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Originally released in Japan in 2013 Udon publishing has faithfully translated and released the book in English. As someone who owns the Japanese version I can attest to the fact that aside from the translation nothing really new is here, somewhat unfortunately. This means you don't get interviews with the English voice of Layton and Luke, only the translated versions of the interviews with the Japanese cast. It also refers to content that isn't in the western releases of the game, including some cutscenes, which is interesting to discover.
What you get is 191 pages of good quality paper, though with a softcover. The first 30 odd pages are of some really informative interviews with cast and creators about the legacy of the series and some insight into its inception and evolving through each game instalment. Unfortunately a lot of the book is devoted to trivia and facts that most fans will already know. It dedicates a handful of pages to each individual game plus movie highlighting the standout characters, locations and puzzles with some nice commentary on character designs. The last chapter is about concept art and storyboards. There's a lot of pages of storyboards for the anime cutscenes in each game, Showing images of the final result alongside it's rough storyboard sketches. This has some - though sparse notes from the animation director about each storyboard scene. There's not much but the concept art at the back is the lost gold in this book, showing some nicely drawn ideas for characters, art for locations and ideation of certain scenes from the games (my favourite piece being of a futuristic London for the standout game: The Lost Future). It's hard to wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone but die hard fans of the series, if you're looking for a pure art book, this isn't the one. For any questions about the book, don't hesitate to ask, after all no true gentleman leaves a puzzle unsolved.
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