Sweet documentary on the inspiration of the painted landscapes of Ghibli films, in particular “Ponyo on the Cliff”, “My Neighbor Totoro, ” “Princess Mononoke” and “Spirited Away”. You can find the other parts here. Apologies to those who don’t understand Japanese! :S

Check it out! Not to be missed for those lucky New York Residents.

A month or so ago, a good friend of mine managed to grab me this. Its an art-book published specifically for the Studio Ghibli Layout Designs Exhibition. Quite a rare book and it contains very inspirational layout drawings by Miyazaki and Takahata. Great for the aspiring hand drawn animator! There some more images here and here.