W-What in the world?! (((ﾟДﾟ)))

There have always been things like a ping-pong table and darts in the GSC offices… but this is the first time I’ve seen a wrestling ring! It does look a tad too small to be used by people though… ^^;

From New Japan pro-Wrestling:
Nendoroid Petite: New Japan Pro-Wrestling Set!

What’s happened to GSC?! Σ(ﾟДﾟ;）

The ‘Real Person Series’ (or so I’ve decided to call it) previously included Joy-san, Kamui-san and Linkin Park… but now we have a new entry to the series… and they’re pro-wrestlers!

This project came to life when Bushiroad’s president Kidani asked Aki to make figures out of the New Japan members! Aki made sure the request was met as soon as possible! 😛

Just to let everyone know… I know nothing about pro-wrestling!

I’m sorry, but please bear with me if I do or say something strange about your favorite member!! I’ll try to learn as I go along!! ^^;

First up, Hiroshi Tanahashi!

Let me start off my asking Google what the real Tanahashi-san looks like….

Ooh! He’s really good-looking!! (*ﾟ∀ﾟ)=3

His Nendoroid Petite version definitely adds a little cuteness, but all of his characteristics are visible on it too – the streaked hair looks just like his photo!! Plus even in Nendoroid Petite size you can see he has the right build to be a pro-wrestler!

Next up, Satoshi Kojima!

Kojima-san has a rather mischievous appearance to me! If you look close you can even see the ‘COZY’ letters on the plaster over his nose! I also love his soft-looking cheeks!!

And finally, Hiroyoshi Tenzan!

Tenzan-san looks really strong… I think it must be the ‘Tenzan Mask’ he is wearing that makes him look so formidable – and just look at the detail on the mask!! The mask can also be removed, as you’ll see shortly!

A championship belt is included, and the Tenzan Mask can be removed!

Tanahashi-san has the golden championship belt around his waist here, but you can attach it to any of the three of them!

Tenzan’s mask can also be removed to expose his real face! The gradient in his hair is really impressive, particularly for a Nendoroid Petite!

Half a wresting ring is included!

I’m sure a lot of people will be wondering why it comes as half a ring only… but there are reasons for this! Displaying them like this lets the figures stand out more and takes up much less space! (`･ω･´)

In other words, the half-size ring makes a really nice pedestal to display all three of the Nendoroids on together!

You can also create a full ring!

Placing two halves together creates one complete wrestling ring! It takes up a lot more space, but definitely creates a much more authentic display!

I’m sure many people might be wondering how you can put two halves together without messing up the sponsor logo in the middle… but don’t worry!

The reverse side of the center mat has the alternate side of the logo!
The ring changed to a GSC Version!

There are actually going to be two different versions of this product – this one will is the Karuwaza Online Limited Version, which features an alternate ring and pants for each of the characters! ヽ(゜∀゜)ノ

Plus this version also comes with a GSC Belt as a bonus extra! The GSC belt definitely adds a little extra cuteness compared to the championship belt! 😛

The full wrestling ring!

While the Bushiroad ring is blue, the GSC ring is orange! The ring almost seems like self advertising now… 😛

I don’t think we’ll be seeing a pro-wrestling ring with many other products in the near future, so it’s definitely quite a unique extra!

From New Japan pro-Wrestling:
Nendoroid Petite: New Japan Pro-Wrestling Set!

 
They’ll be up for pre-order from around mid-December!

Get in contact with our partner shops if you have any preorder or sales queries!
It’s still quite far in the future, so don’t forget about them!

 
But that’s all for today!
I hope to see you all again tomorrow!! (・∀・)ノ゛

 
 
(C) 2012 NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING

Last week Friday on WonHobby News Watch…

We introduced these Nendoroids!! Σ(ﾟ∀ﾟ ）

They were also originally on display at the Yokohama area in June for the Tales of Festival 2012! At that time they were unpainted, but now they are fully painted for everyone to enjoy!

But today we’ll be taking a closer look at them, so let’s get started!

Nendoroid Petite: Tales Series!

From the ever-popular ‘Tales’ series of games comes a set of Nendoroid Petites of a number of the series’ heroes and heroines!

They will be sold as singles or in a box of 8! 

