
These recently released figure renditions of Haruhi and Nagato sporting electric guitars, and an attitude to match, caught my eye. Truly, the expression on Haruhi’s face is priceless – she looks suitably maniacal, for once. Nagato for her part has an appropriately blank expression.
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It seems every conceivable setting and costume is being explored in the active Haruhi figure market. These latest efforts from the Tokyo Toy Show 2008 caught my eye.
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Some diligent soul has put together a most comprehensive comparison of the differences between Lucky Star’s Tsukasa, as drawn by each animator of the series, as well as Haruhi’s characters.
Since anime is generally produced in parallel by multiple teams of animators, there are generally slight differences between each team’s output, which may be very noticeable if supervision is lax or the animation is rubbish – I am not afraid to admit that I cannot tell them apart at all; their animation supervision seems top notch, or perhaps I am not looking hard enough.
However, a look at the Haruhi animator comparison on the same site does reveal some differences, however minor.
As a tribute to this dedication, I reproduce the images below, should you wish to try to spot the differences. You may also simply want to gawk at Tsukasa and Nagato. This coming from 2ch, by way of Syu’s Quiz Blog.
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The newly released, and admittedly captivating, swimsuit Nagato by Alter is causing a storm of appreciation already, particularly for the perfectly executed crease. It seems set to dethrone the prized nekomimi Nagato in short order. More detail is to be had here. “The crease under her left breast is fiendish”, indeed. I certainly also can’t help but agree with the comment that the choice of sports swimwear represents a welcome deviation from the typical bikinis and school mizugi.