Scenes from Awajima

淡島百景

by Takako Shimura, Tom Bertrand

Awajima Opera School—where countless girls from across the country flock in hopes of one day standing on the big stage. As they work toward achieving their dreams of stardom, their time at Awajima is filled with as much friendship and admiration as competition and jealousy. The precious feelings of girls who are at once both classmates and rivals, tenderly captured in the portraits of an ensemble cast! (Source: Yen Press) Note: Won the 19th Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award in 2015.