Friday, January 25, 2008

Amano: The Complete Prints - Old Import, In Stock

Originally released on April 10, 2002 in Japan, NCS scores another printing of Amano: The Complete Prints (1991-2001) which captures ten years worth of work from Yohitaka Amano. Gamers may recognize Amano as the default illustrator for the Final Fantasy series of games as well as other Squaresoft titles such as Saga Frontier, Front Mission, and Rebus. The book features full page recreations of Amano's prints as well as smaller works which are squeezed onto one page such as:

pg 012-013 Final Fantasy VI artwork from the Super Famicom game
pg 088-089 Amano does Gachaman
pg 096-099 Final Fantasy VII works

An English article titled, "Decadence, Innocence, and the Galaxy According to Yoshitaka Amano" and a short bio may be found on pages 281 to 287. ISBN: 9784568103397 / ISBN4-568-10339-8 / 290 pages.

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