Following is great news for the fans of the art style:

http://us.bladeandsoul.com/en/news/concerning_content.php

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This is an exciting time for us as we can now use our official website, Twitter feed, and Facebook page to share information and provide status updates on the development of Blade & Soul^® for Western audiences. We will use these platforms as a way to not only distribute official assets and information, but to directly address community concerns. With that in mind, we wanted to take a moment to shed some light on rumors that NCsoft West is censoring the content of Blade & Soul.

As you know, Blade & Soul features a rich, beautiful world inspired by the artistic style of Hyung-Tae Kim, an internationally renowned artist we consider ourselves fortunate to be working with. Hyung-Tae Kim brings with him a very recognizable and risqué anime style that, combined with the game's deep storyline and modern martial arts style combat, delivers a game experience like no other. Due to ESRB guidelines, however, our marketing material must abide by a different set of considerations than the final product. This is why Blade & Soul's rating is listed as "pending." It is NCsoft West's intention to accurately depict the game in its original, unaltered form, with only minor adjustments for gameplay considerations. In short: We are not planning to censor or alter the actual in-game content you have come to expect from an artist such as Hyung-Tae Kim and a studio such as Team Bloodlust. Rest assured that we love Blade & Soul as much as you do, and any modifications to the marketing material are not indicative of our plans for the final content. We appreciate your concern, and we hope that we've helped set your minds at ease. We're very excited about bringing Blade & Soul to Western audiences, and we intend to do our best to deliver the game you want to play. -- Blade & Soul Team, NCsoft West

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For those who haven't watched this game:

This topic rose from the trailer that was released on the day of the western release's announcement.

In the trailer @  1:13

http://static.ncsoft.com/media/bladeandsoul/video/2c837b2b6bd046d3a3dc2dc665ad2ab4.ogg

You can notice the wierd swimsuit on a bikini armor model and this alerted the fans.

*DROOLS*

good news for me.. the asian artystyle is generally my favorite as an avid anime fan.. TERA was a huge letdown to me but the story approach and being able to do things like grapple and throws and such in this games combat looks like a lot of fun.

that's clearly different from tera's 9yo hookers.

Really looking foward to this game.

and with some luck it will be we won't have to deal with childrens there, its a win win for me, too bad its actual age not mental age.... but its something :p

oh i cant wait!

Art styles are really different between male/female/environment. Kind of odd.

This is very good news. 

Bewbs?

 

 Went to youtube to check out for myself  Awnser: Yes Lots  lol

 

Are there male avatars in the game  lol

Originally posted by apocoluster
Bewbs?

A lot of of bewbs.

well there is actually nothing to censor in this game. it's not like chars running around full naked..

if they dont STFU with that whining ovr female armor models,,,, I will ,,, I will,,, I will, look at those armor models harder!!

 

why western culture so against females looking feminine?

been waiting years for this @@

cant wait for blade and soul please release it soon xD

I love the art style of Hyung tae kim <3

Good they are not censoring it and keeping the true vision and respecting the great art work of Hyung tae kim!