Bandai mini Insect figure Report of Extra-life Form File-03 (set of 10)

"What is Report-EX?

A general term for research projects and accompanying reports that seek to uncover the mystery and true identity of a being known as a Gochu. A mysterious creature discovered by a biologist - a spherical object that contains an insect and a star that looks similar to medicine. The researchers were secretly analyzing it.

The creatures were completely motionless, as if dead, but analysis revealed that they were in a state of suspended animation, similar to hibernation - or rather, a state of suspended animation with a lower level of activity.

From the main characteristics confirmed during the analysis, this creature appears to be an insect at first glance, but is a different entity from modern insects.

It doesn't fit anywhere on the currently constructed biological tree. I came to the conclusion that it does exist. As a result, he plotted these creatures on a family tree, and the future. In modern times, insects are thought to be substitutes for modern insects.

They came to be called "gochuu" (right-stage insects)...

Report EX (set of 10): 

1. Kaen Yajiri (Male)

Classification: Armored Catfish

Size: Body length 45-62mm

First Discovery Point: P44-HT23

Its distribution is nationwide, throughout Japan. For a species of the family Irwinidae, the back of its head extends significantly backward. It may raise its head and use it as a shield, or it may jump up when pinned down.

2. Asari no Ayakashi (asarinoayakashi)

Classification: Armored Order, Pycnonotidae

Size: Body length 38-54mm First discovery point: P07-SM60 Distributed along the coast of the Tohoku region. It looks like a giant snail carrying a bivalve on its back. It has a sharp, extendable protrusion equipped with a poison gland hidden at the tip of its abdomen.

3. Murakagami

Classification: Oysterpoda, Oysteridae

Size: Body length 36-48mm

First Discovery Point: P17-T65

It is found throughout Japan. Its entire body is extremely transparent, and it is thought that it is able to blend into the surrounding environment by scattering light.

4. Anubis squid scale (anubis ikasuke)

Classification: Armored fish, family Scutellaridae, size: body length 28-45mm

First discovery point: P01-H156 Its distribution seems to be limited to the Hokkaido region. It has elegant forked horns. It is thought that the secretory glands at the tip of its abdomen secrete a liquid with a musk-like fragrance.

5. Natamochiran (male)

Size: Body length 25-50mm

First Discovery Point: P18-k101

It appears to be distributed throughout Japan. Its appearance is reminiscent of the flowers and leaves of modern orchids. Its inner wings are significantly degenerated, so it is unlikely that it can fly.

6. Iron-Heat Steel (ikazuchi hagane) (Black-skinned male)

Classification: Stag Beetle, Stag Beetle Family Size: Body length 30-55mm

First discovery point: P10-TT11 Its distribution is believed to be limited to the Kanto-Koshinetsu region of Japan. Although the body shape is the same as the normal species found mainly in western Japan, it differs in that its body color is jet black.

7. Kinmon Sanrio Sashikari (kinmonsasoriosashikari Bunrui)

Classification: Acanthoptera, Acanthoptera

Anrui Shajimoku Classification: Naxalidae

Size: Body length 38-47

First discovery point: P30-SN21

It is found throughout Japan. Due to its distinctive abdominal shape, it is thought that it does not bend the tip of its abdomen downwards, but instead adopts a scorpion-like arched posture and uses the venomous stinger at the tip of its abdomen.

8. Iron-Heat Steel (ikazuchi hagane) (male)

Nanrui Classification: Armored Order, Caputidae Size: Body length 23-50mm

First discovery point: P36-SN75 Its distribution is thought to be west of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line in Honshu and the Shikoku region. Its golden body color is accompanied by a spiky shape on its head, antennae, and front.

9. Kibanegasshou

Classification: Order: Acanthoptera, Family: Acanthidae Size: Body length 35-52mm

First Discovery Point: P21-at60

It is found throughout Japan. Its wings are normally folded in a shape resembling the palms of your hands. Combined with the effect of its body color, it looks like a flower bud at first glance.

10. Taking the Deer Horn (sikazuno takari)(soldier taking)

Classification: Acrophoridae, Family: Acrophoridae Size: Body length 38-42mm

First discovery point: P46-kg87. Found in Kyushu and Okinawa. All four wings are hard and are thought to be used to make sounds by rubbing them together rather than for flying, and to communicate with other birds.