# The Art of the Secret World of Arrietty - Hardcover

by **Hiromasa Yonebayashi** (Author)

**The latest Ghibli masterpiece of the imagination, brought to life with sketches and stills from Arrietty.**

Co-founded by the legendary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli films have enthralled and enchanted audiences across the world. _The Art of_ series gives fans the opportunity to follow their favorite film from initial concept to the silver screen, thanks to hundreds of sketches, concept drawings, and animation cels, plus in-depth interviews with the creators.

### Author Biography

Born in 1973 in Ishikawa-ken, Japan, Hiromasa Yonebayashi studied Commercial Design at the Kanazawa College of Art. In 1996 Yonebayashi joined Studio Ghibli and worked as an "in-between" animator on _Princess Mononoke_ (1997) and _My Neighbors the Yamadas_ (1999), and as Key Animator for _Spirited Away_ (2001), "The GHIBLIES Episode 2" (2002), _Howl's Moving Castle_ (2004), and _Ponyo_ (2008). He was also the Assistant Supervising Animator for _Tales from Earthsea_ (2006).

Yonebayashi has also worked on short films for the Ghibli Museum, Mitaka. He was the Director of Animation for the "Mei and the Baby Cat Bus" (2002), the Supervising Animator for "Imaginary Flying Machines" (2002), and also storyboarded and directed "Evolution" (2008), a short film documenting the "Films Go Round" exhibit.

Yonebayashi made his debut as the director of a feature-length animated film with Studio Ghibli's production _Arrietty_. After _Arrietty,_ Yonebayashi directed another Ghibli movie, _When Marnie Was There_ (2014), then left the studio and made _Mary and the Witch's Flower_ for Studio Ponoc.

**Number of Pages:** 248

**Dimensions:** 0.9 x 11.7 x 8.6 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** March 06, 2018

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