This figure was released in 2024 and sculpted by Yadokari.

Bremerton is a character from the always popular Azure Lane, as Heavy Cruiser type of the Eagle Union faction. she is a popular character and received several sexy skins. the outfit of the figure is also based on one of the event outfits.

I like Bremerton she is like a heavy version of Louise Françoise Le Blanc de la Vallière, for those that are still familiar with the character.

this Bremerton figure is a good presentation of the character, she is a beautiful girl with the expressive eyes and detailed make up are one of the highlights of her, furthermore she has a small open mouth with her teeth showing and a mole.

without a doubt she is one of the bigger girls, her proportions are generally thicc. big boobs, wide hips and everyone can appreciate such strong and sexy thighs.

also the complex hairstyle of Bremerton has been recreated faithfully and attention to detail. I like mature girls with twintails, the pink hair with the brown strands is beautiful, the pretty hair ornaments adds some more cuteness.

her outfit is supposed to be a sporty tennis dress with exposed stomach, after the hot training her top became slightly transparent and you can see her black bra underneath. her pleated skirt looks really pretty, the sculpting gives it a soft appearance and the colors are cute. the sporty sneakers are a cool addition.

What I really like about her is necklace with the heart pendant, she also has a navel piercing. under the skirt she it wearing strange underwear where I don’t only question the design and comfort.

I like the v neck cleavage a lot, nevertheless the forced castoff for her top is possible, but since the nipples aren’t as detailed as they would be with an intended nudity feature, it’s not worth it for me.

the outfit is a bit on the bulky side, 1mm less material thickness would have been possible. the transparent top is a good idea, but in my opinion the transparency could be better, maybe they should have given it the same treatment as the skirt in terms of no opacity. the lewdest part of the figure is probably her detailed crotch additionally being painted with a shiny finish.

Mimeyoi delivered a nice figure of Bremerton with above average quality, paintjob and sculpting are honestly excellent. generally this Bremerton figure is beautiful, face and hair are especially nice about her, a few things about her bothered me quite a bit nevertheless, for example the visual difference between top and skirt and the ugly underwear, I am also not a fan of the deep squatting pose either.

Whenever I open the page of Hobby Search or AmiAmi, there is a lot of figures on nearly every day. Japanese anime figures and recently chinese anime figures from companies, I have never heard of flood the figure market. it’s nice to have a variety to choose from, but for my taste it are way too many, but that is a topic for another day.

Hua Hu was manufactured by AniMester, they are a 100% chinese based company. Hua Hu is scaled 1/7, as she arrives nearly completely assembled she is measuring 250 mm. she was sculpted by Mu Yazi_Nnnn.

the figure arrived completely assembled minus the umbrella, which is made of wood and paper. Hua Hu rests on a sturdy base, it’s a very pretty diorama like base, that underlines the asian theme of the figure very well. I think it’s very creative to make the figure appear out of the vertical scroll. They wanted to recreate an ancient painting scroll which works exceptionally good. the figure nearly seems to float above the ground.

The umbrella has a good quality and bigger size, than the umbrellas you would get at your local ice cream shop. still it should be handled with care. I like the bright color and the painting on it, it also creates a beautiful diffuse light on the figure under direct light.

a good figure needs a pretty face and that is where the figure also delivers, she is beautiful with expressive eyes and a nicely detailed mouth, the inner details look really great. she has a flirty and wild expression which gives the figure a very lively presence. there is a scar on her nose, an unique but also a cute feature, overall she is quite charming.

Hua Hu – Mo Li – Mo Shang Li Qing version is a sexy fox lady, she doesn’t have exaggerated proportions like Azure Lane characters for example. she is actually appearing rather petite, she nevertheless has a quite attractive bodyline. she has a modest chest, that actually isn’t all that modest. she also has nice hips and very pretty legs. the arms, legs and shoulders also show much attention to detail. her skintone is generally pale white with a little shade of pink mixed into it. she has an interesting and pretty hairstyle, I like the way how the animal ears were added on her head, it underlines the figures wild nature. The ears articulation appears dynamic and naturally. The ears and tail have a very smooth surface, still the sculpting is quite good and detailed to make it appear fluffy and animal like. the many foxtails, did someone actually count the number? their dark grey to vanilla white color gradient effect is quite nice.

