One of the best parts of Ghibli movies is the amount of detail in the backgrounds. This thick book collects many of them in a beautiful anthology. Only about a third of the art is colored. The rest appear to development sketches and concept art. Artworks featured came from "Letters" (which I believe is Letters to Momo? Not entirely sure.), "My Neighbor Totoro", "Only Yesterday", and "Pompoko",

Be warned, there's quite a bit of Japanese in the book. The book includes commentary of Isao Takahata, a long interview with Hayao Miyazaki, and two interviews with Oga Kazuo himself. Overall, I loved the artwork in this book, but many pages were us...Read moreClose