I was going through some older photos and realised I'd never posted these or discussed this art book so hey, easy Friday night post!
Originally released in June 2017 for the "Tanemura Arina Genga-ten ～20th anniversary～" event held at Seibu Ikebukuro, this art book is 144 pages of pure Tanemura lace, frills, and saucer eyes. If that interests you then you'll absolutely love this book, if it isn't your thing then probably best to avoid it.
Unlike Tanemura-sensei's previous artbooks which were produced for standard retail sale, this 20th anniversary volume was limited to sale at the exhibition (+ through Housaidow) and highlights select art works that were on display for the artist's anniversary along with some comments on the illustration's context etc. (So if a picture was used as a bunkobon cover, or perhaps a colour page in Ribon, it's noted.)
While a lot of earlier artwork in this book has been published cleanly in previous publications, there's a lot of newer art that hasn't seen a nice release like this before (including reprint volume covers and images from series like Neko to Watashi no Kinyoubi, Akuma ni Chic x Hack, Idolish 7, and 31☆I Dream that haven't been printed this cleanly or clearly in a collection until this book).
Also included here are some new (at the time) illustrations that Tanemura drew for advertising this particular event (which feature as the front and back covers).
Although this book isn't comprehensive by any means, it does contain a LOT of illustrations and they cover the first 20 years of her career, so there is plenty to keep fans busy here. The comments for each picture give some insight into Tanemura's thought process with certain images and exactly which ones stand out and are truly memorable to her.
Overall print quality is high for an event book and even though its resell price these days is quite high (usually over 6k yen) it is a worthwhile investment for anyone who wants a snapshot of Tanemura Arina's works because this feels like a deeply personal collection of images, shared with us for a reason, and I appreciate that.
Plus y'know, I'm a tragic for some 90s/00s nostalgia.
Anyway I scanned some pages from this before I decided to step back from scanning so I might share a few of those in the future.
