From Truant to Anime Screenwriter: My Path to 'Anohana' and 'The Anthem of the Heart'

From the writer of 'Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day' and 'The Anthem of the Heart' comes the next expressive tale of the fight against one's own demons.Mari Okada grew up in rural Chichibu, a truant for most of her adolescent life. She observed school life from afar, often refusing to leave the confines of her room. But with the fateful encounter of a visiting school teacher, Okada found a way through the echelons of school using her untapped skill of turning words on a page into a unique voice that truly captured the essence of youthful spirit.From her own personal desires to leave home and find a place in 'the world outside,' Okada came face-to-face with her own anxiety and let her stories speak out on her behalf of her struggles to truly find peace with the world around her.'From Truant to Anime Screenwriter: My Path to 'Anohana' and 'The Anthem of the Heart'' is a gripping autobiography that details the not-so-succesful life of one of anime's biggest screenwriters as she faces the hardest challenge of all: finding herself through her own works.