*****
EXHALENT, Everyone must buy this!

Aya
Ayano Yamane Illustrations
By Ayano Yamane

Attributes; Wonderful flyleaf with gold embossing, Plastic see-through cover case (not shown ->)

Amazon.co.jp - Jpqueen.com

Review:
 OMG! this is a buy of the year! Stuffed full of full colour images of guys, hugging, kissing, being possessive, and *coughs* other intimate things with other guys, all looking devastatingly pretty, hansom, gorgeous, stunning and very shagable!!! there isn't a page in this book that you don't turn and find something else to drool over! Ayano's work is just stunning and there is something for everyone!
Also a little nice thing is this book, is 3 colour illustrated pages with a step by step guide to how Ayano creates her illustrations! with another 2 pages of text about how and technique, just I cant understand it >_<
I love this book! and it's swiftly gone to the top of my list as my favorites!

I bought this Artbook from Amazon.co.jp but Jpqueen.com have been getting them in...

****
A MUST buy for anyone into this Artist/Manga/Anime

 Kazuma Kodaka Illustrations
(mostly Kizuna)
by - Kazuma Kodaka
printed by BIBLOS

Attributes - Very nice flyleaf

Amazon.co.jp - Jpqueen.com

Review:
 This book contains images from - Kizuna , Kusatta Kyoushi no Houteishiki , Ki-Me-Ra and others.
I always fought againced liking Kazuma Kodaka's work's, mostly cause I wasn't over enamored with the artwork, and lets face it, it's not the best... but that I think gives it something refreshingly different, and the story telling is just so good you cant help but love the artwork as well...
This book isn't filled with anything new really, but it is pretty... if your a fan of Kazuma then you need this! Hell if your a Fan of Yaoi you need this! it has to be one of those signature books in everyone's collection! tehe.

*****
EXHALENT, For Budding Artists / someone REALLY into the Anime

or

***
For the casual Art Book Collector / non Artist collectors - For the Hardened fan only

Mirage Of Blaze
Artist - ???
Publisher - MOVIC

Attributes: Something Completely different.

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Review:
 WARNING - This book is not technically an art book, those looking for pretty colour picks of the Anime will be sorely disappointed. The page Example above is what you will get from first to last... Also no Yaoi images, but the anime is meant to be a Yaoi?

Review: If you looking for VERY nice line drawings of the characters from the Anime then this book is for you. If your a mad manga artist then this book is for you, the line drawings are crisp and with having printing only on one page and a soft spine that let's the book stay flat and open you can use this book to create your own chara or copy them if you wish. It has the chara in different clothes if not in different poses, also expression and some set designs from the Anime. The only text is that seen in the example above of artist notes... Personally I love this book and I would like to see more of them as lovely presented as this! 
As I said this book is not for everyone, there are also no Yaoi images or chara interaction images, this is simple what the animators use when making the anime.

****
A MUST buy for anyone into this Artist/Manga/Anime

 Puff Extra Number - Bronze
Artist - Minami Ozaki
produced by - Coadekikaku coade

Attributes - Pull out long poster (one sided)

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Review:
 On getting this book I cant say I wasn't disappointed, with one outstanding pullout colour poster that's drool worthy. that's it as far as an Art book goes, this is mostly an interview with Minami Ozaki and an anthology of all her work to date, Bronze takes up a large part.
Almost of all the artwork is black and white sketches of her chara, some in compromising positions *grins*... Apart from this book mostly being text, there are some really nice images that are just beautiful and if you like Minami Ozali's artwork then this book is just wonderful, even if it's not an Art book as such...
The collectibles pages are in colour and just makes you envious if you don't have anything from it... 

***
Was worth what I spent but if I lost it I wouldn't care - For the Hardened fan only.

Sukinamonoha Sukidakara
Perfect (game) Guide
(Suki na Mono wa Suki Dakara Shouganai! RAIN Perfect guide)

Attributes: Reads left to right - All in colour - Fly Leaf

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Review:
 ok, I have no idea what this game is or what it's about, it seems to take place in a school of some kind, but apart from that I have no idea, other than its a Yaoi/Shonen ai game... The artwork is great and well worth it, if as in any game book, it get's a little monotones, But all the charas are just gorgeous and all illustrations and in game art is like the cover (Above) and there are a few more risqué images but you have to look for those... the chara illustrations are wonderful and large. And the full page illustrations are well worth it, though again nothing that would have your mother screaming and fainting (which is a sham)...
I don't normally go for Game Art Books because there all much of a much ness, but this is like the Kaori Yuki one I have and well worth the art work alone even if you have no idea about the game... I also don't normal go for this kind of art work, but again it is nice ^_^

NEW: Sukisho! if you heard the name you might also be wondering about the Amine! well the manga is just great ^_^ so funny! well dont get this book... it's really got nothing to do with the anime, and some of the chara look different.. hopefully they will release a really nice Artbook for the anime series!

