Love Hina 0->14 CDROM

This CDROM, to say the least, is INCREDIBLE. There's about 400-500 megs of artwork on here. All the images were scanned at high resolutions such that you can actually see the pencil strokes that Ken Akamatsu drew (they're the same or even better quality than the CG samples that are on his site). On top of that, for about half of the artwork, there are the full color ones and then the pencil outlines. The images included are from the manga with all related artwork from the manga. There aren't any images from the anime series though, but that's probably because Akamatsu-san didn't draw them.

There's also another portion of the CD that contains summaries of the manga chapters, character information and relationship guide, as well as Akamatsu-san's comments to his image. This CDROM is to the manga like the 2 Anihina books are to the anime series. Very impressive indeed.

CD Information

Publisher: Kodansha
Release: 3/15/2002
Price: Y4500 (~$37.50 @ Y120 = $1)
Number of CDs: 1
Initial Release Limited Edition Bonus: Wrist Strap

Purchase

Available at Amazon Japan. (I bought my copy from Amazon Japan)

Contents (from CD Menu)

• Illustration Gallery - 100 high quality images with outline sketches, Akamatsu-san's comments, and about 10 super quality images.
• Episode Guide
• Love Hina Dictionary (800 definitions used in Love Hina)
• Character Data
• Original Goods Collection (gallery of things to buy buy buy!)
• Extras (collection of the little images of the author at the beginning of each manga volume as well as two chapters of a manga with sketches)
• Desktop Accessory - 20 1280x1024 BMP images for desktop, as well as little mascot Love Hina characters that hang around your desktop like virtual pets.

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