Nicolas Rapold is a writer and editor. He worked as editor-in-chief of Film Comment (both web and print) at Film at Lincoln Center, where he hosted the Film Comment Podcast, curated Film Comment Selects, and was a member of the magazine’s editorial team since 2005. He currently hosts the podcast The Last Thing I Saw and his writing has appeared in The New York Times, Artforum, the Criterion Collection Daily, and Sight & Sound.

• Chapter One Four Ways Through The Looking Glass How Four Great Writers Have Inspired Miyazaki’s Story-BuildingChapter Two We Could Be Heroes How Four More Writers Yielded Models Of Young Female IndependenceChapter Three All The Worldʼs A Stage The Actual Places That Inspire Miyazaki’s Realistic FantasiesChapter Four National Treasures Homegrown Japanese Influences On Miyazaki, From The Spiritual To The CulinaryChapter Five Songs Of Innocence And Experience The Personal Memories That Haunt (And Cheer Up) Miyazaki’s MoviesChapter Six Visions Of The Future How And Why Miyazaki Portrays The Possible Worlds To ComeChapter Seven Drawn From Life Miyazaki’s Sources And Models For Animating MovementChapter Eight Drawn In The Animated Films That Inspired MiyazakiChapter Nine Live-Action Cinema How Miyazaki Thinks Through Film HistoryChapter Ten The Big Picture Four Ways Of Framing Miyazaki

"...an exploration of Hayao Miyazaki’s storied career, richly illustrated with shots from his globally beloved films." -Animation Magazine