An interview with the anime movie 'Welcome to the Space Show' directed by Koji Masunari and screenwriter Hideyuki Kurata, until the movie 'You can watch it with the excitement of when you started going to the cinema'
We were able to interview Koji Masunari, who was the director of
'Welcome to the Space Show' is the 'Kamichu! It is a work that started immediately after the end of this work, and it seems that Masashi Ishihama, a character designer, joined Besame Mucho from this work and became four people. Both Director Masunari and Mr. Kurata said that they completed a good film while being puzzled by how to make it because it was the first movie. This time, we asked about various stories, focusing on how the work was made, based on various fun derailment talks.
Director Masunari (left) and Mr. Kurata (right / hand only) who answered the question.
Director Koji Masunari received high praise for the
Hideyuki Kurata formed a duo with Director Masunari in 'ROD -READ OR DIE-', and is also active as an anime series composition, screenwriter, and writer. As of 2010, he is in charge of the series composition for the TV anime 'My sister can't be this cute ', and he is living a very busy life.
The interview was conducted at A-1 Pictures in Asagaya.
GIGAZINE (hereinafter, G):
After 'ROD' is over, 'Kamichu! When starting, Mr. Kurata, Mr. Masunari, and Mr. Ochikoshi brought their own plans, and it seems that Mr. Masunari's plan went through, but how about 'Welcome to the Space Show'? Did you decide on this work in a certain way?
Director Koji Masunari (hereinafter referred to as Masunari):
'Kamichu! ] Has settled down, so I have to decide on my next job! That's why. It was rather natural, and I was talking while eating a meal, and there was a place where I could do it in the theater in a timely manner with the flow of 'What should I do next. TV or OVA ...', so it was like 'Do you want to make it a theater?' It's a feeling.
Screenplay by Hideyuki Kurata (hereinafter referred to as Kurata):
'Kamichu! 』Won the Agency for Cultural Affairs Award (Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Division Excellence Award), so you can do it now! Like.
Masunari:
I was exhausted with 'ROD', so I rehabilitated 'Kamichu! ], And there was a break there, so everyone had never played a theater, so let's try it.
Kurata:
It was really hard ... It's like 'I found out that the sea is wide!'
Masunari:
It was really amazing when I tried it. I had an idea like 'Is it okay to make four TV length stories?' Or I thought I could do it with an OVA-like glue ... Yeah, I don't know how to make it at all. That's why.
Kurata:
I had no choice but to feel it completely.
Masunari:
At first I said that I should watch various movies and make it like that, but as I go to the second half, the number of words gradually decreases ... (laughs)
G:
'Kamichu! There are four years from 』to this work, but what kind of work have you been doing in the last four years?
Masunari:
The work itself has been around for a long time, but it takes about 3 years just for drawing.
Kurata:
Anyway, every time I made a break between the Earth edition and the Moon edition, I collected it, and
Masunari:
I had them set up and board.
Kurata:
Rather than saying the next one after each one, it took me four years to roll while looking at the parts that were made. After all, I don't know how to make a movie.
A lot of materials that convey the hardships of four years.
Masunari:
Oh yeah, how do you make
Kurata:
I thought it was amazing to draw the contest alone. A movie is very similar to the time when I made the first movie in the TV series.
Masunari:
The first episode of TV animation is decided from nothing, so it takes time anyway. After that, it can be shortened a little when it comes to 2 or 3 episodes to make more variations, and from that point on, the storyboard can be done quickly. You can give such instructions, such as keeping this number of stories here. But it takes time to make the first episode, which is the basis of it.
Kurata:
Speaking of discoveries, I was always worried when I thought that (Mr. Masunari) wouldn't have to worry because he would draw everything by himself. 'I should be able to do this month!' Is repeated every month (laughs).
Masunari:
When you can't draw, you can't draw!
G:
What do you do in such a case?
Masunari:
Hmmm, either keep thinking alone in front of the desk, or ride a bicycle and go somewhere for a distraction.
A storyboard that bothered Director Masunari.
It's so thick.
G:
Looking at the director's tweet on Twitter, it seems that you are watching a movie quite a bit, is that because the production is over?
Masunari:
Well, I didn't watch a single movie during the production. It's scary to see, isn't it? So I don't look at any other work for a change.
