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Castle in the Sky, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Anime Art Director Offers Art Book, Signed Prints
posted on by Jennifer Sherman
Art director Magnetic Rose. The Yamamoto Nizo Hyakkei (100 Views of Nizo Yamamoto) are collection will offer an overview of his background art and other contributions to anime when it ships this fall.
The book highlights background art for films Yamamoto served as art director for, including Grave of the Fireflies, as well as image boards for the latter film.
The book is available by itself, but Amazon is also offering sets that include an art print signed by Yamamoto with a serial number. The reproduction art offered in the sets is either Yamamoto's "Umibe no Shōjo" (Girl by the Seaside) painting created specifically for the set, a scene from Castle in the Sky, or a "Fumikiri" (Railroad Crossing) design image for The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.
Amazon is accepting pre-orders for all four items until September 2, and the retailer will only offer a total of 1,000 items. The book alone costs 12,960 yen ($117). Each book and art set has a different price; the "Umibe no Shōjo" set costs 21,600 yen ($195), the Castle in the Sky set costs 108,000 yen ($976), and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time set costs 54,000 yen ($488). Orders will be delivered on October 31.
Sources: Amazon.co.jp, Comic Natalie
