Up-and-coming Chinese model maker LADoTOYS announced this past August that it was developing a line of 1/12 action figures based on "Ultraman" spin-off project "Ultra Kaiju Humanization Project." Following Gomora and Zetton, the company has now confirmed the third release in the series: "Space Robot King Joe." Additional details will be revealed at a later date.
"Ultra Kaiju Humanization Project" is a special project launched by Tsuburaya Productions in 2013 to celebrate the Ultraman franchise’s 50th anniversary. The concept reimagines iconic kaiju from across the Ultra Series as anime girls, originally introducing two new designs each month. The project later expanded into manga, novels, anime, games, figures, and more. Following the broadcast of "SSSS.GRIDMAN," monsters from the Gridman franchise also joined the Kaiju Girls roster.
The original kaiju behind "Space Robot King Joe" made its debut in "Ultraseven." Created by Alien Pedan, the robot can separate into four individual craft for combat. Its overwhelming strength once brought Ultraseven to defeat, though it was ultimately destroyed through a combined effort by the Terrestrial Defense Force and Ultraseven. King Joe appeared in the first episode of "KAIJU GIRLS Season 2," with its kaiju soul residing inside an American girl named Clala Thorn. She possesses tremendous strength but has trouble controlling it, often causing far more destruction than intended. Alongside her duties with GIRLS, she also works as a model. Amusingly, the series gives her an obsessive fan named JJ, whose design pays homage to Jugglus Juggler and who is voiced by Takaya Aoyagi.
▼Anime version of JJ
LADoTOYS Ultra Kaiju Humanization Project King Joe
Price and release date: TBD
via： LADoTOYS