Finished animation cels from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), dir. Hayao Miyazaki, Topcraft

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2020-08-04

Mid-1980s anime posters:

Castle in the Sky (1986), dir. Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli
Barefoot Gen 2 (1986), dir. Toshio Hirata, Madhouse
The Star of Cottonland (1984), dir. Shinichi Tsuji, Mushi Production
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), dir. Hayao Miyazaki, Topcraft

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2020-06-29

Concept art by Hayao Miyazaki for Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), dir. Hayao Miyazaki, Topcraft

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2020-05-15

Concept art from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (風の谷のナウシカ, 1984, Topcraft, Toei Company, Art director Nakamura Mitsuki) :

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2020-05-12

Finished animation cels from The Last Unicorn (1982), dir. Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass, Rankin/Bass Productions

Animation for this film was outsourced to Topcraft in Japan, a studio that later produced Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and formed the basis of Studio Ghibli

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2020-04-15

Panorama from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (風の谷のナウシカ, 1984, Topcraft, Toei Company, Art director Nakamura Mitsuki) :

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2020-02-15

Finished animation cels from The Last Unicorn (1982), dir. Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass

As with many of their films, Rankin-Bass outsourced animation of The Last Unicorn to Topcraft, a Japanese studio behind projects like Maya the Bee and Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

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2020-01-21

Finished animation cels from The Last Unicorn (1982), dir. Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass

This classic film was animated in Japan by Topcraft, better known for animating Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind a few years later

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2019-11-02

Backgrounds from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (風の谷のナウシカ, 1984, Topcraft, Toei Company) :

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2018-03-15