BlazBlue Materials Art Book

Sat 2009/11/21 11:54 JST
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I normally don't purchase game books, but the exception is definitely BlazBlue Materials Art Book. I was sad to have missed the pre-order book that came with the game, so I was thrilled to find out they were finally coming out with an official art book.

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Each of the playable characters is presented with their profile image, their additional poses from the in-game stills, concept art (and some of it is really out there), the CG scenes from their story line, and finally a brand new character illustration.

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A lot of the art in the book looks anything but official, but it is, they just had a lot of artists doing promotional art work for the game.

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I don't know if you've seen them, but tele-cards are hilariously overpriced calling cards that usually have an exclusive illustration on them. So most people who buy them buy for the art work and not the phone calls ;D

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So if you lived in Japan, you would have been lucky enough to have picked up one of these Rachel x Noel tele-cards depending on what store you bought your game from.

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Don't you wish the rest of the world could get extras like that?

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Here's one of the brand new character illustrations. There's one for each of the characters in the book. Anyone seen any figures of the characters yet?

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Tager has the best portrait in the book in my opinion, even though he kinda sucks to play. I know someone out there has mastered him though ;D

It's a great book overall, and with any luck this might get published elsewhere, since BlazBlue popularity is worldwide! :D

  • pariah
    pariah in Canada (Registered on 2009/11/02)
    Student

    Tager has the best astral finish compared to all the other characters in the game.

    Sat 2009/11/21 12:45:11 JST (ID #55366)
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  • Tasche
    Tasche in Vancouver, BC (Registered on 2008/11/03)
    Apprentice Baking & Pastry Chef
    http://www.Ima-Monogatari.com

    noel love all the way...i still cant believe shes only 5"1 compared to Taiga whose 5"4....the hell?

    Sat 2009/11/21 14:40:30 JST (ID #55383)
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  • RadiantDreamer
    RadiantDreamer in Vancouver (Registered on 2007/08/14)
    Artist
    http://radiantdreamer.wordpress.com

    I'm gonna try and hit up a contact I know at Arc to see if I can snag a free copy. :)

    Sat 2009/11/21 22:05:10 JST (ID #55533)
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  • rodimus1138
    rodimus1138 in Florida (Registered on 2009/05/16)
    Brave Fanatic

    Ah I need to pick this up! gamestop ****ed me out of my pre-order artbook so I'll definetly pick this up

    Sun 2009/11/22 06:53:33 JST (ID #55708)
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  • Vince088
    Vince088 in Los Angeles Originally from Philippines (Registered on 2008/12/18)
    Otaku

    Nice! I've gotta get this! I'm missing on a lot of good artbooks! xD

    Sun 2009/11/22 17:07:28 JST (ID #55827)
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