Breaking in the new scanner (SCANSPAM!)

[nenena]

Good morning, internet!

I am still on vacation with the lovely meiousei. But while we were in Tokyo, I finally bought a new scanner, as the old one was on its last legs. In order to properly inaugurate said new scanner, here's some high-res scanspam for y'all.




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Cover of How to Make Deathscythe: Maka and her boys. My God, that white dress is SO UNBELIEVABLY BADASS. Awesome.






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One of the interior illustrations: Maka and her girls. I... don't know why the bottom fades out like that. But that's what my copy of the book looks like. Blah.






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Another interior illustration.






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Another interior illustration. Pay careful attention to Kid's coffee cup.






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Stickers from Animate. I LOVE these chibi designs. Edited to add: A super high-res scan with better colors is now here!







Larger scans from the packaging of some keychains that I bought. (Just the Troika, sorry.) And yes, those are all clickable for high-res versions.






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Cover of February's Magazine Z, featuring the final chapter of the Sakura Taisen manga.







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Color illustration.






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Comp Ace, with Saber Lily on the cover. Um. Ummmmm. Clearly my scanner is having issues with capturing flesh tones in watercolor-esque artwork. In my defense, it's still a brand new scanner, and I'm still experimenting with trying to get it to not suck. But IRL the colors in this image should be much thicker and warmer, with more red overtones, than they're showing up here. (I tried fixing the discoloration in Photoshop, but there wasn't much that I could do. I'm still working on the scanner-side of things, though.)

Edit: A much, much better scan is now available HERE.






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The same image, again.

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Cover of Fujishima Kosuke Gashuu. ARGH DISCOLORATION ARGH. I reaaaaally need to figure out how to fix that.

EDIT: A much, much better scan is now available HERE.







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Cover illustration, beneath the dust jacket. This time the discoloration is due to printing crapfoolery, rather than my scanner. There's a full-page version of the same illustration inside the book that has much better colors, BUT. I absolutely refuse to scan anything from the interior of the book, as that would basically require breaking the book's binding, and I can't bear to do that to my copy of Gashuu. It's an AMAZING book, you guys. Seriously effing amazing. I don't have enough words to describe how gorgeous - and how gorgeously thorough - the book is. If you're an Ah! My Goddess fan, a Fujishima fan, or just a fan of bishoujo manga artwork done RIGHT, then you should definitely splurge and get yourself a copy of this book. It's hundreds of pages of amazing Fujishima artwork of beautiful women. Just gorgeous.





Aaaaand that's it for this scanspam post. The quadruple-whammy of Animage, Animedia, Newtype, and GanGan are all going to hit the streets in a mere two days, though. I will try to have relevant Soul Eater scans posted in a timely fashion. But no promises, as I am still officially ON VACATION for the next week.

Comments

[alistaere.livejournal.com]

Wah, thanks so much for scanning HOW TO MAKE DEATHSCYTHE! I actually just picked that up a couple days ago and really wanted the color pictures to make graphics and stuff, but couldn't find any scans online. @_@ It's a really awesome book, but there's so much text. TT^TT My Japanese-reading skills are about on the same level as a 2-year-old's.

BTW, did you happen to scan the last color picture, of Soul and Maka facing each other?

[nenena.livejournal.com]

No, I didn't scan that one, since I didn't have the time to scan *every* single picture. Sorry!

[alice-rm.livejournal.com]

Ok~ -_- we are my manners? I'm sorry =S

FIRST OF ALL!:

Thank. You. So. Much! You are always sharing such an awesome things with us!

Now yes xD
The pics are beautiful <3 and the Kid&Liz&Patti chibis are too cute! I hope you don't care if I use this pics! I will give credit! Also, I'm feeling a little bit stupid because I have just noticed the "skull" that the towers of Shibusen form ._.U my God xD skulls everywhere! xDU (even Liz has a necklace of skulls!)

and have fun in your vacations =)

[nenena.livejournal.com]

I *never* mind when people use the images I post. That's the reason that I'm posting them in the first place!

[alice-rm.livejournal.com]

Sorry! I know that I'm a pain in the neck ^^U but I feel much calmer if I ask for permission ^^

Thank you!! 8D

[atelierjoh.livejournal.com]

Hope your vacation continues to be enjoyable!

Hooray for new scanner! Despite some of the issues, I can tell that it's still going to rock harder than your old one already!

[the-tartaro.livejournal.com]

you rock the universe, you know?

thank you thank you thank you!!

[ilikebigtoes.livejournal.com]

Are the keychains your talking these ones?


or more like these




and thank you so much for the scans~

[nenena.livejournal.com]

Definitely the second ones. I much prefer the little metal characters. ;)

[ilikebigtoes.livejournal.com]

I like the full body ones better too. I got the little Stein and oh god he's so cute ;;

[miss-breeziness.livejournal.com]

Aww, the Sakura Taisen manga is ending? That's a lovely picture though!

Have a very happy holiday.

[multitudes.livejournal.com]

Thanks for scanning! Those Soul Eater chibis are so adorable. *_*

[nekoi-echizen.livejournal.com]

ZOMG! Thanks for the scans! They're all so cute! Subarashii! Subarashii simetrii!!! <3

[silvey.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the scans XD The guidebook pics are quite amazing.

[munesanzun-koi.livejournal.com]

ASLSDFSDL. IMAGE ONE. IS THAT CLEAVAGE I SPY?

[keiichi-chan.livejournal.com]

Ugh...my comment didnt go thru last time.
Anyways, the cover of How to Make a Deathscythe looks RIDICULOUS!! I love the dark, sorta muted color pallete. That's pretty uncommon for manga, right?

And those Sakura Taisen pics are gorgeous! Were those done by the mangaka or Fujishima-sensei? The use of watercolor defintely resembles his style but it actually looks better than his more recent stuff.
Atleast he has refined his current style and now Belldandy looks really good. I just wish he could improve the same way with Urd and...especially Skuld.

[nenena.livejournal.com]

Oh god yes, I love that the Soul Eater manga uses a style (and a color palette) that's really rare in shounen manga, particularly the type of mainstream shounen manga that gets published in GanGan. I don't want to say that Ohkubo's style is *completely* unique, but it certainly is rare.

I know that Fujishima doesn't draw the ST manga, it's some other guy who happens to be really, really good at imitating Fujishima's style. Not that there's anything wrong with that. It certainly served Hidenori Matsubara well. ;)

[corinn.livejournal.com]

Ahaha Soul's shirt says "Bitches Brew"! LAWL~♥

[akira-ks.livejournal.com]

Thanks a lot for your hard work and for sharing all these! ^^♥

[ana-leez.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing your scans! :D

[shinhawk.livejournal.com]

Saber Lily is so beautiful! I love Unlimited Codes!

[frodofork.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting these! Is it okay if I use some of the Soul Eater images for icons? I'd credit, of course.

[nenena.livejournal.com]

Sure, go ahead! And for future reference, you don't need to ask permission. ;)

[quientusabes.livejournal.com]

*reads* ...Bitches BREW??

XD MAJOR LOL.
And I swear, that's what I read in Soul's t-shirt in the Deathbucks picture.