Hayao Miyazaki Concept Art Collection Will Start Appearing

Publishing house Iwanami Shoten will start releasing a complete collection of Hayao Miyazaki concept art from December 2024. So far, we know for sure that you’ll be able to get books of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, and My Neighbor Totoro. [Thanks, Comic Natalie!]

The release schedule for the books will be Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and Castle in the Sky on December 5, 2024. Then, some time in March 2025, you’ll be able to get My Neighbor Totoro. Afterwards, Iwanami will release some of the earlier films and shorts that Miyazaki worked on or was involved with.

Each book will contain the concept art that Miyazaki hand-drew for image and story boards. The concept art is for the staff to all be on the same page in regards to the aesthetics and worldview of a particular movie. Since Iwanami used a very powerful scanner for the original prints, there is as little quality loss as possible in the book. As well, each piece of art in the book is faithful to the real-life size of the board. Each book also contains information, art, unreleased works, and stories based on the movie and artwork in question. Toshio Suzuki, chairperson of Studio Ghibli, will also write a foreword for each one.

The Hayao Miyazaki concept art books will start coming out in December 2024. For those who want to get their Studio Ghibli fix beforehand, Netflix recently obtained the streaming rights to Grave of the Fireflies and The Boy and the Heron.