Saturday, December 31, 2011
Steve Argyle Fantasy Art
Born Utah, USA 1977
2D and 3D CG freelance artist, notable for his stunning artwork for Magic the Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons and the Star Wars franchise.
Official Website (Over 370 images)
On Tumblr
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
Miyabi Fujieda Mangaka Art
Miyabi Fujieda is a mangaka best known as a master of the bishoujo style and his contribution to the Yuri Genre (female/female romance).
Work includes:
Ame-iro Kouchakan Kandan (debut)
Iono The Fanatics
The Mikos Words And The Witches Incantations
Otomeiro Stay Tune
Twinkle Saber Nova
Alice Quartet Manga
Official Website (Japanese)
Entry on Animenewsnetwork
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Guilty Crown Anime Wallpaper
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A Manga Adaption has begun serialization and a spin-off visual novel, tentatively named Guilty Crown: Lost Christmas is being developed by Nitroplus.
Guilty Crown Official Website (Japanese)
Guilty Crown Game Website (Japanese)
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
Masahiro Ushiyama 3D Artist
Japanese CG artist, 3D portfolio, 3D demo reels and CG Art available from his website
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Sunday, December 4, 2011
Madlax Wallpaper
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Madlax マドラックス is a 26-episode Japanese anime television series produced in 2004.
The Character Madlax is a legendary mercenary and assassin who can neither remember her past or her real name. Fate draws her to the character Margaret Burton, the sole heir of a wealthy aristocratic.
Margaret's family went missing following a plane crasch twelve years before. All that Margaret can remember from that time is a single word, "Madlax.
With this enigmatic link between them, they set out to investigate the powerful crime syndicate "Enfant".
Official TV Tokyo website (Japanese)
Official Jvc Site (Japanese)
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Madlax マドラックス is a 26-episode Japanese anime television series produced in 2004.
The Character Madlax is a legendary mercenary and assassin who can neither remember her past or her real name. Fate draws her to the character Margaret Burton, the sole heir of a wealthy aristocratic.
Margaret's family went missing following a plane crasch twelve years before. All that Margaret can remember from that time is a single word, "Madlax.
With this enigmatic link between them, they set out to investigate the powerful crime syndicate "Enfant".
Official TV Tokyo website (Japanese)
Official Jvc Site (Japanese)
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Saturday, December 3, 2011
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Black Widow Film Costume Scarlett Johansson
Black Widow is the codename for the character Natalia "Natasha" Alianovna Romanova from the Marvel Comic collection, here depicted by Scarlett Johansson in the 2010 film Iron Man 2 with last image from the set of the upcoming (2012) movie The Avengers.
Natalia "Natasha" Alianovna Romanova is the first character to take on the "Black Widow" codename. created by Stan Lee, and artist Don Heck, the character first appeared in Tales of Suspense #52 (April 1964).
Yelena Belova, is the second modern mainstream Black Widow after Natalia Romanova, debuting briefly in Inhumans #5 (March 1999).
Monica Chang, is a character from in the Ultimate Marvel continuity, appearing in Ultimate Comics: Avengers.
Friday, November 25, 2011
Fashion Scans Gothic & Lolita Bible
Gothic & Lolita Bible ゴシック&ロリータバイブル Goshikku ando Rorīta Baiburu, is a quarterly Japanese fashion "mook", a combination of a magazine and book, which focuses on Gothic and Lolita fashions.
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Thursday, November 24, 2011
What does "Omake" Mean ?
Omake おまけ, オマケ means "extra" in Japanese, in the case of Anime or Manga it can describe a bonus
add-on, or content on an anime DVD, in Manga an example would be a bonus strip at the end of a manga chapter or volume. Generally limited to use amongst fans of Japanese pop culture.
The Sega game Shenmue II for the Dreamcast game console, had a hidden folder on the game disc labelled "Omake". The folder containined exclusive wallpapers and concept art, which was only found by placing the disc into a computer.
Image from Shenmue II concept art
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The Sega game Shenmue II for the Dreamcast game console, had a hidden folder on the game disc labelled "Omake". The folder containined exclusive wallpapers and concept art, which was only found by placing the disc into a computer.
Image from Shenmue II concept art
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Aion mmorpg Wallpaper
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Aion is a pay to play, mmorpg set in an ethereal world, granting you the power to direct dynamic relationships between angels, demons and dragons in order to control the fate of the world.
Aion Official Website (Korean)
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Saturday, November 19, 2011
Photographer: Robert Capa
October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954
Hungarian combat photographer and photojournalist who covered five different wars:
The Spanish Civil War,
The Second Sino-Japanese War,
World War II across Europe,
The 1948 Arab-Israeli War,
and the First Indochina War
Full bio Wikpedia
More images at Magnum
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Saturday, November 12, 2011
Immortals Movie Poster
A 3D action fantasy adventure film directed by Tarsem Singh and starring Henry Cavill, Freida Pinto, and Mickey Rourke. Loosely based on the Greek myths of Theseus and the Minotaur and the War of the Titans.
Like the movie, the Official Movie Website is having a few hiccups, so a link to the Wikipedia write up as well.
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
Masamune Shirow Artwork
Masamune Shirow (Masanori Ota) is one of the most famous manga creators in the world. He is best known for the manga series Ghost in the Shell.
The first entry in the franchise was Ghost in the Shell manga, first published in 1989. A sequel, Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface, was released in 2002, and a serialized manga, Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor, which contained material that was planned for but not included in the sequel, was released in 2003.
Ghost in the Shell is a futuristic police thriller dealing with the exploits of the cyborg Motoko Kusanagi, a member of a covert operations division of the Japanese National Public Safety Commission known as Section 9. The unit specializes in fighting technology-related crimes.
Masamune Shirow Shrine
Shirow News (Japanese, but google translator won't see you wrong)
Gallery of artwork
Masamune Shirow Wikipedia bibliography
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