Mako and the Glittering Rainbow-Colored Stone
story&illustration by Mai Nakahira
translation by Yumi Sato
publish by STUDIO M.O.G.Co.,Ltd.
for iPhone, iPodtouch, iPad with iOS3.2~
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Mai Nakahira's picture book has appeared as a hybrid application for iPad and iPhone.
STORY : "Mako, who lived on the roof of a building, had a certain secret. Her hair was a tangle of snakes. Anyone who saw what she really was turned to stone. Mako worried she might not be able to anyone. On the other hand, in Mako's world, there was a legend that "the one you really love wo't be turned to stone." One day, a boy appeared in front of Mako."
This application mounts different data for iPad and iPhone. For iPad you can see it on the HD version.
The story has few gimmicks. We dared not adopt gimmicks because we would like to claim that they are tools for narrating stories, and not that stories are for showing them.
The story adapts a scroll style. You can read it from the beginning to the end by scrolling sideways.
Mai Nakahira Profile
Born in Chiba in 1970. After graduating from Setsu Mode Seminar, she was active as an illustrator mainly for magazines. She debuted as an author with Sput and her Grandmother in the Wood of the Dead - Sput's Diary 1 on December 2005. She published Sput's Diary 2 - Monster in the Dark on June 2007, and Sput's Diary 3 -Spirits in the Metro on January 2008. She formed Illust Creators, Inc., an art unit with an illustrator Hariken. She held three art exhibitions in one year. Currently she is director of Studio M.O.G. and creative director.
Yumi Sato (translator) Profile
Born in Fukuoka in 1961. She graduated from Shizuoka University and Master Course of Ochanomizu Women's University. After working as a part-time lecturer, she started her full-time career at Fuji Tokoha University in 2000. Now majoring in performance studies of Shakespeare's works, she is now also interested in the relationship between performance studies and current British culture.
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