Archive for May, 2010

Born and raised in Toba, Japan, Yoskay Yamamoto moved to the United States at the age of 15. A self-trained illustrator, Yamamoto's artistic tastes expanded as he fell in love with the urban culture of the West coast

Illustrator Katogi Mari's fantasy works bring to mind the traditional illustrations German fairy tail books would often contain, those many of us will remember from our childhoods. Her simple, pastel-based colour schemes are given an extra layer with intricate shapes and patterns

So far I've tried to be quite lean with what I pick up from the Spring 2010 season. I have mountains of recently purchased DVDs sitting on my bookshelves (Baccano!, Eureka Seven, Rahxephon ... the list could go on) and I'm trying to focus on series bought with hard-earned cash rather than 'free' fansubs ...