Motoko Kusanagi
Motoko Kusanagi is one of the main character in Masamune Shirow’s Ghost in the Shell series. This figure is based on her appearance in the movie Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. Solid State Society. There are two Motoko figures that I like, this is one of them, the other is the one release by Alter last year if I not mistaken, where she’s holding a handgun.
This figure is suppose to be Amazon Japan limited if I am not mistaken, but somehow my local shop manage to get a few of her. I have been tempted to get her for quite sometime but decided to wait for my local shop sales before I grab her, fortunately she was still available during the recent sales.
Wish I had a matrix like background for the shoot, but a black bg is all I have that suits her. She came with a transparent green base with the name of the movie she’s based from on it. She can stand perfectly well without the base though. The one thing that really attract me to this version of her is the trench coat, it just looks so cool.
Detail and sculpt are pretty good, and the paint job as well, but then she doesn’t have a lot of colors ^^. The sunglasses is kinda plain though, and kinda scratch too.
Not much shots this time around, she doesn’t really have a lot of angle that I can shoot from anyway. Well for more photos of her head over to lu-k’s blog.
Well I am glad I manage to get her cheaper due to sales ^^. I find that during sales, it’s the time when I start buying figures that I never though I’ll get or figures that I decide to skip when released due to budget reason. It’s also the time when I spend more on figures than I should xD.
Motoko Kusanagi
Anime: Ghost in the Shell
Scale and Material: 1/8 pre-painted PVC
Company: Good Smile Company
Price: 5460 Yen
Released: September 2007
Added to collection: February 2008
Availability: sold out
Photo taken using: Canon EOS 400D with EF 100mm Macro lens and Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 lens
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One of the best looking Makoto figures I’ve seen so far apart from the Alter one. What I like on this one is definitely the way her body was sculpted.
For the Matrix background, you can always create it via photoshop, there are loads of tutorials on the web in how to do it, I at least have made a few a long time ago XD
looks good, actually one of the best motoko I’ve seen so far. but her face seems kinda pale
Is it just me? or is her chin really that pointed
@Belela-san~yeah can’t agree more that she’s one of the better looking Mokoto. I was kinda lazy to photoshop too much, so if can direct get the effect from the shoot, much better
@ron~she’s kinda pale looking
@Prim3~her chin is not that pointed in the anime ^^
The detail on her outfit looks quite nice. But there’s something about her face that isn’t quite right. It doesn’t really say “Motoko” to me. I think the problem is she looks too gentle.
C’mon Valho, let’s see some photoshop work with a matrix bg! You can do it!
Sales are evil… ^^;
I agree with you when saying she doesnt have a lot of angle that you can shoot from . Had the same limitation
I thought she was an amazon exclusive product as well, but I saw her on a lot of webstore catalogues in my country. Guess it wasnt that limited…
Anyway, I like this Motoko as much as the ALTERs one. Very different styles for the same character, funny in a way.
Black, or at least dark bg is the best for her I think.
@Radiant~yeah the face ain’t exactly accurate ^^, hmm I am lazy hehe :p
@lu-k~with the limited angle means less shots ^^. I guess it’s only limited to Amazon in Japan, but not other countries.