Thursday, February 10th, 2022 

SNK Shares The King of Fighters 15 Illustrations by Masami Obari, Kyoutarou Azuma, and Yuma Saji

  

As the final countdown to the release of The King of Fighters XV continues, SNK has shared several new illustrations by famed artists from the manga & anime world, as well as SNK's own. These include manga illustrator Kyoutarou Azuma, as well as the animator of the recently released KOF XV anime short, Masami Obari. Azuma's illustration is a single character art of Ash Crimson in his KOF XV attire. Meanwhile, SNK artist Yumi Saji and Masami Obari both ended up illustrating the main protagonists of KOF XV, Isla and Shun'ei. Obari also illustrated Kyo Kusanagi and Dolores in his iconic art style. Without further ado, leisurely scroll down to enjoy some fresh SNK artwork in full quality!

 
By Kyoutarou Azuma


 
By Masami Obari
 


 
By Yumi Saji
 


 
By Tomohiro Nakata
 

 
The above illustration by KOF XV Lead Artist Tomohiro Nakata, appeared on the cover of the Feb. 3rd issue of Weekly Famitsu magazine — as previously reported.

At the time of writing this article, the release of The King of Fighters XV is less than 6 days away. SNK likely has more artwork to share during the countdown, so check back soon for more! KOF XV releases February 17th, 2022 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Steam, and Windows 10.
~TFG Webmaster, Frank Joseph | @Fighters_Gen

 

 Source:  @SNKPOfficial           

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