KOF 20thAnniversary: Art Tribute Collaboration

Beside the 20th Anniversary of the Tekken series in December 2014, there is also the 20th Anniversary of the King of Fighters series.

This series started in August 1994 with the big feature that it combined new characters with the most popular ones from Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting and the protagonists from Ikari Warriors and Psycho Soldiers as well.

New was also the Team-Mode which became a trademark for KOF. Instead of one character, the player got to choose three of them. Like Kyo, Benimaru and Goro Daimon or Terry Bogard, Andy Bogard and Joe Higashi etc.

The King of Fighters series is not so popular anymore but damn....we had a great time playing the games or?


If you see it similar and you would like to participate in an art tribute of the King of Fighters series, comment here. I was unsure about this but after over 10 artists showed their interest after a few uptime hours of this journal it was sure that there is still enough interest in KOF to get a damn nice Art Collaboration done and honor these games with our dedication for it.


Update - 26.05. Over 30 fans are on board! This is pretty awesome and the already chosen teams will display a very wide variation of the many teams in the King of Fighters series.




Idea for this art collaboration are mainly illustrations of the teams instead of single character images. Suggestions are also super welcome of course.

This art collaboration will end on the 1st August, with the goal to publish it on the 25th August, the day KOF'94 was released 20 years ago.


The following Teams and single characters are not claimed by any artist yet:
Anti Art of Fighting Team (Malin, Kasumi,Eiji)
Ash Team (Ash Crimson, Shen Woo, Duo Luon)
Benimaru Team (KOF 2000: Benimaru, Shingo, Seth, Lin)
Hero Team KOF XI (Ash, Oswald, Shen Woo)
Korea Team 2000 (Kim, Chang, Choi, Jhun)
Kyo Clones Team
Kyo & Iori Team KOF XI (Kyo, Iroi and Shingo)
Rivals Team (KOF XI Elizabeth, Benimaru, Duo Lon)
Special Team (KOF 97, Yamazaki, Blue Mary, Billy Kane)
Women Fighters Team '96 (Mai Shiranui, King, Kasumi Todoh)
Women Fighters Team 2001 (King, mai, Hinako, Li Xiangfei)

KOF XI Mid-Bosses: Silber, Adelheid, Jyazu, Sho Hayate, Gai Tendo


Single Characters or Duo's
Soiree and Alba Meira from the KOF Maximum Impact games
Zero & Original Zero
Goenitz & Orochi
Any other Maximum Impact Characters - come up with ideas!

Claimed:
(Every Team can be claimed by up to three artists, every artist can claim up to three teams one after another

Agent Team( KOF XI, members are Vanessa, Ramon and Blue Mary.) by  
Classic Fatal Fury Team (Terry, Andy Joe) by  and by (3D Model Art)  can be claimed by one more artist
Fatal Fury Team KOF XI (Terry, Kim, Duck King) claimed by can be claimed by two more artists
Garou Team KOF XI (Tizoc, B.Jenet and Gato) by  can be claimed by two more artists
Hero Team XIII (Ash, K' , Kyo) by  can be claimed by two more artists
Ikari Warriors with all 5 members (Ralf,Clar,Heidern,Leona,Whip) by  can be claimed by two more artists
Iori Team (Iori Yagami, Mature & Vice) by  and by can be claimed by two more artists
Japan team (Kyo, Benimaru, Goro) claimed by  can be claimed by two more artists
K' Team (K' Maxima, Kula Diamond) claimed by  and by can be claimed by one more artist
K' Team from KOF 2000 (K', Maxima, Whip) by  can be claimed by two more artists
Korea Team (Classic) claimed by  can be claimed by two more artists
Neo Psycho Soldier Team KOF XI (Athena, Kensou, Momoko) by  can be claimed by two more artists
NESTS Team (Kula,Foxy,K' ,Angel) by  can be claimed by two more artists
Old Heroes Team (Takuma, Heidern, Saisyou) claimed by  can be claimed by two more artists
Orochi Team (Yashiro, Shermie, Chris) in their normal designs (No Orochi Powers) by  can be claimed by two more artists
Orochi Team (with Orochi Powers) (Yashiro, Shermie and Chris) by  can be claimed by two more artists
Outlaw Team (KOF'97 Blue Mary, Billy Kane and Ryuji Yamazaki) by  and by can be claimed by one more artist
Psycho Soldier Team 2003 (Athena, Hinako, Malin) by  can be claimed by two more artists
Rival team from KOF '95 (Iori Yagami, Billy Kane & Eiji Kisaragi) by  can be claimed by two more artists
Sacred Force Team (KOF'97 Iori, Kyo and Chizuru) by can be claimed by one more artist
KOF 97- Women Fighters team: Chizuru, Mai & King by   can be claimed by two more artists
Women Fighters Team KOF XIII (Mai, King, Yuri) by   and by  can be claimed by one more artist


Adelheid Bernstein & Sister Rose claimed by
Rugal Bernstein. claimed by
Shingo claimed by
Saiki & Dark Ash claimed by can be claimed by two more artists