Before you take to the skies in Hayao Miyazaki's final voyage in The Wind Rises, Viz Media is inviting you to take a return trip to an old favorite in a way you've never seen before: the world of Totoro.

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of Miyazaki's My Neighbor Totoro, Viz is publishing two new books about the seminal animated film. Unlike some of Miyazaki's other films, My Neighbor Totoro wasn't preceded by a manga, but it's getting the next-best thing with My Neighbor Tortoro: The Novel, an illustrated novel pairing Miyazaki's watercolors with a child-friendly novelization by Japanese children's book author Tsugiko Kubo.

Although some of Miyazaki's watercolors of My Neighbor Totoro have been seen online and in various magazines, My Neighbor Totoro: The Novel will be the first time they've been officially released all in one bound volume. This hardcover will arrive Oct. 1, along with an updated edition of the popular My Neighbor Totoro Picture Book released a few years ago.