She is on sale as of today!

Hitagi Senjougahara!

If you head down to the stores right now you should find her lined up for you to buy… if you’re in Japan of course!

Check out our partner shops for more details on getting hold of her. If you’re not in Japan take a look at your favorite  online store as well!

Today I’ll be continuing with the third part in my Senjougahara Special!

“What?! There’s still more?!”… and if you’re thinking that… then yes, there is still much more! ^^;

1/8th Scale Hitagi Senjougahara (Part 2)

1/8th Scale Hitagi Senjougahara (Part 1)

While I was on my trip to China back in December, I managed to get a look at some of the painting of this figure. It really was incredible to watch it in action…

Today I’ll be showing you some of that incredible action!

By the way….

If you haven’t read the previous articles on my factory tour some of the lingo might be lost on you, so take a look if you have the time:

Mikatan’s Factory Field Trip! – Part 1
Mikatan’s Factory Field Trip! – Part 2
Mikatan’s Factory Field Trip! – Part 3

Some more photos from the December factory trip!
All these pieces are freshly molded parts that have been painted white.

They are in fact Senjougahara’s torso!

If you take a look here….

This is the painted product!

There is actually a ton of drama involved in the painting of the torso as well, but if I were to get into that it would take me about a month to get through… so I’m just going to hold myself back for now…

As you can see, even the inside red bit of the uniform is carefully painted!

Let’s move onto today’s main event!

The famous stationary parts!

For size comparison, the left corner shows the size of the ruler, scissors and pen in comparison to Senjougahara’s thigh.

As you can see, each of the pieces are made separately!

The reason they are made from clear plastic is because the ruler is going to stay that way anyway!

But this is where the painting starts!!

1) First the parts are painted with a green air brush.



(2) This completes the base painting of the pen!



(3) Then the handle of the scissors is painted…



(4) Just the tip of the scissors are then painted.

The blade of the scissors crosses over with the pen, so a mask is used to make sure the painting is separated completely.

This was one of the people in charge of painting the scissors’ tips. who paints the tips of the scissors.

(5) The base of the scissors are then painted.

The part of the scissors’ blade above the pen is painted with an airbrush. The mask above is used to paint both sides at the same time, it takes just a few seconds!

(6) The finer details are fixed by hand painting!

The masks sometimes have a little leak that causes the painting to come out a little bit wrong, so here is where they fix all the little errors that might come from that.

She holds two paint brushes at once!!

That’s what you call a true craftsman!

7) Work Complete!

This tiny little part actually uses an incredible 4 masks alone!

It’s hard enough to get one of these to come out so nicely… but they are able to make thousands all with the same good quality!

The complete parts are stored away in this container.

The container is actually made specially just to hold these specific parts! It is made both to store the parts safely, and to make them easy to count at the end of the day.

The outer part of the stapler! (The plastic part)
In a previous article I mentioned that some of the color was lost, and that’s because the two parts of the stapler (the outer and inner parts) are painted seperately!

The inside of the staplers are painted, and yet you’ll never see that painting – but it’s still a much more efficient way of painting them.

The inner part of the stapler! (The metal part)
The two parts are stuck together with a glue, but I’ll be getting into more detail about that in a future article.

Remember how tiny these staplers are! I believe these are the staplers that are used right by Senjougahara’s skirt!

It looks like they are each held together using two clips while they are painted. Isn’t it beautiful!!?

It’s quite amazing to see how many of them there are here…! Even from this photo you can see the gradient painting  if you look carefully.

Good Smile Company’s 1/8th Scale

Hitagi Senjougahara!

Visit one of our partner shops and grab her today!

Check out our partner shops for ordering details or questions. (Japanese only)

Tomorrow we’ll have the finale of this blog series!

Plus I’ll be introducing some other Bakemonogatari figures!!

That’s all for today!
Hope to see you all again tomorrow!! (・∀・)ノ

*Please note that this blog’s contents is originally written for a Japanese audience and is then translated for our foreign customers. All pre-order and release dates are the Japanese dates. Also note that not all products can be sold in certain areas.

(C)西尾維新／講談社・アニプレックス・シャフト

She’s on sale from tomorrow!

Good Smile Company’s 1/8th scale…

Hitagi Senjougahara!

Everyone who has been waiting will finally be able to grab the beautiful Senjougahara for their own!

Today’s blog is a second part feature on this beautiful figure!

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That’s right… there is still so much to cover!

I won’t deny that it’s partly because I’m personally a huge fan of Senjougahara… but I also do want to show as many people as possible the beauty behind this figure!

For anyone who has not seen the first blog about this figure, you can find it right here:

1/8th Scale Hitagi Senjougahara (Part 1)

Today we’re going to have a more detailed look…

At all the stationary!

I’ve been writing this blog for four years now…  but this is the first time I’ve done an article on just some extra parts that come with a figure… but the stationary really is so incredible…

It all comes apart into the six pieces you see here.

The yellow craft knife and red scissors on the left don’t connect to the others – they come just like that. You can place them anywhere on the stand that you like.

Alright, let’s try putting the pieces together.

First up the part with two staplers connects to the eraser part!

You’ll find a piece on the end of the pink stapler to insert into the eraser.

Next, the scissors part connects with the drawing triangle part.

You’ll find that that the drawing triangles on each part connect together.

Be sure to hold the parts at the bases!

If you hold them at the edges you’ll find that they will come apart very easily, or you might accidentally snap some parts off!
Hold them carefully and securely when you are trying to connect them together!

Stationary all connected!

