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Wonder Festival 2023 Summer Figure Gallery

by Ken Iikura-Gross, Aug 15th 2023

It's a hot summer in the city of Tokyo. And what better way to spend one of those hot days than looking at the coolest new figures at Wonder Festival 2023 [Summer]? While only a highlight of the figures on display, they're sure to cool you off. While the commercial booths had several familiar characters on display, many were a new take on what we've seen. On top of this, a handful of independent and original properties were also on display. But, something that stood out was the smattering of plush figures in the commercial area.

From SOL International

Yuika Minemitsu from The Idol Master Shiny Colors

Raphtalia from The Rising of the Shield Hero

Form Gantaku/Polaris Studios

From Arcadia

Lynn Minmay 2 from Super Dimension Fortress Macross

Perfect Transformation VF-19 Kai Nekki Basara Special with Sound Booster from Macross 7

Perfect Transformation VF-5000G Star Mirage Commander Unit from Macross Dynamite 7

Diecast Model Proto-Garland from Megazone 23 Part II

From Lea Pro

Top (left to right): A.O-04 Dark-Xaam, A.O-02 Darth-Boss, and A.O-03 Black Beetle. Front (left to right): A.O-04 Dark-Xamm Raider Joe model and A.O-03 Black-Beetle Rinko Natsuhi model from Omoroid

Daihatsu Copen featuring Nipako, Godhand's mascot character

From Wonderful Works

Reisalin “Ryza” Stout from Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout

Life-size Reisalin “Ryza” Stout from Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout

Lila Decyrus from Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout

From Azone Internatonal

Kei Karuizawa from Classroom of the Elite

Top: The Mouse Conductor (Interim name) Bottom: Luria Yellow and Brown from the Mimy Garden Naturalis Historia line

Tazusa Ando and Charm Tilfing SP-T from Assault Lily Last Bullet

From Zero Gact

Back row (row 5) (left to right): Hiroshi Agasa (Herschel Agasa), Ayumi Yoshida (Amy Yoshida), Ai Haibara (Vi Graythorn), Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya (Mitch Tsuburaya), Genta Kojima (George Kojima). Row 4: Shuichi Akai, Makoto Kyogoku, Sonoko Suzuki (Serena Sebastian), Kogoro Mori (Richard Moore), and Toru Amano. Row 3: Yuya Kazami, Rei Furuya, Kazuha Tomoya (Kirsten Thomas), Heizo Hattori (Heizo Hartwell), and Kaito Kid. Row 2: Vodka, Gin, Conan Edogawa, Ran Mori (Rachel Moore), and Shinichi Kudo (Jimmy Kudo). Row 1: Bourbon, Vermouth, Conan Edogawa (Holmes version), and Subaru Okiya from Detective Conan (Case Closed)

Reina Aharen from Aharen-san wa Hakarenai

From Robotime ROKR

From Sega

Left to right: Ichika Nakano, Nino Nakano, Miku, Nakano, Yotsuba Nakano, and Itsuki Nakano from The Quintessential Quintuplets

Ichika Nakano from The Quintessential Quintuplets

Nino Nakano from The Quintessential Quintuplets

Miku Nakano from The Quintessential Quintuplets

Left to right: Hajime “Koko” Kokonoi and Taiju Shiba from Tokyo Revengers

Left to right: Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto from Jujutsu Kaisen. Keisuke Baji, Chifuyu Matsuno, Ken Reyguji, Takashi Mitsuya, Seishu Inui, and Hajime “Koko” Kokonoi from Tokyo Revengers

Left to right: Makima and Power from Chainsaw Man

Left to right: Monika and Grete from Spy Classroom

Hatsune Miku 16th Anniversary from Hatsune Miku

Hatsune Miku Happy 16th Birthday plush (L) from Hatsune Miku

Left to right Hatsune Miku 16th Anniversary Kei version and Hatsune Miku 16th Anniversary Buta version from Hatsune Miku

