It's Fantastic!

Scans and translations related to Japanese arcade games and arcade culture! Posts both updates from itsfantastic.moe and stuff from my collection I find neat.

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Jane illustration for Famitsu's Fighting Vipers guide, Biting the Vipers, by Imai Toonz, who would handle character design for the game's sequel several years later.

Fighting Vipers - Biting the Vipers 1 (Oct. 11, '96), pg. 131

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Glasses-themed arcade game fanart, submitted to Arcadia magazine in 2002.

Arcadia magazine No. 28 (Sep. 1, '02), pg. 164

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Rai illustration for Waku Waku 7, by Kouki Kita.

Gamest Mook Vol. 63 - Waku Waku 7 (Feb. 28, '97), pg. 5

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Kaya illustration for The Rumble Fish, by Yukinari.

Arcadia Extra Vol. 16 - Undocumented The Rumble Fish (Sep. 11, '04), pg. 150

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Female cast illustration, for Soulcalibur.

Gamest magazine No. 260 (May 15, '99), pg. 84

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Mummy design sketches, for Metal Slug 2.

Gamest magazine No. 260 (May 15, '99), pg. 31

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King of Fighters comic by Kuriko Hino, from a 1997 Movic comics compilation.

The King of Fighters '96 4Koma Comics - Mezase! King of Fighters (Dec. 31, '97), pg. 37

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Key art and screenshots from a "15% complete" version of Ehrgeiz playable at AM Show '97, featuring designs, names, characters, and stages which differed from the final game.

Gamest magazine No. 204 (Nov. 15, '97), pg. 8-9

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Various arcade game fanart, submitted to Arcadia magazine in 2000.

Arcadia magazine No. 5 (Oct. 1, '00), pg. 168

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A water conservation poster featuring Nakoruru, as part of a collaboration between SNK and the Mitaka City Waterworks Division in 1994.

The King of Fighters Perfect Reader (Sep. 20, '05), pg. 131

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Heart expressions, for Arcana Heart.

Arcadia Extra Vol. 42 - Arcana Heart Heartmatic Collection (Apr. 12, '07), pg. 184

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Yuri design sketches, for Art of Fighting 2.

All About Series Vol. 4 - Art of Fighting 2 (May 31, '94), pg. 187

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Momoko illustration for Game Tengoku, by Tatsuya Souma.

Gamest magazine No. 152 (Oct. 15, '95), pg. 118

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King of Fighters comic by Shou Akizuki, from a 1998 Shounen Oh Comics compilation.

The King of Fighters '98 4Koma Gag Battle (Dec. 10, '98), pg. 21

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Leopaldon sketch, for Guilty Gear Isuka.

Arcadia Extra Vol. 15 - Guilty Gear Isuka Outlive Encyclopedia (Apr. 13, '04), pg. 161

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Project Justice fanart, submitted to Arcadia magazine in 2001.

Arcadia magazine No. 8 (Jan. 1, '01), pg. 39

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Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max illustration for New Year's 2007, by Daigo Ikeno.

Street Fighter Artworks Ha (Apr. 2, '09), pg. 191