Title Saiyuki Picture Post Card Artist Kazuya Minekura Copyright 2000 Content 32 cards in total; 7 in black & white; 24 in colour; 1 in sepia Extras 3 pages of afterward by artist Cover Price ¥762 ISBN 4-7575-0015-7 Rate Good Purchase 29/08/03 | JPQUEEN.COM | US$9.90 Comments Kazuya Minekura is definitely something unique. Not quite shoujo, not quite shounen, she’s definitely an acquired tasted. I must admit, when I first saw the artwork for Saiyuki, I wasn’t too impressed. Sharp angles, gaunt features and strange colouring (also not a single female in sight!!!)...

Title Lover’s Diary Mamiya Oki The Best Selection of Masterpieces Artist Mamiya Oki Copyright 1998 Content 94 pages in total; 84 pages of colour illustrations; 8 pages of b&w thumbnails with notes; 1 page postscript; Softcover Extras None Cover Price ¥2800 ISBN 4-12-002748-1 Rate Excellent Purchase 18/01/03 | JPQUEEN.COM | US$31.90 Comments Mamiya Oki is well known for her yaoi (boy/boy love) illustrations, and many of them have been included in this book. Images from Arty Square, All or Nothing & Vartrag Tale as well as many others can be found in this book;...

Title World End Tooko Miyagi Works 1993 – 1997 Artist Tooko Miyagi Copyright 1997 Content 101 pages in total; 36 pages of colour illustrations; 6 pages of colour story (not quite manga, more words written to describe the story in the images), 6 pages colour manga; 41 pages of b&w illustrations; 2 pages of b&w manga featuring the artist (as a panda!); 3 pages of b&w thumbnails with notes; 1 page contents listing; Softcover Extras Single Sided Pull Out Poster Cover Price ¥1800 ISBN 4-89799-290-7 Rate Good Purchase 16/09/02 | JPQUEEN.COM |...

Title Tarot World Artist Tooko Miyagi Copyright 1999 Content 94 pages in total; 24 pages of colour illustrations; 8 pages of colour manga, the same manga continues on in b&w for the rest of the book (62 pages); Softcover Extras Double Sided Pull Out Poster; 4 thick card stock pages with “Tarot Cards” on them that you can cut out (if desired.) Images used on cards same as the illustrations in this book. Cover Price ¥1200 ISBN 4-89799-325-3 Rate Average Purchase 01/08/03 | JPQUEEN.COM | US$12.40 Comments From what I’ve gathered this is the rarer of the two...

Title Narumi Kakinouchi Illustrations Artist Narumi Kakinouchi Copyright 1998 Content 84 pages in total; 67 pages of colour illustrations; 6 pages of b&w “title” images; 5 pages of b&w illustrations/sketches; 2 pages of interview; 4 pages of b&w thumbnails with notes; 1 page afterward; Softcover Extras None Cover Price ¥1905 ISBN 4-253-12914-5 Rate Average Purchase Date Unknown | Graphic Novel Cafe | NZ$53.00 Comments This book is dominated by a large number of Vampire Princess Miyu illustrations, as well as Vampire Princes Yui, Charmer, The...

Title Luminous Girls Artist Ryo Ramiya Copyright Date Not Given | Ryo Ramiya, France Shoin, Comic House Content 112 pages in total; 93 pages of colour illustrations; 4 pages of monochrome “title” images; 5 pages of b&w illustrations/sketches; 10 pages of b&w thumbnails with notes; 2 page afterward; Hardcover Extras None Cover Price ¥3143 ISBN 4-8296-8201-9 Rate Good Purchase Date Unknown | Graphic Novel Cafe | NZ$105.00 Comments Here again is a bad example of my impulse buying & not checking prices; I over-paid for this book. The recommended price for the...

Title U:COLLECTION Artist Satoshi Urushihara Copyright 2003 Content 113 pages in total; 99 pages of colour illustrations; 6 pages of b&w thumbnails with notes; 1 page afterward; 2 page book info & sketch; Hardcover Extras None Cover Price ¥2500 ISBN 4-06-364533-9 Rate Excellent Purchase 26/12/03 | JPQUEEN.COM | US$38.50 Comments The minute I saw this at JPQUEEN, I snapped it up! Forget the price, it was a new artbook by Satoshi Urushihara, I had to have it! Thankfully this impulse buy was worth it, the contents of this book make up for the price… atleast the...

Title Hydrogen Artist Kenji Tsuruta Copyright 1997 Content 255 pages in total; 52 page colour manga; 66 pages of colour illustrations (with a few b&w illustrations); 17 pages of b&w illustrations; 87 pages b&w manga; 6 pages of text (with an illustration); Hardcover Extras None Cover Price ¥4500 ISBN 4-06-330040-4 Rate Excellent Purchase Date Unknown | AMAZON.CO.JP | ¥3500 Comments The price tag on this artbook would be enough to scare most, but those adventurous enough to explore this book, will realise that it’s well worth the asking price. The wrap around...

Title Lunarium Artist Ryo Ramiya Copyright 1992 Content 56 pages in total; 54 pages of colour illustrations; 2 pages of b&w afterward; Hardcover Extras None Cover Price ¥2000 ISBN 4-906186-03-3 Rate Average Purchase 14/01/04 | JPQUEEN.COM | US$13.90 Comments This is an early collection of Ryo Ramiya’s artwork, featuring art she has done for various magazines. If you own her Luminous Girls artbook you’ll realise just how much she has changed since her marriage to Hiroyuki Utatane (an art style that has affected her own as shown in Luminous Girls.) While I...

Title Fairyza Illustrations Artist Akaishizawa Takashi Copyright 1990 Content 67 pages in total; 52 pages of colour illustrations; 5 pages of b&w character & mech designs; 7 pages of b&w illustrations; 3 pages of thumbnails with notes; Softcover Extras Single Sided Pull Out Poster Cover Price ¥1800 ISBN 4-89189-179-3 Rate Average Purchase 29/08/03 | JPQUEEN.COM | US$12.50 Comments This artist is more famously known for his work on Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko. The first section of the book contains the “Fairyza Illustration Story” which I can only...