This 460 page softcover is a dream come true for anyone wanting to learn more about the life and mind of Miyazaki, the man behind what are probably the greatest animated films of our time.  This volume collects essays, interviews, and memoirs written and conducted during the first two decades of his career.  Readers will discover his theories of animation as well as how he came to formulate them, stories of his childhood, the founding of Studio Ghibli, as well as how all these came together.  Food for thought, indeed.