Although this one should be more 'statue' rather than 'garage kit' or 'model kit, I'm placing it here soley because, well, anything for Kayura is extremely rare. This is for posterity and to go 'SEE?! THIS DOES EXIST SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD!!!'.
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(eye twitch) So. . .l et me get this straight. . . is this site actually saying that we could've had AN OFFICIAL KAYURA STATUE AND SUNRISE JUST WENT 'nope'!?
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from -
surounin.life.coocan.jp/secret/kayura.htm
(Original Japanese)
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迦遊羅
「鎧伝サムライトルーパー」
この作品は・・・なんというか、「天空戦記シュラト」と並んで「聖闘士星矢」の類似作品ということになるでしょうなぁ。
迦遊羅は後半登場する敵方のキャラクターですが、初登場時に強烈な強さと格好良さを見せつけてくれました。
キャラへの思い入れより、スレンダーなキャラクターを造りたくなって造った、というカンジです。
胸に下げている絵馬みたいなプレートとか、背中の剣とか、細かい細工に執念を燃やした作品でもあります。
なんで秘密工房に隠してあるのか、というと、アニメ製作会社が自社著作物を元にした創作・展示を許さない旨の発表をしたので、急遽表の展示場から画像を削除したのです。
で、こちらにでもこっそり展示しておこうかな、と。
ワタシの想像では件の発表はたぶん大勢の人が展示許可を求めて問い合わせた結果のヤブヘビで、「展示して良いですか？」と聞かれれば、ほとんどの会社は「ダメ」と言わざるを得ないんじゃないかな。
実際には趣味の模型制作までいちいち取り締まるとも思えないのですが・・・
(Translated text)
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Kayura
[ Yoroiden Samurai Troopers ]
I'd like to think that the style and quality of this creation is something similar to "The Battle of the Sky Shurato" and "Saint Seiya".
As for who Kayura is, for those of you who aren't familiar with her, she's an enemy character that appeared in the second season of the TV show. When she first appeared, she showed a lot of strength and was really good-looking.
The goal was to make someone slender like this into a kickass sort of character.
This is a creation that you can just tell is fine workmanship, such as with the smaller details like the chest plate and the sword on the back.
The reason why this picture is hidden in the secret workshop on this site is because the animation production company announced that it would not allow creations and exhibitions based on its own copyrighted work. So, the image was deleted from the exhibition hall on the table.
So, I wonder if I'll be able to get away with exhibiting it secretly here.
According to my imagination, the announcement of the matter is probably something along the lines of a lot of people who asked for permission to display it asked "Can I display it?" Most companies would say "No". Then again, I don't know for sure.
Actually, I don't think that hobby model production will be controlled so strictly every time ...
