Fuzichoco – Sai Gen Kyo (Genkosha, 2020) – My Comment
Fuzichoko’s (or rather Fuji Choko’s) artbook contains works heavily inspired by traditional Japanese costumes, folklore and general themes. The whole thing is heavily saturated with colors, which is the artist’s trademark. You can check out her works on her profile Pixiv.
The publication contains 192 pages. It consists almost exclusively of illustrations printed on very good quality chalkboard paper. It features fold-out pages with, among others, characters from Fate/Grand Order, Touhou Project or Vocaloids, Onmyoji and Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou! The drawings themselves are incredibly detailed. There’s a lot of detail not only on the characters themselves. Also on the backgrounds depicting traditional Japanese mansions, temples, folk characters, but also a fantasy world, or a combination of all the elements. I can say with a clear conscience that the author put all her heart into each illustration. For most of them, it’s not enough to just glance at them. You have to spend a good few moments to see how perfectly the foreground fits with what appears on the backgrounds.
I’ve been following Fuji Choko on Pixiv for quite some time now. So I decided to purchase this artbook because I love her style. I absolutely do not regret the purchase. In fact, each illustration has something mesmerizing about it, making it impossible to take your eyes off of it. The quality of the printing and edition only enhances this effect. I recommend it to basically everyone, even if you haven’t heard of this illustrator.
Fuzichoco – Sai Gen Kyo (Genkosha, 2020) – Show off
Before showing the dozen or so photos of the artbook’s contents, a quick glance at the outside page rolled into a high quality wrapper with an additional obi on it.
And this is how the artbook looks like without the wrapper:
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