The Art of Spirited Away collects colour illustrations of Spirited Away for the first time in an English edition! This book includes paintings and designs from the new animated film from the director of Kiki's Delivery Service and Princess Mononoke. Large-size, hardcover coffee-table book featuring artwork from the renowned animated film, Spirited Away, directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Features commentary, colour stills, sketches, storyboards, and illustrations used to envision the rich fantasy world of the film. Also includes a complete English-language script.
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Hayao Miyazaki is the prominent director of many popular animated feature films. He is also the co-founder of Studio Ghibli, the award-winning Japanese animation studio and production company behind worldwide hits such as PRINCESS MONONOKE, HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE and SPIRITED AWAY.
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39 of 39 people found the following review helpful
By jimmyjones01
Format:Hardcover
Beautiful! You get a real sense that you own something special when you get this. (Very exciting when it gets delivered to you in the big box too, it feels like christmas as a kid, all over again!)
Overall worth getting. It’s not gob smacking stunning, but still very very nice. Definitely worth the money if you’re a fan.
While the book follows the ethos that it’s just presenting the artwork, it does follow the films plot, in terms of where art is placed in the book… what I mean is, The car ride and the Chihiro getting lost artwork is near the start and goes through into the various scenes in the film, in order.
My favourite parts are the Character design pages, and the landscape watercolour like paintings, some of them look frameable for any art gallery.
The artist commentary is very interesting too; some inside info on their ideas while making the film included.
30 of 30 people found the following review helpful
By "282688"
Format:Hardcover
This is a great book. Whether you are familiar with the work of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli or not, the work in this book cannot fail to impress. It leads you from an introduction by Miyazaki's, though his concept art (beautiful watercolour sketches) to the final backgrounds and character work including a script at the back. The layout of the book follow the narrative of the film, with introductions to the characters and locations along the way. A section at the back is devoted to the digital processes used during the making of the film and throughout the book there are short paragraphs from the artists about their experiences and thinking process (e.g, use of colour, architectural influence etc etc). The images in the book are incredible and allow you to study in detail the work and skill of the artists, as a student studying animation I find this book is an invaluable resource. I have bought other "The art of" books on other Miyazaki film, and this book lives up to their high standards (unfortunately the other books are only available from Japan, try Amazon.jp). I highly recommend this book to anyone even remotely interested in animation or the work of Miyazaki, good to see a hardback book at this price too. Cant recommend it enough.
21 of 25 people found the following review helpful
By P. White
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The first thing to strike one when opening this book is that the paper is high quality glossy art paper. This enables a very good standard of printing and colour definition which in the case of artwork from Studio Ghibli is useful to say the least.
This book complements 'Spirited Away' and reveals the beauty of the work that went into it. It's not a 'making of' or a 'illustrated version' as such but well worth seeing and reading. You'll learn a lot and it's very aesthetically pleasing. Recommeded in the extreme. Now buy everything Studio Ghibli has ever produced...
This book complements 'Spirited Away' and reveals the beauty of the work that went into it. It's not a 'making of' or a 'illustrated version' as such but well worth seeing and reading. You'll learn a lot and it's very aesthetically pleasing. Recommeded in the extreme. Now buy everything Studio Ghibli has ever produced...
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Nicest book I have ever bought
Lovely book which I bought my son for his Birthday. Lovely illustrations and nicely presented. I would recommend this book for any anime lovers
Published 2 days ago by Elaine Rose
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Great for fans of Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli
I love all the movies from Studio Ghibli but Spirited Away is by far my favourite. This is an excellent addition to my collection of Ghibli related merchandise and although I... Read more
Published 11 days ago by Martin
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Miyazaki masterpiece
This is an amazing book not only for Miyazaki's fans, but also for art and animation lovers. It's full of beautiful Miyazaki watercolors, movie concept art and how the world of the... Read more
Published 17 days ago by Clacla
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Lovely book
We bought this as a gift along with the DVD, it's a beautiful book that was very well received. If you are a fan of Studio Ghibli you won't be disappointed
Published 1 month ago by Mr. T. J. Holness
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much treasured
Got this for a young lady as a present. She is so happy with it. We love Studio Gibli so the children will continue to cherish the art work.
Published 2 months ago by Southeastern
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Awesome
Really a great book with high quality prints and images. I'm really a fan of Myazaki's Ghibli studio animated movies.
Published 3 months ago by T. Waijers
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Amazing!
Just beautiful in every way. If you are a fan and budding artist this will inspire no end!
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Fantastic book/s. Good service, no fuss or hassles to report.
Published 3 months ago by Scott Thornton
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Beautiful book
It's hardcover and quite heavy, but the quality of the printing inside is lovely. I really enjoyed going through the animators' contents and looking at the brilliantly coloured... Read more
Published 4 months ago by H
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An absolute pleasure
If you're even reading this, then I will assume you are already a fan of what is an amazingly quirky, but beautiful animated film from Studio Ghibli. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mr. A. J. Crook
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Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi
Almost 240 pages full of incredible pictures in astonishing and beautiful colours. There are many background art frames in high quality and all the major characters have their... Read more
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