You are looking at a one-off 1/1 scale recreation of schoolgirl Manaka Takane from Nintendo DS dating sim Love Plus. Impressive, amazing and, yes, creepy.
This was spotted at the recent Treasure Festa in Japan at the Link Factory booth. Link Factory is a Japanese prop and special effect house, so these guys are pros.
This Manaka bust, with the tongue in cheek title “My Bride Project”, was made as a gag of sorts. Previously, Link Factory projects include Japanese yokai, Beat Takeshi (and David Bowie’s head) from Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, and a raccoon with enormous nards. Raccoons have big balls, apparently!
リアルサイズ愛花！LINK FACTORY「ラブプラス 高嶺愛花 胸像」 【トレフェスin有明3レポ】 – moeyo.com [Moeyo]
Lung
Friday, May 14, 2010 at 4:44 PMIs it supposed to look dead?
Ross Moir
Friday, May 14, 2010 at 4:54 PMIt’s supposed to look authentic. DS characters aren’t the liveliest of folk.
Michael Barnes
Friday, May 14, 2010 at 4:54 PMCan you open its mouth any more? I erm… need to teach my kids how to brush their teeth.
Dean
Friday, May 14, 2010 at 5:01 PMWhen I saw the title of this post, “Life-Sized Schoolgirl Character Bust”, I had something else entirely in mind… I think I should just turn myself in now.
Karma
Friday, May 14, 2010 at 6:01 PMI believe I was thinking the exact same thing. Difference is, I’m still at school, so it’s normal for me.
Denaz
Friday, May 14, 2010 at 5:34 PMI don’t know whether to laugh… or be really really freaked out. Seriously… WTF!
Shawn
Friday, May 14, 2010 at 6:07 PMis this really necessary, crazy shit goes on in japan…i dont think this is news worthy
Adrian Verna
Friday, May 14, 2010 at 9:30 PMThat mouth…
Chuloopa
Friday, May 14, 2010 at 9:41 PMthat… is easily the most DISTURBING and DISCUSTING bust i have ever had the misfortune to see…
That mouth..it’s juts so…wrong… so… ugly… sooooooo CREEPY!
Strand0410
Saturday, May 15, 2010 at 12:35 AMWhen anime characters are turned into 3D models, it’s then I realise how inhuman and utterly creepy they are. Geez Japan.
legless joe
Monday, May 17, 2010 at 4:44 PMThat looks creepy, like a test tube baby gone wrong, that would go on to spawn an army of human killing freaks.