A single will cost ¥500 and a box will cost ¥4000! Definitely a little easier on the wallet than the previous boxes of 12.

This is how they look from the back!

Each of them is about 65mm tall, which is a great size to have on display right beside you on your desk!

I’m more and more impressed with the amount of detail on Nendoroid petites with each and every release – the lines on Jude’s outfit are just a tiny bit bigger than 1mm in some places!

From Tales of Vesperia:

Yuri Lowell and Estelle!

Yuri’s long hair and Estelle’s puffy skirt have both come out looking lovely! The gradient on the hair and coloring of the eyes have also clearly had a lot of work put into them!

From Tales of Graces:

Asbel Lhant & Sophie!

Whilst it’s not definite yet, Sophie’s left elbow might be fitted with a joint allowing you to pose her with her palm outwards for a little extra posability! Asbel also looks great, ready to draw his sword

From ‘Tales of Xillia’:

Jude Mathis and Milla Maxwell! 

From a manufacturing point of view I think these two till be the most difficult to make. The color work on Milla in particular looks like it’ll be quite a mission. Xilla also has a sequel coming up for release in Japan this November!

The two most popular characters!

These two were voted the most popular in a recent poll! Displayed like this it seems like they’re ready to draw their swords and fight each other! It’s quite interesting to be able to display characters across games like this!

Nendoroid Petite: Tales Series!

They’ll be up for preorder tomorrow!!

If you have any preorder or sales queries, be sure to contact our partner shops!

Anyway, that’s all for today!
I hope to see you all again tomorrow!! (・∀・)ノ゛

（C）いのまたむつみ （C）藤島康介 （C）NBGI

This weekend is a long weekend!! Σ(ﾟ∀ﾟ ）

How is everyone planning to spend their extra day this weekend? How about taking some figures outside for some photos? I definitely want to get to that some time but I think I’ll be spending my weekend hard at work! xD

Normally the blog would take the long weekend off as well, but…

There will be a special blog update tomorrow!!

I can’t say anything more at the moment, but check around noon Japan time tomorrow for a blog update!

I wasn’t too sure what to write today’s blog on, when Shuu-chan mentioned that he was going to the Ikebukuro animate store to take some photos of the UtaPuri Maji LOVE 1000% display. He offered to let me use the photos for today’s blog, and so here we go! I often go to animate in Akihabara, but I don’t often go to Ikebukuro so it interesting for me to see the photos too!

This is the 7th floor elevator!

While you wait for the elevator to come up and the doors to open, you get to enjoy the lovely gazes of all the princes! Apparently actually standing in front of it is quite the experience – I want to go myself now!!

They’re inside as well!?

There are even more princes inside the elevator! Ikebukuro animate is incredible!!! Not only were they at the back of the elevator, but on the side walls as well – it’s like walking into heaven for any fans of the series!

8th Floor: Videos and Games!

Games, CDs and DVDs all lined up for purchase! In the middle I also spy banner advertising Nendo Petite: Uta no Prince-sama – Maji Love 1000%! Thank you animate!!

5th Floor: Character Goods!

Everything on these shelves is all UtaPuri goods?! Really?!

Seeing this many goods on display is quite the sight!!

With so many goods right in right in front me I don’t think I could help but go on a spending spree… although just looking at them all looks like it could be fun! I really want to go now…

Princes hanging from the roof!!

If all the goods aren’t enough for you, you can look up and have even more princes smiling down upon you! Just being at this animate store makes me think that no matter how tired I am I’d recover my HP and MP back to full!!

6th Floor: Figures & Toys!

Definitely the floor used by Good Smile Company the most! Another Nendo Petite advert can be found underneath the UtaPuri plushies released by Gift!

Ah! Here they are!!

Ooh, they are displayed very nicely! I’m sure they’ll be loved by lots of girls coming through the store!! These are the prototypes, and they are only on display at animate Ikebukuro. If you have time on the long weekend and you can get there, be sure to go and take a look!

We even got a quick interview with one of the staff members at the store – Ooshiro-san!!

Thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedule to answer some questions and even hold up the advert for the camera to see!

Ooshiro-san seems like a Otoya fan! ^^

She’s even got a small advert for the Nendoroids attached to her apron!!  ｡･ﾟ･(ﾉД`)･ﾟ･｡

That’s just amazing! Thank you so much Ooshiro-san! We’ll make sure the products live up to expectations!!

