Totoro Forest Project. Foreword by John Lasseter. Writings by Professor Toshihiko Ando and Karen Paik
[San Francisco?]: OOP Press, 2008. (Miyazake, Hayao) ; Daisuke Tsutsumi; Yukino Pang; Enrico Casarosa; Ronnie Del Carmen. First edition. Wrappers, fine. 223 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm. Original watercolor bookplate signed by Daisuke Tsutsumi inside front wrapper. Signed additionally by artists Jay Shuster, Craig Foster, Tim Evatt, Louis Clichy, and Scott Morse. Item #30246
"Totoro's Forest" in Hayao Miyazaki's film "My Neighbor Totoro" was inspired by the Sayama Hills woodland area in Saitama Japan. In September of 2008 Dice Tsutsumi and Enrico Casarosa held an art auction to benefit the Totoro no Furusato Forest Foundation which was established in 1990 by Hayao Miyazaki to preserve the environment. There were multiple ticket tiers to participate in the auction. The $500 level known as the "Forest Hero" included a copy of the book with an original bookplate by one of the artists.
Price: $750.00