The book is called Last Exile Aerial Log, and is the official art book for the 2003 anime series Last Exile, produced by the animation studio GONZO. The book is 135 pages, and cost 3200 Yen. If you're interested the ISBN is ISBN4-8443-5783-2. It's divided into nine sections:
-Visual Archive (official and misc. art)
-Range Murata Works (concept artwork)
-Story Index (individual character artwork and screenshots with text descriptions of their role in the story)
-Staff Table Talk (GONZO staff interview)
-Large Encyclopedia (a 17-page encyclopedia on the series, entirely in Japanese of course, which is irritating because I don't know a single word)
-Mechanical Report (vehicle mechanical design section)
-World Report (seems to be information on the series' world as a whole, including two timelines, mechanical operations, etc; another section which would be fantastic if it was in English...)
-Setting Data (character designs)
-Staff & Cast (pretty explanatory--who worked on and starred in the series)
And now, pictures!!
Front cover with blurb wrap thing and publisher bookmark. I forgot to mention above that it's a hardcover book. Also, it's worth noting that it reads left-to-right (like an western book), which is opposite the majority of Japanese books (which read right-to-left).
Alvis E. Hamiton's pages in the Story Index section.
The first two pages of the Large Encyclopedia section. I wish I could read this so bad...
The pages for Claus and Lavie's Vanship in the Mechanical Report section.
Lavie Head's pages from the Setting Data section.
I am extremely happy to have this book in my hands. I've been a nervous wreck all week since I was worried that it might not arrive in time before Uts and I left for a trip on Sunday, and this was more or less the last day I assumed it could arrive. If you're a fan of the series and like artbooks, I seriously recommend trying to track this book down.
