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Cardboard cover
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X [ze0ro]
X Illustrated Collection
CLAMP
Attributes; Cardboard protective cover - Sexy
Blackness :P |
Pages: |
168 |
Colour: |
152 - Nothing but full colour illustrations! |
B&W: |
16 - Nothing but the Illustration information! |
Text info: |
There is NO text! |
Translation: |
Non needed |
Size: |
A4 |
Printed: |
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Cover: |
Hard |
ISBN: |
4-04-853168-9 |
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Review:
Review: Finally an X art book I'm glad of owning! This is like
the 'TB Photo' book with nothing but cover to cover illustrations! all full
glossy colour! It's also one of the thickest Art books I have!
The only drawbacks with this book is that it's almost been scanned to death on
the internet, but if your looking for the real thing then you NEED to find this
and keep it! It should come with a brown cardboard protective cover (I couldn't
scan it cause it was to big).
It contains images from 1992 to 1997, so they have a variation on the styles
that clamp have changed over the years...
Final word, this book is drool worthy and a defiant must!
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NEW NEWS:
X Illustrated
collection (1)
This book is exactly the
same as X [Ze0ro]...
The only difference is the cover design and
that it's got a soft back instead of a hardback like the one
above... oww and that it also looks more like it belongs with the
new release of volume 2 (below)
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X Illustrated collection (2)
CLAMP
Attributes : Also there is nice mat detail
on the cover that
you cant see on my scans >_< |
Pages: |
160 |
Colour: |
152 |
B&W: |
8 - Image illustrations info |
Text info: |
all in Japanese |
Translation: |
non needed |
Size: |
A4 - Large |
Printed: |
2005 |
Cover: |
Soft |
ISBN: |
4-04-853895-0 |
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Review:
This book is stuffed full of all them images I've seen used for
promo's, covered in text or just unusable or enjoyable...
Well NOW IT'S HERE!!!
This book is just a dream, images I've been drooling over for years
finally presented in full page, full colour loveliness when I got this
book I almost drooled over every page!
Even if your a little fed up of X seen as it's been running for so long
it's not even funny anymore... You HAVE to get this book, it's so truly
worth it! |
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Tokyo Babylon Photographs
CLAMP
Attributes:
Full protective see-through thick plastic Dust-Jacket Metallic Silver
cover, can be read any way |
Pages: |
151 - including all pages
and both covers. |
Colour: |
151 - All full page illustrations |
B&W: |
0 |
Text info: |
What text there is it's all in English with Japanese
credits and publishing info. |
Translation: |
An alien could understand this. non needed. |
Size: |
A4 - Large |
Printed: |
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Cover: |
Soft |
ISBN: |
4-403-65008-2 |
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Review:
This was my first Art book, and I thank that German woman who said I
should buy it cos I wasn't allowed to remove it from the
wrappings... So I'm saying to you what that nice German woman said to me at Aya-con
98 in Manchester "I have it, it's beautiful you HAVE to buy it!"...
This book contains all the full illustrations on the manga covers without text,
also the smaller image on the inside of the manga. It also has the double pull
out images that were in the manga, my only complaint is that they only have the
ones with Subaru and Hokuto together, and not the ones when you pull them out
and it's Subaru and Sieshirou >_<... It also has illustrations of the
older Subaru and Sieshirou with his blinded eye. There are also some gorgeous
Subaru and Sishirou images... infact ALL the pages in this book just have you
drooling over ever page... One important thing with any book, it still smells
NEW even though I've had it for years! it also doesn't matter which way you look
at this book, back to front or what ever.. I think it should be viewed in the
Western way, to the middle then the Japanese way, again to the middle... But for
the love of gods, NEVER try and scan this book cos it WILL brake, all my binding
is buggered now and I seriously regret ruining this wonderful book!
