Osamu Tezuka Storyboard Encyclopedia: Astro Boy

[The Tawashi Bus Hat]

It's the closest official thing in existence to an actual Astro Boy art book...

...and I just punched in the winning bid on eBay for it. :3

It ended up being $45 American after shipping and it's coming straight from Hokkaido, Japan!

WARNING! IMAGE HEAVY THREAD AHEAD!



This is exactly what the title says it is - it's basically a book with Astro Boy storyboards. It seems like a mix between the 60's and 80's series, with more emphasis on the 80's series...(I guess...Heck, I'm not sure - you tell me, jeffbert! xD) When I receive the item, I'll let you know more about this.

Images from the auction:






OMG I want this right now... T_T

[Black Rabbit]

Cool!

[Anime Girl]

AWSOMENESS!!!!!

[LLM]

Congrats on your prize!

[AprilSeven]

Can you please share the name/publisher so I can attempt to locate one of these (or alert my brothers -- both E-Bayers). I would truly cherish something like this -- I hope it's not out of print (yeah, right).

how many pages?

We're looking forward to lots of incredible images!!! Enjoy!!!

[The Tawashi Bus Hat]

Can you please share the name/publisher so I can attempt to locate one of these (or alert my brothers -- both E-Bayers). I would truly cherish something like this -- I hope it's not out of print (yeah, right).

how many pages?

We're looking forward to lots of incredible images!!! Enjoy!!!

Info available from seller:

English title =
Osamu Tezuka Storyboard Encyclopedia Volume.1 Astro Boy

Official Book. Softcover.
*This is an official product, not bootleg. Printed in Japan.
*Out of print (OOP), Very Rare Book, Premium Item.

Japanese title =
手塚治虫 絵コンテ大全 (1) 鉄腕アトム

Language : Japanese. This is an original version - 100% in Japanese!
Year of First Print : 1999/9/1
Japanese List Price (Consumer Price) : 2310 yen
Product Code (ISBN): 4309723411
Total Pages : About 664 pages
Size : Please refer to the photograph

If it helps any, apparently there is a whole slew of encyclopedias based solely on Tezuka animation. Astro Boy is the first volume.

Seller has volume 6 (Phoenix 2772)
http://cgi.ebay.com/Osamu-Tezuka-Storyboard-Encyclopedia-6-Phoenix-2772-/310209680833?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4839f015c1

Same seller has the character encyclopedias for Tezuka (do want).
Astro Boy: http://cgi.ebay.com/Osamu-Tezuka-Character-Encyclopedia-1-Astro-Boy-Robot-/270504087879?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3efb4cd147
(Also has Black Jack and some others)
Black Jack: http://cgi.ebay.com/Osamu-Tezuka-Character-Encyclopedia-2-Black-Jack-/310139422913?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4835c008c1
Kimba: http://cgi.ebay.com/Osamu-Tezuka-Character-Encyclopedia-6-Kimba-White-Lion-/300397651411?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45f11865d3

[Faram45]

I want!

AND 600+ PAGES???!!!
How will you tranlate it for yourself?

[The Tawashi Bus Hat]

I think I'm going to try and dust off my old scanner for this baby. Something this hard to come by needs to be shared...

...WITH DA WORLD!!!
*cough*

[Black Rabbit]

Say what?! did you say 600+ pages?! I hadn't noticed. And Black Jack!!!

[Black Rabbit]

I think I'm going to try and dust off my old scanner for this baby. Something this hard to come by needs to be shared...

...WITH DA WORLD!!!
*cough*

LOL, with da world.