Thread: Kazuki's monster sketches.

Within the various bookends, he had random monster art, including the above mentioned. Toon Black Magician Girl, Death Volstgalph, etc. They're all featured in the late 20s, IIRC.

Oh, and then there's the stuff he did for GX. I remember him doing a number of different designs, including Judai's E-Heroes (Burstlady, Sparkman, Wildman, Featherman, etc.) Lord only knows what he's done for 5D's in the design department. (I would have never guessed that Godwin, Jeager and Bomber were all his designs.)

Exarion Universe is such a beautifully random name, and the design is great. Does anyone know what an Exarion or Zolstgalph is anyway?

I think we found out that Mr. Takahashi drew Yubel - Das Extremer Traurig Drachen.

Its a shame the cards don't have artist names like Duel master cards do, Would have been nice to see who makes all these creatures.

I agree, the names are pretty strange at times.

And thanks for the information Horoko, Now I just need to collect the money to be able to buy the remaining volumes.

Originally Posted by Megatronmaster

Its a shame the cards don't have artist names like Duel master cards do, Would have been nice to see who makes all these creatures.

I agree, the names are pretty strange at times.

And thanks for the information Horoko, Now I just need to collect the money to be able to buy the remaining volumes.

It's because DM was created as a game originally by WOTC, even though it first appeared in the manga, so the artists that WOTC commission have permission to put their names along with the company name on the cards, but Duel Monsters was Takahashi-san's original creation, with the rights of Konami for the OCG. So Konami and Taka-san hold the rights to the card art, so I guess all the artists that Konami use are classified under the "Konami" name. If those artists for YGO put their names on the cards, I think it'd be copyright infringement, so they remain under "Konami".

And yeah, that name is pretty random and pretty Duel Master-ish as well, seeing how DM has the habit of using incorrect nouns for Creature names(Ultimate Galaxy Universe, Spirit of Immortality Perfect Galaxy, etc.)

Oh, right, almost forgot. I also remember reading in one of the guide books ("Perfect Anime Guide" I believe it was called. It was for the Toei anime) that Takahashi also did a majority of the monster designs in the Toei anime/Bandai card game, but I would have to double check to make certain.

I was actually reading a manga volume today with the Exarion Universe sketch in it. It was placed randomly between chapters.

I know it was one of the Battle City Finals Volumes though...I think Yugi vs. Marik.

I wonder, does the settai that comes with the dvd's say who drew the designs?

In the credits for all series, there is a person accredited for monster design. Usually, it is the same person in charge of the series' character designs. Takahiro Kagami in DM, Ken'ichi Hara in GX, and Shuji Maruyama in 5D's.

I think he also drew Hierophant of Black Magic, Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon, and the sphinx monsters in Pyramid of Light.

Words cannot express how happy I am to know Takahashi designed Yubel.

I'm pretty sure I heard that Kenichi Hara did some of the monsters too, like...gosh, I don't know if I'm right or not but...he did the Sacred Beasts, some of the D-Heroes, and some of Auska's Cyber Ladies.

I just wish we could know for sure who all did what. I kinda like Kenichi's designs too. Takahashi's is my favorite though.

You know what, they should release an art book. With the artists name by each card art. Also they could include unused art as a bonus. People would definatly buy it me thinks.


Especially since it would probably come with cards as well.

I really hope that he isn't responsible for the name of Yubel's third stage... very bad German xD. But I'd like to have that artbook, too... It would be great to find out who designed all the monsters. Some concept art would be great as well.

Ji_Aasu

So Takahashi made Yubel...... Part of me is surprised.

Here are the monster sketches if anyone interested in seeing them.
http://i43.tinypic.com/64nrdv.png
http://i43.tinypic.com/k21lwh.png
http://i43.tinypic.com/2woalqt.png

The original scans from Volume 19:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...oko/18_186.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...oko/18_187.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...oko/18_188.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...oko/18_189.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...oko/18_191.jpg

Oddly enough, the Chinese scans seem to name the last one, while it originally reads "Konami's Boss Character."

Originally Posted by Tatsunoboshi Horoko

The original scans from Volume 19:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...oko/18_186.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...oko/18_187.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...oko/18_188.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...oko/18_189.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...oko/18_191.jpg

Oddly enough, the Chinese scans seem to name the last one, while it originally reads "Konami's Boss Character."

