Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind: Watercolor Impressions (Studio Ghibli Library) (Hardcover)

by Hayao Miyazaki (Author, Illustrator), Eric Searleman (Editor)

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Product Description

From the vaults of Academy Award-winning director, Hayao Miyazaki! Original watercolor illustrations used as concept sketches for both the manga and film versions of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Take a peek behind the curtain to see the creative process of the most acclaimed anime director in the world today. This full-color, over-sized, hardcover book also includes Miyazaki's earliest sketches that eventually became the basis for some of the most beloved anime movies of the past 20 years.

About the Author

Hayao Miyazaki is one of Japan's most beloved animation directors. In September 2005 he was awarded the Venice International Film Festival's Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement, and his Studio Ghibli received the Festival's Osella Award for overall achievement in 2004. Miyazaki's films include Spirited Away, winner of the 2002 Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature Film, as well as Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro and Howl's Moving Castle, all of which have received great acclaim in the U.S. Miyazaki's other achievements include the highly regarded manga series Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, which is published in English by VIZ Media. Nausicaä, like many of the director's movies, is now available on DVD in the U.S.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; 1 edition (November 6, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1421514990
• ISBN-13: 978-1421514994
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #117,935 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Impressions, indeed!, November 25, 2007

By	Arash Mohebbi (Brisbane, Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I ordered this more out of curiosity than anything else, expecting a fairly slim volume on a par with the Nausicaa comics: instead, it comes in as a pretty hefty tome, with many of Miyazaki's covers and "thinking out loud on paper" moments. His commentary (mainly captions to each image) is humble and reveals an intriguing glimpse into the mind of one of Japan's most famous and prolific Anime directors. I mean seriously, you'd never read a Pixar or Disney director apologies about "I didn't want to do a magazine cover, but the art director was insistent", or even revealing his intent to use Oni as main characters early in preproduction (yeah, those never made it to the final film).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A rare and interesting look into Miyazaki's Nausicaa, October 17, 2008

By	J. A. Jaeschke "Book Worm" (Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is excellent. It combines great concept art, poster art and background info on the Nausicaa movie and manga by Hayao Miyazaki. The attention to detail and research undertaken to create Nausicaa and the world she inhabits is breath taking. The progression of basic ideas (wanting to do a Japanese period drama anime of 'Beauty and the Beast') to final concept (creating 'Nausicaa' as we see her today) was especially interesting to me. This book is a high-quality coffee-table book. The only downside is that many of Miyazaki's comments on his work are especially self-deprecating. Cheer up mate! Highly recommended. 10/10

I don't know if the other Art of Nausicaa book found at Amazon is similar or the same. Can anyone help there?

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best companion for the movie and the manga, October 2, 2008

By	Roberto C. Miranda Espejel "Robert_Blues" (Mexico) - See all my reviews

I received this item some days ago, and it's far beyond what I expected to see, the size is big enough to fully appreciate the beauty of every image (each one is complemented with commentaries from Miyazaki himself).

This is, in my opinion a must have for any Nausicaa fan, there are individual sections for the movie and the manga, and even a section for other images, always in the Nausicaa universe.

It's so amazing, well worth the price