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Since Dark Horse and Digital Manga Publishing started releasing English-language editions of the Vampire Hunter D novels in 2005, hundreds of thousands of new fans have clamored for more of the enigmatic monster slayer. Following on the heels of the highly successful retrospective Coffin, Dark Horse Books is pleased to present a new collection of paintings, line-art illustrations, and photography by internationally renowned artist and Vampire Hunter D character designer Yoshitaka Amano. This collection also includes a short story, "A Village in Fog" by Vampire Hunter D creator Hideyuki Kikuchi, unavailable elsewhere. [Hideyuki Kikuchi (W) and Yoshitaka Amano (A)]
DAWN: THE WORLDS OF FINAL FANTASY Yoshitaka Amano (A) Full Color. 116 pages HC, 8 1/4"" x 11 11/16"" There is only one Final Fantasy. Through more than a dozen wildly diverse adventures, from the release of the first game in 1987 to the most recent expansion on the story, the international influence of the game is legendary both inside the video-game industry and throughout popular culture. It is a tale of bold heroes and heroines, breathtaking landscapes and terrifying creatures. Through Final Fantasy, Luneth, Refia, Rosa Farrell, Cecil Harvey, and many others have become household names to millions of players across the globe. With two feature films, a host of action figures and apparel, posters, soundtracks, and more, the vast landscape defined by the Final Fantasy storylines began with the games. For the first six games those worlds grew from the remarkable vision of one man: Yoshitaka Amano. Now, for the first time outside Japan, Amano and Square Enix, Inc., have permitted the artwork that inspired the designs of the Final Fantasy games to be published. In Dawn you will see the development of the first four games through Amano's paintings, detailed line art, and preliminary sketches. Plus, in a special afterword, you'll learn the genesis of this history-making collaboration. The worldwide phenomenon Final Fantasy has fans across the globe, with sales for the more than twenty console games in excess of eighty million units. The combined sales of all versions of Final Fantasy represent the fourth-highest-selling console franchise in the world, surpassed only by Mario, Pokémon, and The Sims. DAWN ©1991, 2009 Yoshitaka Amano. FINAL FANTASY video game series ©SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights reserved. FINAL FANTASY is a registered trademark of Square Enix Co.,Ltd. English-language translation rights ©2008 by Dark Horse Comics, Inc.
In Japanese Buddhism, twelve generals-the Juni Jinsho-stood guard over the cosmos at the points of the zodiac. But now they have vanished, and nothing stands between us and the forces of darkness, except Deva Zan, a samurai without a memory. To restore order to existence, he must marshal not only his own fighting skill, but find companions that can cross the boundaries of time and space-to join him in a battle that will stretch from the fields of ancient Japan, to the streets of modern New York City-and to dimensions beyond human comprehension! Dark Horse has the honor to publish Deva Zan, Yoshitaka Amano's first fantasy novel as an author as well as an illustrator! After an epic ten years of planning, Amano has made Deva Zan his personal expression of the legends of Asia for his Western readership. [(W/A/CA) Yoshitaka Amano]
The first graphic novel from superstar action film director John Woo (Face/Off, Mission Impossible: 2). Written by best-selling graphic novel author Garth Ennis. Six hundred years ago long, before history's great explorers stole the credit for their feats, mighty Chinese treasure fleets set sail to reach every continent. These voyages of discovery left behind an evil legacy and a plot by a powerful Chinese sorcerer to dominate the world. Our story begins in modern day Los Angeles where an ancient Chinese prophecy must be fulfilled. Seven men with nothing in common but their destinies must face the Son of Hell to save the world. [Created by: John Woo. Written by: Garth Ennis, Art by: Jeevan Kang; Cover by: Yoshitaka Amano]
Radical Books is proud to present Yoshitaka Amano's masterful and unique interpretation of Mozart's The Magic Flute. Mateki is a beautiful and dark tale of a young man who must put away his flute and become a warrior to save his lover from the lord of darkness. Celebrated Japanese painter, Amano is world renowned for his work on Vampire Hunter D, Final Fantasy, Neil Gaiman's Sandman: The Dream Hunters. [by Yoshitaka Amano]
SHINJUKU Mink (W) and Yoshitaka Amano (A) Full Color. 160 pages HC, 10 5/8"" x 10 5/8"" Writer and director Christopher ""mink"" Morrison (Dust) and legendary artist Yoshitaka Amano (Final Fantasy, Vampire Hunter D) join forces to craft an unforgettable tale of destiny, danger, and hard-boiled sorcery, featuring over a hundred original paintings by Amano! In the year 2020, bounty hunter Daniel Legend finds himself tracking a quarry of a different kind: his long-lost sister. Armed only with his wits, his gun, and a mysterious postcard, Daniel makes his way to the heart of the seedy Shinjuku district of Tokyo, where a clash between two underworlds-the criminal and the infernal-threatens the very fabric of reality. Shinjuku marks the first totally original project by Yoshitaka Amano for Dark Horse Books. Written by filmmaker mink, a rising star from Quentin Tarantino's A Band Apart production company. Shinjuku™ © 2009 Mink. Illustrations © 2009 Yoshitaka Amano.
