
The ultra moe Suiseiseki of doll battle series Rozen Maiden has transformed from a doll to a glorious 20.5cm figure made by Griffon, showcasing the lovable girl in her stylish green dress whilst grasping her fabled watering can – Suiseiseki can be the latest addition to buyer’s collections when she arrives in May.
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A ranking of the most entertaining manga to have finished in 2014 surprisingly sees even the mighty Naruto fall victim to certain ghoulish delights.
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Shinku of doll combat anime Rozen Maiden has become even shorter than usual in the form of this 16cm figure by Griffon Enterprises, while also wearing her signature crimson dress and whimsically conjuring some rose petals – Shinku can fight at the beck and call of her buyer come October.
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The latest mega-manga to draw to a close is none other that goth loli legend Rozen Maiden, by most accounts climaxing in style and poignancy.
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With Suigintou‘s arrival, the doll-fighting action resumes as she and Shinku try to get along together – bringing cute faces and wet results, and potentially the return of yet another doll legend.
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Now that Shinku is back, gothic lolita doll anime Rozen Maiden has its cuteness factor restored, while still managing not to take away the seriousness of the plot at hand…
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Now that fans have gotten the chance to get to know this season’s lead heroines, their votes have been counted and their favourites ranked, with a trio of disturbingly sexualised newcomers surprisingly dominating the top slots and seeing off rivals from gothic lolita and supernatural harem anime handily…
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The latest ranking of the summer 2013 season shows a strong showing from those titles able to survive first episode droppage, and KyoAni’s most muscular effort to date lodged incongruously high amongst the moeblobs and loli anime…
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With the return of Shinku the reception “enjoyed” by gothic lolita doll anime Rozen Maiden has warmed considerably, although Shinku’s reception is anything but…
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After a disastrously received initial episode, legendary doll fancying anime Rozen Maiden may have recovered some of its chances with an alternate advent for Shinku.
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With a mere bus or car obviously not being classy enough for the dolls of Rozen Maiden, the streets of Akiba have instead been graced with a Rozen limousine out promoting the new series – the mere sight of a stretch limo on the streets of Tokyo being unusual enough even without the loli livery.
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Studio Deen newly airing reboot of legendary gothic lolita doll anime Rozen Maiden has picked up more than a little criticism for opting to cram 7 volumes of the manga into a single recap episode, but fortunately everyone can at least agree that the dolls are cuter than ever…
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