Yoshitaka Amano: The Collected Art of Vampire Hunter D [Paperback]

Hideyuki Kikuchi (Author), Yoshitaka Amano (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 8, 2008

Since Dark Horse and Digital Manga Publishing started releasing English-language editions of the Vampire Hunter D novels in 2005, hundreds of thousands of new fans have clamored for more of the enigmatic monster-slayer. Following on the heels of the highly successful retrospective Coffin, Dark Horse Books is pleased to present a new collection of paintings, line-art illustrations, and photography by internationally renowned artist and Vampire Hunter D character designer Yoshitaka Amano. This collection also includes a short story, "A Village in Fog" by Vampire Hunter D creator Hideyuki Kikuchi, unavailable elsewhere.

Product Details

• Paperback: 392 pages
• Publisher: Dark Horse (January 8, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1595821104
• ISBN-13: 978-1595821102
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #715,986 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Yoshitaka Amano, (born July 28, 1952) is a Japanese artist. He began his career as an animator and has become known for his illustrations for the anime Vampire Hunter D, Shinjuku, and for his character designs, image illustrations and title logo designs for the Final Fantasy video game series developed by Square Enix (formerly Square). His influences include Western comic books, art nouveau, and Japanese woodblock prints. He has won awards for his work, including the 1999 Bram Stoker Award for his collaboration with Neil Gaiman, Sandman: The Dream Hunters. In early 2010, he established Studio Devaloka, a film production company.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great art, not so great layout, October 1, 2010

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This review is from: Yoshitaka Amano: The Collected Art of Vampire Hunter D (Paperback)

First, I am a huuge fan of Yoshitaka Amano. Huge.

I have many of his art books and am always searching for more, just cant get enough of the art.

As such, the art in this book is fantastic, it even comes with a short story by D's creator.

My only complaint is the way the book is physically made. it is pretty short width-wise but thick and long; the pages are very thick high quality paper... what this translates to is that it is difficult to turn the pages without creasing up the book pretty back (especially on the spine) and a lot of the art is difficult to see since you can never really see far into the inner part of the page, by the binding. I really wish they wouldve made this wider instead of thicker. otherwise this is a pretty nice book and easy to fit on bookshelves.

personally i would recommend Coffin instead, its a much better artbook.

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome., October 8, 2010

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This review is from: Yoshitaka Amano: The Collected Art of Vampire Hunter D (Paperback)

Yoshitaka Amano is an artist unique in its kind and shows great book eset more than one reason to believe asi.Diferentes management techniques do transcend the world of manga artist turning it around to friends and strangers. Highly recommended

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous, March 22, 2010

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Cool layout/design. The collected art is, of course, pretty repetitive but it makes a very nice printed object.