NICE! I didn't see a photo of that hardcover version before and it looks good, much greater coffee-table appeal!The Art of Porco Rosso came in the mail today.
Now that you mention it, precisely blaureiter updated today Halcyon Realms with another sample of Ghibli THE ART Series books, this time one released on the occasion of the old Spirited Away special exhibition at the Ghibli Museum:Aye, it's swell. The review /XX/ put up earlier gives a better view of the content inside (the Japanese version).
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Unlike the art-book/catalogue from another exposition for Yohei Taneda's The Borrower Arrietty work he also reviewed recently (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=42858355&postcount=6330), this one as part of that series is still easily obtainable!
Damn right! The inspiration drawn from the Iblard world to achieve the 'Shizuku's fantasy tale scenes' on Whisper of the Heart was genius. And Mr. Miyazaki owe it greatly to Naohisa Inoue.Fuck yeah, Iblard Jikan is awesome. My current wallpaper came from there too.
The guy who made the paintings even has a gallery with some comments by himself.
But Aniplex Inc., appears to have money for everyone and everything. Their Unlimited 'Sakkan' Works plan, and renting whole studios to do their crunch-time tasks will be just the beginning!A1 is too busy using all their budget for the IM@S movie.