YOSHITAKA AMANO THE ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY HC
BEYOND THE FANTASY
(W) Florent Gorges (A) YOSHITAKA AMANO (CA) YOSHITAKA AMANO
A beautiful celebration of the life and imagery of Japan's master of fantasy and science fiction art! This landscape-style hardback contains nearly 400 illustrations and photos from the incredible career of Final Fantasy designer YOSHITAKA AMANO-a journey that began with his first job at 15, working on Speed Racer! This ultimate tribute to fantasy and science fiction artist YOSHITAKA AMANO includes a slipcase containing the 328-page hardback YOSHITAKA AMANO: The Illustrated Biography-Beyond the Fantasy, Amano's 96-page Paris Sketchbook, a region-free Blu-ray with almost 3 hours of discussion, commentary, and live drawing, 2 mini-lithographs, and a signed card! Limited to 500 copies for the direct market.
FINAL FANTASY ULTIMANIA ARCHIVE HC #1
(W) YOSHITAKA AMANO (A) YOSHITAKA AMANO (CA) YOSHITAKA AMANO
Dark Horse and Square Enix are thrilled to offer the first of three volumes celebrating the entrancing lore and exciting development of the initial six entries into the Final Fantasy saga. This astonishing journey through the creation of the seminal roll playing epic is finally available in English under official license for the first time ever!
SKY ART OF FINAL FANTASY SLIPCASE ED
(W) YOSHITAKA AMANO (A) YOSHITAKA AMANO (CA) YOSHITAKA AMANO
Previously available only as a part of the now sold-out The Sky: The Art of Final Fantasy Boxed Set, Dark Horse is pleased to offer fans another chance to own the three-book hardcover set The Sky I, II, and III, included in the new The Sky: The Art of Final Fantasy Slipcased Edition! The Sky I, II, and III showcase Amano's ethereal illustrations for the first ten Final Fantasy games! Each hardcover book in The Sky Slipcased Edition is 11 5/8" high by 10 5/8" wide, and printed on glossy stock. Volume 1 contains Amano's work for Final Fantasy I-III. Volume 2 contains his contributions for Final Fantasy IV-VI, and volume 3 features his art for Final Fantasy VII-X. The slipcase containing The Sky I, II, and III features the same wraparound exterior artwork as The Sky Boxed Set, with a double-hinged flap that folds around the open edge and is held flat to the back side with a hidden magnetic closure, making it easy both to remove the books and to display the set closed.
VAMPIRE HUNTER D NOVEL #2
RAISERS OF GALES (CURR PTG)
(W) Hideyuki Kikuchi (A) YOSHITAKA AMANO (CA) YOSHITAKA AMANO
The adventures of Vampire Hunter D continue! Vampires: murderous creatures in the shape of humans, they stalk the night feeding on the blood of innocents. Seemingly immortal, they can be destroyed only by the use of a stake through the heart, severing of their heads, or exposure to sunlight. By the year 12, 090 A.D. vampires have ruled the Earth for almost 300 years, and it is only these weaknesses that have kept these foul monsters from totally overrunning the world. But what happens when those rules no longer apply? The village of Tsepesh sits in the eternal shadow of an abandoned castle, a onetime stronghold of the Nobility, the vampire lords who rule the devastated wasteland of the future. Ten years ago four children disappeared while playing near the castle, only to mysteriously reappear a month later. Now vampires have begun to hunt in the daylight. Are the two events connected? The villagers turn to the vampire hunter known only as D, but as he follows the children, now adults, the answers he finds may be more terrifying than anything he could ever imagine. Vampire Hunter D is a co-publication of DH Press and Digital Manga Publishing.
VAMPIRE HUNTER D NOVEL SC #22
WHITE DEVIL MTN PT 1 & 2
(W) Hideyuki Kikuchi (A) YOSHITAKA AMANO (CA) YOSHITAKA AMANO
From Dark Horse Comics. Commissioned by a vampire ancient to recover the coffin containing the body of the demonic Gilzen, hated even by his own kind, D travels to a frightening mountain landscape perennially shrouded in snow. Within a castle piercing the mountainside, D discovers a group of knights tasked to protect Gilzen at any cost. It's time for D to use all the forces and powers at his command to prevent Gilzen's resurrection! This volume of the long-running series combines two novels and features 11 original illustrations by Final Fantasy designer YOSHITAKA AMANO.
VAMPIRE HUNTER D NOVEL SC #23
IRIYA BERSERKER
(W) Hideyuki Kikuchi (A) YOSHITAKA AMANO (CA) YOSHITAKA AMANO
She might just look like an ordinary-if beautiful-young woman, but Iriya is anything but ordinary! A ruthless warrior clad in red armor, Iriya is a Hunter determined to exterminate the vampires that were once her parents and siblings. Now, half-vampire, half-human D has to decide to offer his assistance, get out of the way, or have a dangerous battle on his hands!
VAMPIRE HUNTER D NOVEL SC #25
(W) Hideyuki Kikuchi (A) YOSHITAKA AMANO (CA) YOSHITAKA AMANO
On an isolated island, the vampiric Nobility run a mysterious laboratory, continuously pumping out a white mist which compels the inhabitants of a nearby fishing village to become the vampires' slaves! When the village tries to retaliate, their fighters never return. The Vampire Hunter known only as D has been sighted on the island, but how did he come to be there, whose side is he on, and will any mortals survive the brewing conflict? o Features six new illustrations by Final Fantasy designer YOSHITAKA AMANO.
VAMPIRE HUNTER D NOVEL SC #26
BEDEVILED STAGECOACH TP
(W) Hideyuki Kikuchi (A) YOSHITAKA AMANO (CA) YOSHITAKA AMANO
In the Wild West wilderness of the Frontier, a government official has been given the task of escorting captured servants of the vampire Nobility. Unfortunately their path to the Capital crosses into the territory of the Noble that is their master! As the convoy rushes toward the safety of the civilized city, monsters lie in wait to attack-but also, with dark and ambiguous reasons of his own, does the half-vampire hunter known only as "D." This will be a road trip that none of them will ever forget-if any of them survive, that is. The latest action-packed future-steampunk adventure from Kikuchi and Amano!
VAMPIRE HUNTER D NOVEL SC #27
NIGHTMARE VILLAGE TP
(W) Hideyuki Kikuchi (A) YOSHITAKA AMANO (CA) YOSHITAKA AMANO
A mixed band of travelers from an inn, spared by seeming chance from a bizarre landslide that rushed and receded like a wave, find shelter in an ancient village older even than the most forsaken settlements on the Frontier! Indeed, for fearful rumor has it that once long ago the village was a testing ground of the Sacred Ancestor . . . that sought to twist the genes of aliens, humans, and Nobles into a new form of life! What was formed here in the distant past seeks to nourish itself on the travelers and rise again. Can D save them and destroy the evil legacy-or is his arrival exactly what the village requires for its nightmare to awaken at last? o Features six new illustrations by Final Fantasy designer YOSHITAKA AMANO.
VAMPIRE HUNTER D TP #28
TIGER IN WINTER
(W) Hideyuki Kikuchi (A) YOSHITAKA AMANO (CA) YOSHITAKA AMANO
D is a vampire hunter-and he's just been paid ten times his asking price to do exactly that: an assignment to destroy Duke Van Doren, administrator of the northern Frontier. Among the complications is that no less than three other groups, each with their own agenda, are headed for the Duke themselves . . . and D's supposed to hang back from striking until his target has eliminated all three! The question is, will the Duke oblige the terms of the contract-or does he actually want to be destroyed?