Top o Nerae! - Takaya Noriko - Nendoroid (#2361) (Good Smile Company)Takaya Noriko · Good Smile Company

Good Smile Company presents Takaya Noriko from the classic OVA series Top o Nerae! (Gunbuster) as Nendoroid #2361. Standing approximately 100mm tall and crafted from plastic, this figure was sculpted by Nendoron and Udono Kazuyoshi. Released on June 21, 2024, it brings one of anime's pioneering heroines into the popular chibi figure format. Top o Nerae! is a landmark 1988 OVA directed by Hideaki Anno in his directorial debut, produced by Gainax. The story follows Takaya Noriko, a young girl training to become a mecha pilot aboard the space battleship Exelion as humanity faces the alien threat of the Space Monsters. Noriko begins as an inexperienced pilot overshadowed by her talented rival Kazumi Amano, but grows into a determined soldier willing to sacrifice everything. The series is renowned for its time dilation themes, as faster-than-light travel causes Noriko to age far slower than those she leaves behind on Earth. The Nendoroid includes interchangeable face plates and optional parts to recreate various scenes from the OVA. Priced at 6,709 JPY, this release marks Noriko's addition to the Nendoroid line, giving fans of the classic series a cute yet faithful representation of the character.