Laputa: Castle in the Sky (Hayao Miyazaki Image Board Collection 2)

I had no doubts because I had already decided what I wanted to do... the image boards were the storyboards" (from an interview with Suzuki Toshio at the end of this book). "Laputa: Castle in the Sky" (released in 1986) is the film that Hayao Miyazaki envisioned as an elementary school student. This book features a total of 142 drawings depicting the world of the film prior to production, including characters, landscapes, and props that evoke the story. ---- Hayao Miyazaki creates hand-drawn illustrations to conceive his ideas for his films and to communicate the concepts to his staff. These are called "image boards". Hayao Miyazaki Image Board Series is a complete collection of Miyazaki's "image board" artwork held at Studio Ghibli including unpublished works. In this large book with a trim size of 35.0 x 27.7 cm (12.8 x 10.1 in), portrait, the illustrations are reproduced at or close to their original size, in its true colors and texture of the original drawings realized by high-quality printing. Discover how the fascinating world of Miyazaki's creation begins.