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An early character planning sketch of Elegy and Zebul Source: Hideaki Fujii

Last updated: 2024-09-08
Author: Interipelli

Let me tell you a story...

In 1998, a 19 year old upstart mangaka under the pseudonym of "Hideaki Fujii" had his first work published as an honorable mention for the Newcomer Award competition in the pages of Comic BomBom. A one-shot known as BOMBER GIRL.

BOMBER GIRL nails what would be Fujii's better known characteristics in the coming years; hot blooded action with shonen-coded protagonists, cute girls, grotesque villains, brutal kills, romance elements, and pushing the boundaries of conventionally recognized "good taste".

That's not what he's best known for, of course. What he's really known for is being the mangaka of Comic BomBom's Devil Children manga, running from August 2000 to October 2002.


The Tenth Anniversary of the Devil Children Manga

@hideakifujiiお久しぶりです……と言ってわかるでしょうか
 企画のHです。アトラス合併の話で検索していて見つけてフォローさせて頂きました。デビチル赤黒からもう10年になるんですねぇ……

Source: Yogiri


@yogirikazaru@yogirikazaru
こちらこそお久しぶりです!H田さんですよね?その節は大変お世話になりました。もう10年ですよね、色々思い出深いですが、デビチルの彼等も今は懐かしい友人のように感じます。

Source: Hideaki Fujii


@hideakifujii
こちらこそ素晴らしく熱い漫画を読めて幸せでした。まさかボンボン無くなってしまうとはなぁ。

Source: Yogiri

During the mysterious Index Corporation "merger" of Atlus, one of several acquisitions before the sale to Sega Enterprises, Yogiri and Hideaki Fujii had a chance to reunite on Twitter to briefly reminisce about Comic BomBom's downfall.

Fujii recognizes Yogiri as "H-san", a play on Yogiri's last name.

Coincidentally, this was on the tenth anniversary of the Devil Children manga.

hideakifujiiさんはゲームメーカーだと『「アトラス」タイプ。多少手ごたえがあることにやりがいを感じるタイプ。写真を撮るのが好きな側面も。 http://shindanmaker.com/86620

Source: Hideaki Fujii


@hideakifujii
アトラスタイプ! すごい!(笑)

Source: Yogiri


@yogirikazaru
なんだか(笑)。夜霧さんのシナリオあってこそっスよ→デビチル。

Source: Hideaki Fujii

Hideaki Fujii shared a user-made poll result that describes his preferred style of creation as the "Atlus style".

This was another instance where Fujii thanks Yogiri's setting for making the Devil Children manga a success.

Let's move on to October 10, 2010. Atlus announces that the PlayStation Network will have the PlayStation version of Black and Red Book available as a downloadable PS1 Classic.

デビチルのゲームアーカイブ化かぁ。
 ついでに漫画も復刊とかしてくんないかなぁ…。…なーんつって、なーんつってね…。ふふふ(涙)。

Source: Hideaki Fujii

With a knowing chuckle, Hideaki Fujii wonders if the Devil Children manga will get a reprint.


The Re:BOMBOM Project

In September 2012, Comic BomBom's publisher, Kodansha, starts the process of reissuing old Comic BomBom stories beginning with "Revival! Cyborg Kuro-chan Gatling Selection"

Devil Children comes not long after, with the first volume reissued on May 23, 2013.

今日やると紛らわしいけど「真・女神転生デビルチルドレン新装版」5月23日発売です~。ヨロシクです!
https://twitpic.com/cg1qsw

Elegy and Mirai threaten the reader to pick up copies of the new edition of the Devil Children manga.

Source: Hideaki Fujii

New renditions of Elegy and Mirai threaten the reader to pick up copies soon.

デビチル新装版、アマゾンで予約始まっていたんだ?!穏やかじゃないわね…。てことで高城君。 http://amzn.to/12lYNkz よろしくお願いしまーす!https://twitpic.com/cnc9ye

Takajou Zett looking smug, off to the distance.

Source: Hideaki Fujii

Takajou Zett also shows up in a new sketch.

本日、「新装版 真・女神転生デビルチルドレン」第1巻発売です!Amazonさんではなんか一時的に在庫切れになってます。ありがてぇ!宜しければ3巻までお付き合いできればと思います。皆様ッ!是非是非!宜しくお願いします!!!

Source: Hideaki Fujii

The first volume was a modest success, selling through its first run in print.

Now this isn't a reproduction of the original collected volumes of the Devil Children manga. The Re:BOMBOM collections come with new omake chapters to address a considerably more adult audience. It adds some incentive for old readers to pick up new copies and cleverly gets around potential copyright issues in attempting to reprint the fan art from young fans and trading card game extras that were featured in the original work.

デビチル新装版第2巻。いつの間にか書影きていたので宣伝ツイート。ドッペル未来さん。またもや穏やかじゃないわね…。 http://amzn.to/11otAAy
https://twitpic.com/cv6ctz

Doppelganger makes a spooky face as Mirai looks on unamused.

Source: Hideaki Fujii

Volume 2 is promoted with a sketch of Doppelgänger.

This volume has a new chapter done by Hideaki Fujii's past assistant Eisuke Kinoshita, featuring a teenaged "Mirai" in her GREE-Chil outfit tormenting Fujii and the target audience of Re:BOMBOM.

本日、「新装版 真・女神転生デビルチルドレン」第2巻発売です!宜しくお願いします!今巻では帯に書いてるような事が(笑。しかし改めて思うのは児童誌でこの漫画が1位をとってたボンボンってスゲェなあ。

Source: Hideaki Fujii

Volume 2 lands not long after on June 20, 2013.

デビチル単行本作業中。https://twitpic.com/d13zyo

Draft pages of the extra chapter added for volume 3 of the re:BOMBOM reprint of the Devil Children manga.

Source: Hideaki Fujii

Volume 3 includes a new chapter acting as a sort of "mid-quel" during the timeframe when Setsuna is left alone and angry without Mirai.

This is when Fujii's new adult fan base starts engaging with him more directly, sharing fan art and commemorative goods.

RT @mitsuhashi_t:
デビチルではエレジーたんと高城くん推しなんですが、どうやら私は主役よりその横にいるキャラ萌えなところがあります おお!かわいいっす!

A professional animator's ink drawing of Elegy, in the middle of a spellcasting pose.

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Source: Hideaki Fujii

Here, a professional animator shares a sketch of Elegy while complementing her and Takajou as the standout characters of the manga.

It's about when things start going off the rails.

そして、そんなデビチル新装版3巻ですが表紙カバーの人選から「よんでねぇよ、アゼルさん。」と何度か目にしたので(笑。販促をかねて当時絵高城君を。デビチル新装版最終3巻今月23日発売です。ヨロシク~!https://twitpic.com/d3f2q5

Takajou Zett with wings.

Source: Hideaki Fujii

Rather than choose fan favorite Takajou Zett as the subject of the cover for the final volume, like in the original release of the Devil Children manga, Azel became the featured character for the Re:BOMBOM release. The one who must be defeated!

本日、新装版デビルチルドレン最終3巻発売です!今巻の新規で描き下ろしエピソードでは久しぶりに地というか、遠慮なくやれたのが大変だったけど楽しかったす。どうぞヨロシクお願いしますッッッ!!!

Source: Hideaki Fujii

It arrives on time on July 22, 2013, followed by a reprint of all three.

僅かではありますがデビチル新装版、全巻重版決まりました!ありがとうございます!ありがとうございます! 記念(?)にカラーデータ紛失していたため差し替えになった当時の表紙を。デビチル新装版絶賛発売中です!ヨロシクお願いします!!!

Source: Hideaki Fujii

Hideaki Fujii is later credited for having started the entire re:BOMBOM project with "two fearless people" some time ago over food and drinks. A commemorative manga captured the occasion in 2017 with new art of Setsuna, leaving open the question of whether re:BOMBOM can continue.

『コミックボンボン』復活を願う『突撃チキン!』の坂本憲司郎とreボンボン担当のKが、関係者に酒と肴でいろいろ聞き出す『突撃ボンボン』。ノリと勢いでやってしまおうという怖い物知らずの鉄砲玉二人によるこの思いつき…導入の相手は藤異秀明先生。なおこの企画、続くかは不明… #突撃ボンボン

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Source: re:BOMBOM Twitter


Grown-Up Fans at Wonder Festival

This is where the story of DANDAN begins.

