Ginga Densetsu Riki 3rd edition

[Zeki]

Coming out next week is a new edition of GDR, and I think the cover art is horrible.



There is no reason for Gin to be there, but Akakabuto looks absolutely awful! His head is so tiny and his pecs are gigantic. Ah, well. I'm a little surprised it's even getting a 3rd edition. It's not like it's popular, is it?

[Deleted]

Yep, Akakabuto looks... A bit disproportionate. That's definitely the first thing I noticed in the image. Again, the presence of Gin continues the tradition of misleading titles and cover images (think GDA). But at least he looks cute!

Other than this, GDR is a good story that I enjoyed a lot. So I'm happy to see it's getting a new release.

[Ace]

To say something positive about the cover, I do like the background, but yeeeah... Akakabuto looks awkward as hell.

I am a little sad that Yoshi never uses Shiro on any covers. It would have made more sense to have Shiro on the cover rather than Gin.

[Durango]

That cover could've easily had Shiro in Riki's place and Riki in Gin's, but... nnnnnnope, Yoshi is giving us none of that. But I do think that while Gin has no business being there, he is still absolutely adorable! If the characters were changed and Akakabuto made look better, then this would be a really cool cover.

[Ryan]

I like the first edition cover better.The new one looks more like fan art


First and second edition covers for comparison to the new one

[Kit]

I think Riki actually looks worse than Akakabuto, since that bear had weird-ass "tiny head, huge body" proportions, even in GNG. Riki is so retina-searing orange that I can't look directly at him without squinting, and the newer, lazier design of him with the giant head-balls just... Ugh. My complaints about general art style aside, he just looks gross, to me, and Yoshi doesn't even keep his character design consistent.

Gin's expression IS pretty adorable, though, and he doesn't look quite as Weed-like as Yoshi's been making his younger self look, more recently. The mountain background is pretty cool, too. It's really nice to see him getting back into painted backgrounds, after GDW and GDWO's stock photo ones.

As for why it's getting a new edition now, I have no clue. I don't THINK it did too well in Japan, but maybe it did well in Finland? I don't know if abroad sales can effect reprints.

[GingaFreak]

at least Gin looks cute though