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7th Animax Award Winner 'Shoka' to Debut in March
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Kenji Kawai work off winning script
The "won the Grand Prize in the 7th Animax Awards with its script.
The action story is set during the turbulent years of the shogunate, as dark forces try to undermine the shogun's power in Edo-era Tokyo. Shirō Sumiya is the leader of the "Way of the Paper Drawing" clan which captures the chaos of the struggles with rapid brush strokes. Sumiya is summoned to Edo, and his disciples, who have extraordinary powers in their secret drawing techniques, become part of the ensuring battles with giant drawn creatures.
Animator Eden of the East) scores the soundtrack.
The Animax channel televised the completed anime for the 5th Animax Award winner, shōjo magazine.
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