Even my mother likes it and she hates manga and especially hates CLAMP, so that
says something! |
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Wish
Memorial illust collection
CLAMP
Attributes:
A treated Paper Dust-Jacket/dust cover -
1/3 Dust-Jacket (not shown) |
Pages: |
87 |
Colour: |
63 - full page illustrations, no text. |
B&W: |
16 - Special Manga.
8 - illustration info |
Text info: |
Only Special Manga and illustration info in Original
Japanese text. |
Translation: |
no |
Size: |
A5 |
Printed: |
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Cover: |
Hard |
ISBN: |
4-04-853386-x |
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Review:
This book comes if a wonderfully matt fly-leaf, and all the pages are
a matt-dull finish, it's a bit like looking through some ones colour
sketch book. All illustrations are wonderfully bright and eye catching,
scanners and the internet does these images no justice, also this book
contains images that I have not seen on the internet before... If you
love CLAMP and have had the privilege of reading Wish then this is a
MUST buy! MANGA REVIEW: This is a 16 page special, I cant read
it. but if you have read Wish then this is what happened after the Manga
finished... Also there is an image were Shuishirou (the reincarnation) grabs
Kohaku and kiss's Him/her/it.. So cute.. if anyone could translate this for me
let me know ^_^. The only problem with this special manga is that Hisui-sama
just looks to darn feminine *cries*
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Front of Box
Back of Box |
R G Veda Illustration
Contains 2 Art Books
Artist Mokona Apapa - Presented by
CLAMP Attributes:
Thin corrugated Cardboard,
solid, Not Laminated. (not shown)
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Size: |
A4 Large |
Printed: |
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Cover: |
Hard Cardbored Box |
ISBN: |
4-403-61260-1 |
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REVIEW OVER ALL:
This is a must have Art book... It's one of them you get out and show
people. I saw this at a con in 1998 and I wanted it but wasn't allowed
to open it and was over £50, so I waited to buy it :P...
I'm sure you can still find it, and it's well worth it's pennies ^_^
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Book 1
Illustration side - 1991
Hiten Muma in RGVeda
Attributes: Tracing paper
Dust-Jacket, Metallic Gold finish,
Reads from Left to Right. |
Pages: |
67 |
Colour: |
61 - All Full page illustrations, plus 2 tracing paper cover pages. |
B&W: |
6 Full, double page illustrations. |
Text info: |
Like it's needed, a few
Japanese Characters but nothing important |
Translation: |
None (there used to be) |
Size: |
A4 - Large |
Cover: |
Hard |
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Review:
This is some colour work from the early years of RG Veda and is a
little nieve, Contains some of the best RG Veda illustrations
though, all in glorious colour. |
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Book 2
Comic/Basic Data
Art by Mokona Apapa - Story by Nanase Ohkawa
Attributes: Soft back, Leather look/feel
Double Cover, Metallic Gold trim. |
Pages: |
51 - 36 Extra Manga - 4 illust
info book 1 - 3 chara design - 4 chara association Tree. |
Colour: |
10 - 2 Transparent gold trim pages, 8 coloured paper -
No colour images |
B&W: |
40 - 36 Extra Manga - 4 illust
info book 1 |
Text info: |
All in Japanese, some credits in English |
Translation: |
None now that I know of |
Size: |
A4 Large |
Cover: |
Soft |
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Review:
If you are an Ahsura-ou (that's Ashura's Dad) Fan, then this is the book
for you. Full A4 page Extra manga, Some basic Chara Design of the main chara and
a social family tree.
MANGA REVIEW: This manga actually appears in Volume 7, as an extra part...
Though in this format it's bigger and lovely to look at... It's about Ashura-ou and the prophesy about his son *Ashura*, Also
contains some nice seines of Ashura-ou's death and some outstanding images of a
full grown Ashura all tangled up in stuff.
