"Eerie, enchanting and surpassingly strange." -- The New York Times "Every scene in this cinematic work stands apart with breathtaking watercolors aided by expert staging and blocking. A reimagined folktale as grand as its painted visuals are sublime." -- Kirkus, starred review "This book was published decades ago in ­Japanese, but is now finally published in English, and it will inspire some long-overdue ­appreciation.For Miyazaki fans, as well as any readers who would enjoy fantastic stories that unfold in surprising ways." -- School Library Journal, starred review. "Gorgeous. Shuna's Journey foreshadows much of Miyazaki's later work while still managing to be a complete standalone story in its own right.

" -- Entertainment Weekly "Though aimed at and certainly appropriate for younger readers, Shuna's Journey is a delight for any graphic novel or manga fan. Beyond that, the arrival of this book is a publishing event that should be broadly celebrated." -- Forbes "Beautiful. We rely on the children in his stories to explain his beautiful, broken worlds to us and to assure us that they will fix them." -- The New Yorker online.