Until the super evolution spirit can be made !! 【The beginning of the first part, planning, and commitment to modeling! 】

The Bandai Collectors Division has been producing Digimon Toys in various forms, led by SHFiguarts, which pursues proportions and mobility. Therefore, what kind of Digimon Toy should be created for the anniversary of the 20th anniversary of the birth of Digital Monsters?
This reminds me of the "Super Evolution Series" transforming toys that Bandai released when the anime series "Digimon Adventure" was first broadcast. The "evolution" characteristic of Digimon was reproduced using the transforming toy technology that Bandai has cultivated. The "Super Evolution Series," which realized the physically impossible "evolution" with an amazing ver. A.N.I.M.E., became popular and was sold for a long time as a staple product of the anime series.
What will happen if modern technology revives the "super evolution series" in which the character of "Digimon" Digimon and fascination as a transformation toy are combined? ...... From such thought, "super evolution spirit" project started.

▲ Proposal plan at the planning stage. Concept and commercialization vision is also described.

Let's introduce the process of "Ultra Evolved Soul 01 War Greymon" as an example, until the completion of "Super Evolutionary Soul", with development materials that will be released for the first time in Japan.

First, a rough image sketch is drawn by the staff of PLEX, a related company of Bandai.

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The two bodies, Agumon in his growth stage and WarGreymon in his ultimate form, have completely different silhouettes, and are recreated through transformation. At this point, the basic transformation ver. A.N.I.M.E., such as the change in color of the legs and the transformation of the waist area, were already imagined. Development would proceed based on this image sketch.

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Regarding the first WarGreymon, it also points to being conscious of the former "Super Evolution Series". It is said that the user who played in the ultra evolution series at that time remembered its memory and also had a feeling that they could feel the "evolution" as a renewed toy. Development was carried out while actually referring to the old toy.

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▲ Comparison with the super evolution series. The point of the evolution is noted.

Once the design team has created a 3D model, including ver. A.N.I.M.E., from the design drawings, the Collectors Department checks the CG first!! They check the balance of the parts that affect how cool it looks, such as the volume of WarGreymon's arms and the position of the shoulders. Their attention to detail is apparent within the limitations of the transformation ver. A.N.I.M.E..

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▲ Check by Bandai side. Adjustments are made to fine details.

Here, Creator Writer, Kenji Watanabe, who is the creator of Digimon, appeared !! CG of both forms of Agumon and WarGreymon are carefully checked and a line of correction instructions is drawn. Agumon is mainly the face part and the body line. Regarding the painting of the eyes, this corrected image is also referred to. And the modification of WarGreymon is head and chest. Especially for the head, a correction line is drawn on the whole surface. After all, the face of the character is a big point of supervision.

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▽ Supplementary materials for further correction made by Mr. Watanabe.

When designing by CAD is completed based on the correction point of supervision, a mold for actually mass producing the product is manufactured. The first test molded article that was struck out from the mold is a sample called "T1". Based on this T1 arrived from the factory, check the condition and shape of the parts, the engagement of the parts with each other, the mounting strength, etc., and repeat the improvement if there are problems. How much trouble can you find and improve? It is an important process that determines the quality of the final product, so just thorough checks are done. It can be said that it is the most kimo part in the manufacturing process of industrial products Toy. These efforts realize complex deformed toys !!

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▲ Materials taken taking pictures of the defects and summarizing them as comments. Since the purpose of T1 is to see the shape only, it is molded in a color different from the actual one. By the way, "gui - chi" is a small step that is born due to die gap.

◎ The next part is the second part!
When the test shot is over, color sample with color appears at last. Here too we can see a lot of insistence. Continue to worry is by the second part! Candidate draft package that became a crying weep ...! What?

Censure: Koji Shimada (TARKUS)