1. Understanding Anime Studio 6

• Highlighting the history of animation and anime

• Discovering the history of Anime Studio

• Understanding the product line

• Knowing where Anime Studio is used

Welcome to Anime Studio 6: The Smith Micro Official Guide. If you’re reading this book, you must have some interest in Anime Studio or in anime, or maybe your Auntie Maude just sent you this book for grins, and you have nothing better to do while you sit on the beach during your vacation. If the latter is your excuse, then put down this book immediately and go play in the water—vacations don’t come around that often after all.

If you’re reading this book because you want to create fun or complex animations to share with your friends or bosses, then try to stay awake as we slog through this introductory material or feel free to jump forward to whichever chapter looks interesting.