Who is Involved in a Nendoroid Release?

Various Nendoroid for sale at a figure store

Note: The topic is originally asked by Lexis from nendOtaku, a Germany-based Nendoroid blog.

If you have been collecting Nendoroid for a while, then you might have noticed that some Nendoroid boxes have another logo(s) beside Good Smile Company (GSC). They can be Max Factory, Phat Company, FREEing, or any other companies’ logo. So … who are they? Isn’t GSC the only one who make Nendoroid?

Well, in order to answer that questions, I am going to write about the parties involved for a Nendoroid release. Note that the explanation is based on my own, personal view. Therefore, it might be inaccurate in some ways or the other, but it should, hopefully, give you a bit of insight into the matter. ^^

Are you ready? Let’s get started! XD

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English version of Nendoroid Official Site is Launched

May23 by animaster

English version of the website

When Mikatan announced about Nendoroid Official Site‘s revamp, she also mentioned that the English version of the website would be launched soon. Well, apparently, the time is now, as the English website has been launched today.

Curious to see what’s new there? Kindly go directly to the website and tell us how you think about it in the comment, okay? XD

via Nendoroid Official Site

GSC Announced Highest Voted New Product Requests Result

May18 by animaster

Card Captor Sakura

Following up their previous announcement, GSC has just posted an update regarding the highest demand in the New Product Request section.

Here is a list of highest voted character to be made into Nendoroid: (sorted by highest voted to the lowest)

Spice and Wolf – Holo
Steins;Gate – Rintarou Okabe
Another – Misaki Mei
Card Captor Sakura – Kinomoto Sakura
Fate/Zero – Matou Kariya
Hidamari Sketch – Yuno
Cardfight! Vanguard – Sendou Aichi
Vocaloid – Akita Neru
Suzumiya Haruhi no Yutsuu – Itsuki Koizumi
Darker than Black – Yin
Fate/Zero – Lancer
UTAU – Kasane Teto

Spice and Wolf‘s Holo gets the top spot, while Steins;Gate‘s Rintarou Okabe claims the runner-up and Another‘s Misaki Mei grabs the third place.

Anyway, it seems that I am not the only one who requested for Kinomoto Sakura from Card Captor Sakura to be made into Nendoroid. Yatta! ^^

Vocaloid‘s Akita Neru and UTAU‘s Kasane Teto also made their way into the list, as well as Fate/Zero‘s Matou Kariya and …. Lancer!? XD

Well, what do you think about this potential list of upcoming Nendoroid releases?

(Thanks for the news tip, Tio Satrio!)

via GSC

GSC Announces Re-sale and New Product Request Project

Apr12 by animaster

GSC's 10th Anniversary

GSC will reach its 11th anniversary on May, so they are going to end their 10th anniversary celebration with a unique project: Re-sale and New Product Request.

Yep, GSC is asking your opinion about which product they should put on re-sale and what character you would like them to be made into a product.

How does it work?

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Official Nendoroid Calendar for 2012 is Spotted

Jan26 by animaster

Nendoroid Calendar for 2012

…. on the desk of Culture Japan‘s Danny Choo. XD Yep, according to the latest post in his blog, it seems that he has done a regular meeting at Good Smile Company‘s office recently. He posted some goodies’ photos that he took in the office between sessions – including the adorable Nendoroid-themed calendar for 2012. Kindly visit his blog to see the pics. ^^

(The calendar looks really cute … DO WANT! XD)

Via Culture Japan

Is This GumaGuma V’s Nendoroid Design!?

Nov10 by animaster

GumaGuma V design

The image you see above are posted on Mikatan’s latest blog post announcing new Cheerful JAPAN! product – a scaled figurine of Gumako made by ALTER. As you can see at the bottom of the image, the team is called GumaGuma V (read: GumaGuma Five) – reminds me of the Japanese sentai series. XD

Well, do you think GSC will be releasing those five as Nendoroid? Which one do you like the most? ^^

Via Mikatan’s blog (Japanese, English)

Tonight’s Live NicoNico Broadcast by GSC Featuring Newly Announced Figures

Oct21 by animaster

GSC's Meeting Space

“Autumn is here! Let’s Take a Look at October’s New Figures!”

