Robotech Art I (Starblaze Editions) [Paperback]

Kay Reynolds (Author), Ardith Carlton (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Walsworth Pub Co (February 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0898654122
• ISBN-13: 978-0898654127
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #295,904 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE episode guide for Robotech (US), October 2, 2002

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"kenseidenxl" (Bluffton, SC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Robotech Art I (Starblaze Editions) (Paperback)

If you are looking for the definitive episode guide to Robotech as aired in the US by Harmony Gold, this is the book for you. IT has detailed synopses of all 85 episodes from the beginnning of the Macross saga, through the Southern Cross saga, to the end of the Invid Invasion saga. The art is mostly cels from the original Japanese version of the series. It also has a brief history of Anime releases in the US up to this point (around 1986). It is well worth the effort to obtain a copy. If you like Robotech in particular, or anime in general, this book is a treasurehouse of the genre.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Probe deep into the universe of Robotech., January 13, 1999

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This review is from: Robotech Art I (Hardcover)

This beautiful oversized art book showcases the incredibly talent and genius behind Robotech. It features a comprehensive episode guide as well as character and mecha profiles for each of Robotech's generations. The only place I think this books falls flat(why it doesn't get five stars) is the character biographies. Being a big fan of the show and the series of novels devoted to it, I can't help but feel that some of the characters were omitted. Granted, this book was published in 1986, and the novels hadn't been published yet, and some of those characters were created in those later novels..but what about Lang? Or Carpenter? Or Komodo? Or Dennis, Nova's one time love? The list goes on... Anyway, aside from those small flaws, this book is an excellent resource dedicated to a superb animated series, and worth tracking down if you are a Robotech fan.

3.0 out of 5 stars The history is better than the art, October 13, 2011

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This review is from: Robotech Art I (Starblaze Editions) (Paperback)

As a graphic resource, I find this book to be a bit lacking. I was hoping for something similar to the most excellent "The Art of Star Wars" series. Those books helped me immensely in my graphics classes in college. This robotech book should be called something like "Images from the show Robotech" or "Robotech episode guide". There are just not enough pages devoted to the sketches and technical drawing that an in-depth fan might want to see. For example the Cyclone ride armor gets all of one page. wow. Maybe if they had spent less time summarizing the episodes and more time show casing art-- backgrounds, character development, mecha thumbnails, etc...
That being said, the last section of the book chronicles the development not only of Robotech, but of Manga itself. I found it to be supremely interesting and wish it could have been more substantial. My guess is that the publishers were a bit unsure which direction this book really needed to go. It attempts to possibly satisfy casual and serious fans at the same time and doesn't really do either to any great degree. I'm still pleased with my purchase, but only because I paid so little for it as i bought it from one of the used sellers. If I'd paid $15 or $20, I would certainly feel a bit gyped.