The Final Fantasy franchise is no stranger to change--just look at the release of Final Fantasy 16 this month--but if there's one constant in those games then it's the fine art of Yoshitaka Amano. If you've been looking to celebrate decades of his work on the series, then now is a great time to to preorder this gorgeous box set of art books. The Sky: The Art of Final Fantasy Boxed Set is available to preorder for $180 (down from $200) at Amazon ahead of its October 24 publication date.
As always with Amazon preorders, if you order now you'll get the best price offered until release as part of Amazon's preorder price guarantee. Art books tend to receive nice discounts ahead of release, so it's possibly this collection could be discounted even further.
This is a second edition rollout of The Sky: The Art of Final Fantasy, which was originally released in the mid-2010s in limited numbers. This new set includes the original books focused on Amano's work across the first 10 mainline Final Fantasy books, and also includes a new flipbook of two different Final Fantasy animations made by Amano and two souvenir items, a silver ink Final Fantasy print on clear acetate, and two oversized Final Fantasy postcards.
Finally, this collection comes with the softcover book All About Yoshitaka Amano, which contains an interview with the artist, a bibliography, thumbnail guides to The Sky, and dozens of photographs of Amano in his New York and Tokyo studios.
The entire set is packaged in a lavish box, that is clothbound with a hinged lid and silver ribbon inside to lift out the interior contents. If you're familiar with his work, you'll know that the presentation suits his artistic sensibilities perfectly as his Final Fantasy artwork has combined elegant watercolor and pencil techniques with striking designs that helped set the artistic direction of each game.
If you'd like to have an audio celebration of Final Fantasy while you flip through these books, you can now preorder the official Final Fantasy 16 soundtrack. This eight-disc collection looks as good as it sounds, as it comes packaged in a special box that features Amano's designs for the game's powerful Eikons. You can also preorder an official Final Fantasy 16 art book and poster set at Amazon.
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