{"id":25317,"date":"2018-07-06T23:17:44","date_gmt":"2018-07-07T06:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/?p=25317"},"modified":"2018-11-14T14:55:57","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T22:55:57","slug":"326a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/326a\/","title":{"rendered":"Yamato 2202<\/em> Chapter 5 stage greetings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chapter 5 was released May 25, 2018 with multiple stage greeting events to commemorate its first and second weekends in theaters. Transcripts for two of those events are featured here.<\/p>\n

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Yamato 2202<\/em> Chapter 5, Purgatory Chapter<\/em>, opened in 35 theaters on May 25, 2018 where it would play for three weeks, with four of those theaters holding it over for a fourth week. Since it opened on a Friday rather than the customary Saturday, the \u201cbig\u201d stage presentation with voice actors took place the next morning (read about it here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Instead, a smaller presentation was held at the Shinjuku Piccadilly Theater on Friday morning featuring three familiar faces: Director Nobuyoshi Habara, Writer Harutoshi Fukui, and Sound Director Tomohiro Yoshida. This report was published at the Official 2202<\/em> website<\/a> on June 13\u2026<\/p>\n

(Note: in all cases, the interviewer was regular Yamato<\/em> MC Osamu Kobayashi.)<\/p>\n

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Event report: Chapter 5 Purgatory Chapter<\/em> first day stage greeting<\/h2>\n

Yamato 2202<\/em> Chapter 5 premiered Friday, May 25, and a commemorative stage greeting was held at the Shinjuku Piccadilly Theater. Though it wasn\u2019t scheduled, Sound Director Tomohiro Yoshida, Writer Harutoshi Fukui, and Director Nobuyoshi Habara rushed onto the stage.<\/p>\n

When asked how it felt on this first day, Mr. Habara said, \u201cI was wondering if I would be able to see it with fresh eyes,\u201d and when he asked the viewers if they were satisfied, a big round of applause filled the theater. <\/p>\n

After that, Mr. Fukui greeted them with a laugh that could be called masochistic. \u201cIt\u2019s the cruelest ending I\u2019ve ever done. When we did Chapter 2 I thought that was it, but this time it\u2019s much worse. When you see the teaser for Chapter 6 a new guy appears, doesn\u2019t he? In industry terminology, that\u2019s a Billbine. (Laughs) Is Yamato<\/em> finally changing? How could that happen? Isn\u2019t it more fun than ever?\u201d<\/p>\n

(Translator\u2019s note: Billbine was the replacement robot for the title mecha in Aura Battler Dunbine<\/em><\/a>, a 1983 anime series from Sunrise.)<\/p>\n

Mr. Yoshida said a little about the current circumstances in his greeting, which demonstrated that we are finally in the second half of this long series. \u201cIt\u2019s a really long journey. It\u2019s already more than a year since Chapter 1. Actually, I just mixed Episode 19 yesterday\u2026oh, I don\u2019t think I should say that. (Laugh) It\u2019s just that we\u2019ve finally come to this\u2026the city empire at last.\u201d<\/p>\n

We spoke with Mr. Yoshida and the others, hearing stories mainly about the music and cast. Let\u2019s introduce some of them here.<\/p>\n


\nL to R: Tomohiro Yoshida, Nobuyoshi Habara, Harutoshi Fukui<\/em><\/p>\n

On the music of Chapter 5<\/h3>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> There were quite a few musical pieces used for the first time in Chapter 5.<\/p>\n

Yoshida:<\/em><\/span> Of course, we recorded them before the series began. I wanted [Composer] Akira Miyagawa to understand the overall world view, so I first had him record music that would be necessary in the second half. It\u2019s been sleeping so far and it has aged, so we\u2019re trying to use it before it rots. So the Galaxy<\/em> theme could finally be used in the teaser.<\/p>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> For example, a piece used in Chapter 5 for the first time was for the scene of Kato and Touko in her cell. What kind of Zordar did you want there?<\/p>\n

Yoshida:<\/em><\/span> It was also used in Chapter 1. It connects to Tsubasa ~ Fading Life<\/em>, the music for parents and children, Kato and his son Tsubasa. This time, Kato is tempted to the dark side and falls. Akira gave the explanation in that excellent piece. It\u2019s great music, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

