I just put in my preorder for huke's first art book, was wondering what other art books people on here have? We see a fair few of them in "for sale" threads, so I know some people are hoarding at least a bit of a collection!

I don't have all that many just the Atelier series, Ar Tonelico and Tekken 6 artbooks.

Not too many here either, though my Tony Taka Shining art book must be worth, what, at least ten lesser art books ^_^

Also got the Yoko and Nia (TTGL) photo books. In future I wouldn't mind picking up the Rorona/Torori book by Mel Kishida and the Baccano book by Katsumi Enami. Generally I steer clear of art books, though, as like figures they eat away monies I'd be better off spending on the anime or games from which they are derived.

I love me an artbook! I've got the art of Totoro, Ponyo, Spirited Away and Howl's Moving castle (Viz editions) the Art of Tezuka but pride of my collection is the uber-rare Totoro Forest project book. It's art inspired by Totoro by some of the greatest artists from all over the world, (including some leading types from Pixar). Not only is it incredibly beautiful but it was only available for about 45 minutes a couple of years ago, so I was incredibly lucky to be able to nab one.


http://totoroforestproject.org/

I've tried to stop buying them as they're so heavy and bulky, but some I can't resist. So most of my collection is skewed towards older series but gradually becomes higher quality as my standards became stricter. More recently I picked up artbooks for Saiunkoku Monogatari, Baccano and Jigoku Shoujo.

I'm also collecting Yamashita Shunya's artbooks to save me bankrupting myself on bishoujo figures, and I really like his style. Hoping there will be a new one next year.

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I only own Coffin but I'd like own more of Amano's art books eventually, I'd also like some of Yusuke Kozaki's works too.

I just noticed Udon are publishing an English version of a Pixiv art book "Pixiv Almanac Volume 1" in November. The books that Pixiv produces are generally excellent.

The "Naruto Illustration book" graces my shelves with its shoneny presense [spoiler]from the underside of my printer[/spoiler], I do like Kishimoto's artwork in all fairness to the man, if only he could bring his story telling up to the same level.

The pride and joy of my shelf though, my holy grail, much coverted and seeked, is my "Shimada Humikane Art Works" still in near mint condition. It use to be inside a plastic bag, but the bag it came in was tight and began to damage the outer cover when forced inside. The damage however is in fact minimal, much to my pleasure.

On another note, I shall be keeping my eye out for the Pivix artbook in the coming months. Hats off to maes for noticing this.

Not many, one for Spirited Away and one for Serial Experiments Lain which I've yet to actually read

I have the first Naruto artbook, the Bleach one, and one I got for free with Arcana Heart 3.

Anime wise?
Nausicaa Watercolor Impressions
My Neighbour Totoro
Kiki's Delivery Service
Porco Rosso
Spirited Away
Howl's Moving Castle

So, not many, but:
Bioshock - Breaking the Mold Developer's Edition Art Book (i.e. Not the pdf version )
Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar
The Art of Halo

The Art of Pixar Short Films
The Art of Finding Nemo
The Art of The Incredibles
The Art of Cars
The Art of Ratatouille
The Art of Wall-E
The Art of Up
The Art of Toy Story 3
"To Infinity and Beyond" - The Story of Pixar Animation Studios

The Art & Flair of Mary Blair
Tale as Old as Time - The Art and Making of Beauty and the Beast
The Art of Princess and the Frog
The Art of Tangled

Obligatory Parka Link

My eyes looked at "The Art of Cars" before they saw any of the other Pixar books for some reason, I was thinking that was a slightly vague title until I realized. ^^;

My Bleach Art Book arrived not long ago and my Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Art Book coming next week, pretty nice easy start for an Art Book Newbie like me, until I save up and get some more lavish (also meaning pricey) Art Books after the new year!

Have my eye on the Yoshiyuki Sadamoto Art Book

Reborn! yay, I like the art enough to buy calendars of it. Don't think I have an art book though, I will have to check that out.

I have the two Spice and Wolf books.
The first is a Guidebook as much as Artbook, the other is a collection of Jyuu Ayakura's work on the series, and its an absolutely lovely book, with art ranging from small monochrome sketches up to double A4 colour spreads.

The only downside is its not hardback, that and it was hard to get hold of and ended up costing me about ¥8000 or so haha