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Summary: Availability
Review: although this is a great book at a great buy, the shipping took about a month. this book seems to have a low avaliability so if you can just go the the local book store and buy it instead.
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Summary: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto is a Master of his art.
Review: I really enjoyed this book even though it doesn't really have many words in it at all. I really like the art for Evangelion and also the other series in here as well. I also found out that Yoshiyuki also did a few album covers for some famous American singer. This book features the art of Neon Genesis Evangelion, The Wings of Hominese, and a two more I am not very sure about. This book is just a must have for anyone who likes anime and Yoshiyuki Sadamoto. I absolutely love his work because of the way it is portrayed on paper with cg, and water color. Not only that it is also because I have something that is from one of my favorite series (Eva). He is a great big insparation to me and I know what the truck I am talking about because I am a fellow Anime artist as well.
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Summary: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto is a Master of his art.
Review: I really enjoyed this book even though it doesn't really have many words in it at all. I really like the art for Evangelion and also the other series in here as well. I also found out that Yoshiyuki also did a few album covers for some famous American singer. This book features the art of Neon Genesis Evangelion, The Wings of Hominese, and a two more I am not very sure about. This book is just a must have for anyone who likes anime and Yoshiyuki Sadamoto. I absolutely love his work because of the way it is portrayed on paper with cg, and water color. Not only that it is also because I have something that is from one of my favorite series (Eva). He is a great big insparation to me and I know what the truck I am talking about because I am a fellow Anime artist as well.
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Summary: Sadamoto, true Grace through Art
Review: The artwork of Yoshiyuki Sadamoto is simply amazing to behold. One cannot help but be moved by it. Even Eric Clapton, who'd never seen Sadamoto's anime designs, was impressed, and asked Sadamoto to design the cover to his Pilgrim album, the art for which is found in this very collection.
It's gorgeous renderings of his work from Evangelion, Nadia, and Wings of Honneamaise, as well as some original pieces created for this collection.
It's a beautiful collection, well worth picking up.
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Summary: High quality English re-release of Japanese original
Review: This book is a nice collection of artwork from Yoshiyuki Sadamoto. Mr. Sadamoto did much of the character design work for Neon Genesis Evangelion, Nadia and various other anime. His Evangelion work takes up about two thirds of the book. There's no doubt the book is very pretty to look at. Mr. Sadamoto's talent is evident throughout. However, unless you are a fan of his works, you may not appreciate this book. I believe a friend of mine put it best when he said "Yes. It's very pretty. What is it?"On the Technical side, I am very impressed with the job Viz did on this book. The book was originally released in Japanese. I own both this version and a copy of the original Japanese version. The English version for sale here is nearly identical -- except the Japanese text has been translated into English. Viz kept the original size and Japanese style Right to Left reading format. They even used the same Roman fonts. This attention to detail is very nice. The quality of the paper is very high for an anime art book of this price. The quality of the printing is also very high considering the price. It is crisp and clean and free of screening artifacts. I believe fans of Mr. Sadamoto's work will enjoy this book. Others may not appreciate it as much but the contents are very pretty none the less.
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Summary: Simply Gorgeous
Review: This book is simply gorgeous. A must for any EVA fan. The quality of the reproductions is very good and the pictures in the book are nice too. Only gripe is that there aren't very many pictures of Misato or PenPen. There are quite a few nice pictures of Shinji, Rei, and Asuka in this book. About a third of the book is non-Evangelion. These plates are also excellent. I'm so happy I picked this up.
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Summary: A must for Evangelion fans
Review: This is some beautiful work directly from the illustrator of Evangelion, Sadamoto himself. The book is laid out in the traditional Eastern style - therefore you read it from back to front. All the art quality is excellent and the paper is high-gloss. This makes an excellent coffee-table book. My only wish is that it was hardcover - but the amount of remarkable art more than makes up for that. If you are a fan of Evangelion, you owe it to yourself to own this book. You will not be disappointed!
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Summary: Amazing
Review: Wow! Almost every single page has a full-color, full-page painting. No tiny thumbnails, no rough sketches, and very few works that spread across the spine. Among art books (whether English or Japanese), this is very rare. A majority of the pieces focus on Evangelion, but they are so beautiful that anyone could appreciate them even if they had never heard of Evangelion. The other works, on series like Nadia and Fatal Fury, are just as nice. The large format makes it even easier to admire. I own over 150 illustration-art books in several languages, and "Der Mond" is definitely on my essentials list. We are very lucky that an artbook as great as "Der Mond" has been published in English, at a reasonable price. Be sure to pick this one up before it goes out of print.
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Summary: Sadamoto's best work is in this book
Review: Yes, Mr. Sadamoto-san's best work is in this book. Find all art work on Evangelion and other titles in this wonderful book. He is truely Gainax's savior...
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