Fukui:<\/em><\/span> It\u2019s as if I composed the music and put it together with a picture. It\u2019s wonderful.<\/p>\n

Habara:<\/em><\/span> Of course, when I listened to the music, I thought it was great. As for Yoshida\u2019s music selection\u2026when I heard it with the picture for the first time in dubbing, I was surprised by how perfect it was for the scene.<\/p>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> There are many other scenes that seem like they were scored as a film. [Translator\u2019s note: the interviewer makes this distinction because BGM is not typically written for specific scenes, instead functioning as a library for general use.]
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Yoshida:<\/em><\/span> It feels like it\u2019s in my blood\u2026I take into account the flow of the music whenever possible. If the composer and performer were to shorten a given piece, what would they cut? Basically, I\u2019d like to place [a cut] to be unnoticeable. In Chapter 5, the balance of old and new music was very painstaking. It was hard to decide how to drop it in.<\/p>\n

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Fukui:<\/em><\/span> I wanted to ask you, when the city empire Gatchakon!<\/em> sound effect came out, what is that? (Laughs) I\u2019ve been interested in it since I watched Farewell to Yamato<\/em> in the old days. What sound is it?<\/p>\n

Yoshida:<\/em><\/span> What do you mean?<\/p>\n

Fukui:<\/em><\/span> In the original, something flashed and it went Gatchakon!<\/em> Is that sound made by the city empire? (Laughs) Because it\u2019s there this time. It has a terrible feeling of, \u201cThis is it!\u201d<\/p>\n

Yoshida:<\/em><\/span> For that effect, Mr. Nishimura said, \u201cAs for how to use it, I\u2019ll leave it to you. I have it, so I\u2019ll hand it over.\u201d He threw it around irresponsibly. (Laughs)<\/p>\n

Habara:<\/em><\/span> It\u2019s perfect.<\/p>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> How does the director interpret it?<\/p>\n

Habara:<\/em><\/span> Ehh\u2026oh, just put it in. (Laughs) That series of scenes was set to music in the mix. Then it was cut because it felt a little different from what I was expecting. Conversely, I edit to match the flow of music.<\/p>\n

Yoshida:<\/em><\/span> I was impressed by watching the preview.<\/p>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> In Chapter 4, the music that was used in the \u201cEveryone shoots together\u201d scene was also used in Chapter 5 when Keyman releases Kodai from captivity. It seems like you use this in scenes where everyone\u2019s feelings come together as one.<\/p>\n

Yoshida:<\/em><\/span> In that place, it\u2019s a cool Keyman theme. Actually, I try not to think about it too much. When I aim for something, it usually lands off center.<\/p>\n

Habara:<\/em><\/span> It\u2019s a victory of sensibilities, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

Fukui:<\/em><\/span> It\u2019s what the music demands. In that case, I guess the music was like, \u201cI want Keyman to go in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yoshida:<\/em><\/span> It becomes the music of Ranhart Dessler, doesn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

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The new cast of Chapter 5<\/h3>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> Please tell me about the voices of the Dessler family who appear at the beginning of Chapter 5.<\/p>\n

Yoshida:<\/em><\/span> Before the series began, Mr. Habara issued a request for those parts. \u201cHow about this guy?\u201d If there were no scheduling problems, it would be adopted. When it comes to people who can bring a presence to such a short scene, you want some veterans.<\/p>\n

Habara:<\/em><\/span> Otherwise, emotions would only be conveyed by crying.<\/p>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> There are also two new characters on the Earth side in the latter half. Did you request those cast members?<\/p>\n

Habara:<\/em><\/span> I made the request for Saki Todo, and the voice of Mina Ichinose was recommended by Mr. Yoshida.<\/p>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> How was the voice recording?<\/p>\n

Habara:<\/em><\/span> Both Ayahi Takagaki (Todo) and Tomoyo Kurosawa (Ichinose) fervently asked about not only “What was it like in the past?” but also how you want to perform because of what you’ve gathered inside of you.<\/p>\n

