Simon & Schuster Dragon Quest Illustrations: 30th Anniversary Edition

Any fan of Dragon Quest or Akira Toriyama's work should have this book. It's full of gorgeous, high-quality illustrations from every Dragon Quest game since the first that are nearly impossible to find online. Wade through niche Japanese forums no more. The book itself came in near perfect quality. The only thing imperfect was one of the corners was a tiny bit bent, likely from shipping. I have also noticed a couple errors; for example, in the Dragon Quest 9 section, an illustration of the Ranger class (male) is labelled as an 'unused design' but it was definitely used in-game. There are a couple small mistakes like that, but as Toriyama says in his message at the beginning of the book, it's easy to forget about these character designs after making so many for so long. All in all I would give this product a 9/10. Absolutely worth buying if you love Dragon Quest!

Excelente livro de ilustrações de Akira Toriyama, que mostra a evolução do seu estilo ao longo das décadas de Dragon Quest!

If you are someone who loves & grew up with Akira Toriyama's art-style, this is a must have artbook. It includes artwork from DQ1-10 (no artwork from 11) and this also has art from DQ spin-off games (DQ Monsters series, Rocket slime series etc..) Bought it from Cocoblu Retail, i had to get a replacement for better product. The first time I received the book, it had a tear on the spine and damaged spine bottom with some dents on top and corners as shown in the first 2 images. The book itself wasn't bubble wrapped but the delivery package had a bubble wrap inside. After ordering a replacement at no extra costs, finally got it in good condition as shown in the last 4 images. Still had some dust over it but it is in better condition than the last one, so no complains for the price I got it for (1,800rs which is normally around 2,200rs on different websites).

Premetto che ahimè ho dovuto rendere il prodotto un paio di volte perché mi arrivava rovinato. Stavolta per fortuna è andata bene e parliamo di un volume curatissimo e dai contenuti davvero interessanti. Di Toriyama e di Dragon Quest penso sia inutile parlare più di tanto, mentre il volume (soprattutto se preso scontato) vale davvero la pena di essere acquistato. Ricorda come qualità quello relativo a Dragon Ball, fatta eccezione per il cofanetto, che in questo caso è assente. Bello! ^^

The book is full of art by Akira Toriyama of his work on the long running video game franchise: Dragon Quest! It has over 30 years worth of designs that were carefully crafted