Weekly Collector Watchlist | Week 13 of 2026
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End of an Era: The Definitive Pieces to Anchor Your Collection This Week
Two of the most culturally significant anime properties of the past decade have reached defining endpoints within days of each other. This week’s editorial identifies the pieces that matter most — right now — for collectors who want to spend their budget where the demand is real and the craft is genuine.
Late March 2026 is a week that will be discussed in collector circles for some time. MAPPA’s Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 delivered its finale with the studio’s most technically ambitious production yet, and Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Chainsaw Man manga reached its abrupt, emotionally charged conclusion with Chapter 232 — with no Part 3 announcement to soften the landing. Meanwhile, AnimeJapan 2026 dominated the weekend news cycle, and HoYoverse pushed Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.1 live.
For premium resin collectors, weeks like this create a distinct shift in the market. When a story ends, the collector’s focus pivots from anticipation to memorialization. The question stops being “what’s coming next” and becomes “what piece best represents what this series meant.” That shift drives a measurable spike in demand for definitive, high-quality centerpieces — and it creates a narrow window before allocations move into the aftermarket at significantly higher prices.
Every piece below has been evaluated against current trend signals, product-stage practicality, and sculptural merit. The goal is not to list everything available — it is to identify the pieces that matter most, right now.
Quick Verdict
- Ice Studio’s Satoru Gojo — The single highest-demand piece this week. 99 units per version at peak Season 3 hype. Allocations will not last.
- ZM Studio’s Makima — The definitive Control Devil at 128 pieces. As the manga concludes, this is the Makima to own.
- MOCHI Studio’s Maid Apology Ver. Reze — The standout Chainsaw Man piece entering the market this week. Timing could not be more precise.
- Mahakala Studio’s Levi Ackerman — The material-quality benchmark of the entire pool. North American black walnut, anti-rust metal, PU resin. Museum-quality tier.
- PiPi Studio’s Berserk Wall-Mount — 50 pieces worldwide, shipping April 2026. The most time-sensitive piece in the pool.
Trend Signals
Four converging forces are shaping collector demand this week. Here is what the data says.
The End of an Era (Chainsaw Man)
The abrupt conclusion of the manga has sparked massive retrospective appreciation. Collectors are looking for definitive pieces of Makima, Power, and Reze to anchor their shelves.
Jujutsu Kaisen Peak Hype
The Season 3 finale has the community electrified. High-end pieces of Gojo and key characters are perfectly positioned to capture this momentum.
HoYoverse & Gacha Dominance
Honkai: Star Rail 4.1 keeps the sci-fi/fantasy gacha market highly engaged, while Zenless Zone Zero and Genshin Impact maintain strong baseline demand for premium statues.
The Finales: Chainsaw Man
The sudden conclusion of Chainsaw Man without a Part 3 announcement has created an unusual collector dynamic. There is no “next arc” to wait for. The characters are fixed in their final forms, and the community’s emotional investment has nowhere to go except into the physical objects that represent the series.
Maid Apology Ver. Reze
MOCHI Studio’s Reze is the standout Chainsaw Man piece entering the market this week, and the timing could not be more precise. The concept — Reze kneeling in a maid costume, eyes upturned with a smile that reads as equal parts apology and provocation — captures the exact duality that made her arc so compelling: the calculated warmth layered over something far more dangerous. The sculpt renders the cross-back maid bodice, layered frilled apron, and sheer stockings with the kind of textile depth that rewards close inspection, while the fur-rug base anchors the composition with quiet intimacy.
The title — “Master, master, won’t you forgive me?” — is not incidental. It is the piece’s entire thesis: a pose of submission that never quite lets you forget who’s really in control. For collectors building a Chainsaw Man memorial shelf, this is the Reze piece to anchor it.
Makima
ZM Studio’s Makima is the most compositionally ambitious Chainsaw Man piece in this week’s pool. At 1/6 scale, the piece distills the Control Devil’s most unsettling quality — not rage, but absolute calm amid devastation. Crimson spears and cross-shaped stakes erupt from a cracked concrete base, heavy chains cascade across her body, and three individually sculpted ravens complete a scene of total dominion. Limited to 128 pieces; estimated shipment Q3 2026.
As the manga concludes, Makima’s legacy as a generational antagonist is cemented. This piece captures her at the precise moment her true nature is fully revealed: unhurried, untouchable, surrounded by the instruments of her dominion as though the destruction around her is simply the natural order of things. For collectors who understand what the series was actually about, this is the definitive Makima.
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MOCHI Studio’s Reze freezes a moment of calculated sweetness — kneeling, skirt lifted, eyes upturned with a smile that’s equal parts apology and…
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ZM Studio’s 1/6 scale Makima distills the Control Devil’s most unsettling quality — not rage, but absolute calm amid devastation.