Kurata:
You can't just look at the internet for a change. Especially on Twitter, Mr. Masunari wrote 'I saw' Literature Girl 'today' and 'I saw' Trigun 'today', so it's already (laughs).
Masunari:
Speaking of Twitter, it's hard to write negative things honestly. I've only seen various works since I finished making 'Welcome to the Space Show', but it's hard to say what I like about those works ... Yes, I definitely don't want to be a critic. Personally, I don't want to look at something and critique it, so I want to see the good points of the work and say the good points.
Kurata:
After all, I can't tweet my true intentions. Just by writing a little bit, it will spread quickly on Twitter, isn't it? That's why I only see the internet and don't send out information myself. Even though I'm writing sentences at work, it's absolutely impossible to do blogging. If you have time to write a blog, you may want to read a book, or you may be distracted by that person. It takes me three or four years to work all the time, and after that, I feel like I'm just wandering around the internet thinking, 'Now it's the charging period.' Also, if you go online, you will feel that you are losing a lot of time.
Masunari:
Oh yeah, it doesn't matter at all, but speaking of the internet, I made a reservation online to see '
Kurata:
No, you're really wasting your time. It was the same at the 'Space Show', but at first it took a long time because I was groping for it, right? It will turn a little better next time, right?
Masunari:
I don't know. This time, I spent a really MAX time as a theatrical release animation. The work itself doesn't stop anywhere, and although it's moving, it takes a lot of time for some reason. This time you learned how to be smart from the next time onwards! Everyone says.
Kurata:
I really used a lot of study fees for Aniplex ~ (laughs)
G:
What are you thinking about your next work?
Masunari:
Next ... I have nothing yet (laughs)
Kurata:
I wish I had thought about the new material in the meantime! I think it's a terrible time in that sense. Next is 'My sister can't be this cute'.
G:
The people involved are also doing various things like Twitter, but how about this flow?
Kurata:
I wish everyone could stop the internet all at once (laughs). I had no choice but to spend time without the internet because my modem broke in GW and I couldn't connect to the internet, but I was surprised to find that it was so quiet just because there was no internet.
Masunari:
Yeah, you can't see the reaction of your work online!
Kurata:
You shouldn't look at it ... Either you should see it at all, or you should be prepared to not hurt your heart even if you look at it.
Masunari:
So I don't usually see it.
Kurata:
There are times when I see the waves and sometimes I don't see them at all. When I don't have enough time, I look at the internet, and I get dented when it says something that makes me sick, so I haven't seen it recently. No matter what I do or wherever I look, I'm told 'Write the continuation of'ROD'!' (Laughs)
Masunari:
Oh yeah, we are normal human beings, so if we are defeated, we will be hurt.
G:
In that sense, I have the impression that you know and understand the cutting-edge circumstances of the times, but will that be reflected in your work?
Kurata:
No, on the contrary, it is because we do not know the cutting edge of modern fashion that makes such a film. I can't draw 'Durarara !! ' because my mind and body are already ossan. We just do what we can do.
G:
It seems that you are conscious of the feeling of creating an old atmosphere, but how do you feel about it?
Kurata:
'Kamichu! Is a junior high school student in my heart, and 'Space Show' is an elementary school student. I want to put out a beautiful place!
Masunari:
But in reality, for example, my niece was depopulated and went to about 5 students in the whole school, but he said that there was bullying even in such a place.
Kurata:
Actually, even 5 students from all the schools may have a back site ... Well, based on the fact that there is such a reality, it seems that I spent four years well trying to put out a beautiful place. After all, because I go to the movie theater and pay to watch it, I want to watch the movie comfortably and I want people to watch it.
Masunari:
There are many scenes that shed tears in this work, but there are no tears in the negative. Basically, tears come out in a positive place. The kind of tears that come out are different from the tears that come out sadly.
Kurata:
Oh yeah, when I saw was in the image board title because 'triggered Edition' is, Ideon it was thought that the manner 'This is all die!' (Laughs). Ah, I've done it! Like. When I think about it, I feel that 'Welcome to the Space Show' is a good deal even if you imagine something like 'Ideon Invocation'. Actually, the title of this movie, the first is ' The ☆ Space Show! However, the title was changed due to various reasons. Maybe it's because I don't really understand the content of the first title.
