Book review: Midori Foo (Book of Pictures)

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Midori Foo: Book of Pictures 碧風羽画集 (ビームコミックス) [コミック]



Pages: 319 (including index pages)
ISBN-10: 4047272396
ISBN-13: 978-4047272392
Published: 15/6/2011
Dimensions: A4 paperback 29.4 x 20.6 x 2.6 cm
Price tag: ￥ 3,570

Available at:

Amazon Japan | CD Japan (OOP, restock soon) | Play-Asia | Otaku.com

First when I saw this book I had a feeling that this is gonna be the burner of this season and I can assure anyone that I was right! A small facepalm was done after I opened the package and the outer cover was slightly damaged, but I hardly can blame CD Japan for this bcz of the SAL shipping option. The book is weighted around 1.5 Kg! So shipping with a more secure option like FedEx or EMS will hurt the wallet quite abit, but since it's a realy special book I would suggest a small addition for the more secure shipping like EMS for example!



It's 312 pages of all color art works and each one is printed on a full page (or double page). There are countless pages after another and everyone with the ability to kick youre breath out of youre lungs. Full of beautiful drawn characters, costumes and alot of stunningly detailed backgrounds!

Starting from Fantasy Odyssey/SiLKROAD ONLINE, FELLOWS! Magazine, Alteil and alot fo other publications.

As said above its a huge softcover artbook with over 300 pages and a very sensitive spine that tends to break very quick! So carefully when you have any intentions of reseling it in the future! Still the binding is quite forgivable and can withstand even a more "harsh" treatment.

Midori Foo is publishing aswell some light novels such as: Rinkan no Madoushi (輪環の魔導師), which had an advertisement in Dengeki Bunko Magazines. And there's about 15-pages of art work from that light novel series.

There's another section of drawings and works without background from different online games. There are a few from SOULALIVE ONLINE, Ys Online (イースオンライン), Collection King TCG (コレクションキング), and few other pages deidicated to other less popular online games like AIKA Online and HELLGATE. There are more then 100 pages without background's or so said with plain white behind the characters, but still the illustrations are crisp clear printed on the same good quality paper like the rest. In the book are also few illustrations from themed collections like Moeru Japanese Sword Girls 萌える日本刀大全 [単行本（ソフトカバー) and Girls With Cameras/A Pictorial Book カメラ少女日和.

















To fully review this book and write down a few words about all the different pictures would take hours and even then it would not be enough! The variety of pictures and techniques used in those illustrations are simply breath taking.

If you like Asian artbooks, then do not hesitate and get this amazing book! No regrets guaranteed!

Side note: Please forgive me my grammar mistakes since English is not my native language and I tend to do mistakes while writing...

Thank's for you're time reading this review and I cant wait to post more review's bcz I have alot more stored in my "treasure" box!