A popular collector-oriented line of toys produced by Bandai Japan's Tamashii Nations sub-brand, well-known for its focus on sculpt quality, natural yet effective articulation and large accessory count. The line mainly produces Kamen Rider figures, and as of 2011 Super Sentai too, but it has ventured into various anime licenses, as well as live-action properties, video games and occasionally real people.
Since its inception, the line has also spawned several spin-off lines:
- Figuarts ZERO, a line of Figuarts-sized statues primarily covering anime licenses such as Naruto.
- D-Arts, focusing on action figures for video game franchises. Has been reabsorbed into the main line.
- S.H. MonsterArts, articulated figures for kaiju series such as Godzilla.
In 2014, S.H. Figuarts unveiled the Shinkocchou Seihou sub-line. It either gives figures a much needed upgrade from their original figure (e.g., Kabuto, Kuuga and Agito) or a character without a figure (e.g., Hibiki).
Some properties S.H. Figuarts has tackled include:
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Anime & Manga
- Bleach
- Berserk
- Case Closed
- Chainsaw Man
- Code Geass
- DARLING in the FRANXX
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
- Digimon
- Doraemon
- Dragon Ball
- Durarara!!
- Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
- Gundam
- Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
- Jujutsu Kaisen
- Kaiju No. 8
- Kinnikuman
- Love Live!
- Lupin III
- Mashle: Magic and Muscles
- Naruto
- One Piece
- Pretty Cure
- Ranma ½
- Rurouni Kenshin
- Sailor Moon
- Saint Seiya
- Sand Land
- Shy
- Spy X Family
- Tiger & Bunny
- To Love Ru
- Undead Unluck
- YuYu Hakusho
- Zatch Bell!
Films - Animation
Films - Live-Action
Live-Action TV
Real Life
Video Games
Western Animation
Tropes specific to this toyline are...
- Action Dad: Minato Namikaze, Loid Forger, Bardock, Vegeta, Goku, Hawkeye, Iron Man and Spider-Man 2099.
- Art Evolution: The earlier figures are much skinnier than their source material. This was especially true of the Kamen Rider figures, who have to be based off of real people since there's no alternative outside of a handful of those who have manga. Over time, Figuarts moved to more accurate proportions in accordance with source material, with Kamen Rider in particular pushing heavily towards show accuracy including taking measurements of the suits themselves when designing the figures.
- Badass Cape:
- Minato, Sage Mode Naruto and Kurama Link Naruto in the Naruto line.
- Most of their Thor figures.
- Their Batman and Superman figures.
- Gamma 1 & 2, Great Saiyaman and Turles in the Dragon Ball line.
- Guts and Griffith from Berserk.
- Black Cloak: Guts' cape and Itachi and Pain's Akatsuki robes.
- BFS:
- Guts Dragonslayer.
- Trunks sword.
- 99 edition Sakura's axe.
- Ichigo, Renji and Byakuya's zanpakuto.
- Body Horror: Some of the Figuarts have more biological designs instead of the armor-like or robotic outlines of the regular series.
- Comical Overreacting: A lot of their figures come with very comedic faces, such as the kid Naruto, kid Sasuke, Kakashi, Luffy, Sanji and Ichigo.
- Dirty Old Man: Roshi and Jiraiya both got figures in their respective lines and both figures come with alternate faces to represent their perverted personalities.
- Early-Installment Weirdness: Figuarts in the early days (re: Kamen Rider BLACK RX, Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GO!GO!) were very sparse in accessories, usually only a couple of hands and a weapon. They also had a different joint system for the guys.
- Henshin Hero: The bulk of the line's initial output was of the Kamen Rider franchise, although it also catered to Super Sentai and Metal Heroes fans to a degree. Eventually, it branched out and these figures instead became the minority (and mostly P-Bandai exclusives), with Super Sentai having sporadic releases at best.
- Not Quite Starring: A lot of the live action figure have had rather spotty likenesses of their actors. Examples include their Captain America figures, the Captain Marvel figure from The Marvels, No Way Home Green Goblin, Justice League Superman, Tony Stark and their Endgame Thor figures.
- The Remake:
- The Shinkocchou Seihou subline is explicitly meant to serve as upgraded replacements for the previous figures.
- Once the Naruto and One Piece lines were rebooted the 2020s, characters that already received figures were remade with all new sculpts.
- She's a Man in Japan: Actually averted concerning Tiger Ranger - the Japanese release uses a male mold while the American release uses a female mold.
- Shoddy Knockoff Product: Several knockoff companies make knockoffs of the figures, most notably for Dragon Ball and Marvel. A lot of them often fall apart, have bad paint jobs, the accessories aren't compatible and they have loose joints, although some are surprisingly decent in quality.
- Super Mode:
- If a Kamen Rider has an upgraded form, it will almost always get a figure. In Kiva's case, his one got a Shinkocchou Seihou release before the base form! Kuuga in particular gets a lot of love in terms of his forms.
- A large part of the Dragon Ball line is the alternate forms of the characters, especially the Saiyans. Almost all of them are general releases as well, so Tamashi makes them easy to get too.
- Naruto has the Kurama Link and Sage Modes for Naruto.
- One Piece has Gear 5 Luffy, who also came with bendable limbs to emphasise the form.
- Superpowered Evil Side: The first Sukuna figure for the Jujutsu Kaisen line is the shirtless form he took when he battled Megumin while possessing Yuji.
- Super-Soldier: Captain America, Winter Soldier and some of the Kamen Riders.
- Sword and Gun:
- Deadpool 2 figure comes with both of his swords and multiple guns.
