"... Yo vi en reino de olores
que presidía entre comunes flores
la deidad de la rosa;
y era su emperatriz por más hermosa..."
Segismundo (La vida es sueño)

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hs2 spoilers // AAAAAA DIRK AND LONGSTOCKINGS IN THE SAME PANEL SIRENS ARE GOING OFF IN MY HEAD YES YES YES !!!!!!!! SHUT UP THIS IS ALL I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT FOR A WEEK !!!!!!!!!

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Yadosagashi (Looking For a Home), Hayao Miyazaki's 2006 Museum short film. Its visual style is similar to Ponyo and the soundtrack is entirely composed of human-voiced audio effects. The girl, of course, resembles Pippi Longstockings with her red pigtails.

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Here are some pages from Hayao Miyazaki's 1982 book Image Boards. This picture book features early production illustrations from Pippi Longstockings, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke and more. It's a terrific document of the artist & deserves 2B published in the West.

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Hayao Miyazaki Image Boards, a 1983 book of production artwork intended for various projects that were never completed. Includes the original Princess Mononoke & Pippi Longstockings storyboards.

Hard to believe none of these anime ideas could find funding back then.

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