Novel, Baron Byron Balazs nears the end of his arduous journey; his bodyguard-the enigmatic and deadly Vampire Hunter D-has delivered him to his faraway home in Krauhausen. Having survived the near-epic journey, and many attempts on his life-ordered by his father, the dread Vampire Noble Lord Vlad-the baron thinks he is ready for his final battle, whatever the cost. But Lord Vlad is not so easily vanquished, as he unleashes yet another host of nefarious killers on his son, not least of whom is a mad doctor who was enlisted to perform sinister experiments on the young baron's mother years before! The epic conclusion of the longest Vampire Hunter D story ever. This book was originally published in four individual novels in Japan. To make this more affordable for fans, we're releasing this mega-novel as two omnibus volumes! Features thirteen black-and-white line illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano. On sale Mar 18. [Hideyuki Kikuchi (W) and Yoshitaka Amano (A)]
Hideyuki Kikuchi (W) and Yoshitaka Amano (A) b&w, 480 pages Novel, 5 1/8"" x 7 1/4"" When Vampire Hunter D entered the town of Sedoc it was in search of answers to the meaning of a dying vampire's last words: ""Find Muma."" But when he meets Mia, the daughter of the local fortuneteller, he learns the mists emanating from a smoking crater on the outskirts of Sedoc have reanimated thousands of corpses, compelling them to crawl from their graves and hurl themselves into the smoking chasm. When D goes to investigate, he finds himself split in two: a second Vampire Hunter D, full of passion and lust and hunger for the company of women, is born! Features eleven black-and-white line illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano. ""Richly descriptive, filled with bone crushing action and horror aplenty, this is one wild ride down the highway to Hell."" - Active Anime
VAMPIRE HUNTER D VOLUME 14: DARK ROAD PARTS 1 and 2 Hideyuki Kikuchi (W) and Yoshitaka Amano (A) B&W. 480 pages Novel, 5 1/8"" x 7 1/4"" D has crossed over the southern border, into the domain of the cruelest and most evil of the royalty, General Gaskell. On the way, he picks up a ""victim""-one of few survivors in the villages-and makes way with her and the Deliverers. Along the way, he is attacked by the Drowned, and fights many more unspeakably horrible enemies. All of this suggests that Gaskell-who was supposed to have been put to death under the light of the sun-is still very much alive. But why? Dark Horse has sold over 300,000 copies of Vampire Hunter D! Vampire Hunter D features twelve black-and-white line illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano
VAMPIRE HUNTER D VOLUME 15: DARK ROAD PART THREE Hideyuki Kikuchi (W) and Yoshitaka Amano (A) B&W. 256 pages Novel, 5 1/8"" x 7 1/4"" Vampire Hunter D takes on his greatest challenge yet! The ruthless vampire Noble General Gaskell commands the loyalty of some of the most infamous and deadly vampires in history, and Gaskell has no patience for D's interference, heroic or not! With the odds stacked against him, D must prevail-or perish. Dark Horse Books and Digital Manga Publishing are proud to continue presenting the classic novels and stories in the Vampire Hunter D series for the first time to English- speaking fans everywhere! Features seven gorgeous black-and-white line illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano as well as a color tip-in illustration.
Hideyuki Kikuchi (W) and Yoshitaka Amano (A) In this chilling adventure, Vampire Hunter D has been dispatched to vanquish the ancient vampiric Noble, Count Braujou, guardian of an ancient buried treasure. But when a mysterious object crashes into the earth, destroying half of the northern Frontier, D faces an even more terrifying opponent-the renegade vampire Valcua, the Ultimate Noble! Having been exiled to outer space, Valcua took his entire kingdom of strange and deadly creatures with him, and swore that when the time was right they would return to have their revenge. Unfortunately for D, that time is now . . . Dark Horse Books and Digital Manga Publishing are proud to present the classic novels and stories in the Vampire Hunter D series. Features gorgeous black-and-white line illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano, as well as a color tip-in illustration. Vampire Hunter D Volume 16 © Hideyuki Kikuchi 1983. Originally Published in Japan in 1983 by Asahi Shimbun.
