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4:00 PM on 05.15.2013

Behold, a figure that costs 60 million Yen

Yes, friends, you read that headline correctly. Sixty million Yen. As of this writing, that's a shade under $586,000. What a way to celebrate Saint Seiya, right? In commemoration of the tenth anniversary of Saint Seiya's Sain...

Josh Tolentino



A special message from our founder photo
A special message from our founder
by Josh Tolentino




Best of 2012: Kristina's Top 5 Toyetic Anime photo
Best of 2012: Kristina's Top 5 Toyetic Anime
by Kristina Pino


8:00 AM on 10.18.2012

NYCC '12: The toy roundup

Now that NYCC is pretty much covered, I'll be dropping in with some anime-related toy stuff that we wrote about at Tomopop! Check out these links: Gallery: Vash the Stampede Kotobukiya booth overview Namco Bandai and ShiftyL...

Kristina Pino

4:00 PM on 09.08.2012

This Evangelion humidifier is the best humidifier

I was once out buying a humidifier for my grandmother's room, and saw one that looked a bit like a volcano. This one, shaped like NERV headquarters with Unit 01 standing on top, is way better. Sadly, dear grandma doesn't know...

Josh Tolentino

6:00 PM on 09.03.2012

Some noteworthy figure pre-orders to check out

Every now and then, I feel like I've got to remind you folks that being an anime fan doesn't stop at enjoying the manga and animated adaptations thereof, but continues on to the realm of expensive plastic merch that you can i...

Kristina Pino

6:00 PM on 08.14.2012

A huge Teddie plush and more in upcoming Persona merch

You lovely readers are Persona fans, right? It's about time I did a quick little round-up of the kind of figures and plush available if you're into that kind of thing.  Starting off, the most recent big thing (literally)...

Kristina Pino

1:00 PM on 05.22.2012

Madoka contracts with Sanrio

WIth all this crazy Hello Kitty licensing going on lately, fellow Sanrio cutie, My Melody did not want to left out of the action. Even I was a bit surprised by this team up!  Starting in July, My Melody will be doing a m...

Hiroko Yamamura

10:00 AM on 05.07.2012

Love is over if you don't gawp at these Catherine figures

Indeed, it will be over, as done as if you had fallen off a mysterious pile of blocks into an infinite nightmare void full of crazy monsters representing the worst of male anxieties. So gawp, gawp, I say! Catherine and Kather...

Josh Tolentino

4:00 PM on 03.20.2012

Yukiko Nendroid goes right for the heart, and the wallet

Persona 4. What are you doing to my wallet? I can remember distinctly hoping for all sorts of merchandise to come out for the title when I was joyfully playing through it on the PS2. Well, they to watch out what you...

Hiroko Yamamura

3:00 PM on 02.12.2012

Yukiko and Chie figmas are just over the horizon

Our friends over at Tomopop posted up some jaw droppingly beautiful pictures of new figmas based on two of our favorite main ladies of Persona 4. Wonfes is always full of amazing goodness, but these two figures take the cake....

Hiroko Yamamura

1:00 PM on 11.27.2011

Fei-Yen and Miku merge = A great virtual cyber woman

It's cool that Sega is just as excited as cross-promoting its franchises as Namco Bandai, perhaps moreso. Why? Because if it wasn't, we wouldn't get this awesome crossover figure between Hatsune Miku and Sega's classic Vitual...

Josh Tolentino