The Anime Special Edition [Re-Release Edition] Genmu Senki Leda

This book was from the Genmu Senki Leda OVA. This was originally printed in 1985. It included artwork from Mutsumi Inomata, who did the character designs for it. Other contributors included Takahiro Toyomasu, Shigenali Kageyama, Shouhei Kohara, Masanoli Nishie, Mayumi Watanabe, Yoshiharu Kukushima, Kenichi Ohnuki, Atsuko Ishida, Hideko Yamauchi, Miyuki Nakano, Shinsaku Kouzuma, Tsukasa Dokite, Hiroaki Gouda, Takafumi Hayashi, Kouji Itou, Hideki Tamura, Hiromi Muranaka, and Kazuaki Mouli. Pages 1-66 were in color. Pages 62-67 included photographs of Rio Akimoto who performed all the songs. It even lists her three sizes. The book was A4 size.


Product number was ISBN978-4-7648-3262-9 and UPC bar code 9784764832626 and 1920074025008. It was released on 8/1/2026. It was priced at Y2500. The book was 82 pages in total length and published by Kindaieigasha.


p3-34 Illustrations
p35-61 Animation Original Art Collection
p62-67 Anime Angel Rio Akimoto
p68-72 Leda's World Image Design
p73 Leda Surprise Box
p74-80 Staff Roundtable
p81 Production Diary

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Haruhiko Mikimoto Art Works: MACROSS

Haruhiko Mikimoto did the original character designs for Macross. This book covers the artwork he did for the series. It included the original series, Macross - Do You Remember Love? Movie, Macross Flash Back 2012 OVA, Macross II: Lovers Again, and Macross 7. The book was A4 size.


Product number was ISBN978-4-04-115794-7. It was released on 3/31/2025. UPC Bar Code - 9784041157947 and 1920076080005. It was priced at Y8000. The book was 288 pages in total length and published by Kadokawa.


p001 Frontispiece
p012 Foreward
p018 The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
p102 The Super Dimension Fortress Macross Do You Remember Love?
p150 The Super Dimension Fortress Macross Flash Back 2012
p160 The Super Dimension Fortress Macross II -LOVERS AGAIN-
p186 Macross 7
p212 CROSSOVER
p228 Macross 7 Trash
p238 Macross Generation
Macross Digital Mission VF-X
Macross VF-X2
Macross M3
p244 The Super Dimension Fortress Macross THE FIRST
p286 Afterword

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Angel Touch Book

This book covers artwork from Akemi Takada. It included art from Mahou no Tenshi Creamy Mami, Mahou no Stage Fancy Lala, Urusei Yatsura, and Kimagure Orange Road. The last section included artwork from other works. The book was A4 size.

Product number was ISBN978-4-19-865165-7. It was released on 9/30/2020. UPC Bar Code - 9784198651657 and 1920076040009. It was priced at Y4000. The book was 204 pages in total length.


p003 Creamy Mami
p070 Mahou no Stage Fancy Lala
p080 Urusei Yatsura (Lum)
p102 Kimagure Orange Road
p150 ?other?
p200 credits

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Key 20th Memorial Book

This book featured the all the works from Key since 2001. Most of the titles originated on the PC with some being made into anime. The entire book is in color.

Product number was ISBN978-4-04-913093-5. It was published by Kadokawa and released on 9/30/2020. UPC Bar Code - 9784049130935 and 1920076040009. It was priced at Y4000. The book was 224 pages in total length.

p003 Kanon
p019 AIR
p037 CLANNAD
p057 Tomoyo ~It's a Wonderful Life~
p063 planetarian
p073 Little Busters!
p083 Little Busters-EX
p101 Kud Wafter
p109 Rewrite
p119 Rewrite Harvest festa!
p135 Harmonia
p139 Summer Pockets
p148 Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE
p159 Angel Beats
p166 Angel Beats! - 1st beat
p183 Charlotte
p198 ?? Key ??
p202 Key ??
p204 Key ??
p206 Key ??
p209 STAFF INTERVIEW

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MAWARU-PENGUINDRUM*Hoshino Lily Art Works

This book was from the Mawaru Penguindrum TV Series. The first 50 pages were in color. Part 3 (p51) was made up line art. The last section included interview Lily Hoshino, who did the character designs, and Kunihiko Ikuhara, the director. On the book of the book, the following was printed in English: I hate the word "Destiny." / Hey, living a life is a punishment. / Because I believe the "Destiny." / No matter how painful, sad things are, they always have the "Meaning." / Lie... This world is made of all lies. / So much for me, it should be ground soon.../ Anyone cannot stop this "Destiny."




