figma Giant God Warrior
figma 巨神兵
The first ever collaboration between Studio Ghibli and figma!
Studio Ghibli’s newest short special effects film ‘Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo’ is being screened at Anno Hideaki’s Special Effects exhibition, and from that film comes a figma of the Giant God Warrior. A replica model based off a life-size puppet of the Giant God Warriorused for special effects in the film has been shrunk down even smaller with the use of a 3D scanner, and then sculpted into a figma by sculptor Takayuki Takeya!
The figma also includes a number of optional extras, such as head parts to recreate the proton beam attack, a rod of light, and wings to display it soaring through the air.
Product Details
Product Name: figma Giant God Warrior (ふぃぐま きょしんへい)
Series: Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo
Manufacturer: Good Smile Company
Category: figma
Price 3,500 Yen (including tax)
Release Date 2012/07
Specifications Painted ABS&PVC non-scale posable figure with figma stand included. Approximately 160mm in height
Sculptor Takayuki Takeya, Masaki Asai
Planning Assistance Max Factory
How to Purchase
■ On sale at the Exhibition “Anno Hideaki’s Special Effects Museum – View Techniques of the Showa Period in Miniature”
2012/07/10 (Tues) ~ 2012/10/08 (Mon) From 10:00 ~ 18:00. Entrance permitted up to 30min before closing.
Tokyo Gendai Art Gallery – Planning Exhibition Room 1F/B2F
〒1335-0022 Tokyo, Koutou-ku, Miyoshi 4-1-1
http://www.mot-art-museum.jp/
■ WEB Sales
GOOD SMILE ONLINE SHOP Sales
This product will be available for order at the GOOD SMILE ONLINE SHOP between 2012/10/08 (Mon) at 18:00 until 2012/10/22 (Mon) at 24:00. (JST).
Delivery is expected to be in February 2013.
Good Smile Company will make a figma of the Giant God Warrior (Kyoshinhei) from “Kyoshinhei Tokyo ni Arawaru” (Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo), the live-action tokusatsu (special-effects) short developed by Evangelion director Hideaki Anno and produced by Studio Ghibli. The short itself draws inspiration from the Giant God Warriors from Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind manga and anime film.
Giant God Warrior Statue Replica
巨神兵像 レプリカ
A huge replica of The Giant God Warrior.
Studio Ghibli’s newest short special effects film ‘Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo’ is being screened at Anno Hideaki’s Special Effects exhibition, and from that film comes this huge model of the Giant God Warrior. The model is based on a life-size puppet of the Giant God Warrior that was used for special effects in the film, made into a miniaturized replica for fans to enjoy!
Takayuki Takeya is behind the beautiful sculpting of the model itself, the base it stands on as well as the rod of light it holds. The model measures an amazing 50cm from head to toe and is made from polystone which allows for incredibly delicate and detailed sculpting – all in all creating a model that fans will be proud to own!
Product Details
Product Name: Giant God Warrior Statue Replica (きょしんへいぞう れぷりか)
Series: Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo
Manufacturer: Good Smile Company
Price 48,000 Yen (including tax)
Release Date 2012/07
Specifications Painted polystone non-scale figure with base included. Approximately 500mm in height.
Sculptor Takayuki Takeya
How to Purchase
■ On sale at the Exhibition “Anno Hideaki’s Special Effects Museum – View Techniques of the Showa Period in Miniature”
2012/07/10 (Tues) ~ 2012/10/08 (Mon) From 10:00 ~ 18:00. Entrance permitted up to 30min before closing.
Tokyo Gendai Art Gallery – Planning Exhibition Room 1F/B2F
〒1335-0022 Tokyo, Koutou-ku, Miyoshi 4-1-1
http://www.mot-art-museum.jp/
■ WEB Sales
GOOD SMILE ONLINE SHOP Sales
This product will be available for order at the GOOD SMILE ONLINE SHOP between 2012/10/08 (Mon) at 18:00 until 2012/10/22 (Mon) at 24:00. (JST).
Delivery is expected to be in February 2013.
The Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo will present the short as part of its “Kanchō Anno Hideaki Tokusatsu Hakubutsukan” (Curator Hideaki Anno’s Special Effects Museum) exhibition. The exhibition “will spotlight the special craftsmanship such as seen in ‘miniatures,’ and will present on an unprecedented scale its entrancing world that is distinct from VFX or CG.” The “deputy curator,” Shinji Higuchi, is also the director of the new short and the storyboard artist for the Evangelion television series and films.
During the Thursday press conference for the exhibition, Anno emphasized that the short will not use computer graphics, but will rely on traditional filmmaking techniques like miniatures to make the “final tokusatsu work.” Higuchi added that the short will be between 5 and 10 minutes long. Anno was a key animator on the Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind film, and he later drew inspiration from the film’s Giant God Warriors (and childhood memories of the tokusatsu franchise Ultraman) to create Evangelion.
The exhibition will run from July 10 to October 8. Advance tickets sales began on Thursday, and adult tickets cost 1,300 yen (US$16). Tickets will also be available at the door for 100 yen (US$1.25) more. Good Smile Company will sell its figma figure at the exhibition in July for 3,500 yen (about US$44), and it will then offer the figure online after the exhibition ends on October 8.
From ‘Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo’:
Giant God Warrior Vignette
figma Giant God Warrior &
Giant God Warrior Statue Replica.
From Studio Ghibli’s newest short special effects film titled ‘Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo’ that was screened at the Anno Hideaki’s Special Effects exhibition comes various different figures of the Giant God Warrior that invades Tokyo.
Sources: Good Smile Company, Animenewsnetwork, Mikatan Blog