Let’s be honest. If you are looking for a Marvel-style "Art of..." book with glossy movie stills and celebrity interviews, this is not for you. The Sonny Boy Model Album is difficult. It is abstract. It features pages and pages of empty corridors and unfilled sketches.

But if you are: A fan of psychological horror, a student of animation, a vinyl collector who loves ambient/experimental music, or someone who enjoyed Serial Experiments Lain or The Tatami Galaxy... then yes.

This album is worth every penny. It is an artifact of a specific moment in animation history where a studio stopped caring about commercial success and focused entirely on vibes.

Here is the complete tracklist with notes on key tracks and their significance in the series.

Released in March 2022, this is the official art book for the anime Sonny Boy. Unlike standard art books that merely compile scene screenshots and character turn-arounds, the Model Album functions like an in-universe textbook or an architect's manifesto.

It is a large-format, hardcover book (roughly A4 size) spanning approximately 150 pages. It features the work of the show’s creator, Shingo Natsume, and includes detailed materials regarding the "This World" (the student's drifting world).

The most ingenious aspect of the Model Album is its narrative function.

The soundtrack is unlike typical anime scores. Instead of grand orchestral swells, it relies on: