Star Trek: Official Guide 1 - Star Trek The Next Generation

Star Trek: Official Guide 1 – Star Trek The Next Generation was the very first outing in the Japanese language Official Guides-series from publisher Bunkasha, covering the spin-off television series . Written by the publisher's own editorial bureau, Dullmax, it was a combination of Pocket Books' Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual and the , the style of which having been adopted for this release.
==Contents==
:note: contents from 2nd Edition
*Introduction
*Main Character Database, p. 5-62
*Database Guide, pp. 63-82
*Tecnnical Guide, pp. 83-99
*Intermission 001, p. 100
*The Spin-off Series, pp. 101-109
*Intermission 002, p. 110
*Auction Pictures, pp. 111-141
*Intermission 003, p. 142
*Story Line, pp. 143-172
*Making of Star Trek, pp. 173-177
*Intermission 004, p. 178
*The Next Generation Episode Guide, pp. 179-end
==Background information==
*Unlike its source material, the Japanese version, measuring 30×21×1 cm, was released as a high quality edition, i.e. high grade glossy paper with full color reproduction of images.
*First released in 1995, a second edition was published seven years later, though all references of it belonging to the Official Guide-series were dropped. That edition was slightly expanded and updated to include some preliminary information on and as well, they, to be more thoroughly covered in the follow-up release in the series.
===Cover gallery===
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File:Star Trek Official Guide 1 - Star Trek The Next Generation first edition with obi, back.jpg|1st Edition backcover with obi
File:Star Trek Official Guide 1 - Star Trek The Next Generation 2nd edition without obi (wrapper).jpg|2nd Edition cover without obi
File:Star Trek Official Guide 1 - Star Trek The Next Generation 2nd edition with obi (wrapper).jpg|2nd Edition cover with obi
File:Star Trek Official Guide 1 - Star Trek The Next Generation 2nd edition with obi (wrapper), back.jpg|2nd Edition backcover with obi
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