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Summary: Lovely art, but for a price
Review: Fantastic artwork, but what else can we expect from CLAMP? Magic Knight Rayearth continues to this day to be my favorite manga, and the art just makes things better. However, this "english edition" may be a tad overpriced (I usually see it for [money]) for being so thin. I recommend it because this is amoung the first artbooks brought over here, and maybe if enough people buy these more will be brought over, and at continually decreasing prices ^_^ Well, we'll see!
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Summary: Wonderfully done, a must-have for ANY MKR fan!
Review: I love this artbook. The colors are bright, the pictures are huge and the 'Making of the Rayearth manga' bit at the end was really interesting, which answered my "how did they DO that?" question quite well. Color manga pictures are somewhat rare, but both CLAMP and Tokyopop once again outdo themselves in this artbook. I hear the second one is just as good--and I can't WAIT to get my hands on it.
~The Colors~
Bright,lush,vibrant and very noticeable...makes me wish I was a MKR character! VERY pretty! Although,one thing that confuses me is the fact that in the B AND W manga,Hikaru's hair is shaded with a thick solid, which usually means black or dark-colored hair. In the artbook, Hikaru's hair is a pale pink that looks like cotton candy. Why's that? Also, Princess Emeruade's eyes are green and not blue,like Lady Aska mentions in the 2nd half to the MKR manga and I quote:"Cephiro's last princess had long golden hair and blue eyes...they say she was a darling monarch." Ah, well. Princess Emeruade is my fave non-knight character and I've seen her with blue eyes in the anime (i also own 2 anime DVDs of MKR) so it really doesn't bother me.
~The Drawings~
Ah, the drawings. CLAMP's art is absolutely stunning.No exceptions here, either.The lines used are thick and smooth without being overly done. The layouts and backgrounds used in the drawings are breath-taking. Mind-blowing. I like to use this for reference to my own drawings and get ideas.
~Overall~
Don't listen to what other people have to say about this book being poorly done. It's incredible. Take my word for it. Buy this book to give anyone who loves CLAMP or MKR a real treat! I highly recommend it! Buy it now!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Awesome Anime
Review: I really like the way this anime art book is done. But some of the best pictures I've seen that was done aren't in here. I also like the original much better than this new modeled one.
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Summary: Poor quality compared to original
Review: I was happy to discover that artbooks were being adapted by American companies, for much cheaper than the Japanese ones! This artbook has the same pretty pictures of the Japanese: beautiful color of Hikaru, Umi, Fuu and friends as well as some notes towards the end.However, compared to a japanese artbook, the pages are thicker and it looks more like a completed coloring book than a true artbook. However, this costs about half the price of what I've seen the original book for. Therefore, buying this is not a bad idea ---same pictures, lower quality, lower price---but still definitely worth it.
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Summary: Decent artbook, but not the original
Review: I was happy to discover that artbooks were being adapted by American companies, for much cheaper than the Japanese ones! This artbook has the same pretty pictures of the Japanese: beautiful color of Hikaru, Umi, Fuu and friends as well as some notes towards the end. However, compared to a japanese artbook, the pages are thicker and it looks more like a completed coloring book than a true artbook. However, this costs about half the price of what I've seen the original book for. Therefore, buying this is not a bad idea ---same pictures, lower quality, lower price---but still definitely worth it.
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Summary: Lush art, big pics
Review: Pics are a beauty and there are even some "how we did it" drawing tips at the end. Color color color!
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Summary: Poor quality compared to original
Review: While I applaud Tokyopop for offering an American edition illustration collection, the quality is very poor when compared to the original Japanese edition. The illustrations are blurry and the reproduced B&W illustrations in the comments and how to section look like low quality photocopies. The paper used is also very poor, similar to magazine quality. I could only recommend this book is you can't find the original out of print version, which is fairly easy to find used on auction sites and used Japanese used bookstores.
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