Product number was ISBN978-4-344-82539-0. It was released on 6/30/2012. UPC Bar Code - 9784344825390 and 1920079019002. It was priced at Y1900. The book was 88 pages in total length.

p3 Part ONE Illustration Gallery
p21 Part TWO End Card Collection
p51 Part THREE Character Design
p75 Part FOUR Special Contents

p76 Interview: Hoshino Lily
p86 Special Contribution : Ikuhara Kunihiko
p82 Short Comic
p84 Comment


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Tsukihime Perfect Fan Book

This was a fan book of Tsukihime. It included two CD-ROMs. First one included fan art, icons, movies, and screensavers. The second disc included a demo for Melty Blood PC game. At the front of the book, on a cardboard sheet, there was two cards and a "pop out" of Arcueid. It was the same image as the cover but with a white background. There was a also a three panel foldout at the beginning of the back. In addition, another poster was included. Only pages 52-100 were black and white. On the last page, the following was written in English: 'On that day, she stood still at the ultramarine grass. In the figure which will not change eight-year before, she gazed at me. --Could you find "that" praire?'



Product number was ISBN4-87287-844-2. It was released on 9/2002. UPC Bar Code - 9784872878448 and 1920076025006. It was priced at Y2500. The book was 132 pages in total length.



p6 Stories
p10 Characters - Arcueid Brunestud
p12 Characters - Ciel
p14 Characters - Tohno Akiha
p16 Characters - Kohaku & Hisui
p18 Characters - OTHERS
p20 kagetsutohya
p24 New Work Introduction - Fate/Stay Night
p26 ?? - COVER SELECTION
p32 ?? - NEW WORKS
p42 GOODS part 1
p46 work theory
p48 Phenomenalism
p50 ?? - THIS IS TYPE-MOON!
p52 secondary -- a reader
p54 key word
p56 round table talk - TYPE-MOON ??
p64 ?? - MAGAZINE Re-recording
p66 VOICE
p68 ?? PICK UP70
86 SHOPS
p87 MANGA - ??/??/??/REN/AKD/??
p96 CD-ROM contents
p98 ??
p100 ??
p101 GOODS part 2
p107 illust gallery
p132 FINALE - ano hino sou gen


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Newtype 100% Collection - Gundam Char's Counterattack

This book covered the 1988 Mobile Suit Gundam Char's Counterattack Movie. Beyond the Time was title of the song heard in the movie. It had lyrics for the song as well as a color photo of TM Network, who performed the song. The Film Digest covered images from the movie. The Art section was black and white. It covered line art of the characters, mobile suits, and other mecha from the movie. Close Up! section was in color and featured color images of the various mobile suits, main characters, and sub characters. There were also two pages on M.S. Action. The last section was black and white, mostly filled with text.



Product number was ISBN4-04-852983-8. It was released on 8/10/1998. UPC Bar Code - 9784048529839 and 1920076014000. It was priced at Y1400. The book was 96 pages in total length.

p4 Beyond the Time
p8 Film Digest
p35 Aft of Gundam Char's Counterattack
p67 Close Up!
p83 ?? 100


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Fight Iczer-One! Mediamix Special

This oversize book measured 235 x 297 mm. It covered the three part Iczer-One OVA Series. Cover artwork was Toshihiro Hirano who also did the character designs. Pages 1-18 and 35-66 were in color.

