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Fire Emblem 20th Anniversary Encyclopedia (任天堂公式ガイドブック 20th Anniversary ファイアーエムブレム大全) is a fan book that covers the entire series from the first installment, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light to Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem (although not much is covered on New Mystery of the Emblem, it does have some exclusive art).
Basic Info[]
- Publisher: Shogakukan
- Release: June 30, 2010 (Japan)
- Price: 2,800 yen (tax included)
- Type size: Text B5 size 240 pages
- ISBN 978-4091064677
Details[]
The book features more than 900 artworks, roughly 600 characters in over 240 pages:
- Messages & Illustrations - Some exclusive art by the below illustrators. (Pages 4–8)
- Fire Emblem History - The history of the games and an overview of what system they came out for, release dates and summaries. (Pages 9–16)
- World Guide - Huge section that separating them not by games but instead continents, like Magvel, Jugdral, etc. Goes through each character and gives all art and a written summary beside the character. (Pages 17–216)
- Gallery & Interviews - Contains all the trading card game art (in low resolution) and an interview with some of the designers. (Pages 217-239)
- Columns - Some section are interspersed with other features of the fan book like red/green knight archetypes, or Roy, Ike and Marth's appearances in Super Smash Bros.
Contributing illustrators[]
- Senri Kita (Engines, Inc.) (Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn character illustrator)
- Eiji Kaneda (Fire Emblem: Binding Blade character illustrator)
- Kogawa Misaki
- Ogaki Chika
- Yamada Koutarou (Fire Emblem: Hasha no Tsurugi manga artist)