****
A MUST buy for anyone into this Artist/Manga/Anime

Tosuisha Superworks Act.7
By Maki Hashiba

Attributes: it's HUGE!

Amazon.co.jp - Jpqueen.com

Review:
 I bought this on a spur of the moment, and cause it was cheep ^_~! I thought it was by the same artist that draws 'Love Mode' but I was wrong :P...
This isn't really an art book of sort's... more a postcard book on steroids... The plates are beautifully coloured, shinny and printed on card... instantly farmable (which is what I'm going to do once I have wall space that isn't taken up by shelves or Wall Scrolls :P)

The Act.7 is to do with the amount of these books their are by different artists, I have 2 others done by Shiho Sugiura (Creator of 'The Ice-Cold Demon's Tale'
 

****
A MUST buy for anyone into this Artist/Manga/Anime

Gravitation Fan Book
By Maki Murakami
Printed by ????

Attributes: Fly leaf Cover, Fold out Pull out poster, Metallic Teal real cover. Pull out cardboard standees

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Review:
 This is the colour book from the manga (Nothing to do with the OVA or Series) it's quite good, there could be more colour images but the black and white comic-et is very strange and I wouldn't mind seeing it in translation. The colour pages are nice but to much overlapping for my liking...
This book is really nice for old fans and the new English translated fans if you want to see some more art work.

****
A MUST buy for anyone into this Artist/Manga/Anime

EDGE Illustrations
by Masaki Sano & Kyo Watanabe
Printed by ???? 

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Review:
 This book contains images for the following manga or Dojinshi: Tokyo Guardian - Shangri-La - Twin - Platina - Fire Emblem - GPX - Gradget - Yokuou Series - Encyclopedia Odyssey - The Gundam on the After Colony Gundamwing - The Vision of Escaflowne - Brave Command Dangwon - Future GPX Cyber Formula - Level-C - West End...

*takes a deep breath* well I think we all know at least one manga that these nice people have done or done a fan story too!
All the images are full colour glossy and very petty, maybe the artwork isn't to everyone's tastes, being a little off the beaten track of truly gorgeous, but it have a charm all it's own, it might also look a little dated now but that's nothing to worry about, when ever I look at this book I always get sparks of inspiration flying about my noggin, truly a lovely thing to own.

also, they Yaoi content in this book isnt really that graphic... you just KNOW the guys are doing it when not having their photo taken *grins*... truly charming :P

****
A MUST buy for anyone into this Artist/Manga/Anime

In Sympathy
by Udo Shinohara
printed by ?????

Amazon.co.jp - Jpqueen.com

Review:
 *purrs* I love this artist, she did the 'Interview with the Vampire' manga and my other favorite series 'Facade' (manga about a guy who falls thought time haphazardly and can change into 6 different animals with their own personalities... strange, ya and brill, just with I could read it *grins*... anyhow I digress...) 
I think this is another artist that might be an acquired taste, I personally think her black & White work is better than her colour and she also likes her Georgian/Victorian costumes along with animals... This book mostly has image that I have no idea where they came from >_< but that doesn't spoil the attraction at all, I know some of the images are form her wonderful manga 'Facade', but there are non from 'Interview with the Vampire'... this also doesn't have anything yaoi graphic in it, but lots of guys looking at each other adoringly, and that's all right by me :P

You might only be able to get this manga 2nd hand now cause it is rather old, I got mine from japqueen.com

*****
EXHALENT, Everyone must buy this!

POISON
by You Higuri

Attributes: Flyleaf cover has wonderful 'oil slick' metallic lettering!

Amazon.co.jp - Jpqueen.com

Review:
 This book contains images from: Seimaden - Ludwig - Zeus - Gorgeous Carat - Raman - that one with the Pirates in - and a lot more I couldn't recognize.
All images are full colour prints of the best images from the manga's! truly stunning to brows through! Higuri's works I've always found astounding, both colour and black & white... 
I thing this Artbook is actually named after the perfume 'Poison' ^_^

This book isnt to heavy on the yaoi side, unlike some of the manga where the hero Uki turn out to be a woman (groans at Zues) anyhow... most artist's dont seem to do much Yaoi colour work... but who cares this book is lovely!

*****
EXHALENT, Everyone must buy this!

Your Eyes Only
Kouga Yun

Attributes: The cover has an opalescent sheen to it.

Amazon.co.jp - Jpqueen.com

Review:
 This is from the Artist of 'Lovless'... I dont really know anything about this manga, other than it's coming out in English soon... This book has lots of images from the manga, it's just stuffed half full of them, then it skips off into the artists other manga's, and all of them are just SO lush!, every page is full bright colour... and even though I dont know if I'm a fan of her manga work... this Artbook is just stunning and I'm very happy that I bought it!

So check out the links above and see about getting it yourself ^_^