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WonFest 2023 Announcements and Updates

I may as well talk a bit about the announcements and updates from this WonFest (Summer 2023) that caught my eye. In all honesty, there weren't a ton that got me interested, but maybe that'd change if I was somehow magically able to attend the event. Who knows.

The first things that come to mind are the QuesQ and eStream Bridget figures, from Guilty Gear. I don't play Guilty Gear nor do I have much interest in it at all outside of Bridget, but her being canoncially trans has made her a loveable character to me. I don't think I'll end up picking up the figures once they release, but they do look cute and do her justice in my eyes.

There was also an alt-colour Pop Up Parade of Bridgette announced from Max Factory, but I'm generally not a fan of alt colour figures and as someone who isn't actually a Guilty Gear fan it didn't interest me at all. I just found it worth mentioning as I talked about other Bridgets.

QuesQ Figure || eStream Figure || Max Factory Figure

Something that did genuinely catch my eye for a source I have a genuine interest in is the Ame-chan Pop Up Parade from Needy Streamer Overload. I think Needy Streamer Overload is a neat game and some pretty cool criticism of content creation and the way people treat creators. And Ame-chan has a design I like a lot more than OMGKawaiiAngel, so finally getting a figure announced of her was exciting. The prototype looks cute so far, and I like the pose well enough. The figure is coming from Good Smile Company.

Ame-chan Figure

Something else that really excited me was the announcement of not just one, but two pairs of Doukyuusei figures - Pop Up Parades and Nendoroids. I love Doukyuusei, it's one of the first queer mangas I read and one of the ones that I remember most fondly. I'm happy to see it being achnowledged again and I look forward to seeing the protoypes for all four figures.

[I won't link for this one, since there isn't much to see without a prototype yet. If you're interested though, check Good Smile's social media, or find the figures on MFC.]

There was also an announcement for a new series of Persona figures of the protagonists for Persona 3, 4 and 5. Again, there's no prototypes, but the announcement art has a cute style, and I am considering picking up at least Narukami once these figures are released.

Good Smile Company also announced a nendoroid of 808 from Hi-Fi Rush, which made me stim with happiness when I first saw it. I adore Hi-Fi Rush, and I'm happy to see it finally being achnowledged by these companies. If I can afford her when she releases, I'll definitley be picking 808 up. It's another figure with no prototype, but she's lovely all the same.

As always, there were a bunch of Miku announcements too. A new B-Style Bunny figure from FREEing... which I was never gonna like since I don't like most bunny figures, a figure with no prototype for now from Hobby Max, a prototype with a beautiful sculpt from Stronger and a prototype Pop-Up Parade from Good Smile. I don't actually care too much about any of these, I'm very picky about Miku figures, but I keep an eye on Vocaloid releases wherever possible.

FREEing Figure || Stronger Figure || Good Smile Figure

The prepainted Remilia from Apex, based on N Collection's gorgeous Remilia, was hugely exciting actually. She's going to be very far out of my budget, but she's absolutely gorgeous to look at. I'm always happy to see GKs be picked up as prepainted figures, it gives me hope that eventually some of my faves with only Garage Kit figures will get a prepainted too. I'm looking at you, Minoriko Aki. And no, the cancelled Griffon figure doesn't count.

Remilia Figure

There were also a couple of interesting Garage Kits, like the Yoimiya from Saddle and the 2022 Snow Miku from mobius, but Garage Kits aren't accessible to me and I don't get too excited about them for that reason.

Outside of that, the only other figures that caught my attention were the ones that caught it for negative reasons. The Kanna Dragon Maid Bunny figure is disgusting to me, considering how young Kanna is obviously supposed to be (and don't pull any of that hundreds/thousands of years old crap, if it looks like a child and acts like a child it's definitley a child.) and the Cirno figure from Solarain as so many small details that're off about it that it just makes me uncomfortable. It's an unfortunate reminder of how weird the anime industry and community can be. But until people can be normal about children, it's not gonna change. Which sucks ass, obviously.

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