Product number was ISBN4-04-852051-2C0074. It was published by Kadokawa Shoten and released on 8/10/1986. There was no UPC Bar Code. It was priced at Y1200. The book was 98 pages in total length.

p4 Real Illustration by Jun Suemi
p8 Special Features on Characters
p18 Talk Space by Toshihiro Hirano
p24 Iczer Robo vs Dylose
p26 Iczer Robo Perfect Manual
p28 Actual Conditions of Mysterious Cutowolf
p32 Explanation of Mechanics
p36 Original Illustraion by Director Toshihiro Hirano
p42 Real Illustrion by Yuji Kaida
p46 Complete Recording Act 1
p54 Complete Recording Act 2
p66 Iczer-One in Talk 1
p72 Iczer-One in Talk 2
p77 Establishment Character & Mechanic
p87 Iczer-One in Talk 3
p91 Biographical Dictionary and Terminology of Act1~2
p98 Contents and a Colophon


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The Vision of Escaflowne Designs Record Collection

On the cover, "Sunrise Art Book Series V" was printed on the top. This book covered mostly line art from the characters, mecha, and the world from the Vision of Escaflowne TV Series. Only the first sixteen pages were in color. On pages 40-46, it included cast interviews. This included Maaya Sakamoto (Hitomi Kanzaki), Tomokazu Seki (Van Fanel), Shinichiro Miki (Allen Schezar), Minami Takayama (Dilandau Albatau), Ikue Ohtani (Merle), Jyoji Nakata (Folken), and Mayumi Iizuka (Millerna Aston). At the front of the book was a three panel, double sided color foldout at the front of the book.

Product number was ISBN4-89601-263-1. It was released on 11/30/1996. There was no UPC Bar Code. It was priced at Y1500. The book was 112 pages in total length.

p1 The Vision of Escaflowne Color Photo Gallery
p12 Opening / Ending Film Digest
p17 Characters Format - Sheets
p47 Guymelef Melef Airship Format - Sheets
p75 Escaflowne World
p82 Each Story Format - Design
p109 "Escaflowne" Staff & Cast Full List (#1-26)


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Go Nagai - The Novel Art Collection

This book covered various artwork from Go Nagai. The book has a mix of color and black and white illustrations. This included Devilman, Kekko Kamen, and Violence Jack. The book does have nudity in it.

Product number was ISBN4-939110-15-x. It was published by Planet Publishing and it was released on 6/5/2001. UPC Bar Code - 9784939110153 and 1920076020001. It was priced at Y2000. The book was 112 pages in total length.

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B-Club Special - Kenichi Sonoda - Gallant

The following was written under the title on the first page: Gall Force, Wanna * Be's & Original Gallant Girl's Collection. All artwork was by Kenichi Sonoda. This book covered material from Wanna * Be and all the Gall Force Series except for the last one, Gall Force Revolution. The first 64 pages were all color and included illustrations and artwork from the Gall Force Universe. Pages 65-80 were black & white and included line art for Gall Force series and Wanna * Be's. Pages 81-112 were in color and included more artwork from Gall Froce, Wanna * Be's, and other original artwork. Pages 113-125 were in black & white and covered more line art and a five page mini-comic. At the front of the book, it had a foldout of Catty.



Product number was ISBN4-89189-105-X. It was released on 8/30/1990. There was no UPC Bar Code. It was priced at Y2000. The book was 128 pages in total length.


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Dancougar Gakken Mook Deluxe Animedia

The book covered the original Dancougar Series. The Visual Content, which covered the first 66 pages, were all in color. It included color images from the series as well as some artwork. Pages for Reading contained text as well as line art of the characters and the mecha. There were also images of eleven of the seiyuus. On page 126, there was an image of Dancougar toy and covers of 5 singles and 3 LPs.

There was no ISBN number or UPC bar code. It was published by Gakken Animedia and released in 1986. It was priced at Y980. The book was 130 pages in total length.

Visual Features
p4 Here Comes the Heroes Again!
p14 Perfect Story Review
p26, 38 Special Pin Up - The Way We Were
p54 Requiem for Favorite Secens in TV Series
p58 OP & ED Theatre
p60 Mechanical Action Flash
p66 Illustration Gallery

Pages for Reading
p67 Keisuke Fujikawa Presents
p75 Super Encyclopedia of DANGCOUGAR
p92 Symposium
p96 Character Designers' Talk
p102 Mechanical Designer's Monologue
p106 Main Staff's Interview
p110 ?? Interview
p113 Message from Main Cast

Pages for Readers
p117 Reader's Forum
p124 ??
p126 Records & Plastic Model Catalogue
p127 Staff & Cast List

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Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion Roman Album

This book covered the first TV series of Code Geass. The first 66 pages were in color. At the beginning of the book, there was a two panel foldout of Lelouch. The image was the same as the cover except with white background. The last page of the book had images previewing the Code Geass R2 TV series.