The Nendos are on display here!

A map of the 6th floor of animate Ikebukuro so you can find the display easily!

Just take a left turn after coming out the elevator!

Bonus!

Adverts for the “BearPuri” at animate!

BearPuri are teddies dressed up in the outfits of the princes – it combines two forms of cute together as one! I really love the way animate keeps their customers informed about everything so nicely!

Nendoroid Petite :
Uta no Prince-sama – Maji Love 1000%!

A total of seven to collect including one secret character! (ﾟ∀ﾟ)ﾉ

One figure costs just 500JPY, and they each come in a small sealed box – you can’t tell which prince is in which box! You can also buy a bigger box that contains 8 smaller boxes!

They are available for order at animate!

Please contact animate if you have any order inquiries!

animate Stores Across Japan:
http://www.animate.co.jp/shop/

They also have an online shop, but unfortunately do not deliver overseas…

animate Online:
http://www.animate-onlineshop.jp/

 
GSC is also having a little UtaPuri Festival!!

Tweet which Nendoroid Petite: Uta no Prince-sama character you like the most! We’re aiming to reach 2000% now!

Simply tweet your favorite character with the hashtag #utapri_puchi and the counter will raise 1%! At 2000% a twitter wallpaper based on the Nendoroids will be revealed! (The counter is updated once every few minutes. If we reach 2000% on a weekend, the wallpaper will be revealed on the next working day.)

http://www.goodsmile.info/product/ja/3588/

Let’s get to 2000% as fast as possible!

Anyway, that’s all for today!
I hope to see you all again tomorrow!! (・∀・)ノ゛
 
 
 
(C)UTA☆PRI PROJECT

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　　／　　　─　 　 ─＼　　　"They're so cute I'm going to explode..."
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ヽ ＿＿＿＿,ノγ⌒ヽ)ニニ-￣　　　| |　　|

I’m sure all my female readers feel the same way!!

Nendoroid Petite :
Uta no Prince-sama – Maji Love 1000%!

They are now up for preorder from animate!!

From the popular anime series, “Uta no Prince-sama – Maji Love 1000%’ comes a set of the princes to join the adorable Nendoroid Petite series of figures! There are seven to collect including one secret character!

Each of the characters is posed in a way that really brings out their personality so you can keep the princes by your side whenever you like! ♪

We had a quick look at them yesterday, let’s take a closer look now!

This is how they look from the back!

Even from the back you can see all the unique characteristics of each of the princes! Just look at Tokiya’s pointy hair from the back! A lot of them even have a gradient applied to their hair!

The three from A-Class!

One of the best things about the Nendoroid Petite series is that it is quick and cheap to get hold of a whole collection of characters! They’re just ¥500 for one, so you can grab each for just one coin!

The three from S-Class!

They’re all wearing the same Academy’s uniform, but each of them wears it in a different way – the sculptor must have had to sculpt all the bodies up from scratch! That did give us figures that each have their own special something though!

Let’s take a closer look at each of them!

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　　／　　＼　 　 ／＼　　　"Eh? You did that yesterday!"
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　＼　　 　　 ｀ ⌒´ 　 ／　| |　　　　　　　|
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|　　　　ｌ 　 　 　 　 　 | |　　　　　　　　|
ヽ　　　 -一ー_~､⌒)^),-､　| |_＿＿＿＿＿＿__|
ヽ ＿＿＿＿,ノγ⌒ヽ)ニニ-￣　　　| |　　|

I can hear everyone shouting that on the other side of the monitor…. ^^;
I’ll be taking pictures of each prince displayed with another prince so you can get a better look at each of them!

Tokiya Ichinose and Otoya Ittoki!

When you display two of them together like this it really makes it seem more like the characters are actually there! The best thing about figures is that you can actually touch them and place them wherever you like – they’re really there!!

Tokiya glaring at his rival…!

The actual stands on the product version will be much smaller, so you’ll be able to pose them even closer than this. You could display them in a display case, or just keep them by your side and change their positions each and every day!

Masato Hijirikawa and Ren Jinguuji!

The two sons of big families! Seeing the two of them together makes me want to get hold of a small melon bread extra to recreate the purchasing scene…

The necks, arms and shoulders are posable!