Fukui:<\/em><\/span> On the topic of the role, there was a lot to sink my teeth into.<\/p>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> And we must not forget about someone else. Isao Sasaki.<\/p>\n

Habara:<\/em><\/span> He is Captain Yasuda of Apollo Norm<\/em>. I talked with him in an interview or a recording, and at the time he said something like, \u201cI want to do it if I can be a captain.\u201d And so we did it! It was a feeling like, \u201cThere you go.\u201d (Laughs)<\/p>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> Speaking of ideas from the director, I also heard that you proposed the Gatlantis baby.<\/p>\n

Habara:<\/em><\/span> That\u2019s right. Because a member of the staff had a child around the end of last year. (Laughs) I said, \u201cThere\u2019s about three months until we record that voice, so record a little cry.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Fukui:<\/em><\/span> That was a good recording, wasn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

Yoshida:<\/em><\/span> The sound quality was surprisingly good.<\/p>\n

Habara:<\/em><\/span> It was OK without a single retake. Since I made the offer properly, Mr. Fukui paid for it with a diaper. (Laughs) It felt like there was some fate at work. A Gatlantis baby was important in the script, so I thought a real voice was better than what was available (library sounds). It was very lucky.<\/p>\n

Fukui:<\/em><\/span> Good timing.<\/p>\n

Habara:<\/em><\/span> Actually, the mouth movement was matched to the cry as closely as possible. <\/p>\n

At the end of the stage greeting, a photo session was held and everyone gave a message to the audience.<\/p>\n

Sound Supervisor Tomohiro Yoshida:<\/em><\/span> What will happen with the Galaxy<\/em> theme after this? How does it lead to Chapter 6 and the finale in Chapter 7? I want to do my best to the end, so please take care.<\/p>\n

Fukui:<\/em><\/span> Volume 3 of the novelization by Yuka Minagawa was published today, so please get it. Plamodels have been waiting for the TV announcement to be given, so it has been decided that many kinds will come out at the end of the year. Thank you for that. Also, there will be more content later on the drama CD, and I think you\u2019ll like listening to it so please look forward to that as well. Thank you for today.<\/p>\n

Habara:<\/em><\/span> I will keep you waiting for Chapter 6 Regeneration Chapter<\/em> for about six months, and we\u2019re working hard to make something that will meet your expectations. Thank you for today.<\/p>\n

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To kick off its second week in theaters, more stage greetings were held for Chapter 5 in the Kyushu area. The following report was published on the Official 2202<\/em> website<\/a> on July 5\u2026<\/p>\n


\nL to R: MC Osamu Kobayashi, Shoji Nishizaki, Eriko Nakamura, Harutoshi Fukui<\/em><\/p>\n

Event Report: Chapter 5 Purgatory Chapter<\/em> Kyushu area stage greeting<\/h2>\n

As you know, with every chapter of Yamato 2202<\/em> stage greetings are held in theaters outside the Tokyo suburbs. For Chapter 5, three cities in Kyushu were visited over two days, Friday June 1 and Saturday June 2: T-Joy Hakata and T-Joy Riverwalk in Kitakyushu, and Toho Cinema Forest Light in Kumamoto. The participants were Writer Harutoshi Fukui, Mikage Kiryu\u2019s voice actor Eriko Nakamura, and Executive Producer Shoji Nishizaki, who went to high school in Kitakyushu.<\/p>\n

In this report, we pick up dialogues with Shoji Nishizaki.<\/p>\n

The job of an Executive Producer<\/h3>\n

Nishizaki:<\/em><\/span> I don\u2019t think \u201cExecutive Producer\u201d has a definition. [Translator\u2019s note: the literal Japanese equivalent of the term is \u201cOverall Production Command.\u201d] However, I think the role is to develop a certain project, make the plan, and procure the budget once the project is decided.<\/p>\n

The next part is the most important, the so-called staffing. First the writer, then the director. Then the main staff is appointed, including the art director. The biggest and most important job is to find people who have the mind for this sort of work. Next, I will oversee the whole and manage the production schedule to some extent. And we always deliver the data on time. I think that\u2019s it\u2026<\/p>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> Since you do the staffing of jobs, then you are Mr. Fukui\u2019s employer.<\/p>\n

