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A really cool collaboration project is on its way between Yoyogi Animation School, Japan’s foremost animation school, and Tokuma Shoten (HQ: Minato, Tokyo; president & CEO: Kenichi Hirano), the company publishing the monthly magazine Animage: The school will be distributing introduction pamphlets under the title YoAnimage!
For more about YoAnimage, check their website.
YoAnimage keeps the format of Animage while being filled with useful info about Yoyogi Animation School on the inside. Animage’s editorial department worked in full cooperation with designers. In the spirit of the collaboration, the cover features the members of HoneyWorks in an original illustration specially drawn by popular illustrator Yamako. It comes with a pin-up poster, too!
The guidebook implements all the popular features of Animage such as introducing the school’s departments in anime style (all drawn by teachers of YoAni) and publishing unedited submissions from YoAni students in the “Letter Room” section. The Animage editorial department went to great lengths to include everything about YoAni, and it sure sounds like they succeeded!
■ About YoAnimage
For the admission guidebook YoAnimage, please request the materials from Yoyogi Animation School’s website. Although it will only be distributed from Sept. 1, YoAnimage is currently available for advance reservation.
Distributing from: Sept. 1 (Thu.), 2016 (planned)
No. of Pages: 100 (includes 2-page pin-up)
Distributor: Yoyogi Animation School
Website
■ Suki ni Naru Sono Shunkan o: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai Info
Release Date: Dec. 17 (Sat.), 2016 all-Japan roadshow
A pair to the popular Zutto Mae Kara Suki Deshita: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai, a movie with 250,000 tickets sold and a box office revenue of ¥300 million, Suki ni Naru Sono Shunkan o: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai is a love story based on Ima Suki ni Naru and Sankaku Jealousy from HoneyWorks’ Vocaloid song series Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai: Ren’ai Series.
■ Advance Ticket Sales
Advance tickets come with an A4 clear file specially drawn by character designer Maki Fujii. They’re available at movie theaters that will screen the movie.
Price: ¥1,100 (tax included)
You get one random clear file out of three possible versions (Hina, Koutarou, and Koyuki).
*Clear files are only available while supplies last. Advance ticket sales will continue even after running out of bonus items.*
*Same day ordinary and college student tickets: ¥1,300*
■ Yoyogi Animation School
Location: Misakicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo
Headmaster: Hiroshi Hashimoto
Producers: Yasushi Akimoto, Tetsuya Komuro, Tsunku, Rino Sashihara
Yoyogi Animation School was established in 1978 as Japan’s first special school for animation. At present, it has campuses in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Sapporo, Sendai, Hiroshima, and Kanazawa. The number of its graduates who went on to excel at various fields including voice acting, manga, animation, and illustrations exceeds 120,000.
Source: @Press
