Japan Office Tour Season 01 Episode 02 "GSC Tour Continued."
Theres quite a bit of Japanese flying about this time and subbing it would have taken me 23 years. If anybody wants to translate this then stick the subs on your blog/site and I will link to it from this article and from the video up on YouTube. Folks who missed the first part can watch it here.
Below: The Good Smile boss Aki-san talks about the pre production Saber. The pre-production exists so that they can see how far the joints move, whether the clothing is soft enough etc etc.
Below: Aki talks about how important it is to get the details of the paintwork prefect or they would end up with a load of disappointed customers.
Below: The latest unpainted pre production model. Note that as its pre production, some of the bits fall off easily.
Below: Aki-san talks about the different softnesses of plastic and how its difficult to do intricate painting on soft plastics - but if the plastics are too hard then the joints become less articulate. He also talks about how they strike a balance between the articulation and paintwork.
The harder the plastic, the sharper the detail. Code 100 plastics are the hardest and Code 60 is used for the shoulder bit that you can see is soft.
Below: The PS2 Haruhi was the first Figma. The Figma project took over a year and a half to complete before they could start producing the figures.
Below: Having a look around the meeting room.
Below: All the Gundams are made by Max Watanabe-san.
Below: Unfortunately I had to cut out a not-seen-before figure as its too early to show it orz.
Below: A lookie around the sculptors room.
Below: My what a big pipe you have.
Below: Some health care material with a box o tissues right next to it.
Below: The surfacer corner. Surfacer is used to show all the nooks n crannies on a model and also acts as a primer.
Below: Lovely cutie Moetan.
Below: The Figure sculpt duplication box. They use this to make copies of a figure as soon as it has been sculpted.
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Below: Some English language learning material in the office.
Next up is Season 01 episode 03 - "Max Factory."
And a quick question - This new series of Japanese office tours wont be just figure companies and I plan to include eroge makers, anime production studios, internet companies etc. What sort of office tour interests you the most?