Fukui:<\/em><\/span> That\u2019s right. So it wouldn\u2019t be good to hear, \u201cThis guy is useless.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nakamura:<\/em><\/span> Has that ever been said about you?<\/p>\n

Fukui:<\/em><\/span> Not yet, fortunately.<\/p>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> So if there is a slip of the tongue today\u2026<\/p>\n

Fukui:<\/em><\/span> That\u2019s why I\u2019m nervous. (Laughs)<\/p>\n


\nL: on stage at T-Joy in Hakata. R: on stage at Toho Cinema in Kumamoto<\/em><\/p>\n

Mr. Fukui\u2019s appointment and Mr. Nishizaki\u2019s impression<\/h3>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> How was Mr. Fukui appointed?<\/p>\n

Nishizaki:<\/em><\/span> I\u2019ve been paying attention to Mr. Fukui for a long time. Gundam UC<\/em> in particular was a big hit, and I thought it was enviable. So I decided to ask concerned parties for an introduction. Just one time was enough…since he’s such a big author, he acted very pompous. (Laughs) In any case, he seemed to hear what I had to say.<\/p>\n

Fukui:<\/em><\/span> I don\u2019t remember being pompous at all. (Laughs)<\/p>\n

Nishizaki:<\/em><\/span> It wouldn\u2019t be interesting if I didn\u2019t build it up a little. (Laughs) The second time we met, it was very pleasant. In my personal opinion, a story is still the most important thing in a visual work. If it doesn\u2019t create an impression to some extent, the direction of the work becomes very vague. We can\u2019t compete there. I have a responsibility to collect the money to cover expenses, so it was good that I met a really amazing guy. <\/p>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> That\u2019s high praise.<\/p>\n

Fukui:<\/em><\/span> I\u2019m sweating now. (Laughs)<\/p>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> What was your first impression when you met Mr. Nishizaki?<\/p>\n

Fukui:<\/em><\/span> I meet a lot of people in this line of work. However, even if it\u2019s a publishing company or a visual production company, it\u2019s still a Japanese company and a similar tone appears in all of them because it takes a certain kind of person to advance in a salaryman society. <\/p>\n

But in the case of Mr. Nishizaki, he came up without passing through this process. I was nervous because he is, so to speak, someone who got this far by his own hand. You can\u2019t do that without skill. He isn\u2019t the type of entrepreneur who only finds value in meeting economic principles\u2026which means he\u2019s a so-called troublemaker. (Laughs) I have my own aesthetics, beliefs, and philosophies, and I don\u2019t give my OK unless they are satisfied to some extent. That\u2019s what I needed to determine.<\/p>\n


\nFukui and Nakamura with a Naoyuki Katoh mural, Toho Cinema in Kumamoto<\/em><\/p>\n

Storytelling presentation<\/h3>\n

Nishizaki:<\/em><\/span> When I received the proposal from Mr. Fukui, I decided to meet with him and about ten staff members. At that time, he put the proposal on the desk and talked through it with gestures. Doing that, he had such an amazing presence that I wondered, “Maybe this guy should be in a different line of work.” (Laughs) I was very impressed and said, \u201cLet\u2019s do it!\u201d<\/p>\n

Fukui:<\/em><\/span> I remember it now. It was in a conference room at Bandai Namco Arts.<\/p>\n

Nishizaki:<\/em><\/span> That\u2019s right.<\/p>\n

Fukui:<\/em><\/span> There\u2019s a sign in the air when you\u2019re doing a planning meeting. Everyone thinks, \u201cI wonder what this is\u201d and you can\u2019t see a decisive factor. Whenever I made a face like, \u201cWell, I don’t really have a picture of that in my mind,\u201d Director Habara said, \u201cOkay, let me show you.\u201d (Laughs) <\/p>\n

At the beginning of Episode 1, I did a one-man show for everyone starting with the White Comet. \u201cThe Earth fleet warps out here and the Garmillas fleet comes from here. Will they fight? No, they won\u2019t. They expand and begin to move in the same direction and then there\u2019s a caption: The Earth\/Garmillas Combined Fleet<\/em>.\u201d Not just the lines but I also did the movement of the ships with my hands. \u201cGyuuuun.\u201d I did everything up to where Yamato<\/em> fires its guns at the end.<\/p>\n

