Artbooks
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Name: Angel Cage
Artist: Kaori Yuki
Series: Angel Sanctuary
Version: Chinese, American
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Name: Animation Album Smash
Artist: Takeshi Konomi
Series: Prince of Tennis
Version: Chinese
My Comments: Once I saw this, I really wanted it because I was really into Prince of Tennis at the time. About a third of the images are manga images, but most of them are Anime ones including info about each Seigaku regular and game reports.
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Name: Art of Arts
Artist: Capcom
Series: Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles
Version: Japanese
My Comments: I really love this artbook and am glad I got it. It has CG artwork, illustrations, concept work, and staff interviews, a lot of which I had not seen before.
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Name: Art of Guild Wars
Artist: NCSoft
Series: Guild Wars
Version: English
My Comments: I actually won this artbook at a raffle at a LAN party before I started playing the game. Now that I have played it, I appreciate it even more. It has many beautiful concept illustrations, mainly of areas in the game.
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Name: Biohazard 4 Visual Soundtrack
Artist: Capcom
Series: Resident Evil 4
Version: Japanese
My Comments: This is a great deal because it's a 2 disc soundtrack that also comes with an artbook. The artbook has CG artwork from the game, as well as commentary on each song.
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Name: Cinematic Art
Artist: Blizzard
Series: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
Version: English
My Comments: I randomly found this book and decided to get it. It features sketches, progress shots, and some beautiful CG art that were used to make the WotLK movie. It also has a little book at the end about Sindragosa and 2 bonus art pieces.
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Name: Gravitation TV Animation Fan Book
Artist: Maki Murakami
Series: Gravitation
Version: Japanese
My Comments: I wasn't planning on buying this, but I saw someone selling it, so... I bought it! It features Anime versions of the characters, including official artwork, screenshots, and character designs. At the end, it looks like there's a feature on the voice actors.
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Name: Jyunjyo Romantica Illustration Collection
Artist: Shungiku Nakamura
Series: Junjo Romantica
Version: Japanese
My Comments: Yaoi galore! It's filled with beautiful colored images of the 3 couples (romantica, egoist, terroist). There's also a short comic at the end of romantica.
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Name: Okami: Official Complete Works
Artist: Clover Studios
Series: Okami
Version: English
My Comments: After getting addicted to this game, I just had to get the artbook. It has beautiful artwork and concept works of the characters and enemies.
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Name: Resident Evil Archives
Artist: Capcom
Series: Resident Evil
Version: English
My Comments: This is more like a guide than an artbook. It's insane though. It has anything and everything you'd ever want to know about the first 4 Resident Evil games (0-3, Veronica).
My Comments: I love Kaori Yuki's art and would love more of her artbooks. I actually own both the Chinese and American version of this one. Though it's mostly on Angel Sanctuary, there are also art from Count Cain and Neji.