Perhaps a three-dimensional representation of the Black Rock Shooter cannot scoop up all of the style of the two dimensional art, but Akeji pretty much rocked this out anyway. The best part of the figure are her blue eyes, giving off a melancholy vibe. They’re really mysterious looking. However, facial expression really only matters up close, like when the figure is on your desk. On the shelf, the rest of the figure is what should speak and keep it interesting for several months or more.
Even though it is a background element, the massive cannon makes this figure shine. That and the massive base. Both elements have more visual mass than the shooter herself and work to contrast with her long twiggy body. It’s almost like the shooter herself is a placeholder for the gun and the flowing coat, which kind of fits her sad expression. That coat is fantastic, a perfect amount of shine, and the folds superb.
I love how the hair came out. It sort of looks like there’s streaks of different shades in her hair, rather than just one color. Have the figure people been seeing some hair color commercials?
Here’s some other opinions of BRS: foobarbaz and Persocom’s.
In the end, an excellent rendition of the Black Rock Shooter character. Anyway, does she actually have a name?
Black Rock Shooter is her name, not just a nickname. I guess we’ll have to wait for the anime to know a bit more of her universe and her many friends/enemies
nice pic as always! still waiting for mine and already preordered the blader version ;p
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Maybe they can go the entire series without needing to use her name. That would be kind of funny.
omg…does that mean they are gonna make this into a real anime series, like with more then actually only one episode!?!?
I love how anime/games/manga make scars look so attractive
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I just got done setting up my BRS figure too~ SO BEAUTIFUL!!! The black clothes are gorgeous, the hair is amazing, her body could melt a fucking glacier it’s so HOT.
So I take it she woke up in a bathtub full of ice at some point in her past?
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man, the stuff like the gloss on the coat is what makes this figure such a killer. also this post makes me wonder why i passed on it the first time around orz.
then again that kind of “quality” is not something you could really tell before a full review comes out.
Particularly for something like the coat, since you don’t know what material or paint their going to use for the figures in production.
I’ve always thought that Black Rock Shooter was a Miku variant, much like VN02 and Supercell “World is Mine” Miku.
I can’t wait until mine arrives. C’mon Mr. Postman! Hurry up!
Happy New Year, Super rats!
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Your picture is very good.
I like the angle and position in each pic.
Happy New Year
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I couldn’t wait to see how you’d shoot her, and it was every bit as elegant and understated as I hoped. Thanks for always making toys look so stunning. ^__^
Happy new year!
Can’t wait to get mine !
I so love the base
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I want mine to arrive.I want mine to arrive.Iwant mine to arrive…
I think you get the point ^^
The selling point for me was her scar and im kinda unhappy how it turned out but besides that shes gorgeous
I wish you a happy new year!
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I got mine the other day. She was in quite the big box when I picked her up, I was like, man, rumors of how big she is were not wrong lol. Opened the box up and sure enough, a huge BRS box awaited me to open. The gun and the base do bring up the detail anty on the figure. The zipper on the coat is a nice little detail that I like. But the chain for the figure was a big kicker for me, I can tie it in anyways I want and try to make it different from other BRS. Btw, I moved from AnimeSugoi to Chibified.
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The box was huge, much larger than I expected.
Reviews made me regret for not getting her even more. T^T
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The new year’s fog is starting to lift. Thanks for the comments and happy new year to all.
Even though the figure is great what prevent me from getting it were those scars, they just don’t appeal to me. If they weren’t there I wouldn’t think twice about getting her. Still it’s a very nice figure with huge and nice cannon.
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I was put off by the scars first as well. I have a coffee mug with the shooter on it scar and all, so after drinking with the scars, it stopped bugging me. After a while, the scar fades out of things that aren’t pretty, as the rest of the glorious lump of pvc just drowns it out.
Spectacular shots, as expected. I always prefer moe character designs in figures, but the BRS design is great from every angle, and it looks like the figure captures that perfectly. I might have to pick this up if by some chance it ends up at a con…
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I like her blue eyes and hair style mostly.
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Black Rock Shooter is an impressive figure. She is really original. The base is great too ! I like this figure, even if, usually, it is not my style. It is not a loli, but I like for her originality. There is a real research, which your atmosphere shows more. Thank you!
Thanks for the close up pictures. The more I look at the details the more I drool, BRS indeed looks like an awesome figure, more well detailed than I could ever think of earlier too.
Personally I’ll get the Black Blade-version of this figure in April, too bad that it doesn’t look as heavy as this version though. I mean, the black sword of the BB version looks impressive, but it isn’t compareble to the rocket launcher of the original figure. >.^
I just got her yesterday! Took long enough…
The box is MASSIVE! I haven’t had a box that big arrive since Gwendolyn by Alter!
I have to say… BRS seems overwhelmingly cool, and also underwhelmingly plain at the same time. I don’t know how to put a finger on it. O_o
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her cheeks are too pronounced, but the figure is absolutely amazing
That’s a pretty good observation, especially with consideration to the style of the illustration. I wonder how flattening it would translate to the 3D figure? Though you could say they went a little far with building her cheekbones up.
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Thanks for the detailed pictures. I didn’t buy this one though. I was kinda ignorant about BRS. Probably, I can try the 3rd version (anime version). The flat-chest doesn’t attract me. However, after seeing yours. She definitely looks great!
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She does have a name. It’s stated on the black rock shooter official site. click on news~
Thanks for the heads up.
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O__O where do i get this????
Black Rock Shooter is not her name, it is just a nickname (or a codename, of some sort >.>) her name is Kuroi Mato, I don’t know if it’s her official name or not.
uh anime designer can be such pedophiles at time with there designs of young girl characters but other than that kool
Isn’t she cute I think I’m falling for a blue eyed beauty she’s very very beautiful I really this anime dolls it always has it’s own style loved the way the faces looks compared to barbies…