#Studio Ghibli Background Art Book Goes on Sale in January 2025

A Studio Ghibli background art book, titled Painting the Worlds of Studio Ghibli (Studio Ghibli no Bijutsu), will become available on January 22, 2025 JST.

844 pieces of artwork have been fitted into the 568-page hardcover tome. At the end is an interview with Yoji Takeshige, who has art director credits on films like Spirited Away, Tales from Earthsea, Summer Wars, The Wind Rises, and The Boy and the Heron. Takeshige supervised the collection.  

The titles featured in the book include:

• 1984’s Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
• 1986’s Laputa: Castle in the Sky
• 1998’s My Neighbor Totoro
• 1988’s Grave of the Fireflies
• 1989’s Kiki’s Delivery Service
• 1991’s Only Yesterday
• 1992’s Porco Rosso
• 1993’s Ocean Waves
• 1994’s Pom Poko
• 1995’s Whisper of the Heart
• 1995’s On Your Mark
• 1997’s Princess Mononoke
• 1999’s My Neighbors the Yamadas
• 2001’s Spirited Away
• 2002’S The Cat Returns
• 2002’s Ghiblies episode 2
• 2004’s Howl’s Moving Castle
• 2006’s Tales from Earthsea
• 2008’s Ponyo
• 2010’s The Secret World of Arrietty 
• 2011’s From Up on Poppy Hill
• 2013’s The Wind Rises
• 2013’s The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
• 2014’s When Marine Was There
• 2016’s The Red Turtle
• 2020’s Earwig and the Witch
• 2023’s The Boy and the Heron

Amazon Japan lists a price of 13,200 yen (~US$87.98) for Painting the Worlds of Studio Ghibli.

Source: Amazon Japan (via @ghiblimamire)