9.2 /10 1 Votes
Original title ジアート 風の谷のナウシカ宮崎駿水彩画集 Language Japanese Media type Print (Hardcover) Publisher Tokuma Shoten | 4.6/5 Goodreads Country Japan Publication date July 31, 1996 Originally published 31 July 1996 Genre Illustration Illustrator Hayao Miyazaki | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Subject Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Followed by Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind: Part 2, book four Similar Hayao Miyazaki books, Other books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Art of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind: Watercolor Impressions (Japanese: ジアート 風の谷のナウシカ宮崎駿水彩画集, Hepburn: Jaito Kaze no Tani no Naushika Miyazaki Shun Suisai Gashū) is a 1996 artbook, written and illustrated by Hayao Miyazaki, containing the original watercolor illustrations that were concept sketches used by the Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind manga and its film. Tokuma Shoten first released the artbook on July 31, 1996. The artbook was licensed for a North American release by Viz Media, which released the book on November 6, 2007. It was also licensed in Australasia by Madman Entertainment and in France by Glénat as Nausicaä - Recueil D'aquarelles (French: Nausicaä: Collection of Watercolors).
Reception
Comic Book Bin's Leeroy Douresseaux commends "Miyazaki's imagination as bountiful, prodigious, and maybe even protean." He further commends the commentary that accompanies the pictures for providing "humor and insight". About.com's Deb Aoki commends the book as "gorgeous, full-color illustrations by the modern master of animation". PopCultureShock's Katherine Dacey comments on the book with "while readers may not learn much from Miyazaki’s commentary (he spends a great deal of time disavowing his work), they will develop a greater appreciation for his creative process by studying the rough paintings and quick sketches at the back of the volume, which show many of the characters and creatures of Nausicaa in embryonic form."