Kore wa Shine da Director Put Island Beauty First, Says Toyoda
The column argues the anime's credible depiction of island life stems directly from the author's first request to director Hiroaki Akagi: prioritize the beauty of the island, not the manga-drawing scenes.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
ASCII.jp's Kindle manga column recommends Minoru Toyoda's 'Kore wa Shine da' during the September 4-6 Amazon Manga Weekend Festival, which offers 50 percent points back. The piece notes that at the initial anime meeting, author Toyoda asked director Hiroaki Akagi to prioritize the beauty of the island setting, based on Izu Oshima, over the manga drawing scenes. Director Akagi himself once aspired to be a manga artist.
Minoru Toyoda's original request to the anime team was not about the manga craft at its center. At the initial meeting she told director Hiroaki Akagi to prioritize the beauty of the island, the setting modeled on Izu Oshima, where Toyoda spent her childhood and returned every long vacation.
The production crew did location scouting and built backgrounds attentive to the vivid colors of the original work. ASCII.jp writes that reception has been kind to the depictions carrying the remote island atmosphere and the scent of the sea.
Director Akagi once wanted to be a manga artist and has said he still does. The column reads the adaptation as carrying credibility for that reason, a story of young people drawing manga brought to screen by a director with the same ambition.
The series is on sale through September 6 in the Amazon Manga Weekend Festival, offering 50 percent points back on all volumes.
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