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Full of Multimedia Features: Anime Keyframes Collection AppleBooks Anime: Okko's Inn E-Sakuga Now on Sale

Japan's renowned animated feature Okko's Inn directed by Kitarō Kōsaka was released on September 21, 2018 (Japan). We are releasing an anime eBook keyframes collection on its second anniversary year on November 6, 2020.

The animation keyframes collection of the new era, Apple Books eBook E-SAKUGA Okko's Inn, will be on sale starting November 6, 2020 in the “Book Store” within Apple's “Book” application.

The E-SAKUGA series is the world's only eBook that allows you to tap your screen to flip through real anime keyframes and provide archives of popular Japanese animation. Today, we are happy to present to you a new addition, the animated feature Okko's Inn directed by Kitarō Kōsaka, an excellent animator who supported numerous Ghibli films as one of the main staff.

In the animated feature Okko's Inn, Okko, a 6th grade elementary school girl who lost her parents in a car accident, starts her training as the next caretaker of a hot spring inn run by her grandmother. A touching story of a girl growing up while being supported by mysterious friends. Try moving the keyframes freely and relive the touching moments of Okko's Inn.

E-SAKUGA is an Anime Keyframes Collection Full of Multimedia Features

Anime keyframes collection eBook E-SAKUGA can be bought in the “Books” application. It is a completely new type of eBook with tons of multimedia features. We provide a new way to enjoy eBooks with iPad + E-SAKUGA*. With this ultimate anime keyframes collection, you can enjoy everything in anime production including the keyframes drawn by animators in a flipbook format, final version of the cuts, exposure sheets (X-sheet), and layouts.

*E-SAKUGA can also be used in iPhone, mac, and other hardware that can open the “Books” app. However, some features may act in an unintended way for non-iPad users.

Numerous SAKUGA Packed with All Kinds of Skills. Treat Yourself with an Anime Archive Only Possible with E-SAKUGA.

This is an eBook for professionals, aspiring animators, manga artists, illustrators, anime researchers looking for archive materials, and general fans. The amount of content is several hundred times more than paper books and yet cheaper.

What is Apple Books?

Apple Books is Apple's original “multi-touch book” eBook format. The difference with other eBook formats is that it has multimedia capabilities. Purchases and viewing takes place within Apple's default app “Books.”

What is E-SAKUGA?

E-SAKUGA is a keyframes collection eBook provided by Onebilling Inc. using the Apple Books format. Using our original “Tapmation” feature, viewers can seamlessly view continuous images of anime keyframes like in a flipbook.

Books available in E-SAKUGA format includes: Summer Wars, Maquia - When the Promised Flower Blooms, Lupin the 3rd PART4, JIN-ROH, FLCL, DEN-NOH COIL, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, and Giovanni's Island . In addition, Isao Takahata's Gauche the Cellist Archive and Takashi Nakamura's The Portrait Studio Archive both using tapmation technology are available. (As of October 2020) We will continue to archive animations throughout the world.

Overview

Product Name: E-SAKUGA Animated Feature Okko's Inn
Price: USD 35.99 (with tax)
Release Date: November 6, 2020
Sold On: Apple Books
Page Link: https://apple.co/3epyWpE
E-SAKUGA Official Website: https://www.esakuga.net
Seller: Onebilling Inc.
Licensed by ©©Hiroko Reijō, Asami, KODANSHA / WAKAOKAMI Project
E-SAKUGA © onebilling Inc.

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