{"id":23783,"date":"2016-08-04T21:38:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T04:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/?p=23783"},"modified":"2017-08-14T22:42:32","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T05:42:32","slug":"230a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/230a\/","title":{"rendered":"Sayaka Kanda interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Aera<\/em> magazine
\nJune 19, 2017<\/p>\n

A voice actor appears in Space Battleship Yamato 2202<\/em>
\nSayaka Kanda arrives as Teresa<\/h2>\n

43 years after the Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> TV series began, Sayaka Kanda appears in the new series, Yamato 2202, Soldiers of Love<\/em><\/h3>\n

Of all the works that have been loved over the past forty years, this is one of the most iconic. Once a being of antimatter, once a person with supernatural powers, in the newest work Yamato 2202<\/em> she is depicted as a goddess who prays for peace in space. Sayaka Kanda plays this key character, Teresa.<\/p>\n

When her appearance was decided, the response in her immediate vicinity was great.<\/p>\n

“I was glad that the even officer manager, who is constantly calm, was also excited.”<\/p>\n

The first dream I had in life<\/h3>\n

She went to a lot of trouble in creating the role.<\/p>\n

“How do you find the balance between human quality and something godlike? I couldn’t know the feelings of God, so I obediently decided to ask the director at the site. He said, ‘It’s just a lone voice, and please understand that this character lives in a slightly different dimension from the other characters.’ Through trial and error, I reduced the intonation and played it calmly in a lower range. I devoted myself to a performance of subtraction.”<\/p>\n

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Becoming a voice actor who breathes life into animation and impresses men and women of all ages was her first dream in life, before becoming a singer and an actress.<\/p>\n

Her achievements expanded while she steadily acquired experience on the stage, and in 2014 she won the role of Anna in the Japanese dubbed version of the Disney movie Frozen<\/em>. The lively, attractive Anna and her free and easy singing voice entranced all of Japan. Since then, her work as a voice actor has steadily increased as well.<\/p>\n

“At an awards show once, voice actor Daisuke Ono told me ‘Next I’ll see you at work,’ and I’m very glad that this promise was answered.”<\/p>\n

It is definitely the hope of the next generation, but its stance is humble and stoic.<\/p>\n

“The first thing a voice shows is a state of mind. If it’s too much, you can hear something slightly unreliable. I need to up my skills, so I want to keep trying.”<\/p>\n

A prayer in song<\/h3>\n

Until now, famous voice actors such as Miyuki Ueda have played the role of Teresa. The challenge was to bring an original expression while surpassing the past image of Teresa.<\/p>\n

“In Farewell to Yamato<\/em> (1978), Teresa was praying toward the side, and the scene in which she faces front for the the first time was very striking. If I can play Teresa in a scene that expresses such impact, it will be memorable to everyone.”<\/p>\n

Sayaka got married in May, and it changed some of her thoughts about love.<\/p>\n

“Until a while ago, I thought of love as what you could do by devoting yourself to a partner. That was my own personal aesthetic. But now I realize that love is a communion.”<\/p>\n

When one falls ill, the other nurses them. He or she becomes anxious and small things become very reassuring. It feels precious. <\/p>\n

As Teresa, she is also in charge of the ending theme song. The request was for “mysticism,” or “an image of fog clearing.” She sang it with the honest feeling of a prayer from distant space.<\/p>\n

“It is a very beautiful song in Japanese. This anime will be remembered with music. I hope that the ending song will remain in the hearts of the people who see it.”<\/p>\n

Shiho Kumazawa, editorial department<\/em><\/p>\n

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