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The man who leapt through film : the art of Mamoru Hosoda

Title
The man who leapt through film : the art of Mamoru Hosoda / by Charles Solomon ; foreword by Don Hahn.
Author
Solomon, Charles, 1950-
Publication
  • New York : Abrams, [2022]
  • ©2022

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Additional Authors
  • Hahn, Don
  • Hosoda, Mamoru, 1967-
  • Sutajio Chizu (Production company)
Description
271 pages : illustrations (some color); 31 cm
Summary
"An illustrated overview of writer/director/animator Mamoru Hosoda's Academy Award-nominated movies and career, including previously unpublished storyboards, background paintings, character designs, and concept art. Journey into the mind and creative process of one of the most celebrated anime directors working today with The Man Who Leapt Through Film: The Art of Mamoru Hosoda. Written by renowned animation critic and historian Charles Solomon (The Art of WolfWalkers, Abrams 2020) and featuring exclusive interviews alongside hundreds of never-before-seen sketches, storyboards, background paintings, character designs, and concept art, this is the ultimate companion piece to Hosoda's work. Writer/director/animator Mamoru Hosoda's work includes Belle (2021), the Academy Award-nominated Mirai (2018); The Boy and the Beast (2015); Wolf Children (2012); Summer Wars (2009); and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006). He is the cofounder of Studio Chizu, one of Japan's premier animation studios."--Amazon.com.
Alternative Title
Art of Mamoru Hosoda
Subject
  • Hosoda, Mamoru, 1967- > Criticism and interpretation
  • Animators > Japan > Biography
  • Animation (Cinematography) > Japan
  • Animated films > Japan > Drawings
  • Characters and characteristics in motion pictures > Pictorial works
  • Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) in motion pictures
  • Animated films
  • Animation (Cinematography)
  • Characters and characteristics in motion pictures
  • Japan
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • Drawings.
  • Pictorial works.
  • Illustrated works.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 270).
Contents
Foreword / by Don Hahn -- Early days -- The girl who leapt through time -- Summer wars -- Wolf children -- The boy and the beast -- Mirai -- Belle.
ISBN
  • 9781419753725
  • 141975372X
OCLC
  • on1338663734
  • SCSB-14297214
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library