Art Mini Bust Series Reze: Utopia Studio’s bust series approach to Reze is worth watching closely. A hauntingly serene portrait — eyes closed, gentle smile, cascading water effects melting into daisies on the translucent base. A quieter, more introspective interpretation than MOCHI’s kneeling piece. Currently in production; pre-order details to be announced.
The Finales: Jujutsu Kaisen
MAPPA’s Season 3 finale delivered the Culling Game arc at a level of production quality that has driven JJK search intent to its highest point since the Shibuya Incident arc. The community is in a memorial mindset, and the pieces entering the market this week reflect that precisely.
Satoru Gojo
Ice Studio’s Gojo is the single highest-demand piece in this week’s entire pool. The sculpt captures him mid-release of Hollow Purple — robes caught in the technique’s shockwave, twin streams of cursed energy spiraling outward in translucent pink and violet. The Standard version delivers the core composition with a compact base; the Deluxe version adds dual head sculpts and a crumbling temple base that transforms the piece from a dynamic figure into a full diorama. Strictly limited to 99 individually numbered units per version.
The edition size here is the critical detail. Ninety-nine units per version for the most popular character in one of the most culturally significant anime of the decade, released at the peak of Season 3 hype. Allocations will not last. If Gojo is on your list, this is not a piece to evaluate at leisure.
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ICE Studio captures Gojo mid-release of Hollow Purple , his robes caught in the technique’s shockwave as twin streams of cursed energy spiral…
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Young Naoya mid-sprint, barefoot, laughing wide open — the brief flashback glimpse of the boy before the arrogance set in.
The Gacha Vanguard: HoYoverse Properties
While Shonen finales dominate the emotional conversation this week, the gacha sector remains the most consistently active buying market in the Western collector space. HoYoverse’s continuous update cadence ensures that the baseline demand for these properties never fully cools between peaks.
Sparxie
Hakimi Studio’s Sparkle is the premium HSR centerpiece of the week. The Masked Fool lounges dynamically against a glowing neon screen at 387 mm tall, twin tails and elaborate jester outfit rendered with layered detail — checkered frills, floating pixel speech bubbles, bunny stickers, geometric accents — that rewards extended display time. The magnetic no-peg base is a practical detail that matters for long-term display integrity. Limited to 99 pieces with a metal nameplate.
Hakimi Studio’s explicit commitment that “pre-order will never use AI generation” is a quality signal worth noting in a market where that distinction increasingly matters. Estimated shipment Q3 2026.
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NightWing Studio’s Cyrene is the most conceptually distinctive HSR piece this week.
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Hakimi Studio’s 1/6 scale Sparkle explodes with color and energy in this limited 99-piece edition.
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IM Studio’s 1/6 scale Sparxie freezes her at the height of her signature chaos — balanced on a giant crimson hand, leg arcing skyward, playing…
Skirk: ReadyPlayer1 Studio’s Skirk is the Genshin Impact piece to watch. As Genshin pushes deeper into its narrative endgame, enigmatic figures like Skirk generate the kind of collector demand that tends to outpace supply significantly. Available in Standard, DLC, and Deluxe configurations. Limited to 128 pieces; pre-order date to be announced.
Shonen Staples: The Evergreen Tier
AnimeJapan 2026 served as a reminder that the legacy Shonen franchises never truly fade. Demon Slayer’s Infinity Castle film updates, One Piece’s transition to Elbaph, and Attack on Titan’s continued cultural presence ensure that baseline demand remains structurally elevated.
Art Museum Series Levi Ackerman
Mahakala Studio’s Levi is the material-quality benchmark piece in this week’s entire pool. The 1/5 scale construction uses North American black walnut for the base, anti-rust metal for the ODM gear hardware and nameplate, PU resin for the figure body, and red wax for the blood effect on the blade — a material specification that places this firmly in the museum-quality tier. Ver. A captures the stripped composure of Levi in a white shirt combat pose; Ver. B delivers the full cinematic sweep of the expedition cloak caught mid-stride.
Every piece is photographed from the actual painted production figure — no AI-generated renders, no surprises at delivery. Limited to 99 pieces per version; estimated shipment approximately two months after pre-order close. For collectors who prioritize material honesty and production transparency alongside sculptural quality, this is the most trustworthy piece in this week’s pool.
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Ren Studio’s Sanemi is the anchor piece for collectors building a definitive Hashira display.
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MDS Studio’s Anniversary Series brings Gear Fifth Luffy to chibi scale without sacrificing an ounce of spectacle — the billowing cloud base,…
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Mahakala Studio’s 1/5 scale Levi Ackerman translates the Survey Corps’ finest into two distinct display statements — the stripped composure of the…
Annie Leonhart: ModelPower Studio takes a deliberately quieter approach to one of Attack on Titan’s most complex characters. The 26.5 cm sculpt captures her in the characteristic gesture of adjusting her blonde hair — standing resolute against a mountainous backdrop in full Survey Corps uniform. Constructed in resin and PU; estimated shipment Q3 2026.