That means the face can be moved around left and right and the arms can be moved up and down to create a slightly different feeling for different scenes! Even though they’re so small there are so many options to play with! (`･ω･´)

Natsuki Shinomiya and Syo Kurusu!

As I mentioned yesterday, Syo-chan’s hat can be removed and attached whenever you like! Natsuki, Otoya and Tokiya all have a very thin gold lining on their jackets which looks spectacular – seeing such amazing detail on such small figures always impresses me!!

Their expressions are also very detailed!

Finally an entire set of Nendoroid Petites that are all male! I think that UtaPuri fans will be very satisfied with the amount of detail that went into them – I know the expressions went through a ton of adjustments over and over again to get them looking perfect – they each really grasp the character’s personality!

Nendoroid Petite :
Uta no Prince-sama – Maji Love 1000%

There are a total of 7 to collect including one secret character! (ﾟ∀ﾟ)ﾉ

They cost ¥500 each and come in a sealed box so you don’t know who you’ll get until you’ve opened it! You can also buy a box with eight figures inside.

They are up for preorder from animate now!

If you have any preorder or sales queries please contact animate!

Anyway, that’s all for today!
I hope to see you all again tomorrow!! (・∀・)ノ゛

(C)UTA☆PRI PROJECT

The Skytree—!!!

GSC, Max Factory and Phat! Company have finished their move to the Skytree! (`･ω･´)

This is a picture taken from the president’s office! Quite an impressive view!!

We’re still settling down at the new offices, but we are starting work up again today. I’ll post a blog all about the new offices once everything has settled down a little more, but in the meantime I’ll take a look at this prototype that I grabbed before the move even started! (I’m glad I did, as I’d never be able to find them in the mountains of boxes at the moment!)

Nendoroid Petite :
Uta no Prince-sama – Maji Love 1000%!

From the popular anime series ‘Uta no Prince-sama – Maji Love 1000%’ comes a set of all the princes to join the Nendo Petite series!

You can get a good feel for their size here!

They are each about 6.5cm in height – just compare them to the size of the mouse and keyboard and you’ll get a good idea of the size. There is of course also a secret character!

Otoya Ittoki from A Class!

He is posed holding his headphones in one hand with a lovely smile that shows off his cheerful personality! I also love the way his tie is a little loose!

Masato Hijirikawa from A Class!

The eldest son of the Hikirikawa Group! This was the first character I finished the game with, so he has a special place in my heart! I love the argyle pattern on his jersey!

Natsuki Shinomiya from Class!

The warm atmosphere that Natsuki brings about is captured with the Nendoroid perfectly! I have this urge to try to take his glasses off, but we’ll have to wait for the final product to see if that’ll be possible! His rather difficult to sculpt hairstyle has also been shrunk into Nendoroid form nicely!

Tokiya Ichinose from S Class!

He is sculpted with his arms folded in a very stylish pose! I think all of them are sculpted incredibly, but Tokiya really seems to capture the character the best of them all! (There are lots of Tokiya fans at GSC who were very glad to see how he came out! :P)

Ren Jinguuji from S Class!

As soon as I could just hear him saying ‘Lady’ in my head… Ren has a fairly mature looking pose that suits him well. The long fringe and slightly open shirt are great!

Syo Kurusu from S Class!

Syo is super cute in the series and even cuter as a Nendoroid! His hat can be attached and removed for some extra posing options as well!! I think I’ll feel happier everyday having that straight-forward gaze and lovely smile next to me at my desk.

All displayed together!

There are a total of 7 to collect including one secret character! (ﾟ∀ﾟ)ﾉ

They cost ¥500 each and come in a sealed box – you won’t know which prince you’ll get until it’s open! There will also be a box available with 8 figures in, making it slightly cheaper than the normal 12 figure boxes for the bigger Nendoroid Petite series.

Nendoroid Petite :
Uta no Prince-sama – Maji Love 1000%!

They’ll be on the GSC website tomorrow, but sales will be exclusive to animate! (`･ω･´)

If you have any preorder or sales queries please contact animate!

I’ll be continuing my review tomorrow!!

 
Anyway, that’s all for today!
I hope to see you all again tomorrow!! (・∀・)ノ゛
 
 
 
(C)UTA☆PRI PROJECT