I can vouch for this. I also sometimes go book hunting at Jimbocho, though the shops there tend to be a bit more eclectic but there's a huge mix. Love the area.
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Artbooks & Gaming books |OT| A new era, a new shelf
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I can vouch for this. I also sometimes go book hunting at Jimbocho, though the shops there tend to be a bit more eclectic but there's a huge mix. Love the area.
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I just looked this up cause I forgot about it and god damn congrats.Half Life 2 is the best game I've ever played and being a huge fan, loving this artbook. Among the best artbooks I've. Great content, concept art and commentary.
Can I ask, how much did shipping the Encyclopedia cost you? I'd love to get it but the SE store has this prohibitively expensive shipping fee, something like $30 (!) to get it to my forwarding agent, and seemingly tied specifically to this book for some reason. That insane shipping price is what's been stopping me from getting it.
I'm sorry to say that shipping cost me $0 because I got a friend to buy two copies of it from the Japan S-E eStore, and pass it to another friend who was visiting Japan so he could bring it back since he wanted one too. Can't help you there. Shipping it from CDJapan or shipping it from the S-E Store in the US to US (where I have a forwarder) all looked like terrible options. :(
Yup and a gold mine for HL2 fans. And now that you have mentioned it, checked its price, guess I was lucky. Havnt paid that much for this.
Thanks :)
Can anyone tell me from where I can buy the latest issue of Game Informer? On their website, seeing links for yearly subscriptions only and checked local Walmart, Walgreens, Lucky superstores etc without any luck.
Damn, thanks anyway. I guess my only option is still to wait it out and see if the pricing changes, unless an opportunity like yours shows up for me.
I think you posted in the wrong thread but Game Informer is sold exclusively at Gamestop.
Posted here as its gaming book? Sorry, if its the wrong thread, and thanks for the input, will check at Gamestop.
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My loot after 2 weeks in Japan :
Gaming books :
- MGS2 guide lol it was dirt cheap and the cover is silver dope. I usually dont buy guide but its MGS2 so wth not lol
- Dragon's Crown Artbook ! It's a horizontal book like FFXV.
- Dark Souls 3 with DLC apparently, havent opened it yet.
- Persona 4 arena and ultimax artbook
- Santa Lilio Sangre, artworks by Ayami Kojima. Not a proper gaming artbook but the illustrator is most know to me for his work on Castlevania
- Same for Yasushi Suzuki's Twilight, who worked for anime and stuff but I know mainly his art through games.
Anime shit :
- The FLCL Archives. I now own all FLCL artbooks that I know off. 10 years in the making.
- Takayama Toshiyaki. It's been on the recommendations lists on amazon for a while. I dig the guy's art very much, found the book for cheap, can't wait to dig in.
- Yoh Yoshinari Illustrations because of fucking course
- Art of Tadashi Hiramatsu because of fucking course too.
I had planned to also buy Sadamoto's Carmine but it only comes in a huge cardbox with cds, poster and stuff... I couldn't really bother with all that and only wanted the book (the book itself has an incredible shiny red cover wow) so I walk out on it... Maybe next time :)
Gaming books :
- MGS2 guide lol it was dirt cheap and the cover is silver dope. I usually dont buy guide but its MGS2 so wth not lol
- Dragon's Crown Artbook ! It's a horizontal book like FFXV.
- Dark Souls 3 with DLC apparently, havent opened it yet.
- Persona 4 arena and ultimax artbook
- Santa Lilio Sangre, artworks by Ayami Kojima. Not a proper gaming artbook but the illustrator is most know to me for his work on Castlevania
- Same for Yasushi Suzuki's Twilight, who worked for anime and stuff but I know mainly his art through games.
Anime shit :
- The FLCL Archives. I now own all FLCL artbooks that I know off. 10 years in the making.
- Takayama Toshiyaki. It's been on the recommendations lists on amazon for a while. I dig the guy's art very much, found the book for cheap, can't wait to dig in.
