Fushigi Yugi Art Book

Fushigi Yugi - Art Books

by Yuu Watase

Fushigi Yugi is the story of carefree high school called Miaka who, together with her more serious best friend Yui, finds a book entitled "The Universe of the Four Gods." The book is magic, and it transports them both into its story and the world described there, where Miaka becomes embroiled in a fantastic adventure. An epic romance with a handsome warrior also awaits Miaka as they set out to find and befriend seven Celestial Warriors, including dashing mercenary Tamahome and wannabe empress Nuriko. Only then can Miaka summon the power of the god Suzaku, find her true love, and get home safely. The series creator, Yu Watase, is an incredibly prolific manga artist who has produced more than thirty compiled volumes in the past ten years. She also picked up the 43rd Shogakukan Manga Prize for her most recent series, Ayashi no Ceres (Ceres, Celestial Legend). Fushigi Yugi was an unexpected hit in Japan, breaking a long-standing anime industry theory that no anime based on a shojo (aimed-at-girls) manga could do well on TV.

Genres: Manga, Art, Shojo, Fantasy, Graphic Novels Manga, Graphic Novels

JP Oversized

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Yuu Watase (渡瀬悠宇) is a Japanese shoujo manga-ka. She is known for her works Fushigi Yūgi, Alice 19th, Ceres: The Celestial Legend, Fushigi Yūgi Genbu Kaiden and Absolute Boyfriend. She likes all music, except heavy metal and old traditional music.

She received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for Ceres, Celestial Legend in 1997. Since writing her debut short story "Pajama de Ojama" ("An Intrusion in Pajamas"), Watase has created more than 80 compiled volumes of short stories and continuing series. Because of her frequent use of beautiful male characters in her works, she is widely regarded in circles[which?] as a bishōnen manga artist.[citation needed] In October 2008, Watase began her first shōnen serialization, Arata: The Legend in Weekly Shōnen Sunday.
Her name is romanized as "Yû Watase" in earlier printings of Viz Media's publications of Fushigi Yūgi, Alice 19th, and Ceres, The Celestial Legend, while in Viz Media's Fushigi Yūgi Genbu Kaiden and Absolute Boyfriend her name is romanized as "Yuu Watase". In Chuang Yi's English-language versions of Fushigi Yugi (spelled without a macron or circumflex), her name is romanized as "Yu Watase".

Reviews

[Bibliothecat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Although I found Fushigi Yuugi mildly disappointing, I loved the art and this is a gorgeous artbook to go with it. I really miss seeing this older traditional style of colouring among newer manga series. There's just something really beautiful how shoujo manga artists blended a lot of different mediums to bring their pictures to life and often surprising me with their creativity in regards to the material used.

Every single picture in this collection is beautiful and it's almost a perfect artbook - my only complaint is that a couple of illustrations were tiny. Some were printed in a format that was barely 3cm wide, that's hardly large enough to take in the details. To me, the whole point of artbooks is to get the chance to see the illustrations in colour and in full - not tiny and not covered in logos or text. Several oft he small images are really nice and I would have loved to have seen them in large. Oh well, as the saying goes, you can't have everything. It is nonetheless a beautiful book and you don't need to love the series to appreciate the artworks.

[Fugo Feedback]

Supongo que a este "artbook" me lo debería leer después de terminar la serie, que tengo pendiente hace unos cuantos años (si no me equivoco, tengo leído hasta el 21, al menos desde hace seis años), pero como se lo regalé a Lagorda Conrulos, lo to-readeo para sumarle reviews y que ningún idiota lo borre de un plumazo.

[Michele Brack · Rating 5 out of 5]

#24 A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you

I have loved this series since I saw the show. Some friends of mine introduced me to it and I knew that I had to have more so I started buying the manga as well and then just random stuff about it. Going through this book (which was more than just art) made me want to watch the show again because there is so much that I just don't remember from my first time watching it. Little details and characters that I was too caught up to notice. Such a good show. Such a good manga.

[Ikayuro · Rating 4 out of 5]

Though I was never super into Fushugi Yugi growing up, (I vastly preferred Ceres), Yuu Watase's work never ceases to blow me away. This artbook is gorgeous, featuring many full page spreads and at least one centrefold showcasing gorgeous work from the series!

[Ribrarian Not · Rating 4 out of 5]

Libro de ilustraciones con ISBN propio. Se editó como complemento a la edición española de la serie.

[Marianne · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was published on 2006, but I still like it and am mesmerized to see all those colourful illustrations. It is fair enough to say that I am enlightened by Yû Watase’s ideals even if this art book is a compilation of her Fushigi Yûgi artwork on 1995. It makes me appreciate her works even more. 😊❤️📖

[emily_oriley · Rating 5 out of 5]

I flip through this thing at least once a month. Most of my work is inspired by art from this book.... okay, I steal poses but only 'cause I am so totally and completely unworthy of drawing anything HALF as awesome as Watase-sama >_<

[Denise · Rating 5 out of 5]

The wonderful art of Fushigi Yûgi in vivid colours... makes me fall in love all over again every time I take it off the shelf.

[Samantha Brattle · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book contains beautiful pictures of the series and is a must for all Yuu Watase fans and fans of the series.

[Cris · Rating 5 out of 5]

The artwork is just completely mesmerizing.

[Jenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

The images are amazing and it is one of my favorite anime art books. I have kept my copy for over 7 years and I still love it.

[Dony Grayman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Edición española. Libro de ilustraciones de Fushigi Yugi.

[Crystal Fischer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love all of Yu Watase's art but my favourite of all is Fushigi Yugi! So of course I couldn't resist picking up this art book.