


Final Fantasy V has become the next Square Enix RPG to grace Steam, additionally receiving brand new designs for its many characters courtesy of Kazuko Shibuya and potentially earning scorn from retro RPG purists who more preferred the previous pixel art-style.
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There has been tremendous fan outcry over the new “despicably atrocious” character design for Digimon‘s upcoming continuation “Digimon Adventure Tri“, leading to the creation of a petition demanding that the new season have its character illustrations reverted to more resemble the Digimon Adventure of old.
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The battle-ready lancer is the next of Fate/Grand Order‘s many compelling classes to receive a new design, transforming the character into a well put together warrioress to potentially draw positive reactions from the show’s dominantly male crowd.
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A new CM has arrived for the upcoming continuation of anti-social outcast anime Oregairu, sporting its new character designs and sure to deliver more hilarious moments courtesy of its cold-hearted protagonist – and sure to resonate well with those who can relate to the show’s overall lonely theme.
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Soon to arrive Nagato-centric anime adaptation “The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan” has unveiled some rough sketches of its all too familiar characters, showcasing the new art-style provided by Satelight – who have been handed the reigns in place of the legendary KyoAni.
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Soul Calibur V’s fine art and sexy fighters are on display, along with much of the background to their creation, in the latest artbook to finally find itself published in English.
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The first glimpse of Kantai Collection‘s much anticipated anime adaptation has sailed into view in the form of character designs for three ships – bearing a suspiciously if not promisingly close resemblance to the style which propelled another mecha-musume anime to victory.
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Fighting game Phantom Breaker, producers 5pb and the hugely prolific Hiro Suzuhira, the lady responsible for designing their characters, have received a fully translated English language artbook release detailing some of their artistic exploits.
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Nippon Ichi’s D-rated “yandere adventure” game “Harem Tengoku Da To Omottara Yandere Jigoku Datta” (“I though I was in harem heaven but it turned out I was in yandere hell”) is due to hit the PS3 soon, and has been attracting some attention as perhaps having the most crazed bishoujo cast of any visual novel since School Days…
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Fans have had the chance to see the latest trailer for Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai second season that is due to air next week, and some are aghast at the drastic change in character design of the show’s popular non-moeblob cast member Shinka Nibutani.
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The increasing volume of the SAO franchise continues to amaze – this time with the long awaited “Extra Edition” delivering plenty of extra content, much of it in the form of Suguha.
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Limited edition official art of Shingeki no Kyojin’s hardhitter Mikasa Ackerman outfitted rather fetchingly as a kickboxer and boasting a ripped physique that is rather more well developed than fans had hitherto been led to believe has been generating much attention.
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