It's Fantastic! - Arcade scans and translationsさんのイラストまとめ

Renders of an early Paul Phoenix design, for the first Tekken.

According to beatmania IIDX artist GOLI, his first pop'n music original character, pop'n music 9's Tsurara, was originally intended to be beatmania IIDX characters Celica/Erika. It wasn't until pop'n music Sunny Park 10 years later that Celica would finally be added to pop'n!

Design illustration for a Shermie plush for The King of Fighters '97. Look at those eyes...

Mai Shiranui art by Atsuko Ishida, who worked as a key animator on Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture.

Batsugun fanart submitted to Gamest by Edayan, who would later be hired by Capcom and serve as character designer and illustrator for the Rival Schools series.

Prototype design for Anakaris from Darkstalkers. Although the concept of him cursing his opponents existed at this time, one of his primary means of attack was with retractable laser-like claws.

Artwork of Black Valkyrie, for The Legend of Valkyrie. Although she was not actually used in the arcade version, she has made several game appearances since, beginning with the PC Engine port.

New Face Team illustration for The King of Fighters 97 by Masato Matsumoto, the writer and artist of the manga adaptation, The King of Fighters: Kyo. Welcome back, Yashiro!

Happy Miku Day! Even before Miku had her own arcade game, she's had strong ties to the arcade through her designer and lead illustrator KEI, who was a big arcade game fan and would submit art to arcade magazines. Here's Nakoruru illustrated by KEI submitted to Arcadia in 2000!

Fatal Fury 2 cast illustration by Shiroi Eiji for Comic Gamest.