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【Blog】MARVEL INVISIBLE WOMAN ULTIMATE BISHOUJO STATUE

This is ARTFX Yamashita. Long time no see! Today, I’d like to introduce this product: MARVEL INVISIBLE WOMAN ULTIMATE BISHOUJO STATUE Release Month: October 2024 This is a recreation of the June 2011 MARVEL BISHOUJO STATUE INVISIBLE WOMAN. That’s right–not a reproduction, but a new, commemorative product in 1/6 scale to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the BISHOUJO series! Let’s start with a basic character introduction. A member of the Fantastic Four (Marvel’s first ever Super Hero team), Invisible Woman’s real name is Dr. Susan "Sue" Storm Richards, or Sue Richards. Like her other teammates, she gained her powers after being exposed to cosmic rays during an experiment in space. Her ability was initially to make her own body invisible, but later she was also able to generate a force field and use it for defensive attacks. The original product was sculpted by Gotaro Takeuchi. Even today, details like the sculpt of the muscles and metallic shading on the body are still classic features that haven't faded with time. Thirteen years have passed since then, and we once again faced Shunya Yamashita’s illustration and took on the challenge of bringing Invisible Woman to life with our current figure manufacturing technology. However, this was not just a mere resculpt–it was the creation of a completely new product! When bringing her back to life once more, we decided to increase the scale from 1/7th (approx. 23cm in height) to 1/6th (approx. 30cm in height) out of respect for the original product, and also because we wanted a larger canvas to showcase the technology we’ve cultivated up until now. In numbers, this may just be one level up, but when you line them up like this it’s actually a difference of around 7cm, which feels much bigger than anticipated! Let’s take a look at the hair! Each lock of hair can be sculpted out with more detail and expression than ever before thanks to the larger, 1/6 scale. We can also combine both clear materials and pearlescent materials together to create a sense of lightness from her blonde hair fluttering in the wind. You can see the transparency of her hair especially well from this angle. Additionally, the details in the printing of her blue eyes have also been made into 1/6 scale, which provides even more depth and expression to the statue. Before, we experimented with the “gyokugan system,” which is a technique used with Japanese dolls where the eye and face parts are made separately, and the eye parts are inserted at the back of the face part. The eye area of the previous 1/7 scale BISHOUJO statue was comparatively smaller to that of anime figures, since these statues were made to have a more realistic facial balance. We utilized this technique in an attempt to solve the printing issue, as it was difficult to convey the depth and curvature of the eyes and the details in the irises with such limited space when printing directly. With this new 1/6 scale, the size of the eyes has increased from around 4mm to 9mm! Not only can we print the eyelashes, but we can even print the shadow of the eyelids falling on the eyes, and also print large and small highlights to recreate the luster and glow of the irises! Her lips, which have a gentle smile, have a soft pink color with a sense of fullness, and we were even able to recreate the details in her mouth, such as her teeth and tongue. While this kind of detailed expression can inadvertently make the figure look unpleasant, at the hands of the incredibly capable sculptor, jonji, we were able to achieve the perfect balance for this statue. Even the corners of the mouth have been upgraded, so that the sculpt reflects a sense of dimension from multiple angles, making yet another feature that we hope you’ll check up close. The costume on the original product was a dazzling contrast of black and stunning metallic blue, but this time, a close-up view of the new statue clearly shows the updated parts, such as the expression of each muscle, the transparency of the clear parts for her fingers and tips of her hair, and the textured surface treatment on the neck and waist areas. In particular, the “4” mark on her chest has been recreated with more dimension so that it pops out more, which brings the statue closer to the illustration. The base has also been made more transparent to better recreate her force field. While the first product is an homage to Mole Man from the original comic “Fantastic Four #1” that was published in 1961, this new statue has a marble-like pedestal, reminiscent of a historical sculpture that would be displayed in a museum, with a luxurious atmosphere that perfectly matches this piece. Up until now, I’ve focused closely on various aspects of the figure, but when it comes to a statue like this, it’s of course important to look at the full picture! Just like the old quote that they often reference in Japan, "God is in the details," I think one of the best ways to enjoy this statue is to alternate between looking at it up close and farther back. Take a step back and gaze at this statue from afar, then come closer to inspect the details. I hope that you’ll be able to experience this piece as the culmination of the history of the BISHOUJO series, as well as the future it holds going forward. As I mentioned earlier, the BISHOUJO series is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year! Add this commemorative piece of the series history to your collection today! © 2024 MARVEL What is the BISHOUJO Series？ The BISHOUJO series reimagines characters from popular comic books, games, and movies from a Japanese perspective and transforms them into unique “BISHOUJO” style statues. Based on art by illustrator Shunya Yamashita, the series aims to provide figures inspired by Japanese art to fans throughout the world. Since release of the first BISHOUJO statue in 2009, the series has continued for fifteen years and will continue for many more! Keep an eye out for more exciting additions to the ever-expanding BISHOUJO world! ▽OFFICIAL WEB SITE

