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monir

2008-10-18, 08:17

Thread dedicated to Toradora related merchandise - including... art books, figurines, games, manga, CDs, OSTs, DVDs, miniature tigers etc., or if you know where you can find such items, then please post here.
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For music related items, please check the following sites:http://www.cdjapan.co.jp
http://www.animenation.com
http://www.yesasia.com

If you can read Japanese, then you can also try:http://www.amazon.co.jp
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Please Note: This thread is for official merchandise only, no bootlegs or cheap illegal imitations!

typhonsentra

2008-10-20, 19:16

A game for PSP was officially announced.

http://www.psphyper.com/psp/bandai-to-publish-first-toradora-adventure-games/

Vexx

2008-10-21, 21:11

So far I've only seen two figure releases, both of Taiga; one sold out and one in pre-release. The sold out one was cuter (her kneeling with a palmtop tiger in her hands). The upcoming one is just Taiga standing and glaring.

arkxkra

2008-10-21, 22:24

for figurines you can visit below link, can find most of the figure, not CD Japan include figures business, i guess it is a good busines?

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp

Vexx

2008-10-21, 23:04

yes,there's also www.e2046.com (http://www.e2046.com) and www.hlj.com (http://www.hlj.com) .... I use those two and these two the most frequently as they tend to make good on my requests.

This one is sold out (http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10066235) and I rather liked it.
This one is in pre-order (http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10078744).... I'm just not enamored with it.

It'd be really cool to have a dual set with Ryuuji and Taiga .... but that's almost never seen in figure releases.

UPDATE: wtf..... www.hlj.com (http://www.hlj.com) just got a wad of figures in...... Minori, Ami, and two of Taiga.... they have the one of her kneeling with the Palmtop - bang, ordered.

Aceywacey

2008-10-22, 04:05

This one based on the manga cover:

http://acesan.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/taiga_07.jpg

http://acesan.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/toradora_cover1.jpg?w=450&h=644

Made by Max Factory, imo one of the best anime figure makers out there. I made sure I got it before the anime got released and popular, which it looks like it did, and now sold out ^_^;;. Maybe I should play the stock market ...

You can see more of it at my blog (http://acesan.wordpress.com/2008/10/11/aisaka-taiga-18-max-factory-figure-review/)

arkxkra

2008-10-23, 01:20

with palmtop tiger one damn cute ^^.

Vexx

2008-10-23, 11:54

The Wave Corp. version (http://www.hlj.com/product/WAVNF-63) of that pose (1/10) looks pretty decent, ordered that the other day. I might seek the Max Factory one on eBay or something though....

higurashi_fan

2008-11-26, 22:02

new figures:
http://www.1999.co.jp/dbimages3/user/hobby/itbig/10078744a9.jpg
link of website:
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10078744
other more of taiga
http://www.1999.co.jp/dbimages/user/hobby/itbig/10066235a5.jpg
http://www.1999.co.jp/dbimages/user/hobby/itbig/10066235a3.jpg
link:
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10066235

Kawashima Ami :
http://www.1999.co.jp/dbimages/user/hobby/itbig/10065667a10.jpg
http://www.1999.co.jp/dbimages/user/hobby/itbig/10065667a.jpg
link:
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10065667

Kushieda Minori:
http://www.1999.co.jp/dbimages/user/hobby/itbig/10064682a3.jpg
link:
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10064682

Tabris

2008-11-30, 12:45

Where to buy a palmtop taiga :)

A palmtop Minori is fine too.

Chi-no

2008-12-03, 02:28

Nerroth

2008-12-03, 17:50

I wonder how long it will be before one or more of the characters shows up in Figma form...

C.A.

2008-12-03, 18:15

I wonder how long it will be before one or more of the characters shows up in Figma form...Most likely only after the show ended. All Figmas released so far are from anime that has already ended at least their first seasons.

Nerroth

2008-12-03, 19:54

So still a while off, then... oh well.

