Much of xenogears plot and backstory is detailed in the japaneseonly book xenogears perfect works. Art book amazon link xenogears perfect works the real thing. Xenogears perfect works the real thing artbook with. It includes character profiles, concept designs, sketches, mecha designs and concept designs, interviews, and more. Xenogears 20th anniversary booklet the mini version of perfect works, really nice content and quality. Episodes 14 were eventually summarized in the xenogears perfect works book, but almost nothing is known about episode 6. Xenogears perfect works the real thing, known simply as perfect works, is a book covering the storyline of xenogears. Its kind of like hyrule historia, except that it covers a single game rather than every. Perfect works may become irrelevant in terms of content with the release of xenosaga, as the new rpg is the starting point of a retelling of the xenogears tale. Gate visual works artbook shimada humikane strike witches artbook natsukagura visual fanbook. Basically perfect works is a combination concept art book and a back story explanation as it goes into much detail over everything that happened during the game. Xenogears perfect works the real thing art book this book features the illustrations from the xenogears series.
There are also additional drama and gallery sections. One response to for sale xenogears perfect works the real thing. Xenogears story lives on, thanks to its ambitious creator. He cut his teeth creating art and graphics for pillars of the genre. Xenogears was released in february 1998 and perfect works in august the same year, so when the book was released the planning stages mustve already begun while perfect works was being put together, which would explain how the episode i timeline could have such detailed information on concepts not revealed in the game. Amazon cloud repository 1,300 individual volumes, 80,000 images, 8 years. In japanese gaming magazine famitsu, xenogears was voted the. Its kind of like hyrule historia, except that it covers a single game rather than. Perfect works schematic as well as the games end credits. That said the sources for this document include the game itself, the xenogears. This also occurs in the episode iii strategy guide timeline.
Xenogears works the real thing square official art book. Book cover art book art complete the story character art character design dark summer video games girls xenoblade chronicles mode shop. See more ideas about xeno series, anime and xenoblade chronicles. Xenogears perfect works fanbook gets a reprint hardcore. Xenogears perfect works is a roughly 300 page book put out by the producers of xenogears. Perfect works art book released by digicom, and the backplot released for the xenogears prequel, xenosaga. Book works for sale animation characters collectibles.
Xenogears perfect works the real thing features a lot of information about the story that never made it into the game. It is the fifth part pdf pulgarcito of a sixpart pdf2all v5 38 story detailed in xenogears perfect works at the. The art of god of war iii folio edition, one of 300 made for the launch in 2010. It took around 4 months of work here and there and at last its done. And the game goes well enough into detail about the world and characters on its own. It has art and illustrations in color and sketches of character designs for almost every character, along with cities, townspeople, and gears. Xenogears was first released by square now square enix for the original playstation back in 1998, but has remained so popular with fans that it has. Xenogears perfect works 2000 has the dubious honor of being one of the most pirated rare game art books. This book features the illustrations from the xenogears series.
Xenogears illustration postcard book japan square import rare. The xenogears perfect works book has a ridiculous amount of fluff, going into great detail about a lot of things in the game. The music is by yasunori mitsuda and is owned by square enix. Perfect works this section holds relevant references to the xenogears. Xenogears perfect works the real thing art book anime. Ace attorney shigenori soejima art works 2004 2010 edit. Artbook touhou project tribute arts 3 artbook touhou project tribute arts 2 artbook touhou project tribute arts 1 artbook steins.
However, the xenogears timeline in perfect works claims t. It is not necessarily because this book is full of incredible art that it is so magnificent, but because it is basically the illustrated bible of my favorite video game of all time. Xenogears perfect works the real thing square official art book japanese. Japan xenogears perfect works getting reprinted oprainfall. Xenogears works the real thing 2014 edition game art book. The xenogears fans who are looking for more information about the story can always turn to the official art book for the game. Is xenogears really as good as it is made out to be. Genso suikoden marugoto art guide book basically a compilation of official art and fanart with a bunch of info regarding some of the characters the art of phoenix wright. In addition to containing tons of original art from the game, it also contains details on events, character names, places and references to the backstory. It contains everything from design sketches, to fiction. This is a weblog that i will maintain to decentralize art. Xenogears perfect works faqtranslation playstation.
Man oh man they put a lot of thought into xenogears, even beyond what they show in the game. Then, of course there is a huge amount of anime out there they havent brought here. I was inspired to teach myself to read japanese mostly because of this book. This book, part of the perfect works collection, produced by the now defunct digicube, details the history of the xenogears universe from the discovery of the zohar to the start of the game. Xenogears perfect works squaresoft digicube original 1998 game art book jp used. Perfect works helps make sense of it, but there was never an english translation until this dude apparently took it. The book also alluded locations from the novel xenogears. The plot and backstory of xenogears is detailed in the book perfect works. This art book split into 9 sections, the book includes detailed artwork and information about the history, social structure, geography, monsters, science, gear, and xenogears characters. For the avid xenogears fans, an important aspect of the book. See more ideas about xeno series, character design and character art. Xenogears perfect works 2014 reprint a dream come true, a reprint 16 years later and at a much more humane prize.
Xenogears data note book xenogears perfect works it is the holy grail of xeno. Xenogears perfect works 2000 has the dubious honor of. Sources for this timeline include the games and a poster that came with the episode iii guide. Also, the first disc had a good balance between the gameplay and the. Find great deals on ebay for xenogears and xenosaga. Xenogears perfect works by and large towers over the rest of my nottooshabby collection of my most valued artbooks. This is something no xenogears admirer should be without. This book details the history of the xenogears universe from the discovery of the zohar to the start of the game.
Xenogears art gallery characters promo pictures concept art. Plastic pleasures enjoying lifes finest papers and plastics. Gallery of captioned artwork and official character pictures from xenogears, featuring concept art for the games characters and gears by kunihiko tanaka and junya ishigaki. It was a really weird, kickass rpg that had an insanely hard to follow story. Xenogears fans, here is a translated version of the. However, the heart of the book and the favorite is the vast amount of information on the storyline of the game, information that reinforces and helps better interpret the games vast and sometimes. Perfect worksthe real thing this is a book made by the developers for fans of xenogears that tends to get cited a lot. Artbook xenogears perfect works the real thing raw.
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