Monster Hunter Illustrations Paperback – September 6, 2011

This is a huge, thick and heavy book. It has many illustrations in it. The book is split up into areas that cover various things, like weapons or armors or the village/town. There are many weapons and armors in this book!The monsters are not plates like the cover. There are very few actual plates in the book. Instead, monsters are either drawn or shown without a background. Still, there are many monsters in this book! I did not see many boss monsters, tho. The monsters are really cool!The armors are also cool. They do not list what monsters produce which armors/weapons, but then this is not a hint manual. The many armors are really cool as they show what is possible if you hunt well. There are tables in the back of the book which list the names of various armors and weapons.Overall, this is a very cool illustrated book. There are literally thousands of pictures and drawings. Again, it is really big and heavy! I really enjoyed the pictures and illustrations in this book.

You don't have to be a fan of Monster Hunter to enjoy this book. The artwork is great! The concept art is very detailed and there are explanations on the team's creative process. The team members explain how they created the world and how every piece of armor and equipment comes from that world. There are sections on the monsters, the characters and their armor, the NPC's, the Weaponry, Icons, Promotional Art, and Sketches.Definitely pick it up if:You're a fan of the Monster Hunter Series.You collect video game art books (this is one of the better ones and it's 300 pages.)You like cool monster designs (and you like things like D&D Monster Manuals).You like cool armor / weapon designs.You're interested in the creative process that the pros in the film or game industry use.You need Monster / Knight art references.It's Great!

Just received my copy of this absolutely awesome Game Development Art book, and I'm quite pleased with the visual quality and variety of the creature and character designs featured in this massive tome. Flipping through its pages should provide hours of enjoyment and many examples of how the talented artists went about the process of creating the world and fantastical inhabitants of the Capcom game "Monster Hunter" (which I have never seen nor played). While I really appreciate the opportunity of reading the text of this book originally published in Japanese, I have to agree with my fellow reviewer that the numerous spelling and editing errors detract some from what could have been a flawless experience. Highly recommended reference book for anybody interested in creating their own monster creatures and fantasy warriors despite its lack of proper proof-reading.

the book arrived earlier than expected even with standard shipping which is great.book arrived in great condition, no tears, folds or whatever else.the content was superbly amazing!! with over 300+ pages i found myself amazed every page. i the arts are fantastic, and the way it was arranged and presented was well thought out.you can jump to any part if your just after the art. from monsters, armors, weapons, and characters.it was also great that they included stuff that wasn't included in the game, shows what things they came up with while on the way to the world that is monster hunter.overall i'm happy i purchased the book.

Amazing illistrations worth the price.

This is an art book, so all I can really say is I love the art in it. It has a few small interview sections with people that work on the series which gives some nice tidbits of information here and there, and there are some notes next to monsters and armor to give more insight into the design or what they planned to do with the monsters attacks/elements/whatever.I'm addicted to MH and love art so this was a must buy once I realized it existed.I'm sure other players would enjoy it, or just people that like fantasy artwork in general.

Quiet unsatisfied with Amazon for the fiest time in five years. I ordered mine way back in June 2011and it was said to arrive in early August then they changed it to early September, at last they decided that I won't get my book until late January of 2012! So i had to cancel my pre-order and got it some where else. Since this is a review on the book I will stop ranting about amazon. The book is identicle to the japanese one under the same name except it's in english and about 50 dollar cheaper. One of the best art books out there. A must have for artists who want to design fantasy creatures.

The media could not be loaded.  The book is rich with monsters, character, armor and weapon designs. It also has many descriptions of the MH world, including and not limited to information on items, monsters, armors, and villagers. Tons of sketches, a nice amount of completed illustrations and a black-and-white sketch section at the back. They even include game graphics and some cute, silly MH-based illustrations.It is anime-style drawing--I say this because I saw artbooks be downrated just because the viewer didn't like the drawing style, which I find illogical.A great reference book for creatures, weapons, and armor.

A brilliant book if either a Monster Hunter fan or general art/fantasy art fan. When holding the book, its size and shape almost makes you feel like you're looking through a photo album; albeit a photo album of monsters, armour and weapons :D Overall, a vast array of beautiful illustrations to pore over and admire!

My son has loved monster hunter from day one,absolutely loved this book,the illustrations are immense,well worth the price.

This book has some really gorgeous art work, it shows designs for armour and weapons that never made it in to game but show the imagination and vision of the designers and artists.An essential purchase for a Monster Hunter fan!

Stunning book

From a purely objective viewpoint, this book is quite good. Considering it's called 'Monster Hunter Illustrations', you should know what to expect; lots of big pictures of the various things that can be found in the Monster Hunter series. On this score it's excellent - all the pictures are fantastic, detailed, colourful. Most of them have found their way onto the internet by now, but that's hardly the book's fault.My biggest gripe is with the translations; Monster Hunter is a predominately Japanese series, but taking 3 and half years to get this book translated is more than a little excessive. The interviews aren't particularly interesting, the descriptive text that exists is too short and pithy, and there are occasional grammatical errors ('comein' isn't one word, 'plesioth' should have a capital P).But apart from that, yes, it's a good book that I'd especially recommend for fans newer to the series that wont have seen all the pictures online yet.