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. <_<
Oh goddammit. It’s Mai, I have to get it.
It just had to be Mai.
Wow! I’ve been holding out on buying the QGate series, but I think this ‘boycott’ of mine (to save money) will end now. 8)
First Iroha and now Mai?! Sweet, Bless you QB and QG, bless you.
And Volks will do her in PVC !
I’ve placed a pre-order myself . . .
Good for this Book series fans…
I really don´t care, I just like Queens blade, queens gate figures are difficult to get XD
MUST HAVE.
I’ll be sure to preorder this one.
Nice one~ Mai is a classic. :)
*Hopes for Iroha next*
Oops, no edit feature. Meant Mina :(
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Don’t forget they did Moetan as well- LOL- I am still waiting for that PVC we saw- unless it was all a Aprils fool joke.
YAY for more buxom characters in “compromising” positions.
Shame I don’t like that art that much.. Oh well, money saved! ^^
heeeeey…
Is HD dead again? -_-
I think we lost Shingo again……LOL.
Sigh.
=D
I dunno how hard it is for him, as that’s obviously a personal thing but I find it very sad to have lost a site that was (at least in my opinion) better than Danny’s site when it came to figure content and reviews.
I’ll leave HD as part of my homepages for another couple of weeks in hopes that he revives the site but it’s getting hard to come here and be disappointed every day.
Even a note reading ‘Gone Fishing, be back ‘ would at least be nice…
It may be too soon to jump the gun on the current status of the site, but I feel that Shingo has really lost the desire to keep this site going. He may say he’s not going to let it die, but his recent re-emergence only lasted a week – not promising to come back from a big break for only a week and then disappear again.
Of course, this time he may have a good excuse. If he’s just playing games again, then it’s not a good thing, since that’s just rude to not let people in on why the site won’t be going ahead for a while. I’ve been busy getting into 3D art, so I’ve been doing something worthwhile..hopefully Shingo is doing the same.
Lastly, I’m very sure that the site has lost a LOT of fans because of this – even with the generous things Shingo has done, not keeping up a site is the biggest killer of said site..
Come on, shingo!
Get back here lol! XD
Or if you really wanna retire, go out in style!
Leaving your site to die like this is a sin!
Hope he hasn’t lost his anime hobby to some hobby like WOW or something. That’s blasphemy.
By saying that, i mean he should try to sustain both lol.
Hey!
Can Anybody Tell me what Hobby Events are coming for October, November and December?¿
I really don’t want to lose what this place once was either, but it seems this site is something else now, with a completely different set of expectations.
Now, I think the thing that HD has once been was a timely news and review source for the sort of figures that we care most about and then some. Now, I don’t know what it’d take to happen in a way that is like this site of old, but it’d be great if there was like a group version of this where various people, like many who visit and post on this site, could sort of make posts of news and reviews of figures as a cumulative effort.
It doesn’t sound reasonable, but what I’m imagining is basically a more organized and focused version of Danny Choo’s figure.fm where people posted pictures of figures, wrote about them, and people would leave comments. Now, I don’t even like mentioning Danny Choo’s site because it’s really nothing standing up to the way this site was, but, that figure.fm site(which Danny since disbanded) got me thinking…
Something Shingo said earlier about not being that into the models and stuff anymore….
makes me think he has a girlfriend now….LOL.
Anyway- I’m still checking here regualarly- no reason not to.
Well, there is Nuts for Anime Figures, a forum I belong to. They show their recent figures and we mention new ones listed at stores.
Of course, it’s not as thorough as Shingo used to do it, but since he’s abandoned this site, what can we expect? *shrug* Anyway, do what you will. I only come here once a week to see how long it is until the site starts to time out or drop files here and there..sad situation but true
“Something Shingo said earlier about not being that into the models and stuff anymore….
makes me think he has a girlfriend now….LOL.
Anyway- I’m still checking here regualarly- no reason not to.”
Argh.
Girlfriends…. <__<
Shingo should date ME – I love figures D:
Maybe that way he’d keep updating ;D
Um, can we take this to the forums, please?
There’s always Danny’s site to hold you over until (read: IF) Shingo gets back.
Google “Danny Choo”; it’s the first hit.
I can wait. Other sites have survived longer hiatuses.
I sort of understand waning enthusiasm though. Lately, time consuming hobbies that actually require thought and effort (video games included)are starting to seem like a duty and obligation rather than fun.
well, there’s not much new figures anyway, but I’m still waiting for my post about Mai megahouse figure to pass the ‘moderation’ since 5th september. lol.
There was an event though earlier this month, Cx3 hobby, a little bit of new figures, like Alter penguin musume pvc, and some others.
Truth be told, us posting here is keeping the site active while it goes down the gurgler.
And as for not many figures, there’s been about 40 new figures listed this month so far! And the KOS-MOS Swimsuit by Alter is finally up at Hobby Search! :3
No kidding there have been a flood of figure announcements (JP & US versions) in the last few days, some pretty interesting – KOS-MOS (Swimsuit) by Alter, the very accurate Asa from Shuffle by Koto, and the super cute Pixie from Chu Chu Idol by Goodsmile, just to name a few.
Not to mention the Yoko Nendoroid! ^^
BASICALLY WE LOVE YOU, SHINGO.
Well I think it’s safe to assume this site is dead. Now 24 days without an update – the longest it’s ever gone. I guess the only good thing that comes out of this is that I am saved from ogling over things I can’t afford!
…and I save money by NOT buying all of the figures Shingo’s reviews sold me on.
I take reviews with a pinch of salt anyway. What I would really be missing is info on obscure and not widely publicized things these sites provide.
does someone have like shingo’s personal mail or something. Just email him to tell him to close this site down if he’s rally intending to quit.
It’s kinda unsightly to just leave it hanging here and walking off… :\
Atleast a blank page with a note saying that he’s found a new direction in his hobbies and this site will be closed. That’s more like it, you know what i mean. sigh~~
Wait, what? “Unsightly”? Why should he close the site, even if he’s not updating daily(or at all)? Even without the updates, there’s still of ton of good info on this site.
If the fact that he’s not updating bothers you that much, stop coming here. Hook up the RSS feed; that way, when(if) Shingo starts updating again, you’ll be notified automatically.
inb4 100 comments
30 days, has September, April, June and…
…my patience.
4 years was an awesome run.
Gonna miss you Shingo.
Heh heh. Well, I haven’t been here for over a week, and haven’t missed it. I really think Shingo doesn’t give a hoot about the place. I mean, two times leaving without telling anyone it’s dead, well, that’s it, eh? Oh well, I have my own forum for figures starting soon, so that’ll be good, eh? *shrugs*
R.I.P. HD (?).
We will miss thee (if really dead).
Is shingo has difficulties to pay internet bills?
Nah, he’s just got lazy..
Shingo where are you? ;_;
It’s been more than a month already…
We miss you shingo. ;_;
This site still has some pretty good info / review for past figures, and nice pictures too. But yea, at least some note or something to notify us, would be better IMO..
Shingo, ganbarou!
Shingo, I have a feeling that the people remaining in this desolation period would even be ok with some occasional more-personal blog-like posts.
THE SKY IS FALLING OH MY GOD
I keep hope.
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?