{"id":26234,"date":"2019-02-02T23:15:30","date_gmt":"2019-02-03T07:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/?p=26234"},"modified":"2023-02-14T14:02:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T22:02:18","slug":"371a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/371a\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiroshi Kamiya interview, February 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From Animage<\/em> magazine Vol. 489: having completed his work on Yamato 2202<\/em>, Klaus Keyman\u2019s voice actor Hiroshi Kamiya was one of the first to talk about the full experience. In this thoughtful interview, he shares his learning process and relationship with his unique character.<\/p>\n

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From Animage vol. 489 (Tokuma Shoten) February 10, 2019<\/em><\/p>\n

Last Choice<\/h2>\n

Young people grow over time, and the bonds that have been nurtured direct a choice to be made in the final chapter of a long voyage \u2013 where will Klaus Keyman\u2019s choice lead <\/em>Yamato?<\/p>\n

Gatlantis officer Miru, the spokesman for Zordar, forces a devil\u2019s choice upon Keyman: to kill Dessler. He promises that if that is done, he will spare both Earth and Gatlantis.<\/p>\n

After his growth during Yamato<\/em>\u2019s journey, finding both friends and loved ones, and with the coexistence of both Garmillas and Earth at hand, Keyman faces a crossroads in which he must decide on a path to choose. What is Keyman\u2019s answer; to go toward his friend and ally Susumu Kodai, or toward Dessler who made him who he is?<\/p>\n

Chapter 7, New Star Chapter<\/em>, opens with Klaus Keyman\u2019s decision. As his name suggests, Keyman is \u201cthe man who holds the key\u201d to Yamato 2202<\/em>, a new interpretation of Farewell to Yamato<\/em>. His conflict and growth did not appear in Farewell<\/em>, so it is a source of heavy drama that is unique to 2202<\/em>. And now that we have reached the final chapter, his drama also reaches an end.<\/p>\n

The choices of Kodai, Keyman, and Yamato<\/em>\u2019s soldiers of love are all depicted in the last chapter \u2013 and the screen is blurred by tears at that moment!<\/p>\n

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The trump card of a decisive battle?<\/h3>\n

There is a \u201csafety device\u201d that will stop the activity of the artificial soldiers of Gatlantis, which were originally made by the people of Zemuria. That device, called Golem, lies at the heart of the Gatlantis Empire, in the throne of Zordar\u2026<\/p>\n

The man who believes in love<\/h3>\n

Despite his despair over Yuki losing her memory of him, Kodai does not break his stride. Isn\u2019t it true that Zordar hates love so much because he actually has a deep knowledge of it? Thinking this, Kodai wants a dialogue with Zordar\u2026<\/p>\n

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A man\u2019s decision<\/h3>\n

Is Yamato<\/em>\u2019s movement detected by Zordar because of a spy on board? And when Saito, captain of the Space Cavalry, realizes the possibility that he himself may be the \u201ceyes\u201d of Zordar, does it give him a certain determination\u2026?<\/p>\n

Red memories<\/h3>\n

Yuki regained her original memories at the cost of her memories as a Yamato<\/em> crew member. And now as she watches the behavior of this \u201cstrange young man\u201d Susumu Kodai, she begins to feel something\u2026<\/p>\n

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What is Keyman\u2019s Choice?<\/h2>\n

Will the time spent on Yamato<\/em> change Keyman\u2019s fate?<\/h3>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> How do you feel after recording the final chapter of Yamato 2202<\/em>?<\/p>\n

Kamiya:<\/em><\/span> It\u2019s been a long one. It took about two years to record a 26-episode TV series, so it feels like a long journey has finally ended safely. On a normal 26-episode series, I associate with a character for about half a year, so I was able to have a long-term association with Keyman, more than two years. I think it was a big plus for me.<\/p>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> Your understanding of Keyman deepened over a long time. Did that also deepen your attachment?<\/p>\n

Kamiya:<\/em><\/span> Of course it did. I become attached to every character I perform, but the thing about Keyman is that the period in which I performed him was very long. It\u2019s also a very big thing that I got to do the \u201cuntold stories behind Yamato<\/em>\u201d drama CDs written by Harutoshi Fukui (bonuses included with DVDs and Blu-rays from Amazon.co.jp). They\u2019re comical episodes about \u201cthis was actually happening at the same time as the main story\u201d and we played them seriously. It was a lot of fun to perform, and my feeling about the content is, \u201cActually, isn\u2019t this an important episode for Keyman?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> The drama CDs show an aspect of Keyman that isn\u2019t felt in the main story.<\/p>\n

Kamiya:<\/em><\/span> When doing character output, you can often show only one aspect, but through input on a different aspect, it can smooth out my approach when I perform the visible side. It\u2019s very easy to understand the \u201ccool\u201d side of Keyman as a stereotype that simplifies the character. But that\u2019s not all there is to him, and when we don\u2019t play up to the stereotype, I play him as more \u201chuman.\u201d <\/p>\n

