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40hara – Shimapan (GOT, 2020)
Shimapan is an artbook that is a compilation of work from several artists who decided to draw original illustrations for 40hara, the originator of this publication's theme. Each page is dedicated to a separate artist and shows a girl in striped underwear.
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Ayaka-chan – 1/6 – Original Character (Bishop’s Rondo, 2020)
The figure has been created based on Gaou's illustration. Ayaka-chan is an original creation done by this artist. The manufacturer is Bishop's Rondo, a company that mainly deals with transferring original characters into 3D form as high-quality figurines.
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The Best Spring 2022 Anime Series That I Recommend
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Anime Spring 2022 It's finally getting sunnier and greener outside the window, so it's time to prepare a cosseasonal recommendation - Anime Spring 2022. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]At the very beginning, a brief summary of the previous season. I recommend reading the linked post, as here I will list…
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Machikado Mazoku / まちカドまぞく (2019)
Yoshida Yuuko is a sickly girl who has spent a lot of time in the hospital. Everything changes when she starts high school. One night she has a strange dream where she meets her ancestor and learns that she has the blood of ancient demons and must defeat the Magical Girl residing in her town to restore the Dark Clan to its former glory.
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Rurudo – Unreal (Ichijinsha, 2021)
Unreal is divided into four chapters. The first chapter features quite a few original illustrations by rurudo. Including one that was used to create a figurine depicting his character Eve LOVECALL in the exact pose from that illustration (which was scheduled for release last November, but only went on general sale a month ago).
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Kurosaki Mea & Yami – To LOVEru Darkness (Max Factory / Pop Up Parade, 2022)
This time I decided to review two figures from the To LOVEru series because they were both released as Pop Up Parade and come from one - let's call it a collection (swimsuits). The Pop Up Parade figures are very popular due to their price, which is often lower than those released as Prize. It should be obvious that at such a price range you will not get anything outstanding with detail, meticulously performed quality control or detailed painting.
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Kantoku – NOTE Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko. (Kadokawa, Media Factory, 2019)
As I already wrote in my review of another artbook by this author - I fell in love with his design as soon as I watched the first season of One Room. Here we have an issue dedicated to another series where he was also responsible for the character designs - Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko.
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Yuuki Mikan – 1/7 – To LOVEru Darkness (FuRyu / F:NEX, 2021)
Another Mikan figure in my collection. This time in a 1/7 scale sold under the F:NEX brand (owned by FuRyu). After purchasing it, I read the comments about it and noticed that quite a few people complained about the quality of the paint job. To be honest, I haven't noticed any defects or badly painted parts.
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The Best Masterpieces of 100 Eshi ver.3 (BNN, 2017)
Eshi 100 nin – ver.3 is a collection of carefully selected illustrations by 100 artists (very well known and respected), twenty of whom have done their work exclusively for this publication. This is the third edition in the series, yet again in B5 format. The publisher boasts that Brilliant Pallet (ブリリアントパレット) technology was used for printing, allowing for almost complete reproduction of the original colors.
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Homura – 1/7 – Max Factory / Good Smile Company (Xenoblade 2)
I'm a huge fan of Xenoblade 2, which you could actually see in my review of that game. Unfortunately I didn't catch the preorder of Homura, and then it was quite hard to get it at a reasonable price. I found it on Amazon Japan a few weeks ago, and basically without thinking I used the カートに入れる (add to cart) button.
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Yabuki Kentarou – “Harem Gold” To LOVEru Darkness (Shueisha, 2016)
Yabuki Kentarou - a creator who probably needs no introduction. Best known for his record-breaking manga To LOVEru. This artbook is a collection of his illustrations from the continuation of that series, To LOVEru Darkness.
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Nyaruko – B-style 1/4 – Haiyore! Nyaruko-san (FREEing, 2015)
Another FREEing figure from the B-style series has just dropped into my collection. This time it's the title character from the Haiyore! Nyaruko-san, whose review you can read here. I ordered it from Amazon Japan, and it was shipped by DHL courier company, which broke the delivery record - after 2 days the courier with the package appeared at my door.