2024.04.04

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[THE KING OF FIGHTERS ÁNGEL] An In-depth Look at this Captivating Fighter!

Thanks to everyone’s continued support for the SNK BISHOUJO series, we are happy to announce that Ángel is the fifth character joining the lineup! Many fans were pretty hyped over her reveal, but for those who haven’t seen her figure yet in person, we’re happy to present an in-depth look into this newest entry! This figure is based on her first appearance in THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2001 that is illustrated in the familiar style of Shunya Yamashita! Point 1　Bringing Her Iconic Pose to Life △ The original illustration that the pose is based on. The iconic pose of her unique fighting style Perfunctory♥ is brought to life! Her confident and carefree expression and playful pose bring out Ángel’s personality! You can almost hear her voice lines! ♪ Compared to the original posture, her upper body is raised and tilted to her left so that even when looking at the figure from the front, the viewer can easier see her form. Point 2　Recreating Her Signature Jacket and Outfit By using the latest sculpting techniques, we brought the classic design of her outfit to life. We carefully selected the material to bring out the texture of her leather jacket and chap-style pants. The sculpt of the figure is really exciting and shows off her stunning form! Point 3　Creating the Perfect Finish To try and recreate a white, transparent appearance with her hair, we used the technique of painting over clear parts for the first time in the SNK BISHOUJO series! The end of her hair is finished with a gradation to give it more of that transparent feeling. We made sure to properly paint areas that were could not be seen easily. Even the inside of her boots is painted as well! Point 4　Capturing Her Captivating Form We were careful in recreating her charming physique by defining her waist and legs. In addition to the sculpt of the muscles in her abs and thighs, take a look at the details in structure like the collarbone and spine! Point 5　Representing Her Home Turf, the Mexico Stage △The Mexico Stage served as the concept for her base. The base of the figure is recreated from the area around the museum in her home country, the Mexico stage. We made sure to recreate the texture of the uneven surface, wear, and chipped off corners of brick tiles. Stay Tuned for the Sixth Character in the Lineup! During Kotobukiya Collection 2024 in February, the newest character in the SNK BISHOUJO series was announced! Some of you already figured out who it is! We are working hard at developing her figure so please look forward to the next update! ♪ 【Special Feature】 Behind-the-scenes Story of Ángel’s Figure Photos The person in-charge for the product photos was our very own ARTFX Yamashita, a familiar name among our blog readers! We have a special behind-the-scenes story about her figure photoshoot from him! Greetings, I am ARTFX Yamashita. When I saw the paint master of her figure, I wanted to take her photos because I thought I could make use of my expertise. Although I say this, a professional photographer did the actual photography, and I just gave out directions from the back. I was impressed how a pro was able to emphasize the proportions of the figure in the photos. For example, this photo that everyone saw when her figure was shown during Kotobukiya Collection. When we were taking this photo, I said “Her stomach is visible when taken from this angle, while we’re at it, can we shine a blue light on her?” There were some pretty vague directions, but the photographer got the perfect angle while I held up a blue cellophane sheet. The shot that left the deepest impression on me was when he mentioned, “I think we can go for a bit more exposure so let’s try getting this part out of focus…” and we ended up with this photo here. As you can see, bringing the area below the face out of focus creates a photo that leaves more to the imagination. It turned out really great, but unfortunately it was deemed too sensitive to be posted on X*. Looking back, I should’ve been more direct with my concerns, and I’m still a little sore over what happened. *Unfortunately, it got tagged as sensitive content when posting it on X, so we ended up not using it… ©SNK CORPORATION ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

2024.03.15

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Emma-chan Senpai Model Kit: Now accepting pre-orders!