The figure is wearing a quite pretty dress with the golden rim and blue flower ornaments on the front part. Apparently it’s a dudou (兜肚), a chinese neckholder top with exposed back, the subtle silky texture makes it quite elaborate. it’s hidden very well, but the figure is wearing panties.

It appears like the figure is mainly supported by the purple veil that is draped around her legs. although the veil is reaching down to the bottom and a little bit of her tail is leaned on the base to stabilize the figure.

the base is textured on both sides and the inside features a detailed painting, several branches and rocks appear out of the screen.

So what can you expect from Hua Hu made by Animester, while the figure is not Alter‘s high quality, but I can definitely say that it is above what Phat Company does. we hardly find imperfections on this figure.

I would not go so far as to say that level is what you will get with any Chinese figure manufacturer. I’m rather doubtful about the figures that were recently listed at 10.000 Yen or even lower. however Hua Hu – Mo Li – Mo Shang Li Qing version from Animester turned out really great.

I got her for 34.100 Yen (shipping 7.960 Yen), yeah that was one of the more expensive figures. I’m not familiar with the figures origin Meido Busou, obviously the figure is a scanty clad maid with mechanical parts on her body and a gigantic bow weapon. This figure is based on the illustration of Nidy-2D- , who is known for cute female characters that could be considered as generally thicc, for the Meido Busou lineup things go into a more ecchi direction with bare breasts display option and more exposed skin.

Javelin is scaled 1/7 and measures 26 cm with her bow attached she consumes a considerable amount of display space. The figure offers a second face plate and an alternative torso, the alternative display option leaves the bow aside and Javelin is portrayed in a more flirty and also more naked fashion.

Javelin is wearing a corsage under her breasts, but mainly she is wearing a bikini styled in a maid uniform based pattern, it sounds totally strange to combine the most skimpy bikini with frilly parts, but it works in the end. She is also wearing black stockings and her legs are reinforced with something that appears to be an exoskeleton. The elaborate and smell details are quite nice to look at.

The short wavy hair is done extremely detailed with many separated strands and dynamic flow, the inside is painted with red while the outside is a shade of very dark purple. Of course she is wearing a maid cap and I’m a big fan of those mechanical hair ornament bits. The deep hanging bangs are hiding her eyes to some degree.

Javelin has a mature and womanly body, a thicc body with sexy curves, big boobs and a big butt, her body sculpting is very well done, with lots of skindentation effects in combination with her tight fitting outfit. The general feeling of softness is present all over her body. The backside with her shoulders and shoulder blades is very appealing.

The figure has a beautiful face with narrow eyes and beautiful and super detailed bright purple eyes, her face shows a gentle smile, not very expressive but that is ok when you consider that she has an alternative face plate.

Her weapon is a totally oversized compound bow with a massive but also very complex design with really a crazy level of detail, it’s as tall as the Javelin figure itself.

There is another display option for the figure were she gets rid of her mighty weapon and starts to undress.

The other display option shows the figure with half exposed breasts, the pose is showing her in the process of stripping down her bikini top, she is holding the ends of the bikini straps with both and let the bikini top slide downwards slowly. It looks very hot how Javelins breasts spill over her bikini top with the skindentation effect under and at the sides.

Javelins alternative face shows a seductive and saucy smile, she is a very bad maid apparently.

The combination of maid outfit, bikini and a big weapon is surely rather strange concept, but Amakuni created a very nice figure with this Javelin. The figure is of very high quality with perfect hair, fantastic body sculpting and nice colors. The bow weapon takes up a lot of space, but since there is an alternative display option it is not so bad, from the photographers perspective the deep hanging fringe above her eyes bothered me a little, of course I know that it gives the figure a certain atmosphere.