On February 16, 2014, Hideaki Fujii gave a rave review from seeing his own characters shown off in Wonder Festival.

先日頂いたチョコと一緒にヤーヤのラバーストラップまでもらってしまった!ワンフェスでのデビチルフィギュアもそうだけど今また新たに過去作のグッズを作っていただけることに感無量す。生かされてるなぁ。

An acrylic pendant of one of UMA WARS' antagonists.

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Source: Hideaki Fujii

Now the pendant shown off here is an antagonist from UMA WARS, an independent project driven by Hideaki Fujii that didn't last as long as hoped. He remarks about having seen a figure that he was particularly excited by.

冬のワンフェスで頒布されたエレジーのサンプルを頂いた!ウレシイ‼

Figure of Elegy standing over a sigil with a burning blue flame in one hand, her shoulder exposed.

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Source: Hideaki Fujii

It's Hideaki Fujii's Elegy, a publisher's sample. One that's given out to receive copyright approval for exclusive distribution in the Wonder Festival event.

箱がまた泣かせるんだこれが!

Oversized box with Comic BomBom formatting and original art featuring Elegy, Setsuna, Cool, Mizuchi, and Astaroth.

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Source: Hideaki Fujii

背中がエロくてグーですよ!ベネっすよ!グレートでスよこいつはぁ~~~っ。

Close up of the Elegy figure focused on her back and exposed shoulder.

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Source: Hideaki Fujii

The Comic BomBom inspired box and the detail on Elegy's shoulders receive rave reviews from the creator. We'll come back to this soon enough.

In 2013, a college student who goes by the pseudonym DANDAN started teaching himself how to create figures.

#WF2023S への道


DANDANのフィギュア作りのきっかけ


2000年

僕のバイブルだった

コミックボンボン


特に

真・女神転生デビルチルドレンに

夢中となり

毎月ボンボンの発売日が

楽しみに!


そして1巻

巻末

特別まんがの

トイレのコマ


藤異先生に

フィギュアを届けたい

そんな想いが

誕生した瞬間です

Four panel image where DANDAN shows off the first omake chapter of the original printing of the Devil Children manga where Hideaki Fujii raises his desire to have figures made of his works.

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Source: DANDAN

DANDAN was inspired by the omake comics from the original release of the Devil Children manga to give his childhood hero figures worth displaying on his shelf.

【WF2023夏への道】


#ワンフェス 歴紹介


初参加は2013年夏の #ワンダーフェスティバル


当時は大学生

右も左もわからず勢いで参加

何度も失敗し時間切れで、複製や塗装はやっつけ仕事に…


惨敗でしたが充実感は大!


#女神転生

#デビルチルドレン

#要

#未来

#ベール

#ガレージキット

#フィギュア

Four panel image of unpainted figures of Mirai and Veil standing on a wood block.

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Source: DANDAN

His first work was a figurine of Mirai and Veil, a rough start that came close to missing the initial deadline.

#WF2023S への道


#ワンフェス 歴紹介


作品のモチーフ


1作目

#未来 はあの超有名なデビチルトレカから

#ベール はあの超有名な漫画の初登場シーンから


造形は初体験のため

当時様々な造形解説本を買いあさり

挑戦しました


#女神転生

#デビルチルドレン

#デビチル

#ガレージキット

#フィギュア

Image of the Devil Children trading card for Mirai.

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Source: DANDAN

This figure is based on Mirai's pose in the trading card game art and Veil's first appearance in the manga. He remarks that everything he learned came from books he borrowed and trial and error through the process.

#WF2023S 夏への道


#ワンフェス 歴紹介


#未来 & #ベール

2014年、造形はそのまま、箱と説明書に力を入れた再販版


慣れないながらもペイントツールのSAIと画像編集ソフトのPhotoshopを使って頑張りました


ボンボンみたいな箱にしたく、無駄に大きな箱を使ってますww


#女神転生

#デビルチルドレン

Four panel image of a Comic BomBom styled box for the Mirai and Veil figure with detailed instructions and assembly.

