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Anime figures damaged in earthquake? Tokyo manufacturer offers to repair them for free

Casey Baseel
Feb 18, 2021
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A new lease on life for figures from series about rebirth.

Japan
(anime • cool • earthquake • figures • moving • Re:Zero • Re:Zero−Starting Life in Another World • touching)

New gachapon figures from Japan imagine a romance beyond bathroom boundaries

Katy Kelly
Feb 13, 2021

Well, for the little icons on the door signs, at the very least.

Japan
(capsule toys • cute • figures • funny • gacha toys • gachapon • romance • Tama Kyu • Toilets)

A totally classy gigantic anime girl bust for your home【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Jan 5, 2021

Is this a 1:1-scale figure of A Certain Scientific Railgun’s Mikoto, or a 1/2 1:1 one?

Japan
(A Certain Scientific Railgun • anime • crazy • figures • interior • life-size • weird)

Line of figures depicting animals using toilets begins pre-orders three months in advance

Master Blaster
Dec 28, 2020

Get a set before your fellow art enthusiasts scoop them all up!

Japan
(animals • art • capsule toys • cute • figures • Kunio Sato • toilet • toys)

Japan’s Choco Eggs now come with Super Mario figures from two decades of Nintendo history

Casey Baseel
Dec 12, 2020

Forget collecting 100 coins, we want these 16 figures instead.

Japan
(Choco Egg • chocolate • figures • nintendo • Super Mario • sweets • toys • video games)

New Evangelion figure has eyes that follow you, very form-fitting plugsuit【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Nov 7, 2020

If you’ve got your eyes on Asuka, she’s got her eyes on you too.

Japan
(anime • Asuka • Bandai • Evangelion • Figure-rise Labo • figures • Premium Bandai • Rebuild of Evangelion)

Anime figure stolen from otaku bar, owners have thief on video but give him chance to come clean

Casey Baseel
Nov 3, 2020

Once again, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is part of a real-life struggle between the good and evil to be found in the human heart.

Japan
(anime • bars • crime • Demon Slayer • figures • Kimetsu no Yaiba • manga • moving • otaku • theft • touching)

New inflatable Pikachu is cute enough for kids, strong enough for adults【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Sep 17, 2020

The designers know you’re going to try to ride that Pokémon you bought “for your kids,” so this Pikachu is as sturdy as it is adorable.

Japan
(anime • cute • figures • interior • Pikachu • Pokemon • toys • video games)

Seriously, what’s up with Japan’s fixation with animals going to the bathroom as capsule toys?

SoraNews24
Sep 5, 2020

We have so many questions about the questionable design of some of these toys.

Japan
(animals • capsule toy • cats • figures • gachapon • peeing • potty time • weird • Yell World)

Give your anime figures the epic backdrops they need with these awesome 100 yen shop photo sheets

Casey Baseel
Aug 17, 2020

Glorious backgrounds for your favorite characters even if the contents of your wallet are less than epic.

Japan
(100 yen store • anime • clever • COK • cool • figures • photography • SNJO)

78-year-old dad in Japan handmakes amazing anime figure furniture for his otaku child

Casey Baseel
Aug 15, 2020

A story to warm the heart…and fill it with desire for a set of your very own.

Japan
(anime • cool • crafts • dads • figures • furniture • otaku • parents)

Dancing mini idol robots with customizable parts available for sale in Japan【Video】

Shannon
Aug 12, 2020

Ever wanted a dancing and programmable idol robot? Now you can have one.

Japan
(cool • dancing • figures • idol singers • Idols • MOFI17-Cute • robot • robots • Speecys • video)

Scale SEGA! Game company’s greatest consoles recreated in miniature for your figures to play with

Casey Baseel
Aug 3, 2020

Bundle includes tiny versions of landmark cartridges and CDs, and even their cases.

Japan
(cool • Dreamcast • figures • Genesis • Good Smile Company • Mega Drive • Sega • toys • video games)

If you’ve got 2.75 million yen to spare, you could own this life-size Atelier Ryza figure【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Jul 31, 2020

A big figure with a big price for big fans of the anime-style video game.

Japan
(anime • Atelier • Atelier Ryza • awesome • crazy • figures • life-size • video games)

You can open a Japanese-style bathhouse for your pets or anime figures with the Bird Sento【Pics】

Casey Baseel
Jul 29, 2020

Miniature Japanese bathing culture right in your home.

Japan
(animals • bathing • baths • birds • cool • cute • Felissimo • figures • pets • public baths • sento)

Wonder Woman goes anime-style with redesign figure from famous Japanese artist【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Jul 21, 2020

Strike Witches and Girls und Panzer character designer reimagines the American icon.

Japan
(American comics • anime • DC • figures • Girls und Panzer • Kotobukiya • Strike Witches • Wonder Woman)

You can now visit a recreation of Evangelion’s Tokyo-3 and live there in miniature form in【Pics】

Casey Baseel
Jul 20, 2020

Applications for the Tokyo-3 residence permit program are now open at Small Worlds Tokyo.

Japan
(anime • COK • cool • Evangelion • figures • miniature • museums • Small Worlds Tokyo • SNJO • theme parks • Tokyo-3)

Busty anime pirate Nami is now flat as can be in new One Piece kokeshi figure line【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Jul 18, 2020

Joins Luffy and friends as traditional kokeshi doll Straw Hat crew doubles in size.

Japan
(anime • culture • dolls • figures • kokeshi • manga • Nami • One Piece)

Posable “Nude” vending machine capsule toy is a better choice for artists than perverts

Casey Baseel
Jul 13, 2020

Gacha mannequin makes for a compact and affordable reference tool.

Japan
(art • capsule toys • cool • figures • gacha • gahapon • vending machine toys)

Got 33,000 bucks to spend on an anime “figure?” Then this human-scale Evangelion could be yours!

Casey Baseel
Jul 3, 2020

The perfect way to make your otaku friends jealous and your bank account sad.

Japan
(anime • crazy • Evangelion • Evangelion Unit 01 • figures • interior • Small Worlds • statues)

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