Nitroplus Complete (ニトロプラスコンプリート)
This year is Nitroplus's tenth anniversary and along with releasing a few art books---one of the very sexy girls from Tre Donne Crudeli (続・殺戮のジャンゴ 地獄の賞金首) and one with the Sumaga and Sumaga Special (スマガ&スマガスペシャル) girls. Careful, those books are definitely not safe for work ;3
But Nitroplus Complete (ニトロプラスコンプリート) is safe. It's a magazine put out by Comptiq that chronicles the works of Nitroplus, with a tiny tiny bit of Nitro+Chiral in the very back. The reason I bought this issue though, is for the amazing original image gallery.
It's not a huge gallery or anything, but all the images are original and drawn specifically for the magazine, like this one here of Tsuji Santa's Sumaga girls.
Here's the cover, in case you happen to come across in a store, or an auction one day :D It's pretty much sold out everywhere, but used book stores in Japan seem to always have a copy.
This one is by Chuo Higashiguchi, the designer for Angelos Armas -Tenshi no Nichou Kenju-. I think anyway, I get this mixed up with something else sometimes...
And of course, there's an illustration from Niθ(Nishii), illustrator for Demobane, Tre Donne Crudeli and probably my favorite look for the Nitroplus art works. Though Tsuji Santa is definitely up there.
Here's the other half of that picture, since it's so nice :D
There's also one for Muramasa Fullmetal Daemon. None for Steins;GATE though. It does get covered in the back of the magazine, and you can see about 10 pages of character images, and in game shots from it. Love the designs by HUKE.
A new one from Chaos;HEAD. There wasn't really a lot of art in magazines and such for this show and game, so I'm always up for new stuff when it appears.
Most of the other pictures were done by Nitroplus artists, but then there's this one by Naru Nanao. Is she a Nitroplus artist? Maybe someone here knows! :3 She's got a new art book coming out next year though, 七尾奈留画集 ななつのあしあと, which I'll definitely be getting.
The other half of the OP picture. Once you see it, you can't un-see it! >:D
There's a longer review at my site, in case you require more pictures!
Al looks so cute there in the last picture~
Loving Nitro plus complete and the nitroplus artworks might get them if they are still available^^
god...why must life must smite me!
This is cruel... Soniko for life!
The first and last pic are the best!
Realy like it, must try to put my hand on them.
Woah!
This is an excellent artbook and it contains illustration of Demonbane and Donne Crudeli, both I'm a fan of ^^.
I really like this one, congratulations!
I need that art book.. the first pic is just so yuri~liciously cute.
The book...is so tempting...i must...resist....
So much.....*nosebleed*
Just finished the good ending of the Chaos;Head visual novel not too long ago and really liked how they portrayed the whole thing, I thought Takumi really stood out as a hero or last minute hero as there are not much of that type out there compared to the masses of - hero right off the bat type characters who can do everything.
Ayase looks really good with her Di sword in that pic!
I'm surprised scans from this magazine haven't been floated around image galleries yet. There's so many amazing illustrations (>^^)>
Last picture is yes! ^ ^