Morimoto · Anime, manga, and games

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Good Smile Opens Preorders for 1/7 Scale Hatsune Miku Cheerleading Figure

Good Smile Company has opened preorders on Amazon.co.jp for the G.S.Collection Hatsune Miku Cheerleading Ver., a 1/7 scale painted plastic figure based on an illustration by Morimoto from the Hatsune Miku x Good Smile Illustration Contest Vol. 3. It stands about 254mm, is sculpted by Pot of Digital Pot with coloring by Ekoshi and production cooperation from the GSC Production Department, and is priced at 27,800 yen with a release date of November 30, 2027.

Sep 13

Actor and Narrator Leo Morimoto Dies at 83

Leo Morimoto, born Haruyuki Morimoto, died suddenly on September 4 from unknown causes, his agency said. He was 83. Born in Nagoya on February 13, 1943, he worked as a radio DJ before appearing in the 1974 NHK series Kiiroi Namida, and went on to roles across Long Vacation and Shomuni. He starred as Shitotsugh Lhadatt in Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise and narrated Bartender and Dragon Goes House-Hunting.