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Source: DANDAN

For the Summer 2014 Wonder Festival, DANDAN took the opportunity to create an oversized, Comic BomBom inspired box with instructions to help out fans with the assembly of the kit.

#WF2023S への道


#ワンフェス 歴紹介


2作品目は2014年冬の #ワンダーフェスティバル


髪や服の形状が難しく #エレジー の立体化は四苦八苦


何度も漫画を読み返しながら3次元として捉える大変さを学びました


やっぱり造形は楽しい!


#女神転生

#デビルチルドレン

#ガレージキット

#フィギュア

Four panel image of an unpainted figure of Elegy standing on a sigil.

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Source: DANDAN

Later that year is the Elegy figure. Elegy's bouncy hair and flowing clothes are challenging to render.

#WF2023S への道


#ワンフェス 歴紹介


作品のモチーフ

2作目 #エレジー

10年以上前、GREEでデビチルが復活した際に藤異先生が描かれた大人版未来と一緒にいるエレジー


当時一番新しいエレジーのイラストでしたが、今考えるとなかなかマニアックなモチーフです

気付いた方がいれば嬉しいです…

Source: DANDAN

DANDAN relays that his inspiration for doing an Elegy figure was a Hideaki Fujii "adult" rendition of Mirai with Elegy from around the time of the GREE mobile game.

It is likely this is referring to the duo as they were rendered on Twitter to promote the first volume of the Re:BOMBOM Devil Children manga, as seen earlier in this article.

#WF2023S 夏への道


#ワンフェス 歴紹介


#エレジー (2014年作)


塗装しやすいよう分割に力を入れました


総パーツ数は驚異の28


未来&ベールは合わせて26


マスキング作業が簡単になった代償として組み立て作業が難易度アップ!


まさに一長一短


造形は面白いです


#女神転生

#デビルチルドレン

Four panel image of a Comic BomBom styled box for the Elegy figure with detailed instructions and assembly.

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Source: DANDAN

The packaging borrows the same form as the Mirai Comic BomBom packaging, while the figure involves more individual pieces to make the kit easier to paint. DANDAN remarks that this made the figure more challenging to build, a matter of tradeoffs.

#WF2023S への道


#ワンフェス 歴紹介


3作品目は2019年夏の #ワンダーフェスティバル


#未来のドッペルゲンガー


初の #zbrush 作品


3Dプリンターで出力するまでわからない

デジタル造型の難しさを学びました…


#女神転生

#デビルチルドレン

#デビチル

#ガレージキット

#フィギュア

#要未来

Four panel image containing Zscupt renders of Doppelganger Mirai from all four cardinal directions.

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Source: DANDAN

The third work, released in the Summer 2019 Wonder Festival, was Doppelgänger Mirai from the manga. This was DANDAN's first work made with Zbrush. A tooling choice that helped with modeling, though the ease of which came with new challenges in trying to commit those works to print.

Up until this effort, DANDAN's works were done as vinyl models via traditional sculpts and molds.

#WF2023S への道


前回の振り返り

4年前のワンフェス2019夏の参加


【反省】

カラーレジンの複製難易度を甘く見てました…


【教訓】

気泡の配慮に加え

色を組み合わせる調合の配慮が合わさり激ムズ

いい経験になりました


今作は3Dプリンターでの

量産です頑張ります!


#デビチル

#コミックボンボン

A row of plastic cast-style molds for building components of the Doppelganger figure.

Photo of pieces of the Doppenganger figure being boiled through a sieve.

Photo of the final Doppelganger figure, fully assembled.

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Source: DANDAN

DANDAN attempted to reduce the need to paint the figures by coloring the resin, which turned out to be very difficult to get right in the final product. This introduced new challenges in keeping air bubbles out of the printed material.

Nonetheless, the final result was possible to mass produce in a 3D printer with less manual effort, which gave DANDAN the confidence to build future works at scale.

1/12ドッペル未来あるじゃあないすか!!!最近自分の所に版権申請来てないので毎回当日ビックリするっす!7-13-11DANDANさんブースへGO!

