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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Addition To Any InuYasha Collection, February 11, 2004
I recieved this book for a present and managed to read through the whole thing the first day. It has a lot of interesting things inside, but I was left wanting more. The book concentrates soley on the first part of the series. It starts of comparing the manga to the anime, telling differences and why the changes were made. It goes on with orginal illustrations of the manga. All are in color, and I just love all the pictures. This part takes up the first 100 pages of the book. The next 50 plus pages hold many interesting tidbits. There's information on individual characters. It gives describtions, sketchs (along with information on drawing them), and even gives a height comparison. "One time" characters were also included. I, personally, would have enjoyed more information on main characters instead, but that's me. Various settings are also shown, such as Kagome's School, or The Bone-Eater's Well. A layout of Kagome's house is also included. Again, I would have liked more info on places we see more often. There's behind the scene information with interviews of Rumiko Takahashi, and voices actors of Inuyasha, Kagome, and Kikyo. There's even a glossary at the back of the book. I highly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in Inuyasha.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
GREAT ARTBOOK!!!!!!!!!!!, August 8, 2003
This isn't your normal artbook, like the Art of Cardcaptor Sakura (which has only page after page of art and nothing else). This artbook actually has facts, character profiles, colored manga/anime images, you name it! Anyone who is a fan of
Inuyasha should definitly get this!
now for the price. It's not THAT expensive, seeing as how the book is SOOOOO good. Spare a few dollars and buy it...you won't be disappointed!!!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great companion to Inu-Yasha, August 27, 2005
Although I may be biased as a long-time fan of Rumiko Takahashi, I must that this is a great artbook for fans of Inu-Yasha. Although this book caters more to the manga audience than to the anime adaption, content for the anime is also very well presented.
The book begins with a manga/anime comparison of the series' opening scene. This provides some interesting information on how storyboard artists and scriptwriters adapt a few pages of manga material into a full-fledged anime scene. It then collects the manga's color pages (which were sadly converted to grayscale in the graphic novels) from the first chapter up until the Ryuukotsusei story in volume 20. They are presented int their original right-to-left format, and a great collection of Takahashi's gorgeous watercolors. Next is a series of original manga illustrations that she created for Shonen Sunday covers and the like. A gallery of the graphic novel cover artwork for the graphic novels is included, but unfortunately the illustrations are downsized to mere thumbnails.
It's also interesting that you can really see Rumiko Takahashi's progression of artistic skill by flipping through these pages. They go from the light-hearted pastel colors and cute facial expressions of her Ranma 1/2 days to the darker, more distinct style that she would use for Inu-Yasha. Although I would not call Rumiko Takahashi's artwork pretty or refined, it has a certain vibrancy to it that really brings her characters to life, and converys her story in an entertaining manner.
The second portion of the book covers the anime. Character bios for the earlier major characters is included, with accompanying cel ilustrations. There is a comprehensive gallery of design sketches complete with interesting footnotes, and also background illustrations. While I am primarily a fan of the manga, I have to admit the artistry for the anime is extremely impressive. The background illsutrations are gorgeous, and the character designs are well-adapted. There is also an in-depth study of the opening and closing themes.
The final portion of the book is composed of entertaining interviews with the staff. Rumiko Takahashi discusses her characters with the voice-actors of Inu-Yasha, Kagome, and Kikyo. The director also talks about challenge of adapting a manga like Inu-Yasha to anime, and the art director reveals his thoughts behind the character designs. Finally, there's a comprehensive Inu-Yasha glossary at the end.
Overall, this is a great book for those interested in the art of Inu-Yasha. The only drawback is that this book only covers the earlier parts of the series, and thus leaves out several key characters who come later. Thankfully, a second artbook will be released that will make up for this slight shortcoming.
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