Magnolia: Fairy Tail Art Book To Be Published In The US

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Even though Fairy Tail is no stranger to the US manga shelf, we’ve never had an art book related to the series localized before. That’s about to change — Kodansha just announced Magnolia, an all-encompassing art book covering the entire main Fairy Tail series, for release in the States. Magnolia: FAIRY TAIL Complete Illustrations is in full color and contains over 450 illustrations from Fairy Tail’s 63-volumes, which were published over 11 years. run. Lucy, Natsu, Gray, Wendy, Erza, Juvia, Happy, and dozens more are all represented. We’d show you what it all looks like, but Kodansha has yet to […]
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Magnolia: Fairy Tail Art Book To Be Published In The US

Magnolia: FAIRY TAIL Complete Illustrations is in full color and contains over 450 illustrations from Fairy Tail's 63-volumes, which were published over 11...

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[Simply Jessie]

Fairy Tail has some of the best character designs in shonen manga, so I’m really happy about this! Hiro Mashima’s artwork improved a lot over the years, and it’s nice to have a book that celebrates his progress. He puts so much energy into his work, and I love how expressive his characters are. I hope this art book includes illustrations from his Twitter sketches too—those were always fun.

 

[Richmond]

Mashima’s use of color is really striking, and his character designs are so dynamic. Having a book like this is useful for artists who want to analyze professional-level illustrations. I hope they include some step-by-step process images so we can see how he builds his compositions.