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It was suddenly announced today!
The latest CSM product has been decided to be "Amazons Driver ver. Alpha"!!


Like last year, the announcement was made in conjunction with the "CCG EXPO 2020" event, which began today in Shanghai, China.
Coincidentally, this day also marks exactly one year since pre-orders for "CSM Amazons Driver" began last year.

Click here for exhibition images from the Shanghai event!







At the end of last year, at the HENSHIN BELT event "THE HENSHIN" held in Akihabara, we exhibited Jin's version of a dirty Amazons Driver as a reference exhibit.
Originally there were no plans to commercialize it, and at the time we only made a prototype for exhibition purposes, but we received many comments at the event saying, "We would like to see it released as a product."
After that, as a test, we asked the production factory, "Is it possible to mass-produce this level of dirt? Even though there will be some variation, can the quality of the dirt be standardized to a certain extent? How much will it cost? How long will it take to mass-produce?" and so on, and things became heated together with the factory (engineers tend to get heated when trying something new), and we discussed the above points one by one, painted prototypes multiple times at the factory, made adjustments, and reached the point where we were saying, "Why don't we try mass-producing this!!" and so we decided to commercialize it as the "second commercialization from a concept exhibit."

Some of you may be thinking, "That's quick!" as this announcement has just ended the pre-order period for the Ixa Belt, but we waited until last year's event to announce KIVAT BELT, which narrowed the gap from announcement to delivery to about three months. Since then, we have gradually adjusted the order and delivery timing for the Garren Buckle and Ixa Belt, and from this time on we have finally gotten close to restoring the cycle to deliveries about five months after ordering, which is why we decided to announce it at this time in conjunction with the Shanghai event.


Ver. Alpha is a version with Jin-style dirty paint and Alpha-only audio.
Of course, there is no audio related to Omega Sigma.
As Taniguchi tweeted, the film will feature some newly recorded voices and will focus on Takayama Jin.
(Please wait until July 28th for more details.)


We have also confirmed on social media that there are people who have already purchased multiple products from the previous time and personally applied dirty paint to the products.
For those people, this commercialization may not be something they can be completely happy about, but what I want to say is that even this ver. Alpha is not a perfect reproduction of Jin's prop, but rather it is simply "a dirty paint application that is possible for the factory in terms of mass production."​
Each one will have a different stain, and I don't think the appearance of this product is correct (compared to the prop). I don't know if it's okay for a seller to say this.
Furthermore, I'm not sure if I'm in a position to say this, but I think that the Amazons Driver that he painted himself is the only one of its kind in the world, and is his own belt that represents the path of battle (in the words of Jin-san's belt). (I mean the trial and error of the paint, the battle.)
We hope you will continue to cherish this product, and if there is anything about the specifications of this product that you like, we would be grateful if you would consider purchasing it.

Finally, as mentioned above, if this level of dirt paint is applied to the entire belt, a craftsman must dirt paint each and every one, which requires an extraordinary amount of painting steps and effort. The amount that can be produced in a day is about 1/4 of that of a normal CSM, so it takes a considerable amount of time.
It requires cost and effort in every aspect, and to be honest it is not a product that is suitable for mass production, but we decided to commercialize it because we see value in taking on new challenges with the CSM series.
And this time, despite the fact that we are in a very unfavorable situation in terms of costs for the reasons mentioned above, we have made great efforts to keep product prices down and have made considerable efforts to offer them at prices that we hope you will look forward to.
(This is something I want to say loud and clear in advance.)
We also have a little surprise in store!
Please wait for details to be released on July 28th.

That's all for today's blog.
As for the next update date, we have brought next week's update forward to today, so we will be taking a break next week and then the following week on Tuesday, July 28th.
In other words, this is an announcement of details about the Amazons Driver ver. Alpha and an update on the pre-order start date.

Well then!