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At Wonder Festival, there was a booth that was getting noticeable attention.
It was the figure leading company which has been in business for 12 years, Good Smile Company.
Good Smile Company is known by the short name Gussuma and
is famous for 2.5 head-sized anime and game figures called Nendoroid.
I asked president Takanori Aki about these popular Nendoroid.
President Aki has appeared on Japacon three times before it became regular.
President Aki! It’s been a long time.
Thank you for joining the show before it became regular.
Thanks to your cooperation, the show got a good reputation.
Fortunately we can run the second year!
I think that was a tough trial.
But I had some reactions from the beginning.
Some people joined the show to support.
We got some new partners and I’m happy about that.
Let’s get right down to business, president Aki.
Please tell us about the difference between Nendoroid and regular figures.
This type of scale figures take time to make and also require a skilled modeler.
So the number we can produce is limited.
On the other hand, Nendoroid requires technology but can be produced with less steps.
If a scale figure took three months to make, Nendoroid would only take one month.
It only takes half or one third of the time to make the prototype.
They said that there is a secret weapon that sped up the prototype’s production, and they showed it to us.
What are you doing right now?
Like making it with hands, I’m modeling it with 3D software here.
I’m making solid weapons and swords for figures with CAD.
Since it’s easy to resize, while it takes time to start over when made by hand, it’s easy to start over with data.
With the pen type interface, indents can be made, and
this “optical modeling machine” renders the prototype data.
The machine’s tray contains the resin that hardens when hit by visible light, and
based on design data, a prototype will be created.
It depends on what we make, but it usually takes about 10 hours to complete.
I had no idea that hit figures were created with such advanced technology incorporated into their production.