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A specially-made (JP) art collection that captures the "beauty" of "SEKIRO" is finally here. The book features story imageboard, character design, and concept design used in creating the unique sengoku era of "SEKIRO".

304 pages, JP Oversized

First published August 2, 2019

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126 reviews9 followers
January 9, 2022
Praticamente copio&incollo la mia recensione all'artbook di Bloodborne, con qualche variazione:
Si sa, Sekiro è un gran gioco specialmente per la sua estetica. Questi design works non deludono chiaramente per la qualità, ma per una certa scarsezza, le 300 pagine scorrono un po' troppo veloci.
La struttura del volume presenta per le prime 200 pagine le ambientazioni (sì, sono belle, ma potevano dedicare più pagine al resto), per poi passare ai nemici, e concludersi con una sezione sulle protesi da shinobi e oggetti/consumabili.
La sezione riguardante le protesi è la migliore, l'unica che mostri un po' più da vicino il processo creativo e i meccanismi ("pun" intended) del gioco, mentre gli sprite di oggetti/consumabili sono trattati, appunto!, come tali, in poche pagine vi è l'intero catalogo: avrei apprezzato una grandezza maggiore, magari scegliere alcuni dei più emblematici e "toglierli" dalla cornice di gioco.

Recentemente ho avuto la fortuna di vedere l'artbook di God of War e ne sono rimasto rapito: una quantità immonda di illustrazioni e concept art, tutte da urlo, accompagnate da testi su testi su testi su testi e note e note e note. Insomma, un sacco da vedere e un sacco da leggere.
In questo artbook, purtroppo, a parte nelle prime cinque pagine, non c'è assolutamente nulla da leggere, e le illustrazioni non ci pensano nemmeno a compensare: ci accontentiamo di un range da una a tre illustrazioni per area o personaggio (i personaggi chiave magari arrivano a sei/sette), e basta.
Con tutto il lavoro che c'è dietro, e SI SA che c'è un sacco di cut content o di idee scartate, non riesco proprio a capire perché gli artbook della From si accontentino di mettere qualche immagine e basta, e zero testi,

(però devo ammettere che l'edizione francese è fantastica, rigidissima, la sovraccoperta è tipo vellutata e internamente contiene una bellissima mappa del mondo di Sekiro... non come l'ignobile edizione italiana)
Profile Image for Andrii Litvynchuk.
93 reviews2 followers
July 1, 2024
MY NAME IS GUYOBU MASATAKA ONIWA is one of the best boss openings in whole souls games. Great game, good art book, no comments of authors, a bunch of initial sketches. Mostly (~200 pages) it consists of arts of the locations and it felt like replaying the game with your memories, good staff.
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198 reviews70 followers
February 11, 2022
ไม่รู้ละ ชอบเกมส์มาก เลยซื้อ Artbook มาเก็บไว้ ภาพสวย แต่มืดไปนิดหน่อย แล้วก็อยากให้เป็นแบบปกแข็ง เย็บกี่หน่อย เพราะมันจะได้เปิดกางได้สุดกว่านี้
Profile Image for Jackson.
30 reviews
June 27, 2025
I’m speechless. Just… oh my GOD what meticulous, perfect, masterful, BREATHTAKING artwork. Sekiro truly is a masterpiece of a video game.
138 reviews
May 6, 2025
An absolutely stunning artbook filled to the brim with everything you could possibly want to see and I know about the world of Sekiro

I'm a huge fan of Sekiro, so much so, that I have completed this game multiple times, so when I found out about the official artworks for Sekiro was available (it is only in Japanese) I did not hesitate.

This art book covers absolutely everything from the game from start to finish. You want concept art of all of the environments? then here it is in abundance with some incredible concept pieces that are fully realised in the game. The art also depicts environmental props and art that is within the game, giving fans a closer look at some of these fabulous designs.

Its not just environments covered so comprehensively its also the characters and npcs as well as enemies all displayed lovingly in large beautiful detail. Want to see how the design of the weapons came about then you will love seeing the detail on display on some of these weapons in particularly the wolfs prosthetic arm. There are pages and pages showing the design and functionality of how each of the ninja tools can be realistically be utilised.

The final section breaks down all the collectables and design elements of the skills found within the game, which to my surprise I had not seen before!

Well I guess im going back into Sekiro to hunt down these treasures and appreciate what a beautifully realised and well thought out world the world of Sekiro is.

Dont hesitate on this art book, if your a fan of Sekiro you will adore this exceptional artworks of Sekiro shadows die twice.
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November 27, 2024
--Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Official Artworks

Items & Related Information:
I. Katana
II. Shinobi Prosthetic and Prosthetic Tools
III. Upgrade Materials
IV. Upgrade Items
V. Usable Items
VI. Letters and Texts
VII. Rot Essence

Combat Arts
Shinobi Martial Arts

Battle Memories
Crests
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74 reviews
May 20, 2025
Durchaus detaillierte Zeichnungen nahezu aller Handlungsorte, Charaktere und Gegenstände. Viele wunderschöne Darstellungen der Szenerien, insbesondere das Hirata-Anwesen und Dorf Mibu erwecken die gleiche atemberaubende Atmosphäre wie im Spiel.
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160 reviews3 followers
July 13, 2022
I liked the prosthetic tools up close but other than that the illustrations (and the general artbook) are of a lower quality, especially in comparison to Bloodborne and Dark Souls 3 artworks.
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