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Kanu Uncho from Ikki Tousen

written on June 15, 2010 by Tier

Although I like Kanu Uncho, I wouldn’t call her one of my favorite anime characters, particularly given her questionable characterization in the last two seasons of Ikki Tousen. Nonetheless, I own more figures of Kanu than any other character, and Alter’s version is number six in my collection. I’ve had it sitting in its box for a couple of months now, and today seems like an auspicious day to write about her since I want to watch basketball and I think I can bang out this review real quickly.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/8 scale, Alter, Figures, ikki tousen, kanu uncho, Review, school uniform | 35 Comments

Ryomou Shimei from Ikki Tousen

written on April 17, 2010 by Tier

I hadn’t planned on picking up any of Alter’s other Ikki Tousen figures, but Amiami had Ryomou and Kanu in stock the other week and with their shipping discount promotion still ongoing, I couldn’t really think of any reason not to buy them, so I did.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/8 scale, Alter, Figures, ikki tousen, maid, Review, ryomou shimei | 25 Comments

Kakouen Myousai from Ikki Tousen

written on April 12, 2010 by Tier

Ikki Tousen is a staple source for anime figure manufacturers, and with the manga still ongoing and its fourth television series currently being aired, it can be expected that they will continue chucking them out. For years, fans of busty kung fu girls with exploding clothes have been fed a steady diet of Kanu Unchou, Hakufu Sonsaku, and Ryomou Shimei, with Orchid Seed being the latest to exhibit a figure of the latter. Now I’ve got no problem with that, being that I lived off of chicken nuggets and hot dogs back in school, day in and day out. However, even one with a diet as poor as I hungers for something different every now and then. Sometimes, a man wants steak tartare. And with that admittedly discursive and not entirely relevant introduction out of the way, we have here a figure of Kakouen Myousai, the humorless, dress-wearing enforcer of Kyosho High.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/8 scale, Alter, china dress, Figures, ikki tousen, kakouen myousai, Review | 21 Comments

Ryomou Shimei from Ikki Tousen (Shunya Yamashita Version)

written on February 18, 2010 by Tier

The Ikki Tousen franchise is a licensing juggernaut, and with five Kanu Unchous in my collection, I am scarcely immune to its wiles. However, while the manga fields a bewilderingly large cast, for years my only non-Kanu figure was Griffon’s awful Ryofu Housen figure from way back. Now, with Daiki Kougyou’s Ryomou Shimei in my collection, that count increases to two.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/6 scale, daiki kougyou, Figures, ikki tousen, Review, ryomou shimei, shunya yamashita | 31 Comments

Kanu Uncho Dakimakura from Ikki Tousen (NSFW)

written on December 18, 2009 by Tier

I’ve got a backlog of figures to photograph, but I ran out of plaster cloth, so figure reviews are going to have to wait for a bit. In the meantime, let’s look at this pillowcase. Featured here is Ikkitousen’s it-girl Kanu Uncho on what is, to my knowledge, her fourth dakimakura. This one comes from Ensky, whom I’ve never heard of, and seems to have been exclusive to Hobby Search.
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Posted in Dakimakura Review | Tagged dakimakura, hentai, ikki tousen, kanu uncho, Review | 10 Comments

Kanu Uncho from Ikki Tousen (Project Dynamite #001 Extra Color Version) (NSFW)

written on November 26, 2009 by Tier

Here is yet another manifestation of Kanu Unchou, the preeminent poster girl of the Ikkitousen franchise. Some people – probably a lot of people, actually – would say that Kanu is ridiculously overrepresented and that the plastic used to manufacture Kanu figures could be better used elsewhere. Like on that Black Rock Shooter girl, for instance. I wouldn’t be among them, myself; I like Kanu, I’ve liked Kanu since she first appeared in Battle Vixens. I initially thought Hakufu and Kaku Bunwa were going to be the series’ main characters, so I’m quite happy that Kanu has received the love that she has. While there are about a billion figures of her out there, this version of Kan-san is a little bit different than the rest.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/5 scale, bondage, Figures, hentai, ikki tousen, kanu uncho, Review, school uniform, toshirou, Yamato | 16 Comments

Kanu Uncho from Ikki Tousen (Daiki Kougyo Black Miko Version)

written on June 3, 2009 by Tier

And the final entry in this week’s Kanu Uncho love affair is here, and nobody can claim that the best wasn’t saved for last. I hesitated to buy this figure simply because of the astronomical price but hey, money is replaceable but sold out is sold out, right? Rather than endure the inevitable mental flagellation that I’d inflict upon my cheapskate self if I let this opportunity slide by, I threw common sense to the wind and picked her up, and now that she’s here all I can really say is daaaayum.
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Posted in Daiki Kougyo, Figure Review | Tagged 1/6 scale, daiki kougyou, Figures, ikki tousen, kanu uncho, miko, Review | 11 Comments

Kanu Uncho from Ikki Tousen (Griffon Blue Dragon Sword Version)

written on June 1, 2009 by Tier

The Kanu Uncho love parade continues on. This was one of Griffon’s first figures I think, and I believe it was the first of their many Kanu offerings. Again, Griffon claims that she is in 1/6 scale and again they’re wrong, as she’s smaller than that. I forget exactly when I acquired this particular Kanu, but I’ve had her for several years now.
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Posted in Figure Review, Griffon | Tagged Figures, Griffon, ikki tousen, kanu uncho, Review, school uniform | 2 Comments

Kanu Uncho from Ikki Tousen (Yamato SIF EX Version)

written on May 31, 2009 by Tier

The first computer I ever used was an Apple II+ clone. By today’s standards, it is prehistoric in performance, with a 1 MHz clock speed and 48 KB of system memory. The particular computer I had featured two full-height 5.25″ disk drives which emitted a particularly loud series of clicks when in operation (I found the noise peculiarly soothing). Its built-in BASIC interpreter was amusing, and I spent many hours playing games like The Bard’s Tale and Wasteland, but otherwise it wasn’t a very useful computer. Certainly it gave me no idea of what computers would allow people to do twenty years later. However, I loved that ancient machine. You remember first things fondly, and sentimentality always cloaks their limitations, deficiencies, and flaws.

Like my old computer, I think this Kanu Uncho figure is great, not because it’s a beautiful figure (it’s definitely not), but because it’s the first one I owned.
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