RANKA Macross F Official Book (マクロスF ランカ・リー)

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After buying the Sheryl Nome Visual Collection (マクロスF VISUAL COLLECTION シェリル・ノーム), I really expected a lot from the Ranka Lee Official Book (RANKA マクロスF ランカ・リーオフィシャルブック). Sadly, Ranka still doesn't manage to compare with Sheryl! >_< But that doesn't mean there aren't a few new illustrations for the book.

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The cover image is probably the best illustration in the book... In fact, you've pretty much seen it all as far as illustrations go from this single post.

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This illustration is by the same artist as the cover illustration, Takashi Mamezuka. Sadly, none of the new illustrations are by Risa Ebata, the character designer for the series. This one is a fold-out, single-sided poster included in the B5 sized book.

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This picture appeared on the cover of Animage's one-shot poster magazine, Moe Mag. They keep trying an failing...

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Ranka in the tub! The majority of the new illustrations in the book are by Ha-Ru.

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This one is also by Ha-ru, looks like Ranka's had a tough day at work :D

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I think she wants to trim her bangs...

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This illustration was probably added at the last minute. Though it's not noticeable in the picture, in real life you can see that they had to up-scale this illustration to fit the page, so it's all pixelated :( Not a mistake I expect to see in art books nowadays.

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They even manage to misspell misspell Sheryl's last name as "Norm" instead of "Nome" on page 26. It just adds to that rushed feeling this book has. You can also entertain yourself with Ranka's 55 page blog/diary -__-

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There's an interview with Megumi Nakajima, followed by her reviews of each of the episodes of the series. Somehow, they manage to summarize the episodes multiple times in this book...

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Ranka says sorry her book's not as awesome as Sheryl's! :D

If you're interested in the comparison, I have reviews for both the Sheryl and Ranka book on my site.

 
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    imaginebreaker in singapore
    2009/11/25 12:06
    Registered on 2009/07/30.
     

    neh maybe the company care more about the money then the fans!!!... I was expecting more ranka good illustration zzz

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    Wolfman-X in Australia
    2009/11/25 14:02
    Registered on 2009/02/16. About that......
     

    ^^^ i agree. its nothing weve seen on the internet

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    Raine in United States
    2009/11/25 17:09
    Registered on 2008/05/17. Student
     

    I like Ranka a lot more but Sheryl has more eyecandy so it's assumed they'd give her more attention.

    Thanks for the review (:

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    jinx626 in Rosemead, CA (Outside Los...
    2009/11/27 08:08
    Registered on 2008/05/28. Government Goon
     

    Thanks for the reviews. Was thinking of picking this up but now you saved me some money with your review ^^


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