Goodsmile updated their product listing page today with two new offerings: the first from Max Factory is the Guilty Gear XX Ino PVC they revealed to be in production at Wonder Festival, based on the iconic Mitsumasa Yoshizawa resin kit from a few years back. She clocks in at 1/7 scale, 26.5 cm tall and […]
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Protoculture News: encyclopedia of “yandere” heroines goes on sale
We first reported on the yandere boom back in May with information on the second doujin event devoted exclusively to these most bipolar of heroines. Word is in today from Akiba Blog that they’ve reached enough critical mass to receive their own installment in the “taizen” series of heroine encyclopedias (previous entries include Tsundere Taizen, […]
[ERO] Figure News: Griffon presents Ikkitousen’s Kanu, Hakufu, Ryofu, Gentoku, and Queen’s Blade Nanael completed figures, now in preorder
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 […]
Goods News: Queen’s Blade new characters unveiled, Nanael dakimakura + drama CD up for preorder
Hobby Stock beat the official Queen’s Blade site to the scoop today, presenting preorders for a pair of new October-release QB books: Claudette, the oldest sister in the family of Hisayuki Hirokazu (Wikipedia) designed characters also containing Reina and Erina, and Merona, an F.S designed ooze creature who looks like a bunny girl but the […]
Figure News: Goodsmile, Max Factory present Corticarte Apa Lagranges, Kino, Aisaka Taiga
We’ve mentioned them here at various times over the past couple of months (with the exception of Kino, I think), but now it’s official: December ’07 will see the release of Shinkyoku Soukai Polyphonica‘s Corticarte Apa Lagranges and Kino no Tabi‘s Kino from Goodsmile, and Toradora!‘s Aisaka Taiga from Max Factory. Corticarte retails at 6,300 […]
Pure Love Renaissance : Comic Market 72
Shipon deals out on his Comiket 72 experience covering sunburn, long lines, cosplay, an HD meetup, record numbers and how a good night’s sleep can make a BIG difference when a 5 hour lineup awaits. Tweet
Event Report: Comic Market 72, day 1
A quick rundown of the first day of Comic Market 72, from one man’s perspective (Shipon will be along later with a bunch of much nicer pictures, including cosplay, so be sure to stop back for that~). Day one verdict: fucking hot, but fun in hindsight. Tweet
[ERO] Goods News: Sano Toshihide artbook coming from Kill Time Communication on August 31st
In the course of browsing the internets this morning I came across an entry on [ERO] Kill Time Communication‘s website that grabbed my attention like a lariat around the neck and made me sit up and take notice in several different ways: it seems they’re putting out a book entitled Sano Toshihide Illustrations at the […]
Wonder Festival 2007 Summer: garage kits by source
This post contains a bunch of garage kit shots from Wonder Festival broken down by source, including items from Evangelion, various fighting games, Gurren Lagann, Kimikiss, Queen’s Blade, Sengoku Rance, Rozen Maiden, and the To Heart franchises (mostly To Heart 2). Note: while this post is not tagged as [ERO], it does contain a few […]
Wonder Festival 2007 Summer: Alter / Megahouse lineup
Alter and Megahouse both represented with some delicious items at Wonder Festival, offerings made all the more intriguing due to what seems to be a robust partnership emerging between the two companies spanning several projects over the coming months. Are they positioning themselves to rival the Goodsmile / Max Factory coalition (which Alter left behind […]
[ERO] Figure News: cast-off checkup
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 […]
Figure News: Max Factory’s Aisaka Taiga and Tenori Tiger PVC, in color
Max Factory’s staff blog updated yesterday with images of the finished color prototype of their upcoming Tenori (hand-riding) Tiger-equipped Aisaka Taiga PVC figure. Taiga is the heroine of Takemiya Yuyuko’s serial novel Toradora!, a work that just launched a manga version in this month’s Dengeki Gao and seems headed on a collision course for animefication […]