The Pola – Seaside Coincidence version which has been manufactured by ALTER, she is the subject of todays review. Pola is one of the protagonists of the Azure Lane mobile game, there she is a heavy cruiser of the Sardegna Empire.

Personally I think those 2D2 skins are totally getting out of hand with the shipgirls being flirty in such an aggressive and horny fashion. Even I get embarrassed by that. They desperately try getting laid by the commander, no I think they would be the ones on top. Maybe they need some soap in their mouth instead the commander.

Yeah, well that is the origin of the Pola – Seaside Coincidence version figure, a cute looking Pola with a yellow bikini and a dirty mind…

The figure was released in November 2023, the man who was in charge of her figure adaptation was Missile without a doubt, a very talented sculptor. The scale is 1/7 with an overall height of 16cm she comes without any additional or optional parts, you have a metal peg base and can just place the figure where it’s desired to be.

It was actually a figure I was looking forward to a lot, although on arrival I wasn’t that excited to learn that Pola is a figure of the small kind. In terms of height she is smaller than the Javelin – Beach Picnic! version with her overall 27 cm, even when you substract the umbrella their sizes still don’t match very well. Obviously Pola is a lot more well endowed, but even when taking into account that the Pola figure has a more compact pose it’s still very small for 1/7 scale.

I don’t want to be the nagging bitch here, since to be honest the small size really is the only downside of the figure.

The figures hair with it’s bold purple color is a real eyecatcher, there also is the cute twintail hairstyle with a little gradient effect that turns the hairs tips into transparency. Pola also has cool looking sunglasses, they can’t be taken off.

The manufacturer gave beautiful make up to the small figure’s head, you really have to look closer to notice all the little details on the face, I also really like the figures beautiful eyes, the decals have a really high dpi resolution and don’t look printed on at all. Her blush is super cute and so is that tiny open mouth of hers with the tiny front teeth.

The bikini version of Pola is quite enchanting, of course Azure Lane’s general character design follows a simple fanservice direction. The proportions are nevertheless beautiful and even when dressed one can figure out how the characters would look without clothes. Pola is thicc in the best sense of the word, a chubby body that isn’t looking unattractive. Pola has some pounds more, even considered to other “heav cruisers” girls. I adore her wide hips with the surprisingly big butt and the chubby thighs of hers. Her breasts have a sense of weight, a lot of weight apparently, Azure Lane character designers really pay attention to the soft looking breasts and the influence of gravity. The stomach is also nicely sculpted and replicates a nice softness.

She is wearing a yellow bikini with glossy texture, one could argue if it’s the right size anyway. Her breasts barely are supported by the bikini top, so we witness sideboobs, underboobs. The bikini bottom is also doing it’s best to stay in position. No one would wear stockings on the beach, but it honestly looks sexy.

Well, there is a starfish on her butt, I wonder if starfish would actually start to nibble on the human skin under those conditions, someone should take it off asap I’d advise.

The complexity of Pola’s pose make it so that her best angles are from behind, from the front the figure is nicely sculpted as well, but it looks a little strange when her head is turned backwards.

In the middle of the internet world being in a woke wave I really question some of the review sentences I generally use and have used , I don’t want to be considered a pervert, what I do here is pure admiration of the female body, shouldn’t make a difference if it’s a otherworldly 2D beauty or not mind you.

Final Words

Pola – Seaside Coincidence version is a very expressive figure with a beautiful face and an extremely attractive body. The yellow bikini is very pretty, the sculpting of the thicc body is amazingly nice, the details are all there but in the end the Pola is honestly a bit small. The figure deserved to be a damn 1/6 scale statue, not a barely 1/7 scaled beach queen.

AmiAmi still has her on sale when you like bikini figures in general this would be a nice addition in any way

I admit that I had a lot of summer season related figures in previous months, I only have one more and we can focus on the naughty nuns category instead.

