Celebrate 50 years in the career of Amano!

A beautiful celebration of the life and imagery of Japan's master of fantasy and science fiction art! This landscape-style hardback contains nearly 400 illustrations and photos from the incredible career of Final Fantasy designer Yoshitaka Amano--a journey that began with his first job at 15, working on Speed Racer!

The limited edition is the ultimate tribute to fantasy and science fiction artist Yoshitaka Amano includes a slipcase containing the 328-page hardback Yoshitaka Amano: The Illustrated Biography--Beyond the Fantasy, Amanos 96-page Paris Sketchbook, a region-free Blu-ray with almost 3 hours of discussion, commentary, and live drawing, 2 mini-lithographs, and a signed card! Limited to 500 copies for the direct market.

* Author Florent Gorges is one of Frances leading video game historians.

* Amano contributed rare archival images, photos, and artwork to book.