Bandai opened twelve anime S.H.Figuarts pre-orders in one morning. Here they are ranked, with the three worth a deposit

On November 2, Bandai's Tamashii Nations arm opened pre-orders at Japanese retail for sixteen new general-retail items and seven re-releases in one morning, dated January to July 2027. Twelve of them are anime S.H.Figuarts: seven new sculpts and five Demon Slayer reprints. Two of the new ones are characters Dragon Ball collectors have waited a decade for, one is a God of Destruction timed to a Netflix show, and the reprints were selling for silly money on the secondary market a month ago.

Full disclosure before we rank anything: we do not take pre-orders. Never have. So nothing below is a link to reserve a figure with us, which frees us up to be honest about which of these deserve a deposit at whichever retailer you use, which can wait, and what from our own S.H.Figuarts shelf fills the gap until May 2027.

How to read a Tamashii drop before you spend a yen

Every item on Tamashii Web carries a sales category, and it decides your buying strategy. "Retail" means any shop in the world can order it through Bandai's distributor, so US retailers list it within days and it usually stays near retail price for months after release. "Tamashii Web Shop" is a Japan-only exclusive, which is where proxy markups and eBay prices come from. "Lottery" is the third tier and means what it says: the Whitebeard Marineford figure went to a second-round lottery on October 30 because the first round sold out.

All twelve of the anime Figuarts opened on November 2 are plain Retail. That is the most useful fact in this post. None needs a proxy, none needs a lottery ticket, and the five reprints are Bandai telling you in writing that the scalper price was never the real price. Yen prices below are tax-included Japanese retail; US pricing lands a bit above the straight conversion once import and distribution are added, so treat the yen as the floor. Release months are Japan dates, and US stock usually lands a few weeks later.

The ranking, seven to one

7. Femto (Berserk) — ¥14,300, July 2027

The most expensive figure in the wave and the furthest out. Femto is Griffith after the Eclipse: the full winged, helmeted, pitch-black body at 165mm, supervised by Studio Gah!, which is the name you want on a Berserk sculpt. Three pairs of hands and one face, which for a character with exactly one expression is fair. If you read Berserk, buy it and skip the rest of this post. For everyone else it will sit at retail well past July. We stock no Berserk at all, which is the honest shape of that market: beloved, under-merchandised, in no hurry.

6. Endeavor (My Hero Academia) — ¥13,200, April 2027

At 185mm he is the tallest figure in the set, and the price is mostly the flame effect set and four faces. It sits at six because of timing: with the anime winding down, MHA figures now compete with a shelf of existing MHA figures rather than with a new season. If you want Endeavor now, the FiGPiN XL Endeavor #X26 at $24.99 is the cleaner buy, and the 2019 Banpresto Age of Heroes Endeavor at $24.95 is a full-size prize figure; we have two left. The rest of the My Hero Academia shelf is where that money usually goes meanwhile.

5. Nami -Two Years Later- (One Piece) — ¥7,700, May 2027

A good figure with a catch. Four faces, a grasping hand, the Clima-Tact and a lightning effect is generous for ¥7,700. The catch is the bonus: extra faces for S.H.Figuarts Luffy -Two Years Later-, sold separately. That is Bandai telling you who this figure is for. Own that Luffy and this is an easy reserve; otherwise you are paying for a bonus you cannot use in a crowded One Piece market. On our shelf the MegaHouse Variable Action Heroes Luffy at $94.99 is the articulated Luffy we would put next to a Figuarts Nami, and the King of Artist Kozuki Oden at $26.99 is the best sculpt in the One Piece collection under thirty dollars.

4. Muichiro Tokito (Demon Slayer) — ¥9,900, May 2027

The completionist's pick, and we mean that kindly. The Figuarts Hashira line has been filling in for years and Muichiro is the one people kept asking about, because his Swordsmith Village fight is the best sequence Ufotable has given a Hashira. Two pairs of hands, three faces, the Nichirin sword set, 140mm. Not flashy, and that is right for a Mist Hashira. If you own Rengoku, Giyu or Shinobu in this line, he belongs beside them. If you own none, start with the reprints below, because those are the ones that will vanish again. The chibi version of the same idea is the SEGA Ohiruneko Muichiro at $27.99.

