A whole lot of figure adaptions have been made of Sora, she is surprisingly popular, given her unsocial personality,
that she showed in her VN and anime adaption Yosuga no Sora, but she is a caring little sister. The illustration that this figure is based on was created by Hashimoto Takashi who was in charge of the character designs in the VN. 

The bunny style version of Sora was sculpted by one of my favorite figure artists, Hashimoto Ryou. She was released in late April 2017. I received her before I started my 3 week long vacation this year, so I publish this review a bit late.

The figure is scaled 1/7, comes with a stool that has a magnetic sitting surface to hold Sora in place, the trademark black plush bunny is also part of the set. Alltogether while sitting on the stool, the figure has a size of 27 cm.

Sora has her hair tied into two twintails of impressive length, the deep hanging fringe made photography a bit difficult, but the hidden areas give the pictures an artistic touch. The figure has shiny, yelllow gray ish eyes and the face is quite pretty and has a somehow erotic expression, the slightly open mouth with the sculpted lips is really nice on her. Sora’s gaze over her shoulder is an halfway interested, also halfway desinterested one. while nibbling on a single cherry.

She is a very interesting figure that conveys a strong atmosphere, it’s not what you would describe as cute, although by default Sora is someone I would consider as cute. In this figure adadaption though, Sora appears quite mature with a mysterious aura, the whole figure radiates a sense of elegance, a bunny dress in general is not something I would consider as elegant at all, but Sora with her un-boxum body manages to give the outfit a refined, mature appearance.

I really like Sora in a bunny suit, the slender body and less endowed curves make it look nice and not sexually overloaded as other bunny girl figures that have big boobs and butts. Of course I like those as well, but there is a reason why I have chosen this figure of Sora over the dozen amazing bunny girls from FREEing, like Himejima Akeno. 

The sculpting of her body is really detailed, be it the arms, the lovely thighs or the modest chest, it all looks beautiful. My personal favorite aspect is the detailed sculpting of the backside with her shoulders and upper back.

Sora is quite petite and thin, but she is also a beautiful young girl. Compared to the slim upper body Sora proudly presents her hips in this nicely articulated arched back pose. The pose also lets her butt look firm and attractive,
I also should mention her very pretty legs, the on the stool position lets them appear longer than they actually are. In her league Sora is a beautiful and cool bunny girl in a nicely designed bunnysuit with puffy bunny ears, collar and the obligatory cuffs around the wrists. The top part of the bunny suit is painted in pearl white, it’s shiny texture makes it quite appealing to the eye. Obviously also the sculpting with the seams and creases is perfectly done. Her hips and legs are clad in a dark brown pantyhose with good shading effects that accentuate the nicely shaped legs and bottom.

Final Words

Kasugano Sora – bunny style version is a marvelous, attractive, slender bunny girl figure, her articulation and overall presentation are perfect and create a certain atmosphere. Sora looks just cool, she doesn’t feel cheerful, but she is also not especially fanservice heavy, she is a surprisingly classy looking character for someone in such clothes. This Sora is another awesome and elaborately manufacturered figure made by Alter, but also something special in my eyes.

Good that I could acquire the white version of the Kasugano, Sora – China Dress version.

Many figures these days get a price drop at some point. Sometimes ordering a figure after release turns out as still difficult when there is a higher demand, yet you can manage to get a copy on release. HobbyLink Japan has been my “Saviour” a few times last year when I, after many debating till the end, decided to order a certain figure at the “last minute”.

Kasugano, Sora was manufactured by ALTER and released in November 2014. She caught my attention as I was browsing through some figure shops, all the time I thought she was just another 1/8 figure and well, a 1/8 scaled loli is … Indeed, very small – fortunately Kasugano is scaled 1/7. I really like this scale, it combines a big amount of visible details at a decent size.

In her visual novel Yosuga no Sora, Sora is a character with a difficult personality, the sudden  loss of her parents gave her mental scars and in the end turned her into an indecent sister.

I think it’s obvious that she isn’t the kind of figure where you need to know the whereabouts to admire the beauty of her elaborate design, which was developed by Hashimoto Ryou.
The reviewed version of this this figure has a cream white as main color, but Kasugano, Sora is also available as black color variant which release date is scheduled for February 2015.

The petite girl looks great with the huge, flowing twintails, that consist of many divided strands. Her silky textured chinese dress with black inlay is beautiful, it has all the fitting accessories that belong to this kind of dress, ribbons, thigh high stockings and these long gloves.

