The Man Who Leapt Through Film

The Art Of Mamoru Hosoda

WRITTEN BY CHARLES SOLOMON. FOREWORD BY DON HAHN.

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overview of writer/director/animator Mamoru Hosoda's Academy Award–nominated movies and career, including previously unpublished storyboards, background paintings, character designs, and concept art

FOREIGN RIGHTS SOLD

French (Huginn & Muninn) Japanese (Graphic-sha)

Selling Points

UNIQUE IN THE MARKET: This direct collaboration among Studio Chizu, Hosoda, and author Charles Solomon (The Art of WolfWalkers) is a well–researched and beautifully illustrated survey of the complete works of one of anime’s most celebrated directors.

CONCEPT ART PORTFOLIO: Featuring hundreds of never–before–seen sketches, storyboards, and background paintings from Mirai, The Boy and the Beast, Wolf Children, Summer Wars, and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

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overview of writer/director/animator Mamoru Hosoda's Academy Award–nominated movies and career, including previously unpublished storyboards, background paintings, character designs, and concept art

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, Abrams 2020) 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.

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.

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED: Hosoda is among the most well–known and respected contemporary anime directors, and this book will give insight into his creative process, as well as into the development of some of the most beloved anime films and series of the new millennium.

NEW MOVIE: The book is timed to the release of Hosoda’s new, currently untitled feature film, which is tentatively scheduled for release in North America in November 2021.

SPECIFICATIONS

*350 color illustrations

* 272 pages

* WIDTH: 10" - 254mm

* HEIGHT: 12" - 305mm

* Hardcover POB

PUB MONTH: AUGUST 2022

ENTERTAINMENT, POP CULTURE, ART, DESIGN

ISBN 978-1-4197-5372-5 US $40.00