Photo of the final Doppelganger figure, looking straight at the viewer.

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Source: Hideaki Fujii

Hideaki Fujii took notice of DANDAN's effort and gave the figure a plug on his Twitter account. He remarks that he doesn't receive as many copyright applications for Wonder Festival nowadays, which is a little surprising given how well represented his work still is at the event.

DANDAN showed off a few works from friends reportedly from the Summer 2019 Wonder Festival. Apparently he had inspired some other folks to give their own takes on Fujii's work.

#WF2023S への道


前回の仲魔達1/3


4年前のワンフェス2019夏にて

懐かしい写真が発掘できたので紹介


新作・再販含め

僕以外に3ディーラーも

デビチルガレキがありました


ハイブリッドエネミー様より

『アゼル』

真・女神転生デビルチルドレン(コミック版)


#デビチル

#コミックボンボン

A full body photo of Hybrid Enemy's Azel figure taken in front of it.

A photo of Hybrid Enemy's Azel figure taken from the top.

A closeup photo of Hybrid Enemy's Azel figure.

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Source: DANDAN

The final boss man Manga Azel glowers over all challengers from Hybrid Enemy.

#WF2023S への道


前回の仲魔達2/3

4年前のワンフェス2019夏にて


懐かしい写真が発掘できたので紹介


新作・再販含め

僕以外に3ディーラーも

デビチルガレキがありました


Model2-様より

『フェンリル』

真・女神転生デビルチルドレン(コミック版)


#デビチル

#コミックボンボン

Closeup of Model2-'s Fenrir.

Photo of Model2-'s Fenrir taken from the front.

Photo of Model2-'s Fenrir zoomed out to capture the placard with the artist's info and the smoke around the figure.

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Source: DANDAN

Manga Fenrir shows up with rippling muscles and the embers of war thanks to Model2-.

#WF2023S への道


前回の仲魔達3/3


4年前のワンフェス2019夏にて

懐かしい写真が発掘できたので紹介


新作・再販含め

僕以外に3ディーラーも

デビチルガレキがありました


13等星様より

『高城 ゼット』

真・女神転生デビルチルドレン(コミック版)


#デビチル

#コミックボンボン

Full body photo of 13 Tousei's Takajou Zett.

Photo of 13 Tousei's Takajou Zett zoomed out to capture the placard with the artist's info in front.

Closeup photo of 13 Tousei's Takajou Zett.

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Source: DANDAN

Manga Takajou Zett shows up as his smarmy, sassy self from 13 Tousei.

A Livedoor blog has some additional photos of these two. Curiously, this blog indicates that the photos were taken from the Winter 2019 Wonder Festival, rather than the Summer Festival. It's possible that all three returned for an encore.


The Twentieth Anniversary of the Devil Children Manga

Hideaki Fujii, with the assistance of his mentor Tamori is Taru and Kenshiro Sakamoto, started making appearances at Japan Comic Art Expo events such as the Brave and Bold live drawing event to sign works and raffle off sketches. This leads to a solo exhibition of his career at the Momomogura Gallery in Osaka.

本日から「藤異秀明画業20周年記念展 流浪異譚」開催です。

~29日までやっていますので都合の良い時にでも是非足を運んでもらえたら有難いです。

(入場無料) https://momomogura.com #すごいけど狭い

Banner art for the exhibition showcasing Bowie and Setsuna.

A row of pages from various manga that Hideaki Fujii worked on displayed on two walls of a gallery.

A closeup of the gallery wall focusing on pages from the first volume of the re:BOMBOM reprint of the Devil Children manga.

A closeup of the gallery wall focusing on pages from Hideaki Fujii's other works.

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Source: Hideaki Fujii

This gallery was held starting from November 6, 2020 through the 29th. The gallery shows off several pages from the Devil Children manga and other works like UMA WARS prior to lettering and print.

素敵な(一部を除く)グッズも販売中!

A rack of t-shirts for Devil Children and UMA WARS.

A shelf of prints, posters, pins, mugs, t-shirts, and volumes of Hideaki Fujii's latest manga.

