Ghibli artbooks

Hello ppl,

I want to know the differences between a japanese original artbook (the art of laputa, the art of kiki, the art of....) and an artbook Chinese, and how to recognize them in sight of a purchase.


thanks to all

As far as I know, there is no official Chinese translations of these art books except Howl (and possibly Spirited Away, but I am not very sure). As for differentiating them, the easiest way is to check the back of the book to see if the price is marked in terms of yen (円). A Ghibli art book is usually around 2800 yen, though it can fluctuate over time and between different versions.

If you are worring about getting a bootleg artbook, AFAIK that there are only ones for Howl and Nausicaa (the water-colour collection), but I have never seen them in the web. There could be more of them, but I think it is by far much easier to locate an official version than a bootleg, due to the very low degree of availability of and demand for the latter.

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Are there Chinese version??? I’ve never heard of that.
As far as products of Ghibli, you should consider that most of those come from China and Caribbean Sea can be bootleg.
You can buy real ones at Amazon USA or Tokuma-Shoten (parent company of Ghibli).
Amazon Japan also sells it but Idon't know if they ship abroad.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=br_ss_hs/103...=13&Go.y=17
http://www.tokuma.jp/

thanks ppl,
on ebay usually there are arbootks coming from hong kong... so I've just think that they are not original from japan, as for DVD HK version.

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Originally posted by Kanta
Are there Chinese version??? I’ve never heard of that.
As far as products of Ghibli, you should consider that most of those come from China and Caribbean Sea can be bootleg.
You can buy real ones at Amazon USA or Tokuma-Shoten (parent company of Ghibli).
Amazon Japan also sells it but Idon't know if they ship abroad.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=br_ss_hs/103...=13&Go.y=17
http://www.tokuma.jp/

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Originally posted by Hyuma
thanks ppl,
on ebay usually there are arbootks coming from hong kong... so I've just think that they are not original from japan, as for DVD HK version.

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There are both official and bootleg HK products on ebay, just like the ebay products from all other countries. 2/3 of my DVDs are R3HK versions, still every single of them is officially licensed (IVL with license from Bunea Vista) . I have a HK version artbook of Howl as well. IMO it is a bit imprudent and ineffective to treat, in an overgeneralized and stereotypical manner, the regional source as the sole and authorative indicator of a product's legality (yet many anime fans blind themselves into believing such "rule of thumb" ) .

Maybe you can post the ebay link of the product for us to check?

Kanta's links to the trusted dealers are pretty useful too. Though I think you can probably get a bargain more easily from the your local Japanese hobby/book shops.

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On ebay nothing found from HK....
But I've found a good seller from Japan with original artbooks
....but they are so expensive.... O_O

look at:

http://stores.ebay.com/anime-artbooks_Gh...4QQftidZ2QQtZkm

Post last edited by Hyuma on 08.13.2006, 03:20 PM.

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　posted by Hyuma
On ebay nothing found from HK.... But I've found a good seller from Japan with original artbooks ....but they are so expensive.... O_O look at: http://stores.ebay.com/anime-artbooks_Gh...4QQftidZ2QQtZkm

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That’s too expensive!!! 50$ is about twice as official price in Japan.
In Amazon Japan, you can find cheaper used books, 12 to 18$.

Here there are all infos about artbooks founded on web. Next week I'll go to the local comics fair and I hope to found no bootleg version of these artbooks:


The Art of Nausicaä
Publisher: Tokuma Shoten
Date: 1984
ISBN: 4-19-814560-1
Price: ¥2524


The Art of Laputa
Publisher: Tokuma Shoten
Date: 30 November 1986
ISBN: 4-19-816610-2


The Art of Totoro
Author: Animage Editorial Staff
Publisher: Tokuma Shoten
Year: 1988
ISBN: 4-19-818580-8
Price: ¥2505


The Art of Kiki's Delivery Service
Author(s): Animage Editorial Staff
Publisher: Tokuma Shoten
Date: 1989
ISBN: 4-19-819110-7
Price: ¥2427


The Art of Porco Rosso
Author: Animage Editorial Staff
Publisher: Tokuma Shoten
Year: 1992
ISBN: --
Price: ¥2718


The Art of The Princess Mononoke
Publisher: Tokuma Shoten, Studio Ghibli Company
Year: 1997
ISBN: 4-19-810002-0
Price: ¥2762


The Art of Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi
(The Art of Spirited Away)
Author: Studio Ghibli Editorial Desk
Publisher: Tokuma Shoten
Date: 8 August 2001
ISBN: 4-198-10006-3
Price: ¥2900


The Art of "The Cat Returns"
Author: Animage Staff
Publisher: Tokuma
Year: 2002
ISBN: 4-19-810008-X
Price: ¥2667


Sometimes to the comics fair the sellers on their stands has only bootleg version of artbooks because they costs less than original, but these people sells them like original =_=

Post last edited by Hyuma on 08.18.2006, 08:04 AM.

Yesterday I bought this artbook at the comic fair:

The Art of Laputa
Publisher: Tokuma Shoten
Date: 30 November 1986
ISBN: 4-19-816610-2

very good!!! no bootleg!!! I'm very happy.. price: 24€
they have also cats returns and totoro artbooks.
cats returns --> 37€
totoro ----> 25€