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The Art of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

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Beautiful artwork and I love this series, the manga and the anime. However, I was surprised to see that there weren’t more early drafts or full page art layouts

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I greatly enjoyed flipping through this. The manga is highly coveted by our students in our school and artbooks are a nice piece to have. This one was well done and there was a lot of new artwork I hadn't seen yet. I finished the series earlier this month, so that was a nice surprise. Definitely loved every picture of Nezuko and this was a bit tamer than the manga.

Thank you Viz and Netgalley for the ARC of this beautiful book.

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Thank you VIZ Media and NetGalley for the electronic review copy of this book. This gorgeously illustrated art book made me curious about the series and the actual story. Looking forward to checking out the series.

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The title "The Art of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba" is self-explanatory. It is worth noting that the art included in this book is from the manga, in case you get questions about why it looks different from the characters they've watched in animated form. It's not exactly heavy reading, but does touch upon excellent points about the art used for the series.

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The Art of Demon Slayer is an excellent deep dive for fans, both of the manga and the anime. I imagine this will be highly circulated in my public library!

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It's really cool to get a closer look at Koyoharu Gotouge's artwork. I especially loved the comments by Gotouge near the end of the art book, as they provide further insight into their approach to illustrations. This is a worthy pick up for any Demon Slayer fan.

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The art itself is great, but I didn't feel like I got anything out of this book that I didn't already get from reading the manga or watching the anime. There was no real text, or concept art, or anything that I tend to look for in art books.

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This was a pretty straight-forward art book. I liked all of the illustrations and the bonus art, but I was hoping for some more background from the author regarding character design.

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Thank you NetGalley and Viz Media for an advanced digital copy of The Art of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.

All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Even though I haven't read the full series of Demon Slayer (I have watched the anime), I really enjoyed and appreciated this art book.

This book is great for both die-hard Demon Slayer fans and casual readers alike, as well as an appeal for anime watchers.

This is such a great book to sit down and go through. It makes you really appreciate all the time it took to make and design all of these lovable characters.

I would definitely recommend this to any fans of Demon Slayer. I can’t wait to purchase a physical copy to add to my personal collection.

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This book is great for both die-hard Demon Slayer completionists and casual readers alike. I also see its appeal for anime watchers. Although much of the art has been previously released, it's nice to see it in full color and high definition. I'm sure the physical version will be a treat to hold and flip through, providing readers with a nice tactile experience as well.

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There’s not much to say — about half of this collection or more is simply art from the series that readers have already seen, but in full color. While most of it is nothing new, if you’re a fan of Demon Slayer or the artwork, it’s still a cool collection. It wasn’t as immersive/interesting as, say for comparison, the early Bleach art books, but it was still fun to flip through.

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Demon Slayer is my favorite manga series! It was really neat to get to see all the variety of panels and art in this book. I do think it's interesting that there weren't any words or explanations really but it was cool to see nonetheless.

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