(I suppose it would be no surprise as to what the Taiga Figma would come with - if they do one - but what about Minori and Ami, I wonder?)

Ryu-kun

2009-01-20, 22:57

http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/toradora/release_dvd.html

Can someone please tell me whats included besides the box?

typhonsentra

2009-01-20, 23:56

Ooooh, it's out now in Japan? Any news on the Taiga-tan extra?

Ryu-kun

2009-01-26, 22:56

Torayaki!!
http://node3.img3.akibablog.net/09/jan/20/615.jpg

http://node3.img3.akibablog.net/09/jan/20/611.jpg

http://node3.img3.akibablog.net/09/jan/20/613.jpg

Anyway to buy this its only 15 bucks o.o

Ryu-kun

2009-01-29, 00:43

Sorry for the double post just that my toradora gift finally came!!!!! : D

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i176/Ray447/IMG00014.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i176/Ray447/IMG00013.jpg

wistfulloner

2009-01-29, 00:56

*Green with envy*

You spent how much on those?

Ryu-kun

2009-01-29, 01:22

*Green with envy*

You spent how much on those?

I got it as a gift so i don't know but from what I searched around 11,000 yen o.o

shinryou

2009-02-06, 19:04

Sorry for the double post just that my toradora gift finally came!!!!! : D

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i176/Ray447/IMG00014.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i176/Ray447/IMG00013.jpg

.... i'm jealous now...

110,000 yen? that's cool, I can afford that... :p

Ryu-kun

2009-02-07, 22:26

Its only 11k yen not 100k XD

Also this just came in by mail
First is the Special 100 page+ LE booklet of Toradora Art
Second is volume 2 of toradora manga LE
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i176/Ray447/DSCN0907.jpg
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i176/Ray447/DSCN0909.jpg

shinryou

2009-02-08, 06:38

where do u get all of this?

Ryu-kun

2009-02-08, 11:52

where do u get all of this?

Magic : D
Joking getting it from relatives and the internet.

That LE costed 10 bucks...

Jarmel

2009-03-12, 01:21

fish eric

2009-03-12, 15:19

wow, nice score

relentlessflame

2009-03-15, 13:39

Is there any good book of Yasu's illustrations for Toradora? The only artbook he's published doesn't have any illustrations for Toradora it seems. Truth be told, I wouldn't mind an artbook based off the anime's style except nothing of the like exists.Give it some time, I'd say. Anime artbooks are generally released a few months after the end of the airing so that they have time to collect the most art possible. Also, the lack of Toradora! art in Yasu's recent book (which I can confirm by the way -- I bought a copy myself), along with the fact that the novel series just recently ended, probably means that an artbook of that is coming too at some point. So give it time. There's no book yet, but I'm sure there will be at some point.

Jarmel

2009-03-15, 20:24

Thank you. It seems however that JC staff doesn't normally release artbooks(well atleast for recent productions) and Yasu hasn't really published any collection so there is just one big void. I've resolved to buy the limited edition version of the Toradora PSP game as it has some illustrations inside.

Edit:Scratch the previous statement. It seems JC does release some artbooks for some series but not all of them.

Krueger

2009-03-17, 17:42

Sorry if I'm asking something that could be considered off-topic, because it's very speculative...

How good are our chances to see a DVD Version of the ToraDora! Anime with official subtitles or perhaps a dubbed version or something like that?
I don't know about your business (Anime) in general, so I don't know how long they would usually wait for a DVD release... if there even will be one, of course.

Would someone be so kind to illuminate me? Please...

typhonsentra

2009-03-17, 17:52

Fewer shows are getting picked up lately, even ones that gained cult followings like School Days have been ignored. It still has a chance given that it sold decently over there and seems to have an audience in the English language anime community but nothing is certain anymore unless it's from an established brand (Naruto Shippuden, Dragon Ball Kai, the new Full Metal...).