Today we take a look at the strong Hololive girl Shirogane Noel, although I don’t consider myself a fan, but I can appreciate appealing figure designs. After Minato Aqua – Aqua Iro Super☆Dream♪ version, Noel is my second figure based on the Hololive universe. In the first place I only buy figures with appealing looks, I have no problems with buying figures from origins I don’t know.

While I would prefer figures based on anime I watch, generally speaking I’m ok with any kind of beautiful figure. Hololive provides appealing designs, it’s quite amazing to see figures made based on youtube fantasy characters anyway. The characters have a short half life time in the entertainment industry, shorter than Kancolle, you should enjoy it for the time being and get the merchandise you would like.

The release date of the Shirogane Noel – Swimsuit version was in November 2023, the sculptor in charge was Katahara Itashi. This figure was manufactured by Good Smile Company. The scale is 1/7 and seems to be pretty accurate when comparing it to other 1/7 scaled figures from GSC.

While those sandals are probably not good for using them in the ocean or even the pool, they nevertheless look really great.

There is another figure of her available in knight armor unfortunately for rather expensive 27.000 Yen, the Noel on todays review was surprisingly inexpensive with its 18.000 Yen.

There are rumors that her voice actor does erotic ASMR videos on a different platform. I stumbled upon it and I can say that really is something else, I can understand why people would like it, pero!pero!pero!

This Noel bikini figure has a quite creative base with it’s slightly angled position, the swim ring adds more dynamicism to the sculpt what makes it a more interesting looking figure, the recreated water looks very nice, it is made with epoxy like material and surprisingly heavy. This is probably one of the prettiest swim rings I have seen on a PVC figure so far, from the plastic like gloss to the bulky and thin wrinkles on it, it all adds a distinctive realistic look.

Her hair is very detailed with it’s elaborate and separately sculpted strands, the light purple color is quite appealing. Her attractive face has beautifully designed green eyes while one eye is closed, the happy looking mouth is adorable and the figures radiates a generally positive atmosphere.

Noel is a beautiful girl and she is also quite sporty, her muscular arms look fantastic and so does her abdomen of steel. But the girl isn’t only hard muscles, her bouncy boobs look really beautiful and impressive. The bodysculpting is pleasing to the eye, further details thai could be overlooked easily are the good looking armpit and a beauty mark on her left breast.

Her bikini is a fashionable piece of beach attire, the blue and white colors are really pretty. The bikini top is connected to the neck, the cross connector in the middle, above her chest looks cool and supporting. Over the high cut bikini panties she is wearing a miniskirt, I would say she looks more dressed that way.

Small details like these small belts around the arm or the right thigh are nice to look at. There also is a cute scrunchy around her wrist, the adjustable sunglasses are funny the shinyness and transparency of them adds a good quality feel.

Happy New Year, but I will start with a figure that I have received a little earlier in 2023. It’s the cute and boisterous Daiwa Scarlet from Uma Musume: Pretty Derby, the gatcha game from Cygames that received three anime adaptations, that performed rather successful with a rating from 7,5 – 8, well received from fans of the game and the regular anime consumer, it’s sport, it’s drama and it’s a cute show about girls with animal ears.

The figure was manufactured by Max Factory, as sculptor in charge Akimof was chosen. The official release began in August 2023. Daiwa Scarlet is sculpted after the official design of Daiwa in her uniform, she actually really runs her competitions in this attire.

The figure is scaled 1/7, the overall height is 29 cm, since the figure is delivered with a podest like base.

I only saw the anime adaptations of Uma Musume, I expected the role of Daiwa to be a bit less of a sidecharacter. She was apparently chosen to be turned into a figure because of her popularity in the gatcha game. What I liked were the adorable character design and the story that was told, the crazy names of the characters were hilarious, though. The characters are all named after popular race horses from the 90’s, the real horses were mainly males, but the franchise probably works better with a female cast.

In Europe we actually have no good opinion of horse racing, there are things like animal abuse, and after they ended their racing lifespan the horse would most likely end as sausage. In Japan they apparently are friendlier to the ex race horses. They can spend the other half of their life at a nice farm with other horses together.

