Artbooks

While I grew up watching Pokemon and Digimon over Yu-Gi-Oh!, there are quite a few people I know that do hold some nostalgia over the successful media and TCG franchise. If you have nostalgia for the Yu-Gi-Oh! series unlike...

With another month upon us, Australian anime publisher Madman Entertainment have looked two months ahead and announced what they have planned for release in December 2015. These releases will be available from the 2nd December 2015 (December 10th for manga), leaving plenty of time for anime and manga fans to add them to their Christmas wishlists post-launch.

Following their earlier release of Dark Souls: Design Works, Udon Entertainment have today confirmed they will be working on Dark Souls II: Design Works. This book is currently being localised and will be released internationally sometime in October 2015. Dark...

With Ubisoft having formally announced Assassin's Creed Syndicate a few weeks ago, the developer/publisher have momentarily shifted their attention towards the inevitable collectible goodies which will be available for purchase following the action-adventure game's launch on October 23 2015. This...

Both pre-ordered and limited edition copies of Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight in North America will include an "Official Staff Book". This artbook will contain a collection of artwork created during the production of the game, including: concept sketches,...

While many gamers may have put Child of Light behind them, with many newer games now out on the market, this has not prevented Ubisoft from giving the game one more opportunity to shine. Marking the game's 1st anniversary...

Targetted towards those who love the indicate designs of a well built mecha, Udon Entertainment have recently announced their release of Border Break Artworks 2006-2012 in English. Based on the Japanese arcade game "Border Break", which has subsequently been translated into mecha...

Similar to a similar sneak peek they provided for the Criminal Girls LE artbook last month, North American video game publisher Nippon Ichi Software America have shared a look at the Operation Abyss Visual Fanbook. To be bundled with every limited edition...

With their February 3rd 2015 (Feb 6th in PAL regions) release of 'Criminal Girls: Invite Only' little more than a week away, North American video game publisher Nippon Ichi Software America decided to promote their limited edition of the...

While the decreasing value of the Australian Dollar has made it harder for me to acquire Japanese artbooks this year, I have still had the pleasure of checking out several of them. After introducing the award last year, which was won by Himitsu no Kin'iro Mosaic, I am happy to once again issue The Otaku's Study Japanese Artbook of the Year award again for 2014. As with last year, I am a bit more lenient on relea