The Art of Howl's Moving Castle (Studio Ghibli Library)

I would say this is currently the best Viz Media Studio Ghibli book. The artwork, layout and writing are stunning, highly recommended

thick book with lots of information and illustrations

This is another book in Viz's series of Studio Ghibli English editions. The other's are 'Porco Rosso' and 'Spirited Away'. Happily I now have all 3 and they are excellent quality. The paper is a good weight and the print quality very good: the colours are vibrant. The books are not illustrated stories, they are artwork used in the movies, including frames, backgrounds, storyboards and CGI. If I say that nearly every page is frameable then you will perhaps get the idea. As an insight into Miyazaki's production process they are invaluable and they are beautiful things in their own right. Get them while you can because I doubt Viz will keep copies in print for ever and a couple are only available from the USA (via Amazon UK). NOTE: the 'paperback' claim on this item's description is inaccurate because the cover is hardback. It matches the covers of the other two books in the series which ARE described as hardback.

Brilliant book with ton of fascinating production art.

The book is like THE book that collects absolutely EVERYTHING any fans and critics can ask of, such as the production processes, character development and aesthetic philosophy of Hayao Miyazaki carried out by his creative staff. All the interviews of each responsible staff in juxtaposition of the visual indulgence captured from the animation produce exciting coherence of Miyazaki's humanistic and environmentalist world-views in both fantastical worlds and social realities. You can literally feel how happy the Studio staff work in each project from their positive 'testimonials' of Miyazaki. Love this Christmas present for dissertation writing!

Howl's moving castle is a beautiful movie, the artistic design of everything in the world is incredible and original and this book only helps emphasis this. Any "The art of..." is great and if your a fan of a series, you really need to get these kind of books. Quotes from the artists are in here and it came in great condition.

Bought for my daughter who's a Studio Gibli fan and it's a great gift. Well set out with great illustrations and pictures and some background on the film development. A good purchase

I bought this as a gift for a friend's birthday. The actual book itself is really nice, I didn't realise before that it is a hardback. As well as displaying lots of great artwork it covers Miyazaki's inspiration and how the movie was put together as an artistic project and even includes a copy of the screenplay used in the movie. However, the delivery service was poor and the item took significantly longer than advertised to arrive, meaning I missed giving it as part of birthday celebrations. The tracking feature couldn't identify the items location and I genuinely thought the item had been lost.