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Artbook Curiosities: The Heroic Legend of Arslan (Theatrical Poster), and Sim Earth (Magazine Advertisement) by Shiro Nishiguchi. The YAS piece is labeled as "Assault Suits Valken II", which was planned to be used for the game's Super Famicom packaging, before it was cancelled.
More Japanese airbrush work by Hideaki Kodama, Kozo Tanaka, and Ikuo Takeda. Unfortunately The PC Engine GT, CD-ROM, and Core GRAFX ad pieces all have issues being scanned in full due to their page layout(s). Could likely make them whole using the full, 2-page magazine ads.
Castlevania: Bloodlines / Vampire Killer - East vs. West - Clean Packaging Artwork: Difficult to pick a favorite, so I'd rather play up their strengths. JP/EU drives home the blood red motif, whereas Tom's NA art is simply breathtaking in it's use of every color imaginable.
Captured the 2005 SEGA / Arc System Works produced 'Fist of the North Star' soundtrack, via line-level input, from the PS2 port's sound test option. Seems most other recordings of this unfortunately have background noise/buzzing, or clip/distort heavily...
Two clean, text free illustrations by Yuji Kaida: 'Ultraman' for the Super Famicom (1990), and 'Aim for the Top - Kohei Tanaka's World' Ultra Sound Collection jacket artwork [VICL-16] (1990).
Here's a trio of Susumu Matsushita curiosities: A Gremlins 2 illustration for the cover of 'Video De Ta' magazine (Jan. 1991), and two LP jackets, "Akaitori Package" (1979), and E.A.T.B.'s "Mobabuna" (1984). All direct scans from their respective media.
A few samples from a collectable 99 card set, focused on a number of Weekly Famitsu cover pieces done over the years...Artwork scans aren't terrible, considering how tiny these are in comparison to the full size magazine covers.
"St. George Slaying the Dragon" (2013) / Susumu Matsushita: A somewhat contemporary illustration, similar to his Maximo work. Isolated and repaired the image from a small, worn flyer advertising an art exhibition from a decade ago...
Includes a 10 page manga, ending w/ a neat world map illustration of "Great Adventure Island".