

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/diVDX.png)

In Counter-Strike: Global Offensive a new skin was released called the
Akihabara Accept. The description of the skin is:

> Powerful and accurate, the AUG scoped assault rifle compensates for its long
> reload times with low spread and a high rate of fire. It has been decorated
> with a heat transfer vinyl of an **anime magazine cover**.

So I'm curious, does this actually come from a real anime magazine cover? Or
is this just some custom in-house work by Valve? On the girl on the butt end
of the gun the words "Fazik" are labelled on her uniform; perhaps it's part of
the artist or something?

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/01T6o.jpg)

Here's an [imgur album with closeups of the skin in
question](https://imgur.com/a/OFadr).


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Does the AUG | Akihabara Accept come from an anime? If so, which one?


Also, as mentioned by Matt, **it does not look like it comes from any specific
manga or anime** and is just some random Japanese anime character put on there
by Steam, hoping to get some money from otaku fans alike willing to pay huge
amounts of money for just an anime skin.

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Based on [comments on it at
Reddit](http://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensiveTrade/comments/37ftv6/discussion_aug_akihabara_accept_screens/)
and [steam
itself](http://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/730/AUG%20|%20Akihabara%20Accept%20%28Field-
Tested%29). If it was based on something you would expected steam to promote
it as such.


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As mentioned by [Aki Tanaka](https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/2516/aki-
tanaka) it is probably a parody of an anime magazine. Valve is not allowed and
will never use original artwork, covers or other illustrations that have been
produced by somebody else.

The [Steam Workshop](http://steamcommunity.com/app/730/workshop/) is the only
platform where other people can upload their ideas for a skin, but before they
can upload it they have to give Valve all rights for said artwork, confirming
that the skin is their own work.

The _Akihabara Accept_ is not a work from the workshop and therefore has been
made by Valve.

Descriptions like the one you posted:

> It has been decorated with a heat transfer vinyl of an anime magazine cover.

are only to roughly indicate how the skin has been created. It is similar to
the _Kami_ skin which has a manga page painted on it.

> It has been painted using a hydrographic in a Japanese manga pattern.


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