Content summary:

n the drowsy silence of the classroom or during the noisy ten minutes break between classes… So, pick up a pen and in the corner of your textbook, page by page, doodle and sketch… Then, quickly flip the corners of the book… Wow! The drawings come to life…

Don’t say you can’t draw animations!
In this book, we will play with: a photo disk , a mysterious disc, and a flip book. With simple paper-cutting crafts, you can quickly make them, and it’s so much fun. And you will also learn how to create a story script and turn it into original drawings…

Just follow the demonstrations and exercises provided by Mr. Tsukiyama, You can turn your own creative stories into animations! Let’s play together!

suitable age: 3rd year of elementary school and above.

About the Author

Profile of author / illustrator

Tadao Tsukiyama

Born in 1939, Tadao Tsukiyama is a Japanese animator and the President of the Japan Animation Association. He has served as a professor and advisor at Nihon University, Toei Animation Research Institute, Tokyo Polytechnic University, and Takarazuka University. He is a walking encyclopedia and a leading figure in the contemporary Japanese animation field. After graduated from high school, he went to Tokyo as assistant to Osamu Tezuka, assisting in the collaborative production of the animation “Legend of the White Snake” with Toei Animation. It led him to join Toei Animation as an animator. Osamu Tezuka praised him as a “genius born for animation.” Osamu Tezuka established “Mushi Production” in 1965, and Tsukiyama assisted in the production of “A Story at the Street Corner,” “Astro Boy,” and “Leo the Jungle Emperor .” “Creation of the New World” awarded the Grand Prize in 1970, at the Krakow Film Festival in Poland.

Tadao Tsukiyama works in the animation industry for over 50 years, and is active in the Japanese television industry as independent producer. He radiates a profound influence in Asian animation and manga, then he aggressively nurtures young animation talent in recent years.

Content summary:

n the drowsy silence of the classroom or during the noisy ten minutes break between classes… So, pick up a pen and in the corner of your textbook, page by page, doodle and sketch… Then, quickly flip the corners of the book… Wow! The drawings come to life…

Don’t say you can’t draw animations!
In this book, we will play with: a photo disk , a mysterious disc, and a flip book. With simple paper-cutting crafts, you can quickly make them, and it’s so much fun. And you will also learn how to create a story script and turn it into original drawings…

Just follow the demonstrations and exercises provided by Mr. Tsukiyama, You can turn your own creative stories into animations! Let’s play together!

suitable age: 3rd year of elementary school and above.

About the Author

Profile of author / illustrator

Tadao Tsukiyama

Born in 1939, Tadao Tsukiyama is a Japanese animator and the President of the Japan Animation Association. He has served as a professor and advisor at Nihon University, Toei Animation Research Institute, Tokyo Polytechnic University, and Takarazuka University. He is a walking encyclopedia and a leading figure in the contemporary Japanese animation field. After graduated from high school, he went to Tokyo as assistant to Osamu Tezuka, assisting in the collaborative production of the animation “Legend of the White Snake” with Toei Animation. It led him to join Toei Animation as an animator. Osamu Tezuka praised him as a “genius born for animation.” Osamu Tezuka established “Mushi Production” in 1965, and Tsukiyama assisted in the production of “A Story at the Street Corner,” “Astro Boy,” and “Leo the Jungle Emperor .” “Creation of the New World” awarded the Grand Prize in 1970, at the Krakow Film Festival in Poland.

Tadao Tsukiyama works in the animation industry for over 50 years, and is active in the Japanese television industry as independent producer. He radiates a profound influence in Asian animation and manga, then he aggressively nurtures young animation talent in recent years.