Been waiting for this mook to arrive since April came and after being delayed twice, my copy (along with two others) has finally arrived!
For those who have been reading this blog, you already probably have an idea that I’m a huge fan of Arksys games. Thus it comes to no surprise that I’ll be buying the material collection sooner or later. I didn’t buy Arcadia’s Blazblue CS2 book due to lack of fundage and that fact that most of the stuff that’s really important, specifically the frame data, will be translated by members of Dustloop.
I’ve asked a good friend, Pete, to take care of the online payment and the delivery of the items in question. Though the price of the mook is reasonable, customs isn’t. The price that customs charged the books with is almost as good as buying another copy DX How high does customs charge you guys?
First part of the material collection shows readers the original art released by Arksys. I’m pretty sure you’ve seen most of them already in magazines, game covers, telephone cards, and the novel.
An anime-like game is bound to have tons of fan art. Though Arksys didn’t get everything, they certainly tried to include as much as they can while putting quality and variety of style into consideration.
Up next, we have the sketch designs of the characters that were released in the Continuum Shift expansion. Thank god, Hazama is wearing a suit and tie, otherwise he’d look too stereotypical as a bad guy.
The very first DLC character in Blazblue (which cannot be unlocked at least), Makoto Nanaya also has initial designs as well. Both designs to me look good, but the present one makes Makoto look more unique. Hardly anyone encounters a character with underboobs incorporated into their design with a seemingly horizontal hanging top.
The latest DLC character for Blazblue, Platinum the Trinity joins the cast, and quite frankly she’s too cute to pass up. You’ll either be using Rachel or Platinum at some point in your Blazblue gaming life. Too bad they didn’t incorporate the weapon change as a physical change in her staff and not just a sphere color change.
Next we have some pics of the original cast from the Blazblue: Calamity Trigger and some tidbits. It really helps if you know some Japanese to appreciate the entirety of the mook.
Extra characters, some you’ve never seen before like Travis, also litter the Material Collection as well.
Not a bad book to get, especially if you are a fan of the game, though like I said I highly advice that people who buy these mooks should have some inkling of written Japanese (or have a friend who can translate for you) to be able to fully appreciate these mooks
You can get a copy of this book at Amazon. Hopefully they still have copies.
This looks pretty cool, I have a digital version of the CT book. Now I gotta get a hold of this one as well.
I didn’t know that Amazon Japan shipped internationally, I have a friend who would love to get his hands on a copy of this.
I’m surprised myself, but after reading through a wall of text i was finally able to discover that they do.
Gauddayum that is expensive but I agree this is a better deal than the mook which got translated hella fast and didn’t have any good art I hear anyway. Good stuff.
Looks like a nice artbook 🙂
Is there are reason behind it’s nammook, istead book? I actually never heards this name^^
its a magazine in the form of a book, or was it a book in the form of a magazine?… not sure anymore XD
oh ok that’s it, thank you 😉
sorry I didn’t noticed that I’ve missed a few letters and spaces in my comment yesterday , that looks embarrassing =/
No big, everyone makes mistakes. =D
I don’t know any knowledge about this game,but its nice to see artworks from different source.
oh, you should try it. Its a pretty decent fighting game with excellent story. The story mode is reminiscent to that of visual novels in fact XD
Wow, the illustrations are really lovely: clean, beautiful, and exciting character designs. Wonderful get!
Thanks, this is my first fighting game related purchase. Despite looking like a total nut for this game, i absolutely enjoy every bit of the series from the game itself and illustrations, to the story and BGMs
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I can tell you how those guize at customs compute the
rapecharges…Price of item + shipping = item cost
item cost * 10% = Damage 1
item cost + Damage 1 + random cost of 500pesos(cds I think only) * 12% = Damage 2
Item cost + random cost + Damage 1 + Damage 2 = TOTAL DAMAGE DEALT
A question though, how was it shipped coming from japan? EMS?
Methinks you got raepd coz you went above 50US dollerz in value
Nah not really. Anything coming out of Japan is usually charged quite high since the value of shipping isnt necessarily the same as the other country.
Lol Level 10 Customs Charge!
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omgg I just found this and its gorgeous! But I just wanted to know if there was any way (if you’re still on this blog) to get a closer picture of platinum’s other design on the far left side? The one with the little chinese flair!
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