Naoki Prize winner Mizuki Tsujimura takes on the Japanese animation sector in this fiery tale of an insiders look at one of Japan's most beloved industries.
Three talented women come together to take on the hegemony that is the Japanese animation industry. Told through the eyes of three characters Kayako, Kazuna and Hitomi, a producer, an animator and a director will make their marks on this beloved but very rigid industry by challenging one of the biggest names in the business.
Mizuki Tsujimura is an award winning author originally from Yamanashi, Japan. From an early age Tsujimura was a fan of reading. Whether it was reading manga like Doraemon and Pahman or horror novels, such as Sherlock Holmes and Rampo Edokawa's Boy Detectives Club series she devoured everything. She would turn her focus on Fuyumi Ono's Ghost Hunt series (Del Rey Manga) and that would change everything for her. In high school, Tsujimura would begin writing her first novel Tsumetai Kousha no Toki wa Tomaru. Tsumetai would eventually be published when she was in her early twenties and it would go on to win the 31st Mephisto Award in 2004.
She followed that up with a handful of works that were nominated for major awards including the prestigious Naoki Prize (Zero, Eight, Zero, Seven in 2009). Her 2010 novel Tsunagu would take the Eiji Yoshikawa Prize for New Authors. And then in 2012 she would eventually win Japan's top literary award, the Naoki Prize, for her work Kagi no nai Yume wo Miru.
She has branched out from literature to more genre fiction as of late. Furthermore she even dabbled in some acting.
ISBN: 9781945054471
Author: Mizuki Tsujimura
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 3 October 2017
Publisher: Vertical Inc
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (mm): 214 x 141 x 27
Weight (kg): 0.438
