Shunya Yamashita changes the face of Ikkitousen

2:33 PM on 07.21.2009   |   Emily Smalara

Wow. Just wow. Thanks to the combined efforts of master artist Shunya Yamashita and designers Daiki Kougyou, the oft-over-produced Ryomou from Ikkitousen may have just gotten a stunning new lease on life. Despite this glut of figures that's almost as overwhelming as the flood of Kanu Unchou designs, it looks like there is now a Ryomou that stands head and shoulders above the rest.

We know Yamashita can make anything a thousand times sexier, but if you ask me this is even outdoing his usual outstanding work. The outfit is just gorgeous, and the little shimmer of gloss dabbed on her lips is a wonderfully inspired little detail that isn't seen anywhere near often enough. On top of that, even for being an Ikkitousen figure, Ryomou doesn't look the least bit skanky--heck, that expression is downright sweet.

It's disappointing, then, that such a character defining figure is going to be nearly impossible to get one's hands on. Made for Wonder Festival, she's going to set the lucky few buyers back a jaw-dropping 18,000 yen, thanks to being lovingly cast in more expensive resin. On top of this, it appears that only forty of these beauties will be made in the first place. If anyone out there actually manages to add this to their shelves, well. Know that I'll be silently loathing you from afar. Somehow. 

[via Akiba Hobby]