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Article: `Grave' is first anime DVD with storyboards. (DVD Watch).(Central Park Media Corp. releases Grave of the Fireflies)(Brief Article)
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- September 1, 2002
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In an anime industry first, Central Park Media on its Oct. 8 collector's edition DVD of Grave of the Fireflies has added completed storyboards for the entire film--more than 2,700 hand drawings--as an alternate viewing option. Both English and Japanese language tracks are synched to the storyboard progress.
"For this particular film, the storyboards were very well drawn, with lots of detail," said Stephanie Shalofsky, VP of production and marketing for Central Park Media. "It was a massive project to scan all those pages." What viewers get is a feel for the film's evolution, she said.
The DVD also includes storyboards and sequences that were not ...