My copy of Gokikura 22 arrived via SMJ the other day and I finally have time to throw an entry together about it. This is, to my knowledge, the second full colour volume but it is no Gocky Colour 02 - the title is Gokikura Compilation (soushuuhen) and that is essentially what it is - most of the art inside is reproductions of the covers of the preceeding 21 volumes and some other colour art. It is a lot thicker than Gocky Colour 01 (Gokikura 14, Summer 2004), but then there's not that much in the way of new artwork inside.
I have taken a few sample photo's which you can see here (I also got the plastic bag and the midget dakimakura), but I would of course urge you to obtain your own copy if you are a fan of Gotoh's work. I'm also hoping someone can provide a translation of the text on the Kiddy Grade pages and save me a lot of hassle with the IME pad and Excite's translator. One of the Uta Kata covers I didn't initially recognise - I thought at first there was a volume I'd missed, but it is simply that the image looks so much better when it is printed on white paper rather than the orange card used for the cover of volume 16.
There is still no return of the guest artist section, something that has been missing since volume 13, and while I can't read much of the text one thing I did notice was a shoutout to KCO, who runs the Gotokei fansite.
