Atelier: Artworks of Arland: Artworks of Arland: Rorona & Totori & Meruru Paperback – 7 May 2013

This will be really short,Very thick, it has 256 pages of gorgeous and beautiful arts from first three Atelier games that were released on Playstation 3.I love the art, the paper is also of nice quality, for me it's perfect. I would recommend it to anyone who loves Atelier or even likes to collect artbooks.The only thing that was disappointing is that it is paperback and not hardcover edition.Other than that it was a well worth the purchase!

This a a beautiful art book with over 200 pages of colorful pictures :) It contains character designs for all 3 Atelier- Arland games and lots of bonus art work and in situation art works too :) I just love it! It is printed to the highest quality and is a joy to look through! Great for Atelier game fans but any anime fan or art lover would also enjoy ^^

Excellent edition and quality! I love it!Paper is very thick, colors full of life - as expected ;)256 pages of Arlnad awesomness!One tiny flaw:But why some text is in german language ?

i give this book top rateings. its packed full more then u see on that video , i use it for my anima art work references .

The media could not be loaded.  Here's another Atelier series artbook translated by Udon. The original Japanese edition was published in 2011. The Japanese edition has pretty favorable reviews. Udon also did a great job with the English edition.The book's is a paperback with 256 thick pages. Binding seems good enough for a book this thick.Arland is a sub-series of the Atelier series. This book features the three game titles Atelier Rorona: The Alchemists of Arland, Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland and Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of ArlandThose three are the 11th to 13 game titles with the Atelier series -- already?!Mel Kishida is the character designer for these three games. The pages are fill with full page illustrations, character designs, storyboards of cut scenes, pin-ups and sketches. These are Japanese style characters with strong shoujo influence. There are lots of female characters with their fancy dresses and generous use of pastel colours. The illustrations are beautiful with details. The costume designs are rendered really nice.There's not much text except for the short notes beside sketches.If you like the games and art, this is the book to get.(There are more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)

5 stars for everything about the book. The paper and printing are really good quality. All of the drawings in there are great. I got this book after looking through it in Chapters. I have never played the game, but this book certainly makes me want to.

Me ha encantado este artbook: imágenes grandes de la trilogía de Arland, tonos pasteles, diseños bonitos y hojas gruesas. Muy kawaii, recomendable para los fans del manga y sobre todo de esta saga de videojuegos

Since this book is geared directly towards fans of the Atelier series of games, I won't get into too much detail about the series. Suffice to say, this art book covers the Arland games: Atelier Rorona, Atelier Totori, and Atelier Meruru. Most of the book has been translated into English, though some German remains (I figure this was also the case for the Japanese version).The first thing I noticed is that the book is a nice size: 11.7 x 8.3 and 256 pages. The paper is nicely thick. My only complaint is that the book is paperback. Though the cover is made of a higher grade paper. I definitely foresee some major wear issues, especially since I plan on enjoying this book quite a bit.Also of note: I have been burned by some of the 'design works' books being released lately. Several have been small in size and basically contain a lot of commonly found images or game shots. Not so with this book. Virtually every page has concept and design art. Usually computer finished and 'final' in the sense that it was art used in the game or for promotional material. The other nice aspect is that since we are not in Japan, we did not have access to a lot of the promotional art that is shown in this book.The first portion of the book covers a lot of pre-release and release day art from the three titles. Many are 'release bonuses', likely art that was included in pre-orders from various retailers. It's nice to see these various drawings. Many are 'fan service' style, meaning the female (and in once case, the male) characters are scantily clad and posed in what can be called 'awkward' situations. But others feature characters in regular situations, such as dining out, or just walking along a street in a town. Other pieces were used for posters for the Japanese release. Others were the art used for the game case inserts (cover art) as well as the in game initial start screen.The central section contains individual art bios for each main character. This includes many of the shopkeepers as well. There are typically a few large drawings and then several smaller facial expression drawings. Some of the drawings show costume variations (such as Mimi without her cape).The final section shows a lot of finished concept art for the series. These appear to be art pieces drawn by the team and finished on the computer. Several of these drawings appear in the games after certain events and trophies. This is the most extensive section, and the one I found the most enjoyable.There is a kind of fourth section showing dozens of pen drawings of the initial art mock ups. It's not an extensive section, but there is a lot of content stuffed onto a small number of pages. Mainly we see the initial outline drawings for many of the characters and then filled versions of several.Overall a very nice companion for any fan of the Arland arc of the Atelier series. I am very glad I picked this up. I imagine it will gain collector status very soon. The drawings included are all very welcome. This isn't a boring book filled with screen shots. There is a lot of original and concept art that doesn't appear in the game, and some that does appear briefly as rewards. No fan art either, all of the art is made by the creative team behind these titles.This book exceeded my wildest expectations. And then some.

Atelier: Artworks of Arland ist mein erstes erworbenes Artbook und ich bereue es nicht! Als Fan der Arkand Reihe sind die Szenen und Bilder mir großteils bekannt, aber auch Unbekanntes schlummert in dem Werk und es bereitet einem Freude die kunterbunten niedlichen Bilder als Printausgabe anzuschauen :)Klare Empfehlung ;)

Extensive amount of artwork from the Atelier Rorona, Torori and Meruru games all in Kishida Mel's beautiful smooth pastel colored work.