Every piece of Hayao Miyazaki’s Ghibli anime concept art to be published in new book series

Iwanami Shoten appears to be publishing the series’ entries in order of their related anime movies’ release, starting with the 108-page book for Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and 136-page volume Laputa: Castle in the Sky going on sale December 5, priced at 4,200 yen, as well as “Studio Ghibli movies Hayao Miyazaki was involved in the production of” (Whisper of the Heart, Tales from Earthsea, Arrietty, From Up on Poppy Hill, and “short films and early works” (such as anime shorts produced for the Ghibli Museum and music video On Your Mark).

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Each volume in the series will also include an interview with Ghibli’s veteran producer Toshio Suzuki, the studio’s chattiest representative.