The massive, fully illustrated catalogue for the exhibition "Studio Ghibli Layout Designs: Understanding the Secrets of Takahata/Miyazaki Animation" at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo held July 26-September. 28, 2008. Reproduces approximately 1300 layout designs; for every Studio Ghibli film from Nausicaa in the Valley of the Wind to Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, as well as for films directed by Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki prior to the formation of Studio Ghibli, including Heidi, From the Apennines to the Andes, Lupin the Third, Downtown Story, Sherlock Hound, etc.

The exhibition: "Expression, background, movement-the Layout is the blueprint for the animation film, showing all instructions. In the first endeavor of its kind in Japan, Studio Ghibli will join MOT in exploring the power and fascination of the anime movies of Takahata and Miyazaki through some 1,300 layouts for films ranging from Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind to their new film scheduled for release this summer, Ponyo on the Cliff by the sea."

All text in Japanese except for film titles and a short introduction which are also in English.