Ghibli: A crazy anecdote that changed Mamoru Hosoda’s career

Mauro Hosoda, considered a worthy successor to Maestro Hayao Miyazaki, is undoubtedly the new master of Japanese animated film along with Makoto Shinkai.

Co-founder of Chizu, one of the largest studios in Japan, winner of numerous awards around the world, this distinguished screenwriter, animator and director reveals himself like never before.The whole art of Mamoru HosodaThe book was published on June 17.

Exclusive interviews, including hundreds of unpublished pictures (preparatory sketches, stories, background pictures, etc.).

Discover Time (2006), Summer Wars (2009), Wolf Kids (2012), Boy and the Beast (2015), Mirai, My Little Sister (2008) and Bell (2021) and many more works thanks to this true journey in the human spirit, Which revived life.

Who is the author of the book?

Charles Solomon is a renowned animated critic and historian. In Huginn & Muninn he is also an author Beauty and the Beast, the eternal history of the masterpiece, Disney Princesses, the stories and fortunes of the greatest heroes And Behind the Scenes of Disney: Frozen.

• A special iconography that takes the reader behind the scenes of the director’s 8 films.
• Mamoru Osoda has an impressive list of awards: Mirai, My Little One, and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2019; His five films won the Japan Academy Award for Best Animated Feature; Children of Wolves won the Mainich Award for Best Animated Feature Artist …
• Foreword by Don Hahn, director, producer and Disney screenwriter

A crazy anecdote

In the book, the author gives us a delicious anecdote that changed Mamoru Hosoda’s career!

In the early 2000s, the artist’s talent resonated with the offices of Studio Ghibli and certain Hayao Miyazaki.

A well-known Japanese animation firm has offered a film director to shoot his first major studio film: Howl’s Moving Castle!

Mamoru Hosoda then starts working. Unfortunately, the artistic differences between the director and the founders of Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takakhata, are quickly felt.

Hosoda criticizes two legends of Japanese animation for limiting his imagination and sensitivity. Very quickly, the filmmaker realizes that he will not be able to express himself the way he wants inside the gibberish.

The heart-sick Japanese decided to close the studio door and leave Howe’s moving castle for Miyazaki.

Mamoru Hosoda then returns to Toei to shoot One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island. After this experience he founded his own animation studio Chizu and staged his first entirely personal work: La Traversée du temps (2006).

“Rejecting Howl’s Moving Castle and returning to Toi was a rather painful experience. The fact that the project, which had been given the green light, failed to materialize was a great failure for me.”Explains the director, quoted The whole art of Mamoru Hosoda.

“But part of me always wanted to make movies. The next day, if the bus hit me, I would have a hard time dying without making a single feature film.”He trusts.

Eventually, this failure of Jebli fueled his career and allowed him to regain it without defeat. In the process, he set up his own studio with the success we know.

Her latest film Belle was released in theaters on December 29th. It will be released on Blu-ray / DVD on June 29.

As for the book The whole art of Mamoru HosodaIt is already for sale.

• Title: The whole art of Mamoru Hosoda
• Author: Charles Solomon
• Translator: Jerome Vicky
• Release Date: 24.06.2022
• Format: 260 x 312 mm
• Number of pages: 272
• Price: € 34.95