Neon Genesis Evangelion Artbook: Die Sterne (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン画 : DIE STERNE?) is an artbook by various illustrators of GAINAX published by Kadokawa Shoten on 11 July 2003.
Overview[]
The book contains a large collection of illustrations produced by various GAINAX artists (Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Takeshi Honda, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Ikuto Yamashita, Hidenori Matsubara, etc.). The illustrations come from different sources like posters, calendars, magazine covers (Kadokawa Shoten manga, Young Ace, Monthly Newtype, etc.), albums, DVDs, video game covers, phone cards, etc.
A list of authors and sources of illustrations is available at the end of the book. In total, in its original edition, 321 illustrations produced between 1995 and 2003 were offered.
Die Sterne has a new edition, titled Die Sterne Ver. 2.0, released on 18 June 2007 in Japan. It is similar to the original version, but features 75 new illustrations.
Table of Contents[]
Technical Sheet[]
- Editor: Hiroko Tajima
- Editor in Chief: Shinichiro Inoue
- List Creation: Daisuke Kimura
- Art Direction: Tetsuya Asakura + design CREST
- Production Cooperation: Hiroki Sato (GAINAX), Shudo Kazuma (GAINAX), Kyouko Muramatsu (GAINAX)
- Supervision: Hideaki Anno
- Special Thanks: King Records, Bandai, Movic, Sega
- Publisher: Kadokawa Shoten
- Language: Japanese
- Number of Pages: 121 pages
137 pages (Ver. 2.0 Edition) - Release Date: 11 July 2003 (Original Edition)
18 June 2007 (Ver. 2.0 Edition)
Editions[]
- ISBN-10:
- Original: ISBN 4-04-853652-4
- Ver.2.0: ISBN 4-04-854113-7
- ISBN-13:
- Original: ISBN 978-4-04-853652-3
- Ver.2.0: ISBN 978-4-04-854113-8
Trivia[]
- Die Sterne" means "The Stars" in German.
