Sketches by Akio Watanabe / Kuuchuu Yousai / Kayura Yuka / Takano Yuki / Fujimaru

So as many people probably know, Anime Expo was at the Los Angeles Convention Center in California, once again. With an established line up of Guests (autograph loot from them reserved for another post), MangaGamer (English visual novel publisher) still brought their own line of amazing guests. Many of which included Akio Watanabe, Kuuchuu Yousai, Kayura Yuka, Takano Yuki and Fujimaru.

I am not going to bother going into detail as to what each designer has done, but I've provided the lmgtfy links, so you guys can look it up on your own time.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Akio+Watanabe <- Artist for Bakemonogatari, Komugi-chan, Popotan, etc
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Kuuchuu+Yousai <- Artist for Futago Ecchi & Jiburiru
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Kayura+Yuka <- Artist for DC II
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Takano+Yuki
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Fujimaru <- Artist from OVERDRIVE that worked on Kira Kira Curtain Call, and Dear Drops.

Being very adamant and with great perseverance, I was able to commission a few sketches from all of them.
We (The-O Network) were also able to get an EXCLUSIVE interview with Akio Watanabe.
If you're interested, follow the link: http://www.t-ono.net/Interview/Bakemonogatari-Animation-Director-Interview.html

Anyways, onwards to the pictures...
All sketches are framed for archival with no-glue, all pressure mount with acid free foam core and 99% UV protection glass. Hence why it took me forever to make this post. Picked these up from the professional framer today.