- Interview date: 08/23/2024
- Location: Anime NYC 2024
Anime Herald: In case you had been having a celebration, who would you somewhat invite: ghosts or aliens?
Natsuki Hanae: (Laughs) Ghosts.
Anime Herald: Is there a purpose for that?
Natsuki Hanae: I am extra used to ghosts. Or they’re extra a part of my upbringing. It is simpler to think about what they’re like.
Anime Herald: Director Yamashiro has mentioned that he likes the temper and ambiance of the (AND DA AND) manga within the anime. How had been you in a position to assist it stay devoted to the supply materials?
Hiroyuki Aoi: Moreover myself, there’s one other producer on the present. He works extra immediately with the workers. When the workers says, “That is the sort of expression we wish to use within the animation” to enhance the look, we will not exaggerate there. If we do this, we lose the enchantment of the manga. It was vital to maintain a stability between what the workers wished to do and what we may do. As a producer, my job was to current to manga artist (Yukinobu) Tatsu-sensei what the workers wished to do, and never essentially negotiate, however clarify it to him and get him to approve it. I believe this helped replicate Yamashiro’s imaginative and prescient
Anime Herald: In case you gained a guess in opposition to Shion Wakayama and had her as an errand woman, what errands would you have got her run?
Natsuki Hanae: If I may have her as my gofer, I’d let her test my script. It is a whole lot of work. Once we get the script, I’ve to point which traces are mine. If she may do this, it could be an amazing assist.
Anime Herald: What would you like our readers to know? AND DA AND?
Hiroyuki Aoi: In episode one, the 2 principal characters get entangled in an alien/ghost debacle. They may develop all through the season. Their relationship and their fight expertise will develop. That can be mirrored within the motion scenes.
I believe the American public is aware of quite a bit about UFOs and aliens, however due to the ghosts that seem in them AND DA AND are very Japanese, if the viewers can examine Japanese ghost tales, Japanese occultism or yōkai will probably be far more attention-grabbing for them as a result of they may perceive the references all through.
Anime Herald: Which of their qualities did you wish to concentrate on when voicing your character, to make sure they carried over from the manga to the anime?
Natsuki Hanae: As you already know from studying the manga, Okarun has many feelings and expressions. Typically he’s unfavourable. Typically he is an otaku. He will be enjoyable. However when he fights Momo, he’s a unique individual, in any other case he falls in love. Typically when he transforms he modifies quite a bit. He’s very multi-dimensional. I actually wished to precise Okarun as a personality from totally different angles. I additionally wished to ensure he could be a sympathetic character for the viewers.
(Editor’s be aware: When he talks about preventing Momo, they combat collectively in opposition to aliens, or yōkai, or REGISTERED.)
Anime Herald: Are there any tales you want to share concerning the recording course of? AND DA AND?
Hiroyuki Aoi: In episode one there are the three Serpoian males. Kazuya Nakai had are available in to do the voices for them. He had thought he would offer one voice for all three (they look like similar). When he acquired to the sales space, they defined that they wished a unique voice for every of them. He was very nervous. However amazingly, he managed to make it occur. I assumed, “Nakai sounds actually good.”
Sadly, I’m not the producer who’s all the time within the sales space, that’s the different individual’s job. However from what I hear from Hanae-son and (Shion) Wakayama-san, there are each younger actors and skilled voice actors. Identical to within the anime, there are a variety of individuals with all kinds of experiences. I believe that is very attention-grabbing.
Mayumi Tanaka could be very well-known. She has been working for a very long time.
(Editor’s be aware: Mayumi Tanaka performs Turbo Granny, my choose for greatest character in DAN DA DAN.)
Anime Herald: Any tales you want to share about your go to to New York?
Hiroyuki Aoi: A gaggle of us went to the Empire State Constructing. We went to the upper flooring. I am not afraid of heights, however some individuals work, together with composer Kensuke Ushio. (Laughs)
Natsuki Hanae: I went to eat on the Japanese embassy. The one who ready my dinner was the chef of a restaurant I frequented in Tokyo. That was a really shocking second.
Anime Herald: Did he acknowledge you?
Natsuki Hanae: Sure. (Laughs)