A closeup of a shelf with copies of Hideaki Fujii's Bomber Girl.

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Source: Hideaki Fujii

A number of goods are for sale, including t-shirts, pins, mugs, and prints.

猛者達からお花も頂きました!いつもありがとうございます!

An elaborate bouquet featuring three of Hideaki Fujii's heroines at the center.

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Source: Hideaki Fujii

The last photo of the event setting shared by Fujii is a bouquet of flowers showing off SD art of a few of his heroines, including Mirai. This gift was organized by fans.

Now, this was far from the only celebration of the occasion. Several fans organized their own online events to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Devil Children, the manga, and its extended works.

One that Hideaki Fujii himself ended up contributing directly to was the Devil Children "Trading Card Game Complement", particularly in past years.


Vine Center Devil Children Trading Card Game Complement Collection

The presence of the unofficial Devil Children Trading Card Game tournament was kept as a secret for most of its lifetime. The only hint at its existence came from the webmaster of the now-defunct Devil Children fan site "Kamikari", who himself goes under the pseudonym of Kakari.

デビチルクロスオーバー【メフィスト】

知らない人が殆どの『藤異秀明先生書き下ろし』カード。

知らないのはそのはず、Dチルカードゲームが終了した後に開催された非公認大会で手に入れれる、正に幻のカード。まぁ、持ってる人は持ってる(笑)

A partially blacked out Mephisto card for the Devil Children trading card game with new art from Hideaki Fujii.

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Source: Kakari

Kakari shows off a Hideaki Fujii illustrated Mephisto card from 2017, slyly remarking about the presence of the unofficial tournament.

It wasn't until 2019 that one of the event's managers decided to come forward about the tournament's presence on Twitter.

2019/4/30 大阪某所にてデビルチルドレンTCG大会を開催します。

ただいま準備中。

続報をお待ちください。


#デビルチルドレン

#デビチル

#Dチルドレン

An assortment of packs of cards from the Devil Children Trading Card Game.

A number of fan made Devil Children Trading Card Game cards, including characters that are clearly not of this franchise.

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Source: DAC

DAC announced the beginning of a competition around the Devil Children trading card game in Osaka, showing a set of new fan made promotional cards designed by KON.

Several of these early cards lean on literal crossover works, like Yukiko from Persona 4, Nana from Elfen Lied, and Sanrio works. These crossover cards do not persist in the events showcased from now on.

真・女神転生デビルチルドレンTCG大会の開催決定しました!

4/30(火)10:00〜入場無料


1日デビチル三昧っ。

多彩な大会開催します。

展示もありTCGをしない方でも楽しめます♩


ゲートOPEN 魔界へGO!!!


皆様のご参加をお待ちしております。


#デビチル

#デビルチルドレン

#真女神転生

#真・女神転生

A poster announcing the April 2019 event besides a Setsuna missing an arm, with images of fan-made cards right behind him.

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Source: DAC

The date of the first publicly-announced event is April 30, 2019.

平成最後のデビチル大会終了致しました!

オリジナルの優勝盾を頂きましたが、凄い出来映えで驚きました!!

今回は、余り貢献出来なかったなぁ…と反省。

大会を無茶苦茶楽しんでしまいました😅

#デビチル

#デビルチルドレン

A placard featuring a new Elegy card with Hideaki Fujii's creator credit visible.

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Source: Kakari

Perhaps fittingly, the grand prize is a new Elegy card with art from Hideaki Fujii. Kakari wins this one. The pose is very similar to a detail that Fujii noticed in DANDAN's Elegy figure from years back.

For the following event done in December of 2019, the final three promotional cards were illustrated by KON, and featured Takajou, Berserk Elegy, and Reincarnated Goddess Lena. This starts a trend in subsequent events, where the promotional cards remain exclusively within the "canon" of Devil Children from the early Game Boy Color games to the later Game Boy Advance games and their derivative works.

From here on, official tournament announcements are made on the Vine Center Osaka Twitter account, a spinoff of the old Vine Center Osaka home page that KON and DAC ran through the 2000s.

