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===Newtype Interview===
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===Newtype Magazine "Comic Now" Interview===
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'''Date:''' August 9, 1994<br>
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'''Published in:'''Unknown issue of the magazine "Newtype"
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'''Published in:''' ''Newtype'' Vol. 10, no. 9 (Cover date September 1994)
 
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『CN（Comic Now）第20回・漫画家最前線』
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'''小学生から女子中高生を中心に圧倒的な支持を得る良心浪漫画家！名作品に隠された意外な裏話とは！？「まじっく快斗」最新刊はもうすぐ！！'''
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<u>プロフィール</u></br>
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本名・青山剛昌（よしまさ‎）‎。1963年6月21日生まれ‎。B型‎。鳥取県出身。大学卒業の年に描いた「ちょっとまってて」が少年サンデーのコミック大賞入選‎。その後、「まじっく快斗」（増刊少年サンデー‎）でファンを着実に獲得。1988年から始まった週刊連載「YAIBA」で、その人気を不動のものとする。現在は同誌にて「名探偵コナン」を連載中！
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<u>快斗、週刊連載に取れる！？そしてコナンVS快斗？？</u>
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―漫画を描き始めたのは、いつごろからですか？</br>
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「大学生のときに、おもしろそうだからって漫研に入ったら漫画家の先輩（阿部ゆたか‎）がいて、彼から〝君は絵がうまいから漫画家になってみないか？〟と言われてその気になったんです（笑‎）。それで漫研の同人誌とかで何本か描いたんですけど、僕は筆が遅いのでひとりだけで仕上げたことってないんですよ。デビュー作ですらアシスタントを使っていたという（笑‎）。だから特に下積みとかそういうのはなくて、トントン拍子でここまで来たってうい感じなんですよね」
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―特に漫画家になるつもりはなかった？</br>
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「大学が美大だったので、美術の先生になるつもりだったんですよ。でも、いつのまにかにこんなことになってしまって（笑‎）。デビューしたのが大学を卒業した年の12月だったんですけど、それまでは『ひらけポンキッキ』の背景を描くバイトをしたりしてて。まあ、ここまできたらほかにすることもないし・・・・・・という感じでしたね」
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―それでその半年後には「まじっく快斗」の連載が始まったワクですよね？</br>
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「『快斗』はもともと単発モノだったのが人気があったので連載になったんですよね。でも最初は月に1本も描けないってました。それまではひとコマにこだわって描いたりしてて、2か月くらいかけてたんですから。だからそれこそ当時は週刊連載なんて神ワザじゃない！とか思ってましたね。」
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―現在「快斗」は中断していますが、今後の予定がどうなるか気になるところですか・・・・・・。</br>
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「今度、6年ぶりに新刊が出ます！昭和のときに出たコミックスの続きが（笑‎）。もう『快斗』は気長に待っていてくださいとしか言えませんねえ。実は今の連載「名探偵コナン」が始まるときも『快斗』はどかっていう話もあったんですけど、やっぱり毎週はつらいんですよね。もう『快斗』はライフワークと思ってますから。気長にちょこと描きつづけていきたいんです」
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<u>まじっく快斗</u></br>
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「『快斗』は掲載に間を空ける期間が長いですから、絵柄がすぐ変わっちゃって。どんな絵だったっけ？と、昔の自分の本を見ながら描いたりしてます。あと快斗の誕生日は僕と同じです。血液型もB型で。快斗ファンの子が誕生日にプレゼントを送ってきてくれるので・・・・・・（笑‎）」
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―「YAIBA」は〝神ワザ〟（笑‎）であるところの週刊連載となりましたが、いかがでした？</br>
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「もう絶対できないと思ってましたからね。それに週刊連載を始めたら好きな『快斗』も中断しなくちゃいけないし・・・・・・。でもせっかくのチャンスだから頑張ってみようかなということで。だから一生懸命描きましたよ。毎週毎週地獄のようにね（笑‎）。 最初は9回の予定だったんですよ。それが人気があったのでどんどん続いて・・・・・・」
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―アニメ化もされましたしね。</br>
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「ええ。とてもよくできてたので感謝しています。毎週放映時間には必ず見てましたよ。「あ、動いてら」とか言いながら（笑‎）。でも自分の描いたネームを続まれるのは恥ずかしいですけどね。『好きだよ』とかそういうのがくると、やめてくれ！みたいな（笑‎）。やっぱり書くのとしゃべるのでは違いますから。あと原作よりアニメのほうが熱かったですよね。僕が描くヤイバって、どなったり叫んだりはするんですけど、絶対泣かないんですよ。アニメ見たら『あ、泣いてる』（笑‎）。熱いなーって。基本的に男の子は泣いちゃいけないと思ってますから、ほかの作品でも絶対主人公キャラは泣きませんね。泣くことがあるとすれば、ヒロインの女の子とか親が死んだりするときくらいなんじゃないかな？逆に女の子はよく泣くけど（笑‎）」
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<u>仕事机はアシスタントたちと机を並べてある。アシスタントが渡された原稿を読んでいるときの反応を見るのが好きだとか。いちばん最初の読者層は男性は小中学生、女性は中高生が多いそうだ。</u></br>
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<u>名探偵コナン登場！ヒロインは相変わらず（笑‎）</u>
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―現在連載中の「名探偵コナン」は「快斗」とは反対の探偵モノですが。</br>
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「泥棒も好きですけど、同じくらいに探偵も好きなんですよね。基本的にホームズとかルパンが好きですから。コロンボとか、最近では古畑任三郎みたいなヤツをやってみたくて。ただやるだけじゃつまらないので、主人公を小さくしてしまってね。高校生のままのほうが展開は楽なんですけど、子供の姿でどうやって推理を大人に伝えるのか・・・・・・とかそういうほうがおもしろいかな、と思いまして。最初のころに、ヒロインがコナン（少年‎姿の新一）にそれと知らずに、新一のことを好きだって言っちゃうシーンがあるんですよ。『大好き』って。それがやりたかった。意地っぱりだから普通なら絶対言えないんですけどね。まあ、基本的にはカエルになった王子様が元に戻る話ですから。それに推理をちょっとからめて」
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―でも推理を毎週考えるのは大変ですよね？</br>
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「すーっごく大変ですよ！（笑‎）それだけは言えます。いつも編集と知恵を絞ってるんですけど。毎回話が決まるまでにものすごい疲れる。『YAIBA』のころとはネームの量が違いますから。ほかの人が探偵モノをやらないのがよく分かりました（笑‎）」
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―どの作品もヒロインの性格がみんな似てるのは？</br>
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「最初は違うように描こうと思うんですけどだんだん似てきちゃう（笑‎）。けっこう姉さん女房的な、勝ち気で意地っぱりな女の子しか・・・描けないんですよ。なんかね。はっきり言って同じ役者の子がやってるんじゃないかというくらい（笑‎）。女の子はホントに同じですよねえ」
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<u>名探偵コナン</u></br>
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（週刊少年サンデー連載中）</br>
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「僕の弟が医者なんですよ。だから死亡隹定時刻とか、分からないことはよく電話をかけたりしで・・・・・・お世話になってます（笑‎）。強力なブレーンです。さすがに他人のカルテを見せてほしいと言ったとき断わられましたが（笑‎）」
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<u>YAIBA</u></br>
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（週刊少年サンデー連載）</br>
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「映画の「魔界転生」が好きで、ああいうのがやりたいなと思って。元気な男の子・・・・・・典型的な少年誌の主人公を、昔の剣豪とかと戦わせてみたらおもしろいんじゃないかなと。昔、ずっと剣道をやってたのでチャンバラは好きなんですよね。だから黒沢明の映画とかも大好きでよく見てます」
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<u>まじっく快斗</u></br>
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（週刊少年サンデー増刊号連載）</br>
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「今、探偵モノやってますよね？だからそのうち「コナン対快斗」をやりたいですね。どっちにしろ引き分けになるんでしょうけど。『マジンガーZ対デビルマン』とかいっても2人で共通の敵を倒すだけで、ちっも対決しないじゃないか！っていうのと同じようなものかな（笑‎）。あと「快斗」はぜひアニメ化して欲しいですね」
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<u>4番サード</u></br>
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（週刊少年サンデー増刊号連載）</br>
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「野球が好きで自分でチームももってますから、一回野球モノを措いてみようと思って。どの作品にも〝不思議な要素〟が入ってるのが共通してますよね、僕の場台。だからこれも普通野球モノではなくて、伝説のバットかが出てきたりしてます。長嶋茂雄が好きですから・・・ほとんど巨人ファンの本（笑‎）」
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―最後にこれからの抱負などありましたら。</br>
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「ありきたりですが・・・みんなをハラハラドキドキさせる漫画が描いていきたいですね」
 
