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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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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Record of Lodoss War Vol.1

In 1992, two books were published on the Record of Lodoss War OVA Series. Both of the books were rich with color images and information on the series. The first book covered OVAs #1-8. Pages 1-58 covered the had beautiful color images from the first eight OVAs as well as the opening sequence. In addition, in between various OVAs, there was Art Board Selection. It covered the backgrounds used during those particular OVAs. Pages 60-71 covered the characters that appeared during the respective OVAs. Pages 72-75 displayed images of the various monsters encountered during this part of the series. Pages 76-80 covered the awesome magic used by the heroes and the vilians The rest of the book was in B/W. The next section included the N.Yuuki (Yuki Nobuteru) Gallery (p82-89), Y.Izubuchi (Yutaka Izubuchi) Gallery (p90-97), Visual Board (p98-109), Continuity (p110-113), and Data (p114-116). The final section of the book was made up of interviews of executive producer T.Kadokawa (Tsuguhiko Kadokawa), character designer Y.Izubuchi (Yutaka Izubuchi), character designer N.Yuuki (Nobuteru Yuuki), series composition M.Watanabe (Mami Watanabe), art director H.Kaneko (Hidetoshi Kaneko).

Product number was ISBN4-04-714504-1. It was released on 1/25/1992. There was no UPC Bar Code. It was priced at Y1900. The book was 128 pages in total length.


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