Suginami

On Japan's tsunami coast they'd seen it all before
Houses destroyed in the 1896 quake and tsunami (Provided by Keisho Ishiguro)
August 15, 2012
Homes are wrecked and a ship is swept ashore. The images resemble Japan’s 2011 quake and tsunami, but the survivors’ clothes are from another age.
Struggling young animators draw support from NPO
At a workshop organized by the Animator Shien organization in August in Tokyo's Suginami Ward, participating students watch theatrical animation director Tomohisa Shimoyama make corrections. (The Asahi Shimbun)
October 03, 2011
While Japanese animation has grown into a global cultural phenomenon over the years, many of its practitioners are struggling to simply make ends meet.
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