Rurudo – Unreal (Ichijinsha, 2021) – My Comment
The publication consists of 128 pages printed on high-quality, thick, A4 size chalky paper. It’s worth mentioning that on the front cover the font used for the title and the author’s inscription is embossed and additionally has a hologram color. You can’t see it on the pictures below but in reality, it gives the impression of a premium product and looks simply great. The colors have been faithfully reproduced and printing area is almost a full A4 page, with about a two-centimeter margin at the top (where the titles of works of art and possible names of characters are placed) and a centimeter margin at the bottom. There are also many full-page prints without margins, where the drawings are presented in their full glory on both pages.
Unreal is divided into four chapters. The first chapter features quite a few original illustrations by rurudo. Including one that was used to create a figurine depicting his character Eve LOVECALL in the exact pose from that illustration (which was scheduled for release last November, but only went on general sale a month ago). The next chapter features artwork that depicts female characters from titles like Azur Lane, Fate/Grand Order, Miyamoto Sakura ga Kawaii dake no Shousetsu no Manga, but also characters used by VTubers. Third chapter was focused on presenting the process of creating illustrations The last one is (as usual) an interview with rurudo.
The cover price is ¥3000. The artbook is currently still on sale (21/03/2022). If anyone is interested, they can easily visit amazon in Japan and get their copy.
Rurudo – Unreal (Ichijinsha, 2021) – Show Off
Before we move to the gallery, where you can see some photos of the artbook’s contents, let me show you how it looks from the outside.
This is how it looks in the wrapper:
And without:
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