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UDON Announces Gurren Lagann Archives Artbook

UDON Announces Gurren Lagann Archives Artbook

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UDON Entertainment has published artbooks before, but few as hefty as the one they’re starting to talk about: a nearly 500-page volume devoted to the beloved anime Gurren Lagann. It’s one of the largest and most extensive book of sketches and art any anime has ever received. Premiering in 2007, Gurren Lagann was about a teenager who lived in an underground civilization and dreamed of someday seeing the surface world. That opportunity came the day he found the Core Drill, a drill-shaped key that activated Lagann, a large mecha he could fit inside. His best friend obtained a similar mech called Gurren and when the two combined, they became an unstoppable force both above and below ground. The story gets a LOT more complicated from there, eventually concerning the fate of the universe, but the short of it is Gurren Lagann was one of the best anime of the 2000s and if you haven’t seen it yet, you should. Now it’s receiving the ultimate tribute in the form of the

Simon Stålenhag’s The Labyrinth Launches Kickstarter

Simon Stålenhag’s The Labyrinth Launches Kickstarter

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You know artist Simon Stålenhag for his work on Tales From The Loop, a narrative art book that was adapted into a successful tabletop game and all sorts of spinoffs from there. Now he’s working on his second tale told through pictures: The Labyrinth, a post-apocalyptic tale of survival and facing the unknown. A world covered by ruins and ash, the remnants of an otherworldly phenomenon that has ravaged the earth’s atmosphere and forced the few survivors deep underground. Matt, Sigrid and Charlie leave the safe harbor of the enclave for an expedition into the wastelands of the surface world. During their journey they are forced to confront dark secrets from the time before civilization’s fall. Will The Labyrinth reach the heights of Tales From The Loop? That’s up to you. The crowdfunding campaign for the book was launched today, in association with Free League Publishing and Skybound Entertainment. The Labyrinth is planned as a large, hardcover volume 150 pages thick on high-quality paper stock. You can secure a copy

The Next Magic The Gathering Artbook Debuts January 1

The Next Magic The Gathering Artbook Debuts January 1

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Viz Media’s numerous Magic The Gathering artbooks have taken us to Zendikar, Innistrad, Ixalan, Amonkhet, Kaladesh and Dominaria. Now a seventh location is on the works, as Viz prepares The Art of Magic The Gathering: Ravnica for release next month. If you’re wondering right now where Ravnica is, you’re not out of the loop. This is the first time a Magic artbook is being released at the same time as the cards whose art it’s reproducing. The Ravnica deck will be officially released next January, and the book will be ready for those who want larger art. An eternity of winding streets, dark alleys, towering structures, and rubble-strewn ruins make up the world of Ravnica. The social and political framework of the world is defined by ten guilds, each with its own distinct identity, values, and priorities. Though the guilds constantly vie among themselves for power, no single one has ever succeeded in seizing total control of the plane, as they have a natural tendency to keep each other in

The Art Of Magic The Gathering: Ravnica Coming In January

The Art Of Magic The Gathering: Ravnica Coming In January

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Viz Media’s collection of Magic The gathering artbooks spans six titles to date: IXALAN, AMONKHET, KALADESH, INNISTRAD, ZENDIKAR, and DOMINARIA. They’re about to introduce a seventh: RAVNICA. Ravnica is described as more of a city than a region. The book reprints, in massive scale, the majority of card art that brought Ravnica to life — and it also goes into more detail on the city’s history, community and guilds than the cards have space to tell. RAVNICA was written by MTG senior game designer James Wyatt. An eternity of winding streets, dark alleys, towering structures, and rubble-strewn ruins make up the world of Ravnica. In this sprawling city, ten guilds are locked in a perpetual struggle for influence and dominance, each one seeking to advance its own agenda and philosophy—and now it’s time to choose your place in this conflict. “Ravnica is a vast metropolis that houses ten unique guilds vying for power,” says Joel Enos, senior editor at Viz. “The new ART OF MAGIC: THE GATHERING book illustrates the specific

The Art Of Magic The Gathering: DOMINARIA Coming This Summer

The Art Of Magic The Gathering: DOMINARIA Coming This Summer

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Part of what attracts collectors to Magic: The Gathering is the gorgeous artwork on the cards, and it should surprise no one that a series of art books is now into its fifth volume. And there’s a sixth on the way: Viz announced The Art Of Magic The Gathering: DOMINARIA today. Step aboard the legendary airship Weatherlight and explore the plane of Dominaria, an ancient world that has weathered one apocalypse after another and emergedinto a new time of rebirth and renewal. These pages, lavishly illustrated with the award-winning THE ART OF MAGIC: THE GATHERING, give you the history and stories from the plane where everything started. “The plane of Dominara is rich with the long-time lore of Magic: The Gathering and has generated quite a few key heroes and villains in the world,” says Joel Enos, Senior Editor at Viz. “Fans can look forward to revisiting those tales, and finding out much more about one of the oldest planes in the Magic: The Gathering universe, in the sixth installment

Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Artbook On The Way

Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Artbook On The Way

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In 2013 Dark Horse, in arrangement with Nintendo, published an English translation of Hyrule Historia, a thick hardcover full of art and sketches from every game in the Legend of Zelda Series up to Skyward Sword. It sold extremely well and was followed up with Art and Artifacts earlier this year, containing everything that didn’t make it into the first book. Now Nintendo has announced a new Zelda artbook is coming based on the latest game, Breath of the Wild. It’s a huge game, and there should be more then enough material to fill an entire book. Three images were posted to Nintendo’s UK Twitter account earlier today as a special preview. Early designs for Sidon, prince of the Zoras. Designs for Sidon’s father, King of the Zoras. And this would be the Japanese cover. Assuming it doesn’t change much before release, this will probably be what the English cover looks like as well. Dark Horse has not announced an English version of this book, but give it time —

Art Of Atari Book Released

Art Of Atari Book Released

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Sourced from private collections worldwide, the Art of Atari book spans over 40 years of the company’s unique history through illustrations used in packaging, advertisements, catalogues and more. Co-written by Robert V. Conte and Tim Lapetino ‘The Art of Atari’ includes behind-the-scenes details on how dozens of games featured within were conceived of, illustrated, approved (or rejected), and brought to life. The Art of Atari book is set to include: Huge array of different content including artwork, original packaging, history, art & design, developer / artist interviews, coin-ops, home consoles, box artwork, industrial designs, analog process, prototypes, advertising and promotion and more! Packed with stunning imagery and information about classic Atari titles including Pong, Breakout, Asteroids, Missile Command, Yar’s Revenge, Defender, E.T, Centipede, Combat, Indy 500, Video Olympics and many more! Retrospectives and interviews with key Atari staff including George Opperman, Cliff Spohn, Rick Guidice, Susan Jaekel, Steve Hendricks, Terry Hoff, Hiro Kimura, James Kelly, Warren Chang, Marc Ericksen, Evelyn Seto and more! Glorious breakdowns and retrospectives of each machine