Articulated Kaido

From the long-running pirate anime, its most feared captain rendered in his dragon form: a long, serpentine eastern dragon with a maned head, trailing whiskers, swept horns and clawed limbs spaced down the length of the body. Articulated, so it coils and shifts in the hand instead of standing as a fixed statue. Fans will know exactly who is being depicted. Anyone who does not will still recognise a classical eastern dragon done properly, with the arched brow, the flowing mane and the snaking body that reads as flight without needing wings to explain it. That double life is the appeal. It works as a display piece for a shelf of anime figures and equally as a toy for someone who has never watched an episode, since a dragon that moves is a dragon that gets handled. A straightforward gift for a fan, and a satisfying print for anyone who likes a model that does something.