Artbooks

For those unawares, Pixiv is one of Japan's largest online communities for artists, animators and storytellers. With millions members residing within Japan and across the world, you would be hard pressed to struggle finding an artist which doesn't suit...

If you have favourite Japanese artists on services such as Pixiv, then the language barrier may prevent you from outright enquiring whether an artist is taking a commission. This is where Skeb.jp comes in.

North American artbook publisher Udon Entertainment has confirmed their plans to continue releasing publications around Capcom's Monster Hunter franchise, announcing plans to release Monster Hunter Illustrations 3 from 20 October 2020. The book will primarily feature works from Monster...

With a biannual development and publishing schedule for Final Fantasy XIV expansion packs, to date, Square Enix has released a base game and three expansion packs. With each offering new environments, characters, monsters and themes to explore - it should come...

In attendance at Anime Expo Lite this weekend, North American manga and light novel publisher Yen Press hosted a panel. During this panel they announced a sizable cache of new manga and light novel acquisitions, thirteen in total, which...

Kicking off the new month, North American licenser of Japanese manga and light novels Yen Press has announced multiple new titles which will be making their way to store shelves over the coming months. More information on each of...

On The Otaku’s Study, I regularly talk about design compendiums when it comes to artbooks. There are books which provide insight into the processes of creating characters and settings for a video game, manga or anime. However, there are...

As one of the major North American manga and light novel publishers, Yen Press regularly bring waves of new licenses to the English-speaking market. In October 2020, a wave of new volumes and brand new acquisitions have been confirmed...

US-based artbook / comic publisher Udon Entertainment and video game publisher / developer Capcom have a long history of working together. Therefore, there is bound to be a lot of in-development work from years past lying around, ready and...

North American publisher of comics, manga and artbooks Udon Entertainment have a long-standing history with the intellectual property of video game developer Capcom. Only in the last couple of weeks have they confirmed hardcover releases of both Street Fighter:...