Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Muv-Luv Shiranui Imperial Japanese Army (1/5)

Muv-Luv Shiranui Imperial Japanese Army (2/5)

Muv-Luv Shiranui Imperial Japanese Army (3/5)

Muv-Luv Shiranui Imperial Japanese Army (4/5)

Muv-Luv Shiranui Imperial Japanese Army (5/5)

Muv-Luv Shiranui Imperial Japanese Army - Detail shots (1/4)

Muv-Luv Shiranui Imperial Japanese Army - Detail shots (2/4)

Detail shots

Newly added weapons make for an even more generous weapons accessory lineup.

Weapon parts added for the Imperial Japanese Army version.

This shield is the same one included with the Shiranui Assault Type.

The missile container mounted on the shoulder can open and close as shown.

Muv-Luv Shiranui Imperial Japanese Army - Using a separate joint part, it can also be mounted on the shoulder of the normal S

Using a separate joint part, it can also be mounted on the shoulder of the normal Shiranui Second.

Shiranui Second Yuya Bridges unit with the missile container attached.

Exclusive stand included as a first-run limited bonus.

Quite a few leftover parts remain.

Muv-Luv Shiranui Imperial Japanese Army - Gunfire action poses (1/3)

Gunfire action poses

Knife action

Muv-Luv Shiranui Imperial Japanese Army - Missile container open shot (1/3)

Missile container open shot

Muv-Luv Shiranui Imperial Japanese Army - Assault pose (1/3)

Assault pose

Muv-Luv Shiranui Imperial Japanese Army - Box art pose recreation. (1/3)

Box art pose recreation.

Muv-Luv Shiranui Imperial Japanese Army - The base body is identical to the Shiranui Assault Type, with the Imperial Japanese

The base body is identical to the Shiranui Assault Type,
while the Imperial Japanese Army version simply changes the molded color to a gray tone and adds the missile container.

Muv-Luv Shiranui Imperial Japanese Army - Alongside the similarly colored Shiranui Second Isumi Valkyrie unit. Look closely a

Alongside the similarly colored Shiranui Second Isumi Valkyrie unit.
Look closely and the design details are completely different throughout.

The 11th kit in the Muv-Luv non-scale lineup is the Shiranui Imperial Japanese Army, a color variant of the Shiranui Assault Type. The base body is essentially the same shape with only the molded color changed to a gray tone, plus the missile container weapons added on top. (Which bumped the price up by ¥400.)

Compared to the Shiranui Second released early in the Muv-Luv lineup, the regular Shiranui has some polycap improvements, so the joints are a bit sturdier than those early kits. That said, the improvement isn't quite enough to call them truly solid — there's still a bit of an uneasy feeling, especially around the waist ball joint. On top of that, there's a lot of weapons hanging off this thing, so getting a photo taken is a bit of a hassle since parts keep falling off left and right.

The switch to gray molded colors does make it feel a bit drab, but it also gives off a nice, weighty impression. With the large shield plus the openable missile container included, it ends up looking quite formidable.

Anyway, thanks to the more generous weapons loadout compared to other kits, it comes in a large box with a special feel to the packaging — but the contents themselves are a pretty typical color variant kit without much that's genuinely new. If you're a fan of the Muv-Luv mechs and want the one that feels the most like an actual weapon, this seems like a worthwhile pick. :-)

Muv-Luv Shiranui Imperial Japanese Army | 2013.4 | ¥5,200

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.