We first saw her announced back at the Shizuoka Hobby Show, and today Kotobukiya updated with color images of their Kizaki Emi PVC figure from manga and upcoming TV anime Kurogane no Linebarrels. She’s scheduled for release in October at an undisclosed retail price (previously reported at 6,090 yen), and 1/8 scale (21 cm tall). The sculptor is currently uncredited. Figure images below:
I’m pleasantly surprised by how this figure is developing away from the uninspired and fugly Hirai Hisashi designs (cloned once again for his Nth mecha show… I swear the guy is a zombie. Or Lernean hydra). Whoever the sculptor is gets mad props at present, I hope the face isn’t “improved” in future revisions of the figure. We’ll be watching.
Ocober eh… same time as its model kit release:
Wow- I love her face…it’s a great looking figure.
All these figures I want are constantly coming out. I can’t get a break! Will definitely get.. orz
Nice, I really liked her pose. I guess it’s another figure for pre-order.
Well, it’s definitely worth keeping an eye out for! ^^
It’s definitely got a more realistic face than what’s normally seen: that’s a pleasant surprise. Dunno that I’ll be able to do the preorder thing b/c I’ve already got quite a few in the queue as is.