The Man Who Leapt Through Film: The Art of Mamoru Hosoda (Hardcover)

The Man Who Leapt Through Film: The Art of Mamoru Hosoda By Charles Solomon, Mamoru Hosoda (Illustrator), Don Hahn (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Charles Solomon, Mamoru Hosoda (Illustrator), Don Hahn (Foreword by)
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An illustrated overview of writer/director/animator Mamoru Hosoda’s Academy Award–nominated movies and career, including previously unpublished storyboards, background paintings, character designs, and concept art
 
Foreword by Don Hahn
 
Journey into the mind and creative process of one of the most celebrated anime directors working today with The Man Who Leapt Through Film: The Art of Mamoru Hosoda. Written by renowned animation critic and historian Charles Solomon (The Art of WolfWalkers) and featuring exclusive interviews alongside hundreds of never-before-seen sketches, storyboards, background paintings, character designs, and concept art, this is the ultimate companion piece to Hosoda’s work.
 
Writer/director/animator Mamoru Hosoda’s work includes Belle (2021), the Academy Award–nominated Mirai (2018); The Boy and the Beast (2015); Wolf Children (2012); Summer Wars (2009); and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006). He is the cofounder of Studio Chizu, one of Japan’s premier animation studios.

About the Author


Charles Solomon is the author of more than a dozen books on the art and making of animated films and television specials. His recent credits include The Art of WolfWalkers (Abrams, 2020), The Art of Toy Story 3, The Art and Making of Peanuts Animation, The Art of Frozen, and the Song of the Sea Artbook, which he wrote in collaboration with Cartoon Saloon cofounder Tomm Moore. Solomon lives in Los Angeles.
Product Details
ISBN: 9781419753725
ISBN-10: 141975372X
Publisher: Abrams
Publication Date: August 16th, 2022
Pages: 272
Language: English