Miyazaki, Hayao

"In the mid-1990s, filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki moved from success to success as his work found an audience outside of Japan. His animated films of the era, including Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle, and Ponyo, were internationally lauded, and Miyazaki won an Academy Award? in 2003 for his popular and critical hit Spirited Away. Follow Miyazaki as his vision matures, as cinema-lovers worldwide embrace his creations, and as critics such as Roger Ebert take up the cause of animation and Miyazaki's films. In a legendary career, these crucial years represent the turning point"--.

"Hayao Miyazaki's animated films, often featuring children navigating unfamiliar and challenging worlds, offer timeless explorations of youth and what it means to grow up. Admired around the globe for his artistic vision, craftsmanship and . . . humanistic values, Miyazaki has influenced generations of artists. The universal appeal of his . . . natural settings and complex characters, many among them strong girls and young women, cuts across cultural boundaries. This book is published on the occasion of the 2021 inaugural exhibition at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, in collaboration with Studio Ghibli in Tokyo. It accompanies the first ever retrospective dedicated to the . . . filmmaker in North America and introduces hundreds of original production materials, including artworks never before seen outside of Studio Ghibli's archives. Concept sketches, character designs, storyboards, layouts, backgrounds and production cels from his early career through all 11 of his feature films, including My Neighbor Totoro (1988), Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), Princess Mononoke (1997), Spirited Away (2001) and Howl's Moving Castle (2004), offer insight into Miyazaki's creative process and . . . animation techniques"--Provided by publisher.

Collection of concept sketches, concept art, backgrounds, character designs, and still images for Hayao Miyazaki's animated film, Howl's Moving Castle, based on the book by Diana Wynne Jones.

As war erupts in the forest surrounding the iron town of Tatara, elder forest god Lord Okkota attempts to lead an attack against the humans while Ashitaka forms an alliance with the wolf tribe that he hopes will stop the bloodshed.

"Shuna, the prince of a poor land, watches in despair as his people work themselves to death harvesting the little grain that grows there. And so, when a traveler presents him with a sample of seeds from a mysterious western land, he sets out to find the source of the golden grain, dreaming of a better life for his subjects. It is not long before he meets a proud girl named Thea. After freeing her from captivity, he is pursued by her enemies, and while Thea escapes north, Shuna continues toward the west, finally reaching the Land of the God-Folk. Will Shuna ever see Thea again? And will he make it back home from his quest for the golden grain?"-- Provided by publisher.

Sheeta, a young girl who wears a mysterious blue stone around her neck that gives her the power to defy gravity, floats into the life of Pazu, an orphan boy inventor, and together they try to evade greedy pirates and secret agents while searching for the legendary floating city of Laputa.

A collection of watercolor illustrations that were used as concept sketches for the film version of anime director Hayao Miyazaki's "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind".