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The Art of Kiki's Delivery Service: A Film by Hayao Miyazaki

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The Art of Kiki's Delivery Service is a charming art book companion for the movie.

Even though Miyazaki's the director, screenwriter and producer for this film, his art is surprisingly missing in this book. This time round, the main contributing artists are Shinji Otsuka, Yoshifumi Kondo and Katsuya Kondo.

The art is still created using watercolours and they are very beautiful. The character designs by Katsuya Kondo are really cool. You can see the different variations of Kiki, her hairstyle, flying poses, expressions and the little mannerisms all captured. His lines and colours are very simple be he can create a really appealing cast of characters. Together with the two other artists Shinji Otsuka and Yoshifumi Kondo, they contribute the majority of the concept art in this book. And they all seem to draw in similar style for the storyboards.

The background paintings for Corico are also marvelous. I love the idyllic setting. Much of the designs are actually inspired from Visby, a city on the Swedish island of Gotland. Looking at the paintings instantly triggers holiday mood. Unfortunately, these unsung heroes of background art aren't credited directly to their work, although a list of names are included at the back of the book.

Most of the art have interesting comments by Miyazaki and the other artists. At the back, there's a section on basic camera techniques and how they are used in the film. And finally, there's the complete screenplay.

Highly recommended for all fans of the film and Studio Ghibli.

(There are more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)

I'm an artist, and I bought this book because I like to see how other artists work. This book has lots of sketches by Miyazaki, who is tremendously facile at sketching. He also adds loose watercolor washes to some pictures. I'd like to see him at work, because it all looks so effortless. There are also pictures from the actual movie, of course, and work by other artists who prepared the film, as well as a complete plot synopsis.

I love this book! If you liked the movie, then you'll really like the book. The illustrations are beautiful. It's a great book for animation majors, or anyone just interested in cartooning, animation, or illustration.

I love this book. it adds a further appreciation to a movie I love so much. It's worth the buy, if not only because it's so cheap on amazon, but also if you enjoy the movie. It really helps you see deeper into the film than one would usually care to think about any movie!
Great book!

The format for this book is very similar to Porco Rosso (i.e. same page number length, screenplay at back, hardback with no dust cover).

The book is divided into the following parts:

In the Beginning
Art of the Animated Film
Animation Technique
Screenplay of the Film

The Animation Technique section is a nice bonus which is missing from the Porco Rosso title. After reading many of these titles you start recognizing many of the artist's names who work for Studio Ghibli.

Highly recommended.

I liked this book very much. The illustrations are superb and the comments and character design sketches are very inspiring. The only complaint is that there are not enough of them compared to the vast majority of film stills, which are gorgeous, by the way.

The Art of Kiki's Delivery Service is a wonderful art book for fans of Miyazaki's film who also happen to be artists. The background paintings are phenomenal and the quality of the printing brings them out so very clearly. If you're an artist, you'll drool over the artwork.
It is a collector's item.

I am a big fan of anime and Miyazaki's hand in anything is well looking over. I have most of his movies on DVD, and this book makes seeing this movies over and over more a thrill. I have plans for all my fav movies of this genre to add the book if available as well.

If you're an artist or a fan of this type of work, the "Art of" series of Miyazaki's movie books are just precious, essential, exhaustive, and very satisfying.

This book is excellent, you'll love it. I read it, and it probably the best reads I've had in a while! The shipping is fast, and priced perfect!
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