Takako Shimura Talks Scenes From Awajima Origins
The interview is Shimura's account of the adaptation: she is a theatergoer rather than a performer, she chose an omnibus structure to write about supporting figures rather than chosen ones, and she cites Takarazuka as a reference she tried not to copy wholesale.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
In an interview, manga author Takako Shimura discussed the anime adaptation of Scenes From Awajima, also known as A Hundred Scenes of AWAJIMA. Shimura said she made no specific requests for the adaptation and that the production team worked carefully. She said the school drew partly on the Takarazuka Revue as a reference, and that the omnibus structure serves stories about people who are not geniuses.
Shimura said the anime adaptation came together without demands from her side. The materials and meetings showed a team working carefully, she said, and she had no specific requests. She described herself as a theatergoer rather than a performer, someone who saw plays as a child and later turned to manga because it only needed paper and a pencil. For the manga's setting, she said the Takarazuka Revue and its music school were a reference, though she wanted a specialized all-female school rather than a story about Takarazuka. She also explained the omnibus format: she wanted to write about people who are not geniuses, and about the families and backstage figures that usually sit in subplots.
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- Anime News Network Interview with Takako Shimura, Creator of the Scenes of AWAJIMA Manga