On November 17th The Collected Works of Hayao Miyazaki will be made available in North America exclusively on Amazon and it looks pretty amazing. Hayao Miyazaki is an animator, writer and director who has mostly retired from his position at Studio Ghibli.
The Oscar winning director has an entire collection celebrating his efforts at Studio Ghibli, there's only one drawback – there's no listed price. Check out the films that come with the collection, as well as the extra goodies (Lupin the Third!!):
- Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
- Castle in the Sky
- My Neighbor Totoro
- Kiki’s Delivery Service
- Porco Rosso
- Princess Mononoke
- Spirited Away
- Howl’s Moving Castle
- Ponyo
- The Wind Rises
On top of those amazing animated films, you get even more goodies:
- Yuki no Taiyo (Yuki’s Sun) — a 1972 television pilot based on a manga by Tetsuya Chiba that was directed, storyboarded and animated by Hayao Miyazaki.
- Episodes 26, 27, and 41 of the 1972 anime series Akado Suzunosuk (Little Samurai), featuring storyboards by the filmmaker.
- Uncut version of Miyazaki’s Retirement Press Conference
- The Great Dichotomy: Looking at the Works of Hayao Miyazakiby Tomohiro Machiyama (book), which “explores the themes and techniques of this revered Japanese filmmaker, and selected text from Hayao Miyazaki’s initial notes and creative proposals for the production of each film.”
