Mixing Work With Pleasure: My Life at Studio Ghibli (Amazon Link)
Toshio Suzuki has worked tirelessly as the driving force behind Studio Ghibli since its founding, and his impact and influence is equalled only by the studio's co-founders Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata. Many of the story elements, visual designs and marketing concepts hail from Suzuki. His role as the studio's main producer is critical to its success in Japan and throughout the world.
In 2018, Suzuki's memoirs, titled Mixing Work with Pleasure: My Life at Studio Ghibli, shares many great insights into the drama behind the scenes and his relationships with the directors, as well as Yasuyoshi Tokuma, the boss of Tokuma Publishing who was Ghibli's patron and financial backer until his death in 2000.
This excellent book was published in the US in 2018, fully translated by Roger Speares and published by the Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture. If you are eager for an inside view of the workings of Studio Ghibli, you can't do better than this.
Aaron Long wrote a great essay on this book that you should check out.
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