Art of Colossus Shin Kamen Rider, Dummy Head Designs

18 May, 2024

In the movie Shin Kamen Rider, Dummy Head Designs and Fujiwara Kakusei-Sensei, who were in charge of modeling the Kamen Rider that appears in the main story, created a statue art with the same form, process, and specifications as the real sculpture as much as possible. Of Colossus Shin Kamen Rider will be released! We have started accepting reservations until 23:59 on Wednesday, July 31, 2024!

Art of Colossus Shin Kamen Rider

This product was supervised by Hideaki Anno, who wrote and directed Kamen Rider, which appears in the main movie. It is a statue that accurately reproduces the suit in the movie to the utmost. The planning and production was done by Dummy Head Designs, which was in charge of the Kamen Rider modeling for Shin Kamen Rider, and its representative Fujiwara Kakusei-sensei.

The fabric part of Kamen Rider's symbolic red scarf was made from the same material and with the same stitching as the real Kamen Rider suit, with the cooperation of Isao Tsuge, who was in charge of costume design, and Hiroto Tamaki, who was in charge of costumes. It has been reduced in size. The staff of the main movie came together to create this masterpiece, which has the same form, process, and specifications as the real thing as much as possible in a 1/4 scale size. At the start of pre-orders, comments from director Hideaki Anno and Fujiwara Kakusei-sensei have also been released.

Comments From Hideaki Anno-sensei, Who Served As The Supervisor

A miniature three-dimensional replica material. It's well made. I remember the long journey that led to this design. Kakusei, thank you once again for your hard work. Please check out this statue if you like. (Shin Kamen Rider Screenplay/Director Hideaki Anno)

Hideaki Anno Born in 1960 in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Director/producer. He has been working on independent films since he was a student, and later participated as an original animator in the TV anime The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982) and the theatrical anime Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984). In 1988, he aimed for the top OVA! debuted as an anime director. He worked on the TV anime Neon Genesis Evangelion in 1995, and created a social phenomenon with the 1997 Neon Genesis Evangelion theatrical version. In 2006, he established Color Co., Ltd. and became the representative director. He is in charge of the original story, screenplay, general director, and executive producer of the Evangelion New Theatrical Version series and his Shin Evangelion Theatrical Version (2007-2021), which are produced in-house. In 2016, he served as the scriptwriter and executive director for the live-action film Shin Godzilla. His latest work is the live-action film Shin Kamen Rider (2023), which he wrote and directed.

Comments From Fujiwara Kakusei-sensei, Who Was In Charge Of Planning And Production.

"Kamen Rider" One of the 50th anniversary projects Shin Kamen Rider For this work, I was in charge of creating the "Kamen Rider" as the title suggests. Caught in the maelstrom of director Anno's deep love and creativity, a brave figure was born and shined with Ikematsu sensei's body. Things that change, things that don't change. And things I don't want to change. We have put that feeling into this statue. Please have a hero by your side. (Shin Kamen Rider Kamen Rider Modeled by Kakusei Fujiwara)

Kakusei Fujiwara was born in Kyoto in 1972. He is the representative of Dummy Head Designs, a special effects makeup design and creation studio. He provides special effects makeup, special effects modeling, and character design for various video works and live events. He is self-taught in special effects makeup and modeling, and his main works include Zatoichi, Parasyte, I Am a Hero, The Blood of Wolves series, Kingdom series, Alice in Borderland series, MINAMATA Shin, Kamen Rider, Kamen Rider BLACK SUN, and many more.