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Der Mond: The Art of Yoshiyuki Sadamoto

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Wow! Almost every single page has a full-color, full-page painting. No tiny thumbnails, no rough sketches, and very few works that spread across the spine. Among art books (whether English or Japanese), this is very rare. A majority of the pieces focus on Evangelion, but they are so beautiful that anyone could appreciate them even if they had never heard of Evangelion. The other works, on series like Nadia and Fatal Fury, are just as nice. The large format makes it even easier to admire. I own over 150 illustration-art books in several languages, and "Der Mond" is definitely on my essentials list.

We are very lucky that an artbook as great as "Der Mond" has been published in English, at a reasonable price. Be sure to pick this one up before it goes out of print.

Given one glance through this book, otaku or not, you'll find yourself immersed in this man's art! Not to be underestimated, and most importantly, to be appreciated by all, this book gives new meaning to the term Art Book.

This book is simply gorgeous. A must for any EVA fan. The quality of the reproductions is very good and the pictures in the book are nice too. Only gripe is that there aren't very many pictures of Misato or PenPen. There are quite a few nice pictures of Shinji, Rei, and Asuka in this book. About a third of the book is non-Evangelion. These plates are also excellent. I'm so happy I picked this up.

I really enjoyed this book even though it doesn't really have many words in it at all. I really like the art for Evangelion and also the other series in here as well. I also found out that Yoshiyuki also did a few album covers for some famous American singer. This book features the art of Neon Genesis Evangelion, The Wings of Hominese, and a two more I am not very sure about. This book is just a must have for anyone who likes anime and Yoshiyuki Sadamoto. I absolutely love his work because of the way it is portrayed on paper with cg, and water color. Not only that it is also because I have something that is from one of my favorite series (Eva). He is a great big insparation to me and I know what the truck I am talking about because I am a fellow Anime artist as well.

The artwork of Yoshiyuki Sadamoto is simply amazing to behold. One cannot help but be moved by it. Even Eric Clapton, who'd never seen Sadamoto's anime designs, was impressed, and asked Sadamoto to design the cover to his Pilgrim album, the art for which is found in this very collection.
It's gorgeous renderings of his work from Evangelion, Nadia, and Wings of Honneamaise, as well as some original pieces created for this collection.
It's a beautiful collection, well worth picking up.

This is some beautiful work directly from the illustrator of Evangelion, Sadamoto himself. The book is laid out in the traditional Eastern style - therefore you read it from back to front. All the art quality is excellent and the paper is high-gloss. This makes an excellent coffee-table book. My only wish is that it was hardcover - but the amount of remarkable art more than makes up for that. If you are a fan of Evangelion, you owe it to yourself to own this book. You will not be disappointed!

although this is a great book at a great buy, the shipping took about a month. this book seems to have a low avaliability so if you can just go the the local book store and buy it instead.

Yes, Mr. Sadamoto-san's best work is in this book. Find all art work on Evangelion and other titles in this wonderful book. He is truely Gainax's savior...