'Activation' (middle) of the art setting / image board that Mr. Kurata was surprised at. As you can see from the other two books, it has nothing to do with Ideon.
Masunari:
The name 'Activation' was given only to express my feelings, regardless of Ideon (laughs). The title is 'The ☆ Space Show! 'If it stayed the same, it would have been a'
Kurata:
Isn't it okay, no matter who you wear it with? After all, it's Ghibli, it was released at the same time as Ghibli (laugh) (Editor's note: '
Masunari:
It's said on Twitter that it's like 'SW', but I
Kurata:
Most movies with the universe will be like that!
G:
By the way, it seems that Masunari is not motivated if a man is the main character ...
Masunari:
No, I'll do it for work! Speaking of which, 'recently otokonoko we'll also popular is', is another completely okay if Aiu of.
We asked Director Masunari to recreate what he was doing at work. From here, a lively (mainly) girl figure is created.
Kurata:
If the man is the main character, I think it's about 'Jojo' (in charge of storyboarding and directing the third episode of the OVA).
Masunari:
Hinata, I like it.
Kurata:
This is the only way to do it! It's the usual feeling like that! It's no different from 'ROD' (laughs)
Masunari:
No, boys can do it, yeah, children who can do it! But I think it's more interesting for girls to do it. A man is basically a delusion, isn't he? So, if you delusion of a girl when you delusion, your dreams will spread. But if you delusion of a man, you have no choice but to hit a wall somewhere.
Kurata:
If you're a man, you have no choice but to go to the lower body. It will be the bottom story.
Masunari:
'Space Show' has no off-color humor, by the way.
G:
In an interview four years ago, Mr. Kurata said, 'I think it's okay for everyone to notice the new charm of girls,' but do you think the viewers have awakened to the new charm after that?
Kurata:
I didn't like the fact that the tastes can be set in one direction, such as classifying by attributes. I think that the beginning of love is something like the gestures and habits that you usually overlook, and the change in your perspective on the other person.
G:
Are the current viewers awakening?
Kurata:
I agree. Especially, 'Otokonoko' is amazing! I think it's okay to use a bunt instead of a home run. It doesn't look like a beautiful girl's 'boy's daughter'. With that in mind, I think generations are amazing. If that is the case, I would like to say that I still have a normal taste.
G:
By the way, I think that both of you are watching various animations, but do you also watch dramas quite a lot?
Kurata:
I will see it. I'm recording 'CSI ' that is being broadcast on BS, but I don't know how much it is anymore (laughs). There are three 'CSI ', ' NY ' and ' Miami ', and the subtitled version, the dubbed version and the rebroadcast, respectively, three times a day, so I don't know which one anymore!
Masunari:
I don't see it on the air, so I'm watching it on TSUTAYA DISCAS now. Even if I turn on the TV, there are only similar variety shows, so I only watch things like 'Close-up Gendai ' and ' The Dawn of Gaia.'
Kurata:
I think the creators have noticed. Actually, there is not much difference in budget when comparing movies and TV. But movie DVDs sell better than TVs that don't sell. And four years ago, everyone noticed.
Masunari:
A year after we started making movies, the number of people who said, 'Let's make it for theaters, not for TV' has increased. It was completed one after another around this time, and it is being screened now. That's why the movie versions of anime are coming out one after another these days.
Kurata:
For example, 'Trigun', I think that it was lined up in a row on the generation side of the creator side just right. Also, customers are coming to the cinema. There is a style that you can go to the movie theater like ' One Piece ', ' Gintama ', ' Haruhi ', ' Nanoha'. Compared to movies for theaters, TV animation is cut off faster, isn't it?
Masunari:
Maybe ' K-ON !! ' is doing its best on TV alone.
G:
You said before that 'it's always early to get off to a good start', but did the project move relatively quickly this time as well?
Masunari:
is not it.
Kurata:
No way, we're going to be crazy (laughs)
Masunari:
'Summer Wars' has been running since the same time as ourselves.
