[tokumaru]

I googled the image and apparently there's a much clearer version of it: http://25.media.tumb...tw9eo1_1280.png

The text on the bottom is quite readable, I just can't identify the 4 kanji by Sonic's leg, but I bet someone more proficient in Japanese will be able to figure them out. Here's what I got:

中村正人（ドリームズ・カム・トゥルー）が
初めてコンピューターゲームソフトの？？？？をしました。
タイトルは“ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ”
どうぞよろしく。

EDIT: Got the first 2 missing kanji: 音楽

This post has been edited by tokumaru: 11 February 2014 - 11:13 PM

[Casshern]

Mercury, on 11 February 2014 - 11:03 PM, said:

Casshern, on 11 February 2014 - 09:03 PM, said:

I started this for fun, but I sorta hit a brick wall with the Japanese text. I know it says "Kawaii yatsu ni wa, toge ga aru"/ "for a cute guy, he has spines." But no matter how I typed that in a translator, it never gives me the exact text that's on the poster. I also have no idea what the text on the bottom say or what the logo is on the down right hand corner. Is there anyone that can help me with this?

As for the logo on the bottom right, it is Dreams Come True's logo for their Wonder 3 concert tour (it possibly says Wonder 3 beneath it in block letters). I can't for the life of me find a picture of it anywhere, though; I may have seen it only a YouTube video of their tour years ago. I thought for sure it was the album cover somewhere, so I'll just have to keep looking.

Overall, though, I think you've lost a lot of the charm of the original by not recreating the chalky look of the lines on Sonic in the background. It's supposed to look like a close up of a drawing, and with those sharp, thin new lines it just looks bad.

Oh it seems that it's the Wonder 3 logo! It shouldn't be too hard to recreate, along with Nakumara's autograph. As for the chalky lines, I'm still not done with it. I was waiting to see what the text said so I can put the final touches on it.

tokumaru, on 11 February 2014 - 11:04 PM, said:

I googled the image and apparently there's a much clearer version of it: http://25.media.tumb...tw9eo1_1280.png

The text on the bottom is quite readable, I just can't identify the 4 kanji by Sonic's leg, but I bet someone more proficient in Japanese will be able to figure them out. Here's what I got:

中村正人（ドリームズ・カム・トゥルー）が
初めてコンピューターゲームソフトの？？？？をしました。
タイトルは“ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ”
どうぞよろしく。

EDIT: Got the first 2 missing kanji: 音楽

Nice dude! It's weird, I google the image myself and this particular version didn't show up. Now I feel like what's the point on restoring the poster

[Mercury]

Casshern, on 11 February 2014 - 11:16 PM, said:

As for the chalky lines, I'm still not done with it. I was waiting to see what the text said so I can put the final touches on it.

Oh I see, well disregard then.

tokumaru, on 11 February 2014 - 11:04 PM, said:

I googled the image and apparently there's a much clearer version of it: http://25.media.tumb...tw9eo1_1280.png

I have never seen that big version before, either, and I've looked multiple times. That's cool.

Casshern, on 11 February 2014 - 11:16 PM, said:

Nice dude! It's weird, I google the image myself and this particular version didn't show up. Now I feel like what's the point on restoring the poster

Well, there's always 4k, right? =P

[ashthedragon]

I've found this today. Is this art known? I've never seen it before

[ICEknight]

It's an edit from the Knuckles in the Japanese Sonic 3 cover, I believe.

[Overlord]

It's also fairly widely used - I believe this was run in StC plus several other UK gaming mags at the time.