Otomo Katsuhiro’s much awaited animated film “Short Peace” started its domestic run on the 20th of July, and feedback from my friends who have seen it have been positive so far.

As with most Japanese theatrical releases, a Program Book (see this post on Japanese Program/Press books) is also released, basically a small booklet that contains the film’s synopsis and background, production photos, cast and crew information, etc. Because the book is (usually) only available for sale in cinemas during the film’s run, the popular ones become collectors items.

(above) The program book for Short Peace come housed in a slipcase and consists of 2 items, 1) the program book itself and 2) A double-sided foldout image board. (more pictures further down)

(above) The concept art and character designs shown in the book are fairly small and details are hard to make out – for that you need the character design sheets book. I’ll review the book at a later date. (below) Designs for the foldout image board.

As I mentioned earlier program books are usually sold only in cinemas, but Amazon Japan is selling this item, at least during the time of writing.

Please note that the original price for the book is 1500 yen, but Amazon is selling it for 3200 yen. If you can navigate a Japanese site ( and live in Japan too ) you can get the book at the original price here. ( it doesn’t ship outside Japan )

“Otomo Katsuhiro’s Short Peace 映画パンフレット 大友克洋、森田修平、安藤裕章、カトキハジメ”  program book details :

– Dimensions – 24.6 x 17.5 x 0.6 cm
– Softcover, about 60 pages
– comes with slipcase and a doublesided foldout image board
– Full color/Black & White, in Japanese language

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