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Sometimes as an anime fan you can be blinded by liking a series. When I was in Japan I saw this Yotsuba& book, it was sealed so I couldn't see what it was, but it was next to the latest volume of the Yotsuba& manga. Now, if I had been sensible I would have asked the clerk what kind of book it was, instead I thought 'it's a Yotsuba& book! I'll buy that!!'. Unfortunately for me it turned out to be a children's picture
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Yotsuba & Monochrome Animals is unusual by Japanese book standards in that the title tells you everything about it. It is a hardback book featuring pictures of Yotsuba, the spaced out green-haired lead character from Kiyohiko Azuma's manga Yotsuba&, with black and white animals. Each double page spread has a cute picture of Yotsuba and one animal on one side, and the name of the animal in Japanese and English, plus its scientific name. As with most children's picture books of this type the images are simple and there are no background features, it's simply designed to help children learn about animals. The images are all big. bold and very cute, with the curious Yotsuba either imitating the animals or interacting with them. The animals featured include the ones you'd expect if you were thinking of black and white animals - penguin, panda, zebra, cow, skunk, killer whale and dalmatian - but the list also includes the less obvious ruffed lemur, Malayan tapir, Abyssinian colobus monkey and, errr, Southern tamandua. If you're wondering what a tamandua is, it appears to be something like a small anteater. But black and white. No, I hadn't heard of it ether... |
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Extras: Apart from the flycover and a bit of publishing info there's nothing, although my copy did have a flyer in it advertising the Yotsuba& CD album (which is odd considering there's no anime series) and a glossy paper bookmark advertising the latest manga volume. Ratings Product:
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