Graphic novel by filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki to be issued in the US

Hayao Miyazaki's 'Shuna's Journey', a graphic novel will be available on Nov 1, 2022. Photo: AP

A graphic novel by Oscar-winning filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki is being released for the first time in the United States, nearly 40 years after it was published in Japan.

Miyazaki's Shuna’s Journey, a 1983 release which contains elements later built upon in his films Princess Mononoke and Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind, will be published Nov 1 by the Macmillan imprint First Second. Alex Dudok de Wit is translating the book into English.