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Business Stationary Mart - Okami Official Complete Works
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List Price: $39.99
Our Price: $25.01
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Manufacturer: Udon Entertainment
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9781897376027
ISBN: 1897376022
Label: Udon Entertainment
Manufacturer: Udon Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: 2008-06-18
Publisher: Udon Entertainment
Studio: Udon Entertainment
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: A fantastic art book
Comment: I collect a lot of art books, and this is easily one of the best I've picked up. Tons of designs, notes on the artists' process, finished pieces, it's really got everything. The art style for the game is so interesting and unique, and this art book so thorough and well-done, that you really can't go wrong with it.
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Summary: Absolutely beautiful.
Comment: A truly stunning book. With 288 huge full-color pages and shiny gold FOIL on the cover, this book is most certainly worth $40, even $50.
I love reading all the artists' and game creators' notes. They're so fun... and funny. Big full-page spreads of the brush gods, characters, divine instruments, bosses, etc. Not only are they big, they're super high quality! I'm also very glad that Udon kept the original Japanese right-to-left alignment. There would be lots of flipped images and confusing things if they had flopped it.
There are actually quite a few disappointing things about the book, but they didn't dishearten me enough to drop a star in my rating. For one thing, there are a few poorly translated things, and I was a bit sad that some of the translations that are supposed to use in-game text are simply translated and not written in accordance to the English version of the game. Also, 'Takamagahara' appears in the book three times... and is spelled differently each time. These inconsistencies were a bit saddening, but not too sad... mistakes happen, I guess.
Also, the binding isn't terribly great... I don't mind at all that the spine creases. In fact, that adds to the book's old beat-up look. However, just a few flips through it caused a few segments of pages to come loose of the binding glue. Thankfully it's all kept together by tough string, and about half the pages are still attached. Not to mention there are thick pages glued together at the beginning and end of the book, so nothing will be falling out any time soon. Life is good. :)
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Summary: Best art book value around.
Comment: This book is full of the most amazing artwork - it's both inspiring and humbling. Every page is chock-full of gorgeous imagery and for the price it's incredible.
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Summary: A nice look at the pure art of Okami
Comment: Not much to say on this one, but it's really interesting to see what kind of decisions they had to make when they were designing characters. A few times, I actually liked what they made before they went with something else.
I only have two disappointments with this book. 1) If you've played the game and beaten it, a lot of the artwork in the book is actually in the game. So having the game & the book is kinda silly, and 2) the book is big! Normally this wouldn't be problem, but the glue holding the spine of the pages in got lose on one end, so you have to be careful with this.
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Summary: Amazing
Comment: This art book is AMAZING!! each of its pages are a true treasure, the images, sketchs and models are really good detailed, its a collection piece, dont waste the time and BUY IT NOW !!!
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Editorial Reviews:
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Okami is one of the newest Capcom action games boasting a very unique art style, heavily inspired by Japanese watercolor painting. The Okami Official Complete Works art book will take you behind the scenes to the amazing artwork that defines the wonderful world of this beautiful video game! The 288 full color pages are filled with character and location designs, concept sketches and production notes from the creators giving you an in-depth look at the fantasy world of Okami! A truly inspiring book, translated into English for the first time!
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