Kaisos Erranon

2009-03-17, 17:54

And yet Dragonaut gets licensed.

Sigh...

Vexx

2009-03-17, 18:06

And yet Dragonaut gets licensed.

Sigh...

Actually, that fact contains some profound truths about humanity as a whole. They just aren't the kind of truths one might hope for :) :) :)

Kaisos Erranon

2009-03-17, 18:24

Actually, that fact contains some profound truths about humanity as a whole. They just aren't the kind of truths one might hope for :) :) :)

But the fanservice in Dragonaut isn't even good either.

It's just a terrible show in every way possible. There is absolutely nothing good about it.

WHY would anyone license it at all? No one who knows anything about anime is going to buy it.

Neki Ecko

2009-03-17, 19:12

Well, Sex(or fanservice) sells.

But seriously, it is like a gamble risk when you want to bring over titles to the States. Sometimes, it because a big hit or even masterpiece-type like Mai-Hime, Onegai Teacher, and others even know that it wasnt the big thing in Japan, while others falls through the cracks and never get pick up.

Also you got to look at it for a public standpoint, if you going to bring titles like Kodomo no Jikan or like a School Days, you have to see if it is going to work or get people to buy the DVDs. We all know what happen when ANN was crying about KnJ manga, even know that it was a very good storyline behind it.

I think Toradora! falls into high-gamble risk, even know it is have a semi-large to large following, how it will do with other people that never have a chance to look at Fansubs or read the Japanese Novel. At the end, you might see a company like Funi or ADV(Sub) trying to pick this one up.

Kaisos Erranon

2009-03-17, 19:23

Also you got to look at it for a public standpoint, if you going to bring titles like Kodomo no Jikan or like a School Days, you have to see if it is going to work or get people to buy the DVDs. We all know what happen when ANN was crying about KnJ manga, even know that it was a very good storyline behind it.

I can see School Days taking off in the States though.

SO MUCH SEX. SO MUCH DEATH.

Vexx

2009-03-17, 20:59

Like I said... profound truths - just not the ones we might have hoped for :P

Seriously... package compost with "balloon boobs" on the cover and guess what, it sells. :P

relentlessflame

2009-03-17, 21:04

I think Toradora! falls into high-gamble risk, even know it is have a semi-large to large following, how it will do with other people that never have a chance to look at Fansubs or read the Japanese Novel. Well, this is the problem. How do you pitch it to people who aren't already here? What's the "angle"? The big selling feature of this show is that it's a very solid production. I don't think there's a single standalone "hook" that, on its own, would really cause people to gravitate towards the show. On the surface, it sounds like any other high school romantic comedy/drama, replete with the quasi-loser protagonist and the small harem of girls who fall in love with him for various reasons. Of course, it's much more complicated and that doesn't do it justice at all, but that's sort of the point. It's one of those "just watch it, you'll probably get hooked" sort of shows, and I think that's what makes it a tough sell. Most shows have sort of the "one hook" that reels people in to start; I'm not sure how to market it beyond those to whom it will market itself (and it's pretty obvious from the state of the anime DVD market that "we" clearly aren't enough).

Seriously... package compost with "balloon boobs" on the cover and guess what, it sells. :PMostly because it can be explained in 5 words or less (i.e. none), and the target audience immediately "gets it". :heh: That's sort of flippant, but there's a bit of a serious principle at work there too. This is the same sort of reason why Mahoraba hasn't been licensed, I suspect; great show, near-impossible to market without "just watch it and you'll see". (Not that you don't already know this, but there you have it anyway... :heh: )

Kaisos Erranon

2009-03-17, 21:06

Seriously... package compost with "balloon boobs" on the cover and guess what, it sells. :P

Sigh.......

