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Official Konami Akumajo Game Book. Black & White, it features some very interesting early Castlevania art. Printed in 1986! |
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Akumajou Dracula Novel. Log Out / Konami - Printed as late as 1994. Features a few interesting b/w sketches but text is all in Japanese. |
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Ultra rare Akumajo Dracula strategy guide also features interesting early Simon's art, printed in 1986! |
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Dracula 2 aka Castlevania II: Simon's Quest Strategy Guide. Printed in 1989, very hard to find! |
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Depressingly bad Castlevania novel loosely based on Simon's Quest. I tried to read this one several times but ultimately, I think Dracula defeated me as I could never make it to the end! |
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Very rare Castlevania III / Dracula Densetsu pocket guide book, 64 pages with lots of screenshots. Printed in 1989. |
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Famicom Tsushin Guide Book of Akumajo Dracula (Super Castlevania IV). All color and very detailed. It is somewhat rarer than the official one. |
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Akumajo Dracula No Subete. Official Konami Guide Book (Super Castlevania IV). Very nice art inside! |
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Official Konami Dracula X-Rondo of Blood startegy guide. Printed in 1993 |
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Dracula XX Strategy Guide. Features interesting special on the History of the Belmont's Family.Very colorful, hard to find. |
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224-pages thick Official Konami Symphony of the Night book with many maps and screenshots.
Printed in 1997.
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NTT release. Dracula X-Nocturne in the Moonlight strategy guide. |
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Legend of Dracula: Dark Night Prelude strategy guide. Sonia Belmont is so hot...She should show up in more games! Maybe in Dracula XXX? |
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Official Konami Dracula Apocalypse Srtategy Guide for N64. Very Nice. |
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NTT release. Dracula Apocalypse strategy guide. Konami's guide is better. |
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NTT release. Castlevania Chronicle guide book. Truely amazing art! |
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Official Konami Castlevania Circle of the Moon strategy guide. Lots of cool looking artwork and a retrospective on the series, unfortunately all in Japanese. |
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112 pages NTT Circle of the Moon strategy guidebook. 2001. |
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Official Konami Concerto of Midnight Sun strategy guide. Features great art from Ayami Kojima and very detailed maps. Thick book! |
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NTT release. Concerto of Midnight Sun (White Night Concerto) strategy guide . Amazing art, all color and a 4-pages long interview with Castlevania developers IGA and Takeda. Japanese text. |
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NTT release. Another excellent jp guidebook with plenty of screenshots and wonderful art. Includes folded poster of the cover art and an Interview to the team behind the game. All color, Japanese text. |
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Castlevania Aria of Sorrow Konami official guide. Includes color folded map and gorgeous Ayami Kojima artwork. 144 pages. |
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Very Beautiful official Konami Lament of Innocence guide book with amazing and generous artwork from Ayami Kojima.228 pages of bliss! 2003. |
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NTT release. Lament of Innocence book. Nice Ayami Kojima art inside but kind of redundant if you own the ltd edition of the game (which already features all of the artwork printed on the mini calendar) |
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Official Konami Japanese Guide Book of Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow. Very colorful and detailed. Interview to Iga (in Japanese) |
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Official Portrait of Ruin guide book.164 pages, 2006, Anime-style artwork :( |
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Official Konami Curse of Darkness guidebook with folded poster. 192 pages, Iga and Kojima interview at the back. 2005.
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Dracula X Chronicle oversize guidebook with folded map at back. 120 pages, 2007, nice. |
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Official Konami Order of Ecclesia guidebook with sexy Shanoa featured all over the place. 160 pages, 2008, a must have! |
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Castlevania Judgement oversized guidebook with plenty of amazing artwork by
Takeshi Obata
("Death Note"). A must have. |
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Game Side Magazine featuring Castlevania retrospective. Includes 30 pages special on Castlevania series with double-sided folded poster and lots of nice artwork |
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Official jp Lords of Shadow Guide Book. 272 pages thick! |
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