The Spectacle Tier: Dragon Ball & Berserk
Some pieces exist to dominate a shelf rather than complement it. The following entries are for collectors who want a single piece that commands the room.
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Tian Gong Kai Wu Studio and TUTU Workshop’s Super Saiyan 5 Vegito and Gogeta are a study in controlled extremes — the same coiled stance, the same…
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The arms-crossed pose says everything without a single raised fist — pure, contemptuous dominance.
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At 1/2 scale, the Beast of Darkness bust doesn’t sit on a shelf — it claims a wall.
The Accessible Tier: Character Moments & Franchise Depth
Not every piece on a collector’s shelf needs to be a $300+ centerpiece. The following entries represent the strongest value-to-craft ratio in this week’s pool.
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After the weight of Chainsaw Man’s finale and JJK’s conclusion, this piece offers something genuinely different: the ancient elven mage in a shark…
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ZM Studio captures Venonat in a moment of pure, unhinged chaos — fur bristling, eyes blazing, and tail end very much on fire.
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MMLAND Studio reimagines Gengar as the ghost-type’s most self-satisfied alter ego — enthroned on red velvet, chains gleaming, claws fanned with…
GT Trio Vol. 02 Pan: Nil Studio’s Pan is the series-completion piece for collectors who began with GT Trio Vol. 01. Limited to 66 units at 1/6 scale. Early Bird opens this week.
Final Take
This is one of those rare weeks where the collector market and the cultural moment align with unusual precision. The simultaneous conclusion of Chainsaw Man‘s manga and Jujutsu Kaisen‘s third season creates a window that will not repeat. The characters are fixed. The stories are told. What remains is the question of which physical objects will represent what these series meant — and the best answers to that question are available right now, before the aftermarket reprices them.
Ice Studio’s Gojo at 99 units, ZM Studio’s Makima at 128 pieces, Mahakala Studio’s Levi at 99 per version, PiPi Studio’s Berserk wall-mount at 50 worldwide — these are not numbers that accommodate hesitation. The gacha sector, meanwhile, continues to operate on its own relentless cadence, with Hakimi Studio’s Sparxie and NightWing Studio’s Cyrene both carrying sub-110 edition sizes that will move quickly among the HSR collector base.
The accessible tier deserves attention too. BUFF Studio’s Frieren at $89 and ZM Studio’s Venonat at $29 prove that genuine sculptural quality does not require a four-figure budget. For collectors building depth rather than spectacle, these are the pieces that earn their shelf space through concept and craft rather than scale alone.
This Week’s Priority: Secure your Chainsaw Man and Jujutsu Kaisen centerpieces now. They represent peak emotional investment and are likely to see rapid allocation depletion. For everything else, monitor product pages directly — allocation windows for limited pieces at this demand level tend to open and close faster than weekly editorial cycles can track.
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R18+ Appendix
This week’s R18+ shortlist mirrors the mainline editorial’s dominant themes: the Chainsaw Man finale drives the top selections, while HoYoverse properties maintain their structural dominance across the remainder. Ten pieces selected from 26 candidates based on trend alignment, product-stage practicality, and sculptural quality.
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MOCHI Studio inverts the Control Devil’s iconic composure entirely, rendering her in a private, unguarded instant that earns its impact through…
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Feng Shan Huo Tian Studio’s 1/4 scale Power captures the Blood Fiend mid-provocation — fangs bared, claws raised, a maelstrom of deep crimson…
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PolarBear Studio’s Zenith Series opens with a Makima that doesn’t demand attention — she simply expects it.
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Genius Bee Studio’s “Singing Little Bird” renders Robin in an intimate original concept that strips back the stage spectacle while…
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New Age Studio’s private commission school uniform series presents Furina in a teasing “Mischievous Ghost Girl” pose.
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Both NewAge Studio pieces are at Pre-Order Close status.
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New Age Studio translates Ye Shunguang’s effortless authority into a reclining composition that feels genuinely unhurried — her weight settled…
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Yun Yi Studio’s 1/6 scale Focalors captures the Hydro Archon in all her divine elegance, standing 27 cm tall with intricate flowing robes and…
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Lemon Studio’s Twin Courtesan Sparkle brings the Masked Fool’s dual playful personas together in an intimate, highly detailed diorama — Sparkle…
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Girl’s House GK Studio distills Ye Shunguang’s commanding presence into a 1/6 scale seated composition that rewards every viewing angle — from the…
R18+ Priority: The three Chainsaw Man pieces lead this section for the same reason they lead the mainline editorial — the manga is finished, and definitive character pieces at this quality level will not remain available at current prices. For HoYoverse collectors, the two NewAge Studio school uniform pieces at Pre-Order Close demand immediate attention.
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