You can read Chinese? The only character I recognize is the one for "Light".

These sketches are great! Thanks for sharing them, shonenhikada and Horoko. :] So the last one is "Konami's Boss Character", huh? No wonder it didn't seem familiar...That one got my attention at first, actually. XD

Originally Posted by NeoKING

You can read Chinese? The only character I recognize is the one for "Light".

Chinese characters and Japanese kanji are virtually similar. I could tell they named it by the 魔王 part.

Also, side note, man, the Chinese scans are edited poorly. That looks like 5 minutes in Photoshop tops.

Originally Posted by Tatsunoboshi Horoko

Chinese characters and Japanese kanji are virtually similar. I could tell they named it by the 魔王 part.

Also, side note, man, the Chinese scans are edited poorly. That looks like 5 minutes in Photoshop tops.

Oops, now looking at the scans you uploaded I see we were talking about different monsters..I thought that Mask thing was a boss in Forbidden Memos or something..

Originally Posted by NeoKING

Oops, now looking at the scans you uploaded I see we were talking about different monsters..I thought that Mask thing was a boss in Forbidden Memos or something..

the bottom monster from the last scan was i believe its name was Nitemare it was also from the Gamecube game Falsebound Kingdom as well matter of fact i think in most of the ygo games it has been featured i guess its become a staple

Its also on the Cover of the PSX game Forbidden Memories.

Originally Posted by KeroZ

the bottom monster from the last scan was i believe its name was Nitemare it was also from the Gamecube game Falsebound Kingdom as well matter of fact i think in most of the ygo games it has been featured i guess its become a staple

It was called the カード魔神 (Card Mashin) in the original games--DM 3, Shin DM 1, etc.

Originally Posted by Tatsunoboshi Horoko

It was called the カード魔神 (Card Mashin) in the original games--DM 3, Shin DM 1, etc.

Really? 'Coulda sworn it was Heishin or something like that..Or was that just some sorcerer dude? Card Mashin=Card Demon Lord or something, right? Jeez, they sure took card games seriously in Egypt, even those nuts who created Solitaire didn't go that far..

Heishin is Head Priest in the games. Card Mashin is the final, final boss. (He has two forms, his regular and his "true form," which is the one depicted by Takahashi's rough sketches.)

Oh yeah, I think they were called Slysheen and Nitemare in the English game. They came back in Duelist of the Roses as...well, I think one of them was named fab Lyr or some bizarre name. :0

I kind of liked the story of the Pharaoh in Forbidden Memories better than Takahashi's version. :/

It was Slysheen in Dark Duel Stories and Heishin in Shin Duel Monsters...for whatever reason. Guess it was one of those dumb-as-hell changes like Sugoroku to Solomon to Truesdale...yeah...(what is English adaptation's obsession with that name?)

Oh yeah.

I remember Slysheen being in all the games, looking like a badass Jafar, and then he never appeared in the series. I mean to a dubbie like me back then, I assumed he's eventually appear...but no! :0

He was in Dark Duel Stories, Duelist of the Roses, Forbidden Memories, Falsebound Kingdoms, and I think Reshef of Destruction and some of the other GBA games.

Of course then again the games did try to push that 20 some Japanese people all had ancestors taking part in the War of the Roses. :/

That's pretty funny when you consider Shimon was in almost every video game and he eventually did appear.

Yeah, but I never ever put it through my mind he'd be Grandpa's reincarnation.

Especially since his art always made him look GREEN. :0

Yeah, they made him look like some sort of alien or an imp of some kind. It would never even occur to me that he was even human sometimes.

But, I guess people just don't question the notion of a person having green skin in a world of blue hair, 50ft giant monsters and magic, Ancient Egyptian jewelry.

Shimon always reminded me of some kind of little sorcerer creature ala Orco, lol.

I actually really liked the back story presented in Shin Duel Monsters (Forbidden Memories) because it setup a past that actually felt akin to Ancient Egypt in style, and the plot with the priests and Heishin betraying the Pharaoh and him being locked in the puzzle by breaking it just made so much more sense than the convoluted and somewhat ridiculous Memory arc we actually got in the manga. I remember playing Shin Duel Monsters waaaaaaay back before I even knew the rules to the real game (and the game taught me the wrong rules, wah!)

