Art Books from Asia

April 27, 2009 by Parka

Here's the list of reviews for art books from Asia relating to anime, manga, movies, video games and individual artists. There are also English translated Japanese books.

Useful links: Amazon Japan Buying Guide | Amazon Japan shipping rates

Manga

The Art of Blade of the Immortal (2010)（中文）
Apple Volume 4 (2010) (中文)
北条司漫画家25周年記念自選イラストレーション100 (Tsukasa Hojo 25th Anniversary 100 Best Selection) (2009)
Apple Volume 3 (2009)
KYMG―コザキユースケ画集 (Yusuke Kozaki Illustrations) (2008)
藤島康介画集『ああっ女神さまっ』1988‐2008 (Kosuke Fujishima 'Oh My Goddess!' Illustration) (2008)
ビバ・イル・チクリッシモ! (VIVA IL CICLISSIMO!) (2008)
All Colour But The Black: The Art of Bleach (2008)
The Sumi: Vagabond Illustration Collection (2008)
The Water: Vagabond Illustration Collection (2008)
Dragon Ball: The Complete Illustrations (2008)
The Art of Naruto (2008)
Flamboyant (2008)
Robot Volume 5 (2008)
Apple Volume 2 (2008)
LO画集 TAKAMICHI LOVE WORKS (FLOW COMICS) (2008)
Monument for Nothing (2007)
The Art of Fullmetal Alchemist 2 (2007)
Book Review: 小畑健画集「blanc et noir」(Art of Takeshi Obata) (2006)
横山宏 Ma.K.スケッチブック Vol. 1 (Kow Yokoyama Ma.K. Sketchbook) (2006)
The Art of Fullmetal Alchemist (2005)
Oxide 2x (2005)
0レンジ(オレンジ)~森本晃司作品集~ (Orange / Koji Morimoto / Scrapbook) (2004)
寺田克也グラフィックス -「BUSIN0」キャラクター&ワールドガイダンス (Terada Katsuya Graphics BUSIN0) (2004)
CANNABIS WORKS—田中達之作品集 (2003)
Terada Katsuya Rakuga King (2002)
Inoue Takehiko Illustrations (1997)
寺田克也全部—寺田克也全仕事集 (Terada Katsuya Zenbu) (1999)
KABA: Otomo Katsuhiro Artwork (1999)
Intron Depot 2: Blades (1999)
Intron Depot 1 (1981)

Video Game Art

Anime

Studio Ghibli/Hayao Miyazaki related

The Art of Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (2009) NEW
スタジオジブリ絵コンテ全集 (Original Storyboards for Ponyo) (2008)
The Art of Kiki's Delivery Service (2006)
The Art of Tales from Earthsea (2006)
男鹿和雄画集II (Oga Kazuo Animation Artworks 2) (2005)
The Art of Porco Rosso (2005)
The Art of Howl's Moving Castle (2005)
The Art of The Cat Returns (2002)
The Art of Spirited Away (2001) FAV
Princess Mononoke The Art and Making of Japan's Most Popular Film of All Time (1999)
The Art of The Princess Mononoke—もののけ姫 (1997)
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind: Watercolor Impressions (1996)
男鹿和雄画集 (Oga Kazuo Art Collection) (1996)
The Art of Totoro (1989)
The Art of Laputa (1986)
The Art of Nausicaa (1984)
Miyazaki's Magical World

Others

Comments

Love ypour blog. I wanted to ask you if there is a "THE ART OF" book on the TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE, I have been trying to find information on books related to this movie, but it appears that they do not exist. What do you know? Thank you for all your insight on the art books.

Rafael

rafael - I'm not aware of any

Parka
June 21, 2009,
1 year 10 weeks ago
Comment id: 336

rafael -
I'm not aware of any art books for that.

Hi! I was wondering if

Francesca (not verified)
June 24, 2009,
1 year 10 weeks ago
Comment id: 351

Hi! I was wondering if you'll ever do a review of the Final Fantasy Series Artbooks? I especially love FFVII. =) Also the new Naruto artbook, i think it's coming out this week. :)
keep up the good work sir!

Regards,
Francesca

Final Fantasy art books are

Parka
June 24, 2009,
1 year 10 weeks ago
Comment id: 352

Final Fantasy art books are really hard to find, especially the good ones. 背景画集草薙4 has some background art of FFVII. The other Kusanagi books has a few background art on FF (VIII onwards) as well.

I haven't seen any good FF character design art books.

Do you know any other BG

Rafael (not verified)
January 23, 2010,
31 weeks 5 days ago
Comment id: 1293

Do you know any other BG design books that you can recommend?
I am a BG designer and I've got some BG books from Japan, but I was wondering if you know of any books just on Background Designs.

Thank you

@Rafael Those books are rare.

Parka
January 23, 2010,
31 weeks 5 days ago
Comment id: 1295

@Rafael
Those books are rare. The only ones (non-tutorial types) that come off my mine are:

I was just looking at this

b (not verified)
March 30, 2010,
22 weeks 2 days ago
Comment id: 1748

I was just looking at this list, then realised you didn't have any of Shunya Yamashita's books! Sweet Dreams is pretty hard to find, but I saw copies of Wild Flower at Taka's Kino.

Gotta love Japanese artbooks, just a pity that I don't really understand much so I can't really get more out of them. Thanks for the tip about ordering from Amazon.jp, it's really cheaper when there are a couple of books in the orders. :)

I am so happy to see there is

Ken (not verified)
August 27, 2010,
6 days 14 hours ago
Comment id: 2692

I am so happy to see there is a video of each book. I've never seen it on other websites and I really love it, it's great. Thank you.
PS. I'm a reader from China, so forgive my poor English.