Please contact me if there are translations in other languages (or I missed something) and I will add them to this post.

Wanna help out but have never scanned a book before? Here's a guide I wrote on book scanning: Tumblr Link

See this page for a guide to the "canon" of Guilty Gear as well as how the hell to get into it all.

Art books

- Artworks of Guilty Gear X 2000-2004

- Artworks of Guilty Gear X 2000-2007

- Guilty Gear X Drafting Artworks

- Guilty Gear Magazine 1st Gig

- Guilty Gear 2 Overture Material Collection

- Guilty Gear Unaired Drafts Collection

- Guilty Gear Codex

- Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator Visual Book (European version)

Guilty Gear Xrd Series Official Artworks

- Guilty Gear Strive digital artbook

- Guilty Gear Strive Artworks Archive

- Guilty Gear 10th Memorial Book

- ASW 25th Anniversary Official Character Collection

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Novels/short stories

- Guilty Gear Begin - English

- Guilty Gear Begin - Spanish

- Guilty Gear X: Lightning the Argent - Main

-- Lightning the Argent - Spanish

-- Lightning the Argent - Summary (Spanish)

-- Lightning the Argent - Chapter 1, English (Radguy)

-- Lightning the Argent - Chapter 1, English (Volcanic Fighter)

-- The Butterfly & Her Gale - Summary (Spanish)

-- The Butterfly & Her Gale - Chapter 1, English (Volcanic Fighter)

- Guilty Gear 2 Overture Material Collection - Main

-- All 8 short stories, Spanish

-- All 8 short stories, English

-- Izuna, Dr. Paradigm, Valentine short stories, English (Volcanic Fighter)

- Guilty Gear Xrd The Unseen Sign - English

- Guilty Gear Xrd The Unseen Sign - Spanish

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Guides/encyclopedias

For a list of missing volumes, go here.

- Guilty Gear Bible

- Guilty Gear X SLASH Encyclopedia

- Guilty Gear Isuka Complete Guide

- Guilty Gear XX The Midnight Carnival Starter Encyclopedia

- Guilty Gear XX The Midnight Carnival Burst Encyclopedia

- Guilty Gear XX Slash Beat Encyclopedia

- Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R A Gainful Material

- Guilty Gear Petit 1 & 2 Official Fan Book

- Guilty Gear Vastedge XT Official Guide Book

- Terminological Concentration

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Magazines

- Dengeki PlayStation F, Volume 10 (October 13, 1995), raws

-- Dengeki PlayStation F, Volume 10 (October 13, 1995), English

- Dengeki PlayStation F2, April Special Issue, Volume 19 (April 10, 1996), raws

-- Dengeki PlayStation F2, April Special Issue, Volume 19 (April 10, 1996), English

- Character Designer Magazine, Issue 1, Fall 2003, raws

-- Character Designer Magazine, Issue 1, Fall 2003, English

- Famitsu No.1811 (2023-09-07) - ASW 35th & GG 25th Anniversary Article raws

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Manga raws

For a list of missing volumes, go here.

- Guilty Gear Comic Anthology (1998)

- Guilty Gear X Anthology Comics (Bros. Anthology Comics)

-- English

- Guilty Gear X Plus Anthology Comics Vol.1 (Bros. Anthology Comics)

-- Vol.1, English

- Vol.2

- Guilty Gear XX Anthology Comics Vol.1 (Bros. Anthology Comics)

- Vol.2

- Guilty Gear XX Comic Anthology (DNA Media Comics), Vol.1

- Vol.2

- Guilty Gear XX ♯Reload Comic Anthology (DNA Media Comics)

- Guilty Gear Isuka Anthology Comic (Ohzora Comics)

- Official Guilty Gear Anthology (Strive), Japanese

4koma:

- Guilty Gear X 4koma Kings (DNA Media) Vol.1

- Guilty Gear X Plus 4koma Kings (DNA Media) Vol.1

- Guilty Gear XX 4koma Kings (DNA Media) Vol.1

- Vol.2

- Vol.3

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Books with art.

Artworks of Guilty Gear X 2000-2004

Raws: Unknown, possibly Windborn

Scan quality: Poor

Host: Archive.org

Art book collecting a decent chunk of Daisuke' art from GGX through to early GGXX. Contains more rough sketches than the 2007 sequel as well as an interview with Daisuke in the back.

Artworks of Guilty Gear X 2000-2007

+ English translation

Raws, translation: Sol Radguy

Scan quality: Good

Host: Archive.org

Art book collecting (most) of Daisuke's work going from GGX through to Isuka. Does not have anything from Overture, despite it being in production around the time this book was published. The webview file is the one with English translations attached; loose file scans are in the .ZIP download.

