愛の仮晶 市川春子イラストレーションブック

by Haruko Ichikawa

This illustration book contains the illustrated covers of the works of Haruko Ichikawa over her ten-year path, from "Insects and Songs" all the way to "Land of the Lustrous". The book also includes concept arts and rough drafts from the early stages of her works. The layout and text of the book were also written and designed by Ichikawa herself, and comes with a short commentary for each illustration included.

Genres: Art, Manga

127 pages, Paperback

Published November 22, 2017

About the author

Haruko Ichikawa (市川春子 in Japanese), born in 1980, is the author and artist of Land of the Lustrous (宝石の国, lit. "Country of Jewels"). She started her career in 2006 with the one-shot Mushi to Uta (虫と歌, lit. Insects and Songs). Between 2007 and 2011, she published seven one-shots in the manga magazine Afternoon, which were later compiled into two individual books named Ichikawa Haruko Sakuhinshuu (市川春子作品集, lit. Haruko Ichikawa Works Collection). She started writing Land of the Lustrous on October 25th, 2012, which currently has 10 volumes.

In 2010 she won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for works on Mushi to Uta. She has also contributed characters designs to the games Pokemon Sun & Moon and Pokemon Sword & Shield.

Reviews

[Teeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

The chokehold that this series has on me...

[Misa · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 Stars.