An illustrated overview of writer/director/animator Mamoru Hosodas Academy Awardnominated movies and career, including previously unpublished storyboards, background paintings, character designs, and concept art

Foreword by Don Hahn

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) 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 Hosodas work.

Writer/director/animator Mamoru Hosodas work includes Belle (2021), the Academy Awardnominated 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 Japans premier animation studios.