Monster Hunter Illustrations (Hardcover) (1)

This hardcover is packed with stunning concept art from the early Monster Hunter games—creatures, armor, weapons, and more. The artwork is incredibly detailed and offers a behind-the-scenes look at the design process, including sketches that never made it into the games.The book is high quality and hefty, making it perfect for collectors, fans, or anyone who appreciates fantasy art. While it doesn’t cover newer games, it’s still a must-have for longtime players.I highly recommend this item & I hope this review is helpful 👍🏻⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

This book is more detailed and beautiful than I expected. There are notes from the art team that tie into the concepts. I've barely played the games but have no problem enjoying the artwork inside. There are sections on monsters, armor, weapons, etc... Even ideas that didn't make it to the final cut of the games. You won't be disappointed.Interaction with seller: 5/10-Nothing special here. Business as usual. Not a bad thing. Item was in good condition with no shipping errors.Item quality: 10/10-Shrink wrapped and well looked after. High production value with meaty pages that feel strong and smooth. Color is vibrant and beautiful. Size is perfect for a coffee table.Description accuracy: 10/10-I found it to be exactly as described, even exceeding expectations.Satisfaction: 10/10-No issues with purchase.

Love this illustrated book of the Monster Hunter universe, a lot of information and details of every part of the game universe

great item

If you're a Monster Hunter fun or simply love different types of Monsters, this is a great book. Its mostly illustrations, but there are a ton of them and they are very high quality. I already preordered book #3. Unfortunately, book #2 is nearly impossible to find. I had to buy this book used, but it was in good condition. Totally worth it.

If you are expecting to see monsters like Zinogre or Seregios, you will not see them here. This book only has details from the first two generations, and most illustrations are of developmental. Something buyers need to keep in mind.-----------------------------------------------------To get the negative out of the way first, there are some flaws with this book. The most obvious is that it is clear the translator has not play the game before, resulting in some canonical inconsistencies. For example, Rathalos was referred as "Wyvern" in one caption, but on another, he was referred by his proper english name. The most noticable ones are Steel Dragon (Kushala Daora) and Blaze King Draong (Teostra). Technically, the translation is not wrong as they correspond with their japanese name. Bu it can be misleading to people who purchase this book for the appreciation of the game's aethetic and have not played the game before. In addition, there are too few name labels on the monsters. Readers will have to flip to the index to check monsters' name, even thought there are enough room for just a short text box. This is just a minor inconvenience, but something worth bringing up. And finally, some monsters' picture entries are a bit lacking. I do not recall there being a single image of Rathian at all, neither are there Fatalis (even though it's emblem is on the front cover!). Instead of having in depth sketches of monster that appear in the game, this book focuses more on behind the scene development. Almost 45% of monster images are prototypes that did not make it into the final game. So if you are expecting to see detail break downs of you favorite monsters, you may be dissapointed.To the positives, there are plenty praises for this book. It is jampacked with detailed development notes from the creators. There are so many awesome illustrations to enjoy that I might even consider the pages of costume designs overshine the monsters. Ranging from prototype armors, to weapons, NPCs, and items! One thing that is especially interesting is that Capcom seems to put a surprisingly amount of effort on designing Shakalaka goblins; consider how they do not make often appearance in most games.In overall, this is a good art book documenting what is behind the development of Monster Hunter games. I almost want to say it is awesome, if it were not for how unorganized some of the pages are and the lack of monster rosters. The index mentioned Rathian and Yian Garuga's weapons were shown in the weapon page, but there were not a single image of them! Regardless, this is still an art book that I recommend. Especially when it's listed retail price is 44.99 USD!! Amazon is selling it for 20 USD!? You are getting it for a steal!!!

This book, as the first one, is simply fantastic. Not only does it show amazing artwork from the games but also lets the artist explain some of their thought process on certain topics. Every now and then you will find comments on why they did certain things that way. This book has quite a few of those inside actually. Both books are an absolute treasure chest for any MH fan, especially for the price. I recognised a large amount of items, characters and monsters in this book.

I've been a big Monster hunter fan since the freedom 2 and i got to say i love this artbook. It covers from the Original games to to Portable G. The illustration are great, the book itself is a good hefty, well crafted hard cover.