Nyantype Magazine vol. 8 was released at the end of May. I picked up this particular copy while I was in Japan in June. It was nice to actually only pay the price listed on the magazine for once. Dishing out 780 yen for Nyantype makes it seem so much more worth it when you normally pay $20, which includes currency conversion and shipping costs. The front cover features Nozomi from the anime Mayoi Neko Overrun. There’s also a little window in the cover offering a sneak peak into something special that they included, but more on that later.

While I have been growing tired of all the Nanoha posters from both Nyantype and Megami, I actually liked this one. It seems really shiny for some reason.

Here’s one of Yui and Azusa from K-ON. I liked how the grass was drawn so that you could see individual blades, but they don’t take your attention away from the two characters.

I don’t watch Strike Witches so I don’t know what these two are doing, but it looks like they’re dancing or something.

I watched a few episodes of Heroman when it came out, the way they portrayed America is so different from American superhero cartoons. It’s usually a dark place where villians run free and it’s up to the hero to save the day. In Heroman, it seems a lot more peaceful, and the main character is a bit girly as you can see in this  poster.

This was a cute poster. While I still haven’t seen the Haruhi movie, I’ve heard that Nagato and Asakura are best friends in it.

The maid outfits and poses were really well-drawn in this poster. Things aren’t always what they seem though. If you haven’t watched Kaichou wa Maid-sama, then you might not be aware that Aoi-chan (on the left) is actually a guy.

This was a rather simple poster. Nyantype seems to like spilling various liquids on girls.

I’m not a fan of Hakuouki Shinsengumi Kitan, but this poster of Chizuru is good for Nyantype’s standards. The background is nice and everything about Chizuru is good except her legs. They’re longer than they should be and her knees look like blocks.

I’ve seen some of these banana floaty things before and they look fun to ride. I prefer Riko’s hair in a ponytail rather in twintails.

This isn’t a poster, but it’s included in the back of the magazine. It’s a mecha musume or mobile suit girl version of Nagato from Haruhi. This illustration was done by Mika Akitaka, who has done mecha designs for various anime and even has an artbook of mobile suit girls.

Now on to that special item that was seen through the window on the front cover. As you can see, it’s one of those holographic cards that change images as you view it from different angles. It features Ako and Riko from Kissxsis in their school uniforms.

As you change the angle, the image changes to show them undressing. I just showed the first two images here, but if you want to see them go all the way, check out the hidden images.

For hidden images, read this post (numbers 04, 05, 06, 08, 09, 11, 14, 15, 17, 24).

Image 11 looks cool, and I liked 14 because it has Yukina from Senkou no Night Raid.

I can’t say I noticed many drawing mistakes in this volume, and it had a good variety of posters to look at. The mecha musume included in the back and the holographic card were both cool. This volume was certainly worth the 780 yen I spent on it.

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It’s a bit late, but here’s a look at volume 15 of Megami Magazine which features a lot of very nice art as expected, but with a bit more pantsu and mecha musume than usual.

They always seem to put the most colourful work on the inside cover of each volume.

I really like this artist’s work. The girl on the top left looks so cute and the flying mouse is so cool ^.^

An almost panty shot? If you take a closer look at this drawing and think about it, if that girl were standing up, her skirt probably wouldn’t be long enough to cover her undies.

This one really reminds me of Pleinair from Disgaea. I think it’s the combination of the light blue shoulder-length hair and white shirt.

I remember this girl was in a pin-up poster from an older volume of Megami Magazine. I actually still have the poster on my wall.

It’s not hard to guess what these two girls were up to all night. Just take a look at what the blonde girl is holding (notice the vibration lines).

Nekomimi are always welcome in my collection :)

Of course, pantsu are welcome too, especially shimapan (striped pantsu):

There was also a page full of mecha musume, which I really liked. Exelica is so cute ^.^

Now, I’ve heard of tentacle raep, but snakes? That’s completely new to me, I wonder if they’re poisonous.

Once again, as with the previous Megami Creators volumes, the back cover features more Fortune Arterial. I hope an english version of this game comes out in the future, all this hype over it is making me curious.

The extra this time came in the form of a small mecha-musume-themed calendar instead of a B2 size poster.

I really liked all of the mecha musume in the calendar, but considering I already have a few calendars, I would’ve preferred something else.

Besides the inside cover, and the Pleinair look-alike, I thought some of the works in this volume were a bit bland. Don’t get me wrong, they’re all very good pieces of art, but I just wish some of them used some more vibrant colours. Otherwise, I think this would make a nice addition to my Megami Magazine collection.

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