Shunya Yamashita
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Tue 2007/05/22 23:33
Seen pics of Rudy before but t'was the first time for me to have a good gander with me own mince pies.
Didnt think too much about this figure until the show but will now probably land on my buy list. For those who dont know, her eyes are full cast off @.@ - some picvs on AmiAmi somewhere whcih I cant seem to find now.
I still think Mirei-san is the nicest out of the Shunya Yamashita bunch though.
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Didnt think too much about this figure until the show but will now probably land on my buy list. For those who dont know, her eyes are full cast off @.@ - some picvs on AmiAmi somewhere whcih I cant seem to find now.
I still think Mirei-san is the nicest out of the Shunya Yamashita bunch though.
BTW/Off Topic, one of my end of year goals was to reach 20,000 unique visitors per day but I've already been getting that for the past few weeks. Setting a new stretch goal of 30,000 UU daily by end of year ^^;
The bad(ish) news is that I did not expect the incremental traffic to arrive so soon which is why you may be experiencing slow loading times. Currently working on new caching algorithms and hope to finish that this week.
I wrote some scripts to resize your avatars that appear on the top page to improve loading times. Managed to reduce avatars which were 40k down to 1k and shave off about 200k in total form the top page. If you are using a gif with transparency or animation - it may look odd for the top page only - avatars will be as you uploaded them for the rest of the site.
Do let me know if you have any other requests re navigation on the site.
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Tue 05/08 00:12 comments (57)
It looks pretty good, but is she wearing a nut cup!?! Because it really looks like it...
(ID #48344) Posted on 2007/05/22 23:52
Director/代表取締役
Trent, Nut cup! First time I heard of the term. I certainly hope shes does not have nuts. I see a load of Doujinshi that have girls with nuts - I dont understand it at all ;-;
(ID #48345) Posted on 2007/05/22 23:57
"nut cup!" haha...I hope not also since I preordered the exclusive Blue hair version of her. She'll be my first Shunya Yamashita figure. Would like to try and find Rosanna as my second but no luck yet!
(ID #48346) Posted on 2007/05/23 00:09
Gaspard de Coligny
2 words... MOLD LINES... Character is cute (somehow). But seriously, can't they do proper hairs ? is it so difficult ? It look like they just mold stuff and think that anyway fians will buy whatever comes...
(ID #48347) Posted on 2007/05/23 00:10
.NET/Web Developer
what's a nut cup?
(ID #48349) Posted on 2007/05/23 00:26
Graphic Designer
she looks cute, but some how doesn't really appeal to me. i'll just wait for Non-non and the Mirei i just preordered
(ID #48351) Posted on 2007/05/23 00:37
wrex in Tokyo, Japan
BeLe said, "what's a nut cup?" It's a groin cup to protect males from getting hit in the groin (or nuts) worn when playing various sports or practicing martial arts. Also called a "athletic cup." It's the first time I've heard it as a "nut cup" also. :D And now that you mention it, it does sort of look like one... ^_^;; Anyway, that's a cool figure... too bad my gf won't allow such figures in the house or it would be on my shelf. ^_^
(ID #48352) Posted on 2007/05/23 00:41
I'll be honest here...I like that cardboard version more than the figure itself.
(ID #48356) Posted on 2007/05/23 01:15
marvin (Registered on 2006/12/24 23:42)
looks real nice, Shunya Yamashita's illustrations are really jaw dropping and wickedly Amazing, however Rudy seems like kind of butch name for a fantastic figured figure. ^^ @trent nutcup!?! lol
(ID #48358) Posted on 2007/05/23 01:50
Aimless Traveler
Lookin hot there. Nut cup? (-__-") Sounds like someone's starting an Internet meme.
(ID #48362) Posted on 2007/05/23 02:21
webmistress/ ceo
already got: sera-chan sera-chan [blonde repaint] rei ayanami (yamashita/REFLECT] looking fwd to the rest.. i would die for a poizon [yamashita/REFLECT] figure though.. shes so hot!
