THIS ARTBOOK IS SO PEAK!!! First of all, it’s absolutely beautiful, even that feels like an understatement. The quality is great, and I’m in love with the illustrations. You can really tell that Vivimeng put a lot of effort into making it. I also loved the extra information the artbook provides. It’s hard to include everything you want your viewers to know in 2–5 minute music videos, so having the artbook definitely helps understanding the world building. I’d definitely recommend it if you’re a big Alien Stage fan.
Beautiful artwork and great expansion on a series that I’m currently obsessed with. It was so interesting to see the different designs, ideas and concepts behind the published works we’ve seen thus far. This book is certainly a perfect addition to my collection!
It was an interesting for me, and I suspect that someone who's already a fan of Alien Stage will love this. I get that they couldn't give us too much information in the limited form of music videos, but that's part of why I never understood the popularity. Which is why I like that this book explains some of the more esoteric/complex elements of the story that were honestly too vague in the animated music series. It's a deep look into the world of the human 'pets,' and their owners, that made the music videos make so much more sense. The art is good. We get a lot of sketches and look at how the characters came to appear as they do.
THIS BOOK WAS GREAT!!!! The artwork is so exquisite, it very well may be the most beautiful book I own. It's clear Vivinos and Qmeng put a huge amount of work into this to make it truly beautiful. The illustrations were absolutely gorgeous. It also sheds more light onto the sometimes vague plot and makes it easier to comprehend what's really happening. The only negative is that since the original edition came out before the final round, there was no behind the scenes or commentary for Blink Gone nor Karma. But other than that, this was a great read! If you like Alien Stage, this book is definitely for you!
The art is, of course, sensational. However, there was a long portion of this book dedicated to summarizing the music videos frame-by-frame that I think was too long and redundant.
I would have preferred more of the behind-the-scenes design process content instead of screenshots of the finished product and summaries of the videos that viewers have already watched.
It’s also a bit of a bummer that this book leaves out some of the more recent music videos (which cover the climax of the series that leaves fans with the most questions) and doesn’t mention the comics outside of the videos. I was really hoping for the complexities of the ending to be explained, but I was disappointed.
The art is absolutely amazing and I loved the extra info!! I totally recommend buying if you like alien stage but don’t quite understand it, wanna get more into it, learn more info, or just because you like it because I think that the info is pretty important to the story!!🩵🩵
Très joli art book, apporte pas mal de détails sur l’univers et la confection des vidéos ! Dommage qu’il ne couvre pas l’intégralité de la série (il va jusqu’au round 5)