3. The five Demon Slayer reprints — ¥9,350 to ¥11,000, May and June 2027

Rengoku (¥9,350, May; first run June 2025), Akaza (¥9,900, May; July 2025), Inosuke (¥9,900, June; September 2026), Shinobu (¥11,000, June; September 2025) and Doma (¥11,000, June; the first run only lands this month). Five reprints at once is not normal. Our guess is that the Infinity Castle films pushed demand past what Bandai planned for, and Bandai has decided to meet it rather than leave it to the aftermarket. If you paid a markup for Rengoku or Akaza this summer, we are sorry. If you did not, this is the easiest reservation here: these sold out on the first run, and the reprint is the only reason they will be at retail price at all. We would reserve Rengoku and Akaza together, because that pairing is the Mugen Train fight on one shelf, and let Doma wait for a second reprint, which this announcement makes likely.

While you wait, the Demon Slayer shelf is the deepest in the shop. The Kotobukiya ARTFX J Rengoku at $169.99 is the statue version of the figure Bandai is reprinting, the Aniplex ConoFig Inosuke at $87.99 is the Inosuke to buy now rather than in June, and the Figuarts Mini Kanao at $29.99 is the same Bandai family at a tenth of the commitment.

2. Tenshinhan and Chaozu (Dragon Ball Z) — ¥8,250 and ¥6,600, May 2027

Bandai has made Figuarts of Goku in more outfits than Goku has had haircuts, and until this month there was no Tien. The Z-Fighters sub-line finally fixes that: Tenshinhan at 155mm with four pairs of hands and three faces, Chaozu at 80mm with three pairs of hands and three faces, sold separately. Read Chaozu's price against his size: ¥6,600 for 80mm is a lot per millimetre, and he is built to be bought beside Tien, not instead of him. A lone Chaozu on a shelf is a sad object. Tenshinhan alone is the best-value new sculpt in the wave for a Z fan, and the figure that completes a shelf a decade of collectors have been building. Our in-stock Dragon Ball is thin, as we have said before, but the FiGPiN Goku from the Broly movie at $14.99 (two left) and the FiGPiN SSGSS Gogeta #202 at $14.99 are the two pieces from our FiGPiN wall we would hang next to a Tien.

1. God of Destruction Beerus (Dragon Ball Super: Beerus) — ¥7,150, May 2027

Reserve this one the day your retailer lists it. Beerus is the cheapest new sculpt in the wave at ¥7,150, 145mm with four pairs of hands, three faces and swappable belt parts, and he is branded to the Dragon Ball Super: Beerus series airing weekly right now. The show will still be running when this ships, and a God of Destruction that costs less than a Nami is going to move. The bonus actually matters, too: the box includes a replacement right wrist and effect parts for the Super Saiyan God Goku <God Aura> Figuarts, so if you own that Goku, this is the Battle of Gods fight in two boxes. When we wrote about the Beerus show in October we admitted we did not have a single Beerus or Whis figure in the building. We still do not. This is the figure that fixes that for everyone, and the fact that it is Retail rather than a web exclusive is the best news in the drop.

What is on our Figuarts shelf meanwhile, and the rule we would follow

Honesty section. Our in-stock Tamashii Nations shelf is heavier on Marvel than anime right now. The Detective Conan Toru Amuro at $54.99, four left, is the quiet gem, a 2022 release of a character Bandai rarely touches, and the Figuarts Mini line takes the rest of the budget, starting with the Figuarts Mini Yuji Itadori at $29.99. Two items in this post, the FiGPiN XL Endeavor and the Toru Amuro, are in The Back Room, so 30% comes off automatically at checkout through November 30, no code needed.

The rule, then. Reserve the Beerus, reserve Tenshinhan (with Chaozu if you can stomach it), and reserve whichever Demon Slayer reprint you missed the first time. Everything else in this wave is a Retail release of a character without a hype clock attached, and our honest prediction is that Femto, Endeavor, Nami and Muichiro will all be purchasable at retail price in the autumn of 2027. The counterargument is real: Bandai's first Demon Slayer runs sold out and needed reprinting, so "it will be there later" has burned people in this exact line. Our answer is that the reprints are the evidence. When a figure sells out now, Bandai prints more. Deposits are for figures with a reason to vanish, and in this wave that is three of them.

Tamashii Nation 2026, Bandai's own showcase, runs November 13 to 15 in Akihabara, two days after this goes up; if the next wave gets teased there, we will write it up the same way. Until then, everything above that we actually stock ships for a flat $5 anywhere in the US, first orders get 10% off with WELCOME10, and the prize figure shelf is the cheap seats while you wait for May.