Since beginning his career at age fifteen with the legendary animation studio Tatsunoko Production, Yoshitaka Amano has become one of the most acclaimed artists and illustrators at work today. Displaying a rare range, his oeuvre encompasses everything from minutely observed still-life sketches to fu[...]
A beautiful celebration of the life and imagery of Japan's master of fantasy and science fiction art This handsome, landscape-style hardback contains nearly 400 illustrations and photos from the incredible career of Final Fantasy designer Yoshitaka Amano. But Beyond the Fantasy covers far more than[...]
There is only one "Final Fantasy". Through more than a dozen wildly diverse adventures, from the release of the first game in 1987 to the most recent expansion on the story, the international influence of the game is legendary both inside the video-game industry and throughout popular culture. It is[...]
This is a beautiful collection of Yoshitaka Amano's visions of fairies. There is a huge market for books relating to fairies - in the vein of the massively successful, Lady Cottingham's "Squashed Fairy Book". Yoshitaka Amano's lush ethereal paintings of magical creatures, spirits, goblins, and appar[...]
Offers an artistic rendering of Lady Murasaki's eleventh-century literary classic about the life and loves of Hikaru Genji, a member of the Imperial Heian court, in a series of stunning and vibrant watercolor paintings. 30,000 first printing.[...]
Since Dark Horse and Digital Manga Publishing started releasing English-language editions of the "Vampire Hunter D" novels in 2005, hundreds of thousands of new fans have clamored for more of the enigmatic monster-slayer. Following on the heels of the highly successful retrospective "Coffin", Dark H[...]
In this chilling adventure, Vampire Hunter D has been dispatched to vanquish the ancient vampiric Noble Count Braujou, guardian of an ancient buried treasure. But when a mysterious object crashes into the earth, destroying half of the northern Frontier, D faces an even more terrifying opponent-the r[...]
In his 40-year career, Yoshitaka Amano has illustrated many projects, becoming famous for "Final Fantasy" and "Vampire Hunter D". But never before has Amano written the visions he depicts-never until now! Dark Horse has the honor to publish "Deva Zan", Yoshitaka Amano's first fantasy novel as an aut[...]
The adventures of Vampire Hunter D continue Vampires: murderous creatures in the shape of humans, they stalk the night feeding on the blood of innocents. Seemingly immortal, they can be destroyed only by the use of a stake through the heart, severing of their heads or exposure to sunlight. By the y[...]