Heroes and Heroines: Japanese Video Game + Animation Illustration
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (712 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 4756241697 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Good if you like Japanese game characters [[VIDEOID:mo3NQIZAKF2BHFP]]Heroes & Heroines is a 208 page book that features character designs from Japanese video games and animation. Only titles from 2009 to late 2011 are included.The illustrations are grouped by the 69 artists who created them. Since so many artists are included, only a selection of their works are featured. Those would be the main characters they designed.The character designs are wonderful. The variety is incredible, especially for the costumes. It's also quite a good reference. A good place to start J. Chan This book is a sample platter of art in video games and animation (of recent fame). Each page has a brief paragraph intro to the artists and where the work(s) comes from.Personally, I find the title perfectly describes the art book. It is a great tool for fleshing out an artistic direction and main character design while being a good reference for posing.However, don't expect a traditional breakdown of a character's development drafts and design notes) as this is arguably a collection of promotion piec. A good sampler This is an unusual artbook. Mostly because it doesn't have an obvious theme. With other artbooks, it's usually all work from a certain franchise, or from a specific artist. This one is just all over the place. It covers everything from anime, to video games. The art selection is really great. It's like they took the best works from the best artists and threw them all together. Some works that you wouldn't really expect to see in artbooks, like 9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors get featured so that's certainly
Yoshiyuki Oba is an editor for PIE International.
About the Author Yoshiyuki Oba is an editor for PIE International.
Who are the hottest Japanese video game and animation heroes and heroines? This is a most up-to-date collection of 100 prominent character designers of video games and animation created in 2010 and 2011. For game and animation fans, this book allows a comprehensive look at a variety of characters from a range of video game titles, as well as the work of character designers. Designers featured in this book include Shigenori Soejima, Suzuhito Yasuda, Mel Kishida, redjuice, Masayoshi Tanaka, Makoto Tsuchibayashi, aokiume, Takahiro Kishida, Eiji Kaneda, and more. Interviews with Shigenori Soejima ("Catherine," "Persona 3," and "Persona 4") and Eiji Kaneda ("Rezel Cross") make this the definitive book on Japanese video game design.. No other book collects as many professional works as this book