Makoto Shinkai’s *Weathering With You* Art Book
Product Description
Discover over 240 breathtaking background artworks from the award-winning feature animation Weathering With You, directed by Makoto Shinkai, winner of the Best Animation Award at the 43rd Japan Academy Prize. This art book, Makoto Shinkai Weathering With You Artworks, is a rare collection that captures the film’s richly detailed visual world.
From ever-changing views of Tokyo under sun and rain to dramatic cityscapes, clouds, and sky, the book presents more than 240 background pieces organized into 14 themes, including “Sunny Tokyo,” “Rainy Tokyo,” “Abandoned Building,” “Hina’s Apartment,” “Shrine,” “Alleys,” “Clouds and Sky,” and “Several Years Later.” Each section features staff comments that reveal the passion and intent behind scenes that often flash by in an instant on screen.
In addition to the artwork, the book includes an in-depth interview with director Makoto Shinkai about layouts and storyboards, a conversation with art director Hiroshi Takiguchi and painter Nizo Yamamoto (art director of Castle in the Sky), and interviews with assistant art directors Jo Watanabe and Yuna Murooka on art settings. A special section on pre-production showcases “art boards,” “color scripts,” “rough sketches,” and “3D models,” accompanied by detailed commentary from art director Hiroshi Takiguchi, offering a rare look into how the film’s astonishing backgrounds were created.
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Product Description
Discover over 240 breathtaking background artworks from the award-winning feature animation Weathering With You, directed by Makoto Shinkai, winner of the Best Animation Award at the 43rd Japan Academy Prize. This art book, Makoto Shinkai Weathering With You Artworks, is a rare collection that captures the film’s richly detailed visual world.
From ever-changing views of Tokyo under sun and rain to dramatic cityscapes, clouds, and sky, the book presents more than 240 background pieces organized into 14 themes, including “Sunny Tokyo,” “Rainy Tokyo,” “Abandoned Building,” “Hina’s Apartment,” “Shrine,” “Alleys,” “Clouds and Sky,” and “Several Years Later.” Each section features staff comments that reveal the passion and intent behind scenes that often flash by in an instant on screen.
In addition to the artwork, the book includes an in-depth interview with director Makoto Shinkai about layouts and storyboards, a conversation with art director Hiroshi Takiguchi and painter Nizo Yamamoto (art director of Castle in the Sky), and interviews with assistant art directors Jo Watanabe and Yuna Murooka on art settings. A special section on pre-production showcases “art boards,” “color scripts,” “rough sketches,” and “3D models,” accompanied by detailed commentary from art director Hiroshi Takiguchi, offering a rare look into how the film’s astonishing backgrounds were created.