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X Perfect Book - The Movie
Artist:
CLAMP
Printer: Asuka Comics DX
Attributes:
Dust-Jacket - double fold out poster
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Pages: |
144 |
Colour: |
32 |
B&W: |
112 |
Text info: |
Japanese with some English. |
Translation: |
No |
Size: |
Hight-26cm -x- Width-21cm |
Printed: |
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Cover: |
Soft |
ISBN: |
4-04-852716-9 |
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Review:This is the 3rd
art book I ever bought and boy I wish I had saved my cash, This is full
of nothing but the Anime cells. It is nice for those that like the
anime. (I don't like the anime movie by the way). *takes a deep
breath*... All pages are paper and it's a nice change from glossy
images. The colour images are some of the better Cells, also lovely
background cells. The black and white images are nice Chara sketches as well as some background
sketches with location shots from Japan. No full page illustrations. Again this
is the ANIME not the manga, so if you like Clamp's artwork avoid this.
New Info: This book is for the making of the MOVIE and NOT the TV series, ok...
AVOID!
PS: The name of this art book has always struck me as ironic, seen as I
think it's so crap :P |
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X First Contact
The OVA Printed by - Asuka (I think) ISBN 4-04-853437-8
Attributes:
Dust-Jacket - Metallic Collectors Card in back of the Cover.
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Pages: |
96 |
Colour: |
80, 2 intro, 6 illust, 45 chara, 12 story, 2 lyrics, 3 misc, 10 voice actors |
B&W: |
16 - 11 Backgrounds scenery, 5 misc |
Text info: |
Japanese (Titles, names in English) |
Translation: |
Nope |
Size: |
A5 |
Printed: |
2001 |
Cover: |
Soft |
ISBN: |
4-04-853437-8 |
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Review:
After (X the Perfect Book) I wasn't holding much
hope for this book, but what can I say I'm a sad Clamp fan... But despite this
being almost half the size and having less pages it's better than the book
above.
It has ALL the chara's from the manga and the OVA, including Kakyou and Hokuto.
If your looking for a story brake down like with other books of it's like then
you will be disappointed, it has all of 12 pages to it that even I don't
understand after watching the first 2 DVD's, of which it basically covers the
first 4 episodes.
Even though the illustrations over lap in places, there all large and good quality
and don't leave you squinting to much, this book is full of colour but not in an
nauseating way. The general Illustrations them selves are nothing to really
right home about but they are pretty, And if your a Kotori fan then just forget
it ^_^ this book concentrates on all the chara equally.
Though I don't hold much for knowing about voice actors, This book has the best pages
I've seen. Pictures of the actors and the chara they voice, with some info in Japanese
on them, I like this touch, and if you own the English translated DVD's you can
switch to Japanese and hear the voices to the faces, it's amusing ^_^
All in all this book is one of the better ones, There are no original Clamp
works in this book, but the artists do such a good job that it doesn't impinge
on your viewing pleasure. |
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Cluster
By -
CLAMP
/ Tamayo Akiyama
Attributes:
umm, nun?
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Pages: |
79 |
Colour: |
31 - 19 Beginning illustrations, 5 Colour Manga pages, 7 Back
illustrations |
B&W: |
48 - 32 manga, 16 "on green paper" Chara design/silly skit
manga's just plain strange. |
Text info: |
All in Japanese. Basicaly
no English to give you a brake |
Translation: |
Not that I know of. |
Size: |
A4 |
Printed: |
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Cover: |
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ISBN: |
4-915146-27-8 |
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Review:
This style art isn't really my thing, preferring
the more detailed or simpler artwork of Clamps... But it looks like it could be
an interesting read, though I don't know whether there is more or not... The
Illustrations are large and in beautiful colour and large...
Though it is under the Clamp name, it's mostly attributed to Tamayo Akiyama who
I think quit Clamp ages ago, (Though I could be wrong). But the style is A
typical to Clamps more earlier works.
This is a nice book but nothing really to right home about, The main female
chara seems to be hooked up to (Or should I say 'Lumbered with') the black
haired guy who I think is some kind of demon... That's about all I know.
