Reddit reviews Turning Point, 1997-2008

Starting Point 1979-1996

Turning Point 1997-2008

There's no third book unfortunately. I don't know if that means that his notes for the Wind Rises are too lacking or classified, or whether the notes for his final films will be published once he passes away.

I am unfamiliar with this quote, but as a shameless plug of my own post on this subreddit: you should check out the book Turning Point.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1421560909?pc_redir=1398692899&robot_redir=1

It is basically a book of all the essays, interviews, and more of and by Hayao Miyazaki and I'm more than sure what you're looking for would be in there.

Sorry if it's not much help to your question and that I don't have an answer, though, but who knows, maybe it could still help? Also, I'm very excited as I just now found out it was released in English and am sharing my discovery with anyone who may care or will listen haha.

Ghibli Wiki

description of doco from era

Excerpts from the Art of Ghibli books regarding use of CGI

Turning Point - book of interviews and essays

As much as I would love to think he's going to make at least one more film, judging by these lines (which were repeated at least once more during throughout the movie) from Kaze Tachinu, I'd say that he probably won't.

Then again, Princess Mononoke was at one point also supposed to be his last film and we ended up getting many more! Perhaps we could see some more manga from him (dreams naïvely, looking at her Nausicaä omnibi)

For now, though, I'm planning on buying the two recently released biographical books about Miyazaki, Starting Point and Turning Point.

If it makes you feel any better, they're Hayao Miyazaki's stupid thoughts as well.

"Lord of the Rings an example of a film that shows that sort of thing [killing] with no qualms at all. If you read the original novels you can also tell that the people being killed are really Asians and Africans. And I think the people who don't understand that, who go around saying how much they like 'fantasy works,' are really idiots." (Turning Point, pgs. 287-288)

(Man is that a quote I never thought I'd get the chance to use)

Perhaps you don't know, but Miyazaki has written two books on exactly what you're asking about. Those would be a great place to start when researching Ghibli and Miyazaki's style.

Starting Point (1979-1996)

Turning Point (1997-2008)

I haven't read the second one, because it doesn't release in English for a few weeks, but I have read the first one. It would definitely help with any paper you would want to write on Ghibli/Miyazaki. I'll answer your questions myself in a different post, once I ponder my answers a bit.

Along with what everyone else mentioned, there's Starting Point and Turning Point, two books the chronicle the behind the scenes and insight into Miyazaki movies. It's pretty much what you're looking for.

On a different note, The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness is a documentary following the development of The Wind Rises. It was released it Japan, and coming to the US. I'm super excited for this one!