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Starting Point: 1979-1996 |  | Author: Hayao Miyazaki
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
List Price: $29.99
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 18896
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 500
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.7
ISBN: 1421505940
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.430233092
EAN: 9781421505947
ASIN: 1421505940
Publication Date: August 4, 2009
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R to L (Japanese Style). A hefty compilation of essays (both pictorial and prose), notes, concept sketches and interviews by (and with) Hayao Miyazaki. Arguably the most respected animation director in the world, Miyazaki is the genius behind "Howl's Moving Castle," Princess Mononoke" and the Academy Award-winning film, "Spirited Away."
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A great, complex read September 15, 2009
Christian Jaeschke (Australia)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Starting Point: 1979-1996 is an amazing book. It's a heavy read, with essays covering everything from Miyazaki's works, to philosophy and religion, Japanese economy and the life of an animator and so much more. I found it a contradictory, frustrating and often pessimistic read but also to be incredibly fascinating and honest. It adds a whole new dimension to the man we know in Miyazaki. He's a genius as an animator but it seems he must be a terribly unfulfilled person in real life (he missed much of his children's lives due to his workaholic attitude). The book could do with some more pictures and maybe more information on his Nausicaa manga but otherwise it's a brilliant, if not always a happy read. I hope Viz Media release the sequel - Turning Point: 1997-2008, sometime in the near future. Highly recommended for Miyazaki fans. 5/5
Great insight into the mind of a master August 25, 2009
Jacob A. Stevens (Tucson, AZ)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I love reading stuff like this. It's great to get a glimpse into the workings of a genius mind. This extensive collection of essays and interviews covers a timeframe up to just before Mononoke was released.
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