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xelement5x

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Ys: The Art Book
« on: November 14, 2013, 09:56:11 AM »
http://www.amazon.com/Ys-The-Book-Falcom-Nihon/dp/1927925010/

Celebrating over 25 years of Ys, the flagship series of Japanese RPG publisher Nihon Falcom! Ys: The Art Book collects the fantastic artwork of more than a dozen titles in the Ys franchise, from the original game all the way up to the brand-new Ys: Memories of Celceta. Includes pinups, character designs, rare concept art, and more!


Current price is only about $30 with a size of about about 280 pages.  This looks pretty slick to me, but I am a sucker for art books!  According to other info I've seen though it actually releases on Jan 1, 2014.
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Re: Ys: The Art Book
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2013, 09:16:29 PM »
That's cool, thanks for posting about it, x5x. This probably would've flown under the radar for me if I hadn't seen your post. I don't keep up with Ys related news as much as one would think, even as the king of Ys fan-translation patches.
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Sadler

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Re: Ys: The Art Book
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2014, 11:47:28 AM »
Mine finally arrived today. Very cool stuff! :D
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xelement5x

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Re: Ys: The Art Book
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2014, 02:45:25 PM »
Quote from: Sadler on April 01, 2014, 11:47:28 AM
Mine finally arrived today. Very cool stuff! :D

Sweet!  My brother in law got me this for Christmas so that means my copy should be arriving soon too!
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Re: Ys: The Art Book
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2014, 05:16:46 PM »
Woah. Don't you got tracking on the package ? I guess this is tricky since you're buying direct from Falcom, but it takes nowhere near this long say if you had tried to buy something from them via the Email method. I try to teach it with this Falcom Weekly Special feature. People aren't fans of sending a CC # via email though, but that's the only way in some cases to get certain games and other stuff like soundtracks, etc. Anyway, that took 3-6 weeks in the past, not no months... Oh well.

Alright Sadler, up to you to scan and upload for us. No pressure. ;)
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Re: Ys: The Art Book
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2014, 06:01:16 PM »
I think I got a tracking # at some point, but I've pretty much got a constant stream of stupid Amazon Prime items arriving. No scans, how about a potato pic though? :D



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NightWolve

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Re: Ys: The Art Book
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2014, 07:34:19 PM »
Ah, 280 pages... Yeah, that would be quite a scan project. ;) Well congrats, you're quite a collector. It'd be cool to have it, but I can't reach a "I MUST HAVE THIS!" position and actually buy it. I'll look at it once, then it'd go on a shelf... I do like having a variety of Ys artwork handy in JPEG form, possibly for use in say future patch software, but I have lots of artwork already.
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Re: Ys: The Art Book
« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2014, 08:31:46 PM »
Anyone got any pics of some of the older Ys artwork for the original PC88/MSX games? Very tempted to buy this book!
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Re: Ys: The Art Book
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2014, 01:48:37 PM »
Since this is just a translation of the Japanese version, the JP entry of it on Amazon gives a decent idea (I think) of what to expect because there are some sample pages on there:
http://www.amazon.com/Ys-Art-Book-Japanese-Bunko/dp/4797372958/
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Re: Ys: The Art Book
« Reply #9 on: April 02, 2014, 05:06:31 PM »
I would never have known about this book if it weren't for this thread. 
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Re: Ys: The Art Book
« Reply #10 on: April 02, 2014, 05:22:18 PM »
And if esteban had it, he would've scanned it already. ;)
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Re: Ys: The Art Book
« Reply #11 on: April 02, 2014, 06:32:27 PM »

Quote from: NightWolve on April 02, 2014, 05:22:18 PM
And if esteban had it, he would've scanned it already. ;)


 
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Re: Ys: The Art Book
« Reply #12 on: April 03, 2014, 12:26:13 AM »
This is a gorgeous art book. I imported the JPN version when it was released. Also ordered this one which arrived yesterday. Unfortunately I haven't had the time to compare them to each other. My only gripe is that I wished there was more of the older YS art showcased. The JPN only Falcom 30th Chronicle and YS Data File both contained higher amounts of retro Ys art.
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xelement5x

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Re: Ys: The Art Book
« Reply #13 on: April 05, 2014, 04:27:27 AM »
So I figured out where my copy is!  It's in IL with my sister and brother in law!

I guess when they ordered it they thought it would show up in time for Christmas, so they had the original shipping address sent to them.  Then when it finally came out it showed up on their door the other day.

Thankfully I'll be going back there in May for family stuff, but I wish I had it now!
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Re: Ys: The Art Book
« Reply #14 on: April 05, 2014, 02:17:13 PM »
Ah, so would you have bought it if it wasn't a gift ?
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