Excelente comentarios y planos conceptuales de todo el proceso artístico de unas de las mejoras películas animadas del Studio Ghibli. Lo he disfrutado inmensamente y lo recomiendo a todos.

For fans of the film, this book is a must have. Its pages are filled with concept drawings, sketchs, and lush paintings from the illustrators who worked on the film, as well as many screen stills from the movie. Also included are short interviews with many of the key animators, which give the reader an in depth guide to how the characters and design features were created. The final pages of the book contain the screenplay written by Miyazaki, translated into English, which shows readers the depth of Miyazaki's involvement in the project as well as provides a handy aid if comparing the film to the original novel by Diana Wynne Jones

I didn’t read all the words but I love the pictures and the movie and I own it so I’m counting it !!

El castillo vagabundo es de mis películas de Studio Ghibli favoritas y al leer este libro (regalo de uno de mis amigxs por mi cumpleaños MUCHAS GRACIAS ME ENCANTÓ) realmente se aprecia de otra manera todo el trabajo que va detrás de una película animada.
Este libro está lleno de bocetos, dibujos pinturas, comentarios de los diferentes artistas que colaboraron, comentarios de personas como el productor del productor del productor del encargado en el movimiento de la fotografía, okay estoy exagerando, pero me refiero a que hay puestos que ni me imaginaba existían para lograr a cabo esta grandiosa película. De verdad, te hace ver y valorar aún mas hasta el mínimo detalle.

the pines public library came through with this!! oh to create gorgeous stories like miyazaki ;_;

i love looking through art books so much

This is the second of the Studio Ghibli art work book that i have and like the first it is truly beautiful. This book is based on the film of the same name - its, concept, its art and its script, giving intimate details of how the film came in to being and how it achieved the stunning visual story it is today.

The book is not that complicated to follow really - the title pretty much explains it all. Now for me the appeal of the book is the art, oh do I wish I could be so creative. But the art here is the star of the book, from rough concept art to the polish beauty of the finished scene, this book has it all and highlights why at its height Studio Ghibli was a world leader in animation.

Howl’s Moving Castle is my absolute favorite Ghibli film, and one of my top favorite books. This book is simply stunning with concept art/sketches, storyboards, and images from the film itself. (The book even includes the finalized screenplay!) The Art of Howl’s Moving Castle gave me a newfound appreciation for the film and the hard work it took to create it.

This book was so fascinating! It offered cool art and a look at the development of the movie. My only complaint is that it felt kind of...distant? Like, the short articles from the creators felt kind of choppy and sometimes hard to understand, but that may be because this book was probably translated. Anyway, this is a great book for anyone who loves Howl's Moving Castle to check out!

4.0

There doesn't seem to be that many concept art in this one, compared to the great number of final frames. The last 50 pages is the complete screenplay of the movie.

i love howl with my entire being

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The following summary is useful. It's from the "About this book" section.
This book is a collection of concept sketches, concept art, backgrounds, character designs (including painted versions), and still images for Hayao Miyazaki's animated film, Howl's Moving Castle, based on the book by Diana Wynne Jones. All concept sketches are by Miyazaki. Concept art and backgrounds are by the art staff supervised by art directors Yoji Takeshige and Noboru Yoshida. Character designs are by supervising animators Akihiko Yamashita and Takeski Inamura. The background art and still images for this book were created from digital data. Scene images without captions are still images.

The book is split into 3 parts. Part 1 is about Miyazaki's concept sketches. Part 2 contains concept art, background art, character designs and concept sketches. Part 3 is the script, or final screenplay.

If you've other Art of series book from Miyazaki's movies, you'll not be unfamiliar with the content of the book. There are lush paintings, incredibly creative colour pencil storyboards and plenty of movie stills.

The concept art pieces are presented linear to the movie's storyline. Captions that follow explains the scene for the movie, which is useful to relate back to the film.

Throughout the book, there are breaks with narration from the art directors and animators explaining the movie's production process. They would talk about animation, colour design, research and characters. There's a short section that explains how computer graphics was used to overcome the limitations of cell drawing, which I thought was rather interesting.

There are several versions of the book. The one sold on amazon.com is published by VIZ Media and contains the final screenplay. It's hard covered.

This review was first published on parkablogs.com. There are more pictures and videos on my blog.

Moving Ahead

Depending on the kindle edition, you may not be able to see the art of the book, but from what I’ve seen has been amazing!