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Publisher of English localized artbooks and manga Udon Entertainment have recently chosen to give Persona 4 Arena (Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena) the chance to shine in an "official design works" release similar to the ones produced for...

Title: Summer Wars: Material BookPublisher: Udon EntertainmentSeries: Summer Wars by Mamoru HosodaFormat: SoftcoverPages: 208Release Date: Out NowSpecial Thanks: Udon Entertainment for providing me with a review copy of this title to cover. Directed by Mamoru Hosoda (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time), and brought to life by...

Udon Entertainment, the company behind several artbook, manga and design compendium releases over the past few years have confirmed that they have plans to release a book based on Dark Souls - titled Dark Souls: Design Works. While I must...

Title: Atelier: Artworks of Arland ~ Rorona & Totori & Meruru ~Publisher: Udon EntertainmentSeries: Atelier Series - Alchemists of Arland TrilogyFormat: SoftcoverPages: 256Release Date: Out NowSpecial Thanks: Udon Entertainment for providing me with a review copy of this title to cover. Official Blurb The ATELIER series has...

I have decided that I would do something a little bit different this weekend and rather than review anime or video games, I would go through my small collection of artbooks and pick out a couple of them to...

Title: R.O.D Read or Die Official ArchivePublisher: Udon EntertainmentSeries: R.O.D Read or Die Anime SeriesFormat: SoftcoverPages: 128Release Date: January 2013Special Thanks: Udon Entertainment for providing me with a review copy of this title to cover. Official Blurb Read Or Die is the story of Yomiko Readman and the British...

I had the pleasure of reviewing Persona 4: Official Design Works a couple of weeks ago, a review which netted the book a solid A grade (HERE), and while lacking the content present in Persona 4 Golden and Persona...

Title: Shining Force Feather: Design Works Publisher: Udon Entertainment Artist: Noizi Ito / pako Series: Shining Force Feather on the Nintendo DS Format: Softcover Pages: 168 Release Date: Available Now Special Thanks: Udon Entertainment for providing me with a review copy of this title to cover. Official Blurb Shining Force Feather is the first Nintendo...

Just a quick notice that the review of Persona 4: Official Design Works which I released the other week has been updated. The actual content on the review remains unchanged, however example pages from the book have been included...

Title: Persona 4: Official Design WorksPublisher: Udon EntertainmentArtist: Shigenori SoejimaSeries: Persona 4 by ATLUSFormat: SoftcoverPages: 192Release Date: August 2012Special Thanks: Udon Entertainment for providing me with a review copy of this title to cover. Official Blurb Featuring the character designs of Shigenori Soejima! Go behind the scenes of PERSONA...

Title: Persona 3: Official Design WorksPublisher: Udon EntertainmentArtist: Shigenori SoejimaSeries: Persona 3 by ATLUSFormat: SoftcoverPages: 144Release Date: 20th June 2012 (Diamond) | 26th June 2012 (Bookstores)Special Thanks: Udon Entertainment for providing me with a review copy of this title to cover. Official Blurb Featuring the character...