Kotobukiya has announced a number of bishojo (beautiful girl) PVC figures based on popular anime and video game properties that will be available in the U.S. in August.  The new figures include an Evangelion-based Asuka Maid statue (Kotobukiya has the exclusive rights to depict the Evangelion heroines in maid costumes), which stands seven and one-half inches high and will retail for $59.99.  The Asuka figure also comes in a Special Edition, which features a yellow (rather than a red) dress, and also sells for $59.99.

 

The similarly priced Asa Shigure Figure(from the Shuffle anime) stands only 6.5 inches high, but that is because sculptor Syou Kojima decided on a provocative bending over pose. As might well be deduced from this figure, the Shuffle anime is based on an eroge or erotic game. 

 

The Uesugi Kenshin figure, which stands 7.5” tall, and is also priced at $59.99, is taken from the seventh iteration of the Sengoku Rance eroge computer game.  She comes complete with samurai sword and a removable silver samurai helmet. Uesugi was recently voted the game’s most popular character by Japanese fans.

 

The most expensive of the new Kotobukiya figures is also the largest--a 9.5” PVC statue of the gun-toting Yoko from the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann movie.  The 1/6th scale Yoko figure, which was sculpted by Tsukuru Shirahige, comes with cool weapon accessories and can be posed with different facial expressions and hair styles.  It will have an MSRP of $99.99.