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* The spines of the Finnish volumes of ''[[Ranma ½]]'' form pictures, each taken from the cover art of some of the volumes. The last one cuts a bit short. When they accidentally misprinted one of the spines with wrong picture, they provided the correct picture on their website, so people could print it and glue it on top of the wrong one.
** The original Japanese collected editions all had female Ranma's mugshot (in a variety of colors) at the top of the spine. Mainly comedic, romantic, or filler volumes would depict her with a whimsical or cute expression; volumes that were predominantly serious or action-oriented would instead give her a determined, or even ''fierce'' one. The final volume gave her a genuinely happy look.
* The spine art of [[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]] is this; each volume features the basic metallic gray, red and white color scheme and a single character on the side of the tanokban. Thanks to the series' sizable lifespan it ended up showcasing practically every major character, and the Elric brothers more than once, due to [[Character Development|significant visual changes]]).
** [[Natsuki Takaya]]'s [[Fruits Basket]] [[Shoujo|shoujo manga]] did the same thing.
*** Same with [[Yuji Iwahara]]'s ''[[Cat Paradise]]'', [[Koge Donbo]]'s [[Kamisama Karin]] and its sequel, [[Hiroyuki Takei]]'s [[Shaman King|various]] [[Karakuridouji Ultimo|series]], and many more.
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** Plus the distinctive color scheme: black, white and red.
* The ''[[Symphony of Ages]]'' fantasy novels all have the same format of cover art: [[The Hero|Raphsody]]'s current [[True Companions]] are standing, viewed in profile, against a very pretty backdrop. One of them is holding a plot-relevant item in hand.
* One edition of the four ''[[
* Some recent editions of the World Book Encyclopedia form the title WORLD BOOK across the spines when the volumes are arranged in order.
* Old British editions of [[Robin Hobb]]'s novels all had fantasy art within an ornate borderwork, with the style of the border changing with each trilogy. Newer editions all have a single animal on a plain background (although one had a ship), similiar to...
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* The ''[[Babylon 5]]'' box sets (at least the UK versions) each have a big 5 logo on the spine with and end-on picture of the station in the crook of the 5, tinted a different colour on each volume. Unfortunately the overall effect is ruined by the Fourth Season version being too big and the Fifth Season misaligned.
* The UK ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' DVD spines join up to form the show's logo.
** The VHS tapes for the remastered version of the first three series join together to form a single image. Quite cleverly this is integrated into each volumes cover art, which wraps around from the front to back cover. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130722101831/http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/downloads/index.cfm?category=wallpapers&subcategory=remastered Images], number 7 is based on the spines).
* The Contender DVD box sets of ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' join up to form portraits of Steed and Mrs. Gale, Steed and Mrs. Peel in black and white, Steed and Mrs. Peel in colour, Steed and Tara King, and Steed, Purdy and Gambit.
* Contender uses similar designs on its ''[[Lexx]]'' box sets (which unfortunately don't include Season 4).
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