A few years ago, a crack team of Japanese animators who had worked on the likes of Studio Ghibli films and Neon Genesis Evangelion created A Giant God Warrior Descends On Tokyo, a short that just happens to technically be the first live-action Ghibli film. And now, the eponymous God Warrior is an amazing Figma figure!
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The God Monster was actually designed by Hayao Miyazaki himself for the short, an homage to the Tokusatsu genre for Tokyo’s Museum of Contemporary Art – and as good as it looked in the short, it’s pretty damn great as an action figure.
The 6″ figure was originally sold in a limited capacity at the Museum, but is now available for a wider release at GoodSmile for 3,600 Yen (roughly $30). Not bad for a beautifully creepy bit of Miyazaki goodness!
[via The Fwoosh]
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