 On today's episode, we're going to be taking a look at the Capcom versus Tessaga character's book. Let's do this. I was originally going to say it's an art book, but really it's more of a reference guide and information and all that fun stuff. Hopefully this book does get translated. I just saw an opportunity and went with it from a Japanese store on eBay that was selling it, not as cheap as I would have liked, but once in a while I look at stuff like this and I go, yeah, I need it. Forget it. Let's just splurge on this one thing. If there is an item in 2021 that I splurged on that I didn't really need, but man, do I love that I own it right now, is this bad boy right here Capcom versus Tessaga characters. Now this is an art exhibit that started around this time last year, October 2020, and it lasted up to February of 2021. Now there is a dash event, sort of a continuation that started right now as of this, the recording of this video, which will feature new art. So I'm really excited about that. Hopefully we get a second book out of it. This is really cool guys. I love it. I'm a huge Capcom fan. That's one of my favorite video game companies. And of course I love most of Osamu Tessaga's creations. And to have this creative mishmash is really awesome. Obviously I'm a huge fan of Bengus and to see the play on the Marvel versus Capcom poster is really awesome. So here is a closer look at that wonderful poster image right there that was used on all the promotional pamphlets and illustrations and the actual main poster I guess for the event. Here's the spine of the book right here, Capcom versus Tessaga characters. And in the back we get a really cool illustration of course Tessaga's Hiyotansugi. If I'm saying that correctly. Really cool stuff. And sort of a breakdown of what you can expect. Three rounds or three main chapters in this book. An introduction, the fights if you will, like a bit more fighting game. And some extra items right there. I'm just going to take this dust jacket off. Not as exciting but still cool as you can see. It's a faded image. We're going to set that aside for now. Obviously you're going to say man I mean this is cool but it's all in Japanese. And what happens if you can't read Japanese? Fortunately there's enough illustrations here to compensate that fact. And there are applications that you can take a picture of all the writing and it will translate most of it. It's not that great but it's simple enough that the text here is simple enough that everybody can can read and enjoy you know what they are discussing about. As you can see here the big C and the big T. Blue Bomber right there. And I do like that they went 8-bit style for Astro Boy. That is really cool. You can read most of it like page 6. Capcom History followed by Tessaga Productions History. You get creator profiles from both sides. And then the title matches which is going to be the comparison between the characters from Capcom and Tessaga characters. Yeah zoom in a little bit. Sorry about the lighting. Working a little handheld here with my phone and it's not the most ideal setup but hopefully you guys appreciate the art in these pages. Now when we open up we got the Capcom History and it goes year by year from the original Rockman Final Fight Street Fighter Biohazard or Resident Evil. And it goes on and on like this Devil May Cry Ace Attorney. Here we have the Tessaga Productions History from 19 oh and I did not mention I just in case this book covers from 1979 for Capcom all the way to this year 2021. For Tessaga we get the same treatment here 1928 with there is Tessaga himself and his different creations all the way up to 2019 with all the stuff that the Tessaga staff is working on. So here's round two. This is where we begin with the title matches. Now this is what you're here for. Here we have the first match Rockman versus Mighty Adam himself. Here we have the Blue Bomber himself Mega Man drawn in Tessaga style and Astro Boy in Capcom style. Yes please can we license this can we make a video game in this style please. I know we've had Astro Games in the past but can we get a new one just like this pretty please. So we get some info on them again you can probably scan and read more about it. Here we have a brief history of Mega Man with the covers of the first 11 main games as well as villains and behind the scenes of the creation of the game and the sprites and characters. Here we have some artwork on the characters character models art exhibits photos from the actual art exhibit sorry the video game the actual video game boxes and cartridges and over here we get the same thing but for Astro Boy. So you see here some really cool art and manga panels which is great because I'm a big fan of anime and manga so to have this is really awesome as well. Comic and of course the animation process from the original Astro Boy anime and then we cross over to the second fight here is Monster Hunter versus Phoenix. You can see here sort of the history of the franchise and of course the Magnum Opus if you will from Tessaga which is Phoenix. Really wish this were available and not super out of print the manga but here are some illustrations. Third fight here we have Biohazard or Resident Evil up against I believe this is Vampire and the character specifically is Rock which if you are a big fan of Tezuka and you know this hero this both hero and anti-hero he's part of the Tezuka star system and he crosses over with multiple Tezuka manga but this is really cool to see him in this in this style and of course having Resident Evil characters you know such a grim series to have it drawn in this cartoony manner is actually pretty amusing. Here we have like like what I've been highlighting the history of Resident Evil the games and the video game development there we go right there Leon Kennedy the liquor all these famous characters from that franchise we have Rock and the vampire manga. Next fight is probably my favorite because I am a huge fan of Chun Li from Street Fighter one of my all-time favorite video game characters and to see her drawn like this is super cute and awesome here she is next to a Capcom rendering of Princess Knight here we have the Street Fighter characters and Princess Knight illustrations another emblematic iconic Tezuka creation in my honest opinion Ace Attorney Tezuka style and Blackjack Capcom style here we have the Ace Attorney games and of course the characters some really awesome Blackjack illustrations after Astro Boy I really enjoy Blackjack he's one of my favorite classic manga characters here we have Singoku Basara versus Dororo we have art from the game and some Dororo illustrations if I were to do a top three Tezuka creations I think would be Astro Boy Dororo Blackjack but there's so many to choose from those are my immediate top three which I think a lot of people share as well here we have the Tezuka manga museum which I hope to one day visit in person if it's still available obviously here we have round three extra time so what is extra time you get a little manga of Blackjack versus Ace Attorney so hopefully I can read this translated at some point and we also have a goods collection basically if you were at the art exhibit you could buy all the memorabilia although personally I would go I would get if the camera can focus I would totally get this as a poster and frame it on the wall that is awesome here we have a Capcom gallery overall all their video games all the classic games right there and a Tezuka gallery would have been nice to have a versus Kingba section that would have been cool so what about you guys what other bouts or versus profiles would you have liked to have seen in this exhibit I'm pretty sure they're going to do new ones with the dash modified exhibit this year here are more goods collections as well as an interview with Yusuke Nakamura and here at the end here we have an interview with the staff and artists like a couple questions and answers here's another look at the main illustration obviously Marvel versus Capcom inspired which is great here's an awesome piece of Mega Man and I believe these were made to be keychains and this is the actual illustrations that they use for the keychains of the pairs looking really cute look at that come on phone work with me here there you go yeah so that's about it so we got right and at the end the two of them together like that so that's about it guys thank you so much this is a complete overview I guess I didn't leave anything to the imagination I gave you a hands-on with this book if you're a huge fan of Tezuka characters and if you're a big fan of Capcom games and their characters as well I think you got to pick this up right this is a must-have in your art book section of your library it's a reference book because it has a lot of text but I do consider it somewhat of an art book honestly and I love that I was able to get this typically wouldn't be something that I would get my hands on because everybody snatches these things up pretty quickly but nonetheless you know splurge a little and treat it myself to this gem of a book I'm a huge fan of both sides and I hope in the future we get more collaborations from this from different studios and whether it be a different bonga creator or a different video game company whatever it may be I love when you take this creative freedom and mish-mash properties that you love and create something new exciting and unexpected for fans of both mediums thank you everybody so much for liking commenting subscribing being a part of a week in victim it truly does mean a lot thank you for being a part of the family god bless stay safe out there I've got to go I will catch all of you in our next video