Armed with a “Guandao”
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Maker Yamato today launched a new line of high quality figures dubbed Project Dynamite, with the long awaited Cobra-Kai sculpted 1/5 scale [ERO] Kanu Unchou prisoner ver. PVC from Ikkitousen as its flagship release. While it's nice to see official online recognition from Yamato that they plan to release the kit, frustratingly there are still no details regarding its price or projected release date. The pre-preorder suspense continues... (no more)
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Griffon announced a veritable blitz of releases over the weekend, with preorders going up for Yamamoto Masahiro sculpted October release China Dress Kanu Unchou and [ERO] Ryofu Housen PVCs, a Sugiyama Satoshi sculpted October release Ryuubi Gentoku PVC, a late September release Akiyama Akio sculpted [ERO] nekkid Sonsaku Hakufu cold cast, and the extravagant Hiroman sculpted Queen's Blade Nanael PVC / resin / cold cast hybrid due out in October. I'd pick up the Hakufu if she were in PVC, but as is the Kanu is the only one I'm mildly interested in (especially given the already full October figure release schedule). Announce these things earlier and you might sell more, Griffon! (no more)
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Orchid Seed pulls to the head of the pack today as the first maker to bring a substantial portion of their Wonder Festival announced PVC lineup up for preorder (thus far on their official site only, other locations expected to have their listings up within the next day or two). Listings now online are the earlier scooped PVC version of their [ERO] Comic Unreal cover girl Fiine kit, due out in December; [ERO] Seinarukana's Ikaru Satsuki, due out in November, and Ikkitousen's Ten'i, out in December as well. This winter is becoming crowded already... (no more)
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Everything that wouldn't fit elsewhere in our Wonder Festival resin coverage is here, with kits ranging from originals to a wide variety of anime, manga, and game sources (Monster Hunter, Narue no Sekai, Juuden-chan, Ah! My Goddess, Kaibutsu Oujo, Idolmaster, Majipoka, Zero no Tsukaima, Kodomo no Jikan, AIKa 16, Yoake, Paniponi Dash, Range Murata, Venus vs. Virus, My Otome, Tokikake, Xenosaga, Muv Luv, Read or Die, Touhou, Littlewitch, Jigoku Shoujo, Nanoha, Witchblade, Genshiken, Manabi Straight, School Days, Keroro Gunsou, Super Robot Wars, Utawarerumono, Persona 3, Pumpkin Scissors, Ichigo Mashimaro, Fate / stay night, Simoun, Bakuretsu Tenshi, Onegai Teacher, Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei, Card Captor Sakura, Black Lagoon, Ikkitousen, Ouran Host Club, 009-1, and more!). Nothing explicitly ero, though several rather ecchi kits did make the cut; there are 269 pictures total, so please bear with the load time. ^^;;
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In the prurient interests of comprehensive figure coverage, some updates on a few of the items we've been following here recently: Akiba Blog scoops the castoffability of Megahouse's soon to be released Queen's Blade Tomoe figure, albeit the limited color edition. Updated Amiami listings also bring good news, in the form of new shots of Taki Corporation's ero-ero Kanu Unchou Ikkitousen kit and Movic's recently announced Sekirei Tsukiumi and Matsu; relevant images reproduced below:
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Yamato has been trotting this ero-ero 1/5 scale Cobra-Kai sculpted Kanu Unchou (Ikkitousen) kit out at conventions for over half a year now, so you'd think her appearance on Hobby Channel would bring some indication as to a price or sales date along with it - alas we are left in limbo, aside from the consolation that this is the most official presence she's had online to date. Here's hoping for a swift transition to preorder! Picture below:
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Among the three most popular Ikkitousen heroines (Kanu, Ryomou, and Hakufu, with Ryofu as an honorary fourth) Hakufu is probably my least favorite from a design perspective. That said, listening to Ikkitousen web radio for the past few months has made me a diehard fan of Asano Masumi, her voice actress. This has nothing to do with the figure in question, I just felt like a little random Masumin respect was necessary... at any rate, this offering from Griffon has dispelled much of my distaste for Hakufu's design and is probably the best figure of her that I've ever seen. Read on for why:
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It's hard to articulate what drew me to this version of Orchid's Ryomou over the original gosurori version; I typically don't go for alternate colors, so in this case part of the appeal may have been the simple unavailability of the earlier kit. Regardless, I'd say this repaint is at least on par with the original (though I doubt Ryomou would be caught dead in pink if she had a choice in the matter). Wondering what's under those frills? Read on!
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