Another special guest was announced for this year's Anime NYC event, which will be held November 15-17 at the Javits Center in Manhattan. This one has Vertical and EVA Air teaming up to bring a Taiwanese illustrator VOFAN—Known for his work as cover illustrator for NISIOISIN's Monogatari light novel series and more—over to the states as an official guest.
VOFAN will be available for panels, workshops, and signings during Anime NYC, and vertical will be presenting a special gallery of his work over the weekend.
In addition to publishing the Monogatari series in English, Vertical will have COLORFUL DREAMS, a 96-page collection of VOFAN's original art, available in time for Anime NYC. Here's a look at the cover:
More about VOFAN:
VFAN is a Taiwanese illustrator. He has been the cover illustrator for video game magazine Famitsu Weekly Taiwan since 2004 and served as the head of character design for the PS3 game Time and EternitySince 2006, he has been the cover illustrator for the Monogatari light novel series as well as for mystery series The Forgetful Detective, Both written by NISIOISIN. He also shows PlayStation Network Taiwan's virtual avatar AI. Asan photographer, he sometimes combines photographs with illustrations in his work. His other publications include the COLORFUL DREAMS series of illustrations and poems and the album series VOFAN OTONA FANTASY.
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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA MagazineYou can read his webcomic, BIG DUMB FIGHTING IDIOTS at subhumanzoidsFollow him on Twitter @Moldilox.
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