The Queen’s Gate lineup was augmented yesterday with the announcement both on the series’ official site as well as online shop listings of the coming release of a Shiranui Mai combat artbook! The buxom heroine of the King of Fighters / Fatal Fury game series will be illustrated by Izumi Mahiru, doujin artist and eroge character designer of titles including Light’s R.U.R.U.R. The book will be in the standard Queen’s Blade format (64 pages, hardcover, full color) and is scheduled for release on October 31st. Cover image below:
For those needing a refresher, Queen’s Gate is the spinoff series of books derived from the Queen’s Blade combat artbook game system that includes copyrighted characters originating outside the Queen’s Blade universe. Thus far it has included Iroha from Samurai Spirits and Pastel Ink from Moetan, as well as the original Niθ-designed Alice (the character who acts as the conceptual bridge between the two sister book lines). Shiranui Mai marks the third entry in the series to originate from another intellectual property franchise.
….sooooo preordered. <_<
It’s all overrated..
I hope things are OK Shingo. Your updates have been missed
Well, I miss Shingo too, but to address the subject at hand… may be somewhat dated, but eh, so am I now that HD is on hiatus…
So I preordered and just received Mai’s QG book. To my surprise, inside was an order form for the Volks figure of her seen here:
http://akibahobby.net/2008/10/gameshow_snk_mai.html
It’s based off one of her game poses and more directly, the illustration of it in the book. Damn that’s nice. Now I just hope my contact in Japan is up to getting it for me.
Shingo ;_;
SHINGO, KAETE KUDASAI!
J , are you sure that’s made by Volks ? I thought it’s Megahouse like always, the Excellent Model Core series , just like the other QB and QG.
@TrueDevil
That might make more sense but Volks is actually responsible for production. Both the site itself and the placard behind her say so. Hobby Japan obviously has rights reserved and it probably would have been easier for them to use their relationship with Megahouse but I guess not.
3 months already. I think we will have to start making our own figure reviews :(
It’s a shame I’ve discovered HD so late. Good luck Shingo, wherever you are, we’ll miss you. It was a pleasure.
Shingo, we miss you!!!
Some can actually look for him at c75.
Maybe he stop posting due to hatemails?