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  Street Fighter Artworks 'Ha'
Capcom  

An extensive art collection for any Street Fighter fan, featuring more than 1,500 illustrations! The series celebrates 20 years with this massive book dedicated to artworks from an array of official artists, including contributions from Akiman and Shinki Ryuu.
Release:  Apr 06, 2009
Language:  Japanese
Pages:  320
Format:  A4

  Monster Hunter CG Artworks
Capcom  

This art book celebrates the Monster Hunter series' 5th year anniversary by compiling all CG artworks from the franchise into a single collection. Materials from posters, packaging, and book covers are included in the book, as well as new illustrations and hidden CGs. Characters, monsters, and weapons are categorized too. Games covered in this book are Monster Hunter, Monster Hunter G, Monster Hunter 2, MH Portable, MH Portable 2nd, and MH Portable 2nd G.
Release:  Apr 06, 2009
Language:  Japanese
Pages:  312
Format:  A4

  P4 Official Design Works
Enterbrain  

Hundreds of concepts from the game, including early sketches, completed CG works, character costumes, and full-page illustrations. Artworks are accompanied by comments from artist Shigenori Soejima (Japanese language). All images in our Persona 4 art gallery are featured in this book, plus many more.
Release:  Oct 08, 2008
Language:  Japanese
Pages:  191
Format:  B5

  Valkyrie Profile Lenneth & Silmeria Material Collection
Media Works  

Complete character artworks collection featuring the detailed illustrations of twin artists Kou Yoshinari and You Yoshinari.
Release:  Jun 23, 2008
Language:  Japanese
Pages:  208
Format:  B4

  Ash: Archaic Sealed Heat Setting and Illustration
Soft Bank  

A guide / art book featuring an extensive gallery of highly detailed artworks by Hideo Minaba for characters and settings. Artworks in our ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat gallery originate from this book.
Release:  Jun 07, 2008
Language:  Japanese
Pages:  128
Format:  B5

  Devil May Cry 4: Devil's Material Collection
Capcom  

This book contains every scrap of information and illustration for the heroes and villains of DMC4. There are rough sketches and initial designs for new characters and redesign information for existing ones. In addition to sketches, the book contains high quality CG illustrations to show the end product of the design process. Sketches and info that have been discarded during the design stages are also included in the archive.
Release:  May 16, 2008
Language:  Japanese
Pages:  176
Format:  A4

  R20 Rockman & Rockman X Official Complete Works
Capcom  

A must-have for every Mega Man fan. More than three hundred pages fill this enormous art book, dedicated to the Mega Man and Mega Man X series. Hundreds of original illustrations have been gathered for this extensive collection, including more than forty cover illustrations for various publications, and some works that were previously never used in print.
Release:  Mar 25, 2008
Language:  Japanese
Pages:  336
Format:  A4

  Monster Hunter Illustrations
Capcom  

This collection of artworks from the series of Monster Hunter games features 2 art books (sold together) and is loaded with character and beast concepts. The first book contains 240 pages of full color artworks while the second contains 64 pages of monochrome sketches.
Release:  Mar 25, 2008
Language:  Japanese
Pages:  304
Format:  A4

  Biohazard the Umbrella Chronicles: Art of Arts
Capcom  

An investigation into the concepts that Biohazard the Umbrella Chronicles is built on. The book contains visual materials related to the game, including artwork and important design sketches of the characters and creatures. Interviews with the creators in charge of character designs, sounds, movies, CG, stage settings, and scenarios are included as well.
Release:  Feb 29, 2008
Language:  Japanese
Pages:  128
Format:  A4

  The Art of Gyakuten Saiban
Capcom  

The Art of Gyakuten Saiban spans the first 4 titles in Capcom's popular visual novel game series, known more commonly outside Japan as the Ace Attorney series. This book offers heaps of character concepts, some of which never appear in the games.
Release:  Sep 28, 2007
Language:  Japanese
Pages:  234
Format:  A4

  Persona 3: Official Design Works
Enterbrain  

This book is packed with tons of concepts by character designer Shigenori Soejima. You'll find everything from rough sketches to fully realized concepts, including the artwork for all the facial expressions from the game's dialogue boxes. Our Persona 3 art gallery features only a small selection of what this book contains.
Release:  Nov 30, 2006
Language:  Japanese
Pages:  140
Format:  B5

  Okami Official Complete Works
Capcom  

Okami boasts a very unique and dreamy art style, inspired by Japanese watercolor painting. This art book goes behind the scenes to explore that amazing artwork in great detail. Full color pages feature character and location designs, concept sketches, and production notes (in Japanese) from the creators.
Release:  Sep 29, 2006
Language:  Japanese
Pages:  288
Format:  A4

  Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Reunion Files
Soft Bank  

This book is a bilingual dissection of Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, containing commentaries from the creators and interviews with the voice actors, all translated into English. There's plenty of making of materials, including pre-production illustrations, CG characters, and pictures from the movie.
Release:  May 20, 2006
Language: Japanese / English
Pages:  120
Format:  A4

  Kingdom Hearts II Ultimania
Studio BentStuff  

The Kingdom Hearts II Ultimania is a very comprehensive guide, detailing the game's many worlds through screenshots, maps, and information. The guide also contains an illustration gallery, but it should be noted that of the book's 736 pages, only 16 are dedicated to the gallery. Artworks from this book are featured in our Kingdom Hearts II art gallery.
Release:  Feb 23, 2006
Language:  Japanese
Pages:  736
Format:  A5

  Shadow of the Colossus Official Art Book
Enterbrain  

An art book / guide book containing tactics, item information, and materials for the game's setting. Art materials include a large collection of character and colossi images and black & white line artwork. Some of the artworks from this book are featured in our Shadow of the Colossus art gallery.
Release:  Jan 16, 2006
Language:  Japanese
Pages:  207
Format:  8.5 x 10.5 in

  Breath of Fire Official Complete Works
Capcom  

The ultimate tribute to Breath of Fire artwork. This lengthy book is filled end to end with the concept art of Breath of Fire I through V printed at excellent quality on white pages. All stages of concept are covered, including character design, monster design, backgrounds, and line art sketches. Care has been taken to avoid concealing the art with text or menus. All of CU's Breath of Fire galleries are composed of artworks from this book and reflect only a portion of the materials.
Release:  Sep 30, 2005
Language:  Japanese
Pages:  192
Format:  A4

  The Art of Metal Gear Solid 1.5
Soft Bank  

A very extensive collection of official Metal Gear Solid artwork by Yoji Shinkawa, featuring characters, mechanics, rough sketches, costumes, illustrations for magazines and goods, and more. This book is also bilingual, offering complete English translations alongside all Japanese text. A selection of this book's contents is available in our Metal Gear Solid art gallery.
Release:  Apr 01, 2004
Language: Japanese / English
Pages:  181
Format:  A4

  Capcom Design Works
Capcom  

More than two hundred pages of artwork from some of Capcom's biggest titles, primarily from the 90's era. This book contains works from the Street Fighter series, Mega Man series, Breath of Fire series, Darkstalkers, Rival Schools, Marvel vs Capcom, Resident Evil 2, Dino Crisis, D&D Shadow Over Mystara, Onimusha, and more. A great collection for any Capcom fan.
Release:  Aug 01, 2001
Language: Japanese
Pages:  239
Format:  26 x 21 cm

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