Kurata:
Just as I was making it, ' Earthsea ' was released in the summer, so while we were making one 'Space Show', Ghibli was making two 'Earthsea' and 'Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea'. Moreover, this year, another one is really amazing, isn't it? Also, Mr. Oshii made ' Sky Crawlers ' and everyone is working great!
Masunari:
I didn't think it would take so long ... I wish I could speed up next time.
Kurata:
Can you make it in 3 months? In 3 months (laughs)
G:
Why did you choose a child actor instead of having an adult voice actor play your child this time?
Masunari:
The movie version is a one-time thing, so I wanted to make it real without getting caught as much as possible. Even voice actors who are good at acting are good, but after all, when an adult person plays a child, it passes through the filter 'playing a child', and I was concerned about that. This time there are 5 main characters, actually 6 people, and can we collect 6 professional voice actors who can play children properly? There was also. So, from the beginning, I had the idea of using children if possible. It was okay if I could play it, so I think it's okay to consult with the sound directors. When I auditioned while thinking, I was surprised that everyone was already very good at the play. It seems that about 150 people came, but the children said, 'Is that so much?' Maybe about 100 people?
Kurata:
The more you have, the better it will be, so you can say 10,000 more (laughs)
Masunari:
No no (laughs). Anyway, everyone was good and the level was really high.
There were three scripts.
Kurata:
Also, I was wondering if there was a difference between the acting of the voice actors and the children, but I'm a child but a professional! I knew that. I remembered the scenario properly, and even if I said 'Can you do other characters for a while?' At the time of the audition, I was able to read the lines other than my role properly, and I was able to respond immediately on the spot. You can do it. I've read it in advance! Something like that. Besides, other characters are also made properly and it is amazing. I was just thinking that a cute kid would come, but it was completely different, and some of them were girls with a good style, such as 'Eh! Is this 12 years old ?!'. It was like a different creature. Different from us, yes, it was like 'Avatar' (laughs)
Masunari:
You could meet that you wouldn't be able to meet in the country for the rest of your life. It was a great experience. Also, if I wanted to use a child actor, I wanted to have a training camp before dubbing if possible. I really want to get along.
Kurata:
Did you come up with the idea of making this training camp after seeing the making of 'Water Boys'?
Masunari:
No, I haven't seen it ... I heard that I had a training camp in a drama or something with many child actors. So, uh, that's good.
Kurata:
However, when I actually tried to do a training camp, I said, 'I can only take this one week, because school will start after this date' (laughs). All the child actors are going to school, so I can't have such a long training camp.
Masunari:
But I didn't have to camp at all. By the end of the dubbing, everyone was getting along.
Kurata:
You were crying at the end.
Masunari:
After dubbing was finished in a week or 10 days, and one month later, I asked him to take another check for omissions, and I was surprised that the child who played the role of ink was growing taller. Eh! In a month! What?
Kurata:
There were 5 or 6 microphones lined up in order of height from the end, and the children were lined up there, but the child at that end was overtaking by height. In that sense, the concentration was extremely high.
Masunari:
The children were only microphones.
Kurata:
It was interesting to see how they helped each other. I think it was hard for people related to acoustics. But I decided on acting, and even if I retake it, I can do the same acting many times, and I'm really an actor.
Masunari:
I chose and called a voice actor who could play tightly around me, but when I saw the children's plays, everyone said, 'It's amazing! It's amazing!'
Kurata:
Everyone was a child, so I asked for a gentle voice actor on the side, but there were also people who were enthusiastic and inspired. But yeah, some people showed off their awesome professionals. Someone is Chiwa Saito . I acted mercilessly and went home. A lion that bites a cute rabbit! I went home like that (laughs)
Masunari:
After Chiwa was over, all the child actors applauded while saying 'Wow!'. The mother who played the role of a child outside also asked, 'Who is that person?' This is what a professional is! It was like that. Yeah, I'm 10 years old! Like (laughs)
Kurata:
When Ryusei Nakao finished recording and finally said 'Bye bye keen!', The children were very happy. No, I thought that the big names are different. Children don't know about us.
Masunari:
But 'Kamichu! I saw it and was told by Tomoyo-chan (Natsuki, Tomoyo Kurosawa). Kenji was good! What?
Kurata:
You can see the goodness of Kenji at that age ...! Also, the child actor had power. I was running around all the time.
