{"rewrite":{"id":"r_4a9e47337fc0922ce2e4c5bf","clusterId":"c_7af23ed64f9f7d1e5ae24428","slug":"hosoda-mamoru-exhibition-opens-with-450-storyboards-from-the-girl-who-leapt-through-time","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Hosoda Mamoru Exhibition Opens With 450 Storyboards From The Girl Who Leapt Through Time","summary":"The Hosoda Mamoru: Origins/Exhibition opens June 20 at CREATIVE MUSEUM TOKYO, marking 20 years since The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. The show displays about 450 storyboards from that film, plus materials from Summer Wars, Wolf Children, and Hosoda's early work, including a student film screened for the first time in 44 years.","whyItMatters":"The exhibition is the first major retrospective of Hosoda's career, anchored by the 20th anniversary of his breakout film and including a never-before-screened 8mm short from his junior high school days.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe exhibition space is split into four areas. The first, dedicated to \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Leapt Through Time\u003c/i\u003e, features roughly 450 storyboards drawn by Hosoda himself, along with layouts, background art, and original drawings. A video combines storyboards and 720 original drawings of the scene where Makoto runs to the playground where Chiaki waits. A separate video collects memorable sky and cloud scenes from Hosoda\u0026#39;s films.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the \u003ci\u003eSummer Wars\u003c/i\u003e area, visitors enter through a doorway reading \u0026#34;Welcome!\u0026#34; and find life-sized figures of King Kazma and Love Machine. The \u003ci\u003eEarly Days\u003c/i\u003e area shows oil paintings and video works from Hosoda\u0026#39;s time at Kanazawa College of Art, plus storyboards for \u003ci\u003eDigimon Adventure\u003c/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOjamajo Doremi Dokka~n!\u003c/i\u003e from his Toei Animation period. His first self-produced animation, \u003ci\u003eone-sided war\u003c/i\u003e, shot on 8mm film during junior high summer vacation and depicting a dragon fighting fighter jets, screens for the first time since his school cultural festival 44 years ago. The \u003ci\u003eWolf Children\u003c/i\u003e area includes a life-sized figure of Hana holding Yuki and Ame, created for the exhibition.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Hosoda's exhibition opens with 450 storyboards from The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, the same count that reveals how much of the film's emotional logic was sketched before animation began.","twitterPost":"450 storyboards for The Girl Who Leapt Through Time make visible the frame-by-frame decisions that gave the film its pacing.","threadsPost":"Hosoda's exhibition puts 450 storyboards from The Girl Who Leapt Through Time on display. That number is a direct window into how much of the film's rhythm was locked in pre-production, before any cel was painted.","newsletterBlurb":"The Hosoda Mamoru: Origins/Exhibition opens June 20 at CREATIVE MUSEUM TOKYO, marking 20 years since The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. The show displays about 450 storyboards from that film, plus materials from Summer Wars, Wolf Children, and Hosoda's early work, including a student film screened for the first time in 44 years.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Comic Natalie\",\"url\":\"https://natalie.mu/comic/news/676871\",\"title\":\"\\\"Welcome!\\\" to the World of OZ: Hosoda Mamoru Exhibition Opens Tomorrow, Featuring About 450 Storyboards from \\\"The Girl Who Leapt Through Time\\\"\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4340,"outputTokens":709,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1781848158,"createdAt":"2026-06-19T05:43:45.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-06-19T05:48:15.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-19T05:48:15.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_7af23ed64f9f7d1e5ae24428","canonicalTitle":"OZの世界に「Welcome！」 細田守展が明日開幕「時かけ」約450枚の絵コンテずらり","representativeArticleId":"a_5e5dc8eee6b8320c477a3579","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"The Girl Who Leapt Through Time\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Mamoru Hosoda\",\"Shota Sometani\"],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-06-19T04:49:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-06-19T04:49:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-19T05:48:16.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Comic Natalie","url":"https://natalie.mu/comic/news/676871","title":"OZの世界に「Welcome！」 細田守展が明日開幕「時かけ」約450枚の絵コンテずらり"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["The Girl Who Leapt Through Time"],"studios":[],"people":["Mamoru Hosoda","Shota Sometani"],"type":"event","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["The Hosoda Mamoru: Origins/Exhibition opens June 20 at CREATIVE MUSEUM TOKYO, marking 20 years since The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.","The exhibition displays about 450 storyboards from The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, drawn by Hosoda himself.","Hosoda's first self-produced animation, 'one-sided war,' shot on 8mm film during junior high summer vacation, screens for the first time in 44 years.","The Summer Wars area features life-sized figures of King Kazma and Love Machine.","The Wolf Children area includes a life-sized figure of Hana holding Yuki and Ame, created for the exhibition."]}