animenewsnetwork.com - 11/2/2009
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Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Hideo Kojima to give awards in New Moon promotion
kotaku.com - 11/3/2009
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kotaku.com —
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima is apparently
a fan of Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series, opting in...
to judge a fan art contest themed around the second entry in the romantic vampire action series, New Moon. That's according to a release from ...
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gamesetwatch.com - 11/2/2009
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gamesetwatch.com —
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima will serve
as one of three judges in an upcoming illustration...
contest based on The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Japanese art community Pixiv (Japan's equivalent of deviantArt) also enlisted Yoshiyuki Sadamoto ( ...
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Kojima To Judge Japanese Twilight Fanart Contest
g4tv.com - 11/3/2009
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g4tv.com —
In spite of my relative indifference toward the
film and book series, I am TheFeed's official Twilight...
expert. I'm not sure how this happened or why -- perhaps I committed some horrible sin in a previous life?-- but I accept my duty to bring you all relevant news concerning ...
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Kojima A Huge Fan Of Twilight
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Kojima To Judge Japanese Twilight Fanart Contest
GameSetWatch —
... translated by Anime News Network, all three judges, including the game designer behind such revered titles as Snatcher and Zone of the Enders, are "huge fans" of the Twilight series. ...
Hideo Kojima A "Huge Fan" Of Twilight, Will Judge Your Fan Art [Metal Gear Solid]
Kotaku —
... you've got some Edward Cullen fan art lying around—perhaps in the Yoji Shinkawa style—you might want to get a Japanese speaking friend to register with pixiv and submit it on your behalf. Otherwise, expect this contest to be an "only in Japan" kinda thing. The more cynical of you may see this as an attempt to broaden the exposure of things like Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker to a very passionate fan base. But I'm betting you're way, way off. Way off. Eva, Metal Gear Creators Judge Twilight Art Contest [Anime News Network via GameSetWatch ...
Hideo Kojima…a huge Twilight fan
GoNintendo —
... I never thought to post. I think I was just taken back by the news that Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has confessed to being a very big fan of the Twilight series. This love of the vamp books has afforded him the opportunity to be a judge for an upcoming Twilight contest in Japan.
No wonder Konami grabbed the rights for a Twilight: Scene It edition. Kojima probably forced them to! Thanks to Terranigma_Freak for the heads up!
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Hideo Kojima a "Huge Fan" of Twilight, Judging Fan Art Contest
The Escapist : Latest News —
... and manga creator for the landmark Neon Genesis Evangelion , and Ryuji Gotsubo, creator of the manga Sasameke and illustrator for the Japanese releases of the Twilight novels. All three judges have their own prize packages to award to the winner as they see fit: Sadamoto will be giving away an autographed painting set, Kojima an autographed copy of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots , and Gotsubo "an autographed set of the first three Twilight tankōbon novel volumes," according to the Anime News Network . The Pixiv community will also be able to choose 10 winners ...
Kojima A Huge Fan Of Twilight
G4 TV - TheFeed —
... According to the Anime News Network, Hideo Kojima, creator of Metal Gear is a "huge fan" of the Twilight series. Kojima is joining Evangelion character designer/manga creator Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and Ryuji Gotsubo, the illustrator of the Japanese edition of the Twilight novels, in judging a Twilight: New Moon fan art contest.
I'm hoping to finish my pointillism portrait of Edward in time to enter!
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Twilight Has a "Huge Fan" in Hideo Kojima, Who Will Judge Fan Art Contest
Kombo.com —
... . Okay, in all seriousness, I doubt-- or at least hope-- that Kojima's fondness for the series will do anything to contaminate Castlevania, though when one considers the art for Judgment and some of Ayami Kojima's work, one might wonder if the series wasn't headed in that direction anyway. But I digress; the facts, as they are given by the Anime News Network (via ...
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In spite of my relative indifference toward the film and book series, I am TheFeed's official Twilight expert. I'm not sure how this happened or why -- perhaps I committed some horrible sin in a previous life?-- but I accept my duty to ...