
Tony fans have been excited to learn the world’s most popular gengaka has just announced he will be turning his hand to designing anime and illustrating light novels, amazingly enough having so far not yet pursued either line of business.
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The newly revealed ensemble Lightning will be sporting for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (or what might otherwise be Final Fantasy XIII-3) has quickly become the subject of ridicule amongst Final Fantasy fans, and despair amongst Lightning lovers.
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Combat butler anime Hayate no Gotoku’s new incarnation Hayate no Gotoku: Can’t Take My Eyes Off You continues to provoke controversy amongst long-time fans for the “quality” of its ever changing character designs – some wryly remarking that it is as well that the animation is so poor, since it at least makes them the less recognisable…
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The return of Hidamari Sketch in the form of the 4th season, Hidamari Sketch x Hanikamu, has secured the approval of series fans, as has the as ever distinctive character design long associated with the show – although post-Madoka it is unlikely anyone will ever be laughing at them again…
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Advance screenings of newly airing anime Kokoro Connect have revealed it to be practically a carbon copy of K-ON! (not wholly surprising as they share a character designer), though with the possibly welcome addition of much boob groping – although online the reaction has been distinctly mixed nonetheless…
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Naruto fans have been shocked by the character designs employed in the upcoming “Road to Ninja” Naruto movie, not least Hinata’s slatternly new persona and Sasuke the playboy host…
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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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