Product number was ISBN978-4-19-720254-6. It was released on 8/13/2008. UPC Bar Code - 9784197202546 and 1929474019051. It was priced at Y1905. The book was 146 pages in total length.

p06 Illustrations(?)
p14 Character File
p46 ??
p48 Film Story
p67 Glossary of Code Geass
p71 Design Works [characters]
p97 Design Works [machines]
p115 Design Works [background]
p131 Interviews


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Neon Genesis Evangelion Photo File EVE Venus at 2015 A.D.

This book centered on EVE or the women from the Evangelion TV Series. It included screenshots of each of the six mentioned characters from the series. Figure Style included eighteen photos of eleven different figures. It included Rei, Asuka, and Misato. Design Works showed some of the early color drawings of the characters. The entire book was in color.

Product number was ISBN4-04-852661-8. It was published by Kadokawa Shoten and released on 4/26/1996. UPC Bar Code - 9784048526616 and 1920076009809. It was priced at Y980. The book was 66 pages in total length.

p04 Introduction

AGE OF INNOCENTp06 Ayanami Rei
p22 Sohyu Asuka Langley
p32 Horaki Hikari

PRISONER
p36 Katsuragi Misato
p44 Akagi Ritsuko
p50 Ibuki Maya
p54 Figure Style
p58 Design Works


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Project Diva 2nd Complete Album Book

This book was from the second Project Diva Game. The game was published by SEGA and released on the Sony PSP. This book was filled hundreds of color images from the game, sketches, and artwork. All the modules, song lyrics, and illustrations were included. The entire book was in color.

Product number was ISBN978-4-04-854526-6. It was published by Kadokawa Shoten and released on 1/31/2011. UPC Bar Code - 9784048545266 and 1920076019005. It was priced at Y1900. The book was 176 pages in total length.


p001 ILLUST GALLERY
p004 ?? - PROJECT DIVA-
p006 OPENING MOVIE
p008 ??
p010 CHARACTER PROFILE
p012 MODULE FASHION PART.1
p046 The iDOL M@STER SP Collaboration
p048 MUSIC WORLD GUIDE
P097 ?? HOW TO ??
p104 Enjoy DIVA ??
p110 MODULE FASHION PART.2
p144 DOWNLOAD CONTENTS CHRONICLE
P148 ??
P150 MUSIC DATA & ??
P160 DIVA ?? Item List
p162 ILLUSTRATION ARCHIVE
p170 GOODS INFORMATION
p172 ?? Project DIVA Arcade

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The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Official Fanbook

Haruhism was (or is) spreading everywhere. This book covered the first The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya TV Series. The book was nearly all color. It had full color images of all the characters as well as scenes from the series. In addition, there were color images of the seiyuus in the interview section: Minori Chihara (Yuki Nagato), Yuko Goto (Mikuru Asahina), Aya Hirano (Haruhi Suzumiya), Tomokazu Sugita (Kyon), and Daisuke Ono (Itsuki Koizumi). At the front of the book was a double sided foldout. One side has the entire cast at the beach. The other side was of Yuki Nagato.



Product number was ISBN4-04-853991-4. It was on 8/25/2006. UPC Bar Code - 9784048539913 and 1920076012006. It was priced at Y1200. The book was 128 pages in total length.


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Newtype 100% Collection - Escaflowne The Movie: A Girl in Gaea

This book covered Escaflowne The Movie (with some info/images from the TV series). The cover was by Yuki Nobuteru, who also did the character designs. The first 32 pages, which included illustrations by Yuki Nobuteru, Sano Hirotoshi, and Nakayama Shihoko as well as images from the movie, was in color. Pages 32-80 were in black & white. It included line-art of the characters, machines, and background as well as text information. Pages 76-79 had images of various merchandise from both the movie and TV series. It included key chains, posters, telephone cards, soundtrack (and singles), models/figures, manga, LD and DVD covers. Pages 81-96 were in color. "Check! Main Characters" had images of various characters/machines from the movie and comparing them to the TV version. Page 95 featured an interview with Akane Kazuki, the Director.



