Ukke - Megpoid Crosslight

Title: Megpoid Crosslight Doujinshi
タイトル: Megpoid Crosslight Doujinshi
Release Date: 12/31/2009
Pages: 28 (including covers)

Reading Time: 2 minutes

Megpoid Crosslight is essentially a printed version of the art from the Crosslight Project PV which features music by Yuuki Masame and kz from livetune. The Crosslight promotional video where this art work is used can be found on Youtube.

If you’ve done any exploring on the Vocaloid music video scene, you’ve probably noticed that rather than fully animating videos, illustrations are drawn and the camera essentially pans over the art work. Ukke’s illustrations for the Crosslight PV are long and panoramic, allowing the scene to change within the same illustration.

Megpoid Crosslight is 28 pages including the covers, and A4-sized. The cover text is lightly embossed in silver, and the cover art work is re-printed inside without text as a spread. It’s really well-made for a doujinshi.

While the first half of the doujinshi features the actual art works from the promotional video, the second half is more focused on the production and design, and includes line arts as well as character designs for Gumi and Neon. I’m always a fan of Ukke’s anime style illustrations, so I did enjoy this purchase even though it’s pretty much everything that was in the promotional video!