Time to sit down and talk about this and that and a new collaboration ^o^
Greeted by a huge sculpt at the entrance.
The Kaiyodo office is located in Osaka which we headed to straight after meeting up with Volks in Kyoto. The exterior of the Kaiyodo headquarters is a mixture of modern and the past with the brick walls which is not so common in Japan.
One of my agenda items during my visit to Kansai this week was to meetup with Shuichi Miyawaki [宮脇修一] - the boss of Kaiyodo which is one of the longest standing hobby makers in Japan who produce the Revoltech series and also own the worlds biggest figure and garage kit event Wonder Festival.
Before we settle down to talk and visit their office, we go for some nom noms Osaka style.
One of Kaiyodo's major hit products - Revoltech Danbo.
Ton O figures ready to hit the shelves.
A peak around the Kaiyodo warehouse.
Miyawaki-san is really into military stuf and owns a few vehicles used in past World Wars.
Now taking a gander at the sculptors studio.
Huge Ah My Goddess figurines.
Got to meet sculptor BOME! He made my first ever figure of Aya Natsume that I got back in 2005.
Yep - he owns a few anti aircraft vehicles too ^^
Airbrush booths.
I need more practice if I want to paint my own doll faces one day.
Now its time to take a lookie at Miyawaki-sans model collection - certainly the biggest in Japan and possibly the world?
Still my most fave ship from Star Wars.
Bottle caps in Japan are most coolsome.
I should have got one of these way back then ><
The Yotsuba Danbo has seen many collaborations so far with companies like Amazon, 7/11, Tamiya, Pepsi and Calbee.
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I think you can guess what comes next ^o^
Check out more office tours of other Japanese companies in the anime industry listed up below.
- Kaiyodo Office Tour
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My precioussssssss.
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Taking a look at the workspaces of the other sculptors.
The design of ED209 is classic.
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A look around the main meeting/show room.
...and a few cannons ^^
Name that thingy.
