NHK PROMOTIONS / DENTSU / THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY JAPAN
Inside The Walt Disney Archives (2018)
quality paperbound book with square spine, 80 pages + covers, 11" x 8.25"

For the past seven years, the Walt Disney Archives has worked with Walt Disney Japan to create special themed exhibits for Tokyo Disneyland’s annual D23 Expo, sending carefully curated objects from its collections to share with the people of Japan. Following the expo, an expanded version of the exhibit travels throughout the country. The 2018 exhibit, Inside the Walt Disney Archives: From Mickey Mouse to Forever After, was the grandest and most comprehensive yet, featuring hundreds of artifacts telling the story of the Walt Disney Archives itself, beginning with its founding in 1970 by Dave Smith to the present programs administered by the Archives, from D23 presentations and events to the acclaimed Disney Legends honor. Guests learned about the different activities of the Walt Disney Archives and Photo Library, including research, cataloging, conservation and preservation, and of course see highlights from the collections themselves.

A full-color, extensively illustrated catalogue is produced for each exhibition. This handsome, 80-page catalog for Inside the Walt Disney Archives: From Mickey Mouse to Forever After highlights key exhibit areas including 90 years of Mickey Mouse merchandise, an animator’s desk in use during the production of Fantasia, some of the earliest items in the Archives’ collections, the Photo Library, animation art, artifacts from the Disney Parks and live-action features including the Pirates of the Caribbean and Alice in Wonderland films, The Jungle Book, and numerous costumes and props. The story of Walt Disney’s original office suite is illustrated with images of the original office, the restored suite at The Walt Disney Studios, and how it was recreated for Saving Mr. Banks (2013). A full list of Disney Legends is featured, as well as a timeline relating the history of Disney and Japan.

The text is in Japanese. Chapter titles, titles of films, brief messages from Dave Smith (Chief Archivist Emeritus and Disney Legend) and Becky Cline, Director of the Walt Disney Archives, and the names of the Walt Disney Archives Team are in English. As new: NEAR MINT condition.

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