Banpresto’s EXQ series focuses on pursuing the character and all the elements attached to it, and reflecting the original character’s “ideal authenticity” on the molded figurine. The figure in the series aims for a harmony between fiction and reality. The EXQ figure series goes along the company’s strategy of making very high quality fixed pose, nonarticulated figures, going over the market segment occupied by higher price competitors. It usually involves female characters from successful Japanese franchises. According to Banpresto, EXQ can stand for “EXtra Quantum”.