The Art of The Secret World of Arrietty

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The latest Ghibli masterpiece of the imagination, brought to life with sketches and stills from Arrietty.

Co-founded by the legendary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli films have enthralled and enchanted audiences across the world.The Art ofseries gives fans the opportunity to follow their favorite film from initial concept to the silver screen, thanks to hundreds of sketches, concept drawings, and animation cels, plus in-depth interviews with the creators.

Author Bio

Born in 1973 in Ishikawa-ken, Japan, Hiromasa Yonebayashi studied Commercial Design at the Kanazawa College of Art. In 1996 Yonebayashi joined Studio Ghibli and worked as an in-between animator onPrincess Mononoke(1997) andMy Neighbors the Yamadas(1999), and as Key Animator forSpirited Away(2001), The GHIBLIES Episode 2 (2002),Howls Moving Castle(2004), andPonyo(2008). He was also the Assistant Supervising Animator forTales from Earthsea(2006).

Yonebayashi has also worked on short films for the Ghibli Museum, Mitaka. He was the Director of Animation for the Mei and the Baby Cat Bus (2002), the Supervising Animator for Imaginary Flying Machines (2002), and also storyboarded and directed Evolution (2008), a short film documenting the Films Go Round exhibit.

Yonebayashi made his debut as the director of a feature-length animated film with Studio Ghibli's productionArrietty. AfterArrietty,Yonebayashi directed another Ghibli movie,When Marnie Was There(2014), then left the studio and made Mary and the Witchs Flowerfor Studio Ponoc.