OMGkawaii Angel from Needy Girl Overdose

Top (left to right): Inosuke Hashibira, Zenitsu Agatsuma, Kyojuro Rengoku, and Senjuro Rengoku. Bottom (left to right): Tanjiro Kamodo, Nezuko Kamado, Kanao Tsuyuri, and Genya Shinazugawa from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Five Anya's and one Loid Forger from Spy x Family

Left to right: Rurino Osawa, Megumi Fujishima, Kaho Hinoshita, Kozue Otomune, Sayaka Murano, and Tsuzuri Yugiri from Link! Like! Love Live! Hasu no Sora Jokakuin School Idol Club

Inverted Spear of Heaven from Jujutsu Kaisen

Left to right: Toge Inumaki, Megumi Fushiguro, and Aoi Todo from Jujutsu Kaisen

Left to right: Suguru Geto, Satoru Gojo, and Toji Fushiguro from Jujutsu Kaisen

Left to right: Satoru Gojo, Suguru Geto, Yuji Itadori, and Satoru Gojo from Jujutsu Kaisen

Gabimaru from Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku

Sagiri Yamada Asaemon from Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku

Left to right: Rem, Ram, and Ram from Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-

Left to right: Yuzaki Tsukasa from Fly Me to the Moon and Anna Yamada from The Dangers in My Heart

Left to right: Cocoa “Cocoa” Hoto and Chino “Chino” Kafu from Is the Order a Rabbit? Bloom

Debby the Corsifa from Debby the Debby the Corsifa is Emulous

Akane Hououji from The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses

Yohane from Yohane the Parhelion: Sunshine in the Mirror

Left to right: Yunyun and Megumin from KonoSuba -An Explosion on This Wonderful World!

From S-Fire

Chainsaw Man vs. Samurai Sword from Chainsaw Man

Sonic and Shadow from Sonic the Hedgehog

Izuku “Deku” Midoriya and Eri from My Hero Academia

Panda Manju Hatsune Miku from Hatsune Miku

From Union Creative

Back: Great Fighbird from The Brave of the Sun Fighbird. Middle: FAM-RV-S1 Vifam Full Option from Ginga Hyoryu Vifam. Front (left to right): FAM-RV-S1 Vifam Trainer from Ginga Hyoryu Vifam and Armament Combination Fighbird from The Brave of the Sun Fighbird

Left to right: Shigeo Kageyama and Arataka Reigen from Mob Psycho 100

Thunder Empress Arshes Nei from BASTARD!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy-

Riho Tsukishima from The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses

Momo Belia Deviluke from To Love-Ru Darkness

From Aniplex

Left to right: Akaza and Kyojuro Rengoku from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Mitsuri Kanroji from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Back (left to right): Nezuko Kamado and Inosuke Hashibira. Front (left to right): Tanjiro Kamado and Zenitsu Agatsuma from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Left to right: Shinobu Kocho and Giyu Timioka from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Left to right: Daki, Nezuko Kamado, and Tengen Uzui from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Top (left to right): Nezuko Kamado and Tengen Uzui. Bottom (top to bottom): Daki andGyutaro from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Muichiro Tokito from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Nezuko Kamado from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Left to right: 9S and 2B from NieR: Automata

Mash Burnedead from Mashle: Magic and Muscles

Left to right: Kamina and Yoko Littner from Gurren Lagann

Left to right: Beserker – Morgan, Caster – Artoria Caster, and Saber – Senji Muramasa from Fate/Grand Order

Top (left to right): Caster – Merlin, Gilgamesh, and Shielder – Mashu Kyrielight. Front (left to right): Lion King, Jeanne d'Arc, and Jeanne d'Arc (alter) from Fate/Grand Order

Nero Claudius from Fate & Fate/Extra Art Works

Left to right: Illyasviel von Einzbern and Chloe von Einzbern from Fate & Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya: Prisma Phantasm

Left to right: Mari Illustrious Makinami, Rei Ayanami, and Asuka Langley Shikinami from Rebuild of Evangelion

Left to right: Chisato Nishikigi and Takina Inouefrom Lycoris Recoil

Ai Hayasaka from Kaguya-sama: Love Is War

Kaede Azusagawa from Rascal Does Not Dream

Hitori Goto deformed from Bocchi the Rock!

