Table of Contents:
“…To everyone at Ghibli -- I've always wanted to create a film about which I could say, "I'm just glad I was born, so I could make this" -- The question is whether you really find it interesting or not: A talk with director Nick Park at the 18th Tokyo International Film Festival -- An attempt at a short film: Remarks on accepting the Japan Foundation Award of 2005 -- What's important for the spirit: text of a speech to be given on the occasion of receiving the Japan Foundation Award for 2005 -- Robert Westall's Blackham's Wimpey: Proposals for a book with a supplementary guide of random thoughts -- I like Westall -- A man who lived bravely, confronting a tough reality -- Proposal for an original animated short titled "Mon Mon the water Spider" for the Saturn Theater in the Ghibli Museum, Mitaka -- Welcome to the Ghibli Forest short film "Mon Mon the Water Spider" -- Proposal for "The Day I Bought a Star" -- Welcome to the Ghibli Forest short film "The Day I Bought a Star" -- Proposal for "House Hunting" -- Welcome to the Ghibli Forest short film "House Hunting" -- Remarks to the staff of the Ghibli Museum at the screening of "Mon Mon the Water Spider", "The Day I Bought a Star," and "House Hunting" -- Worlds of insects, trees, and humans: a dialogue with Takeshi Yōrō -- Feeling responsible for the future of children and not wanting to make halfhearted films -- Memories of lost landscapes: On Genzaburō Yoshino's Kimitachi wa Dō Ikiruka (How Will You Young People Live?) …”