August 5th, 2011, 7:28PM by nat | 0 comments
Nabeshima Tetsuhiro's dedication to Touhou continues with his Comiket 79 release Toho Antique. The illustration theme focuses on the items each of the Touhou girls are often pictured with. Unlike some of Nabeshima Tetsuhiro's other releases, the illustrations have a very finished look, and feature most of the main Touhou girls.
Toho Antique is B5-sized and 30-pages including the covers. The inside covers are used as pages as well, although the illustrations only appear on every other page. There are a total of 13 illustrations counting the cover, with Marisa Kirisama being the only character that appears twice in two different illustrations.
Though I like the theme, the illustrations aren't particularly exciting with the characters in rather stationary poses. Touhou is an action shooter game, and I think some of the best illustrations that come out for it are able to keep that fact in mind. I wouldn't recommend Toho Antique, there are just too many nicer collections out there, and while the idea is original I just don't feel like it was presented in an interesting way.