Asterisk Collection is a brand of dolls created by Azone International as a male character focused counterpart to their PureNeemo Character Series line under their CCT division. While mostly based on 1/6 scale PureNeemo Boy bodies, unlike the main line, Asterisk Collection has also released dolls utilizing Obitsu, PetWORKS, and even 1/3 scale bodies. They would also launch a short lived line of figurines under the label. Between the years 2010-2020, a total of 23 dolls and 5 figurines have been released. There have been no new updates on the line since.
Note that while a number of these dolls have the PureNeemo Character Series logo present on their marketing materials and packaging, they are not officially under the main label.
Dolls
1/6 Scale
Listed in chronological order of release.
1/3 Scale
Alongside the 1/6 dolls, a single 1/3 scale doll using an AZM3-51 body, which was created specifically for the doll, was released.
Clothing Set
A single clothing set was produced in addition to the dolls. The set was released under Azone’s general Character Costume Series rather than under the Asterisk Collection label. Despite that, it was specifically designed to be worn by the 1/6 scale Japan dolls.
Fmune was a shortlived offshoot figurine line which had five releases between 2015-2017. These figurines depicted various male characters from licensed anime and manga franchises as stylized four inch chibis. Each release came with two different figurines of the same character. The heads could pop off which allowed them to be easily swapped around between bodies. They could also be used on Obitsu and other doll bodies. Azone openly encouraged rebodying and often used heads rebodied on to Obitsus for display and promotional purposes.
Unreleased
At Doll Show 49 Spring Asakusa, a version of the Italy doll was shown off alongside the Japan W Academy Uniform Ver. doll, wearing his own uniform as seen in official Hetalia series media. While the Japan doll was released later that year, the accompanying Italy doll was never seen again. As the Italy seen in photos has the same face-up as his original version release, it is unknown if this was planned to be a full blown doll release like the Japan doll was or simply a clothing set.
(Images source: Official Azone Twitter account)
Images
Official imagery
Images posted here are official promotional/stock images created for Asterisk Collection!