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'''<u>Comic Now: The Manga-ka Front Line (No.20)</u>'''
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''(A gentleman! A romantic! A manga-ka who's captured hearts from grade-school boys to high-school girls! Just what '''is''' the secret behind his masterworks?)''</br>
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''(Keep an eye out for the new Magic Kaito, coming soon!)''
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<u>Aoyama Gosho: A Profile</u></br>
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'''Name:''' Gosho Aoyama</br>
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'''Born:''' 21 June 1963</br>
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'''Blood Type:''' B</br>
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'''Origin:''' Tottori</br>
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'''Works:'''</br>
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*''Chotto Matte'' (“Wait a Minute”), 1986. Completed in his senior year of college, to the tune of Grand Prize at the Shonen Sunday Comics Awards!</br>
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*''Magic Kaito'', 1987. The Special Edition Shonen Sunday feature that launched his fanbase!</br>
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*''Yaiba'', 1988. The Weekly Shonen Sunday feature that cemented his star!</br>
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*''Detective Conan'', Now. His current feature, for that very same magazine!
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<u>Kaito: Bound for the weeklies??! Plus: Conan vs. Kaito?</u>
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'''Q:''' When did you start drawing manga?</br>
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'''A:''' Well, I thought the Manga Society looked fun in undergrad, so I joined, and one of the seniors (Yutaka Abe) told me, “You draw pretty good, why don’t you take a shot at it?” Got me hooked. ''[Laughs]'' So I did a couple doujins for the Society, but I worked '''slow''', so I never finished any of them solo. Even my debut work needed assistants! ''[Laughs]''. So yeah, I didn’t really work my way up the trenches or anything. It was just like, poof and I was here.
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'''Q:''' So you '''weren’t''' specifically looking to be a manga pro?</br>
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'''A:''' Well, I was going to an Arts school, so I thought I’d wind up an art teacher. Somehow, I got this instead. ''[Laughs]'' My pro debut was December of the year I graduated; up till then I worked as a part-timer on backgrounds for ''Hirake Ponkiki''. Well, once I’d gotten that far… it didn’t seem like anything else was right, you know?
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'''Q:''' And in a half a year you were running ''Magic Kaito'', right?</br>
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'''A:''' Yeah, I started ''Kaito'' as a one-off, but enough people liked it for an ongoing. Back then… let me tell you, back then I couldn’t even finish one chapter a '''month'''. I was used to doing things one panel at a time, and it’d take at '''least''' two months. Weekly ongoings… that was the stuff of capital-M Miracles to me.
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'''Q:''' So ''Kaito''’s on hiatus right now, but '''if''' we were to ask what’s in store for him…</br>
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'''A:''' Right―he’s getting his first volume in six years. Come one, come all, see the story that’s been running since Showa! ''[Laughs]'' But really, “patience is a virtue” is all I can say when it comes to Kaito. You know, back when Conan was about to start there '''was''' talk of running ''Kaito'' as a weekly, but that would’ve been a tough order. I already consider ''Kaito'' my Life’s Work, so to speak―it’s something I’d like to keep working on hurry-free.
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“''Kaito'' can go for a while between chapters, so the artstyle can change in a heartbeat. It’s like, ''who drew '''that?'''''― when I’m looking at my old volumes '''as''' I draw. By the way, Kaito’s birthday and blood-type (B)? All mine. Any Kaito fans out there want to send him a birthday present, feel free to leave it at my place… ''[Laughs]''”
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'''Q:''' So let’s talk about your capital-M MIracle: ''Yaiba''. ''[Laughs]'' What was it like, hitting the weeklies?</br>
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'''A:''' I thought I’d never pull it off. To start with, I knew a weekly meant putting good ol’ ''Kaito'' on hiatus… but it felt like a golden chance, so I took it. Gave it all I had, and you know what? Every last week was Hell on Earth. ''[Laughs]'' I was only planning on nine chapters at first, but it was so popular it kept going and going and going…
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'''Q:''' It got an anime, too.</br>
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'''A:''' Mm. That was a great show, and my heart still goes out to ‘em. I tuned in every single week, and I was always going, “Wow, it '''moves!'''” ''[Laughs]'' But to be honest, sometimes it was awkward seeing people go off my storyboards; whenever they were like, “I love you lots,” I was like “Please Stop,” y’know? ''[Laughs]'' Page dialogue is a different beast from ''dialogue'' dialogue. Speaking of which, the anime was a little more… '''open''' than my original concepts. My Yaiba yells and screams, but he '''never''' cries. Watching the anime, I couldn’t help but go, “Oh, he’s crying…” ''[Laughs]'' Really heart-on-his-sleeve. When you get down to it, I just don’t think boys should cry; you’ll never see any of my heroes crying, no matter what series. If there’s tears, either the hero’s a heroine or someone’s parents died. That’s the flipside to all this: girls cry a '''lot'''. ''[Laughs]''
