Mel Kishida, known as a talented illustrator whose work provided the original character designs for Heaven's Memo Pad, RDG Red Data Girl, Hanasaku Iroha, and the Atelier game series, and as an internet-famous shameless cosplayer, turned 32 years old today. Tokyo Ghoul:re's less-than-dedicated Ghoul Investigator Saiko Yonebayashi celebrates her birthday on September 4th. In honor of the occasions, manga author Sui Ishida sketched the latter cosplaying as the former for the release of Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland.

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Ishida also recently had a nice sketch in honor of Tokyo's August heatwave 

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.