Takako Shimura is the author of Scenes From Awajima, also known as A Hundred Scenes of AWAJIMA. The manga's third volume is out, and she has discussed how the anime adaptation came about.
Takako Shimura writes Scenes From Awajima, also known as A Hundred Scenes of AWAJIMA, and the two most recent stories about her concern that series in different forms. In an interview, she said she made no specific requests for the anime adaptation and that the production team worked carefully on it. She described the school in the story as drawing partly on the Takarazuka Revue as a reference, and she said the omnibus structure lets her write about people who are not geniuses.
The third volume of the manga carries three new stories about students of the Awajima Revue School. One follows Akiho, whose famous parents set expectations and then dash them, and who ends up rooming with Wakana. Another traces Saori and Mikako as rivals, replacements, and friends. The third focuses on Asami and her family's religion, which the manga identifies as Christianity; the anime adaptation kept it a vague cult.
Across the two stories, the school and its supporting figures are the constant. Shimura's stated interest in people who are not geniuses matches a volume built around students rather than a central chosen figure, and the Asami chapter shows the manga stating plainly what the adaptation left vague. The reading of that chapter is left open.
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The third volume of Takako Shimura's Scenes from Awajima carries three new stories about students of the Awajima Revue School. One follows Akiho, whose famous parents set expectations and then dash them, and who ends up rooming with Wakana. Another traces the shifting roles of Saori and Mikako as rivals, replacements, and friends. A third focuses on Asami and her family's religion, which the manga identifies as Christianity.
Oct 7
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.