The real Daiwa Scarlet is still alive, after she took part in 12 races in total and won 8 of them. That doesn’t sound like a real hard challenge, but the horses probably lose speed at a certain age. While most race horses turn out to be stallions, Daiwa indeed was a mare, a female horse. That is probably the reason for the figures proud chest.

Do you actually know how horse girls are being made?

This is secret information, but you probably can guess that yourself. Anyway that topic is never addressed at any point.

The figure is standing on her podest in a bold victory pose with her index finger pointing forward.

Daiwa Scarlet has lots of hair in a nice auburn colored tone, she is wearing a twintails hairstyle and she also has a real ponytail coming out of her lower back. The hair is sculpted in a very detailed way and every strand looks very soft and smooth, of course it’s still PVC material.

The figures face is very expressive, the sharp eye decals are burning with joyful ambition and the open mouth with the single fang is adorable and shows traits of a michievous personality.

The girls uniform looks quite elite, like a parade uniform of an highly decorated general, but basically it’s just a fancy costume, it’s a quite nice royal blue uniform with shoulderpads and a lot of golden elements.

The figure can’t hide the fact that Daiwa has big boobs, the cutout for the blouse gives them the spotlight, we can’t spot any indicated nipples, so it’s not ecchi by default, unfortunately I would say at that point. The skirt shows nice movement and design, the underskirt is white and slightly translucent, both skirts have the golden colored rim.

of course with the short skirt, the horsegirl can’t wear normal panties in public during horse racing, so she is wearing blackspats instead. The legs look great! The revealed skin at the higher area around her legs is attractive, it also shows the figures interesting leg wear. The black garter belt like stockings are placed inside white thigh high boots inside an adorable looking ankle boots. the design with golden and blue lines is visually appealing and the tiny ribbons at the ankle boots are just adorable.

Max Factory created a nice figure of Daiwa Scarlet, the figure has a great amount of details, that have been perfectly applied and executed. The figure has a very lively appearance and her fantasy uniform is beautiful. Basically there is nothing wrong with this figure, she is beautiful and nicely crafted, in the end it follows the official design a bit too closely and that is what makes it a bit lackluster for me. The design is not spicy enough. The following is only my personal preference, but I would have been happier with a Daiwa Scarlet that looks something like this.

Her origin is Hololive. Hololive and it’s appeal are totally beyond me, I was trying to learn more about hololive.
Then I got even more confused. Maybe it’s a sign of age that I don’t understand every hype anymore.

The vtubers are medicorely detailed 3D models that are brought to life by motion capturing. Real girls act and talk behind the scenes, they are designed like anime characters and have upbeat personalities. It’s anarchy on youtube, they do talk about normal topics like gaming, but they also use adult language and sexual topics. They are cracking jokes that they probably would not make without their virtual avatar. People having fun with virtual youtubers, my ignorance should not bother anyone of you, I won’t discriminate anyone who is into this kind of entertainment. Since I even bought Hololive merchandise it can’t be a completely bad thing.

This figure is an adaptation of the Minato Aqua character, it shows Minato Aqua as Aqua Iro Super☆Dream♪ version, based on a quite elaborately styled 2D Live costume.

Her sculptor was Chen Tian. when I checked out about the sculptors other works, I discovered that this dude only made Nendoroids so far. as I unpacked the figure though, all worries dissolved instantly.

This Minato Aqua figure was released in February 2023, it was on Valentines Day. She is scaled 1/7 measuring 24 cm.

Minato Aqua has a very cute hairstyle by default, her character description says something like her head is resembling a red onion, which is not especially flattering. In this figure adaptation her hair looks nothing but fantastic, the spiral twintails are super cool and with the dual color application it’s getting even better.

The figure has an extremely cute face with very detailed eye decals, she is wearing an open mouth in shape of a simplified cat head, what works surprisingly well and makes Minato even more adorable. The strong blush is quite nice.

