Fuck Yeah Range Murata!

A blog dedicated to the Japanese artist Renji Murata. Everything posted on the blog was drawn by Range Murata.Please DO NOT remove the descriptions on my posts. The descriptions are there to inform people on where/when the image was published incase someone is interested in looking for the entire book or magazine. If the description is a review, feel free to delete that information if you don not want it on your blog. But please leave book titles and publication information/dates.

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Range murata’s submission for RWBY Volume 1 official Japanese Fan book, featuring the character Ruby Rose. Published during Comiket 87.

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Range’s New Doujinshi for Comiket 88! Its 40 pages of full illustrations. He also had two new clear files this year. I’ve been pretty inactive for a while now, but hopefully I’ll be updating after I pick this book up! :D I adore the cover image, hope the content doesn't disappoint.

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Ahh why did I not know about this blog sooner?! Murata is the best.

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Range’s New Doujinshi for Comiket 87! Its going to be  40 pages of full illustrations. I'm super hyped about the page count, and the cover is a bit similar to Line's union. Murata will also have a calendar with him this year. I'm looking forward to this one!

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Happy Holidays everyone!  Here are some holiday-esque guys and gals for you all to enjoy.

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Purchasing Range Murata's Books

I wanted to make a post on where you can purchase Doujinshi and books  that Range contributes to. Books that aren't self published are not to hard to access. I recently purchased the second volume of 138° E , which murata contributed a short one shot entitled The Planetarium in Midsummer (written by Yumi Tada) from Otakumode.com. I've used this site twice now, and have had excellent service both times. Shipping is quite expensive but they frequently have free shipping promotions and they are currently opening a warehouse in the United states. So shipping will eventually be much cheaper. Previously published books like the Robot anthology can be purchased from amazon. The first five have been translated and the others have not. Ebay is also another option, though the stuff form there can be very overpriced. I have used ebay quite a bit for doujinshi since using a site like yahoo auctions and mandrake can end up just as expensive. Mandarake is a great site since the cost of the items are usually cheap, but shipping can raise the price up quite a bit. I would recommend  mandarake if you are ordering multiple items. The final place is toranoana. I've only seen Murata's work on toranoana a few times and it seems to sell pretty fast. Toranoana is a very well known Doujinshi site so I don't think I need to say anything about them. So here is a quick list of sites: - Amazon.com (no need to a proxy or buying service depending in your country. Here is a guide on how to buy from amazon.jp )  - Otakumode.com ( Shipping is pricey but they frequently do free shipping promotions, though not every many of Range murata's work.) - Ebay.com (Can be overpriced but its convent and easy to use.) Sites that need a proxy or buying service: -auctions.yahoo.co.jp (They now offer a buying service directly on the site. I've used it once and had no issue. The fees are standard  for any buying service:

Item price

commission fee

domestic shipping

bank transfer fees

international shipping

I have heard mix reviews about buyee but I had a positive experience with them. They allow real time bids which is great. If you have a buying service you like, you can always use them instead. The fee breakdown is all on the site if you use buyee. - Mandarake.co.jp ( no need for a buying service, they take paypal and credit (no debit) items are cheap, but shipping can be pricey.) - Toranoana.jp ( Occasionally has Murata's Doujinshi up for sale. They are very well known but need a buying service. Recently they paired with with Tenso and are offering the service. I haven't used Tenso ever so I can't tell you about their service, fess ext. But most buying services will purchase from here, so you use whatever buying service you are comfortable with.) Right now there is no way to directly purchase Doujinshi from Range Murata himself, unless he is attending a convention. But you can still support the artist by buying published work like art books and anthologies. So please give your support to artist you admirer. Avoid downloading scans and buy their works, even if you have to get a second hand copy.  

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I received my copy of Forgotten reason a few weeks ago. It's perfect bound with 36 pages, full color. The cover has a nice pearl finish, similar to the cover of Long voyage. The content, of course, is similar to all of Range's pervious doujins. Most images have been published and are available on the web. About half of the images have some kind of thumbnail, or sketch to accompany the piece. I didn't find this particularly interesting, since the sketches were very simple and seem to take up space instead of adding to the book. The book did have a few images that I haven't seen around as well as some mechanical designs, which I haven't seen Range include in his doujins for a while. Overall, Forgotten Reasons felt a bit small compared to his previous books, but there definitely a nicer variety of work in this one. Still, if anyone were interested on picking up any of Ranges doujins, I would have to recommend Ideal World, Glass Tile and Sweet Chaos Dayz because of  variety these books have, compared to the rest.

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A page from Spiritual Spiral Released during Comiket 84

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Futuregraph #12

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A page from Ideal world Released during Comiket 76

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A page from Ideal world Released during Comiket 76

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First image is from Futuregraph #118 The second, a page from Glass tile released during Comiket 78 

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A short comic featured in 138°E Vol.2 Entitled The Planetarium in Midsummer   Plublished in August 2014

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Range's New Doujinshi for Comiket 86! Its going to full 36 pages of full illustrations. The cover looks very promising, I'm looking forward to this one! Hopefully it'll be a step up from Over and Over (content wise).

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Little off-topic considering the content of this blog, but what theme you use?

Sorry if you found the theme already, I don’t check this blog too often! Its Beta Prime :D

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Cover of the douijinshi “Line’s Union” Released during Comiket72.

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From the douijinshi “Line's Union” Released during Comiket72.