My Neighbor Totoro Picture Book (The Art of My Neighbor Totoro) [Hardcover]

Hayao Miyazaki (Creator, Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: The Art of My Neighbor Totoro

Eleven-year-old Satsuki and her sassy litle sister Mei are overjoyed about moving into a historic country house with their dad - but the girls don't realize what a delightful adventure awaits them there. While exploring their sprawling home and the beautiful ruralarea that surrounds it, Satsuki and Mei meet Granny, a sweet old woman, and her timid grandson Kanta. They als experience firsthand the magic of the Soot Sprits, mysterious creatures that live in the walls, and discover a huge camphor tree that might just be enchanted...

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About the Author

Hayao Miyazaki is the prominent director of many popular animated feature films. He is also the co-founder of Studio Ghibli, the award-winning Japanese animation studio and production company behind worldwide hits such as PRINCESS MONONOKE, HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE and SPIRITED AWAY.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 112 pages
• Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; 1 edition (July 5, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591165954
• ISBN-13: 978-1591165958
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #56,296 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Hayao Miyazaki is the prominent director of many popular animated feature films. He is also the co-founder of Studio Ghibli, the award-winning Japanese animation studio and production company behind worldwide hits such as PRINCESS MONONOKE, HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE and SPIRITED AWAY.

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book for everyone who loves this movie, November 19, 2007

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J. Nakatsuka (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This book contains the entire storyline of the movie in both text and illustration and hits all the key events with perfect focus. The 'illustrations' are taken directly from the movie but are very crisp and high quality - not like some books that have poor quality movie stills. Our kids love this movie, have a home made soot-sprite mobile in their bedroom, and are crazy about this book. This is a really nice quality hard cover book and is much better than the comic book version in my opinion. Price is very cheap for what you get.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book If Your Kid Loved The Movie, January 3, 2007

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Ike "TripConnect" (NY, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Neighbor Totoro Picture Book (The Art of My Neighbor Totoro) (Hardcover)

The book pretty much follows the story of the movie and is full of movie photos. It's a bit long for a childs book, but my kid loves it and we read it every night.

So if you're kids love the movie and want to see it over and over again, buy and read them the book instead.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Totoro Picture Book, March 27, 2009

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C. E. Mckenna "Little Grasshopper" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Neighbor Totoro Picture Book (The Art of My Neighbor Totoro) (Hardcover)

Very nice! Totoro is a wonderful story with memorable characters that you fall in love with. This picture book is a great companion piece to the film. We particularly enjoyed the first pages that introduce you to the main characters and give you some interesting information about them - such as how old the different sized Totoro's are!

Miyazaki is a genius, and what a great way to enjoy the Totoro story any time, any place.