Yep, that is the caption of tonight’s live NicoNico broadcast by GSC, as announced by Mikatan on her latest blog post. This time, they will be broadcasting right from GSC’s meeting space, instead of Good Smile Cafe as the previous live broadcast. Anyway, here is a run-down of the broadcast:

1/8th Scale Shinobu Oshino [Otanaka]
Nendoroid Sena Kashiwazaki [Otanaka]
Nendoroid ?? [Shuu-chan]
Nendoroid ?? [ ?? ]
1/8th Scale Homura [Oda]
1/8th Scale Mami-san [Oda]
Nendoroid ?? [Oda]
figma Sayaka [Second Private]
figma Ika Musume [Second Private]
figma ?? [Second Private]
1/8th Scale Miku Hatsune HSP ver. [Second Private]
Wing’s Sonico [Akiyama]

I guess Nendoroid Kobayashi Kamui, Nendoroid KAITO: Cheerful version and Nendoroid Matsumae Ohana are among those [???] Nendoroid in the list there. Menma and Ayase might also make their appearances there! XD

Well then, stay tuned from 20:00 until around 21:30 (JST) on this NicoNico channel. As usual, there might be a new product announcement on the broadcast, like … Touhou Project figures, perhaps? ^^

Via Mikatan’s blog

Nendoroid Info Revealed in The Latest Mikatan’s Blog Post

Oct3 by animaster

Prototype of Nendoroid Ika Musume

The latest “Kuroyagi-san’s Letter Corner” on Mikatan’s blog post revealed some information regarding upcoming Nendoroid releases. Here’s the round-up:

Nendoroid KAITO‘s resale will be announced soon.
Phat! Company‘s Nendoroid Ika Musume will be officially announced soon.
Nendoroid Morishima Haruka and Nendoroid Nanasaki Ai from Amagami will be announced soon.
Nendoroid Menma (Honma Meiko) from Ano Hana is coming soon.
Nendoroid Date Masamune‘s resale is still uncertain, but not impossible. XD
Nendoroid Sonic The Hedgehog is made to celebrate Sonic’s 20th anniversary.
Nendoroid Yune‘s faceplates are supposed to be compatible with most Nendoroid.
Nendoroid Sayaka Miki and Nendoroid Sakura Kyouko from Puella Magi Madoka Magica are currently in the works.

Aside from the info, there is an interesting pic posted as well:

Custom-made Nendoroid Mikatan?

Whoa … is that a custom Nendoroid Mikatan? She looks really adorable there, along with her trusty DSLR camera, chair, kitty-slippers, and a cardboard containing the reviewed product. DO WANT! XD

Unfortunately that photo has been removed from the post for some unknown reasons – perhaps she doesn’t want you to spam her with emails to ask about it. The photo popped up in my RSS reader along with the post earlier, but it seems that the real post has been updated, sans the photo.

In any case … what do you think about the revealed Nendo-info, Nendonesian? Any thoughts about the custom Nendoroid Mikatan as well? ^^

Via Mikatan’s blog

Nendoroid Gumako will be Released Tomorrow!

Sep28 by animaster

Nendoroid Gumako: Cheerful version

Nendoroid Gumako was initially started as an April fool joke by GSC, back then in 2008. Well, now she finally comes into reality as Nendoroid Gumako: Cheerful version as part of both GSC’ 10th anniversary and Cheerful JAPAN! campaign. ^^

Without further ado, kindly go to Mikatan’s blog to view more pics of this adorable Nendoroid rendetion of Good Smile Company’s mascot. Are you ready to ~~play~~ wait for her? XD

Via Mikatan’s blog

Custom Nendoroid Black Rock Shooter: GSC version is Spotted

Sep21 by animaster

Nendoroid BRS: GSC version

Yep, it is another custom Nendoroid delight for you: Nendoroid Black Rock Shooter: GSC version. Instead of the previously seen White-themed version of BRS as well as White Rock Shooter, this time we are seeing a fresh orange-colored BRS with GSC logo which replaced the initial star-shaped logo. This custom Nendoroid reminds me of Nendoroid Hatsune Miku: GSC version which were given as GSC photocon prize a few years ago. ^^