Go Behind the Scenes of One of Anime’s Most Talented Moviemakers in This Stunning New Artbook

From The lady friend Who Leapt Through Time toBelle , from Summer Wars to Wolf Children , Studio Chizu co - founderMamoru Hosodahas craft some arresting recreate flick in his long vocation . Now , a newartbooktakes a face at the process behind bringing those movies to life .

io9 has got a look inside Abrams ’ new artbook The Man Who leap Through Film : The Art of Mamoru Hosoda . indite by animation historian Charles Solomon , the book focuses on Hosoda ’s vocation through a series of interviews provide perceptiveness on the creative process for each of his films , alongside never - before seen construct art , storyboards , background illustration , and type design .

Click through to see an undivided first look at some of the Holy Writ ’s former art from the qualification of two Hosoda classics—2012 ’s Wolf Children and 2009 ’s Summer Wars — as well as more art from the book , include an early conception for the digital champion of Hosoda ’s latest flick , the internet - fantasy Belle .