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The original story by Hayao Miyazaki that deleloped into the beloved film, Princess Mononoke. Includes Miyazaki's original illustrations.
About the author
Hayao Miyazaki is one of Japan’s most beloved animation directors. In 2005 he was awarded the Venice International Film Festival’s Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement, and his Studio Ghibli received the festival’s Osella Award for overall achievement in 2004. Miyazaki’s films include
Spirited Away, winner of the 2002 Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature Film, as well as
Castle in the Sky,
My Neighbor Totoro,
Kiki's Delivery Service,
Princess Mononoke,
Howl's Moving Castle, and
Ponyo, all of which have received great acclaim in the U.S. Miyazaki’s other achievements include the highly regarded manga series
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and
Starting Point: 1979-1996, a collection of essays, interviews, and memoirs that chronicle his early career and the development of his theories of animation. Both are published in English by VIZ Media.
Summary
An oversized, lavishly illustrated storybook featuring original watercolor
art by legendary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki! This is the original Princess
Mononoke story, created by Hayao Miyazaki in 1980 while he was first
conceptualizing the landmark animated film that would be released to universal
acclaim seventeen years later. As an initial version of the tale, it offers a
new and different perspective from the final version presented in the film.
After a long, exhausting war, a samurai lost in a forest encounters a giant
wildcat--a mononoke. The beast saves his life, but at the price of his
daughter's hand in marriage...
