First CDJapan order~! \o/
It arrived 2 days ago~. Their service was very satisfying~ I got the Ao no Exorcist Color Archive, Yuki Kajiura's Fiction and Fiction II and both Pandora Hearts soundtracks to fuel my Pandora mania further X3. I'm in a good mood today so I'll be generous and show pictures of all the coloured illustrations in the AoEx book this time. More after the cut~
Front cover and underside of the jacket. lol coal tars.
The manga illustrations ended up being just a page of stickers, one extra large sticker and a postcard at the end of the book... orz. Oh well, I'll wait for Kazue Kato's inevitable artbook release in the future.
EDIT: So I heard that the stickers were first press only? Makes me glad I jumped on this as soon as I could then XD. It's the same move Daimaou pulled with it's guidebook. I better keep an eye on these little first press details from now on.
Illustrations! This section was just stuff like character/setting introduction. I like the look of the anime based on the production stills shown. We're also (unsurprisingly) getting anime original characters.
Interviews with Nobuhiko Okamoto (Rin), Jun Fukuyama (Yukio), Kana Hanazawa (Shiori), Hiroshi Kamiya (Mephisto) and Keiji Fujiwara (Shirou) as well as some quick Q&A by the rest of the cast followed by director and key staff interviews.
Lastly we have some anime production sketches (yummy) and then the manga portion of the book with character, story, setting, etc. introductions and an interview with mangaka Kazue Kato. There was some nice little rough sketches strewn about the interview <3.
Definitely a worthwhile purchase. There's some older stuff that arrived this year but got put on hold because I was busy with uni so I'll probably have those up soon.