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Fantastica: Rebellion – Illustration Collection
With the announcement that “Fantastica: Rebellion” (逆襲のファンタジカ) will be ending service at the end of March 2019, I’m releasing all of the illustrations I drew for the game in one batch.
They’re not ordered by the order they were implemented in the app, but by the order I personally drew them, starting from the newest and going backward (the last one is the oldest illustration).
…Looking at them all together like this, I really did draw quite a lot, didn’t I?
With some gaps here and there, I ended up working with the project for about six years, roughly one illustration per month.
Thankfully, I was given a great deal of freedom with both art style and direction, so you can really see my influences and personal tastes at different points pretty plainly. Going back over them now, it feels like an interesting record even to me.
Honestly, there were times when my condition wasn’t great or when I struggled to feel satisfied with my work, and I can’t help but feel apologetic about that in hindsight.
To everyone involved in development, and to everyone who played the game, thank you very much—and great work.
As for the character names, I forgot to include them in the images themselves, so I’ll list them below.
Sorry they’re hard to read… but I couldn’t put comments on each illustration individually…
Character List (in order after the title illustration)
After Bath Succubus Eris
Queen of Monster Pumpkin Popo
Skilled Worker Yae
Sorcerer of Lost Soul Nerl
Goddess of the Sea Matilda
Novella, the June Bride
Shytuqa, the Empress of Scales
Priina, Box of the False Moon (not implemented)
Yuseki, First Sunrise Snow Blossom (not implemented)
Taofu, the Oriental New Year
St. Bell, the Saint Festival
Hexennacht, the Autumn Night
Lefsten, the Bewitching Summoner
Passana, the Midsummer Float
Rosanna, the Shattered Crimson Rose (not implemented)
Shamisen, the Eccentric Melody
Nana, the Passionate White Day
Qushar, the Cool Rose
[Sanada’s Valor] Miyoshi Seikainyūdō
[Celebrating Spring] Nekonaki, the New Year
Mendelssohn, the Composer
Sacred Beast Shrine Maiden Amiboshi
Succubus Princess Eris
Succubus Girl Eris
Oobleck, the Created Life
Abelia, the Cathedral Bell
Mera, the Twin-Bladed Shadow (not implemented)
Hagall, the Inscribed Rune
Angela, the Bloodstained Heroine
Pecado, the Jet-Black Demon
Iyo, of the Twelve Zodiac Deities
Helka, the Holy Night Maiden
Glenda, the City of Steam
Poussee, the Crusher
Lien, the Manipulator of the Dead
The Hermit, the Fool’s Divination
Prei, the Grassfruit Spirit
Meal, the Loving Wife
Staff, the Magical Destruction Engine
Ruhrung, the Bow of Passion
Vilja, the Forest of Annihilation
Juger, the Godlike Demon
Falo, Spirit of Fire
Schädel, the Playful Halloween Skeleton
Meredith, the Whirlwind Brigand
Suzuka, the Lantern Princess (Yōkai)
Suzuka, the Yōkai Girl
Evange, the Starry Knight
Monomakhia, the Battle-Mad Amazon
Mao, the Beast of Love and Youth
Araya, the Scattered Flower of War
Monster Princess Dragon
Christina, the Army Colonel
Vanessa, the Alluring Dancer
Russelior, the Golden War Princess
Magdalena, the Princess of Darkness
Spica, the Star Maiden
Colberl, the Queen of Temptation
Fraoula, the Fruit Spirit
Ludmila, the Black-Crimson Murder Princess
That makes all 60 illustrations.
I’m… exhausted.
And to everyone who made it all the way through—thank you very much.