

The artistically inclined denizens of 2ch’s VIP board have been challenging themselves to convert this panel from an ageing Shōwa period (meaning the 80s and 90s in this case) manga into something more modern – and more moe.
In the process they provide an insightful dissection of some of the changes in artistic conventions manga has seen over the last two decades.
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Yuiblob fans are crowing over the fact that the latest development in the manga appears to be that of Yui herself – according to their minute comparisons, she has been doing some late blooming.
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Even the notoriously anti-Korean inhabitants of 2ch are praising Korea’s new Vocaloid design for her excellent design – behold See-U:
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Manly Miku apparently not having proved a debacle enough, Hatsune Miku finally has an official American version, although not everyone seems likely to be overjoyed by the design selected.
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Top HRPG Ar Tonelico has finally provided western fans with one of its saucy artbooks, available now.
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One of moeblob overlord and K-ON! creator Kakifly’s first manga, a 2003 Leaf doujinshi, has been discovered and shows the rather stark difference a mere eight years can make to an artist’s skill (to say nothing of his bank balance).
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- Author: Leon
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Aug 5, 2011 07:35 JST
- Tags: Artbooks, Character Design, Oppai, PS3, PSP, RPG, Sega, Translation, Valkyria Chronicles

Fans of Valkyria Chronicles can now inspect in English the character and vehicle designs which made the franchise such a success (if a succession of PSP “sequels” can be considered as such), thanks to the recent publication of the Valkyria Chronicle Design Archive – replete with detailed treatment of each character’s swimwear…
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Anime fans take a break from onanising over the latest moeblobs to collect some of the latest (or simply most shocking) examples of what happens when animators are paid $3 an hour and have half their jobs outsourced to Korea.
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Anime fans interrogated as to just what criteria they are prepared to admit applying to which series they watch supply an interesting list, seemingly suggesting that, in their opinions at least, judging a book by its cover is not such a bad idea after all.
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Most anime viewers are likely familiar with the experience of watching an anime they find so objectionable that they can only bear to watch for a few minutes before dropping it – now there is a ranking of just which titles attract such sentiments.
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Toyota’s decision to aggravate all Miku fans everywhere by insisting on using a bizarre American comic styled illustration of the world’s foremost virtual idol has finally been rescinded – not only is the new version not a flagrant rip-off of Tony’s artwork, it is rather tasteful and even displays a tantalising glimpse of Miku’s upper thigh.
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Fans of erotic art have been exploring the proposition that “It doesn’t matter who it is or what they’re up to, if their expression is good it’s twice as sexy.”
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