Digital Shokunin

These were all likely drawn by Hiroshi Ogawa, who is credited with preliminary Animaloid design. This was the first time I had ever seen any drawings from this early in the show’s development, and given the small amount of officially-published production materials in the fanbook and such, glimpses into the early phases of Teyandee’s development seem quite rare. So head on over to chinpui02′s Twitter and give him some likes and retweets! He deserves it!

Thanks to Dengeki Hobby for the photos.

Chapter 1 was first released long ago along with an early fansubbing attempt of the first episode of the show, so it may no longer be available. I put it on Imgur here for anyone who’s interested: https://imgur.com/a/imZAUGA

Although it was first announced in 2016 and the scheduled release date has been delayed several times, Matt Moylan of Udon Entertainment confirms that their translation of this book is still scheduled for release, currently with an ETA of January of next year. He also confirms that Tatsunoko themselves have been helping out with some of the translation work.

Yes, unfortunately Edoropolis Emporium seems to have been having technical problems for a while. With a database error rendering the forums essentially inaccessible, I’m not even sure how I would go about notifying one of the administrators about the problems. Activity had been very low there in recent times, but I still would hate to see it go down, especially with all of the knowledge that fans like Tigriss, Violet and Daisensei contributed there over the years.

No word on release date yet. I’ll be sure to post about preorders once they open.

After having been displayed unpainted at previous events, Pururun’s complete, painted ES Gokin figure prototype was finally shown at Fewture’s booth during this weekend’s Wonder Festival. All of her face parts were also on display, and it would appear that like Yattarou you will be able to mix and match the different eyes and mouths. She even includes one of her trademark heart shuriken. Sukashii was also on display, but still in an unpainted form. Looking forward to their releases, and I hope lots of other fans art as well!

Even with the knowledge that Arby’s was engaging in this style of marketing, I certainly was not expecting them to reference Samurai Pizza Cats of all things! It’s a pleasant surprise, and the papercraft is very well-done, even down to the detail of the different hilts on the two swords.

From takfzy on Twitter. Apparently part of Aygo Motive’s “Lumicar” line. Several other Tatsunoko properties are also represented.

In the meantime, I’ll keep posting any interesting KNT/SPC material I come across. Maybe we’ll see colored prototypes of the Sukashii and Pururun ES Gokins at Wonder Festival this weekend.

Thanks to sousai_h on Twitter, we now have scans of a third Tenko artwork spread from TV Magazine at the time of the show’s run. Two others were previously posted by monzo12782.

After several delays, it seems that the ES Gokin Nyagoking is now finally shipping. If you hadn’t preordered but think you might want one, now would be the time to order before supplies run out.

At any rate I don’t plan on disappearing completely, so keep checking in every now and then.

Udon Entertainment announced at San Diego Comic Con that they will be translating and rereleasing the Teyandee Official Fan Book that was released in Japan back in 2012, shortly after the DVD release. The initial Japanese printing is already going up in price and becoming harder to find, so this should be wonderful news for any fans of the show. I have a copy of the original release, and it’s full of interviews with many people who worked on various aspects of the show. I’m greatly looking forward to this release, and I hope lots of other fans are as well.

It’s been suspended for the time being, due to the possibility of Discotek improving their subtitles. I have yet to confirm exactly what they have planned but at least 6 of the episodes on Crunchyroll have had their subtitles greatly improved from the DVD release.