Miyuki Sanada had just been going through the motions until one night she came across a certain late-night anime that made her feel true passion for the first time in her life. She was so impressed by the production that she decided to become an animator herself! But was that really such a good idea? Harsh lessons and even harsher financial realities await as Miyuki strives to make her dream come true.
It's never enough... Even on vacation, Miyuki can't escape the stigma of the animator's life. At the same time, Maria has issues and complexes of her own to deal with and even Fujiko's getting weighed down by her career. However, it may all be for nothing if N2 goes bankrupt...
Target: 500 Frames Per Month. Miyuki may have scraped through the first round of animator training at N2, but having an artist's eye is useless if she can't hit her deadlines! If increasing pressure to level up wasn't enough to bring a girl down, the alcohol and unpleasant truths start flowing in equal measure on the company retreat. Can Miyuki get over her initial hump and find a place with the best animation has to offer - or will she find herself shunned within the studio?
Crisis in Motion! As New Year's Day approaches, it's all hands on deck at N2 to get final production out the door. There's just one problem: the Committee financing the studio's new movie keeps trying to interfere creatively. Will crowdfunding save the day - or cause more problems than it solves? Things aren't going much better for Miyuki, as she scrambles to hit her 500 frame target in time for the key animation exam. Everybody's jobs are on the line, and a certain interloping visitor isn't making things any better...
Branching Routes Bring Reluctance... N2 have managed to fund their new movie - only to discover a number of crowdfunders were left out of the credits. It's a scramble to make corrections and get bums on seats if the studio wants to remain solvent. Even with a feature on the big screen, there are difficult choices ahead as Serizawa continues to pursue Miyuki, Maria faces an offer with serious strings attached, and Fujiko... is getting engaged?!
This volume dedicated to Dorit Ravid, offers 29 new chapters on the multiple facets of spoken and written language learning and usage from a group of illustrious scholars and scientists, focusing on typologically different languages and anchored in a variety of communicative settings. The book encompasses five interrelated yet distinct topics. One set of studies is in the field of developmental psycholinguistics, covering the acquisition of lexical and grammatical categories from toddlerhood to adolescence. A second topic involves a section of studies on the interface of cognition and language, with chapters on processing, production, comprehension, teaching and learning language in usage and in historical perspective. A third topic involves a theoretical and applied perspectives on the acquisition and development of literacy competence, including reading, writing, spelling and text production. A fourth topic brings together an array of studies on social, environmental and clinical diversity in language, highlighting novel issues in multilingualism, immigration, language and literacy disorders. Finally, a section of the volume examines in depth questions in Modern Hebrew linguistics, as the home language and launching base of Dorit Ravid’s research work.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1953.
There are complex & often surprising connections between our imagining of animals & our cultural environment. Topics discussed in this collection include fox hunting, pet cloning, animatronic characters & how we displace our fear of aging onto our dogs.
Twisted love causes problems. Hanabi and Mugi are supposed to be dating, but Ebato's love confession has confused Hanabi. Moka's love for Mugi is still unrequited, a painful thorn hiding beneath the blossoms of love. As all around them people are changing their shape, will their feelings change also...?
