Hobby Stock beat the official Queen’s Blade site to the scoop today, presenting preorders for a pair of new October-release QB books: Claudette, the oldest sister in the family of Hisayuki Hirokazu (Wikipedia) designed characters also containing Reina and Erina, and Merona, an F.S designed ooze creature who looks like a bunny girl but the official character page emphatically states isn’t. In other news, the official site updated today with word that Nanael is to grace the cover of an [ERO] hug pillow, notable for its ability to be customized like a kisekae doll to your choice of costume (front side only) which they will custom print for you based on your specifications (you don’t change actual clothing on the pillow). Preorders for the 120 x 50 cm, 15,000 yen pillow are now open and shipping is expected in December; a proxy service will likely have to be deployed for those desirous of the item as it’s only available to be shipped inside Japan. Pictures below:
Queen’s Blade Merona
Queen’s Blade Claudette
I’ve never been too enthralled by Hisayuki’s characters, but the F.S designs catch my attention every time…
K- sorry for the obvious n00b question- who or what is F.S.
But yeah- I am digging the “not-bunny” girl….
and the hug pillow is nice looking…
F.S. is the designer of the character. In Queen’s Blade, he’s done Echinda (the elf girl who seems to like snakes) and Menace (undead Egyptian girl).
Anyway, awesome. Looks like I’m going to have to set some money aside for these two new additions. Too bad I can’t get the pillow, though.
Not sure about either. I just don’t like the designs much for me. Traditional fantasy designs are my cup of tea (more like Tony Taka’s desgins for the Shining Wind series, I guess), and I have no need for a pillow that size, as my Cospa one is 150×50…
I’ll be getting the Hisayuki one for sure. Kinda sux that the Claudette book will be like the Reina book, where Hisayuki created the character but didn’t draw the art inside. Oh well.
Prolly past on getting the F.S. one since I past on the previous 2 (though i DO like F.S.’ art). But I’ll still enjoy the art through scans like I have with all the QB books I didn’t buy ^^.