[Artbook] Custom-made girl (Miyama Zero Gashuu)

It is such a shame that this artbook wouldn't be found at our local Kinokuniya. And understandably so since NSFW illustrations account for up to 40% of the content.

This post aims to bring greater awareness to Miyama Zero sensei's art and to boost "Custom-made girl" sales or better still spark off a lobby for a greater relaxation of import regulation with regards to loli-porn 2D art. (In many countries, I wouldn't need to be agonising over bringing in this and this from Amazon Japan). This post is also partly inspired by Anya's Orange kun illustration in the Code Geass artbook.

A excellent review of the publication can be found at Icie's, so I'd rather not embarrass myself and skip to my badly taken pictures instead. (Incidentally the entire digital collection can be found here - NSFW.)

My humble artbook collection

After approximately 2 years and S$2000, I'm proud (though very broke) to present my little stash of 33 artbooks. 2008 and 2009 saw me going on a frenzy to acquire my favourite artists work. Things got a LOT worst when I discovered Yahoo Japan Auctions and realised that doujins are within tanuki grasp. Not a good revelation at all.

10 Tinkle outfits I'd like to buy

Tinkle really needs to start her own label. Byakuya Chakai has convinced me that Tinkle is not only an accomplished artist but also a fashion genius. If only her designs could be manufactured into 3D apparel, I'd buy up her entire range even if it meant selling off a good friend's gyro-stabilisers (I know, the secondary market for Zaku parts is also in the slumps now).

Nonetheless, I hope some billionaire otaku would chance on this lil post in the vast interwebs and be INSPIRED to start a fashion empire built on Tinkle designs.

Anyhow, here's 10 Tinkle outfits I'd love to own (I emphasize - own, not wear)

S$340 Hontouni economic stimulus package ~ Tinkle, Saber, MEGAMI saves Japan

I don't like to brag but I'm pretty sure my injection of S$400 into the Japanese economy (via artbook purchase) over last weekend, kept the 2nd biggest economy in the world from sinking into a full-blown financial meltdown. The Japanese now has Tinkle, MEGAMI and Saber to thank for the bailout.

Here's the breakdown of the rescue package -

Items 1-2 - Byakuya Chakai ~ Tinkle Illustration collection 2: S$260

Instead of electronic goods, Japan should export the one unique product that is not manufacturable elsewhere - Moe. It doesn't have to be eroge. Tinkle's benign artwork of scantily clad young girls lolita fashion is a fine example of how Moe could be exported WORLDWIDE to lift Japan out of deep recession.

Item 3 - Fate/Stay night ~ Saber Portraits: S$38

The Pound took a beating from the Yen with the debut of this artbook as the enterprising Japanese (14 illustrators to be exact) emasculated the once fable King of Avalon to become a maid, a Japanese high school girl, a bride and a glutton. Great artwork - The only best Saber picture collection there is.

Item 4 - Super MEGAMI Deluxe: S$38

Gakken took more than a page out of MacDonald's accounts to introduce their very own super-sized MEGAMI Deluxe. Like the upsized meal, the Super MEGAMI Deluxe triples your chances of getting heart-attack though not from cholesterol but moe-overload. More than 4 times thicker than the regular MEGAMI deluxe the super edition is available for only 1.5 times its price. A bargain no self-respecting 2D investor would miss out on.

And that's that for the artbook induced stimulus. Hoping the PVC market picks up too. Been dying to find an excuse to pump in more cash in the figure sector but the offerings have been lacklustered of late. (I blame figma and nendroid for the heretical development in the current PVC world.)

Byakuya Chakai – The ‘cheapest’ artbook I’ve ever bought

If there was only ONE artbook you can have in your entire life, it had better be Tinkle's Byakuya Chakai since nothing else comes close, not even Tinkle's own previous illustration collection.