School Idol Festival “tradition” the figure is elaborately styled and her outfit is brimming with details, it makes her something special.

manufacturer: ALTER – scale: 1/7 – release: June 2017

Love Live! School Idol Festival – Kotori Minami

I was happy to hear about the re-release of this cutest Kotori figure, I kind of missed ordering her in the first round. The sheduled release it not the best timing for me though, it should be happened 6 months later. I love Kotori and this figure of her is simply amazing.

manufacturer: ALTER – scale: 1/7 – release: July 2017

Dagashi Kashi – Hotaru Shidare

PULCHRA makes this creative eyecatching figure of Hotaru, chilling in a concrete tube, it looks like a promising sculpt with Hotaru looking like her anime counterpart with a nice face and a detailed outfit. I’m always very picky with figure adaptions from characters I really like, I didn’t like the Hotaru, that Max Factory showed earlier this year. This figure features one of Hotaru’s stylish outfits, I always liked the way she is dressed.

manufacturer: PULCHRA – scale: 1/7 – release: March 2017

Murakami Suigun no Yakata Original – F-ism Vol.20 F-ism Shoujo

What I really like about this figure are her faces, she actually comes with two different ones. The figure itself wears a pretty shool uniform, though for some reason she is wrapped in funny bondage ropes underneath, I’m not really a fan of it, but I could probably cut it off somehow, if I would decide to really get her. With optional parts you can make this figure more questionable, so I don’t feel too fond of this figure in the end, because it’s all too much, even though she has extremely beautiful eyes. Make a normal figure like that you demons!

manufacturer: Daiki Kogyo – scale: 1/6 – release: June 2017

Hdge technical statue No.15 GANTZ:O – Reika X Shotgun ver.

Union Creative is a more or less unkown company nevertheless they aren’t afraid of making such a challenging sculpt of Raika in a stunning and shiny black bodysuit. The face looks nicely detailed and attractive. One of the figures striking features is also this nice, plump butt.

manufacturer: Union Creative – scale: 1/7 – release: March 2017

Racing Miku 2016 Ver.

This is probably the cutest Miku figure I’ve ever seen, her face shows the sweet curiosity of a cheerful young girl. As far as it concerns me, she is also the prettiest Racing Miku, without any futuristic hullabaloo. She is sitting on a pile of tyres and has a nice and lively articulated pose. This Miku is a very appealing figure with vivid colors and an overall adorable appearance.

manufacturer: Good Smile Company – scale: 1/8 – release: August 2017

Excellent Model LIMITED – Active Raid: Liko

Liko is a kind of mascot from the Active Raid anime, I could’nt bear to watch more than 5 episodes, but it wasn’t the fault of Liko. MegaHouse turned Liko into an expressive figure, very detailed and with nice colors. I really like her pretty eyes and the nicely flowing hair.

manufacturer: MegaHouse – scale: 1/8 – release: April 2017

Oh My Goddess! – Belldandy – Me, My Girlfriend and Our Ride Ver.

I never took the chance to look at the Oh My Goddess! franchise, a few times I saw a Belldandy figure here and there. Here Belldandy  appears with a new look and artistic sculpt. Clad in a racing suit, she is a cheerful, sporty girl, sitting on a futuristic motobike like flying machine. I like it, the figure looks nicely detailed and the vehicle is extremely interesting.

manufacturer: Good Smile Company – scale: 1/8 – release: September 2017

Taimanin Yukikaze 2 – Rinko Akiyama Pole Dance Ver.

From the lewd ninja saga comes a creative pole dance figure of Rinko, she is a very pretty girl with a buxom body and a huge butt. The figure is really an ecchi gem as far as I can tell. She has an expressive face, a nicely detailed, purple bodysuit and the 1/7 scale is a nice size to show her amazingly sexy body. She also has another torso to display her with bare boobs.

manufacturer: Milestone – scale: 1/7 – release: March 2017

KING OF PRISM by Pretty Rhythm – Taiga Kougami

I like bishounen characters when they don’t look too girly or like one of these womanizer types with pointy chin. Taiga looks so cool also in this nonchalant outfit. Without knowing anything about his origin it’s a good looking figure with a really nice “bad mood” expression.

manufacturer: Flare – scale: 1/8 – release: May 2017

Gakusen Toshi Asterisk – Toudou Kirin

Ignoring the mainly disastrous second season, I liked Gakusen Toshi Asterisk quite a bit, also for it’s cute character desings. Kirin the shy girl with amazing sword skills was chosen to be the First, but hopefully not last adaption from that source. The attractive figure with it’s nice colors, especially the awesome shade of purple, portrays her serious and athletic side.

manufacturer: Aspire  – scale: 1/8 – release: June 2017

So we have reached the end of this oversized “New Preorders” post, maybe there was something interesting for you listed?, in summary the figure collecting hobby stays interesting, even with the current price level.

Next year I will post New Preorders 35, hopefully the manufacturers won’t announce more alluring figures this year…

The End