CompleteMartialArts.com - Roman Album: Samurai Champloo
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Manufacturer: Dark Horse
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 791
EAN: 9781593076429
ISBN: 1593076428
Label: Dark Horse
Manufacturer: Dark Horse
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 104
Publication Date: 2007-02-28
Publisher: Dark Horse
Studio: Dark Horse
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Bow down before the might of Samurai Champloo! This hip-hop anime sensation from the creators of the phenomenal Cowboy Bebop series took Cartoon Network's [Adult Swim] audience by storm. Dark Horse is pleased to present the very first Samurai Champloo art book to English-reading fans as directly translated from the original Roman Album edition - a volume published in a prestigious line of Japanese art books! Main characters Mugen, Jin, and Fuu are each profiled at length, all twenty-six episodes are summarized and illustrated with screen captures, and the "Backstage Champloo" chapter features interviews with famed director Shinichiro Watanabe, character designer and chief animator Kazuto Nakazawa, and art director Takeshi Waki. The voice cast is listed with main characters interviewed, the music so essential to the series is explored, and a two-page spread profiles twenty-four diverse influences that helped shape this instant anime classic. Among the many, many other features are pages upon pages of character and device sketches!
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Summary: Nice companion for a stunning anime
Comment: Any fan of the hip, visually stunning anime "Samurai Champloo" must have this companion book in their collection! With its synopsis guide for all 26 of the series' episodes, creator interviews, character sketches and more, ROMAN ALBUM: SAMURAI CHAMPLOO offers a nice behind-the-scenes look at the anime. The publisher did a great job translating this book, and I'm glad they kept the original right-to-left orientation for the layout.
Unfortunately, I do have a couple of small qualms. Considering how great the animation and designs are in the anime, I'd hoped ROMAN ALBUM to really showcase the artwork. But many of the production stills are microscopically small and hard to appreciate. (And here's my personal beef: there were no stills of ultra-sexy-Jin with his hair down from episode #26! Considering that's one of the rare scenes in the series where we see Jin with a difference appearance--his stint in drag notwithstanding--I think it would've been a nice treat.) I also would've liked to see more concept art from the anime production, and a short insert on the English voice cast who did a great job with the dubs.
Those brief issues aside, I've really been enjoying my copy of ROMAN ALBUM. Not only will other Champloo fans love it also, but anyone who is curious about the series and wants to sample a bit of what makes the anime so special.
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Summary: Does this even exist?
Comment: I was really looking forward to this Champloo title, but now it says it ships in one to three months. Does it even exist? Can anyone check?
The same thing happened with volumes 2 and 3 of the Samurai Champloo film manga. If you look at those, it says they ship in 1-3 months, but mine never came. I haven't seen them in any area bookstores and the publisher did not respond to my email.
Now they're saying the same thing for this art book just days after its publishing date.
It was a serious mistake not to publish all of these titles two summers ago, when the anime series first ran on Cartoon Network. They could have reached a much broader audience instead of a few still loyal fans.
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