The Art of Spirited Away

Beautifully sketches. Beautiful color designs. Like for example the different colors tones during the day, dawn and night over the town.

Truly a great collection, it was a great source of inspiration and reference for a student to look through!

This is a gorgeous art book, filled with plenty of lovely images and stunning watercolor paintings.

Although I am not a big anime fan in general, I am a huge fan of Miyazaki Hayao's work. The highlight of his movies and comic books is usually the story itself, but in the case of Spirited Away, I think it would be fair to say that the sheer beauty and imagination of the film is just as amazing as the story itself.For me, Spirited Away was by far the first, and to date only, animated movie that I could call visually stunning. The viewer, be he or she 5, 25, or 65 is as drawn into Miyazaki's world as the protagonist Chihiro is. This book allows you to revisit the movie through its art. Full of concept sketches, character designs, and backgrounds from the movie, this book also includes an introduction by Miyazaki himself as well as frequent commentary by the artists that worked on this film and even an explanation of some of the technology that helped make this such a visually appealing film. The book's price may seem a bit steep, but at around 250 full color, high quality pages I felt I more than got my money's worth.There has been talk of Miyazaki retiring, but I hope this is not the case. With Spirited Away gaining such popular and critical acclaim in the United States, I hope he continues to work his magic for years to come, continuing to make his impression left not only on Japan, but to the global audience. With the increase in animation technology and the continuing strength of Miyazaki's imagination and storytelling power, it seems that the best is yet to come.

This is my favorite movie,and reading the process behind the movie! I love those book,its a great look at the process and what inspired the characters! Love this book

Excelente para adentrarse en la visión del maestro japonés y su producción

This was a birthday present and she loved it.

This is a beautiful book! It's a decent size and the pages are great quality. This is definitely worth the price. Get this for any Spirited Away or art fan!