先日のサイン会にて。


嫁様がイラストを依頼し10数年。

時を経て、藤異先生に直接お渡しする事が出来たカード。


「デビルチルドレンの好き」を続ける事が出来た原動力のひとつです。


#デビルチルドレン

#デビチル

Three fan-made Devil Children Trading Card Game cards with Hideaki Fujii's art of Nacht Kobold, Mephisto and Elegy on them.

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Source: DAC

For Hideaki Fujii's gallery and signing event, DAC showed off the three cards that Fujii had made for the event as gifts to the creator. Two of these were highlighted by the Vine Center Osaka Twitter.

#真・女神転生デビルチルドレン TCG

デビチルクロスオーバーシリーズ

【カード紹介】


KONの不躾な依頼に快諾頂き、預からせて頂いた家宝。


イラストレーションは藤異秀明先生。


#デビチル

#オリカ

#クロスオーバー

Fan made trading card for Nacht Kobold featuring Hideaki Fujii's art.

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Source: Vine Center Osaka

The Nacht Kobold card highlights one of the underrated heroes in the manga, always staying by Mirai's side.

#真・女神転生デビルチルドレン TCG

デビチルクロスオーバーシリーズ

【カード紹介】


一閃!

斬れぬもモノ無!


家宝というか国宝な1枚です。


イラストレーションは藤異秀明先生。


#デビチル

#オリカ

#クロスオーバー

Fan made trading card for Mephisto featuring Hideaki Fujii's art.

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Source: Vine Center Osaka

Mephisto's card highlights his unstoppable presence. He was better known in the Light and Dark manga than in the games or anime.

Further contributions from fans were encouraged for the 20th anniversary event.

本日の #真・女神転生デビルチルドレン 20周年記念大会は中止となりました。


素晴らしいイラストレータ様方のカードは完成しております。


カードは次回大会にて頒布予定としております。

次回開催日は年内開催を検討しております。続報お待ちください。


コンゴトモヨロシク…お願い申し上げます!

The set of fan made trading cards made for the 20th anniversary tournament event.

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Source: Vine Center Osaka

Unfortunately, the 20th anniversary tournament was cancelled on account of COVID-19, with the promise that the fan-made cards cards will be distributed in the next tournament.

真・女神転生デビルチルドレン TCG大会は2022年9月に開催させて頂きます。


詳細発表はしばらくお待ちください。


【プロモーションカードについて】

前回配布された使用不可だったノルン三姉妹含む4カードの使用解禁をさせて頂きます。


次回開催では使用禁止のプロモーションカードはありません。

A guide showing all of the fan made trading cards that were originally made for the 20th anniversary tournament event.

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Source: DAC

This tournament was rescheduled for September 2022. It is assumed that further events were coordinated on a Discord channel.

公式と勘違いされたのが

とても嬉しくこだわった

甲斐があります


同人誌作成にあたり

カードを美しく撮影する方法や

冊子としておさまりが良く

情報としてまとまりが良く

構成・デザイン・製版まで

こだわり過ぎた作品です


正直

赤字ですでが

世に出せたことに大満足


デビチル好きに

おススメです!

An image describing all the features and the contents of DANDAN's Devil Children Trading Card Game guide book.

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Source: DANDAN

DANDAN's biggest contribution to the trading card game comes in the form of an extremely thorough index of all of the Devil Children trading card game cards, bundled with a small 20th anniversary omake sketch of the three main heroes. A work that ultimately finds him losing money, despite the high quality of the book itself.

Despite his loss, DANDAN soon considers giving figure making another try, with an extremely ambitious project.


Summer 2023 Wonder Festival

WF2023S への道


展示&販売開始しました!


幕張メッセ 2023年7月30日(日)開催

世界最大級の造形・フィギュアの祭典

ワンダーフェスティバル2023夏

卓番7-23-08


真・女神転生

デビルチルドレン漫画版


刹那

未来

エレジー

ゼット


完成品、キット品を販売します!


本日はよろしくお願いいたします!

DANDAN's Wonder Festival 2023 stand from an angle.

DANDAN's Wonder Festival 2023 stand from the front.

DANDAN's Wonder Festival 2023 stand up close.

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Source: DANDAN

DANDAN's fourth Wonder Festival kit is a collection of four magnetically assembled mini figures of the Devil Children manga protagonists. Some of these come pre-painted for convenience.

デビルチルドレンの4人が

幕張メッセに集結!


この展示ができただけでも

大満足です!


会場に来られる方は

ぜひぜひ見に来てください!

A close up of the Setsuna figure on its display stand.

A close up of the Mirai figure on its display stand.

A close up of the Elegy figure on its display stand.

A close up of the Takajou figure on its display stand.

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Source: DANDAN

Careful attention was paid to exhibiting the figures in proper lighting. DANDAN is very proud of this stage.

#WF2023S の振り返り


皆様

本日はありがとうございました!


約半年間

ワンダーフェスティバル にて

真・女神転生

デビルチルドレンから

刹那

未来

エレジー

高城ゼット

のフィギュアを並べることを

目標に突き進み

ガレージキットだけではなく

塗装済みの完成品も

販売することができました!


感謝

An angled picture showing the boxes for the kits in front of the displays for DANDAN's figures with instructions presented in front.

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Source: DANDAN

Each figure is surrounded by even lighting from above and below on all sides, with the box and instructions for the kit presented directly in front. Honestly it's an impressive sales tactic.

20年以上の刻を越えて…ついにッ!デビチルのッ!刹那のッ!漫画版のッッ!フィギュアが出るぞ‼‼‼ワンフェス当日7/30はDANDAN(@dan2_2000)さんのブースへGO!感動を分かち合おうぜ!


#WF2023S

A new illustration of Setsuna in the same pose as DANDAN's latest figure, with a more solemn expression.

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Source: Hideaki Fujii

Hideaki Fujii gives a very public endorsement of the kit through a new Setsuna sketch, in the same pose as his figure.

自分がお仕事で携わらせていただいた作品の立体物コーナーも賑やかになってきた。

A massive shelf of toys and acrylic charms based on Hideaki Fujii's past works, including DANDAN's Elegy from 2014.

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Source: Hideaki Fujii

Fujii further shows off his shelf of "three dimensional" works based on his manga. DANDAN's 2014 Elegy is prominently displayed towering over most of them, next to a cartoonish Maximum the Hormone doing crossed devil horns.

【最新情報】

2024年2月11日(日)

ワンダーフェスティバル2024冬

出展者リストが公開

https://wonfes.jp/specialsite/pdf/WF2024_winter_list.pdf

ブース番号は会場図と合わせて1月発表


新作は2体

お持ちのジャックフロストと

並べるとこんな感じ


刹那

未来

エレジー

高城ゼット

の再販も予定


#WF2024W

#ペルソナ

#女神転生

#デビチル

A gachapon Jack Frost standing next to unpainted figures of Waka Maeda's Strawberry Frost and Petit Frost.

DANDAN's name circled in an assumed list of exhibitors for the winter Wonder Festival 2024.

DANDAN's summer Wonder Festival 2023 figures posing next to a Devil Children trading card.

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Source: DANDAN

Meanwhile, DANDAN is still going! For the Winter 2024 Wonder Festival, he plans to introduce two figures. Both are based on Devil Children Jack Frost variants from the works of Waka Maeda, in tribute to the 2023 gachapon Jack Frost toys made for Shin Megami Tensei's 31st anniversary.


Afterword

I want to make this very clear, as an observer of Hideaki Fujii's efforts to support his fans, and the interactions we see in public. Hideaki Fujii loves his fans.

In an industry where creators tend to maintain distance from the folks who love their work, or just outright maintain a passive relationship where they don't make many public appearances at all, it's really quite remarkable to see an artist and a creator who appreciates the care that folks put in to enjoying his work.

Now, I'll admit that I don't enjoy most of Hideaki Fujii's back catalog, besides the Devil Children manga. That's a matter of personal taste and boundaries. I don't know that I count as a Hideaki Fujii fan myself.

What compelled me to commit all these interactions to writing was seeing someone that cared about his small but devoted fan base in a way that more successful creators outright do not.

Thank you, Hideaki Fujii, for elevating the works and lives of others when the opportunity presents itself. I wish there were more people like you.