Artbooks

With a cornucopia of manga and light novels in Japan both being released and unlicensed for the western market, publisher Yen Press has made a small dent in works meeting that criteria, this weekend announcing their acquisition of seven...

Following FROM Software and Bandai Namco Entertainment's hit release of Elden Ring last year, you can now see and learn even more about the design of the 'Lands Between' and its numerous inhabitants across two artbooks, localised and published...

While increased social media engagement in recent years has made it more practical for fans to engage with their favourite talent from games, anime, film and other storytelling mediums - there is nothing quite like having that opportunity to...

Have you dreamed of commissioning artwork, a story or audio recording from your favourite Japanese creator? Skeb is a platform that allows registered creators from Japan to source commissions from their fans across the world. If you are an...

Pitched as a "cozy, rules-light TTRPG about witches and their apprentices", publisher LionWing has announced their plans localising the magical fantasy tabletop RPG Fledge Witch: The Magical Apprentices of Elemeria, and will be running a Kickstarter campaign this summer...

Pixiv is gearing up for its fourth annual Drawfest, set to run on both Saturday 10 June 2023 and Saturday 17 June 2023. Through a partnership with Wacom Co., Ltd. Pixiv aims to draw over 10,000 art enthusiasts worldwide...

Set to be the one of the thickest artbooks ever published by Udon Entertainment, the artbook, manga and comic publisher has today confirmed plans to release Gurren Lagann Archives in June 2023. This is a massive 488-page tome which...

Following the service's pre-Christmas extended downtime due to server issues, the team behind Skeb has confirmed that from now until 11:59 (JST) on 1 January 2023, all requests sent via the platform will have no fee attached to it....

The nightmare of any web developer - your bedazzling website app is there one day, and completely gone the next. Today as of 12.22pm (JST), users of the creative commissioning platform Skeb (Skeb.jp) were greeted with the above notification...

One of the biggest hits of 2022, walking away with The Game Awards Best Game of 2022 award (among likely countless others from the gaming media over the next few weeks), Elden Ring by FROMSoftware and Bandai Namco Entertainment...