As already mentioned Sora is a petite person with a slender torso, the big head accentuates her childlike appearance, but believe it, she is supposed to be at least 16 years old, so her wide hips with the cute butt and meaty thighs give her some mature feminine appeal.

Sora’s butt is magnetic also in a literal sense, thanks to that and slots carved into the seating, the figure solidly sits on her chair base. You could just let her sit on the chair, but ALTER also added a white, small plate for increased stability.

Sora’s pose reminds of a little clumsy attempt of playing seductive, when pulling and lifting the wings of her high cut dress she is forcefully drawing attention to her left leg, when looking from behind, you can also notice that she intends to let you take a peek at her black panties.

I’m a little lost when I should talk about the figures face, of course she’s very pretty with beautiful eyes and blush marks close underneath them, but her expression feels somewhat neutral and lonely. The detailed bangs cast a faint shadow over her dark golden eyes, giving her a mysterious aura, depending on the lighting this effect is more prominent. With the small mouth Sora seems to whistle a song. It would have been awesome, if a yandere face was included for an additional display option, just a personal suggestion.

I decided to shorten my writing in 2015, coming close to or over 1000 words is exhausting on both, the writer and reader, I imagine

I’m impressed by this figure, she’s not only beautiful, but also an as good as flawless product. The elaborate posing paired with the gorgeous appearance create an especially nice figure. From the thin strands of hair, smooth appearance of the sculpting to the printed on dragon pattern, everything boldy demonstrates quality.

All that is realized without the figure being especially fragile and she’s also sitting firmly on her base. There is no merit in a pretty and expensive collectors item if it falls and breaks easily.

Kasugano, Sora – China Dress version is an example for the possible level of craftsmanship of todays beautiful figures. I can’t wait for the upcoming Wonderfestival to see more of that.

I conclude this review with more pictures of this beautiful young lady ^^

other reviews can be found at Reflective Boundary and Hobby Holic

After I’ve shown you my favorite anime openings of Fall Season 2010 in my previous post, today it’s time for the ending themes of the Fall Season 2010. In my opinion the ending and opening themes of the Fall Season were quite good in coparison to other Seasons of this year 2010. In general the ending themes of animes are a bit slow and more relaxed than opening themes, so that the viewer can think about the things which happened during an episode and let them sink in.
I don’t like it when the ending themes make me sad or too melancholic after an episode.

I haven’t watched all animes of the Fall Season so don’t blame me if some good themes are missing in my list. You are free to recommend me the songs you liked, maybe I’ll add them when thy met my taste, of course.
But lets stop with the talking and start with the main part of this post, the videos or better said the songs I liked.

1. Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge – “Akai Coat”  by Suneohair
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N80eH-0N8WI
I love this song and the video looks also very cool

2. Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru – “Maids Sanjou!” by Maids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk-6d_2RO8M&feature=related
E-Guitar, Drums, Violin and a damn Accordion XD

3. Fortune Arterial: Akai Yakusoku – “I miss you” by Veil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nph35maQk9c&feature=related
a bit cheesy, but I like the soft sound in this song a lot

4. Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt – “Fallen Angel” by Aimee B

A bit slow song with nice reggae element

5. Yosuga no Sora –  “Pinky Jones” by Momoiro Clover
Lol there was nothing good on youtube, I hope the link works
Yosuga no Sora – “Pinky Jones” by Momoiro Clover
full power ending spotted dance, dance, dance!

Thx for your attention, see you next time, before I’ll complete  my next post related to the anime shows of Fall Season of 2010 “Anime Fall Season review part 2″I will show you my review of the Se Kirara Shizuno Izumi figma from Max Factory in the next few days.

A Happy New Year to all of you, I wish you all the best for 2011

Some more anime season  related stuff  as little filler until I’ve finished the rest of the shows I’ve started in fall seasons. I think there were some very good openings and ending in this fall/winter season. Opening and ending themes in anime are very important to me they should be catchy and should fit to the atmosphere of the anime. For starters lets have a look into the openings I liked first

1. Amagami SS “Kimi no Mama de ” by azusa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzKqLOVprhw
2. Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru “DOWN TOWN” by Maaya Sakamoto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2n29wa-4Fw
3. Sora no Otoshimono: Forte “Heart no Kakuritsu ” by Blue Drops

4. Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge “COSMOS vs ALIEN ” by Etsuko Yakushimaru
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKii8YAlXUg
5. Motto To LOVE-Ru “Loop-the-Loop” by KOTOKO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOL6Rvbrw60
6. Yosuga no Sora “Hiyoku no Hane” by eufonius
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzhdL4k-uZE

best anime openings fall season 2010 is coming soon…