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This blog was originally a blog of pictures/daily posts of my life when I was in college. I made it to day 64 and stopped around there because life was crushing down on me. So 6 months later, I just felt like picking it up again. I'm thinking it's also a good way of keeping track of my art books. Became somewhat of an amateur collector. Of course there are more awesome review blogs out there, but this would be mainly for my own enjoyment and happiness. =] |
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Album De Reproductions Artbook Vol. 2 - Tsubasa Resevoir Chronicles
Title: Album De Reproductions Artbook Vol. 2
Artist(s)/Creators(s): CLAMP.
Pages: 112.
Release date: 2009.
Retail Price: 1800yen; $24.00
Price I bought it for: $50.00 (Japanese version of the artbook so it was a lot more expensive, including shipping and all); Get it for $33 at yesasia.com.
Place I bought it from: Amazon.com retail seller.
The second Album De Reproductions Artbook by CLAMP. Although it was twice it’s retail price, I felt that this artbook was very worth it, especially to cleanse the artbook pallet after the Cardcaptor Sakura art books. I didn’t finish the Tsubasa anime but this book is the second half of it (pictures might provide spoilers). I personally think that the art in this book is even better than the first volume (0_0;). Book is size A4, very high paper quality, many two-page spreads, and colors are super vibrant. Definitely worth it.
Hot, smexy picture of Syaoran!
Syaoran and his twin. Hawt.
This was a two page spread, but I cut out the white space on the other side. Sorry for the crappy camera quality.
The picture flows into the gutter since there’s no overlap printing.
Syaoran and Sakura! So adorable.
Fai D. Flowright probably in his original form.
Fai with his king, Ashura-ō.
Nadeshiko (Cardcaptors; Sakura’s mom); supporting role from the Clow Country, original timeline.
Syaoran, Sakura, and Syaoran’s clone.
The four main characters as kids.
Technolicious. Robolicious? XD
I really loved this picture of most of the female characters in the show. We have Maru, Moro, Yuuko, Sakura, and Himawari on Christmas eve.
Short Story #1.
Short Story #2.
Author’s notes of all the illustrations.
In conclusion, this was an amazing artbook and is highly recommended even if you haven’t kept up with the anime series. It’s not available on Amazon anymore, but you could probably get it off eBay or Yesasia.com. I found a couple on eBay, but the language is German or Deutsch. There’s no text in the illustration part, but you might need translations for the short stories and picture index. Yesasia.com has it for $33 not including shipping. I’ve bought many artbooks from Yesasia.com and they have all been positive experiences. Buy over $39, and you get free Standard shipping. Sadly for this artbook, I purchased it before I started looking into Yesasia, so I bought it at an expensive price. Get your copy as soon as possible before the publishers stop printing them! >.<
