Tyler Edlin's "Desert Sketch" and "Dark and Day: Al Jebra"

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Brass & Steam Productions' "Pirate Lovers"

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Commissioned by Brass & Steam Productions from Alex Boca.

Yasuhiro Imagawa's "Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still"

Giant Robo assists
the warriors of Mount Liang

This retro-futuristic anime, inspired by Mitsuteru Yokoyama's manga of the same title, is set largely in a 2039 China that is simultaneously medieval, modern, and futuristic, where dirigibles, skyscrapers and trains co-exist with Taoist sorcerers and warriors on horseback.

A Japanese child Daisaku Kusama, recruited into the International Police Organization for his unique ability to command a powerful robot, goes to China to support the Beijing/Peking branch of the IPO. There he meets a colorful team of colleagues, many of them based on well-known characters from the Chinese classical novels Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin (aka Outlaws of the Marsh).

James Ng's Chinese steampunk

The award-winning 'Night Patrol'.

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The award-winning 'Imperial Airship'.

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Check out more of the series on James Ng's web site.

One reason that this blog hasn't featured many East Asian characters yet is because East Asians aren't exactly under-represented in fantasy art, IMHO.