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Hiro is an artist you can't pass by indifferently. His drawings have something mesmerizing about them and catch your eye, even when you look at them knowing them perfectly well. When I first saw some manga panels from Akebi-chan no Sailor Fuku a few years ago, I immediately purchased all four volumes that were available at the time.
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Xenoblade 2 is still my favorite game of all time. You can find my review of the original Japanese collector's version here, and there I describe in more detail why and take a closer look at how the Western version differs from the original - in every possible aspect. Although the artbook included with the collector's version is really decently made and shows quite a lot, I couldn't get past the publication that is the subject of this review.
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Another part of the excellent artbook series. A collection of carefully selected title illustrations by one hundred (very well-known and respected) artists. The fourth edition in the series, is again published in B5 format.
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Urushihara Satoshi is a mangaka and illustrator known for his distinctive style and fondness for highlighting female breasts. His works were the basis for such anime as Plastic Little and Legend of Lemnear. He has also worked on character design for games such as Langrisser and Growlanser.
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The artbook features illustrations by Tomose Shunsaku, the artist responsible for the drawings for the light novel by Kinugasa Shogo titled Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e, telling the story of a group of students at an elite, private high school. The illustrations thematically include primarily characters from this novel, while further down the page are his original works and characters from other titles.
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The artbook titled arietta by Momoco features artwork depicting female characters from series, projects, and games such as Akugyaku Kishidan: Sono Elf, Kyoubou ni Tsuki, Bullet Girls Phantasia, Fate/Grand Order, Fate/Stay Night, Kanpani Girls, Last Embryo, Onsen Musume, Oshiego ni Kyouhakusareru no wa Hanzai desu ka?, Utawarerumono: Lost Flag and original illustrations.
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Shimapan is an artbook that is a compilation of work from several artists who decided to draw original illustrations for 40hara, the originator of this publication's theme. Each page is dedicated to a separate artist and shows a girl in striped underwear.
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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).
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As I already wrote in my review of another artbook by this author - I fell in love with his design as soon as I watched the first season of One Room. Here we have an issue dedicated to another series where he was also responsible for the character designs - Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko.
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Eshi 100 nin – ver.3 is a collection of carefully selected illustrations by 100 artists (very well known and respected), twenty of whom have done their work exclusively for this publication. This is the third edition in the series, yet again in B5 format. The publisher boasts that Brilliant Pallet (ブリリアントパレット) technology was used for printing, allowing for almost complete reproduction of the original colors.
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Yabuki Kentarou - a creator who probably needs no introduction. Best known for his record-breaking manga To LOVEru. This artbook is a collection of his illustrations from the continuation of that series, To LOVEru Darkness.
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Tokyo Storefronts is a collection of illustrations by Mateusz Urbanowicz. He probably doesn't need any introduction (at least in my country, because he's from Poland), but I'll just write briefly that he went to Japan to study the art of drawing. The fruits of his work in the form of backgrounds can be seen in the movie Kimi no Na wa (and to have such a thing in your portfolio is really a feat for a gaijin).