- Yoh Yoshinari Illustrations because of fucking course
- Art of Tadashi Hiramatsu because of fucking course too.
I had planned to also buy Sadamoto's Carmine but it only comes in a huge cardbox with cds, poster and stuff... I couldn't really bother with all that and only wanted the book (the book itself has an incredible shiny red cover wow) so I walk out on it... Maybe next time :)
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I didn't know there was and artbook for ultimax, I've been thinking about getting Udon's P4A book since I've seen it cheap, but should I just import the Ulimax book instead?
Also I'll always be upset at myself for not getting that same Yasushi Suzuki artbook when I saw it for cheap.
Also I'll always be upset at myself for not getting that same Yasushi Suzuki artbook when I saw it for cheap.
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There is 3 Persona 4 Arena artbooks :
- P4 Arena
- P4 Ultimax (for the sequel)
- P4 Arena & Ultimax (covering both games with bonus pages)
As far as I know, the last one is exclusive to japan. If you want to dig in the dev commentary, look for the first two released in english.
As for Yasushi Suzuki, the one I found is his new one from this year. His older one from 2007 is much harder to find.
I didn't know about the second one, I can't find it anywhere either, but I guess I'll import the 3rd one thanks!
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Another God tier book incoming. Bitmap books doing an amazing job
That sounds awesome.
One of these days I gotta post my Christmas haul- I made off like a bandit!
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Looks like the Persona 4 Official Design Works is about to be restocked on Amazon U.S on the 13th for $35.99. Not sure how long its been out of stock for, but I know I had one order cancelled for it a few months ago, and have had this current one placed for like 2-3 weeks.
Glad I waited as I was nearly going to order a used Japanese one for about $25. Now hoping they restock the Persona 3 book in English
Glad I waited as I was nearly going to order a used Japanese one for about $25. Now hoping they restock the Persona 3 book in English
Another place I found the Persona 4 art book is here
https://www.bookdepository.com/Pers...778457?ref=grid-view&qid=1515595138893&sr=1-3
It took a couple of weeks like it says in the description but it has free delivery at least.
I got the persona 3 one on amazon uk before Christmas but they don't seem to have it in stock anymore
They started shipping the SNES Kickstarter books, I'll have mine hopefully by next Monday. I think I ordered the NeoGeo book on their website.
FYI: If anyone else missed out on The Art of the Evil Within there are a couple copies of the Japanese equivalent left at YesAsia for $54 USD shipped. Most other imports sites are either sold out or have a much higher price (though still cheaper than what the localised book is going for).
https://www.yesasia.com/us/the-art-of-psycho-break-the-evil-within/1038220364-0-0-0-en/info.html
Resident Evie confirmed it's the same content but with the text obviously in Japanese. Though I believe it's a softcover compared to the hardcover we got here.
https://www.yesasia.com/us/the-art-of-psycho-break-the-evil-within/1038220364-0-0-0-en/info.html
Resident Evie confirmed it's the same content but with the text obviously in Japanese. Though I believe it's a softcover compared to the hardcover we got here.
Of course about an hour or two after my Persona 4 artbook ships Amazon drops the price by like $5. Time to unsuccessfully try to ask for a price match
Yup denied.....my order literally shipped less than 2 hours ago and I'm not even sure how long the new price was active (Since I was on campus all day). Feels good man.
Yup denied.....my order literally shipped less than 2 hours ago and I'm not even sure how long the new price was active (Since I was on campus all day). Feels good man.
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Yeah, they've only just started shipping recently, received mine yesterday.
I believe Sam said the SNES book won't be available through Amazon, only through Bitmap books.
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It's here !
It's finally here ! Thanks for the reprint Udon ! It's finally there !
Look at all the Soejima family :
(also, there is a lot of text and these P4 Arena / Ultimax book, I have to get it in english now to really enjoy it)
Bonus :
Love how consistant Udon made the spines of P3's and P4's
It's finally here ! Thanks for the reprint Udon ! It's finally there !
