Directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli, the animated film Totoro has been popular around the world since its release in Japan on April 16, 1988. In 2018, "Totoro" was released in China after the 30th anniversary of its release, and thus set off a boom in revisiting Miyazaki's works.
On January 20, Mill Iron Books and Studio Ghibli planned and published the "Totoro Official Art Setting Collection", which not only contains more than 200 precious manuscripts of Hayao Miyazaki, but also shows the evolution of totoro in the ten years of creation and the interpretation of Totoro by Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli through undisclosed creative concepts and meticulous production details.
(Japanese) Hayao Miyazaki Works Translated by Hoshino Kong, Motie Books Beijing United Publishing Company, 2022.1, 168 yuan, hardcover
"Totoro Official Art Setting Collection" recreates miyazaki and his team's past "Totoro" creative experience, from creative ideas, animation techniques, to the love of the work, the pursuit of ideals, readers can find those easily overlooked details and hidden settings. Therefore, the book is an important cut-in for readers to understand the filmmaking of "Totoro", and it can be found why "Totoro" can become an eternal classic.
The Totoro Official Art Set is available to readers of the prototype of the first draft of Totoro. The classic animation image of Totoro has changed from the initial model to the official direction of the movie, and the story background and character setting have changed. Hayao Miyazaki's Totoro was born out of the picture books written by director Hayao Miyazaki in the animated film "Three Thousand Miles to Find a Mother" (1976), and the initial concept sketches drawn for the picture books were used in later films, and some were discarded. Therefore, the inclusion of the initial concept sketch also shows the reader another version of totoro that has never been seen before.
At the same time, the set set also includes story storyboard drawings, art sketches, celluloid paintings (celluloid is the material for making animation negatives, celluloid paintings are also synonymous with hand-drawn animation), setting sketches, scene designs and other information, and attached interview excerpts from Miyazaki hayao and art director Kazuo Oga published in "Romantic Album" and "Storyboard Collection", so that readers can better understand the production process and creative ideas of "Totoro".
The production team of "Totoro" has developed original animation technology. Tetsuya Endo, who works as a performance assistant in the film, also explains to the reader the choice of animation technology and its reasons. For example, the tadpole in the small puddle on the side of the stone that was frightened by Xiaomei used four colors, in order to make the water appear slightly turbid and added a slight double exposure effect, it took a whole month to make a shot, so that the photography (late animation) admired the masterpiece of "almost the same as the real shot". The use of Japanese characteristics and the balance of story and reality in "Totoro" also have valuable reference significance and reference value for animated film producers and enthusiasts.
In addition, in order to let readers know more about the behind-the-scenes story behind "Totoro", the final chapter of the art set set " Totoro Production Report" includes the self-statement of Hayao Miyazaki and the production team, the interview with the musician Hisaishi Jean who scored the soundtrack for Miyazaki's films, the working state and atmosphere of the "Totoro" team.
Nandu reporter Zhu Rongting intern Tan Wanying