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My translation of Hayao Miyazaki's SHUNA'S JOURNEY is released today by @01FirstSecond. It's possibly his most mysterious tale, set in one of his most beautiful worlds, and in this newly enlarged format it looks glorious ❤️🔥
The opening pages of my translation of SHUNA'S JOURNEY, Hayao Miyazaki's great graphic novel of 1983, can now be viewed on our publisher @MacmillanUSA's site (click on "Take a Look Inside!"). Book out Nov 1. https://t.co/eWCsIIhrnX
I don't think many animation fans realise just what a trove the @thenfb website is. Michèle Lemieux, Paul Driessen, Clorinda Warny, Norman McLaren: masters like these are there, their films streaming for free, for good
SHUNA also prefigures other Studio Ghibli films, including PRINCESS MONONOKE (which borrows visual and narrative ideas from it) and Goro Miyazaki's TALES FROM EARTHSEA (which is explicitly based in part on the book). (3/4)
The book isn't so much a manga as an emonogatari (illustrated story), with all-watercolour images and text mostly presented as captions. It is based on a Tibetan folk tale, and the fantastical pseudo-Central Asian setting has a lot in common with the world of NAUSICAÄ. (2/4)
At @londonanimation on Saturday, come hear me chat to genius animation filmmakers Sarina Nihei and Atsushi Wada about conspiracies, comic timing, and the joy of doing sit-ups into a dog's flank. It's at 1pm, it's online, it's free. https://t.co/OW8StbNKaT
There's a beautiful bit of counter-programming in UK cinemas now: AWAY, a small, epic animated feature that reminded me of Spielberg's DUEL, Hergé's TINTIN IN TIBET and the video game ICO all at once. I reviewed it for @SightSoundmag: https://t.co/Bf9UGUIunl
Catching up with Chris Ware's RUSTY BROWN. For a comic in which every character is permanently 😟, it's so vast and surprising in its emotional range