Guilty Gear X Drafting Artworks

Raws: Unknown

Scan quality: Good

Host: Archive.org

Collects a bunch of concept sketches for character designs but most of it is roughs for their moves. Has some lore stuff and map design concepts and commentary on how they created them.

Guilty Gear Magazine 1st Gig

Raws: Lux/Xaeldritch

Scan quality: Good

Host: Archive.org

Small art booklet with the first half containing staff artworks rewarded to players in Guilty Gear XX Slash and Gear XX Λ Core for completing arcade routes or mission challenges, while the second half of the booklet collects the Guilty Gear Gig articles from Gemaga. Has an Overture preview in the back. Pretty cool.

Guilty Gear 2 Overture Material Collection

Raws: Sol Radguy

Scan quality: Good

Host: Archive.org

A collection of mostly concept sketches for Overture units and characters with a small Daisuke gallery in the front. Has 8 short stories in it too. This book is print-to-order on Amazon.jp, so don't let anyone trick you into paying more than about us$60 for it. There is a rarer version that comes with an obi though, and maybe has better paper quality too.

Guilty Gear Unaired Drafts Collection

Raws: Guilty I-No

Cleanup: Lux/Xaeldritch

Scan quality: Good. Has some gutter blur, but don't skin your copy about it.

Host: Archive.org

A small artbook exclusive to the Limited Editions of the Guilty Gear 20th Anniversary Pack, a bundle release of Guilty Gear and Guilty Gear XX Λ Core Plus R for the Nintendo Switch.

Guilty Gear Codex

Official English translation

Raws: Unknown

Scan quality: Digital masterfiles

Host: Archive.org

A small lore/story glossary exclusive to the Aksys Games limited edition release of Xrd Sign. Lots of interesting lore things in this. Some of it seems to have been translated from the 10th Memorial Book, but some of it seems to be bullshit blazing. Check with some other sources before citing it exclusively.

Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator Visual Book (European version)

Official English translation

Raws: birthdaytrain

Editing: Sol Radguy

Scan quality: Good

Host: Archive.org

Small art book included in the special edition release of XrdRev in Europe and Japan. This is a scan of the European book, which is in English (mostly). The Japanese version has a few extra pages and some transcriptions of in-game dialog, but those seem to have been reprinted in the Xrd Series Official Artworks book. Someone kick my ass into uploading a better .PDF for this that wasn't made in Google Docs once Archive's outta read-only mode.

Guilty Gear Xrd Series Official Artworks

Raws: Sol Radguy

Scan quality: Good

Host: mega.nz

Very decently sized art book collecting a ton of Xrd era Daisuke illustrations, some guest art, concept/design work for every playable character up to Rev2, stage design stuff, the chibis, transcripts of in-game spoken lines, and three short stories. The short stories feature Sol/HOS and Ky; Answer and Chipp; and then Jam and Elphelt for the third one. Translations of them are in progress.

Guilty Gear Strive digital artbook

Raws: Toxic Pyro

Scan quality: Digital masterfiles

Host: Archive.org

The digital Guilty Gear Strive artbook from the Steam release of the Ultimate Edition of the game. Contains a few illustrations from GGML through to Xrd Rev2 and then the last half of the book is all concept works for Strive. Has some overlap with the Artworks Archive, but also has unique pieces or sketches that had details removed in the Artworks Archive release.

Guilty Gear Strive Artworks Archive

Raws: Sol Radguy

Scan quality: Good. Has some gutter blur but it is what it is

Host: Archive.org

This is the small art book that came with the Guilty Gear -Strive- 25th Anniversary Box. Has a lot of the same character concept art that can be unlocked in the game, but a few characters have some new pieces too. There is also a gallery for NPCs, story mode/stage props, and concept art for the stage. I also included scans of the little notecard with a message from Daisuke Ishiwatari.

Guilty Gear 10th Memorial Book

Raws: tallgreenlady/ashunera

Scan quality: Good

Host: Archive.org

Book celebrating the 10th anniversary of Guilty Gear. Clear images of some rare illustrations in it that weren't reprinted elsewhere, such as the Isuka arcade ending art. Invaluble lore resource if you know Japanese.

ASW 25th Anniversary Official Character Collection

Raws: tokimekicn

Scan quality: Serviceable; watermarked camera photos.

Host: Archive.org

Celebrates Arc System Works surviving for 25 years. Sol's on the cover but has stuff for Blazblue and some other ASW properties too.

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Books with words.

Guilty Gear Begin - English

Raws: Sol Radguy

Translation: Sol Radguy

Proofreading: Asuka, PDB

Rubber Duck: Dakota R.