From Wanderer

Back (left to right): Sirius and Illustrious. Front (left to right): Avrora and Unicorn from Azur Lane

Left to right: Type 100 and Vector from Girls' Frontline

From AmiAmi

Zhao Reiji from The Legend of Sword and Fairy

Left to right: Mushroom Girls Series No. 1: Fly Agaric, Mushroom Girls Series No. 3: Golden Oyster Mushroom, and Mushroom Girls Series No. 2 Bamboo Mushroom

Left to right: Operation Yashima Evangelion Unit-00 and Unit-01 from Rebuild of Evangelion

Left to right: Shiki Ichinose and Asuka Ninomiya from The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls

Rosetta Dignified from Punishing: Gray Raven

Left to right: Flandre Scarlet and Remilia Scarlet from Touhou Project

Top (left to right): Croissant, Sora, and red. Bottom (left to right): Texas, Exusiai, and Lappland from Arknights

Left to right: British Shorthair, Cow Cat, and Lee Howe from Tea Time Cats line

Black Magician Girl (Dark Magician Girl) from Yu-Gi-Oh!

Tora Kinako from My Cat is a Kawaii Girl

2B (YorHa No.2 Type B) from NieR: Automata

Left to right: Griffith and Guts from Berserk

Left to right: Virgil and Dante from Devil May Cry

Kenshioro & Yuria “Polar Star of Love” from Fist of the North Star

Left to right: Ken Ryuguji and Majiro Sano from Tokyo Revengers

Rin Shimaand Nadeshiko Kagamihara from Laid-Back Camp

Reg, Reki, and Nanachi from Made in Abyss

Miyako Shikimori from Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie

From Apex Toys

Top (left to right): Seele, Jin Yuan, and Bronya. Middle: Luocha. Bottom (left to right): Trailblazer female and Trailblazer male from Honkai Star Rail

Left to right: Ayaka Kamisato and Xiao from Genshin Impact

From Aoshima

Left to right: Ranka Lee and VF-25F Messiah from Macross Frontier

From Inart

From Design Coco

Life-size Hatsune Miku 10th Anniversary Ver. from Hatsune Miku

Hatsune Miku 10th Anniversary Ver. from Hatsune Miku

Rem from Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-

Shizuka Mikazuki from Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead

From elCOCO

Left to right: Aqua and Megumin from KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!

Left to right: Darkness, Aqua, and Megumin from KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!

Yukito Yanagi from Ayaka: A Story of Bonds and Wounds

Mitama from Ayaka: A Story of Bonds and Wounds

Left to right: Sitara Kaneshiya and Yotsuyu Hirasaka from Alice Gear Aegis

Left to right: Tama Kunimi, Yuki Izumi, and Ruka Kayamori from Heaven Burns Red

From Hobby Stock

Honami Ichinose from Classroom of the Elite

Top (left to right): Shirabe Tsukuyomi and Kirika Akatsuki. Bottom (left to right): Shirabe Tsukuyomi and Kirika Akatsuki from Symphgear XV and Carol Malus Dienheim from Symphogear GX

From Medicos

Top: Balalaika. Bottom: Revy from Black Lagoon

Top (left to right): Dark Schneider and Thunder Empress Arshes Nei. Bottom (left to right): Sorcerer General Kai Harn and Sorcerer General Sean Ari from BASTARD!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy-

Top (left to right): Jagi, Souther, Kenshiro, and Rei. Bottom: Raoh from Fist of the North Star

Left to right: Diavolo from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind and Yoshikage Kira from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable

Top (left to right): Leone Abbacchio and Guido Mista from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind and Rohan Kishibe and Josuke Higashikata from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable. Bottom (left to right): Joseph Joestar and Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and Enrico Lucci and Jotaro Kujo from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean

Left to right: Weather Report, Narciso Anasui, Jolyne Cujoh, Ermes Costello, and Foo Fighters from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean

Top (left to right): Star Platinum and The World. Bottom (left to right): Jotaro Kujo and DIO from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders

Top (left to right): Josuke Higashikata, Crazy Diamond from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable, and Rudol von Stroheim from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. Middle (left to right): Soft & Wet, Josuke Hisashikata from Jojolion and The Hand, and Okuyasu Nijimura from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable. Bottom (left to right): Rohan Kishibe, Star Platinum, Jotaro Kujo, Koichi Hirose, and Echoes Act 1, Act 2, and Act 3 from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable

Top: DIO. Bottom (left to right): Jean Pierre Polnareff, Silver Chariot, and Joseph Joestar & Iggy from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders

Top: Vanilla Ice. Bottom (left to right): N'Doul & Geb and Midler from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders

Top (left to right): Daniel J. D'Arby and Hol Horse. Bottom (left to right): Oingo & Boingo and Hanged Man from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusades

Left to right: Magician's Red, Mohammed Avdol, Jotaro Kujo, Star Platinum, Noriaki Kakyoin, and Hierophant Green from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders

Top: Stone Mask. Bottom (left to right): Jonathan Joestar and Dio Brando from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure

Top (left to right): Gyro Zeppeli and Diego Brando. Bottom: Johnny Dance on Slow from Yoshikage Kira from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run

Enrico Pucci from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean

Top (left to right): Gold Experience and Giorno Giovanna. Bottom: Sticky Fingers and Bruno from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind

Left to right: Bruno Bucciarati, Giorno Giovanna, Naranci Ghirga, and Pannacotta Fugo from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind

Left to right: Weather Report (Stand) and Weather Report (Character) from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean

Left to right: Pannacotta Fugo, Purple Haze, and Pannacotta Fugo from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind

Left to right: Foo Fighters, Jolyne Cujoh, and Ermes Costello from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean

From Bushiroad Hobby

Top (left to right): Levi Ackerman, Eren Jeager Titan form, Erwin Smith. Bottom (left to right): Mikasa Ackerman, Eren Jeager, and Armin Arlert from Attack on Titan

Left to right: Levi Ackerman and Eren Jeager from Attack on Titan

Left to right: Ren Hazuki, Chisato Arashi, Sumire Heanna, Keke Tang, and Kanon Shibuya from Love Live! Superstar

Back (left to right): Eijiro Kirishima, Ochaco Uraraka, and Denki Kaminari. Front (left to right): Katsuki Bakugo, Izuku “Deku” Midoriya, and Shoto Todoroki from My Hero Academia

Back (left to right): Ochaco, Uraraka, and Shoto Todoroki. Front (left to right): Katsuki Bakugo and Izuki “Deku” Midoriya from My Hero Academia

From Godzilla -1.0

From Tokyo Figure

Top (left to right): Chiaki Ogaki, Aoi Inuyama, and Ena Saito. Bottom (left to right): Nadeshiko Kagamihara and Rin Shima from Laid-Back Camp

From BellFine

Giyu Tomioka from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Asuka Langley Shikinami from Rebuild of Evangelion

Olga Mally Animusphere from The Case Files of Lord El-Melloi II -Rail Zeppelin Grace Note-

Back (left to right): The Eltreum, The Exelion, and The Luxion. Front (left to right): Buster Machine 2 and Buster Machine 1 from Gunbuster

From quesQ

Left to right: R-9aII Delta, R-9/0 Ragnarok, and R-13A Cerberus from R-Type

Milim Nava from That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

Caster – Shuten Doji from Fate/Grand Order

From Kadokawa

Left to right: Ai Hoshino and Ruby Hoshino from Oshi no Ko

Chuya Nakahara (15 years old) from Bungo Stray Dogs

Osamu Dazai (15 years old) from Bungo Stray Dogs

Elaina from Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina

Eris Boreas Greyrat from Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation

“I” Arachne from So I'm a Spider, So What?