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<u>The Master’s work desk, side-by-side with his assistants’. He likes watching their faces as they read his latest manuscripts. By his account, the first-wave readers are always elementary and middle-school boys, and middle- and high-school girls.</u></br>
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<u>Enter: Detective Conan! Still Onstage: The Same Old Heroine ''[Laughs]''</u>
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'''Q:''' Now you’re running ''Detective Conan''―a detective series that’s like ''Kaito'' flipped inside-out.</br>
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'''A:''' I like thieves, but I don’t like sleuths any less. Basically, I’m on Team Holmes '''and''' Team Lupin. I wanted to do something like ''Columbo''―or ''Furuhata Ninzaburo'', if you want to get more topical―but a straight take wouldn’t have been much fun, so I made my hero a pipsqueak. It would’ve been easier to steer him along as a high-schooler, but I felt it was more interesting to see him have to spell out deductions for adults as a little kid. At the start of it all, there’s a scene where the heroine tells Conan (Shinichi-as-a-kid) about her crush, without knowing it’s him. ''“I love you.”'' She’s always wanted to say it, but she’s stubborn as a rock so she never would’ve in normal circumstances. At heart, this is basically the story of the prince turning into a frog and back again. I just added a little Mystery to the mix.
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'''Q:''' But isn’t it hard, coming up with a different mystery every week?</br>
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'''A:''' You couldn’t '''guess''' how hard! ''[Laughs]'' I can tell you that much. I’m always editing and wracking and just wringing out my brains. '''Every''' time we’re about done hammering out the plot, I’m dead on my feet. ''Yaiba'' never needed this many drafts. No wonder you’ve got all these people swearing off detective stuff. ''[Laughs]''
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'''Q:''' Why do all your heroines act so alike?”</br>
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'''A:''' Well, at first I always try to make them unique, but given enough time all of them go down the same track. ''[Laughs]'' I guess that’s the only kind of girl I '''can''' do: pretty in a wife or big sister-y kind of way, all feisty and stubborn. Really, it’s like there’s one actress behind all of them. These girls are that much of a feather.
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(Currently serialized in ''Weekly Shonen Sunday'')</br>
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“One of my younger brothers is a doctor, so I always call him up if I need to pinpoint a time of death or something like that… I owe him big time. ''[Laughs]'' His brain’s out of this world. One time I asked him for someone’s medical records, and he cut me off right there. ''[Laughs]''”
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<u>Yaiba</u></br>
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(Serialized in ''Weekly Shonen Sunday'')</br>
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“I always liked the movie ''Makai Tensho'', so I wanted to do something in that vein. Felt it’d be interesting to have a spunky little boy―your typical Shonen hero―going up against this veteran swordmaster. I used to do a lot of kendo myself, so I’m big into ''Chanbara''―you’d be hard-pressed to find a bigger Kurosawa fan than me.”
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<u>Magic Kaito</u></br>
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(Serialized in ''Weekly Shonen Sunday Special Edition'')</br>
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“Well, I’m in my Detective Period, aren’t I? So I’d like to do ''Conan vs. Kaito'' one of these days. It’d probably end in a no-score draw―even stuff like ''Mazinger Z vs. Devilman'', it’s not really about '''them''' fighting, just a team-up against the real villain. Oh, and I really want to see Kaito animated someday.”
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<u>3rd Base Fourth</u></br>
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(Serialized in ''Weekly Shonen Sunday Special Edition'')</br>
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“I’m a baseball guy―even played on a team―so I thought I’d try a baseball thing. You know how all my stuff has a touch of Impossible, right? So it goes with this one―we’re not doing regular ol’ ball, we’re doing a Bat of Legend… or something. Shigeo Nagashima’s my favorite, so… I guess you could say this book’s mostly for Giants fans. ''[Laughs]''”
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'''Q:''' And last, but not least… any big plans for the future?</br>
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'''A:''' No points for originality, but… I want to keep hearts pounding and seats shaking with my manga. That’s all.
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=== Gosho Aoyama's Masterpiece Theatre (Favorite Movies) ===
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'''Date:''' April 14, 1999<br>
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'''Published in:''' ''Weekly Shonen Sunday'', Vol. 41, no. 21 (Cover date April 28, 1999)