Masunari:
I recorded it for almost 10 days, but usually the movie version is recorded in 2 days, so it's a long movie. I didn't shoot with Nuki or Tobashi, and I was able to do it in order.
G:
Previously, 'Kamichu! You said that is the goal ...
Kurata:
'Kamichu! 』Spitted out all the beautiful things in me. Before that, I wondered if the 'Space Show' had the pleasure of going to the cinema once or twice a year when I was in elementary school, as if I had just started going to the cinema. It feels like using different muscles. Now there is no more material (laughs). Oh yeah, when I was a junior high school student, I was doing the contact and activation of 'Ideon' at the theater, and I went to see it with my younger brother, but at the entrance of the theater I happened to have a friend at school and watched 'Rocky 3'. 'Let's go!', So I just went to see 'Rocky 3'. Then, when I saw my younger brother later, he came back with a complicated face. Certainly, watching 'Rocky 3' and 'Ideon' at that age is a turning point in my life.
Masunari:
For me, it's 'Ideon'! The reason for entering this industry is 'Ideon'.
Kurata:
But I think I'm glad I watched 'Rocky 3' and then 'Ideon'. If it was the other way around, I'm sure 'Rocky 3' felt very boring (laughs). In that sense, 'Space Show' is not 'Ideon' but 'Rocky'.
Masunari:
That's right!
Kurata:
But it's not pure 'Rocky 3'. But in the end, everyone can enjoy it.
Masunari:
Yeah, the whole family can enjoy it. Speaking of a baseball ball, I don't know how to hold a straight, but I think it's straight if I have to twist it like this (laughs)
Kurata:
It feels like a straight thrown in episode 1 or 2 of 'Taisho Baseball Girl'. As a result, it took four years for the usual things to become a theater.
G:
Then, please give us a final word.
Kurata:
My work was finished two and a half years ago, so I think I can finally realize it when I see it in the theater. I hope you'll be looking forward to it, just as I was excited to go to the cinema when I was a kid, feeling like 'I can watch' Theatrical Version 999 '!'
Masunari:
I've been working until just a few months ago, involving everyone and making it with great thoughts, so it's a good thing. We can only see good images in movies, and we can't see our suffering at all, so please look forward to it. I want you to watch it and warm your heart.
G:
Thank you very much.
The movie 'Welcome to the Space Show' will be released on June 26, 2010.
Welcome to the Space Show 2010.6.26 ROADSHOW
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◆ Staff
Director: Koji Masunari
Screenplay: Hideyuki Kurata
Character design / animation director: Masashi Ishihama
Scene design: Shiho Takeuchi
Mechanic Animation Director: Koji Watanabe
Production design: okama, Noriyuki Jingu, Shiho Takeuchi, Koji Watanabe
Sub-character design: Koji Yabuno, Sada Morisaki
Directed by: Hiroyuki Hata
Color design: Ritsuko Utagawa
Art director: Kazuo Ogura
CG director: Shinji Nasu
Cinematographer: Takaharu Ozaki
Edit: Masahiro Goto
Music: Yoshihiro Ike
Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta
Recording adjustment: Yasuhiro Nakura
Sound effects: Hiromune Kurahashi
Original: Besamucho
Produced by: A-1 Pictures
Production: 'Welcome to the Space Show' Production Committee
Distribution: Aniplex
◆ Cast
Natsuki Koyama: Tomoyo Kurosawa
Shu Suzuki: Honoka Ikezuki
Kiyoshi Sato: Shotaro Uzawa
Tomoko Nishimura: Tamaki Matsumoto
Koji Harada: Takuto Yoshinaga
Pochi Rickman: Keiji Fujiwara
Neppo: Ryusei Nakao
Marie: Rei Igarashi
Bogner: Masaya Onosaka
Heston: Masanori Takeda
Lobby: Mitsuru Miyamoto
Ink: Mayu Iino
Rubyne: Hisao Egawa
Yabu: Chiwa Saito
Taro: Kazuaki Ito
Hanako: Noriko Hidaka
Gova: Banjo Ginga
Tony: Nobuo Tobita
◆ Theme song
Susan Boyle 'Who I Was Born To Be'
© A-1 Pictures / 'Welcome to the Space Show' Production Committee
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