Host: Archive.org

Light novel focused on Frederick (pre-Gear Sol Badguy). The current earliest point in the lore.

Guilty Gear Begin - Spanish

Raws: TooManyMetaphor, Gear Project, Theadvicetroll

Translation: Volcanic Fighter

Proofreading: Black Skull, Incamaya

Host: Archive.org

Guilty Gear X: Lightning the Argent

Light novel focused on Ky. Currently only has a full translation into Spanish, but an English one is in progress.

Complete, Spanish

Raws: Volcanic Fighter

Translation: Volcanic Fighter

Proofreading: Black Skull, Incamaya

Host: Dropbox

Summary (Spanish)

Raws: Volcanic Fighter

Translation: Aegis High

Editing: Fedeternum

Additional editing: Volcanic Fighter

Extra information: Blade

Host: Neocities

Based on an English document by Ed Chang.

Chapter 1, English

Raws: Volcanic Fighter

Translation: Sol Radguy

Proofreading: Everyone That Read The Draft Documents

Rubber Duck: Shottie, Raven, Sydney, the Library of Illyria server, those that have offered constructive feedback, and to everyone that's listened to me complain.

Host: Neocities

Likely abandoned project.

Chapter 1, English

Raws: Volcanic Fighter

Translation: Volcanic Fighter

Proofreading: Blade

Host: Dropbox

Unknown status, probably abandoned.

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The Butterfly & Her Gale - Summary (Spanish)

Raws:

Translation: Aegis High

Editor: Fedeternum

Visual formatting: Volcanic Fighter

Host: Dropbox

Light novel focused on Chipp. This is a summary of its story. The Guilty Gear Wiki has a basic summary of its story in English.

The Butterfly & Her Gale - Chapter 1, English

Raws: Volcanic Fighter

Translation: Volcanic Fighter, BrainChoco

Host: Dropbox

Progress on a full translation of Butterfly is unknown, but it may be an abandoned project.

Guilty Gear 2 Overture Material Collection

This art book had 8 short stories in it that were focused on a character from the game. Sol, Sin, Ky, Valentine, Raven, Izuna, Dr. Paradigm, and That Man.

All 8 short stories, Spanish

Raws: Gear Project

Translation: Aegis High (EN->ES; Sol, Sin, Ky, Raven, That Man); Volcanic Fighter (JP->ES; Paradigm, Izuna, Valentine)

Special Thanks (from Volcanic): Aegis High, rednecked_crake, José Manuel, mentalblack34, Black Skull, Incamaya

Host: Dropbox

Ky, Sol, Sin's stories were translated from Japanese into English by Noa with editing by Kitsoru & Nainsoo. Raven and That Man's stories were translated from Japanese to English by Shuzaku. Japanese raws for Paradigm, Izuna, and Valentine's stories by Blade. Full file was edited by Volcanic Fighter.

All 8 short stories, English

Raws: Sol Radguy (Sol, Sin, Izuna, Ky, Raven, That Man); Volcanic Fighter (Paradigm, Valentine)

Translation: Sol Radguy

Special Thanks (from Radguy): Dakota R., Sydney, Raven, and my Tumblr followers.

Host: Neocities

Host: Archive.org

Izuna, Dr. Paradigm, Valentine, English

Raws: Blade

Translation: Volcanic Fighter

Special Thanks: rednecked_crake

Host: Dropbox

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Guilty Gear Xrd The Unseen Sign - English

Raws: Blade

Translation: Volcanic Fighter

Proofreading: Blade

Special thanks: rednecked_crake, José Manuel, Incamaya

Host: Dropbox

Intro? story to Guilty Gear Xrd included in the Arc System Works 25th Anniversary Official Character Collection art book

Guilty Gear Xrd The Unseen Sign - Spanish

Raws: Blade

Translation: Volcanic Fighter

Proofreading: Blade

Based on translations by: Aegis High, mentalblack34

Special thanks: rednecked_crake, José Manuel, Incamaya

Host: Dropbox

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Books with words.

List of missing guidebook scans on this page.

Guilty Gear Bible

Raws: Unknown

Scan quality: Good

Host: Archive.org

Interesting lore resource. Has the first iteration of what would become the in-game "Guilty Gear World" encyclopedia/glossary in it.

Guilty Gear X SLASH Encyclopedia

Raws: Sol Radguy

Special Thanks: dizzyrobo

Scan quality: Good

Host: Archive.org

Guilty Gear Isuka Complete Guide

Raws: Unknown

Scan quality: Good

Host: Archive.org

Guilty Gear XX The Midnight Carnival Starter Encyclopedia

Raws: Unknown

Scan quality: Good

Host: Archive.org

Guilty Gear XX The Midnight Carnival Burst Encyclopedia

Raws: Tillman

Scan quality: Good

Host: Archive.org

Guilty Gear XX Slash Beat Encyclopedia

Raws: Sol Radguy

Scan quality: Good

Host: Archive.org

A.B.A. and Order Sol were introduced in XX Slash, so this guidebook has a lot of stuff featuring them. Intro/win dialog transcriptions + Slayer haiku table, too.

