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Jun 27 2011

New PV pictures (updated)

(Thanks to kingandjoker for the screencap collage!)

The 3rd PV for Tiger&Bunny went up today on Bandai Channel! Looks like we’re in for a fun ride in the next episode. Seems that Wild Tiger and Barnaby will appear together in a talk show, Lunatic is making his return and our dynamic duo kick some ass. And Keith appears to be in trouble… while Blue Rose doesn’t seem very happy about something.

The text blurbs read:

And so, the new story of the two heroes who became the best of partners is about to begin! New problems will stand on their way! The birth of despair! The awakening of hope!

ETA: Found another set of screencaps on 4chan. This set has a piece of text that was missing from the first collage, so seems that we do get a 10 month timeskip. Click on the pictures for bigger view!

Jun 24 2011

Pre-orders for figures opening next week

The official Twitter account for Tiger&Bunny announced today that both Barnaby Brooks Jr. figure by S.H.Figuarts and this set of SD petit figures are coming up for preorders starting July 1st in select stores. The petit figure set is stated to be exclusively distributed by Animate.

Me and Aki are currently having a little episode of “grabby hands” here.  All the figures are so adorable, but we kinda hope there’ll be a secret figure that hasn’t been revealed yet. Can you imagine how cute a mini!Lunatic would look like?

Jun 24 2011

Viewer stats from Ustream (updated)

As you may know, Tiger&Bunny is broadcast on Ustream in Japan on Saturday nights. (Ustream is also one of the sponsors of the show, their logo is on Sky High’s hero suit.) The broadcast is only viewable within Japan.

Viewer stats for the Tiger&Bunny Ustream channel per episode:

  1. 1,500
  2. 4,000
  3. 8,000
  4. 12,000
  5. 15,000
  6. 20,000
  7. 22,000
  8. 28,000
  9. 33,000
  10. 36,000
  11. 38,000
  12. 45,000 (Ustream crashed after Sky High lost his battle)
  13. 44,000 (30min late)
  14. 50,000
  15. 53,000
  16. 41,000 (one hour late)
  17. 48,000
  18. 50,000 (reports say there were 80,000 accesses, but stream was choppy so many people went to watch it on TV instead)
  19. 46,000
  20. 42,000 (Comiket weekend)
  21. 50,000
  22. 59,000 (30 minutes late)
  23. 60,000
  24. 61,000
  25. 77,000 (Live viewing event 153,000 total views)

Jun 22 2011

Barnaby figure by S.H.Figuarts (Updated)

S.H.Figuarts released photos and information of the completed Barnaby Brooks Jr. figure on the Tamashii website. This prototype is planned also to be on display at the Tamashii Festival, held 16-17 of July.

Barnaby Brooks Jr.
Release: October 2011
Price: 4,725JPY

 

 

Like the Wild Tiger figure, this one has amazing details, too. I’m not a hardcore figure collector myself, but I’d definitely love to get these babies on my shelf. If the speed that Wild Tiger figure sold out already on preorders is of any indication, it’s best to order this as soon as possible if you want to own it.

ETA: A series of SD mini figures are also coming. There’s not much information on them yet on the site, but the release is slated later this year.

Updated 6/24: According to the official Tiger&Bunny Twitter account, shops may start taking preorders for Barnaby figure starting July 1st. The SD figures will also be up for preorder.

Jun 19 2011

New character coming: Kotetsu’s brother

Aki found this article snippet from Great Mechanics DX17 (summer 2011 issue) and translated it. It’s an interview with (most likely) producer Kazuhiko Tamura from Sunrise and it mentions an upcoming addition to the cast, Kotetsu’s older brother.

Well, Kotetsu emigrated [to Sternbild]. Right now, his mother is looking after his daughter, Kaede. But there is one more person watching over them – Kotetsu’s older brother, who’ll appear in the show soon. Kotetsu doesn’t want to reveal his hero identity, but his brother and mother both know about it, the only one in dark is his daughter.

We’ve seen a few mentions that he’s supposed to appear in episode 14 but we can’t confirm that without a source.

(Episode 12 post coming as soon as we can sort our thoughts on it. Geez, Sunrise…)