Akabane - RE Idolmaster Illustrations

Title: &nbsp;RE Idolmaster Illustrations
タイトル: &nbsp;RE Idolmaster Illustrations
Release Date: &nbsp;08/15/2010
Pages: &nbsp;16 (including covers)

Reading Time: 2 minutes

Although Akabane is a relatively new artist and doesn’t have a lot of work to her name, her Comiket 78 release RE Concerto the Idolmaster beautifully displays her talents for anyone wanting to look. It’s a relatively short collection–just 16 pages including the covers–that focuses on beautifully detailed and fleshed out illustrations of The iDOLM@STER characters.

Sixteen pages is usually my self-imposed low limit for buying doujinshi. I occasionally go under it for stuff I’m genuinely interested in, but for the most part I stick to it. I was looking forward to more character illustrations, but in total there are only nine illustrations when counting the front cover.

On the upside, that feeling of wanting more is a result of Akabane’s illustrations being so eye-catching. Two of the illustrations are page spreads, which look great in the A4 resolution. Although, one of them looks to have been printed from a digital source that was too small. I think most people wouldn’t notice that kind of thing or be bothered by it though.

I especially enjoyed how strange all the settings were. Normally, The iDOLM@STER characters are placed in everyday settings, or concert scenes. In Akabane’s collection, we have everything from dragon bones to kangaroos as backdrops. RE Concerto the Idolmaster turned out to be pretty nice overall, especially considering this is only the artist’s second doujinshi release.