Hot on the heels of the Nausicaa and Castle In The Sky imageboard books come the biggest ( by page count ) in the series yet for Studio Ghibli’s most emblematic animated film, My Neighbor Totoro. At 176 pages, this sumptuous large format book packs in plenty of delightful concept art ( referred to as imageboards/イメージボード in the Japanese animation industry ) from the beloved movie, covering character designs for Satsuki and Mei, the Totoro and catbus as well as plenty of environmental designs.

Part of the new series by publisher Iwanami Shoten, the “Hayao Miyazaki Imageboard Series” of art books aim to showcase the director’s original watercolor concept art in high quality, large format prints. The reproductions are presented close to their pristine look just as Miyazaki painted them, with no overt color correction/saturation or levels applied to make the images “pop”, something I noticed in some of Ghibli’s earlier Art Of books.

Publisher book synopsis – Hayao Miyazaki creates hand-drawn illustrations to conceive his ideas for his films and to communicate the concepts to his staff. These are called “image boards”. Hayao Miyazaki Image Board Series is a complete collection of Miyazaki’s “image board” artwork held at Studio Ghibli including unpublished works. In this large book with a trim size of 35.0 x 27.7 cm (12.8 x 10.1 in), portrait, the illustrations are reproduced at or close to their original size, in its true colors and texture of the original drawings realized by high-quality printing. Discover how the fascinating world of Miyazaki’s creation begins.

(above & below) Print size comparisons between the Nausicaa Imageboards art book and The Art Of The Boy And The Heron, the latter been a considerably sized volume itself. This ( My Neighbor Totoro ) book has the same length and width as the Nausicaa book, but is thicker because of the bigger page count.

Folks who frequent my blog will know I’m the biggest fan of Hayao Miyazaki’s soothing watercolor illustrations, so this art work can do no wrong and they are only made better by the excellent print quality as well as the large format of the book, allowing fans an even bigger immersion and enjoyment of his beautiful work. Together with the 2 earlier released books for Nausicaa and Castle In The Sky, this one comes very highly recommended.

“My Neighbor Totoro Imageboards Art Book となりのトトロ 宮﨑駿イメージボード全集 3” details :

Dimensions – 2.46 x 25.7 x 36.4 cm
Softcover, 176 pages
Full color, In Japanese language

  
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