One of my favorite artists, Kunihiko Tanaka, is soon releasing his first artbook (due out in November), titled Ryu-Kotsu. Even if you don’t know his name, you’ll probably know some of his work. He is the primary character designer of Xenogears, Xenosaga, Key the Metal Idol, as well as creator of Hoi Hoi San and Fam & Ihrie (aka Ruin Explorers). He is also currently working on promotional art for the upcoming Sega DS game World Destruction. I haven’t been this excited about a new artbook for a long time. :)

Official sites for the artbook:
http://www.fujimishobo.co.jp/sp/ryu-kotsu/
http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/shop/sp/shop_sp_88.html

So far I’ve only found it available for pre-order it from Play-asia:
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-lu-77-3-49-en-15-tanaka-70-2tzu.html

Just a quickie this evening. This is a doujin calendar for the year 2000 by the artist Kunihiko Tanaka (Xenogears, Key the Metal Idol). I had misplaced this a while ago and just found it again while doing some cleaning, so I decided to scan it since he is one of my favorite artists and the artwork is incredibly cute. I left this post uncut because the images are non-h. Enjoy!

Rapidshare-300dpi
Rapidshare-600dpi
Badongo-300dpi
Badongo-600dpi