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'''Source:''' [https://mirrorfalls.tumblr.com/post/701673499553562624/happy-november-everyone-ready-for-another-round Raw and more info]
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'''大好評！お楽しみ映画トーク、傑作特盛り特別編！'''<br/>
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『青山剛昌先生・コダワリ名画館（Vol.10）』<br/>
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''（″コナン″を産んだ頭の中をノゾきたいと思ってた人、お待ち！青山先生の脳内では、こんな多くの映画たちが、年中上映されてるんです！GWはコナン映画と、こんなビデオで退屈なし！）''
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<u>★館長あいさつ</u><br/>
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アニメ映画の『長靴をはいた猫/ペロの大冒険』（’69年/宮崎駿原画）を、幼稚園生の時大画面で観て、ただひたすら〝スゴイな～〟って感動しまくった。以来、映画が大好きになって。今でも、だ～い好きっ！！ジャンルは問わず、なんでも観るよ。ただ、ここ数年は、仕事が忙しくて、映画館はおろかビデオ店へも行けずじまい。誰かオレ専用の映画館でも作ってくれ～！！
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'''<u>プログラム１・映画で解明！！オレの漫画に潜む謎</u>'''<br/>
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ジャンルは問わないんだけど、オレが好きになる作品って、'''キャラクターに〝ひねり〟が加えられているものが多い'''んだ。これって、オレの漫画に通じてる部分でもあるんだけど・・・・・・だから、と言うか、やっぱり、と言うか、'''映画からインスピレーションみたいなもの受けて、完成した漫画、けっこうあるんだよね'''。<br/>
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例えば、40周年記念で今回描き上げた『まじっく快斗』は、大学生の頃に観た『マジック・ボーイ』（’82年/G・オニール主演）から始まってるって言ってもいいね。主人公は、16歳の天才マジシャンで、カッコいいなぁ・・・・・・って思ってて。映画の中の男のコはね、誰の力も借りずに、ひとりで悪い奴をやっつけて行くんだけど、それもまたカッコ良くてさ。〝こいつを怪盗にしたらどーだろう〟って思いを巡らせてたら、〝快斗〟の誕生となった訳。
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<u>『マジック・ボーイ』（’82・米）</u></br>
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亡くなった父親ゆずりの天才手品師ダニーが、たった一人で市長の陰謀に立ち向かう！青山先生、とにかくオススメの一本。
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デビュー作『ちょっとまって』は、あの大ヒット作『バック・トゥ・ザ・フューチャー』（’85年/M・J・フォックス主演）から来てます。あっ！！ あえて言わせてもらうけど、これシリーズ3作物だけど、オレが認めてるのは〝パート１〟だけ！！他はダメ！！(笑)
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<u>『バック・トゥ・ザ・フューチャー』（’85・米）</u></br>
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タイムマシン映画(？)の最高峰！続編には言いたいことある先生も、この第一作には「完璧！」の一言。
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'''コナンもいたぞ！！映画の中に・・・・・・！？'''</br>
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さて、ここまで来ると、みんなが気になるのは'''『名探偵コナン』を生んだ、映画は！？'''でしょ。はっきり言うけど、ないよ (笑)。でも、1アイテムだけ頂いた映画がある。毎週かかさず〝コナン〟を読んでくれてるコは、もう気づいてるかな！？〝めがねを取ったあなたは、スーパーマンて訳！？〟って、場面が出てきたの覚えてる？そう、コナンのめがねは、『スーパーマン』（’78年/C・リーブ主演）から頂いたの。正体隠すためのアイテムは〝めがね！！〟これっきゃない！って、決めてたんだ。
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<u>『スーパーマン』（’78・米）</u></br>
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元祖ヒーロー映像化決定版。主演C・リーブは、先生いわく「ホントにスーパーマンみたいな顔してる(笑)」
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〝コナン〟の前の作品に、『YAIBA』があるんだけど、これは『魔界転生』（’81年/沢田研二主演）的かも！？
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<u>『魔界転生』（’81・日）</u></br>
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魔力で蘇った剣豪たちが幕府転覆を謀る。剣道部だった先生の「二番目に好きかもしれない」映画がコレ。
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<u>'''ハミダシ名画館！！（迷っちゃうほど、どれも大好き！！）'''</u></br>
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<u>『テキサスの5人の仲間』（’65・米）</u></br>
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あの『スティング』の原型とも言われる映画。ポーカー勝負でのダマし合いがたまんない！</br>
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<u>『トップガン』（’86・米）</u></br>
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このノリのよさがめちゃ好き。バイク乗ってウォーって叫ぶ後ろに戦闘機が飛ぶトコとかね。</br>
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<u>『シャイニング』（’80・米）</u></br>
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ホラーの1位はコレ！見せ方が怖いね。うまいね。J・ニコルソンは元々怖い顔だけど（笑）。</br>
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<u>『トゥルー・ロマンス』（’93・米）</u></br>
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ここじゃバラせないけど、ラストが最高！殺伐としてるのにウキウキしちゃうんだよね。</br>
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<u>『ダーティハリー』（’71・米）</u></br>
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イーストウッド映画は無差別に好き。本物よりも本物らしい(？)山田康雄の声もコミでね！</br>
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今後、漫画に活用したいのは、『レベッカ』（'40年/R・オリビエ主演）。あの、怖～い女召し使い、いつか描きてぇ～！！
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<u>『レベッカ』（’40・米）</u></br>
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大金持ちの再婚相手が、古い豪邸で出会う恐怖！ヒッチコックならコレ！最初退屈しても、早送り厳禁！
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'''<u>プログラム２・いつかは越すぞ！！黑澤監督&三十郎</u>'''<br/>
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'''映画と〝オレの漫画人生〟！'''
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と、ここまではオレの漫画と密接な関係のある、映画の話ばかりしちゃったけど、最後に一本！！オレの人生'''〝最高の映画〟'''であり、オレの漫画の〝バイブル〟と呼ぶ'''傑作中の傑作'''を御紹介しま～す！！</br>
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それは、'''巨匠・黑澤明監督の『椿三十郎』'''（’62年/三船敏郎主演）です！！小学生の時に観て以来、今の今まで'''数十回'''てます。何度観ても、ちっとも飽きない。大迫力のチャンバラあり、笑いあり、感動ありで、'''もう最高！！最高！！'''</br>
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三船さん演じる〝三十郎〟が出てくる場面なんか、本当にスゴくてね。〝バァーン〟て扉を開いて、タンタンタンタンッて来るんですが、もう、それだけでひっくり返るほどカッコい～い。構図もライティング完璧だしね・・・・・・どにかく、'''何から、何まで完璧なのだ！！'''<br/>
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究極な漫画を描きたいって思ってる。'''ハリウッドもかなわない、世界最強のエンターテイメント作品をね！！'''
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<u>『椿三十郎』（’62・日）</u></br>
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同じ黑澤監督『用心棒』の続編。先生がどれだけ心酔してるかは、本文の通り！他を引き離して、ブッチギリの第１位！
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<u>'''❤このヒロインに、ラブをこめて！❤'''</u></br>
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<u>〝ガープ〟の奥さん</u></br>
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Wで浮気しても理解し合おうとする夫婦がイイ。人というより、役が可愛かった。</br>
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<u>ジョディ・フォスター</u></br>
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かわいいよね。かわいくない？あ、どっちかっていうとカッコいいか。でも好き。</br>
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<u>薬師丸ひろ子</u></br>
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内容よりも何よりも、『ねらわれた学園』の、髪切る前の彼女がとにかく最高！</br>
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'''Date:''' April 2, 2004<br>
 