Hello, Producer Kameyama here. Pre-orders for Emma Koishikawa, aka Emma-chan senpai, are now available! As announced on the live show, there will be multiple versions of Emma-chan! 1. Emma Koishikawa【ST. IRIS GAKUEN GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER CLOTHES】 2. Emma Koishikawa【ST. IRIS GAKUEN GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER CLOTHES】 LIGHT EDITION 3. Emma Koishikawa【ST. IRIS GAKUEN GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER CLOTHES】DREAMING STYLE WONDERLAND PRINCESS 4. AFTER SCHOOL ANGEL ＆ DEVIL'S TEMPTATION SET We'll start by taking a look at number one, the standard version of Emma. *Please note that the product is not called "standard version." Emma Koishikawa【ST. IRIS GAKUEN GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER CLOTHES】 (Standard Version) The standard version includes "twisted torso" and "knees to chest" parts to recreate the various classic poses of the SOUSAI SHOJO TEIEN series. This version comes with everything you need to have fun with Emma-chan senpai. There are three different skirts, "standard," "flowing," and "knees to chest." The white line on the skirt comes as a separate part for the standard and flowing skirts. Just note that the white line on the knees to chest skirt is not pre-painted. *All parts except for the facial expression parts are not pre-painted. *The white frills are recreated with separate parts for all three types of skirts. All characters up to now have come standard with three heads, but Emma will come with two. However, as the head for the twintails and bun hair parts is the same, she is still able to sport three different hairstyles. Includes four bang parts. She also comes with bangs with a headband for the wavy hairstyle and without a headband for the twintails and bun hairstyles. For the headband bangs, there is a version that works with glasses. For the headband-less bangs, there is a version that works with accessories. The kit comes with five different hair accessories, so have fun mixing and matching. The kit comes with the four pre-painted face parts shown in the photo, with an additional four unpainted face parts. The expression decals allow for faces such as looking forward, looking right, and looking left. These parts are exclusive to the standard version and are not included in the light version. To truly show Emma's dainty size, we gave her parts that make sitting with knees to chest possible. The illustration on the package was newly created by En Morikura! Emma Koishikawa【ST. IRIS GAKUEN GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER CLOTHES】LIGHT EDITION This is a smaller kit with fewer parts. Same as the standard version, the kit includes two head parts. The kit comes with two skirts but does not include the knees to chest skirt. The package features a full-body illustration of Emma. These are the pre-painted face parts. The kit does not come with the pre-painted disgusted face included in the standard version. However, decals can be used on any of the four unpainted face parts to create the disgusted face. AFTER SCHOOL ANGEL ＆ DEVIL'S TEMPTATION SET The AFTER SCHOOL ANGEL ＆ DEVIL'S TEMPTATION SET is a limited edition item and is only available in limited quantities from select retailers. The kit includes Emma-chan senpai's absolutely beloved red dragon HEXA GEAR, Agnirage . In the original HEXA GEAR Kit Block, it's a giant 1/24 scale model, but for this set, it has been shrunk down to be Emma's own model. These are the included items. Including attachments for the flying base, the mini Agnirage is made up of 10 parts. It comes in solid red with articulated wings and legs. The kit also features two mini figures of the angel and devil that are always tempting Emma in the four-panel comic strips. Their parts come in red, skin color, white and black plastic. This set crammed with all of Emma's favorite things even comes with her favorite food, potato chips, a bottle of soda and a game controller! Users can enjoy recreating the scene of Emma playing with Agnirage like an action figure. The set also includes two new face parts. This is the proud wink face. I went with a kind of dancing pose. I don't think Emma from the audio dramas would actually ever do this, but it's super cute♪ The other new face part is the bold face. For this face, we imagined what Emma would look like when she's showing off her model kits or after she'd just destroyed Kanata-kun (Madoka's little brother) in a