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>Nothing good ever came out of Navel anymore ever since Suzuhira left it, and Nishimata was left to do all the eroge sketches with her deformed, fat art.

No wonder she also does sochu labels and rice sacks for art.

ouch…quite true but…still…ouch

I do have enough Eroge on my plate sonny, be sure of that ;)
You seem to be mixing up your personal view on Nishimata’s art with what I said there. If you don’t like it, that’s fine as long as you except others (like myself) *do*
But on terms of popularity (whether acchieved rightfully in your view or not) Nishimata *is* among the nowadays best known Bishoujo (Soft) artists out there - which the media projects such as this one (again, whether you like it or not doesn’t play a role there) showcase.

you didn’t play enough eroge sonny. truely you would expect being the top with a design that is stupidly the same minus the hair?

Nothing good ever came out of Navel anymore ever since Suzuhira left it, and Nishimata was left to do all the eroge sketches with her deformed, fat art.

No wonder she also does sochu labels and rice sacks for art.

Fanboyish answer to that question: because Nishimata is an awesome artist amongst Japan’s Moe/Bishoujo art scene and it was about time this to be aknowledged by entertainment industry outside Japan at last ^_~

Less biased possible answer: because Nishimata gained a top spot among the better/best known Bishoujo artists of Japan…I mean, how many other “collegues” of her can claim an essay book about her as well photobook on her pets (!) been published or having illustrated comestible goods like rice, wine amongst others?

That said it’s the total other way around for me - not care much for Star Wars, but with Nishimata involved my curiosity is caught.

I’m guessing the other guy might be Ourai Noriyoshi, who did one of the official Empire Strikes Back movie posters that was used internationally back then.