Hayao Miyazaki: A Retrospective Collection, 1979-1996

Morgan SnowMorgan Snow: Wasn’t expecting it to be so THICC, only more book for me to love

United States on Jul 30, 2023

John R: El libro llegó rápido, y en buen estado. Es un buen libro donde se comenta los detalles de las películas de Hayao miyasaki desde el punto de vista de alguien que estuvo cerca en diferentes etapas. El libro viene en inglés.

Mexico on Jul 19, 2023

Good book if you’re at all interested in Miyazaki’s works and just animation in general. Beautifully written essays, amazing film ideas, stories, scenarios; it’s a great read from a truly brilliant mind, translated by other brilliant minds : It’s good.

United States on Jun 02, 2023

Frivolo: 500 pagine di interviste, pensieri e qualche bozzetto di Miyazaki. Consigliato per chiunque voglia approfondire il maestro dello Studio Ghibli.

Italy on May 27, 2023

stef11: Buch für Fans und Interessierte. Als Geschenk hat es gut gepasst und war pünktlich da.

Germany on Feb 27, 2023

Angelica: O livro tem boa qualidade da impressão (folhas). Foi presente, não consigo avaliar no quesito conteúdo.

Brazil on Jan 17, 2023

Christian Valenzuela : Exactly what I wanted

United States on Nov 10, 2022

Prime customerPrime customer: I just started reading, it will be guiding book for all the artist who wants to be a professional.

India on Nov 08, 2021

Johanna: I bought Starting Point at the beginning of this year as material for a research paper I was writing on three of Hayao Miyazaki's films. Since then, I have read the entire thing and reread multiple portions of this extraordinary book. It became an invaluable resource for me as I wrote my paper, but it was also a very enjoyable and personal book. Over the course of the weeks it took me to finish it, I felt like I actually got to know Hayao Miyazaki. As I told several people, Starting Point is definitely the best book I have purchased in a very long time, and so far it is the best thing I have read this year. With all the wonderful essays, interviews, directorial memos, and even drawings it contains, I'm surprised there hasn't been more hype about it. It is an absolute must-read for any Miyazaki fan. I can't believe we had to wait more than fifteen years for this book to be translated and published in the United States (it was first published in Japan in 1996).

The book, which is nearly 500 pages long, has been divided into several parts and includes a foreword by John Lasseter (director of Toy Story) and an afterword by Isao Takahata (director of...

United States on Mar 31, 2012

klo_dude: Hayao Miyazaki is considered one of the best directors of animation history.
That easily is the best reason of why to buy this book. Covering the sursprisingly amount of 500 pages, Starting Point (in a beatiful edition by Viz Media) icludes not only all the essays and commentaries written by Miyazaki between 1979 and 1996, but also integrates a lot of skecthes, cartoons and rare drawings of the famous director. Not only that, but the biggest catch of the book is discovering that Miyazaki, as what it is (a genius), it's also a complex individual and a likeable writer. His opinions included in this book, cover a wide variety of topics: the history of Japan, animation principles, evolution of the anime industry, his personal life, opinions of society, ecology, war and even life.

Starting Point is a provoking and complex read. The opinions of Miyazaki may come as overly extreme or controversial, but in his broad vision of the world is clear that he makes his animated movies with passion and care for the children (which are his intended audience). Viz Media deserves a price for this hardcover edition, the design and quality is top-notch and includes a brief,...

United States on Jan 29, 2010