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Cover reveal graphic with a large image of the RECORDS//ANALYSIS zine cover, which depicts ALLMIND's version of SOL 644 standing on a mound of defeated ACs in front of a dark space background and the planet of Rubicon-3. The accompanying text reads: "Preorders Open until 3/31. Cover Artwork by Kyou. Cover mockup. Final products may differ from mockups."

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Our fanzine's awesome cover artwork was drawn by @kyoou.bsky.social as a tribute to the world, characters, and mecha of AC6! 🔥

Book preorders remain open until March 31st 11:59PM ET! If we reach 200 orders, this cover will have iridescent foil!
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Appreciate it, I'm trying my best. This piece has taken much longer than I initially anticipated but I think people will dig it quite a bit.

I really hoped I could get into doing art on an ipad because I find I struggle working in the same location for extended periods of time but sketching and maybe inking is about as much as I can manage on it. Too used to the power/options afforded by desktop.

Steam NextFest (Feb 2026) The demos I managed to play during February 2026's NextFest.

getting my NextFest post in just under the wire

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There's some incredible art in this thing. I'm there too. If you're an AC6 fan consider preordering or spreading the good word.

Graphic stating "Preorders Open! March 1st - March 31st, 11:59PM (EST). First 50 physical orders from March 1-7 get an exclusive foil postcard!

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Preorders are now OPEN for RECORDS//ANALYSIS, an Armored Core VI fanzine featuring fanmade illustrations and a comic with a variety of ACs from the game!

Don't miss our foil postcard bonus for the first 50 physical book orders!

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First up, a big big classic...

Patlabor: Early Days - The Complete OVA Series!

The original Patlabor OVA series is coming back, subbed & dubbed!

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Mark your calendars, Ravens! Zine preorders open in just over a week on March 1st!

ALERT: The first 50 physical bundle orders before March 7th will receive a limited-edition iridescent and red foil postcard by @puppyshaker.bsky.social !

Dungeon Antiqua 2 I played Dungeon Antiqua 2.

Dungeon Antiqua 2 is almost twice as big as the first game, which means it's a nice and brisk 10-ish hour dungeon crawler.

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Is the board game about running an anime studio worth playing? "Jisogi: Anime Studio Tycoon", is a board game about running your oxn anime studio, but does it actually deliver on this promise, or is this yet another abstract efficiency puzzle with a fancy coat of paint? And, perhaps most importantly, is it any fun to play? Let’s find out.

Is the board game about running an anime studio worth playing?

"Jisogi: Anime Studio Tycoon", is a board game about running your oxn anime studio, but does it actually deliver on this promise, or is this yet another abstract efficiency puzzle with a fancy coat of paint? And, perhaps most…

Happy lunar new year. Sadly this'll be the first in a while I don't have any art ready for the occasion. Still caught up in some difficult life circumstances. Wish I could say things are looking up. Here's hoping the clouds part eventually.

Keep an eye out though, still got some fight in me left...

Mullvad is probably the one. Flat rate per month, lightweight, and isn't owned by a shady infosec conglomerate. Never used it outside the continental US so can't speak to international performance.

Contributor Lineup. Contributors: Apdoodles, Baby Beff, Ignition Industries, Ihuatzin, Jackoonz, Kyou, Mangopooding, Mirassi, Mobius, Peyton Gee, Puppyshaker, Rattlegeist, Redteapanda, Voheiin, 42WV, Xed, Diurnal, Nevrender, Faust

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The RECORDS//ANALYSIS team is proud to introduce the full lineup of talented Ravens who will contribute artwork bringing the world of Rubicon-3 to life.

Please stay tuned for book preorders opening next month. Remember, ALLMIND exists for all mercenaries.

As one of Kaneko's strongest soldiers, it's been heartbreaking watching his downward spiral post-SMT. Dude was responsible for some of the greatest art ever conceived in the ps1-ps2 era, it's hard to square with where he's at now.

I do think things are changing gradually, the trending on artstation look is radically different than it was even 5 years ago. But I don't know if I have confidence any of it will meaningfully translate into actual games so long as the preexisting structures exist.

I truly believe there is a staggering amount of great artists in the west. But the look of AAA concept art combined with its exclusivity is as you say, self reinforcing. It's a hard industry to thrive in, which means being a good culture fit goes a long way.

The reason that space samurai looks so boring in a western game might be because its concept artist's frame of ref may have legit consisted of Kurosawa fancams and the first video to come up when you search "coolest samurai fights" on youtube.

There are concept art vets, guys who worked on your favorite 360 game, that might have never watched a film with subtitles until 2022.

The AAA concept art club is kinda incestuous culturally. Media and experiences that don't fall into the zeitgeist of a certain strain of politically agnostic SoCal dude bro (or continental european you don't dare ask about gender politics) will get ignored for years, creating noticeable culture lag.

The obvious/short answer is that the structure of AAA game dev is extremely risk averse. It's why everything has the trending on artstation look. But we all already know that. My hot take is that some of it is unfortunately cultural too.

I have more thoughts on this than the format of this site allows but it's something that's kept me up at night as a concept artist whose worked in western AAA while also being very immersed in japanese media. It sometimes makes me wonder if western games will ever look good again.

Double whammy because I think her career story is one of my favorites. Trying to turn your passion into a viable career while supporting aging working class parents? christ might as well hold up a mirror.

haha yeah, trying to look at it rationally I know statistics are just gonna eff with you sometimes. Just kills me that it always seems to happen to my favs. Fuji Kiseki and Bryan were also incredibly cursed trainees. Meanwhile I sleepwalk through Maruzensky careers without even trying.

Training Tamamo Cross is hell on earth, I don't think I've ever seen a trainee so determined to die at every juncture. Failing multiple 90% trainings in a row, constant sleep deprived and mood downs, a consistent inability to win unity cup. She is a maddening cosmic anomaly of probabilities.

Wandering Sword is Wuxia 101 Sometimes it's pretty damn fun to blend every single genre cliché at once.

I played a wuxia RPG and was reminded that sometimes it's pretty cool to level up until you can kung fu kick the evil warlord in the face

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Surely I'm not the only person who sits in the venn diagram of mecha anime and fighting games but maybe I'm the only one with a pirated copy of adobe premier.

Go! Alex!

Art of a Signalis OC - a replika (android) in tactical gear with a submachine gun and knife.

Group of Lancer pilots.

SSC Metalmark 'Harpyie', a Lancer RPG custom mech.

A catgirl Lancer pilot.

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Trying to clear some overdraft, and I also recently recieved a code for VGen, so I'm trying that out! 10% off regular price until the 31st!
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Hit me up if you're looking for mechs, Lancer pilots, or any other character design/illustration work.

What a journey it's been. Eureka Seven remains one of my favorite mecha anime and after this rewatch, I think I appreciate it even more.

Blue Mondays Episode 25: Over the Hills & Far Away We continue to ride the trapar waves as Zigg & Aqua watch the classic 2005 mecha anime Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven, and discuss their thoughts and feelings on it as it celebrates its 20th birthday. Keep an eye out for this podcast between main installments of The GLORIO Chat – every two weeks or so – as we work our way through the show. This installment, it's the grand finale as we cover Episode 49 "Shout to the Top!" and Episode 50 "Wish Upon a Star"

Blue Mondays Episode 25: Over the Hills & Far Away

We continue to ride the trapar waves as Zigg & Aqua watch the classic 2005 mecha anime Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven, and discuss their thoughts and feelings on it as it celebrates its 20th birthday. Keep an eye out for this podcast between main…