Storm Over Aoi Nishimata’s Selection for Star Wars Book
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Mar 26, 2009 21:15 JST
- Tags: Akira Toriyama, Aoi Nishimata, Dragonball, Eroge, Illustration, Shuffle, Star Wars
Artist Aoi Nishimata, renowned as the artist behind Shuffle and a variety of adult games and visual novels, has been at the centre of a storm of controversy as it became known that she was selected as a “representative” artist for Japan, to contribute an illustration to a Lucas endorsed commemorative art book. Non-fans fulminate that the opportunity should have gone to someone else…
For her part, she describes how excited she was to have no less than George Lucas himself look over her contribution, and apparently like it.
Along with one other Japanese artist (apparently working in conventional western style), she joins over a hundred illustrators contributing to the book, set to be released as an anniversary celebration for Star Wars. She will get an entire page to showcase her portfolio.
The release date for the book is not yet confirmed, but it should be due this year.
However, not all are happy for her triumph. Many voices have been raised around the Internet demanding to know why an illustrator of erotic games was selected as Japan’s representative in place of “worthier” and bigger name artists, some suggesting Dragonball creator and known Star Wars fan Akira Toriyama instead.
Complaints range from “What? A hentai representative?” and “This means a Star Wars eroge…” to “At least get a world-famous artist like Toriyama in” and “Can she even draw mecha?”
You can read Nishimata’s blog entry here. A sample of the criticism can be seen here.
Looking over the responses, it seems this generally comes down to a variety of fans upset that their favourite “major” is not the choice, and going on to make the rather exaggerated complaint that this will tarnish Japan’s image overseas.
Aoi Nishimata’s style may be idiosyncratic (you can see more on the Channel), but would a dated artist like Akira Toriyama really be a better choice?
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well good for her! she's done some fantastic jobs and i believe she deserved it =)
Yeah. I've always liked her style, and just because she got her start in eroge doesn't mean that's all she can draw. Good for her!
Eroge star wars indeed! want!
George Lucas probably wants some moe element in Star War universe. Damn that horndog!(^0^)
He originally implemented Twincest^^
Luke x Leia!
fuck yeah, you're right.
Imagined if she draw moe Jabba the Hut ∑(O_O；)
an image that like which the world have never seem before pop into my head but it'll remind in my brain for the rest of my life...
“At least get a world-famous artist like Toriyama in”
Ahahahahaha
World famous != good
Toriyama's art sucks. His style and story writing sucks too. Eroge art>>>>>>>Akira Toriyama. I'd prefer Itaru Hinoue with her glazed eyes and monster chins over Toriyama.
But the best illustrator for Star Wars would be Takeshi Obata, illustrator for Hikaru no Go and Death Note.
Takeshi Obata would be awesome if he was picked. But I think Aoi Nishimata is definitely a better choice than Toriyama, he is just plain boring IMO..... =P
I'd like to concur with the notion of Toriyama= shit. I'm replaying Chrono Trigger on the DS, and I wince every time I see the characters animated.
Anon is correct in the notion that famous =/= Good.
LOL along.
If they really want some "more deserved" artist who's capable of drawing sci-fi stuffs, why didn't they just say Range Murata or Komatsu Eiji? Toriyama is just... way too overrated (and outdated).
But then again, he IS a vocal Star Wars fan, I'm sure he'd do the work for free or very little. And he IS popular, not choosing instead or in addition seems like a very poor decision.
Three words: Slave Girl Leia
four word: chewy and han solo
Five words: 超・moe moe Darth Vader!
Six words: Quit playing these stupid word games!
Seven words: I see what you did there, buddy.
Eight words: I see what you did there too, man
Nine words: Now please get the f*ck out of my internets
Ten Words: Who wouldn't like to see a extremely moe Princess Leia?
Eleven words: Hehehe word games... Oh shit, did I just break the combo?
Twelve words: Oh no! You might and will soon to face a C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!!!
Thirteen words: GG, that's right that's all i'm typing i broke the combo...wait wtf!
fourteen words: The combo remains unbroken! Anyway, moe moe Darth Vader is a great idea! Ganbatte!
This
Wait I thought most of Clannad was done by Itaru Hinoue? And I think she deserves that opportunity. Who cares if she works on eroge? Eroge tend to have better art too. =3
Also, Artefact, is there any reason why I can't access the Channel? I get a "broken link" despite the fact that everyone else can access it >__>
Is your broken link something like "server not responding" or "server not found" ? It could be your service provider blocking you off or some regional access problem. Try routing through a proxy. Which provider's subscription are you using anyway?
Get in touch directly if your problems continue and we can go through it - otherwise all I can say is that everything should be ok with the Channel at present.
well I guess everyone deserves a chance.But hehe... eroge star wars
well
the post said's it all...
What the big deal. She's just one among a hundred of other japanese artists, and she's getting only one page. Why such a hype?
And, sex is the power that moves the world, eroge artist should be allowed to contribute much more.
Because only two Japanese artists are being featured, and it is Star Wars?
>>Clannad
I think you meant Shuffle!.
Yes, I corrected it - thank you.
Oh George Lucas ,you horny old man.
heck, if lucas himself is looking over production it means he's seen some of her work which mean lucas is a hentai XD
Not a fan of star wars anyway, I find it over rated (yes I've seen all the movies). At this point it just seems like Lucas is milking it for all it's worth and it's just become a disgusting franchise to make him as much money as possible (take the last 3 films for example, highly criticized by die hard fans).
News flash: George Lucas made his fortune commercializing the original 3 Star Wars film, where he got almost none of the cut of the pie for the actual revenue for the movies, but reserved all the rights to merchandising.
"but would a dated artist like Akira Toriyama really be a better choice?"
lol.
HELL NO !
Well, if the aim is to have an art representing current Japanese anime/manga/game culture, then she is quite a suitable choice.
toriyama??? r u kidding me?? there's been too much toriyama's style already...DQ series, blue dragon, dragon ball...DRAGON BALL...DRAGON fukkin BALL!!!! enuf is enuf...eroge ftw!!!!
Aoi Nishimata is the artist for Shuffle! series, not Clannad, and yes, i agree Toriyama is a very respectable person, but i also believe that everyone should be given fair chances, not limited to only the best and probably better artist
Wait a sec. Nishimata Aoi never drew representative works for CLANNAD. You meant SHUFFLE! right?
If an artist can be blamed for making erotic images then we live in a sad world and if the alternative is Toriyama.....for the god sake....i like dragonball but why using a well know mangaka that was better in the early years than a modern one that can offer surely a different point of view?
I DONT want a "starwars dragonball"....is true that all characters of Toriyama are identical.....surely Aoi is better...
And if an alternative is needed...then Yoshitaka Amano is a good choice too....
but Toriyama...no please.....
TBH.. All Aoi's characters have the same face as well ^¬^
True, and this may apply for most artists as well anyways. It has to do with the style you can recognize the most right? So by default they just usually look the same
There's nothing wrong with Nishimata Aoi doing a piece for such a book. I'm not a Star Wars fan, but I have to say, I'll be interested to see what she does for such a book.
I wonder what Danny Choo has to say about this since he's a noted Eroge and Star Wars fan . . . .
Moe will ALWAYS triumph over muscle...unless muscle punches moe in the face causing it to not be moe anymore... :P
EVERYONE WE MUST SHIELD THE MOENESS WITH OUR BODIES!!
No need, the fist will stop 4 cm away from the face. Why? Because the fans will be beating the living shit out of whoever is hurting moé!