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Hey who would have thought... amidst all the GITS / Appleseed / Intron Depot stuff we are actually looking at some new Galgrease products coming soon! As much as we enjoy (ahem) looking at the pictures, just imagine... wait, there is no need to imagine. Now all Greasy fanboys and hold and feel 'em. :) Thank you PVC!

Spotted at Chara-Hobby 2008 in Japan (end of August 08), I'm sure all Shirow fans need no introduction to this cowgirl:

Nice cigar placement honey! :)

That's a pile of money there!

Another cigar smoking view

The Wet West, coming soon!

She's put up for a 2009 release, no other details available so far. Put her on your Wanted List anyway! ;)

The next Greasy Gal is actually up for pre-order, would you believe! Thank you Beagle! (Motoko 1/8, Space Pirates, SS Police Girl)

Hyakkisyo Shion (The Hellhound Girl)
Maker: Beagle
Height: 23cm
Price: 7140 Yen
Scheduled: October 08

She's coming over real soon, so put her also in your Wanted List! Check out your favourite Japanese figure import shop, they should be able to take pre-orders for her now.

Thanks to fellow Galgrease admirer, Akros for the great news. Cheers! :)

Shirowledge faithfulls should have read the ( good / bad / strange ) news by now: Our resident Shirow fan in Japan (sTwo-san that is) has called in publisher Kodansha personally and managed to get the latest updates on what's going on with this much anticipated art collection.

In summary, we are expecting 8 volumes of Galgrease Artbooks, 1st issue due in November 2005 and the rest to follow in a somewhat irregular 2-month (some many more months interval) release pattern. This will continue until Book #8 in September 2007. Another thing worth mentioning is the "Streaming Artbook" concept, where sTwo reported that Galgrease artbooks will be presented in story form instead of your usual stand alone illustrations collection.

Visit sTwo's Shirowledge for a more detailed, first-hand report ^_^b

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Nice scoop sTwo buddy! :) Thanks for the news! Alot of Shirow fans will sleep better (I hope) with this latest update. But as usual, nothing is definite in the world of Shirow, so treat this as a tentative schedule. My greatest hope is that Shirow can follow through this project right to the end of Book #8.

p/s: That's alot of naughty pictures to come from Shirow Sensei... :P

Tentative Release Schedule:
GALGREASE 1st Artbook: Nov, 2005
GALGREASE 2nd Artbook: Jan, 2006
GALGREASE 3rd Artbook: Mar, 2006
GALGREASE 4th Artbook: Sep, 2006
GALGREASE 5th Artbook: Nov, 2006
GALGREASE 6th Artbook: Jan, 2007
GALGREASE 7th Artbook: Jul, 2007
GALGREASE 8th Artbook: Sep, 2007