This is the second of the 2 artbooks, published by Shounen Sunday. It came with a hardcover and 216 (along with a fold-out poster). Unlike the first artbook, this one contains only a few illustration. This one is not a “real” artbook, but more a register of the character and the story. It contains character introduction, character analysis, information about the merchandise of Ushio & Tora (some funny stuff), the Manga (the regular ones and the Gaiden Manga) and the Anime and there is – like in the first artbook – an interview of Kazuhiro Fujita as well. As a bonus, you'll find a few stickers at the end of the book.
This artbook might not be very useful for anyone who doesnt speak or understands a word of Japanese. But for everyone who does, this book might be very interesting. It has some nice information (especially about Tora – his character, his, past his battle technique. There is also a chapter called >Tora and the women<…^-^) about all the characters (even the ones of the Gaiden Manga!) and the story. I’m a little bit disappointed about this book. I was hoping to find all the illustrations, which you can find in the Manga, that couldn’t find its way into the first artbook. Some cell painting and character sheets also would have been nice. But you can’t have anything, unfortunately… So, for anyone who doesn’t speak Japanese, I cannot recommend this artbook, because it would be useless then. |
