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[merylsilverburg]

I don't think anyone posted about this before, so I just thought I'd share this information to some hardcore FF fans. Some of you may know and some may not, since this news is pretty old.

In December 2002, Squaresoft released a rare and limited edition box set of all of Yoshitaka Amano's drawings/sketches he did for the FF series (Amano-sensei is a popular mangaka/artist in Japan known for his works like the FF series, Vampire Hunter D, "The Sandman" etc.). There are three books total: I, II, III and has all his drawings/sketches from FFI all the way to FFX. Also included is a book with interviews, biography, photos of him and his NY apt./studio, promotional ads for the FF games (and some are never-seen before). There's a double-sided flipbook featuring moogles bouncing on one side and a woman disappearing into a "womb" on the other. There's a pencil board (shitajiki) featuring a woman character from FFI (I believe). And finally, there's 2 large postcards of two characters from FFI.

Here's a pic:
https://store6.yimg.com/I/animebooks-com_1727_67229275

This box set is incredibly heavy. 7 kg which is about 15 lbs. There's over 704 pages and the art is gorgeous.

Cost: $300

This is a definite must-buy for die hard fans or major collectors, but the price is steep.

[Beretta55]

DAMN! that's pretty nice even if i was a hardcore FF fan i wouldnt buy it. my cheap side rule's over everything else but that is pretty cool wish i could get it

[Infernal Mass]

pretty cool, yep.



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[kupoartist]

*sniffle* the price tag is sure steep... i'll have to make do with the art cards in Origins and the various Amano stuff on some of the game cds (my eyes are sure gonna hurt )

[ssjtrunks13]

Originally posted by merylsilverburg

(Amano-sensei is a popular mangaka/artist in Japan known for his works like the FF series, Vampire Hunter D, "The Sandman" etc.)

Yeah, that's a pretty high price. Maybe I'll get after I've hit it big in the computers or music industry, that is if it's still availablke. So, What's the 'etc'(other stuff he's has done)?

[merylsilverburg]

Originally posted by ssjtrunks13

Yeah, that's a pretty high price. Maybe I'll get after I've hit it big in the computers or music industry, that is if it's still availablke. So, What's the 'etc'(other stuff he's has done)?

Hate to break it to ya, but it's limited edition and pretty rare, so you may not be able to find it in the future.

Well, by "etc." I just meant like other works for anime (like Angel's Egg and Gatchaman), manga, some games other than FF (like El Dorado's Gate (Capcom) and Kartia (Atlas)). He's mostly famous for his FF and Vampire Hunter D works though.

[ssjtrunks13]

Thanks for the help. I had no idea he also did Vampire hunter D until you told me.

[Kimahri]

Whoa I never seen that before. You know when you look at Amano's you think anybody could do it, it is just that Maya!!! It's like you don't really need to draw good, you just have to make it better on the computer.

[merylsilverburg]

Originally posted by BesaidX-2

Whoa I never seen that before. You know when you look at Amano's you think anybody could do it, it is just that Maya!!! It's like you don't really need to draw good, you just have to make it better on the computer.

I'm not sure what you're saying, but if you're saying that Amano-sensei does his work on the computer and makes it better, then that's kind of insulting. He does all his works with paints/watercolors and draws them out first by hand. I don't believe he's ever used the computer to draw because when I look through some of his works, it looks like they're painted.

Sorry for straying off the topic, but I just don't hearing people insult artists who uses the traditional style than using computers.

[Kimahri]

Whoa Whoa wait, I though that he was a maker of the final fantasy series, like the characters in the games.
I didn't say draw them on the computer, I meant that if he was a final fantasy maker, that when he finishes drawing them, he makes it into a character in final fantasy.
Sorry if it meant something else to you, I wasn't insulting anyone.
Here's what I really meant to say.

"If he draws like that, anybody can draw that good if they got help, or is just born with the skill like he was. Then if we had that skill it would be easier to place it to Maya to make a Real-Time Rpg person. And that it would look real, bacause of the good job that he did by drawing it, because if you got a good rough draft, you can make an awesome final draft *if he placed that person in final fantasy*"

Sorry for the confusion, I type to fast and not think.

[DragonSphere]

Yet another kick-ass import out of my reach...

[kupoartist]

Originally posted by BesaidX-2
Whoa Whoa wait, I though that he was a maker of the final fantasy series, like the characters in the games.
I didn't say draw them on the computer, I meant that if he was a final fantasy maker, that when he finishes drawing them, he makes it into a character in final fantasy.

as I understand it, Amano just draws the characters, and then they are interpreted by a pixel artist (in the case of the games where he seems to have had a lot of influence - the Nintendo era games. He doesn't seem to have anything past "image illustration" in lots of the credits.). You'll notice that in lots of Amano illustrations, people are blonde, whereas in the actual game they have different coloured hair (like Terra from 6)...

Thats probably an indication of where his input ends... (though his art is of course very, very good!)

[merylsilverburg]

Originally posted by BesaidX-2

Whoa Whoa wait, I though that he was a maker of the final fantasy series, like the characters in the games.
I didn't say draw them on the computer, I meant that if he was a final fantasy maker, that when he finishes drawing them, he makes it into a character in final fantasy.
Sorry if it meant something else to you, I wasn't insulting anyone.
Here's what I really meant to say.

"If he draws like that, anybody can draw that good if they got help, or is just born with the skill like he was. Then if we had that skill it would be easier to place it to Maya to make a Real-Time Rpg person. And that it would look real, bacause of the good job that he did by drawing it, because if you got a good rough draft, you can make an awesome final draft *if he placed that person in final fantasy*"

Sorry for the confusion, I type to fast and not think.

Oh, I see what you're saying, I'm sorry for jumping all over you like that.
Like the_artist said, Amano-sensei just does the drawings in his style and in the games, it's much more "detailed" and "life-like" because the character designer takes care of that.
Again, I apologize...I should try to read posts more carefully next time.