Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition

For its release of Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition on XBLA and PSN, Capcom enlisted the awesome Stanley "Artgerm" Lau to provide new character artwork.  The results are wonderful.

 

 
Capcom currently has a contest called Finish Me going where artists are invited to add backgrounds to the character artwork. You can find high-quality PNGs of all the characters for download on the contest site.

Note About Images

You may have noticed that lots of images originally uploaded to Mediafire are not showing up on the site.  Well, there is some good news and bad news about that.

The good news is that these files haven't been deleted and clicking the image will take you to download them.  The bad news is that the only way I can probably get them to show up is to reupload them.  There are way too many images not showing up for me to do that.

For the moment, I am avoiding uploading any images in future posts to Mediafire. 

Three Dimensions (Part One)

Hi, my name is Lagosta and welcome back to Hot Fictional Guys.

Today's post is the first in a new series featuring fictional guys you could actually touch.  What I'm referring to are dioramas, action figures, and statues.

This first installment focuses on two awesome statues by Quarantine Studio.

The first is Conan The Barbarian, which comes in standard/deluxe and faux bronze:

 

 

 

 The second is Frank Frazetta's Death Dealer, which comes in standard/deluxe and real bronze:

 

 

 

 If you want to purchase these statues, check out Sideshow Collectibles or Quarantine Studio's website.

Senko no Night Raid

Senko no Night Raid is an anime series taking place in the 1930's dealing with Japanese spies. It's part of the Anime no Chikara project, which means that it's original and not based on previously published material.

What I like about this show is the way the male characters dress. If there's one thing that never goes out of style, it is a guy dressed in a suit and tie.

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Warlord of Mars

Warlord of Mars is a comic series based upon a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The main character, John Carter, is a confederate general who is mysteriously transported to Mars. Fortunately for us, Carter has no clothes when he's transported.

The cover of issue #1 above is by Joe Jusko. The scans below from issues #2 and #3 feature art by Stephen Sadowski and Lui Antonio.

Star Driver

Star Driver is an anime series created by BONES, the same studio behind Ouran High School Host Club, Full Metal Alchemist, and many other shows. It's a mecha show whose main character, Takuto, is also called the Gingka Bishounen (aka Galactic Pretty Boy).

Below, check out more of the pretty boy(s) themselves.

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