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OneBilling Inc. Releases Den-noh Coil E-SAKUGA

Play with Key Frames From
a Legendary Anime!

iBooks Anime Key Frames Collection
E-SAKUGA Series Latest Addition
“ANIME: E-SAKUGA DEN-NOH COIL
August 22nd Global Release!


DEN-NOH COIL is a popular anime written and directed by Mitsuo Iso.
We are globally releasing an iBooks Key Frames collection of this anime in both English and Japanese on August 22, 2016.

We hope you can introduce this work on your website and news media.


DEN-NOH COIL
A juvenile sci-fi animation written and directed by Mitsuo Iso, a highly renowned animator who proved his skills in works such as “Ghost in the Shell,” “Neon Genesis Evangelion,” and “RahXephon.” “Den-noh Coil” is based in a suburban town in the near future, where children meet various mysterious creatures in cyberspace through their AR (augmented reality) glasses.

In Japan, the show was broadcasted on NHK Educational TV (NHK E Tele) in 2007. In June 2016, it was released on Blu-ray and DVD in North America. The series is popular across the globe.

Other great artists involved in the sakuga (key frame animation) of “Den-noh Coil” include chief animation director Toshiyuki Inoue, Takeshi Honda, Yoshimi Itazu, Kiyotaka Oshiyama, Takashi Mukoda, Katsuya Kondo, Masashi Ando, Kenichi Yoshida, Tadashi Hiramatsu, Honma Kaichi (Satoko Morikawa), Ei Inoue, Kōichi Arai, Takaaki Yamashita, Nobutake Ito, Kazuchika Kise, Hiroyuki Aoyama, Chikashi Kubota, and many others.

<Awards>
2007 Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Division Excellence Award
7th Tokyo Anime Award Television Category Excellence Award
39th Seiun Award Best Dramatic Presentation
29th Nihon SF Taisho Award
13th Animation Kobe Individual Award (Original Script, Director, Screenwriter: Mitsuo Iso)

ANIME: E-SAKUGA DEN-NOH COIL
The third book of the E-SAKUGA series covers a TV broadcasted animation for the first time.
Great artists including director Mitsuo Iso, chief animation director Toshiyuki Inoue, as well as, Takeshi Honda, Yoshimi Itazu, Kiyotaka Oshiyama, Takashi Mukoda, Katsuya Kondo, Masashi Ando, Kenichi Yoshida, Tadashi Hiramatsu, Honma Kaichi (Satoko Morikawa), Ei Inoue, Kōichi Arai, Takaaki Yamashita, Nobutake Ito, Kazuchika Kise, Hiroyuki Aoyama, Chikashi Kubota, and others contributed to this well-executed work.
You can enjoy their handiwork in this beautifully hand-drawn Japanese animation.


The Greatest Volume in the Series!
This is the largest E-SAKUGA book thus far, including rare cuts from all 26 episodes. The book also includes illustrations, character references, and other artwork.
The fascinating drawings in “DEN-NOH COIL” can be seen from various angles.


Some Key Frames Included are Made Public for the First Time!
Under the supervision of Mitsuo Iso, we have reselected the key frames that have been shown in books in the past. Cuts that were used in books are included in E-SAKUGA with all of its key frames. The time sheets are also included.
Some key frames included are made public for the first time!


E-SAKUGA is a Next-Gen Anime Key Frames Collection
“E-SAKUGA” is a completely new type of ebook available in iBooks that lets you experience the essence of anime, “movement.”
E-SAKUGA uses our newly developed “Tapmation” feature to allow viewers to seamlessly look at continuous images of key frames hand drawn by animators like a flipbook. You can also see the completed animation, timesheets, and layout all at once in this ultimate key frames collection.


What is iBooks?
It is a name of an application for reading ebooks provided by Apple. By using Apple's original “iBooks Author” ebook format, various multimedia features can be used.
(As of August 2016, iBooks is available for the iPad Pro、iPad Air、iPad mini、and iPhone series.)
What is E-SAKUGA?
E-SAKUGA is a key frames collection e-book provided by Onebilling Inc. using the “iBooks Author” ebook format. Using our original “Tapmation” feature, viewers can seamlessly look at continuous images of anime key frames like in a flipbook. (patent pending)
■As for the series, “E-SAKUGA Giovanni's Island,” “E-SAKUGA Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo. #1,” and ““E-SAKUGA Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo. #2” are currently being sold. Also, “ANIME: Gauche the Cellist Archive” that uses some Tapmation is also on sale.

*We recommend using iPad series for viewing E-SAKUGA.
*Onebilling Inc. was awarded three prizes in the first “The iBooks Author Conference” held in 2015 in Tennessee, USA. Onebilling was the only Japanese company receiving any awards.

Overview
Product Name: ANIME: E-SAKUGA DEN-NOH COIL
Release Date: 2016 August 22nd English/Japanese Simultaneous Release
Price: USD 23.99
Store Website: Apple iBooks
Official Website: http://www.esakuga.net
Publisher/Seller: Onebilling Inc.

Product Page
English Version:
https://goo.gl/dlKKsa

Japanese Version
https://goo.gl/U1Tni1

*Contents of the English and Japanese versions are the same.

Licenced by © Mitsuo Iso/Tokuma ShotenDENNOH COIL PRODUCTION COMMITTEE
E-SAKUGA © onebilling Inc.


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