The dress of this figure is just wonderful with a terrific level of detail and complexity, the figures dress is a combination of a wedding dress and princess outfit. The multiple layers of her skirt create an idea of volume and movement, the outside is white and the inside is pink, it’s also decorated with big purple and turquoise ribbons, the smooth sculpting is creating an overall cozy and fluffy atmosphere.

There are further nice little details, like the anchor, the chain around her waist or the tiara with it’s nice metallic shine and great level of detail. Also the collar with the sweet little necklace adds a lot to this figures appeal.

Her high corsage is nice, it accentuates the girls ample breasts and creates a subtle cleavage, the little cleavage is just about the right amount of revealed skin right, it’s a cute addition of fanservice, from the backside you can see Minato’s nice back and shoulders. The figure shows a good amount of feminine appeal without the fanservice getting out of hand.

The focus on the frill, the dynamic sculpting and overall smooth texture are remarkable. You’ll will get drunk from all the kawaii this outfit emits, the white gloves adding a bit more to princess like appearance, again the frill makes everything more cute and enchanting.

Her star shaped base with turquoise painted outline and anchor symbol in the center, the elevated angle gives the figure an dynamic appearance and shifts some attention to the star shaped base with it’s smooth corners. The figure with it’s dynamic pose is slightly tilted forward, when finding a place to display it would be good for her to be not on the lowest spot of your display cabinet(s).

I’m not very familiar with the character, but the quite lovely design of Minato Aqua – Aqua Iro Super ☆ Dream is appealing enough for me to justify purchasing a figure of a character, that I didn’t know much about in the first place. I’m very pleased about just how well that figure has turned out, she has an remarkable high quality, the sculpting of everything is very good, from the dynamically sculpted hair, to the details of her fantastic looking outfit. And there is also the adorable anime style face of hers

’m actually team Eriri Sawamura Spencer , but for some reasons I have decided to get the main characters cousin Hyodo Michiru.

Her name is Hyodo Michiru – lingerie version. The figure was released in Summer 2022. Michiru was manufactured by ALTER and Numakura Toshiaki was in charge of turning her into a three-dimensional figure by following the illustrations of Misaki Kurehito.

I’m a fan of the artists detailed artworks, all of the character creations are simply beautiful, delicate and expressive.

To me it’s a mystery why so many figures from Saenai Hiroin no Sodatekata are around, there have been 2 anime seasons and a movie of it. I admit that I didn’t watch the latest season, which would be Saenai Hiroin no Sodatekata Furatto.

I’m not really interested in harem themed anime anymore, I don’t like to invest feelings and time into tedious harem settings where the wrong girl wins anyway, harem is not good for me anymore,

aside from some ecchi comedy moments, that we anime fans all love.

The trend definitely tilts torwards monogamous romance with animes like Aharen-san wa Hakarenai,

Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san and the extremely popular Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru, where the story focuses on two main characters.

The figure comes out of the box with a huge circular base with cozy, white fake floor on it, a fancy looking stool.

You simply put everything on top of each other, no further assembly is necessary and no cast-off option is implemented.

One of the less good aspects is the size, officially the figure is supposed to be scaled 1/7, but she looks very small for some reasons. The figures head would pass as 1/7 scale, but the body looks like 1/8 scale, especially her upper body appears small.

She has dark purple hair decorated with a pretty flower, the hair is not shoulder long, but with longer strands at the sides, which are framing the characters beautiful face, her kind gaze is just wonderful.

The iconic eye design of Misaki Kurehito really gives the character a lively expression, furthermore she has a cute nose, a wide smiley smile and little blush marks.

The lingerie in this figure adaptation looks more like a cheongsam, but the certain level of opaqueness makes it count as fancy lingerie.

The overall outfit is extremely elaborate with a lot of small and even smaller details, mentioning every part of it would probably take another 1000 words, so just look at the pictures to discover the great design of this figure.

