Arrietty isn't your ordinary fourteen-year-old girl - she's small enough to make her home under the floorboards of a typical house, 'borrowing' what she and her family need from the giants in whose shadows they live. A young boy named Sho befriends Arrietty, but when adults discover the Borrowers, A[...]

Co-founded by the legendary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli films have enthralled and enchanted audiences across the world. The Art of series gives fans the opportunity to follow their favorite film from initial concept to the silver screen, thanks to hundreds of sketches, concept drawings, [...]

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(R) in 2003 for his popu[...]

The companion book to the beloved animation classic My Neighbor Totoro, by legendary Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki. Featuring artwork taken directly from the movie, this updated edition will allow parents and children to relive Totoro's magical adventures with scene-by-scene illustrations an[...]

Ponyo, loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid, is a hand-drawn feature-length film of breathtaking beauty and charm. The art of the film entails not only cels, but striking watercolor and pastel concept sketches and layout pages. Interviews with production principles about the[...]

Widely regarded as Japan's greatest animated director, Hayao Miyazaki creates films lauded for vibrant characters and meaningful narrative themes. Examining the messages of his 10 full-length films-from Nausicaa (1984) to The Wind Rises (2013)-this study analyzes each for its religious, philosophica[...]

Volume 1

In this graphic novel, ten-year-old Chihiro finds herself abandoned when her parents are turned into pigs. To survive, she goes to work in a bathhouse catering to bizarre beings. Full color.[...]

Volume 3

Spirited Away, the new film from Hayao Miyazaki, director of KiKi's Delivery Service and princess Mononoke, is the story of Chihiro, a 10-year old girl in the midst of a move to the suburbs, who wanders into mysterious town and finds an "other world" of gods and monsters, rul[...]

Volume 5

In this last volume, No-face reveals his true nature; and, in order to save her parenents, Haku must identify the right pig! Don't miss the exciting conclusion! Though famous worldwide for his anime, Hayao Miyazaki is also one of the great manga artists. His Manga masterpiece[...]

Confronting pirates and secret agents, Sheeta, a young girl with a mysterious blue stone around her neck which allows her to defy gravity, befriends Pazu, a tough orphan boy, and the pair set out to find Laputa, the Castle in the Sky.[...]

A legend of the days of the first flying machines, where fantastic adventure takes to the air! Pirates greedy for treasure and secret agents hungry for power are both chasing Sheeta, a young girl who wears a mysterious blue stone around her neck. The stone's power makes Sheeta defy gravity and float[...]

Princess Nausica has left the Valley of the Wind to join Princess Kushana's forces. However, Nausica gets separated from the Torumekian fleet and finds herself face to face with the mysterious Ohmu, who open their hearts to her. But will Nausica be able to interpret their urgent warning about the so[...]