game, haha. DREAMING STYLE WONDERLAND PRINCESS Emma Koishikawa【ST. IRIS GAKUEN GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER CLOTHES】 DREAMING STYLE WONDERLAND PRINCESS This Dreaming Style series kit features an Alice in Wonderland-inspired color scheme. *The trunk is part of the separate kit AFTER SCHOOL TRAVEL TIME . This is the four-panel birthday comic strip drawn by Ragho♪ All the second years in their Alice-inspired outfits are so cute♪ I kind of want to make a DIY apron and headband to recreate her outfit. I've made a list of all the differences between the Dreaming Style kit and the standard version. • Blond hair. These parts are also a little darker than Ritsuka's blond hair. • Different eye color. • Alice-themed outfit with an entirely blue color scheme and white collar. *The color balance is different from the standard St. Iris uniform. • Paler skin (Megami Device Skin Color C. The same skin tone as YOMI.) • Includes discontinued braided bangs (also available in a glasses-compatible version). • Different colored St. Iris school bag. And that's just to name a few! *The background card will be sent with the product for Kotobukiya shop online purchases or given at the register for physical purchases in Japan. *The background card is a Kotobukiya shop exclusive in Japan. One of the best things about this kit is the two additional bang pieces that don't come with the standard version. This is the first time one of the bangs will show the character's forehead, so check it out if that's something you've always wanted! As for the face parts, the kit comes with the same four included with the standard version. But! With a different eye color. We thought a lot of users would want to pair the blond hair with blue eyes, so for the first time in the Dreaming Style series, we changed the eye color. (We had to create two whole separate paint masters for the standard and Dreaming Style versions. It was so much work...) The Dreaming Style kit also comes with a newly drawn A3 background card of Emma's room. Until now, we've always done massive B2 background cards of things like the ocean or pools, but this card is about half that size. The background shows us the room that Emma's always drawing and assembling model kits in. I wonder if anyone can name all of the model kits displayed on her shelves...? Also, when you purchase the standard version of Emma at the Kotobukiya Shop, you will receive a special Emma's room "blank Ver." background card! In the blank version, there is nothing displayed on her walls, so you can freely decorate her room! My suggestion, get Bukiko's desk and place it in there to give Emma an actual desk to make models at. Let's see what kind of scenes users can snap with the background cards. *The background card will be sent with the product for Kotobukiya shop online purchases or given at the register for physical purchases in Japan. *The background card is a Kotobukiya shop exclusive in Japan. Look, users can even have two of them hanging out together. (Scenes of Emma-chan senpai getting along with Ritsuka) I took a ton more super cute photos, so take a look! This one is Ritsuka dancing as she pretends to be Emma. They're wearing the same uniform but there is a whole 17mm difference between them. That's 17cm if they were full-scale. What a difference! Emma “Why do I feel like I'm being watched?” Madoka “...😏” Madoka can't help standing out even when she's hiding away. The disgusted and upset faces are so fun! They can be used in so many situations. Emma "A suspicious person! Come out, my Another!" Man, Emma's so nice, she even makes sure to include an ad for the new model! Preorders for Novice, the third character in the Megalomaria Unlimited Universe series are open! For more info, check out the Megalomaria Unlimited Universe blog. *EN translated editions to be uploaded soon! To end things off, I got all four of them to take a group photo. There was a big gap between Emma's announcement and release, but she's finally here! She's the first character in season two, so we really poured everything into development. Display her next to the first years in your collection! I hope everyone keeps up the incredible support, keep an eye out for a separate blog post with all of the different combination examples! Planning: Kameyama P © KOTOBUKIYA ▼ Audio dramas are available on the Official YouTube channel! (Available in Japanese only)

2023.12.12

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