Also the chubby work they normally have at the back of their manga's is of a
VERY early style. |
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The Art Of Cardcaptor
Sakura
English Versions
By Clamp
Publisher: Tokyopop
Attributes: English |
Text info: |
Everything is in English |
Translation: |
English |
Size: |
Small A4 |
Cover: |
Soft |
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Book 1 |
Pages: |
117 |
Colour: |
93 |
B&W: |
24 - 8 image info, 16
Manga |
Printed: |
2002 - July |
ISBN: |
1-59182-000-6 |
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This book has a bonus manga at
the end and a double sided pull out poster at the back.
This is the highest quality book. |
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Book 2 |
Pages: |
114 |
Colour: |
90 |
B&W: |
24 - 8 image info, 16
Manga |
Printed: |
2002 - September |
ISBN: |
1-59182-013-8 |
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This also has a double sided
poster and a little manga in the back. |
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Book 3 |
Pages: |
111 |
Colour: |
103 |
B&W: |
8 - Image info |
Printed: |
2002 - November |
ISBN: |
1-59182-052-9 |
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This book has no pull out
poster and no little manga in the back.
Infact, most of the images look like they scraped the bottom of the
barrel for anything they could find and not necessarily of good quality. |
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North Side
CLAMP Illustration Book
1989-2002
Publisher: Tokyopop
Attributes: English
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Pages: |
168 |
Colour: |
140 |
B&W: |
28 - 10 Manga, 6
interview, 12 Image info |
Text info: |
All in English |
Translation: |
Is in English |
Size: |
A4 |
Printed: |
2005 |
Cover: |
Soft |
ISBN: |
1-59182-902-X |
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Review:
This is my favourite of these two manga artbooks.
At the back is also a little manga involving
the four women who make up CLAMP having an adventure.
The manga that are sectioned off in this
book are:
Clover, Magic Knight Rayearth, Legend of the Dragon Kings, The Legend of
Chun Hyang, Clamp in Wonderland, clamp Campus Web Subschool, Others
(Others being compilation of chara from different Manga and the only
place to see X or Tokyo Babylon references in these two books) |
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South Side
CLAMP Illustration Book
1989-2002
Publisher: Tokyopop Attributes:
English - This is one thick book. |
Pages: |
208 |
Colour: |
193 |
B&W: |
15 - Image info |
Text info: |
All in English |
Translation: |
Is in English |
Size: |
A4 |
Printed: |
2005 |
Cover: |
Soft |
ISBN: |
1-59182-903-8 |
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Review:
This is the thicker of the two books and reads left to right.
There is also a 'How-to' section that covers
a few images. The
manga that are sectioned off in this book are:
Man of many faces, Duklyon, Clamp School Detectives, Suki, WISH,
Broadcast Club, Paranormal Investigators, Dream Hunter Rem, Rex,
Miyuki-Chan in Wonderland, Legal Drug, The one I love, Snow goddess
Tales, Others. |
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The Art
of
Magic Knight Rayearth
by CLAMP
Publisher: Tokyopop Attributes:
English
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Pages: |
75 |
Colour: |
68 |
B&W: |
7 - 4 Image Info, 3 Making
of |
Text info: |
English
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Translation: |
English
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Size: |
W-22cm, H-27cm |
Printed: |
2002 - August |
Cover: |
Hard |
ISBN: |
1-59182-011-1 |
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Review:
If you like Magic Knight Rayearth... then these are the books for you
^_^
Sorry about the
quality of the image cover, I had to take a photo of it :S |
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The Art
of
Magic Knight Rayearth Vol.2
by CLAMP
Publisher: Tokyopop Attributes:
English, Has a double sided pull out poster |
Pages: |
75 |
Colour: |
68 |
B&W: |
7 - 4 Image Info, 3 Making
of |
Text info: |
English
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Translation: |
English
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Size: |
W-22cm, H-27cm |
Printed: |
2002 October |
Cover: |
Hard |
ISBN: |
1-59182-012-X |
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Review:
If you like Magic Knight Rayearth... then these are the books for you
^_^
Sorry about the
quality of the image cover, I had to take a photo of it :S |
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