Look at all the Soejima family :
(also, there is a lot of text and these P4 Arena / Ultimax book, I have to get it in english now to really enjoy it)
Bonus :
Love how consistant Udon made the spines of P3's and P4's
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Persona 5 by Prima in english is missing a few non essential pages from the original japanese but we have 0 news about anything else coming in the near future so bite now if you want it.
Now I need to bite on the Persona 3 and the Soejima Art Works book before they shoot up in price
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or sold out. I wont make that mistake again. These reprints are too rare. Jump in as soon as possible !
Ah, I have found my people! Let me show you my pokemans (Apologies for the shitty picture quality)-
We've got Horizon, FE: Fates, Xenoblade Monado Archives & Xenoblade 2, Mega Man & X Complete Works, SMT IV & SMT IV Final, Phantasy Star, Harvest Moon, Ace Attorney trilogy & AA Dual Destinies. (The Kid Icarus one isn't an art book per se, just a collection of the 400-odd AR cards that I'm really proud of :P)
Been really eyeing the MtG books on Amazon lately... this is starting to become an unhealthy obsession.
We've got Horizon, FE: Fates, Xenoblade Monado Archives & Xenoblade 2, Mega Man & X Complete Works, SMT IV & SMT IV Final, Phantasy Star, Harvest Moon, Ace Attorney trilogy & AA Dual Destinies. (The Kid Icarus one isn't an art book per se, just a collection of the 400-odd AR cards that I'm really proud of :P)
Been really eyeing the MtG books on Amazon lately... this is starting to become an unhealthy obsession.
Not gaming artbook. But the Art of Satoshi Kon is sold out on Amazon. Been eyeing the book for a while now, sadly never pulled the trigger.
It was because somehow Amazon was selling the book for 15€ or so and that actually pissed of a lot of KS backers....
My copy arrived:
Are there notable differences between the JP and English Persona 5 books?
Picked up the JP one before the English one came out, but unsure if it's worth it to double dipp...
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English version has fewer pages : its missing some lesser important pages like iconography but its worth it for the commentary.
If you can read Japanese then the jp is the ultimate thing you can get. If not then dont sweat it on the few missing pages, buy the english one to enjoy the commentary.
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I hadn't realised this was a thing until now, but pre-orders are up for a book that's seemingly penned by Naughty Dog's founders, Jason Rubin and Andy Gavin:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1506706495/?tag=e100-21
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1506706495/?tag=e100-21
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So I bought Yasushi Suzuki's Twilight :
I dont know much about his (her ?) work beside famous illustrations work for Sin & Punishment RPGs and the mecha illustrations of Ikaruga and Zone of the Enders but this book blew my mind. The art is sublime. All the characters are gorgeous. I mean it, they all have these great design, deep gaze, colors and composition is always top notch... I know nothing about 90% of the characters in there but damn everything look so swell and brillant. The illustrations are oozing with atmosphere and there are no two alike... every page feels like something totally new, the art, colors, drawing, painting everything is very inspirational.
If you are not allergic to japanese artstyle, check this out, the quality and variety of art displayed in there is mind blowing
https://halcyonrealms.com/books/twilight-yasushi-suzuki-art-works-book-review/
I dont know much about his (her ?) work beside famous illustrations work for Sin & Punishment RPGs and the mecha illustrations of Ikaruga and Zone of the Enders but this book blew my mind. The art is sublime. All the characters are gorgeous. I mean it, they all have these great design, deep gaze, colors and composition is always top notch... I know nothing about 90% of the characters in there but damn everything look so swell and brillant. The illustrations are oozing with atmosphere and there are no two alike... every page feels like something totally new, the art, colors, drawing, painting everything is very inspirational.
If you are not allergic to japanese artstyle, check this out, the quality and variety of art displayed in there is mind blowing
https://halcyonrealms.com/books/twilight-yasushi-suzuki-art-works-book-review/