Left to right: Rem and Ram from Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-

Yunyun from KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!

Megumin from KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!

Haruhi Suzumiya from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

From Spiritale

Empress (Black Rock Shooter) from Black Rock Shooter: Dwan Fall

Mai Sakurajima from Rascal Does Not Dream

Mahiru Shilina from The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten

Left to right: Seishu Inui and Hajime “Koko” Kokonoi from Tokyo Revengers

From FuRyu

Left to right: Tama Kunimi and Megumi Aikawa from Heaven Burns Red

Left to right: Aquamarine Hoshino, Ruby Hoshino, and Kana Arima from Oshi no Ko

Roxy Migurdia Greyrat from Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation

Fran & Teacher from Reincarnated as a Sword

Left to right: Hatsune Miku Dark and Hatsune Miku Light

Hatsune Miku with Rascal from Hatsune Miku and Rascal the Racoon

Left to right: Keisuke Baji and Chifuyu Matsuno from Tokyo Revengers

Kaguya Shinomiya from Kaguya-sama: Love Is War

Left to right: Kurapika and Chrollo Lucifer from Hunter x Hunter

Left to right: Satoru Gojo from Jujutsu Kaisen and Power from Chainsaw Man

Left to right: Gabimaru and Sagiri Yamadaasaemon from Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku

Tanjiro Kamado from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Left to right: Ichika Nakano and Nino Nakano from The Quintessential Quintuplets

Mikoto Misaka from A Certain Scientific Railgun

Black Paladin (Dark Paladin) from Yu-Gi-Oh!

From ADK Emotions

From Good Smile Company

Ciel from Tsukihime -A Piece of Blue Glass Moon-

Left to right: Foreigner – Katsushika Hokusai and Lancer – Eric Utsumi from Fate/Grand Order

Guyver I from The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor

Left side top: Majiro Sano. Middle: Ken Ryuguji. Bottom (left to right): Takashi Mitsuya, Takemichi Hanagagi, Chifuyu Matsuno, and Keisuke Baji from Tokyo Revengers. Right side (left to right): Eren Yeager, Armin Arlet, Levi Ackerman, and Mikasa Ackerman from Attack on Titan

Left to right: Bokuto Kotaro and Shoyo Hinata from Haikyu!

Left to right: Shinobu Kocho and Tanjiro Kamado from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Italy Venezlano from Hetalia: Axis Powers

Megumi Kato from Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend

Progenitor Effect MCT-E02 Lancelot of the Lake from Progenitor Effect

Professional wrestlers (left to right): Nosawa, Starlight Kid, and Dynamite

Back: Kamen Rider. Front (left to right): Kamen Rider 2 Cyclone and Kamen Rider 2 from Shin Kamen Rider

From Kaiyodo

Evangelion Unit-01 Berserk from Neon Genesis Evangelion

Mazeno Armor Set (Male) from Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak

From Shibuya Scramble Figure

Left to right: Shirayuki Himeji and Sarasa Saionji from Liar, Liar

Apprentice Illusion Magician from Yu-Gi-Oh!

Rimuru Tempest from That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

Independent creators brought their distinct talent to the event as well, and it's always fun to peruse the aisles and see what fascinating ideas come from these talented creators.

From Raku Raku Gin Kobo

From Stran9eFruits

FromUltrazone

From Sakura Yukke

From Rabifee

From Rasen no Shippo

From Atelier Koba Seisaku Kobo

From Keroruan

From Yasu Ebineko

From Mushibuchi

From 34 Kobo atetsu

From Koropokkuru no Miniture Kobo

From Icing Fun Surprise

From Oiran Project

Disclosure: Kadokawa World Entertainment (KWE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation, is the majority owner of Anime News Network, LLC. One or more of the companies mentioned in this article are part of the Kadokawa Group of Companies.

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