Product number was ISBN4-04-853216-2. It was released on 11/20/2000. UPC Bar Code - 9784048532167 and 1920076018008. It was priced at Y1800. The book was 96 pages in total length.

p11 Escaflowne The Movie Story
p33 Escaflowne ??
p34 Character
p50 Mechanic
p62 Art Boards
p64 Takeba Works
p72 Roman Club
p74 Pick Up! ??
p76 Escaflowne GOODS collection
p80 Staff & Cast
p81 Check! Main Characters
p86 Remember Escaflowne
p92 Tele Vision
p95 Interview of Director

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Newtype Illustrated Collection - La fillette révolutionnaire UTENA ou l'Apocalypse de l'adolescence

This book covered material from Shoujo Kakumei Utena: Adolescence Mokushiroku (Utena Movie). The first chapter was color illustrations inspired or for the movie. The conception chapter was made up of black and white line-art. Anaylse was color image stills from the movie. The last chapter was all text information about the movie.

Product number was ISBN4-04-853169-7. It was released on 3/18/2000. UPC Bar Code - 9784048531696 and 1920076028007. It was priced at Y2800. The book was 112 pages in total length.

p3 galerie
p33 conception
p49 analyse
p97 scenario


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Record of Lodoss War Vol.2

In 1992, two books were published on the OVA series Record of Lodoss War. Both of the books were rich with color images and information on the series. The second book covered OVAs #9-13. Pages 1-36 covered the had beautiful color images from the final five OVAs as well as the ending sequence. In addition, in between various OVAs, there was Art Board Selection. It covered the backgrounds used during those particular OVAs. Pages 38-41 covered the dragons that appeared during the respective OVAs. Pages 42-47 covered the awesome magic used by the heroes and the vilians. Pages 48-50 displayed images of the various monsters encountered during the second part of the series. Except for the next two galleries, the rest of the book was in B/W. The next section included the N.Yuuki Gallery (p52-61), Y.Izubuchi Gallery (p62-63), Visual Board (p64-79), Continuity (p80-83), and Data (p84-86). The final section of the book was made up of interviews of R. Mizuno, A. Nagaoka, Y. Minowa, Y. Honda, and the cast.

Product number was ISBN4-04-714505-X. It was released on 4/15/1992. There was no UPC Bar Code. It was priced at Y1900. The book was 104 pages in total length.


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Macross: Do You Remember Love? Preview Book

This book was a preview book for the Macross: Do You Remember Love? Movie. At the front of the book was a 3-panel single sided foldout a Meltran ships and several suits. The first thirty-four pages of the book were color images from Macross the Movie. It included images of characters from both sides, mecha, and the concert Minmay performed at the beginning of the film. The next section beginning on page 41 was line art of mostly the mecha from the movie. This section was done blue and white. The next few sections were in color. On page 57 began the section of photos of a young Mari Iijima, the seiyuu of Lynn Minmay. The first three pages had five photos of her in a light green and white striped dress. The next two pages had her in roller skates. Following them were four more pictures of Mari dressed in white outfit outside in the city during the night. Finally, on page sixty-four, it has a few more pictures of her and her albums avalable at the time. A few of them listed three numbers, which werefor the LP, cassette, and the CD. The final part of the color section, starting on page 65, showed various models related from the movie. Between pages 74-76, it featured more B/W line art of the various mecha used during the movie. Pages 78-81 had some more text info on Mari and the song sheet for "Ai, Ohoeteimasu ka" (Do You Remeber Love?) and "Tenshi no enogu" (Angel's Colors). Pages 82-83 list the various audio and video items released for Macross up to that time. There were eight small images of LP covers and two image covers of VHS box. In addition, there is another image for an LP that seemed to have been a Mari Iijima album. The remaining pages covered interviews, credits, and staff information.



Product number was ISBN4-09-101563-8. It was released in 1984. There was no UPC Bar Code. It was priced at Y800. The book was 104 pages in total length.

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