VAMPIRE HUNTER D NOVEL VOL. 17: TYRANTS STARS 3 & 4 - B&W. Description: Hideyuki Kikuchi (W) and Yoshitaka Amano (A) Vampire Hunter D continues his quest to overcome the interstellar evil brought to Earth by the ultimate Noble, the terrifying renegade vampire Valcua! Wielding a sword that can cut through the fabric of space and time, Valcua has a score to settle with the bloodline of humans responsible for his exile. The family has enlisted D to protect them from Valcua's wrath, and the Vampire Hunter might be their only chance at survival. (NOTE: This title is advance solicited for October shipping.) 300 pages. (5" x 7")
D, the ageless, supernatural Vampire Hunter, takes charge protecting the survivors of an aircraft that has crash-landed in a deadly zone known as ""the Playground."" But before D can assist them, he must first battle a legion of undead warriors swarming from the fortress of the Sacred Ancestor, the oldest vampire in existence! [(W) Hideyuki Kikuchi (A/CA) Yoshitaka Amano]
When a quartet of robbers leaves a trail of slaughter through a town, the mayor looks to hire a pair of bounty hunters to bring them to justice. But their path is blocked by an army of soldiers! If they want to survive the journey, they must enlist the help of the Vampire Hunter known only as D. All-new volume of the bestselling series. Seven line illustrations by Final Fantasy designer Yoshitaka Amano. [(W) Hideyuki Kikuchi (A/CA) Yoshitaka Amano]
VAMPIRE HUNTER D READER's GUIDE Hideyuki Kikuchi (W) and Yoshitaka Amano (A) B&W. 240 pages TPB, 5 7/8"" x 8 1/4"" An international sensation for more than two decades, the now-legendary monster killer known only as ""D"" has conquered the worlds of movies and comics, and, since the publication of the first novel in English in 2004, is becoming just as popular in America and the English-speaking world as he has been in Japan for more than a dozen novels. Now, for the first time, go behind the scenes of the phenomenon. With rare artwork from Yoshitaka Amano and interviews that shed light on the inspirations for the memorable stories, you'll have a front-row seat at the creation of the two animated adventures of Vampire Hunter D and learn new secrets about the novels through detailed summaries. Dark Horse has sold over 300,000 copies of Vampire Hunter D! This volume contains a Vampire Hunter D short story from the character's creator, Hideyuki Kikuchi. Featuring sneak peeks from upcoming novels, an extensive dictionary, and exclusive sketches and interviews!
The picturesque coastal town of Florence was known for millennia as a pleasure resort for the Nobility. As retribution for their decadence, the cruel and beautiful vampire inhabitants were punished, driven out more than a thousand years ago by a solitary traveler in black. Only one-Baron Meinster-refused to leave, only to be thrown to the waves by the mysterious assassin. Summoned to contemporary Florence by Su-in, sister of a murdered village girl, the enigmatic Vampire Hunter D discovers a vampire curse ravaging the town's human inhabitants. The plague apparently originating, impossibly, from the unforgiving sea-could it be Meinster's Revenge? Cover and six interior illustrations by renowned artist Yoshitaka Amano! [HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI (W) and YOSHITAKA AMANO (A)]
In Sakuri, a young woman is about to be sacrificed to the vampiric Noblewoman who reigns over the village. But before the princess can drain the life from the woman, a young man tries to slay the vampire. He fails and manages to escape, but in doing so incurs the wrath of the entire town. The citizens of Sakuri have entered into a pact with the Undead princess and her monstrous bodyguards. With the ritual offering disrupted, the vampire's armored bodyguards vow to murder the villagers one by one until the would-be hero is captured. When Vampire Hunter D learns of the villagers' bargain he knows he faces several almost impossible challenges-can he rid the town of the parasitic demons that plague it? What if Sakuri's inhabitants don't want to be rescued? And can he uncover the secret that even the vampire Noble is afraid to speak? (NOTE: This item is a text novel with interior illustrations.)
[Hideyuki Kikuchi (W) and Yoshitaka Amano (A)]
In the title story, "Dark Nocturne", D is hired to unlock the secret of a siren's song that is drawing men in their twenties to their deaths in the hills outside Anise Village. In "Notes on Imagined Autumn" D finds himself caught between two lovers during a ritualistic sacrifice in the village of Shirley's Door, but if D can't stop the sacrifice will all in the village be doomed? And in "Legend of the War Demons" two living weapons, genetically engineered creatures who are the last remnants of a war waged hundreds of years in the past, find that battle is not so easily forgotten. It's up to D to stop their unending conflict before it consumes the present as it did the past. Scheduled to arrive in March. [Hideyuki Kikuchi (W) and Yoshitaka Amano (A)]
Pale Fallen Angels Parts One and Two, the first two novels of Hideyuki Kikuchi's groundbreaking epic four-part Vampire Hunter D tale, are presented here in one affordable omnibus collection! Krauhasen: A mysterious land under the control of Lord Vlad Balarge, a member of the vampire Nobility. When Lord Vlad's son, Baron Byron Balarge, needs to make a long and treacherous journey to faraway Krauhasen, he commissions the help of the infamous Vampire Hunter D, promising a princely sum and a solemn vow-no feasting on any humans for the duration of their journey! Still, D finds his work cut out for him as the duo encounters an ongoing parade of thugs, rogues, and runaways, all with riot and revenge in mind. The pair are joined by the teenage tumbling act, May and Hugh, and the haughty Noblewoman Miska, recently spared death by the stake. But when D discovers the Baron's plans to murder Lord Vlad, he quickly finds his own life in danger. [Hideyuki Kikuchi (W) and Yoshitaka Amano (A)]
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