Being a sucker for all Type-Moon things, I feel almost spoiled with all the new Canaan figures coming out. Type-Moon makes the most original and epic stuff, their works are really for the more refined and serious otakus. Canaan was originally conceptualized for Nintendo’s Wii Visual Novel called 428: Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de (Rated a perfect score by famitsu!). Because of this, the original production name for the Canaan project was called 428 the animation. The series has a total of 13 episodes.
A little bit about the main character, Canaan. She’s an elite mercenary working in Shanghai. Her favorite weapon is a semi-automatic handgun, the Beretta Px4 Type G. Her eyes turn blood red when she uses her special ability, Synesthesia. Her voice is played by Miyuki Sawashiro, who also plays Velvet from Odin Sphere, Jun in Persona, Shinku in Rozen Maiden, and other various works.
The three I will be covering today will be the nendoroid, statue, and figma. Oh boy, only the greatest characters get to be made in all three! Canaan is no exception to this rule.
Good Smile Company’s nendoroids are 90% adorable. The retail price for this one will be 3,333 yen and releases in December of this year. She comes with her favorite snack, sticks of sugar and her guns. as well as three signature expressions, her serious and quiet face, sweet and determined smile, and the scream of Battle!
I don’t think she’s as well equipped as some previous nendoroids before but the red eyes sold me. They’re even more adorable than fierce in nendoroid-form, how can I resist?! She looks well and chubby, too.♥ She’s not anywhere in the figurine rankings in Japan though. Surprised? Just watch the next two figurines I’ll be introducing.
Where there is a nendoroid, there is bound to be a Figma. Personally, after seeing the nendoroid and looking at the Figma, it seems very washed out and almost boring. I don’t particularly like the poses they chose for the prototype pictures either but Japan screams differently. Figmas are generally cheaper as well, that could be also why.
Max Factory will be releasing this one slightly earlier, November, and for only 2,500 yen retail price. The accessories are the same as the nendoroid one but this one can attach fire for the gun as seen in the first picture. I will order one of this one as it’s not that appealing to me but the character itself rocks. She’ll find a new seat next to my alarm clock.
Last but not least (at all), is this beauty…
Though it looks like an Alter work, this is actually a Good Smile Company figure. The usual 1/8 scale, releasing in January for a retail price of 8,800 yen. She stands approx. 200 mm tall. THIS is her roaring signature pose in all its stunning glory! Watch her dynamic body motion in the midst of a heat battle! This figurine doesn’t need much explanation to convince anyone to buy this beauty, the pictures do all the talking. Yes, I will be having this in my collection and I will be taking studio pictures with it.
Oh, I’m so spoiled.