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Q: You never expected that it would last ten years?<br>Gosho: Never… I’m surprised myself.
  
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Q: What’s the most important thing to take note of when drawing Conan?<br>Gosho: When it was made into an anime, I told the artist not to draw Conan like the edogawa detective group’s Rin-san but draw him like Kogoro, a person who looks like he’s overseeing the whole case.
  
 
Q: What do you feel when looking at the anime?<br>Gosho: Conan’s voice is my wife’s voice, but in the anime she’ll say “yatte ne” in a voice more fitting of her beautiful attitude *laugh*
 
Q: What do you feel when looking at the anime?<br>Gosho: Conan’s voice is my wife’s voice, but in the anime she’ll say “yatte ne” in a voice more fitting of her beautiful attitude *laugh*
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"Black Star" was part of a 2-Hour-''Detective Conan''-TV Special that ran in January of 2001. Its name was: "Atsumerareta Meitantei! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid". ["Gathering of Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid"] There's a magnificent scene during which Kid gets confronted with Shinichi Kudo. Because the adaptation was set in Conan's world, the magic scene with Akako was left out.
  
  
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Zenthisoror: The original concept of the three Detective Boys was to enable Haibara to hide amongst them! Basically, they provided the hiding place for Haibara. Gosho wanted a fat one, a thin and snarky one, and a cute little girl. They're obviously inspired from Doraemon but the personalities of all three are very different from their Doraemon counterparts. Especially because Conan's very different from Nobita-kun (hahaha, you could say that again) You could say that the three DB kids together are all Nobita-kun, all shouting, "Help us, Conan!" Genta's family run a bar/pub. Mitsuhiko's parents are both teachers. Mitsuhiko's sister is also a teacher. Ayumi's family he's not so sure...they live in a flat modelled on the one Gosho used to live in...so probably not the average office worker...
  
 
   
 
   
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'''Date:''' December 04, 2013
 
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===Gosho Aoyama 30 Years Anniversary Book===
 
'''Date:''' October 16, 2017<br>
 
'''Date:''' October 16, 2017<br>
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——　祝・画業３０周年ということで、今回は青山剛昌史上最長の３００００字インタビューをお願いできればと思っています。余談雑談もありで、いろいろとお話しください。
  
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青山　え？　雑談もありなの？
  
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——　はい。雑談という名のインタビューを、ぜひ。
  
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Hi there! This is Aoyama, it’s a little sudden, but I am going to announce my “favorite chapter in my 30-year career”
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青山　ふふふ。わかりました。よろしくお願いします。
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Since my debut in 1986, I cannot possibly remember the numbers of chapters I’ve drawn, however, when it was asked “the number one chapter,” I can answer it without any hesitation. There’s no other option, the one and only great chapter that need to exist in this world! That is!!!.... the hint is “hospital.”
 
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[the next page reveals: Shinichi Boy(part one, 923), and the book shows rough draft of the chapter and Aoyama sensei’s page by page notes/comments]
 
  
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(TN: Shinichi boy was drawn while Aoyama was hospitalized in 2015, in SDB 90+ he also mentioned he created the chapter with the feeling that “this great chapter needs to exist in the world”)
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——　まずは、３０周年を振り返って、一番思い出深い年から教えてください。
  
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青山　思い出深い年？　最初に『コナン』が映画になった時かな（１９９７年）。これは、言っちゃっていいのかわかんないけど、その話がくる直前って、『コナン』を描くのが大変すぎて連載をおりようと思っていたんです。やっぱり、毎週毎週事件を考えるのって大変じゃないですか。しかも、編集部の上のほうの人からは、ああせいこうせいと、なんやかんや言われていたんです。そういうのが本当に嫌で、アシスタントたちと久しぶりに休みをとって、みんなでラスベガスへ行ったんですよ。いままでにみんなで稼いだ金を全部使っちゃえ！　みたいなノリで（笑）。その旅行から帰ってきたら『コナン』の連載をもうやめようと思っていたんです。そしたら、ラスベガスのホテルに当時の担当編集者のAさんから電話があって「『コナン』の映画化が決まったよ！」と。その言葉を聞いたら、これはもう帰ったらがんばらなければいけない。やめるのをやめなければいけないと思って。
  
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——　『名探偵コナン』といえば、連載が始まった１９９４年当初から週刊少年サンデーで読者アンケート１位の人気作です。それでも、編集部からのダメがあったんですか？
  
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1. Aoyama sensei’s favorite movie: last year’s was good, so does movie 1 & movie 4<br>2. The Higo charm case, when Conan received Ran’s text, he’s probably thinking “I wanna reply ASAP! But I can’t” or something like that<br>3. Favorite chapter “Shinichi Boy” when Ran said “don’t call me crybaby” Shinichi’s thinking”why is she mad, she seems so cute/sweet”
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青山　ありましたよ。主人公のライバルなんだから（服部）平次の性格をもっと悪くしたらどうだとか。まぁ、内心で「うるせぇ」とか思って、ほぼ直しませんでしたけど（笑）。
  
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青山　もう地獄でした。毎週毎週カラー、カラーで。カラーの作画作業って通常の倍ぐらい作業量が増えるんです。しかも、サンデーの連載以外にもカレンダーなどのグッズ系のカラー作画もあったから……。でも、なにより、事件とトリックを考えるのが大変でした。毎回ね、殺人殺人殺人で、事件とトリックを考えてる俺が死ぬわっていう（笑）。
  
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Aoyama: Ran was pleased to hear Shinichi’s “Thank you”, so she responded with a huge smile “There you go!” But we couldn’t see the smile, it didn’t show in “Ran Girl” either. The smile was revealed at the end of “Shinichi Boy(part 2)”, the kind of smile which moved Shinichi, and fell in love with Ran.
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——　漫画家が多忙になると、なにがボディーブローのように効いてくるのでしょう？
  
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青山　わかりやすく睡眠時間が削られていって、あとは忙しく働いているほかの職種の人と同じじゃないかなぁ。睡眠時間が削られて、体力が落ちていって、最後には気力もなくなっていくっていう。
  
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——　でも、１位なわけですよね。そんな人気作を連載開始からわずか３年でやめようと思ったのは、ざっくり言うと「大変だったから」。そこで不思議なのが、青山さんは映画化にも深く関わっているわけで、よりいっそう大変になるのに「やめるのをやめようと思った」ことです。
  
