Megami MAGAZINE Creators Vol 19

Title: Megami Magazine Creators Vol. 19
タイトル: メガミマガジン・クリエイターズ 2010年 05月号
Pages: 94
Release date: 03/27/2010

Reading Time: 3 minutes

I’ll never really be thorough enough with magazine reviews, so I’ll start focusing on the highlights. I suppose, if you’re here, you ought to have some degree of similar interests. So, Megami Magazine Creators Volume 19 came out at the end of last month and it was a pretty good issue for illustrations.

The Hello Kitty campaign, With Kitty, featured again, this time in the “Girl’s Style” section. It features six artists doing an all-new illustration on a theme for the issue. The artists above are Tiv, Mitsuki Mouse, and Mota. Not pictured are Midori Foo, Otoufu, and Putidevil. It looks like they even had a shared color theme, with more browns and natural colors.

The featured artists in the “Girl’s Avenue” section of the magazine are Hato Rami, Sou, Irukawa Oruka, Yasuyuki, Usatsuka Eiji, and Katagiri Hinata. Hato Rami, Sou, and Irukawa Oruka all drew new illustrations for this issue.

The animator focus is on Hiraku Kaneko and includes a four-page artist interview. Nagi Ryou features for the third Ar Tonelico game, with an interview several small images. And finally, Otsuka Mai, character designer for Hanamaru Kindergarten, also features with a new illustration and a short interview.

The other regular features of the magazine are also in, with a B2 poster by Eiji Komatsu of the illustration above, a new work by Shaa and a Queen’s Blade feature promoting the upcoming character additions for the game series.

Also advertised this issue, a new Japanese Sword Girls-type book, but with pistols this time. Pretty standard issue, but nothing to complain about.