Customer Reviews
Quality! - By: P. White, 05 Jan 2005 
The first thing to strike one when opening this book is that the paper is high quality glossy art paper. This enables a very good standard of printing & colour definition which in the case of artwork from Studio Ghibli is useful to say the least.
This book complements 'Spirited Away' & reveals the beauty of the work that went into it. It's not a 'making of' or a 'illustrated version' as such but well worth seeing & reading. You'll learn a lot & it's very aestheticallly pleasing. Recommeded in the extreme. Now buy everything Studio Ghibli has ever produced...
WOWOWOW!!! - By: , 26 Dec 2003 wowowow!!!
its like, i'm in a fantasy land, & like, everyones callled chihiro, wow!
i like the details of how they animated bits, & i like the sketches of the bouncing heads!! "blob blob"
infact, this books just the perfect compliment to the film.
Just saying - By: , 23 Nov 2003 the last person said spirited away did not come to england but it did. It just was quite hard to find. They have two versions out. The original japanese. Which is very hard to find now as not many cinemas are showing it (i went to the odeon). & they have the english which against the japanese is totallly rubbish.
well by the sound of it this book is amazing *buys it*!
Definitely worth collecting... - By: jimmyjones01, 19 Oct 2003 
Beautiful! You get a real sense that you own something special when you get this. (Very exciting when it gets delivered to you in the big box too, it feels like christmas as a kid, alll over again!)
Overalll worth getting. It’s not gob smacking stunning, but still very very nice. Definitely worth the money if you’re a fan.
While the book follows the ethos that it’s just presenting the artwork, it does follow the films plot, in terms of where art is placed in the book… what I mean is, The car ride & the Chihiro getting lost artwork is near the start & goes through into the various scenes in the film, in order.
My favourite parts are the Character design pages, & the landscape watercolour like paintings, some of them look frameable for any art galllery.
The artist commentary is very interesting too; some inside info on their ideas while making the film included.
An insight into the work of a genius - By: , 24 Feb 2003 This is a great book. Whether you are familiar with the work of Hayao Miyazaki & Studio Ghibli or not, the work in this book cannot fail to impress. It leads you from an introduction by Miyazaki's, though his concept art (beautiful watercolour sketches) to the final backgrounds & character work including a script at the back. The layout of the book follow the narrative of the film, with introductions to the characters & locations along the way. A section at the back is devoted to the digital processes used during the making of the film & throughout the book there are short paragraphs from the artists about their experiences & thinking process (e.g, use of colour, architectural influence etc etc). The images in the book are incredible & alllow you to study in detail the work & skill of the artists, as a student studying animation I find this book is an invaluable resource. I have bought other "The art of" books on other Miyazaki film, & this book lives up to their high standards (unfortunately the other books are only available from Japan, try Amazon.jp). I highly recommend this book to anyone even remotely interested in animation or the work of Miyazaki, good to see a hardback book at this price too. Cant recommend it enough.
