Mitsuhiro Shimatani is an editor and also a writer who has worked on projects ranging from Otaku Maps to PC gaming, hobby, and other magazines related to his field. Over the past 15 years or so, Shimatani has become deeply involved in the field of figures. He is an important part of Dengeki Hobby Magazine’s Figure Corner, as well as FIGURE Maniacs, a magazine dedicated to figures. At the moment, Shimatani is active as a freelance editor and writer, while also taking time to manage the hobby information website, HOBBY maniax.