Every Monday, I push a fresh snapshot of Japanese anime figure prices to GitHub Releases.
What's in the data
655 figures, each with:
- Current lowest/highest price across 5+ Japanese retailers
- Stock availability (in/out of stock counts)
- Shop-level offer details (price, URL, condition)
- MSRP, scale, sculptor, release date
The raw CSV is ~900 KB — small enough to download in seconds, rich enough to build models on.
Why free?
I scrape this data weekly for my own resale research. Sharing it publicly serves two purposes:
- Reproducibility — others can verify my price-tracking claims
- Network effects — more users = more feedback = better data quality
The full historical dataset (price history over months, not just current snapshot) is available on Gumroad for researchers who need time-series analysis.
Technical details
- Source: MyFigureList (primary) + secondary aggregators
- Normalization: unified schema, confidence scoring, deduplication
- Delivery: automated weekly GitHub Release via Python script + GitHub Actions
- Last updated: {{DATE}}
How to use
# Download latest release asset curl -L -o figure_prices.csv.gz \ $(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/atushi1841/kensho/releases/latest \ | grep browser_download_url \ | grep csv.gz \ | cut -d\" -f4) # Or use the API curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/atushi1841/kensho/releases/latest \ | jq '.assets[].browser_download_url' This is part of the Kensho project — automated Japanese marketplace price tracking.
Related MCP Server
For real-time data access via MCP, install the japan-anime-figure-mcp:
# Install via Smithery npx @smithery/cli install atushi1841/japan-anime-figure-mcp --client claude 