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Q: Congratulations on the 30th anniversary for your career, is there a year that was most memorable to you?<br>A: it was the year that the production of first Conan movie was decided. Before that, I feel troubled on writing Conan, and thought it was probably time to end it. I had to come out of new ways to kill people every week, it was extremely difficult for me. And the editorial department went out of their ways to meddle in my creation, I hated that. So I decided to go to Las Vegas with my assistants, splurged all the moneys that I have earned at that time, and decided to end Conan when I come back home. But then I received a phone call in my hotel in Vegas, “The making of Conan movie was confirmed!” I changed my mind after that, maybe I shouldn’t give up, I need to work harder when I come beck.
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青山　本当だね（笑）。俺、１作目から脚本にも意見を言ってるし、映画の原画まで描いているしね（笑）。しかも描かせてって、自分のほうから頼んで。でもね、映画化というのは、夢のような出来事でしたから。……今回はいろんな話をしていいんでしたっけ？
  
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Q: Conan was really popular since the beginning, and the editors still wanted to intervene?<br>A: Yes, for example, they wanted Heiji’s personality to be more vile, I thought “to hell with them” and ignored their suggestion.
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——　お願いします。
  
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(TN: that was Chinese translation, didn’t see that part in the original text, it’s either covered or they might’ve added it to sound more dramatic)
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青山　俺が覚えている一番古い記憶って、映画を見て感動したことなんです。『長靴をはいた猫』という作品なんですけど、幼稚園の頃だったかなぁ。映画館じゃなくて、学校かなにかの施設で、児童たち向けに映画が上映されることがあるでしょ？　ああいう催しで子供たちがバーっといるなかのひとりとしてその作品を見たんだけど、すげぇと思って。大人すげぇと思って。だって、その頃にテレビでやっていたのは『ひみつのアッコちゃん』とかの完全に子供向けの作品でしたから。でも、『長靴をはいた猫』は寓話性があったりだとか、全然違うものだった。
  
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——　大人が見ても楽しめる深さがあったんですね。
  
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info provided by 米花快报; English translation by Jiamin
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青山　そうそう。そこにすげぇ感動したんです。その時以来、映画が大好きなんですよ。だから、大人になって、漫画家になって、ラスベガスのホテルで「映画化」という言葉を聞いた時なんて、うれしくて、うれしくて、ただもううれしくて。自分の絵が動いて、しかもあのでっかいスクリーンに映し出されるだなんて、すげぇことだなぁって。ただ、人間って、欲が出るなとも思ったけど。
  
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——　欲が出るとはどういうことでしょう？
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5. Shot: 22<br>
 
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6. Burned：21<br>
 
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7. Beheaded：19<br>
 
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(Yes, these are manga counts only; up to Volume 93.)
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青山　あのでっかいスクリーンに、怪盗キッドも出せないかなぁって。実際、『名探偵コナン　世紀末の魔術師』でキッドも劇場版に登場させられた時は、めちゃめちゃうれしかったです。だって俺、予告編が見たくて、ひとりで映画館に行きましたもんね。『ガメラ』の続編かなんかだったと思うんだけど、本編よりも全然真剣に『名探偵コナン　世紀末の魔術師』の予告編を見て、「うお、キッドがしゃべってる！　かっこいい！」って、ひとりで大興奮して（笑）。
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===Interview with Detective Conan Producer Michihiko Suwa===
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——　では、話を青山さんの少年時代へ。子供の頃から映画好きだった青山さんの実家は、自動車整備工場で、三男の方が家業を継がれて、長男が科学者、次男の青山さんが漫画家、四男が医者です。いったい、どうな育て方をすると、こんな漫画みたいなスーパー兄弟が育っちゃうんですか？
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'''Source:''' https://manga.tokyo/interview/interview-with-detective-conan-producer-michihiko-suwa-part-1/<br>
 
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Michihiko Suwa is the producer of the TV anime and movie series Detective Conan (Meitantei Conan), also known as Case Closed based on the manga by Gosho Aoyama. In part one of MANGA.TOKYO’s interview with Suwa, we learn about the beginnings of the anime as well as how the anime staff are careful not to slip up when adapting Aoyama’s manga.
 
  
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'''— Could you tell us how the plan for the anime adaptation of Detective Conan developed?'''
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青山　いや、それは俺に聞かれてもわかんない（笑）。ただ、４人兄弟のなかでは、俺が一番出来が悪かったです。勉強はまぁできたほうだったと思うけど、実は、国語が苦手でした。「作者の気持ちを答えなさい」と言われてもいろんなことが書けるでしょ？　答えがひとつじゃないのにテストされるあの感じが苦手だったんだと思う。難しい本とかも嫌いで、ホームズや二十面相なんかの探偵ものぐらいしか読んでなかったから。だから、少年時代はコナンくんみたいだった……って言いたいところだけど、光彦くんタイプでした。先頭に立って「お前らついてこい」という感じじゃなかったし、ガキ大将みたいなやつがいたから、そいつの参謀役というか。
  
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The first chapter of the original manga Detective Conan series, also known as Case Closed, was published in 1994 in Shonen Sunday. I guess it was a countermeasure against the rival manga magazine which had started a detective manga series The Kindaichi Case Files in 1992. I had a close connection with the editorial staff in Shonen Sunday, so I heard about a new detective manga before its publication. When I read the first chapter, I was instantly captured by its clever tricks. I kept reading it for 10 weeks and made up my mind to make an anime adaptation.
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——　子供時代の印象的なエピソードがあれば教えてください。
  
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Protagonist Shinichi Kudo was a 17-year-old detective but ends up having the body of a first-grade child because of a drug he was forced to swallow. I thought this setting was ‘a big lie’, and that was why it would nicely fit for anime. While discussing the anime adaptation plan, I convinced the editorial staff that I would respect the original which had an unrealistic setting, but otherwise was serious and a realistic mystery-solving story.
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青山　具体的には、どんな子供だったんだろうなぁ。あ、小学校３年生の時の学芸会で『一休さん』を演じたことがあるんですけど、当時は『一休さん』がまだアニメ化されていなくて、絵本とかで子供たちが知ってる存在だったんです。『一休さん』って、要はとんちが利いてるって話ですよね。でも俺は、あのおもしろさが全然わからなかった。
  
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At the time, Yomiuri Telecasting was airing the anime series Magic Knight Rayearth at 7:30 on Monday evening, but I wasn’t sure which TV block Detective Conan would be scheduled into. Although we didn’t know exactly when it would start airing, we began developing the plan aiming to air in January or February 1995.
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——　どういうことでしょう？
  