There are four small prongs made from clear plastic which allow you to connect it to the figure’s base. Put the longer one on the pink stapler in first, and do the shortest one on the scissors at the end.

Now that we’ve got them all connected up, let’s take a look at just how high quality these little pieces of stationary are!

Even the ruler’s measurements are correct!

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Yep. it measures a total of 4cm! ^^;

Good Smile Company even takes care when making tiny 4cm extra parts for figures!

The closest shot I could get!

Just look at the detail of the sculpting and painting on that craft knife!
If you compare it’s size to the finger’s in one of the earlier photos you’ll realize just how tiny it is! For something so tiny to have so much quality is incredible!

The stapler’s use gradient painting!

They really just look like real staplers…

The color is actually lost a little bit because of the close-up photography!

There is actually a reason behind that, but I’ll get into that another time.

This is the size of the eraser!

If you can’t find it, it’s in the bottom right! 😛

It’s about the same size as a Petite Nendoroid’s leg… the little scissors and craft knife on the floor are also tiny! (Plus they have gradient painting as well!)

All the stationary piled on the floor!

The stationary in itself looks amazing… so no matter how you display it, it almost always looks great! You can display it using the actual stand as intended, or if you feel like a change you can display it this with the various pieces just lying on the ground… or you could come up with you very own work of art using them! It’s up to you!

Petite Senjougahara playing with the stationary!

Oooh! It’s so adorable!

There really are so many ways you can use the stationary… if any of you come up with some interesting uses, be sure to mail them through to me!

Quiz Time!

What are the parts in the above photo?

When I went to China in December, I was lucky enough to see the painting of some of the Senjougahara figure! I took a ton of photos of it as well!

In tomorrow’s blog I’ll be discussing the process that these pieces of stationary went through to get made!

Good Smile Company’s 1/8th Scale,

Hitagi Senjougakara!

She will be released at all of our partner shops as of tomorrow!

Check out our partner shops for ordering details or questions. (Japanese only)

That’s all for today!
Hope to see you all again tomorrow!! (・∀・)ノ

*Please note that this blog’s contents is originally written for a Japanese audience and is then translated for our foreign customers. All pre-order and release dates are the Japanese dates. Also note that not all products can be sold in certain areas

(C)
西尾維新／講談社・アニプレックス・シャフト

Today I’m going to start off with an apology…

Sorry for the delay!!!

Both the (´・ω・`) face and Teddy have been waiting for ages too! But I’m sure all of you have been waiting even more patiently than them… especially after seeing her displayed all over at events….

But…

She’s finally here!

Good Smile Company’s 1/8th Scale

Hitagi Senjougahara!

It’s the girl who was possessed by a crab from the popular anime Bakemonogatari! The pose is based on a famous key illustration from the series – a very unique pose which places her looking over her back with various pieces of stationary falling from her skirt.

Let me sum up my feelings in one sentence…

She is absolutely incredible!

But at the very least I can go cover the figure for everyone!

This is how she looks from the front!

The figure is actually designed to be displayed with her facing backwards… but it looks nice from the front as well! It’s a rather strange feeling to not be able to see the figure’s face when looking at her from the front, but it’s a nice change!

Her Beautiful Face!

It’s not often you see a figure with a face in profile like this!

Getting the posing of this figure right was apparently quite a challenge!

Here is the face from the front!

Oooh…. the more angles you look from the more beautiful she looks!  

Getting the figure to look right from the front and the side was apparently very difficult!

Most figures feature the face at a slight angle or directly from the front, but this one really focuses on getting the posing of the profile face down right. Of course the rest of the figure still looks great as well!

It’s also great to be able to see the front of the figure which was never visible on the original illustration… the sculptors have really outdone themselves this time!

But the face definitely isn’t the only thing to enjoy!

Look at the detail on her uniform!

Getting her into a pose like this where she is holding up her skirt is hard enough, but even the details on the pleated skirt, and the creases from being held up look so realistic! It looks just like a real skirt!

We can’t forget her stationery!

Yet another highlight of the figure!

Every single piece of stationary is very detailed!

Let’s take a look at them in a little bit more detail…

Look at those thighs!

I-I mean… look at that craft knife inside the skirt!

Can you see the craft knife behind the drawing triangle?

Even the details inside the skirt are incredible!
That’s Good Smile Company for you!!!

The stationery on the right!

This picture was enlarged quite a lot, but it still looks magnificent…

The scissors really stand out, but there are also a couple of cutters and even a finer craft knife at the very back!

The stationary on the left!

Look at the detail on those staplers!

And look at the pen on the far left! Even the tip of the cap is painted differently! It’s incredible!

Well she can!!!

This 1/8th scale Hitagi Senjougahara…

… comes with two sets of hands!

One to hold her skirt up, and another holding staplers in both hands!

Even if the pose stays the same, it’s nice to be able to give the figure a little change of atmosphere like this! You can pick whichever you prefer when you display her!

This is how the box looks!

This particular packaging is sure to make fans of the anime crack a little smile! Be sure to look all over the box!

Good Smile Company’s 1/8th Scale

Hitagi Senjougahara!

She will be at our partner shops from the 12th!

Check out our partner shops for pre-order details or questions. (Japanese only)

That’s all for today!
Hope to see you all again soon!! (・∀・)ノ

* Please note that this blog’s contents is originally written for aJapanese audience and is then translated for our foreign customers. All pre-order and release dates are the Japanese dates. Also note that not all products can be sold in certain areas.

(C)西尾維新／講談社・アニプレックス・シャフト