Review of Sawatari Makoto

I am in the mood to do a figure photoshoot but alas, there were no new figures available for review as my new ones are all still boxed in. Thus, I decided to do a photoshoot review of a figure who was released some time ago but who I only managed to acquire recently – Max Factory’s 1/8 scale Sawatari Makoto.

Sawatari Makoto is from the anime series, Kanon. I actually caught the 2006 re-make version of the anime late on, ages after the series was aired. By the time I finished and went looking for figures of the characters from the series, both figures of Makoto (and Ayu) were long sold out. While Ayu was easier to acquire, it took me quite a while to finally get Makoto. But she is certainly worth waiting for.

As usual, I started things off with looks at Makoto from different angles.

Note: You can click on the thumbnails to view larger images.

  
  

Makoto’s pose is adopted from the anime’s opening credits and Max Factory absolutely nailed it with this. It is always great when a figure is able to reflect and bring out the personality of the character or evoke certain memories from the anime. This figure brings out the cute and innocent nature of Makoto, although she will always be remembered by me as the girl who made me shed tears. ^^”

Next is a close-up look at Makoto’s face sculpt.

   

The face sculpt by Shinji Koshinuma is spot-on and her large blue eyes are beautiful. The flow and movement of Makoto’s twin tails and ribbons easily evokes that scene in the anime’s opening credits where Makoto stood in the grassland with the wind blowing across her. Sweet.

Next is a closer look at Makoto’s outfit.

    

Even though Makoto’s outfit is simple, I think it is wonderfully done. I like  the folds and creases of her clothes and how they clings to the contours of her body. The shadings on both her jacket and sweet little black skirt are great too. Strangely, I love her dainty little hands. ^^”

Here are closer looks at her footwear and figure base.

   

She has a beautiful pair of socks and boots both of which are very nice and realistically sculpted. The details on the boots is especially wonderful and the folds look so natural. The figure base is white and has the anime title, Kanon, enscripted on it.

Overall, the figure sculpture is top quality. As usual, Max Factory delivers a wonderful paint job and I always love the vibrant colors they used for figures. This figure of Makoto is a perfect ten for me and THE figure to get for fans of the character and anime series.

And here is a shot of my Kanon girls by Max Factory, two of the best figures I have ever owned.

They look so sweet together. I wonder at times why Max Factory didn’t make any figures of Mai and Nayuki from Kanon as well. I would have love to add them to my collection. As it is, the only figures of them available are by Kotobukiya and some lesser figure companies. They are far inferior to the ones by Max Factory, but I might get the ones by Kotobukiya one day if only just to have the four girls together.