u/Dense-Material-5048

Another dose of wholesomeness because why not? Great attention to detail especially when it comes to hair, clothes and accessories. Similar to Hidari in using slightly muted analogue-looking coloring. Very creative artwork with quirky details. Yuri undertones in some of the pictures. Mostly original work, some client work (Hatsune Miku, Bang Dream (I think)). Recommended.

Publisher: Genkosha

Release: 04/15/2025

Pages: 144

Price: 2.500 Yen

ISBN: 978-4-768330-14-2

First artbook by Hidari, illustrator and character designer for various animes (Fractale, Natsuiro Kiseki, Sasami-san@Ganbaranai, the recent Si-Vis) and games (Atelier Series, Fire Emblem, Toukiden Series). I really like the retro vibe with the copic marker look (even though he most likely uses a computer). The art has a warmth and wholesomeness to it that's pretty rare nowadays (no watermelon boobs, no butt shots, no excessive fanservice). Very skilled artist, too. Highly recommended.

Publisher: GOT

Release: 2023/06/16

Pages: 160

Price: 5.600 Yen

ISBN: 978-4-823604-88-1

Second batch of doujinshis of artists I collect. Includes:

1. Noizi/Noiji Itoh - best known for Shakugan no Shana and Haruhi / mix of original work and fanart (FGO of course)
2. Yuugen - pretty much releases only fanart (FGO, Madoka Magica, SAO, Love Live...)
3. Shirow Miwa - great artist, mix of original art and fanart
4. still Shirow Miwa - iilustration collections of the FGO characters he designed
5. Carnelian - active for 30+ years now and still great / mix of original work and fanart
6. pako - surprised there is still no official artbook / mostly fanart (FGO, Hololive, Vtuber)
7. Misato Mitsumi, Tatsuki Amaduyu (best know for the Utawarerumono franchise) and Takeshi Nakamura - threw them together because they work together on a regular basis

This time the first half of my artist-specific collections. Included in this batch are:

1. Nilitsu - mostly Vtuber stuff
2. Hong - mix of Granblue Fantasy, FGO and Vtuber
3. LAM - all FGO (not included in their artbook)
4. Krenz - Taiwanese artist, mostly original stuff, wide range of styles
5. Lack - mostly FGO, some Vtuber
6. ASK - personal favourite - also Taiwanese (I think), mix of original and fan art - their stuff is quite hard to find, especially older releases

As requested a closer look at the FGO doujinshi 'Replica;' by character designer/illustrator Mieko Hosoi (posted her artbook a few months ago). Since this is for the Camelot Singularity (Mieko Hosoi did the character designs for the anime adaptation) you don't see the usual fan-favourite characters which is a nice change. It's very short (what you see here is pretty much it) but the art is pretty.

First commercial artbook by artist AU. Very little Fate/Grand Order but nothing from their doujinshi like Anathema, which I posted a while back. Good for me, a bummer for others I guess.

You get full-page illustrations, sketch art, character/costume designs and a handful of short manga (about 5-6 pages each) which probably are just samples or chapters of longer works. While the content is a bit random the art is still gorgeous.

Release: 04/30/2026, 3000 Yen, ISBN 978-4-768331-43-9

Vol.2 is all about the Fate franchise. It's mostly Fate/Grand Order which I am a little obsessed with even though I never played it much. I really like when different artists reinterpret well-known characters in their own style or seeing those characters in unusual situations. These are all from artists I'm not usually collecting so there will be more FGO in artist-specific collections and there was already in the artbooks post.

The title pretty much says it all. Random buy but turned out pretty good. This is actually only vol.1. There are 2 more which I am currently looking for.