Wow.....that's the only word to describe this artbook. Man, I was flipping through it and it has original artwork of MGS, the original character sketches and the mecha sketches. All done by Shinkawa-san and everything! There's Japanese, but there's English translations too! So, I was able to read what Shinakawa-san was thinking when he drew a certain pic or scene. It is amazing! They have the data on every character, even their fingerprints!
Here are some things that I didn't even know about
: *MAYBE SPOILERS*
Solid Snake's nationality is actually....American! At least, that's what it said in the book. His IQ is 180 and he speaks 6 languages fluently.
Hal Emmerich's code name "Otacon" comes from "Otaku" because he's a fan of anime, and attends conventions regularly.
Revolver Ocelot's nationality is actually.....Russian?! Yeah, strange, 'cause he has a western accent, but it kinda makes sense if you've played MGS2....
Psycho Mantis's nationality is also Russian. Seems strange because he had no accent in the game...
Sniper Wolf's nationality is Iraq, but I'm pretty sure you guys knew that...
Well, that's that. There is even two MGS Drama CD's which I think are out of print right now...
I'm not sure what they're about, but in the artbook, there seemed to be new characters involved. But, I think these Drama CD's talk about Solid Snake's past, so the characters are probably the people he met in the past. Again, I'm not sure. Well, that's it. Just thought you guys liked to know. It was interesting for me.