Vexx

2009-03-17, 22:07

I resigned myself long ago to having tastes for things well away from the bell-curve center. So it goes...

typhonsentra

2009-03-17, 22:15

You know, the cover art for Welcome to the NHK prevented me from picking up a series I loved when it was on.

wistfulloner

2009-03-18, 03:48

Seriously... package compost with "balloon boobs" on the cover and guess what, it sells. :P

Welcome to the corporate world. I'm glad it has yet to leave its taint on Toradora though, no sure how long that will last.

0utf0xZer0

2009-03-20, 21:43

But the fanservice in Dragonaut isn't even good either.

It's just a terrible show in every way possible. There is absolutely nothing good about it.

WHY would anyone license it at all? No one who knows anything about anime is going to buy it.

I'm not sure it's the fanservice, actually. Funimation seems to have a thing about licensing generally forgettable Gonzo works, which means that against all logic someone is actually buying them.

Kaisos Erranon

2009-03-20, 21:58

I'm not sure it's the fanservice, actually. Funimation seems to have a thing about licensing generally forgettable Gonzo works, which means that against all logic someone is actually buying them.

No one likes Dragonaut though. No one. No one will spend money on it.

Raiga

2009-03-20, 22:09

No one likes Dragonaut though. No one. No one will spend money on it.

Alas, no matter what it is, somebody will buy it. That's just the way the world goes. There are many many many spending consumers out there.

Vexx

2009-03-20, 23:52

We just need to find the ones buying the idiotic stuff, smack them, and take their wallets :)

relentlessflame

2009-03-21, 01:42

Okay, folks... annoyance at the mass-market aside, let's refocus a bit on how we can do our part to prove that there are some out there with taste by talking about the Toradora! merchandise we're buying (or at least would like to...). :p

Vexx

2009-03-21, 02:14

Well.. so far I've purchased a figurine and the two manga volumes out so far. I'll buy the novels in one-fell-swoop to minimize shipping pain.

Not really counting on a Region 1 release of the series ....

typhonsentra

2009-03-26, 10:34

By the way, a drama CD came out. Any clue what it's about?

relentlessflame

2009-03-26, 14:55

By the way, a drama CD came out. Any clue what it's about?Actually, three Drama CDs came out (the third was just released), but even though I bought them, I haven't listened to them yet. :heh: I'll try to give them a listen and report in if no one else does.

Mughi

2009-03-26, 21:30

I resigned myself long ago to having tastes for things well away from the bell-curve center. So it goes...

Here's to being on the far end of the bell curve. That's where life is lived. :D

harubie

2009-04-01, 07:01

Does anyone have information about the Toradora psp pack? Play asia doesnt have any info about it, just pictures, not even the price ...

hyl

2009-04-01, 07:09

Does anyone have information about the Toradora psp pack? Play asia doesnt have any info about it, just pictures, not even the price ...

http://img171.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/8/2/4/1/finalsound77-img150x225-1238332901sujo1g7163.jpg

http://img171.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/8/2/4/1/finalsound77-img350x350-1238332427mwnheb4067.jpg

harubie

2009-04-06, 02:36

Well other than pictures .. any other info? Like will the psp be in psp3000 ( though i think it'll be in psp3000, there goes cfw :P ) or psp2000, is it a custom designed psp? Price? Im thinking of getting this for someone, and that Taiga figure is only available on the limited edition i guess?

yeahitschris

2009-04-13, 17:05

http://img171.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/8/2/4/1/finalsound77-img150x225-1238332901sujo1g7163.jpg

http://img171.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/8/2/4/1/finalsound77-img350x350-1238332427mwnheb4067.jpg

are they selling that palmtiger plush? i wouldn't mind having that in my car for design lol.

Taken

2009-04-14, 04:05

I saw somewhere that there is a DIY paper cut out for a palmtop tiger.... I just can't remember where it was... anyone know?