(ID #48365) Posted on 2007/05/23 03:01
Policy & Research Officer
she does look pretty good, does it mean Shunya Yamashita is the sculptor?
(ID #48366) Posted on 2007/05/23 03:34
Hikikomori + Manga-ka + Bejiterian + Tiny Man
congrats on 20k visiters per day...and she looks hot...the flaw on top of her head/hair seems too obvious though..
(ID #48368) Posted on 2007/05/23 03:49
Gordon Pekeur in south africa -cape town-
cool figure ... dont know bout the hair though ... suppose I need 2 check it out 2 appreciate it more .... wicked pix Danny!!
(ID #48369) Posted on 2007/05/23 03:49
Animator/ graphic designer
mmmmmm. curvy! pity i wont be getting it though...running short of $$$ lately.
(ID #48370) Posted on 2007/05/23 04:05
Brain Outsourcer
Danny, I totally agree with you, even if this one is OK, Mirei san is way better. Next in my list is the non-non, and I also like what e2046 did with the Shion bust to make it a full figure.
(ID #48371) Posted on 2007/05/23 04:28
Student
セクシ！Thats a really nice figure. The figures designed by Shunya Yamashita, imo they are some of the sexiest figures out there. Rudy looks amazing however i have to say Mirei is still the best Shunya Yamashita work.
(ID #48372) Posted on 2007/05/23 04:44
webmistress/ ceo
shunya yamashita is just an illustrator. a lot of sculptors has put thier own twists to his art work. so far, my favorites has been from REFLECT
(ID #48373) Posted on 2007/05/23 05:01
College Student
That figure is so gorgeous and sexy too. But I think that this figure is expensive.
(ID #48374) Posted on 2007/05/23 05:36
I have sera chan, and most of his other figures (Mirei-san, NonNon & shii arisugawa) are on pre-order. I love his art style, and his semi-realistic look is pretty unique in this world of cartoony anime figures. The eyes and faces on his figures are stunning too. This fig is nice, but its not 'classy' enough and seems a bit of OTT titilation - the cast off proves that! Not sure how the boobs would look after cast off though - they are modeled so that they squash around the top...
(ID #48375) Posted on 2007/05/23 06:12
hell yeah. i got them all (on preorder ^_^) can't wait for them ladys to land on my desk. I do think mirei's the best one too, but non-non in her light pink version is gorgeous too...
(ID #48376) Posted on 2007/05/23 06:27
I like most of shunya yamashita works. But i am only getting shii arisugawa PVC. If possible i would search for the Reflect version of shii arisugawa too.
(ID #48378) Posted on 2007/05/23 07:00
Hobby Store clerk guy thing...
Hmm, not a huge fan of Shunya's work but Rudy is might make it's way to my buy list....if only for that sword @_@
(ID #48379) Posted on 2007/05/23 07:11
Modeller T (Taro)
Hello Guys, Nice to see many comments on my work. I made the master model of Rudy. It is my first comercial work for figure modeling. I am now working on a new figure following Rudy. If you want to see development of Rudy and her conversion boob, and my past works, please visit my site. http://arakoma.cool.ne.jp/topics3/topics.cgi Arakoma is a model making club. I am one of their 5 members. The HP is all written in Japanese but at least you can see pictures. Note: Click the page bottom small triangle to go back date pages. Cheers an happy modeling
(ID #48380) Posted on 2007/05/23 09:09
Student
I have Sera-chan and Mirei is on the way. Shunya figures are more realistic than other figures
(ID #48381) Posted on 2007/05/23 09:35
I'm waiting for my mirei-san !! ^^
(ID #48382) Posted on 2007/05/23 11:14
wow this is sure gna be a really popular website!!
(ID #48383) Posted on 2007/05/23 11:18
Owner, winterheim|hdd
@Danny And yet you still don't dig the cheongsam girl with the humongous cleaver that Shunya designed. :( Oh well, this one's quite sexeh. Nosebleed all around, folksies~!