In the same way, I show everyone only one aspect of myself in these interviews, but I think I have to show you many different aspects to make myself fully \u201chuman.\u201d I was relieved to know that Keyman is the same. \u201cThere\u2019s also this side to him.\u201d \u201cI also think this way.\u201d And that deepened my interest in Keyman. There\u2019s a part in this chapter where we make that approach in a line of dialogue.<\/p>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> Keyman is superficially very cool and doesn\u2019t have many emotional displays, but his emotions are actually very turbulent. He\u2019s a character that sparks your imagination, and he changed a lot in the story.<\/p>\n

Kamiya:<\/em><\/span> Yes, I\u2019ll be glad if everyone gets that.<\/p>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> Looking back at the beginning of the series, please tell me how you used to see Keyman.<\/p>\n

Kamiya:<\/em><\/span> Now that his mission is behind him and he\u2019s taken his identity back, I can tell you that I heard from the beginning that he was a blood relative of Dessler. At first, he appeared as a resident ambassador of Garmillas and he drove Yamato<\/em> forward with a pinch from behind, but there was also the suggestion that the pinch saved them. It wasn\u2019t known whether he was friend or not. That was the correct way to see it. <\/p>\n

By boarding Yamato<\/em> on the sly, he actually took on a mission to look for the ringleader of the Dessler-return faction. In that sense, he gave the impression of a very unbalanced character. He had to accomplish his mission while also riding on Yamato<\/em> and grappling with its mission, overcoming one attack crisis after another.<\/p>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> He wasn\u2019t completely an ally at that point. He had to face Yamato<\/em>\u2019s crises in order to survive and fulfill his mission. That\u2019s difficult to manage, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

Kamiya:<\/em><\/span> He had the duty to be faithful to his mission no matter what, but he was shaken by various factors, such as facing the specific situation of his own coming of age and the crises of Yamato<\/em>. It was a challenge for me as an actor to bring out his conflicting emotions. <\/p>\n

In particular, when he came face to face with Dessler and the mastermind of the Dessler faction was revealed, once his mission was fulfilled, more options opened up to him. For both him and to some extent for me it was, \u201cI can take this road over here, or choose this way.\u201d I tested it out in the performance and entrusted it to the directors to confirm that the work I put forward matched the content they wanted to express. As you can expect, that\u2019s a lot of fun for an actor.<\/p>\n

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Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> After that conflict, Keyman chose the right path, but immediately after that he had to face a tough choice\u2026and that\u2019s where Chapter 6 ended.<\/p>\n

Kamiya:<\/em><\/span> What choice will he make after those feelings he had in the last scene? Because I immerse myself to teach myself, I had to understand Keyman\u2019s feelings, but it will be interesting to see how everyone else sees it. Keyman is also influenced by human emotions; there are people who need him, and there\u2019s a person who he himself needs. It has a great influence on his emotional movements\u2026well, that target is Akira Yamamoto. Has everyone perceived the value of Keyman\u2019s relationship with Akira? I\u2019m very interested.<\/p>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> Even in the latter half of Chapter 6, Burrel says, \u201cDid you fall in love?\u201d He looked sort of innocently embarrassed.<\/p>\n

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Kamiya:<\/em><\/span> Yeah, that was a cute face, wasn\u2019t it? (Laughs) \u201cWha–?\u201d By the way, the drama CD for Chapter 6 starts right from that scene. With that cute face saying \u201cWha–?\u201d It\u2019s a story of Keyman and Akira by Mr. Fukui, and there are some good exchanges after that. (Laughs)<\/p>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> What are your impressions when you look back over the whole story, up to Chapter 6?<\/p>\n

Kamiya:<\/em><\/span> Crisis always comes to the battleship called Yamato<\/em>, and how do you evade it? Whether or not you use the Wave-Motion Gun, the impression is that you always have to go through conflict. The Wave-Motion Gun was sealed up in the previous work, Yamato 2199<\/em>, and how do you justify the compromise of opening up that seal?<\/p>\n

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Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> When you get to Chapter 6, the big theme that emerges is \u201cthere\u2019s no correct answer or mistake,\u201d there\u2019s a \u201cchoice\u201d to be made in \u201cjustifying the compromise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kamiya:<\/em><\/span> This work has the subtitle of \u201cSoldiers of Love\u201d and also contains the number \u201c2.\u201d In other words, it depicts the same phenomena as Farewell to Yamato<\/em> and Yamato 2<\/em> and diverges from them both. I think everyone is interested in which ending we\u2019ll arrive at. In Chapter 7, Mr. Fukui has prepared an ending that gives one answer, and that\u2019s the point I want you to see by all means. <\/p>\n

What kind of answer does Yamato<\/em>\u2019s crew find to the conflict of the Wave-Motion Gun? At the very least, everyone who has followed Yamato 2202<\/em> so far should find that answer convincing. \u201cAh, that\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> I\u2019m also interested in Keyman\u2019s future.<\/p>\n

Kamiya:<\/em><\/span> Keyman himself has cultivated human relationships on the ship called Yamato<\/em>, and the way his time spent as a crew member of Yamato<\/em> influences his choices is also a highlight. As a result, please go to the theater to see which destiny Keyman follows.<\/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":[119,123,135],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others-interviews-essays","category-yamato-2202","category-yamato-2202-interviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26234","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=26234"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33847,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26234\/revisions\/33847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}