The Sandman

2009-04-14, 22:36

Well, this is the problem. How do you pitch it to people who aren't already here? What's the "angle"? The big selling feature of this show is that it's a very solid production. I don't think there's a single standalone "hook" that, on its own, would really cause people to gravitate towards the show. On the surface, it sounds like any other high school romantic comedy/drama, replete with the quasi-loser protagonist and the small harem of girls who fall in love with him for various reasons. Of course, it's much more complicated and that doesn't do it justice at all, but that's sort of the point. It's one of those "just watch it, you'll probably get hooked" sort of shows, and I think that's what makes it a tough sell. Most shows have sort of the "one hook" that reels people in to start; I'm not sure how to market it beyond those to whom it will market itself (and it's pretty obvious from the state of the anime DVD market that "we" clearly aren't enough).

Mostly because it can be explained in 5 words or less (i.e. none), and the target audience immediately "gets it". :heh: That's sort of flippant, but there's a bit of a serious principle at work there too. This is the same sort of reason why Mahoraba hasn't been licensed, I suspect; great show, near-impossible to market without "just watch it and you'll see". (Not that you don't already know this, but there you have it anyway... :heh: )

Here's one: "Live-action adaptation".

Think about it. Toradora could probably be done in live-action with relative ease, given the lack of anything particularly supernatural or outlandish (beyond, perhaps, Taiga's height). And I think that a well-done live-action series could actually sell well in the States, especially if somebody competent dubs it (or alternatively if it's actually made here).

Furthermore, I think that it would actually do better if they didn't try to readapt it; leaving it as is would give it enough exoticness to stand out from other live-action adaptations (as well as it being a limited series, of course) while not having too much of a barrier to entry for people who may know precisely jack squat about Japanese culture. And for those viewers that do care, that's what the online community is for. If you can get people to devote time to figuring out how to make sense of the latest asspull on Lost, then I think you could get people to visit a website for (in essence) translation notes.

If you wanted to really go nuts, sell it as an initial offering in a bloc of similar adaptations (to get over the issues that studio execs might have with commissioning something that can't be dragged out until it sucks). Go with Honey and Clover next, for example. Or Nana. Or Maison Ikkoku. Or even something like Beck, if you want to go further afield. Anything that isn't too utterly weird would be fair game.

And if you could get that, then there might just be a market for the original source material...

Moonkei

2009-05-13, 17:51

Does anyone know how many episodes are in the DVD they sell on Yesasia, etc.?

The price seems a bit high for just a few episodes. :( I've seen a set on ebay for $30 but I'm guessing that is the pirated version.

Well, if they ever release all the episodes on blu-ray I'd preorder that in a heartbeat. :)

typhonsentra

2009-05-13, 18:10

Four for the first disk, 3 for every one after that plus some of them having Toradora SOS shorts.

ichigo_m

2009-07-03, 18:24

Taiga figure... super cute!!!!!

http://www.cartoonleap.com/wp-content/uploads/703.jpg
http://www.cartoonleap.com/wp-content/uploads/taiga_col1.jpg

Here (http://www.cartoonleap.com/2009/05/07/toradoras-taiga-in-swimsuit-figure/)

ichigo_m

2009-07-26, 17:13

http://animecollector100.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/105.jpg?w=510&h=768

so cute~

Kaisos Erranon

2009-07-26, 23:15

My only reaction is HNNNNNNNG

ichigo_m

2009-07-27, 15:50

sa547

2009-07-27, 23:35

another from wonfes 09
http://www.flickr.com/photos/workshop/3758178581/in/set-72157621739140873/

http://plusalpha.org/report/wf2009summer/picture/wf2009summer_119.jpg
http://plusalpha.org/report/wf2009summer/picture/wf2009summer_114.jpg
http://plusalpha.org/report/wf2009summer/picture/wf2009summer_087.jpg

Hot damn. :D If I had the budget, I'd give one as a gift -- a gesture of gratitude -- to the voice actress who brilliantly did Taiga in Tagalog.

kenjiharima

2009-08-27, 11:08

More Toradora figures, don't mind K-on and pretty cure and the others...

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/2131/hj0910294.jpg