Nishizaki:<\/em><\/span> It was accompanied by sound effects.<\/p>\n

Nakamura:<\/em><\/span> He\u2019s a storyteller.<\/p>\n

Nishizaki:<\/em><\/span> It\u2019s at a level that couldn\u2019t be captured if it was recorded and played back later on YouTube. (Laughs) The people who were there, about ten of them, gave a standing ovation at the end. It was ten times more amazing than a presentation made by a major agency.<\/p>\n

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Impressions and response to 2202<\/em><\/h3>\n

Nishizaki:<\/em><\/span> First, as Mr. Fukui has said, by all means I want those who watched Farewell<\/em> to see it. I think many of those who watched it in those days were around junior high age. I want such young children of today to see it, too. So I told Mr. Fukui that although it is Farewell<\/em>, I wanted him to change the point of view and make it a new story. I think it has now become an excellent picture.<\/p>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> What are your impressions of Chapter 5?<\/p>\n

Nishizaki:<\/em><\/span> It\u2019s a climax. Various characters finally take various actions, and it progresses through various feelings. I also think the fleet battle was well done. Kato chooses his child and suffers for not choosing Yamato<\/em> and Earth. I think this emotional drama is Mr. Fukui\u2019s real truth. I was also impressed by the scene in Gatlantis where Zordar looks at his subordinates holding a baby and says, \u201cWhy are they smiling?\u201d I thought those scenes condensed the drama of love declared in 2202<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> How do you feel about the 2202<\/em> series?<\/p>\n

Nishizaki:<\/em><\/span> Every time a chapter arrives, the numbers that indicate admiration gradually rise. I think we can expect to get higher numbers as we go further. <\/p>\n

Fukui:<\/em><\/span> Compared to current anime, the anime I always participate in tends to start with some distance. \u201cDoesn\u2019t it seem quiet?\u201d or \u201cIt seems heavy.\u201d It gradually begins to rise with the number of episodes, and it\u2019s born at a certain moment. I\u2019m expecting that moment to be the TV broadcast this fall.<\/p>\n


\nWelcome sign at Toho Cinema in Kumamoto.
\nAll photos originally posted on the Yamato 2202 Production Committee\u2019s Twitter page<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

About the ending theme songs<\/h3>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> Another thing. I\u2019ve heard that part of Mr. Nishizaki\u2019s work is to produce the ending theme songs.<\/p>\n

Nishizaki:<\/em><\/span> Music is one of the most important elements in this work. It has a very influential role in amplifying emotions like determination or anger. I entrust the music of the story to Akira Miyagawa, and that leaves the endings. The ending is the finish of the movie, and it\u2019s important to amplify the lingering mood with a feeling that is engraved into your memory. I think melody is the most important part of music, and someone who has remarkable singing ability, whether they\u2019re famous or not. I think if you have that, everyone will be comfortable with the sound that is born out of it. This time I was blessed with S.E.N.S. Project as a composing team. The musicians involved in the work are very passionate and skillful.<\/p>\n

Fukui:<\/em><\/span> There have been a lot of rhythm-based songs recently, too. You can remember a song by S.E.N.S. after you hear it only twice. It remains in the ear. This is very important, and it has helped each time. By the way, Chapter 5 has such a severe ending, it\u2019s good to be comforted by a lullaby, isn\u2019t it? I had them make it with that theme. We have to calm down a little after it\u2019s over.<\/p>\n

In closing, we summarize Mr. Fukui\u2019s words at the end of the stage greeting at T-Joy in Hakata.<\/em><\/p>\n

Fukui:<\/em><\/span> This was the longest 30 minutes of the last ten years. (Laughs) Right or wrong, I asked the producer to tell a good story from the past. I totally forgot about it, so I\u2019ll just speak instead. I think the urgent feeling of \u201cIn this time, a human being is neither money nor power, it\u2019s all about whether you truly love something\u201d is at the root of the story in 2202<\/em>. A person like that is made to wait farthest in back, but I’m glad I could tell you all about it today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25317"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25736,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25317\/revisions\/25736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}