Takehito Harada – Pure-iko! Pleinair Collection3 min read
Reading Time: 2 minutesTakehito Harada, best known for his character designs for Disgaea, Phantom Brave, and Makai Kingdom, has a special place in his heart for his character, Pleinair. Pure-iko! is a collection of entirely Pleinair illustrations that also feature her friends Usagi-san and Same-san.
Pure-iko! is a lengthy doujinshi: it’s B5-size and 44 pages all in color. The illustrations originally ran in TECH GIAN magazine for the Creator’s Museum section, so they have a visual comic style to them. I’ve bought a couple of TECH GIAN magazines in the past, but there isn’t enough content catering to my interests to make me buy it regularly, so this is a welcome substitute. Not to mention Pure-iko! has a much higher quality paper than the magazine.
The Pleinair illustrations are all very nicely done with lots of variety in style and costumes as well as scenarios. Pure-iko! orders illustrations from oldest to newest. You can really see the subtle changes to Takehito Harada’s style from month to month. A few of the illustrations have even inspired figures.
Pure-iko! finishes with a 2 page index with Takehito Harada’s comments next to a thumbnail of each illustration. In all, there are 37 Pleinair art works, more that enough for any Disgaea or Takehito Harada fan to come away from this collection satisfied!
Title: Pure-iko! Pleinair de Ikou!! Collection タイトル: プレいこ！プレネールでいこう！！総集編 Author: Takehito Harada Publication Date: 08/15/2010 Size: 44p NDL: -