The gentle purple color of her dress is really appealing, the soft folds are really well done and there is also a flower pattern printed on it. I’m really impressed by the silver lining on her dress, the precision is amazing. The cheongsam has several cutouts at the back and at the front, the slits above the thighs are perfectly placed. You also just can’t ignore Michiru’s cleavage. On the petite Michiru her well-developed breasts are rather impressive.

The outfits transparency reveals Michiru’s lower underwear just a little. Additionally, I like the pretty gloves and the stockings with big ribbon at the side, the shading effects also turned out very nice.

I really like the figures very well-articulated pose, where she is apparently patiently sitting on her stool gracefully.

With the arms placed between the slightly spread legs, hahaha in letters this sounds as if the figure would be a lewd one, what she actually isn’t. Come on look at her angelic face, she isn’t such a girl.

Even though Michiru’s outfit can be considered daring and she is an undeniable attractive girl, the whole figure appears very precious and vanilla, because of the graceful and cute appearance, the whole figure goes into a tame and romantic direction.

I’m really happy about the figure, her outfit looks fantastic, pose and body sculpting are both very appealing and the face turned out as cute as desired. Michiru is a good girl that happens to be dressed in a transparent cheongsam looking stunning and kind at the same time

This figure of Takarada Rikka was released in December 2021. She was manufactured by Good Smile Company. Rikka is scaled 1/7 and measures 175 mm including the height of the base.
The figure was sculpted by Jarel who already worked on a number of pretty figures.

Good Smile Company made without a doubt the most impressive looking figures of Rikka and Akane, albeit it took quite some time to get them released than actually announced.

The Gridman anime aired in autumn 2018, the figure has been finished late in 2021. It took quite some patience, but I didn’t want to give my order away. Takarada Rikka is a character from SSSS.Gridman, an anime that is an alternative adaptation of the 1993–1994 series Denkou Choujin Gridman, the anime was made by studio Trigger, it was an 12 episode long anime and aired in autumn 2018.

The big appeal point, next to her thighs, of the Takarada Rikka – I Believe in Future figure is the dynamically designed base, the nice figure is on top of a pile of old electronic parts from decades ago and a few random items that appeared the anime. It’s a chilled pose that has a calm atmosphere. Rikka is holding on to her smartphone and is playing with the earbud cables. The old electronic parts show a great attention to detail, I like the weathering effects and the dirt effect on the cables.

The pose shows a great sense of articulation and has a natural flow to it. The whole sculpt shows a sense of wind, I like the gently flowing hair, also the scarf is fluttering around cheerfully.
Obvious about the figure are her well endowed thighs, rumors say, that the series director of the Gridman anime, Akira Amemiya wanted a female lead character with plump thighs and wide hips.

Calling Rikka a fanservice machine would only be half of the story, her introduction scene was really good and her character actually has more depth than you would expect. Rikka generally has a cool and reserved personality, while she can be a bit snarky, most of the time she is kindhearted and caring though.

The detailed eyes look really great with the shade of blue and purple. The subtle smile gives her a gentle face expression, the tilted head adds a lot to her beautiful looks. I have to say that the face shape doesn’t convince from every direction, but from most angles it looks adorable and like the girl from the anime.

The characters sculpt of the young lady emphasizes around Rikka’s beautiful thighs, I really appreciate that character trait, generally I really like nicely shaped thighs with moderately more meat on them.
On this figure the thighs looks like those of an ice skating sprinter athlete, probably more soft and squishy.

Rikka is wearing a school uniform, nicely detailed with bags and buttons, The jacket covers the pleated navy blue skirt for the most part, as it’s very short.
Because of her pose and the length of her skirt it’s nearly impossible not to see her panties or buttocks.

The sweet and relaxed pose balances out that the amount of bare skin is quite high for a a heroine from a popular mecha anime. You look at these first class thighs, but at the same time Rikka is so cute with her gentle smile and serene posing, that you nearly forget about the fanservice.
Overall this figure turned out great, it comes with a beautiful base and is very detailed from tip to toe.

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.