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Studio Ghibli Castle in the Sky Sketchbook

By Studio Ghibli
Series: Studio Ghibli
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Take your artwork to new heights with this sketchbook celebrating Castle in the Sky, Studio Ghibli’s spellbinding tale about a boy and a girl and their high-flying quest to find the legendary floating castle, Laputa. This on... Read More
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Take your artwork to new heights with this sketchbook celebrating Castle in the Sky, Studio Ghibli’s spellbinding tale about a boy and a girl and their high-flying quest to find the legendary floating castle, Laputa.

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Take your artwork to new heights with this sketchbook celebrating Castle in the Sky, Studio Ghibli’s spellbinding tale about a boy and a girl and their high-flying quest to find the legendary floating castle, Laputa.

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Book Details

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ISBN: 9781797235448

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Format: Notebook / blank book

Date Published: 14 August 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Chronicle Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 513g

Pages: 128

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Studio Ghibli is a Tokyo-based animation film studio founded in 1985 by directors Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki. The studio has produced more than twenty feature-length films, many of which have garnered numerous awards and critical acclaim, including

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