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Nendoroid (ねんどろいど) is a brand of small plastic figures, created by the Japanese Good Smile Company. Nendoroid figures are usually replicas of an anime or manga character and are commonly used as collectors items or toys. They are roughly 10 cm (4 in) in height, depending on the character they were made to look like. Normally they are made in a chibi or super deformed style, with a large head and smaller body to make them look cute. Their faces and body parts are movable and interchangeable, giving them a range of different expressions, postures and items to hold.
Nendoroid figures have been mostly made based on characters from anime and manga series like Kannagi, Lucky Star, Death Note, K-ON!, Haruhi Suzumiya, Fate/stay night, Black Rock Shooter as well as characters from the synthesizer software Vocaloid along with games such as Touhou Project. Rarely is a Nendoroid based on an actual living person, with Formula One driver Kamui Kobayashi being one.
"Nendo" is Japanese for clay or plasticine.
Video games based on the Nendoroid series
An RPG based on Nendoroid figures, titled Nendoroid Generation (ねんどろいど じぇねれ～しょん Nendoroido Jenereshon), is being developed by Bandai Namco Games, Good Smile Company and Banpresto for PlayStation Portable. The game will feature characters from Touhou Project, Black Rock Shooter, Haruhi Suzumiya, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha and Fate/stay night.
Hatsune Miku: Project mirai is a music game for the Nintendo 3DS based on the Vocaloid character, Hatsune Miku, with her appearance based on the Nendoroid series.
References
- "Gallery of wonders". The Star. August 24, 2008. http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2008/8/24/tvnradio/20080824115602&sec=tvnradio.
External links
- Nendoroid - Official site (Japanese)
- Good Smile Company - Manufacturer site, English version
- Nendoroid Generation - Official site (Japanese)
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