For over four decades, Hayao Miyazaki has been enchanting audiences of all ages. His animated films, often featuring children navigating unfamiliar and challenging worlds, offer timeless explorations of childhood and what it means to grow up. Celebrated and admired around the globe for his artistic vision, craftsmanship, and deeply humanistic values, Miyazaki has influenced generations of artists. The universal appeal of his evocative natural settings and complex characters, many among them strong girls and young women, cuts across cultural boundaries. This book is published on the occasion of the 2020 inaugural exhibition at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, in collaboration with Miyazaki's own Studio Ghibli in Tokyo. This exhibition, the first ever retrospective dedicated to the legendary filmmaker, includes hundreds of original production materials, many of which have never been seen outside of Studio Ghibli's archives. Concept sketches, character designs, storyboards, layouts, backgrounds, and production cels from his early television work through all eleven of his feature films, including 'My Neighbor Totoro' (1988), 'Kiki's Delivery Service' (1989), 'Princess Mononoke' (1997), 'Spirited Away' (2001), and 'Howl's Moving Castle' (2004), offer insight into Miyazaki's creative process and masterful animation techniques.