
Far from lamenting the loss of Kishida Mel‘s famously cute character designs, Atelier fans are hailing Hidari‘s designs for the newly announced Atelier Ayesha as being on an entirely new level of beauty and cuteness, to say nothing of the superb graphics now unveiled.
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The importance of practice and perseverance to an artist’s improvement are again highlighted superbly by the now popular annual progress charts, showing once again that practice makes perfect.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Mar 28, 2012 22:39 JST
- Tags: 3D CG, Announcements, Atelier, Character Design, Gust, Kishida Mel, Moe, PS3, RPG

Gust has unveiled the latest title in its Atelier series of alchemy (and latterly, moeblob) RPGs, “Atelier Ayesha- The Alchemist of the Land of Dusk” (English title not yet confirmed) for the PS3 – along with the unexpected revelation that is is dumping Kishida Mel as illustrator along with all the 2D event scenes, prompting something of a stir online.
Update: The official title has since been confirmed as “Atelier Ayesha.”
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Paradox Interactive, Nitro Games and Cyber Front have been attracting considerable attention for their apparent marketing nous in changing the cover of “Pirates of Black Cove” so as to better appeal to the Japanese.
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The element most anime fans are looking for in the anime they watch may come as a surprise to some, considering its near total absence from so many popular late-night anime titles…
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Thankfully popularity of the fan (or yaeba) still lies mainly in the real of 2D – and fang fans have been keen to reinforce this point with a handy ranking of the cutest snaggle-toothed anime girls.
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Fans of the fang are not just restricted to 2D any more, and it seems even some real women are opting to preserve or even create their own cute little fang – however there are still a great many who consider the phenomenon best restricted to 2D…
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Anime girls with ahoge, the lock of hair now an inescapable staple of anime character design, have been ranked by anime fans – yielding a list surprisingly resistant to the recency effect which not infrequently ensures any Type B anime more than a season old is reduced to obscurity…
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Shigenori Soejima, the artist in no small part responsible for the success of recent Persona games thanks to his distinctive character designs, is receiving an English language artbook covering his fine character designs, and also including an interview and various other details of interest to Persona fans.
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A historical comparison of the dramatic technological evolution of 3D polygonal anime-styled bishoujo has recently been circulating, showing just how close the goal of a “real” 2D wife is getting for the otaku masses…
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The notorious inhabitants of 2ch’s VIP board have once again taken it upon themselves to spontaneously issue and fulfil a challenge – to somehow make the image above in to a paragon of moe using whatever means necessary.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, H, News
- Date: Nov 7, 2011 23:33 JST
- Tags: Character Design, K-ON!, Moe, Movies, Music, Oppai, Otaku, Tsumugi

Gentleman’s favourite Tsumugi Kotobuki has finally stipped off in official K-ON! media, delighting fans with the size of her breasts but also causing much consternation with their all-too realistic inability to defy gravity…
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