The Art Of The Boy and the Heron Visual Art Book

An art book containing image boards, art boards, background paintings, character settings, and scene stills drawn during the production of the movie, along the flow of the story.

In addition to director Hayao Miyazaki's proposal, completed script for dubbing, and production timeline, the main staff members Yu Honda (animation director), Yoji Takeshige (art director), Noboru Yoshida (background), Atsushi Okui (cinematographer), Also includes valuable interviews with Shinya Ohira (original picture), Noriko Takaya (harmony), and others talking about the production site.

We traced the behind-the-scenes production of the longest production in Studio Ghibli history and the culmination of its visual art, using a vast amount of materials and original drawings.

◆Table of contents◆

Feature-length project memorandum: Should we make a theatrical feature-length?

Feature-length animation proposal

Director Hayao Miyazaki explains the work to the main staff

Introduction

Production timeline

About this book

<Image, drawing, art, video>

A part

B part

C part

D part

E part

theatrical poster

theme song

credit

<Interview>

Yu Honda (Animation Director)

Yoji Takeshige (art director)

Noboru Yoshida (background)

Atsushi Okui (Director of Photography)

Shinya Ohira (original picture)

Noriko Takaya (harmony)

Completed script for dubbing

Complete storyboard collection

It was released on July 14, 2023 and became a big topic.

Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki's first feature film in 10 years

“How do you live?”

In director Miyazaki's works, where there is no written script, storyboards are not only production materials, but also scripts and storyboards on which camera work is written.

The director's hand-drawn storyboards have been turned into a book.

Contains all 603 hand-drawn color storyboards by director Hayao Miyazaki!

A storyboard is a blueprint for a movie.

Character movements and psychology, lines and sound effects,

Instructions for staff are also written in detail.

You can understand the director's intentions in every detail, and enjoy it as a beautiful picture story full of dynamism.