Kotobukiya Nipponbashi (Osaka)

Demanding collectors

A maker's own shop rather than a retailer: Kotobukiya makes the figures and kits, and this is its direct counter in Nipponbashi, in a building that carries its name. What a maker's shop is for is the things a retailer does not get — shop-exclusive releases and the current line shown properly rather than squeezed onto a shared shelf.

To know · 12:00 to 20:00 on weekdays and 11:00 to 20:00 at weekends and on public holidays, on Nipponbashi 4-chome, at the Otaroad end.

Trap · A single maker means one house's characters only. If what you are after is another company's figure, the general shops a hundred metres away will serve you better, and this shop will not pretend otherwise.