(ID #48384) Posted on 2007/05/23 12:15
:O oooaaaaaaahhhhh that figure is soo very nice ^_^ It is still no Mirei, but it sure is nice, i really like Shunya Yamashita's art style and because of that i would really like to get every figuree that is related to his charascter designs...then i can have the whole collection ^_^ Ooh, is there a specific place in Tokyo that is best for getting ahold of Shunya Yamashita figures? Or are there numrerous different places?
(ID #48385) Posted on 2007/05/23 12:27
Graphic Designer
wow we have the sculptor himself here, cool :D. great work Modeller T (Taro).
(ID #48386) Posted on 2007/05/23 13:05
I might have to consider this one . . .
(ID #48391) Posted on 2007/05/23 16:59
Jason Lee
hey this is a comment for the past post about airguns: hey danny if you wanna check out the airsoft scene in the USA... a good site is AIRSOFT RETREAT... http://airsoftretreat.com/ full-metal replicas are most popular here in us.. and while the japanese 'tokyo-marui' maker is still somewhat popular here... its generally looekd down upon since they are all made of plastics. makers like 'classic army' and 'ics' only make full-metal guns ^^ i own a classic army G36K and a KWA gas blowback glock 18c (also full metal) =]
(ID #48392) Posted on 2007/05/23 17:19
Games addicted
This is a lovely figure indeed. A perfect mix between lethal and sexy. The pink pants are smlpy too hot and the BRA effect is absolute. For me one of the best figure OO. Danny, nice pics as alaways! .:XIII:.
(ID #48394) Posted on 2007/05/23 22:57
Director/代表取締役
Gorgo, BRA effect is indeed nice ^^; Jason, Thanks for the link. Arekusu, Depends on the maker - Mirei san is limited to Kotobukiya shops for example. Frost, Which one is that? T Taro-san, メールを送らせて頂きました。 AndyH, Her eyes are interchangeable ^^; Alafista, No - an illustrator.
(ID #48400) Posted on 2007/05/24 01:34
Owner, winterheim|hdd
Danny This one: http://blog67.fc2.com/s/shunlog/file/004b.jpg But I recall seeing a figurine where she's holding her melee weapon the same way Rudy's holding hers in your photos.
(ID #48422) Posted on 2007/05/24 04:58
Director/代表取締役
Frost, I know the one you are talking about with the axe behind her. I prefer the illustration you should us though. Cant remember seeing it as a figure.
(ID #48548) Posted on 2007/05/26 03:37
Very hot figure. Thinking of getting it if I have any spare cash.
(ID #48582) Posted on 2007/05/27 02:05
Owner, winterheim|hdd
Yeah, the illustration I showed would have been better made as a figurine than the one rolled out by Yamato.
(ID #48600) Posted on 2007/05/27 08:24
Director/代表取締役
Frost, Most definitely ^^;
(ID #48618) Posted on 2007/05/28 02:14
In my opinion the best Shunya Yamashita figures have been Mirei-san (either one take your pick ;)) and Non-Non (pink cheongsam/qípáo girl).
(ID #48640) Posted on 2007/05/28 09:52
DEXTER in outer space
i don't know who she is but plan to find out...great figure DAnny...thanks for showing it to some who don't get much anime in their countries :-)
(ID #48762) Posted on 2007/05/30 19:15
Anime Store Owner, artist, Web master
I have Mieri-san and both Sera-chans. These figures are amazing. I have Rudy on pre-order for both me and my store and I can't wait. Shunya Yamashita figures are one of the best lines ever. They match his work very well.
(ID #53151) Posted on 2007/08/01 16:56
I've got my Sera-chan yet and now i'm waiting for Mirei-san, this figures are awesome :)
(ID #56572) Posted on 2007/09/11 17:59
Endo in UK
I really want some figures from this artist. Love all this work and would really like the SHII ARISUGAWA model. Keep up the good work.
(ID #65358) Posted on 2007/11/29 14:29
Wow i really should get on the figure collection that is one nice figure.
(ID #70395) Posted on 2008/01/23 02:19
Enginner, Photographer
Excelent illustrator. I want a figure of this guy, really good.
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