This is Sternbild …blogging, and blogging again Main menu Home Categories Events About Official Site Twitter and Blogs Wiki RSS NOV 1 2011 Review: Katsura Masakazu x TIGER & BUNNY – Original Drawings & Rough Sketches Collection Katsura Masakazu x TIGER & BUNNY: Original Drawings & Rough Sketches Collection Publisher: Shueisha ISBN: 9784087823929 Size: A4 / 176 pages Price: 1905 JPY (Regular Edition) Available at: [CDJapan] [Amazon.jp] [YesAsia] Tiger & Bunny’s character designer Katsura Masakazu‘s art book comes in two editions. What I have here is the Regular Edition, Limited Edition that comes out in February 2012 ships with original coloring version (as pictured on page 122 in the book) of S.H.Figuarts Wild Tiger. Limited Edition preorders have been sold out for months and it was made-to-order, so it’ll be hard to get unless you get very lucky and manage to snatch someone’s cancelled order. I have reviewed the extra goods that come with the Limited Edition here. My camera battery went and died so some photos have been taken with a cellphone camera. They should still be clear enough to give an idea of what the book looks like. First Impressions I expected the book to be hardcover since the price was double than what the other Tiger & Bunny books have cost. Still, I’d go as far as calling the book “stylish” (I guess it’s appropriate since that’s how Barnaby describes himself in the manga one-shot). The paper isn’t as thick as in Hero Gossips but still high quality, and print quality is excellent. Overall design and art direction of the book is sleek and coherent, very easy to read. The main contents of the book are: In Unity There is Strength: manga one-shot written by Nishida Masafumi in full color. Heroes: final designs of Heroes’ casual clothes and hero suits. Illustrations: lineart done for 2nd OP and BD jackets. Designs: roughs from the early planning stages to final versions, with commentary. Interviews: two of them. In Unity There is Strength (manga one-shot) The manga that was published in Young Jump is included, in full color. First thing I noticed was that they had fixed the Hunbread Power typo. Although this felt kinda sacrilegious, the story does look better when colored and printed on proper paper instead of the cheap stuff they use for manga magazines. The overall color scheme could have been better – I felt there was too much brown, and more vibrant choices might have looked nicer. I have the Young Jump with the one shot, so I took a couple of comparison pictures while I was at it. Illustrations & Designs Apart from the manga, the book contains over 100 pages of Katsura’s original illustrations. There are colored sketches of the casual clothes and hero suit designs for the heroes, with comparison pictures to the anime versions. Also included are Lunatic’s, Scarf-tan’s and Agnes’ designs. (Katsura seems to like drawing Agnes, there’s a whole collection of her expressions on one page.) The illustrations section has lineart done for anime OP, blu-ray Limited Edition jackets, and some promotional art in full color. The blu-ray jacket illustrations go only as far as volume 5, so no spoilers about what the last two limited edition jackets will look like. It’s kind of a shame, I wouldn’t have minded waiting for this book a little longer if it’d meant they could have included all the illustrations for blu-rays. The designs section is where things get interesting. There’s page after page of sketches of discarded ideas, doodles done during meetings, and lots of comments to them. There are detailed sketches of how to draw different characters’ faces and their expressions. It’s very interesting to see how the characters and hero suits came to be the way they are, and how Katsura draws the characters. Especially Wild Tiger has gone through quite an evolution, and I was really amused to see how many of the sketches had Tiger’s original hero name “Busty” scribbled on them. There are even designs for the Busty logo. I haven’t read through all the commentary yet, just what caught my interest. There’s more text in the book than what it appears, most of it is in pretty small font to fit it among the illustrations. The commentaries include bits of information, such as who suggested what change and why. Interviews There are two interviews, both 6 pages with photos included. The first one is Katsura Masakazu x Creators – director Satou Keiichi and screenwriter Nishida Masafumi. The second is Katsura Masakazu x Actors – Hirata Hiroaki (Wild Tiger), Morita Masakazu (Barnaby) and Kotobuki Minako (Blue Rose). Other Features Well it’s not really a feature as such, but there were Zetman anime and manga flyers stuffed inside the book. I’m excite~ (Zetman is Katsura’s ongoing super hero manga, which I highly recommend – you’ll find quite a few things in it that are familiar to the designs in Tiger & Bunny. TV anime version is starting in April.) TL;DR: Recommend! I liked this book, and if you are a fan of Katsura’s art then I’d say that this is a must to get. Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) More Loading... By derpchan • Posted in Official Books and Manga, Reviews, Tiger&Bunny • Tagged anime, tiger and bunny 21 Post navigation Happy Birthday Barnaby Brooks Jr.! Advertising for 13 million yen – but what does it mean? 21 comments on “Review: Katsura Masakazu x TIGER & BUNNY – Original Drawings & Rough Sketches Collection” Starry NOVEMBER 1, 2011 @ 19:51 So is the book published in hardcover or not…? I’m glad I ordered the book anyway, I enjoy having over a hundred pages of artwork/concept sketches over episode guides and interviews. Thanks for reviwing. REPLY derpchan NOVEMBER 1, 2011 @ 19:56 It’s not hardcover. REPLY tigerbunnyfan NOVEMBER 1, 2011 @ 20:54 Thank you! And yes, I read Zetman a little, I found something interesting ^^ http://taibunny.tumblr.com/post/11667782337/does-anyone-read-zetman-no-comments-3-click REPLY Peter NOVEMBER 1, 2011 @ 21:11 THERE’S GOING TO BE A ZETMAN ANIME!??! This is the greatest news. But yeah, Katsura is super rad and I’m probably going to get this book now REPLY Sylvia NOVEMBER 1, 2011 @ 23:13 Thank you for reviewing and adding pictures of the book contents! This book really looks interesting I LOVE concept art so this is a must buy REPLY ruru NOVEMBER 2, 2011 @ 05:57 I wasn’t going to buy this (not a big fan of Katsura’s style) but I just ordered it after reading your review. Your reviews always have this effect on me… lol ;A; REPLY moeronpan NOVEMBER 2, 2011 @ 08:14 In the early Kotetsu drafts, he looks like a Phoenix Wright villain. I keep trying to imagine all these key scenes with that guy instead, and it’s kind of creepily hilarious (especially the scenes with Karina…) He just looks so suspicious pffffft. I’m pretty interested in the early drafts of the others, if they’re in here…. I saw this book the other day in Animate and wondered when the review would be up here. I still cant decide if I should buy it or not… REPLY derpchan NOVEMBER 2, 2011 @ 09:12 Lol, I thought the same about Phoenix Wright and I’ve not even played the games. There are quite a few early drafts of Fire Emblem’s hero suit. Some characters clearly were harder to visualize than others. REPLY Ekqo NOVEMBER 4, 2011 @ 05:17 -winces at initial Kotetsu drafts- Oohhhh, what could’ve been….lol REPLY Deen NOVEMBER 4, 2011 @ 13:56 Tiger’s drafts were pretty…wild…to say the least. I’m glad he ended up the way he did LOL REPLY Hana NOVEMBER 5, 2011 @ 11:26 Wait, the colored version of the one shot is in the artbook? REPLY derpchan NOVEMBER 5, 2011 @ 15:50 Yes, it is. REPLY Hana NOVEMBER 6, 2011 @ 17:39 Sweet!! Since I only seen pictures of Kotetsu mostly, I wonder if there’s sketches of the Dragon Kid. I want to see some details of her and in the costume. REPLY derpchan NOVEMBER 7, 2011 @ 09:21 There are some Dragon Kid sketches, too. Kotetsu has more pages devoted to him than any other character, Katsura really spent a lot of time working on his design. REPLY koshkosh NOVEMBER 7, 2011 @ 01:45 haha, thanks for sharing these ! I love looking at concept art; they are so telling of a series. I can tell that Kotetsu was a challenge to design; he had to be this perfect mold of “moe ojisan”, and his early designs were decidedly more ojisan ( but still really cool!), and less “moe”, haha. I think it’s amazing how the team and the artist comes together and seemingly selects the best finalized design ( I think Kotetsu is quite revolutionary in reviving/starting? a “moe ojisan” genre ) which vibes with the crowd. I cannot imagine how it would turn out if Kotetsu wasn’t appealing enough to the audience. REPLY Vil NOVEMBER 12, 2011 @ 19:29 Nice review. 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