
Seiyuu otaku have been celebrating those seiyuu who are good with their hands as well as their mouths – and it looks as if a number of them may well be artistically talented enough to pursue careers as illustrators or mangaka in addition to voice work, as is plainly evident when their work is showcased:
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Artistic manga appreciators are agog at Blade of the Immortal mangaka Hiroaki Samura‘s video of himself illustrating one of his trademark immaculate artworks.
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Sou Miyata, the artist recently busted for tracing no less than three pictures in his official Total Eclipse pin-up, has been sacked – and delving into his past works reveals this was far from his first brush with plagiarism, and not the first time he was caught at it either.
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The summer 2012 anime season is off to a less promising start than might be hoped – one of the most anticipated upcoming series, “Muv-Luv Total Eclipse,” is already facing tracing accusations after it emerged some of its sexy pinup art looks to have been blatantly plagiarised from not one but two different sources in the same picture…
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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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The interminable controversy over the ethnicity of anime-styled characters and the pedestal upon which many Japanese ensconce white girls is being stoked by the image above – cute anime girls, it maintains, are drawn with Caucasian bone structure.
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Suspiciously eager otaku have lately been squinting at the above image in the hopes of discerning what they are assured is apparently a defect in their vision, as paradoxical as this may seem given what they may be missing out on.
(It may be necessary to view the image at full size to gain the intended diagnostic effect)
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Orchid Seed plans an April 2012 release of this ero-figure of sweet Tamaki Jumonji, an original character by Kuchu Yosai whose pose and outfit are based on a Comic XO cover illustration.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: H, Manga, News
- Date: Dec 7, 2011 08:01 JST
- Tags: 2D vs 3D, Anthropomorphisation, Comparison, Illustration, Islam, New York, Russia, USA

Russian observers have noticed an apparent similarity between the spectacle of the Twin Towers collapsing and the spectacle of a man having sex with a woman from behind, prompting even Japanese to concede that they may be “even more perverted than us.”
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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: Leon
- Categories: Galleries, H, Manga
- Date: Nov 3, 2011 22:03 JST
- Tags: 2ch, 2D vs 3D, Comparison, Gravure, Illustration, Image Gallery, Moe, Oppai


Once again, 2D’s supposed superiority to 3D is put to the test thanks to the artistic efforts of anonymous artists – although with these earlier examples it is increasingly looking like a battle of artistic talent versus good taste in photography.
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- Author: Leon
- Categories: Galleries, H, Manga
- Date: Oct 9, 2011 05:35 JST
- Tags: 2ch, 2D vs 3D, Comparison, Gravure, Illustration, Image Gallery, Loli, Moe, Oppai


The artists of 2ch continue to supply more direct comparisons of the supposed superiority of 2D to 3D, a debate which seems unlikely to be settled any time soon – and least of all when dealing with such high quality 3D subject material.
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