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We asked TMS Entertainment, then called Tokyo Movie Shinsha, to take care of the anime production, because they had brilliant staff members. They created Magic Knight Rayearth and I appreciated their effort to create such great visuals. We also made an offer to Kenji Kodama for the director’s role. We had worked together on City Hunter before, so I told him it wasn’t an action but a mystery anime. He replied that he actually preferred mystery to action, and rather enjoyed creating mystery episodes more than the action ones while directing the Lupin III series. For the script, we wanted someone who was specialized in live-action dramas, so we invited Kanji Kashiwabara, who had been working on scripts for many detective dramas. He pulled some strings and Kazunari Kouchi, Junichi Miyashita, and Yuichi Higurashi joined us. We also asked script writers for anime to join our production team. For music, we asked Katsuo Ono, who was responsible for the music in a popular detective drama series called Taiyo ni Hoero, because we wanted the music of the anime to be comparable to suspense dramas for adults. Our idea was to create new mystery anime which is different from the others, and could be enjoyed by both children and adults.
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青山　たとえば、屏風の虎の話があるでしょ。将軍様が一休さんを呼びつけて、屏風の虎が夜中に悪さをするから、しばりあげてくれと頼む。そこで一休さんは、「虎が屏風から出てきませぬ。私を恐れて出てきませぬ。出してください」とやり返す。そのやりとりのなにがおもしろいのかが全然わからなくて、先生にかみついたんです。あのお話って、将軍的にはとんちで有名な一休さんをこらしめて自分が名をあげたいってことでしょ？　それがわからなかったから、「将軍様って大人でしょ？　大人のくせに子供にこんな意地悪なことを言ってなにが楽しいんですか？」とか、とちん自体のおもしろさもわからなかったから「出てくるはずのない虎を出てこさせろってなにがおもしろいんですか？　たとえば、仕掛けがあって、屏風に切れ目があって、うしろから虎が本当に出てきたほうがおもしろいと思います」とか。
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——　少年時代の青山さんのとんちが利いたおもしろいエピソードですけど、先生からすると嫌な子供です。
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青山　だよね（笑）。先生は「みんなが一休さん役に青山くんを選んだ理由がいまわかった」と笑ってましたけどね。ただ、その頃の自分としては、『一休さん』を演じることより、早く絵が描きたかったんです。
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——　やはり、絵が得意な子供でしたか？
  
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'''— What do you pay attention to when creating the anime?'''
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青山　うん。好きでした。赤塚不二夫先生のニャロメが好きで、そればっかり描いてた時期もあって。だから、『一休さん』の時も芝居の練習なんて早く終わってくれと思ってて、屏風に虎の絵が描きたかったんです。当時は『タイガーマスク』というアニメが人気で、作中に「虎の穴」という秘密組織が登場していて。その組織を象徴するモニュメントの虎に羽が生えてて、尻尾が蛇で、めちゃくちゃかっこよかったんです。だから、『一休さん』の学芸会の屏風にも虎の穴の虎を描きたくて描きたくて。実際に、がーって描いたら、先生にめちゃくちゃ怒られましたけど。
  
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We have some rules, like using the word ‘body’ instead of ‘corpse’, and have blood look ‘black’ not ‘red’. That’s because we wanted the anime to be a mystery-solving story from the first place. We avoid showing scenes of a knife stabbing somebody or a bullet hitting victims, as long as they aren’t related to the tricks of a mystery. It airs in the evening in Japan, so there might be viewers who are in the middle of their dinner. We take extra care not to offend anyone, especially people who aren’t anime fans. We used to use ‘murder case’ in its titles quite a lot at the beginning, but stopped using it two or three years later, because we want to show not the crime itself, but how Conan solves a mystery after the crime happens. Our priority lies in showing the genius mystery-solving skills of Shinichi Kudo under the name of Conan Edogawa.
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——　のちに職業として選ぶ漫画家でいうと、読者としてのスーパースターはやっぱり？
  
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While I believe Detective Conan is a superb mystery, the manga author Gosho Aoyama thinks of it as a comedy drama that focuses on its characters with an element of romantic comedy between Shinichi and Ran Mouri. I think that’s the strength of Detective Conan. It stands out from many other mystery stories. Furthermore, although we don’t know what type of characters will be popular, as everybody has their own tastes, our viewers can find their favorite among the varieties of characters in the anime. Aoyama creates many characters who have their individual charms, and we put them in the mystery solving stories. That’s why Detective Conan is different from any other mystery anime.
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青山　島本先生との対談でも言ったけど、それはもう、モンキー・パンチ先生、ちばてつや先生、あだち充先生の３人です。ただ、父親は厳しいタイプで「漫画なんか読んでたらロクなもんにならん！」と怒る星一徹みたいな人でした。野球ではアンチ巨人でね。というか、高校野球が好きだった。家族は親父以外の全員が巨人ファンなんですけど、父親は「野球で金をもらうやつらなんて信用ならん！」なんてよく言ってました。そんな人だから、漫画やアニメは厳禁でしたけど、まぁ、そこは子供ですから。『おれは鉄兵』とかが大好きで、父親の目を盗んで、よく読んでいました。『ルパン三世』もそう。ルパンがかっこよくて好きだったんですけど、不二子ちゃんがエッチなところも好きで、親に内緒でコミックスを買って本棚に隠していたんです。ところがある時、それがごっそりなくなって「え？　なんで？」と思ったら、親父の枕元にこっそりと隠してあったりもしましたけど（笑）。
  
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'''— Is there anything you didn’t expect because the series has become such a long-runner?'''
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——　お父さんも不二子ちゃんの魅力には勝てなかったと（笑）。厳格な父親だと母親はやさしいというのが、昭和の家庭のパターンですが？
  
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In the anime’s timeline, it has been less than a year since the roller coaster murder case. Many incidents have happened in Beika Town during that time. Only about 250 days have passed in the anime world, but we’ve made about 880 episodes. The town must be in a mess, since, mathematically speaking, there are three to four incidents happening in a day. [laugh] We must welcome the situation because a long-running series means the anime has dedicated fans. Aoyama once said that there has been only one Christmas and one Valentine’s Day in the anime. That demonstrates things in the anime are in safe hands. We’ve seen Conan’s birthday, but not Ran’s yet. I presume he already has his plan for her birthday, so we won’t imply anything about hers in the anime. We don’t want to change anything about its setting.
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青山　うちもそんな感じでした。母親はやさしかった。あとね、とにかくカレーライスがおいしかった。俺のカレー好きは、確実におふくろの味から始まってると思う。俺の好きなテレビ番組のケンミンショー（『秘密のケンミンSHOW』）によると、鳥取県って日本で一番カレーライスの消費量が多いらしいんだけど、うちの母親は、牛肉だったり、ひき肉を使ったり、マトンカレーを作ってくれたりもして、バリエーションが豊富だったんです。
  
