Stuff has been around for a while - JList have been selling it for ages, but I think I actually first heard of it from an ANN article. Actually, it was a press release they posted: http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/press-release/2008-12-30/mnemosyne...
I've seen this book on Yesasia and fancied it so I hope I win since I can't afford a copy right now. PS, if you like this book, take a look at the 100 Bishoujo Masters artbook also.
I is being wanting to work in the anime industry, but I is not being wanting to move and there is no local anime industry (at least not any more - Manga Entertainment was at one point based somewhere in Wales and some Manga dubs, e.g. the Shadow Skil...