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How do kamishibai makers design around the nuki (pull-out) reveal, and what transition and pacing rules do documented performers use that an animation or audio storyteller could borrow?

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A 2013 Japanese college bulletin on training childcare students to make kamishibai documents design consequences of the pull-out (nuki) mechanic: the cards are pulled from right to left as seen from the audience so figures walking forward must face left; the script goes on the back of the previous scene; margins hidden by the stage must be measured; students exploit pulling for stepwise reveals (a rainbow gaining one colour per scene) and for participatory riddles (a coloured paper interposed between silhouette cut-out and picture is pulled after the audience guesses). A US performance handout adds timing guidance (vary the pull speed: sudden cuts for surprise, dissolves for suspense) and cautions that overdoing character voices can steal focus from the art. No open source read names or describes specific sub-techniques of nuki.

A 2013 Japanese college bulletin on training childcare students to make kamishibai documents design consequences of the pull-out (nuki) mechanic: the cards are pulled from right to left as seen from the audience so figures walking forward must face left; the script goes on the back of the previous scene; margins hidden by the stage must be measured; students exploit pulling for stepwise reveals (a rainbow gaining one colour per scene) and for participatory riddles (a coloured paper interposed between silhouette cut-out and picture is pulled after the audience guesses). A US performance handout adds timing guidance (vary the pull speed: sudden cuts for surprise, dissolves for suspense) and cautions that overdoing character voices can steal focus from the art. No open source read names or describes specific sub-techniques of nuki. Curator qualifications: Excerpts located (pull right-to-left as seen by audience; maku-gami curtain paper); nuki reveal design. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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      "url": "https://www.storycardtheater.com/downloads/Kamishibai-Tips-Handout-2021.pdf",
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  • [sourced_fact] A 2013 Japanese college bulletin on training childcare students to make kamishibai documents design consequences of the pull-out (nuki) mechanic: the cards are pulled from right to left as seen from the audience so figures walking forward must face left; the script goes on the back of the previous scene; margins hidden by the stage must be measured; students exploit pulling for stepwise reveals (a rainbow gaining one colour per scene) and for participatory riddles (a coloured paper interposed between silhouette cut-out and picture is pulled after the audience guesses). A US performance handout adds timing guidance (vary the pull speed: sudden cuts for surprise, dissolves for suspense) and cautions that overdoing character voices can steal focus from the art. No open source read names or describes specific sub-techniques of nuki. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts source

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