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R A Gainful Material

Raws: Unknown

Scan quality: Good

Host: Archive.org

Also has scans of the System Data Booklet extra that this guide came with.

Guilty Gear Petit 1 & 2 Official Fan Book

Raws: Tillman

Scan quality: Good

Host: Archive.org

Guilty Gear Vastedge XT Official Guide Book

Raws: Tillman

Scan quality: Good

Host: Archive.org

For the pachislot.

Guilty Gear Terminological Concentration

Raws: Bocchi the Rock

Scan quality: Good, needs cropped

Host: mega.nz

Isuka era (late 2004) book that's like a printed version of the moden in-game encyclopedia feature, Guilty Gear World. There were two editions published and it seems they have the same information in them. One has Ky and Order Sol on the cover and the other has just Order Sol. This is the one with Order Sol. Probably given out at a Tokyo Game Show.

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Books with words.

Dengeki PlayStation F, Volume 10 (October 13, 1995)

Raws: Bocchi the Rock

Scan quality: Good

Host: mega.nz

Volume 10 of the Japanese gaming magazine, Dengeki PlayStation. Has an article on what appears to be the first printed appearance of any sort of Guilty Gear 1 material. Very early prototype stuff in this. There is an English translation of the GG article in this.

Dengeki PlayStation F2, April Special Issue, Volume 19

Raws: Sol Radguy

Scan quality: Good

Host: Archive.org

Another article with an early prototype build of Missing Link. Not quite as interesting as the Vol.10 article, but still pretty cool. There is an English translation of the GG article in this.

Character Designer Magazine, Issue 1, Fall 2003

Raws: lesbiangiratina

Scan quality: Good

Host: Archive.org

Magazine article showing super early concept art for characters with an interview with Daisuke in the back. Text is in Japanese but Radguy is working on an English translation.

Famitsu No.1811 (2023-09-07) - ASW 35th & GG 25th Anniversary Article

Raws: Sol Radguy

Scan quality: Good

Host: Archive.org

History of ASW, popularity poll, some stuff about Strive up to Johnny's release, Daisuke interview.


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Books with words.

Manga volumes that haven't been scanned yet are listed over on this page.

Guilty Gear Comic Anthology (1998)

Raws: Sol Radguy

Scan quality: Good

Host: Archive.org

The oldest official manga volume. English translation.

Guilty Gear X Anthology Comics (Bros. Anthology Comics)

Raws: Sol Radguy

Scan quality: Good

Host: Archive.org

Guilty Gear X Plus Anthology Comics Vol.1 (Bros. Anthology Comics)

Raws: FlareHabanero

Scan quality: Serviceable. Pages are pretty yellow, some rotated weird, text may be cut off in some areas.

Host: Archive.org

- English translation of vol.1, chapter 1 by Renexuz. Abandoned project.

- Volume 2

Guilty Gear XX Anthology Comics Vol.1 (Bros. Anthology Comics)

Raws: FlareHabanero

Scan quality: Good, though yellowed

Host: Archive.org

- Volume 2

Guilty Gear XX Comic Anthology (DNA Media Comics), Vol.1

Raws: Tillman

Scan quality: Good

Host: Archive.org

- Volume 2

Guilty Gear XX ♯Reload Comic Anthology (DNA Media Comics)

Raws: Tillman

Scan quality: Good

Host: Archive.org

Guilty Gear Isuka Anthology Comic (Ohzora Comics)

Raws: Lux/Xaeldritch

Scan quality: Good

Host: Archive.org

No webview.

Official Guilty Gear Anthology (Strive)

Raws:

Scan quality: Digital file rip

Host: Archive.org

A short anthology book containing illustrations, short stories, 4koma strips, and some teaser stuff for Strive season 3. It was released as an April Fool's joke in 2024 and taken offline a few days after.

Yonkoma

Guilty Gear X 4koma Kings (DNA Media) Vol.1

Raws: Sol Radguy

Scan quality: Good

Host: Archive.org

Guilty Gear X Plus 4koma Kings (DNA Media) Vol.1

Raws: Sol Radguy

Scan quality: Good

Host: Archive.org

Guilty Gear XX 4koma Kings (DNA Media) Vol.1

Raws: Tillman

Scan quality: Good

Host: Archive.org (922mb .PDF)

- Volume 2

- Volume 3

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