novel covers & illustrations
Though Kojima is most famous (in places other than Japan, at least) for her work on the Castlevania series, she's created cover artwork for many novels, and has even done some black and white interior illustrations for some. Her artwork has also been featured in several art technique magazines, as you'll see below.
This section showcases artwork from the comparatively small collection of books I've been able to assemble (she's worked on TONS more), plus a few miscellaneous illustrations.
majin series
Here's the covers and the black and white illustrations found in the novels of the Majin series by Kikuchi Hideyuki, who is better known as the creator of Vampire Hunter D.
ranken series
A set of two novels by Kikuchi Hideyuki. I've only scanned the covers for the moment, but there's lots of interior illustrations in both books that I'll add later on.
yig series
Here's scans from the two YIG (pronounced just "ig" for some odd reason) novels, also by Kikuchi Hideyuki. There are several black and white interior illustrations in each book; they follow the color covers.
youmaki series
More novels by Kikuchi Hideyuki! This time, there's no interior artwork. Boo.
color kingdom 3
It seems that this Color Kingdom series of books was made to show art techniques used by various popular manga and game artists. Kojima's art was featured on the cover of volume three, and she's the first artist to appear in the book. There's a ten page article that includes several illustrations, an interview, and, of course, lots of closeups of the master at work!
I've also scanned the coloring book pages from the back, so you too can create a thrilling masterpiece! Go on, it's really simple, I swear. XD
comickers volume 23
Similiar to the Color Kingdom book shown above, this magazine showcases artwork by various artists, featuring interviews with some and in-depth information about coloring techniques used by others. Some non-Japanese comic artists are featured in this magazine (Neil Gaiman, Simon Bisley, Mike Mignola), which is quite rare.
Anyway, Kojima's section is an interview this time, so I've only scanned the illustration pages (there were no illustrations mixed in with the text). Apparently she loves artsy, creepy films and surgery. Explains a lot, doesn't it?
comickers volume 25
Like the other Comickers book, this also includes an interview with Kojima. Some of her art was exhibited in July 2000 alongside the works of Kusanagi Takuhito (view some here). I've only scanned one of the five artwork images (the rest are already on the site, and larger) and the photo of Kojima herself.
yaso vampire
NEW! This is a lovely 200 page book from a vampire exhibit in Japan that was showing from December 2007 to May 2008. Kojima was one of the featured artists; her works were on display from March 7-31, 2008. Here's nine new (to me, at least) illustrations from the book.
nobunaga's ambition novel
A novelization of one of the many Nobunaga's Ambition historical-ish strategy war games by Koei.
cluster saga
Cover illustrations for the three novels in the Cluster Saga series by Piers Anthony. The Japanese translation, naturally. Seriously, the US covers weren't half as cool. *pout*
ranryouou
Cover and interior illustrations from an "aesthetic novel" titled Ranryouou, which appears to be about 200 pages of nothing but crazy mansex. No, I'm not making this up. The images are a little suggestive, so proceed with caution if you get squicked out easily.
silver requiem
Another one of those male/male "love" stories - you know, the "I'll rape you till you love me" kind. So watch out for sorta-gay images. Anyway, the cover is pretty, and there's an extra color page right inside the front cover.
miscellaneous
A mishmash of stuff. Enjoy.
01 :: another novel cover
02 :: a phonecard for a game by Koei
03 :: cover of a doujinshi magazine, Rose Cult 5
04 :: illustration from doujinshi notepad (same as Rose Cult 6 cover, Cupid's face only)
05 :: doujinshi phonecard
06 :: cover of a doujinshi magazine, Rose Cult 6 (warning! male/male sexual content!)
07 :: cover of an "aesthetic romance" novel, Alexandrite, which is apparently about a hermaphrodite who gets raped a lot by several guys. Fo' serious.
NEW! 08 :: cover of Hunting the Shadow by Kikuchi Hideyuki
NEW! 09 :: cover of Blue Runner by Kikuchi Hideyuki
10 :: page from volume 12 of Mandarake Live
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