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Ono Fuyumi Dialogue Part 1: Love for Horror

By Laeza August 21, 2016, 11:45 pm August 30, 2016 0

A translation of the first out of three parts of “The Inerasable” Opening Commemoration Dialogue with Ono Fuyumi and Nakamura Yoshihiro originally published on the Daily Shincho (February 4, 2016).

Ono Fuyumi talks about her “love for horror” – Addicted to the “Cursed Films” Series

Ono Fuyumi's The Inerasable — Ono Fuyumi’s The Inerasable

On the occasion of the release “The Inerasable” (Zange – Sunde wa Ikenai Heya -), Director Nakamura Yoshihiro (The Booth, The Snow White Murder Case, Prophecy) talked with the original writer Ono Fuyumi (Ghost Hunt, Twelve Kingdoms, Shiki) about their love for horror.

Known as huge horror fans, Ono-san and Director Nakamura actually met over a decade ago through a certain work. That work is the director’s contributions to “It’s True! Cursed Films” series (1999), a compilation of fear-inducing videos.

Films, Interviews, Translations

HaruChika Movie Comments

By Laeza July 11, 2016, 7:20 pm October 17, 2016 0

Kanna Hashimoto and Shori Sato — HaruChika Movie Comments

A translation of the comments on the upcoming HaruChika movie (2017) by main leads Satou Shouri and Hashimoto Kanna, original author Hatsuno Sei, director Ichii Masahide, and Kadokawa producer Imayasu Reiko.

Satou Shouri (Sexy Zone)

Kamijou Haruta’s actor

How did you feel when you were cast in the main role of Kamijou Haruta?

My heart danced out of happiness when I heard that I would play the lead role. That night I ran to the nearest bookstore and bought the original HaruChika series.

Anime, Interviews, Translations

HaruChika Anime: Casting the Voice Actors

By Laeza June 27, 2016, 7:36 pm September 14, 2016 0

Here is a partial translation of the HaruChika anime interview with the Director Hashimoto Masakazu and Producer Tsuji Mitsuhito, which was published on animeanime.jp on December 31, 2015. This part of the interview covers the casting decisions of the main characters of the HaruChika anime. The reasons why they chose Hanae Natsuki for the teacher are especially interesting.Continue reading

Anime, Interviews, Translations

HaruChika Author Talks About the Anime

By Laeza May 8, 2016, 4:15 pm September 19, 2016 0

A translation of an article originally published at Mantan-Web.jp on December 5, 2015 prior to the broadcasting of the HaruChika anime.

HaruChika Author Hatsuno Sei talks about the anime adaptation, his mystery novel, and Satomi Hakkenden influences

The anime adaptation of Hatsuno Sei-san’s mystery novel HaruChika series (Kadokawa) will start from January 2016. Other than those who are of the same age as the high school protagonists, the original work is also popular with fans in their 40s and 50s. The work is gathering attention in advance of the broadcast. We asked original author Hatsuno-san about his thoughts on the anime and his own writing.

Books, Interviews, Translations

HaruChika Author Interview (Dokusho no Izumi)

By Laeza May 4, 2016, 9:00 am September 15, 2016 0

HaruChika author Hatsuno Sei was interviewed in September 2015 for University Co-Op’s Dokusho no Izumi column. University Co-Op released the first two sections on the website with the remainder published in their magazine. The interview contains some spoilers for stories occurring after the HaruChika anime. The first section in particular has talk about the most recently published book “Planet Charon”. If you prefer less spoilers you could skip “1. HaruChika’s New Work” and move on to the second part.

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