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Series |
Card Captor Sakura |
Item |
Illustrations Collection 2 (Manga) |
My Source |
ebay |
Comments |
Got this artbook and #3 in the series together on ebay for a really good deal. Besides the lovely artwork (which involve a lot of pairings, i.e. Yukito on one page and Yue on the other), there's a really nice pull-out poster of Sakura & Shaoran, and a short but sweet manga story where Sakura helps Shaoran out when he's sick. ^^ |
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Series |
Card Captor Sakura |
Item |
Illustrations Collection 3 (Manga) |
My Source |
ebay |
Comments |
This is called the "Extra" edition, and it includes the artwork used on various furoku/merchandise for the series. So, there's a ton of SD Sakura pics, but one of my favorites is the artwork used on one of the CCS album covers. |
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Series |
Card Captor Sakura |
Item |
Memorial Artbook (Manga) |
My Source |
Present! |
Comments |
This is a really beautiful artbook of CLAMP's work. Most of it features gorgeous drawings of Sakura in her various costumes, but there are a few group pieces, as well as really cute page of SD versions of many of the characters. Really, really, nice. |
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Series |
Hanazakari No Kimitachi E |
Item |
Character Book |
My Source |
Present! :) |
Comments |
Has a section of color artwork as well as black/white excerpts from the manga on the pages about each character, as well as some color pages devoted to the merchandise of the series. I like the art, the only problem is that I'm not really interested in all of the Hana Kimi characters, thus this is a little underappreciated by me. |
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Series |
Kaitou Saint Tail |
Item |
Anime Fan Book |
My Source |
ebay |
Comments |
Finally! It's mine! Buahahaha. Well, first off, the book is a lot smaller and thinner than I expected. However, it's got a great deal of pictures from a number of episodes, along with details and descriptions that I can't read. :) I think the book came out before the end of the show, because it doesn't have shots from the finale arc. It does have a nice section on the seiyuu and the live-action musical. |
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Series |
Kaitou Saint Tail |
Item |
Anime Album |
My Source |
ebay |
Comments |
This book kicks the Fan Book's butt. Gorgeous
anime and manga image galleries, pull-out poster, pages and
pages of information that I can't read--nothing beats this!
In addition, this book has large dimensions (roughly 8 1/2 x
11"), and that makes everything nicer to look at. I forget
what I paid (maybe I just blocked it out of my mind), but I
love this book! The ultimate KST guide. |
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Series |
Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou |
Item |
Character Book |
My Source |
Kinokuniya Bookstore (SF) |
Comments |
Same format as the Hana Kimi book, I love this one much more because I like all of the characters. There's some
really nice art of Arima & Miyazawa which are my favorites, probably in part because they're unfamiliar to me (I typically buy the manga in book form, not as it comes out in Lala, so I miss out on some of the art). A must-have for Kare Kano fans! |
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Series |
Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer |
Item |
Perfect Collection |
My Source |
Kinokuniya Bookstore (LA) |
Comments |
A pretty typical book of art from the anime, with pictures from the episodes, character profiles and sketches, as well as artwork used in merchandise. Some nice pictures of Oujirou, which I appreciated mucho. ^^ |
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Series |
Princess Tutu |
Item |
Character Design Sketch Book |
My Source |
ebay |
Comments |
With the exception of the front and back cover, this book is entirely made up of the black and white sketches of characters and some settings from the production of the show. No color pictures or text, except for notes and labels written on the pages themselves. So only get it if you're an extreme fan of the show. ^^ |
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Series |
Spirited Away |
Item |
The Art of (Miyazaki's) Spirited Away [English] |
My Source |
Present |
Comments |
One of my roommates gave this to me for X-mas, and it's really, really wonderful. The English version has the screenplay in the back as well as an introduction by Hayao Miyazaki and notes/commentary on the sketches by the artists. Really, really great for anyone who's a fan of the movie. |
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Series |
Spirited Away |
Item |
Roman Book |
My Source |
Kinokuniya Bookstore (LA) |
Comments |
I couldn't afford the actual "Art of Spirited Away" book, so I grabbed this one. It's titled "ROMAN ALBUM" on the front...and I'm not sure what it means. It has a great deal of art from the movie, as well as production sketches and photographs of what I assume were the models for the settings in the movie. This is one of my favorite Ghibli movies, right up there with Laputa: Castle in the Sky, so I was happy to get this. The hippo-rat is the cutest thing ever. ;) |
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Series |
Multiple (Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne, Time Stranger Kyoko, Full Moon wo Sagashite) |
Item |
Artwork by Tanemura Arina (Various series) |
My Source |
ebay |
Comments |
This is a Chinese-language artbook (re: bootleg), and it has art from the series listed above. It has much of the art from the official KKJ artbook, but sometimes I think a few of the images didn't transfer too well as the colors and the lighting are off as compared to the original. The paper is a glossier kind than other artbooks I have, but as no artbooks have been released for Time Stranger Kyoko or Full Moon (at least, not yet), this artbook is worth getting just to get the art used in their furoku and color pages in Ribon. All in all, I like it! ^^ |
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