Since I was fairly new to the series I always considered that to be canon with it, and was eagerly awaiting when that storyline would arrive in the anime too, lol.

I have to admit, Card Mashin (Nitemare) is a lot scarier looking and cooler than that hideous Zork.

You have to wonder if Shin Duel Monsters' plot -was- like a proto-Memory arc written by Takahashi though, since a lot of stuff from it was later used. Shimon showing up, and the destined battle between Seto and Atem (which also made a LOT more sense in the games canon) were hinted at throughout the middle of the series, and it really felt like Takahashi was working towards it at first.

Also, didn't Isis show up in that game as an evil villain character with a completely different personality? I wonder if that game predated her appearing in the manga or not...

Hah, Shimon does have some similarities to Orco. (That never even crossed my mind till now.)

She was in the Japanese game named "石津ナオミ" (Naomi Ishizu,) before being revealed in the manga...I believe. The English localization renamed her "Ishizu Ishtar" and just directly related her to the character in the manga/anime. But, yeah, she wasn't "evil" as much as she had "a face that made her look like she'd be ready to bust out a big evil cackle but never would."

Wow. I knew that those games debuted alot of characters from the Battle City Arc in regards to the english anime, but it actually debuted characters before the Japanese manga?

So the Forbidden Memories story is more close to the thing that really happed in ancient Egypt 3000 years ago in the YGO! history compared to what Dark Bakuras' Dark RPG in the anime offered us.

Nice X). I really have to play that game.
And yeah the badass Jafar guy I've seen some shots of him. He and that rued form of his? Card Mashin monster sure are something much more than Zork at least in looks.

Heh, funny thing. The plot in Ancient Egypt of the Shin Duel Monsters games was by-the-numbers simple and the plot of the Ancient Egypt of the manga/anime was strangely complicated and hard to get your head round.

Maybe they should have aimed for the middle ground. Also, Heishin got rinsed in every game he was in by the main villain. The loser.

Originally Posted by Tatsunoboshi Horoko

Guess it was one of those dumb-as-hell changes like Sugoroku to Solomon to Truesdale...yeah...(what is English adaptation's obsession with that name?)

I swear, seeing them tack that name onto real cards and characters all the time for no reason really grinds my gears.

I'm not going to say I liked the Shin Duel Monsters story more than the Memory Wrold, but I did like the concept of it. Heishin was pretty neat, and the Card Mashin and his two forms where awesome. Still Bakura > them. No matter how bad Zorc is, Bakura > them.

I swear, seeing them tack that name onto real cards and characters all the time for no reason really grinds my gears.

The only time I can remember Solomon and Truesdale being used is Solomon's Lawbook, which is named after THE Solomon, and Fairy King Truesdale which I think proceeded Grandpa getting that name.

Originally Posted by Groun_Mole

The only time I can remember Solomon and Truesdale being used is Solomon's Lawbook, which is named after THE Solomon, and Fairy King Truesdale which I think proceeded Grandpa getting that name.

I wasn't complaining about Solomon. There are smaller ones, but the main thing I was thinking of was Sho and Ryo's dub surname. But re-naming the King of the Fairies 'Truesdale' is still preeeeetty insulting.

Oh yeah, I remember finding out their names were Truesdale and being pretty "0.o".

I dunno if that was intended to be a throw back to Gramps or what, but eh. I remember hearing all the characters had last names that were colleges or something...

Originally Posted by Tatsunoboshi Horoko

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...oko/18_186.jpg

Fiend's Mirror, Takriminos, and Black Luster Soldier? Cool.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...oko/18_187.jpg

Oh wow. Three-Legged Zombie, Zera the Mant, Stuffed Animal, Megasonic Eye, and Seiyaryu? Awesome.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...oko/18_188.jpg

Flying Penguin, Fairy's Gift, Millennium Shield, Yaranzo, and....OMG! KANAN-CHAN!!!! KAZUKI-SAMA RULEZ!!!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...oko/18_189.jpg

Garma Sword, Fortress Whale, Firewing Pegasus, and Dokurorider? And wow, Psycho-Puppet and Mask of Shine and Dark, the two unreleased Rituals from the GB games!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...oko/18_191.jpg

Chakra and Skull Guardian. Nice. Reminds me that we still lack Chakra in the TCG.