Studio Ghibli Books

38 participants (44 books)

Overview

Reading the source material behind the Studio Ghibli films! 

1. This challenge has no time limit.
2. If the source material is available in English it's a prompt.
3. If no English translation is available it's a bonus prompt. 
4. If an English translation becomes available I will change the bonus prompt to a prompt. 
5. Please feel free to add other language editions as you find them.  (As a native German speaker, I added the German versions.) 
6.  Sequels and related reading material go into the bonus prompt at the end. 

I don't have any knowledge of Japanese, if I messed up any information, please let me know: inameitlater@posteo.de

Have fun!

Challenge Prompts

1. Grave of the Fireflies (1 added)

Grave of the Fireflies (火垂るの墓, Hotaru no Haka)

The semi-autobiographical short story by Japanese author Akiyuki Nosaka from 1967.

2. Kiki's Delivery Service (1 added)

Kiki's Delivery Service (魔女の宅急便, Majo no Takkyūbin, lit. 'Witch's Express Home Delivery') 

Japanese children's fantasy novel written by Eiko Kadono and illustrated by Akiko Hayashi. 

3. Howl's Moving Castle (1 added)

The English YA fantasy novel "Howl's Moving Castle" by Diana Wynne Jones. It's the first novel of the Howl Series. You will find the sequels in the "Sequels and related books" bonus prompt.

4. Tales from Earthsea (5 added)

The first 4 books of the English "Earthsea Cycle" fantasy book series by Ursula K. Le Guin .
1. A Wizard of Earthsea
2. The Tombs of Atuan
3. The Farthest Shore
4. Tehanu
 
Under the "Sequels and related books" bonus prompt you will find: 
5. Tales from Earthsea
6. The Other Wind

5. Arrietty (1 added)

The English children's fantasy novel "The Borrowers" by Mary Norton.

The other books of the series can be found under the  "Sequels and related books" bonus prompt: 
2. The Borrowers Afield
3. The Borrowers Afloat
4. The Borrowers Aloft
5. The Borrowers Avenged

6. When Marnie Was There (1 added)

The English children's novel "When Marnie Was There" by Joan G. Robinson.

7. Earwig and the Witch (1 added)

The English children's novel "Earwig and the Witch" by Diana Wynne Jones.

8. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (5 added)

"The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter" (竹取物語, Taketori Monogatari) is Japanese folklore from the late 9th or early 10th century.

9. How Do You Live? (1 added)

The Japanese novel "How Do You Live?" (君たちはどう生きるか, Kimi-tachi wa Dō Ikiru ka) by Yoshino Genzaburō.

bonus
10. Only Yesterday (2 added)

The Japanese manga series "Only Yesterday" ("Omoide Poro Poro") by Hotaru Okamoto and Yuko Tone. 

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