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Princess Mononoke: The First Story

By Hayao Miyazaki
Series: Princess Mononoke
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Princess Mononoke: The First Story presents the original tale conceived by Hayao Miyazaki in 1980, preceding his acclaimed animated film by seventeen years. This oversized, lavishly illustrated storybook features Miyazaki's original watercolour art and offers a fresh perspective on the narrative. It follows a samurai who, after a long and exhausting war, becomes lost in a forest and encounters a giant wildcat, a mononoke. The beast saves his life, but demands the samurai's daughter's hand in marriage as payment.
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An oversized, lavishly illustrated storybook featuring original watercolour art by legendary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki!

This is the original Princess Mononoke: The First Story, created by Hayao Miyazaki in 1980 while he was first conceptualising the landmark animated film that would be released to universal acclaim seventeen years later. As an initial version of the tale, it offers a new and different perspective from the final version presented in the film.

After a long, exhausting war, a samurai lost in a forest encounters a giant wildcat—a mononoke. The beast saves his life, but at the price of his daughter's hand in marriage...

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781421575865

Publisher: Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 20 November 2014

Country: United States

Imprint: Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 295.0mm

Height: 295.0mm

Weight: 1037g

Pages: 104

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Arts & Culture Hayao Miyazaki Non-Fiction Series: Princess Mononoke

About the Author

Hayao Miyazaki is one of Japan’s most beloved animation directors. In 2005 he was awarded the Venice International Film Festival’s Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement, and his Studio Ghibli received the festival’s Osella Award for overall achievement in 2004. Miyazaki’s films include Spirited Away, winner of the 2002 Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature Film, as well as Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle, and Ponyo, all of which have received great acclaim in the U.S. Miyazaki’s other achievements include the highly regarded manga series Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and Starting Point: 1979-1996, a collection of essays, interviews, and memoirs that chronicle his early career and the development of his theories of animation. Both are published in English by VIZ Media.

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