Books
Since 1999, Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli have been the subject of over 20 full-length books. All are collected on this page, and it will be updated as any new titles are published.
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2023 - Rayna Denison
Studio Ghibli: An Industrial History
Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan
2022 - Michael Leader & Jake Cunningham
Ghibliotheque: The Unofficial Guide to the Movies of Studio Ghibli
London: Wellbeck
2022 - Deborah Scally
Miyazaki and the Hero's Journey
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co.
2021 - Alex Dudok de Wit
BFI Film Classics: Grave of the Fireflies
London: Bloomsbury Publishing
2020 - Steve Alpert
Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man: 15 Years at Studio Ghibli
Albany, CA: Stone Bridge Press
2020 - Andrew Osmond
BFI Film Classics: Spirited Away (2020 ed.)
London: Bloomsbury Publishing
2019 - Colin Odell & Michelle Le Blanc
Studio Ghibli: The Films of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, Third Edition
Harpenden, UK: Kamera Books
2018 - Rayna Denison (editor)
Princess Mononoke:
Understanding Studio Ghibli's
Monster Princess
New York: Bloomsbury Academic
2018 - Raz Greenberg
Hayao Miyazaki: Exploring the Early Work of Japan's Greatest Animator
New York: Bloomsbury Academic
2016 - Eric Reinders
The Moral Narratives of Hayao Miyazaki
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co.
2016 - Michael Lucken
Imitation and Creativity in Japanese Arts:
From Kishida Ryusei to Miyazaki Hayaho
New York: Columbia University Press
2015 - Colin Odell & Michele Le Blanc
Studio Ghibl: The Films of Hayao Miyazak and Isao Takahata, Revised & Updated
Harpenden, United Kingdom: Kamera Books
2015 - Dani Cavallaro
Hayao Miyazaki's World Picture
Jefferson, NC: McFadden & Co.
2015 - Dani Cavallaro
The Late Works of Hayao Miyazaki:
A Critical Study
Jefferson, NC: McFadden & Co.
2014 - Eriko Ogihara-Schuck
The Reception of Japanese Religious Themes by American and German Audiences
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co.
2009 - Colin Odell & Michele Le Blanc
Studio Ghibli: The Films of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata
Harpenden, United Kingdom: Kamera Books
2008 - Andrew Osmond
BFI Film Classics: Spirited Away
New York: Palgrave Macmillan
2005 - Susan Napier
Anime From Akira to Howl's Moving Castle: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation, Updated Edition
New York: Palgrave Macmillan
2001 - Susan Napier
Anime From Akira to Princess Mononoke: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation
New York: Palgrave Macmillan
1999 - Helen McCarthy
Hayao Miyazaki, Master of Japanese Animation: Films, Themes, Artistry
Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press