Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space - Nezumi-chan Penelope - Tamala (Kotobukiya)Kotobukiya

This Kotobukiya figure features Tamala from the cult 2002 anime film Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space, part of the Nezumi-chan Penelope line. The figure captures the adorable wide-eyed kitty in her distinctive punk-inspired design. Directed by t.o.L, the film is a futuristic fever dream that follows Tamala from her home world of Meguro City, a Blade Runner-esque metropolis controlled by the omnipresent Catty & Co. corporation. After escaping into space, she is waylaid by the God of Death and crash-lands near Hate City on Planet Q, where she meets a new boyfriend, goes bowling and thrift shopping, and eventually discovers she may be the latest reincarnation of an ancient Greek cat cult with ties to Catty & Co. The film draws inspiration from both Hello Kitty and Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49. As a collectible from this uniquely surreal and underground animated work, the figure represents a rare piece of merchandise from a film that remains a distinctive entry in Japanese animation.