Splendor Is at the Heart of the Backgrounds
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| Original title (if not in English) | 山本二三 画文集 輝きは背景の奥に (Yamamoto Nizou Gabunshuu Kagayaki wa Haikei no Oku ni) |
| Illustrator | Nizō Yamamoto |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Publisher | Takahata-Miyazaki Works Laboratory |
| Released | 15 August 2000 |
| Pages | 204 (16 color) |
| Size and weight | B5 |
| ISBN | None |
Original Price: ¥2000 (tax included)
Note: A collection of background artwork by Nizō Yamamoto published with the cooperation of Studio Ghibli by the Takahata-Miyazaki Works Laboratory (a fan organization in Japan). The book is not available through regular bookstores, so it must ordered directly from the group by visiting their website. Size B5, 204 pages (16 color).
- Color prints (pp.1-16)
- Monochrome sketches (pp.17-80)
- Photo album covering his life (pp.81-85)
- Autobiographical essay (pp.86-107)
- Brief history of Yamamoto (pp.108-126)
- Conversation with Kazuo Oga and Yamamoto (pp.128-143)
- Notes about Yamamoto's animation art from Isao Takahata, Kimio Yabuki, Yoichi Kotabe, Toshio Suzuki, Mukuo Takamura, Isamu Tsuchida, Toshiyuki Koseki, Yuji Ideda, Kazuo Oga, Hiroshi Ohno, Toshiharu Mizutani, Kokukou Chou, Seiki Tamura, Kazuhide Tomonaga, Masashi Andō, Megumu Ishiguro, Akihiko Takadera, Tsukasa Sunaga, Takeshi Seyama, Atsuko Ohtani, Emiko Okada, Yoko Gomi, Toru Nozaki, Ilan Nguyen, and Nanao Itoh (pp.144-171)
- Long interview with Mutsuo Koseki (pp.172-181)
- Long interview with Jun'ichi Taniguchi (pp.182-192)
- List of Yamamoto-related publications (pp.194-199)
- Staff listings and Filmography (pp.200-202)
- Afterword by Yamamoto (p.203)
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