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At the beginning of the series, we didn’t have smartphones therefore the characters were using flip phones. We didn’t expect such technological advancements at that time. Conan likes new things, so he tries them without hesitation. If he had been in possession of a smartphone 20 years ago, some mysteries might been solved easily with it. Perhaps we are living in a difficult time for mystery stories.
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——　昭和な家庭で、マトンカレーはすごいです。
  
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In the manga, Conan and Ai Haibara make a remark about something which is seemingly unrelated at the end of each case. Later, it turns out to be something really significant in another episode. Aoyama’s use of such foreshadowing is increasing recently, so the current director, Yashuichiro Yamamoto, is careful about not to miss any minor details in the manga.
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青山　だよね。ただ、母親の作るおでんはびっくりするぐらいまずかったんです（笑）。俺、大学進学で東京に行くまで、おでん＝まずいものと思ってたもん。だから、そんなに期待せずにコンビニでおでんを買って食べた時に「大根、うまっ！」と思って相当驚きましたから。あのまずさは、なんだったんだろう？　たぶん、出汁の作り方からして間違っていたんだと思う。
  
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In short, there is a main storyline in the manga, which is like a big river flowing throughout the story, and the anime original parts we create are like floating leaves on the river. We know we shouldn’t obstruct the flow. Detective Conan has the major plot of Conan pursuing the Black Organization. Only Aoyama can deal with the plot, therefore we take extra care to include every single detail in the anime, as it might be related to the plot. I think we’ve done a good job in this regard so far.
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——　おふくろの味の天国と地獄ですね。ところで、剣道を始めたのは『おれは鉄兵』の影響ですか？
  
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'''— Detective Conan is showing overseas now.'''
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青山　いや、鉄兵より前です。俺、しもやけがひどかったから。冬に寒くなると足がパンパンに腫れちゃって。それで、小学校低学年の頃だったかなぁ。まわりの人から「逆に足を鍛えたらいいんじゃないか？」と剣道をすすめられたんですけど、冬の道場で冷たい板の上で稽古しているうちに、すっかり治りました。いまはもう、しもやけなんて絶対にならない。
  
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We are extremely glad about that. It has been doing well, especially in Asia and South-East Asia where it’s nearing the No.1 place in anime genre. It used to be shown in the US under the title of Case Closed, but it struggled because we are not allowed to show someone getting shot in anime there. They are showing lots of violence in live-action drama, though. We have fans in some parts of Europe.
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——　脱しもやけはうれしいエピソードですが、ファンにとっては、青山さんの剣道体験が『YAIBA』にもつながってるのではと想像しそうです。
  
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I hope people abroad can directly know what Japanese anime want to deliver by watching anime. For that reason, I’m pleased anime can overcome boundaries and rules between countries. I’d love more people to watch this anime.
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青山　間違いなくつながりますね。剣道を始めたことがきっかけで侍とかを好きになったし、『おれは鉄兵』も読むようになったし。もし、少年時代に剣道をしてなかったら『YAIBA』は描けなかったですもん。漫画家にもいろいろな人がいると思うけど、俺の場合は「描きたい」「描けそう」がないと始められない。ただ、『YAIBA』でいうと、知っているが故に可能性が狭まった時期もありました。剣道を知らないアシスタントと必殺技について考えている時なんて、「竹刀の先についてるキャップみたいなのを外すと竹刀がばらばらになるでしょ？　その状態で突けばいいじゃん」「いや、それ、反則だから」みたいな（笑）。そういうのもあって、ふつうの剣道じゃ、これ以上は作品がハジけないと感じて、鬼丸が鬼になって魔剣が登場するような『YAIBA』の流れになったんですけど。
  
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'''— Have you heard comments from fans abroad?'''
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I’ve found many comments in English and other languages on Twitter. I’m delighted to know there are people who are watching Detective Conan abroad. Recently, more voice actors have traveled overseas to attend anime events. When Rikiya Koyama, who plays Kogoro Mouri, went to Taiwan, many people gathered to meet him. I like that fans abroad have fun with the characters of the anime. I’m glad that they enjoy the stories of the Detective Boys, love stories in the police force, and the romantic comedy between Heiji Hattori and Kazuha Toyama, despite the fact that they have different cultures. They’ll say things like “I like Heiji”, “I like Kid.” I’d like the fans abroad to enjoy what their favorite characters do, and hope to hear what they think of the anime more in future.
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青山　いや、野球剣道少年でした。ただ、運動神経はそんなによくはなかった。だから、小学校の作文にもそういうことを書いたんですけど……そういえば、打ち合わせの時に話にでた俺の生まれ故郷の鳥取へは行ってきました？
  
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'''— It’s a pity that Conan can’t go abroad because he doesn’t have his passport.'''
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——　行ってきました。ファンの間では有名な、「青山剛昌ふるさと館」に展示されていた作文（P２４９掲載）が、それはもう感動的で。「前の時は、マンガ家になりたかったけど今は、私立探偵になりたいと思っています。けど運動神経が、にぶいのでなれないと思います。だから前の夢といっしょにして私立探偵専門のマンガ家になりたと思っています。もしなったら、おもしろくてスリルがあってなるべく値段もやすくしたいと思っています」と。
  
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He can’t use an antidote casually, can he? I’ll follow how Aoyama deals with it. [laugh]
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青山　ふふふ。いやぁ、いいなぁ、こういうインタビュー。ちょっと照れくさいけど（笑）。あそこは行きました？　鳥取のお台場公園の隣りにある「由良台場跡」と、その下の日本海が見える海岸。
  
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'''— What is an interesting point about the anime adaptation of Detective Conan'''
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——　もちろん行きました（P６、P２５０、P２５１に掲載）。打ち合わせでの青山さんの言葉が印象的だったので。
  
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At the end of the 18th theatrical movie Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper, Subaru Okiya reveals his true identity as Shuichi Akai. Anime can use voice to express identity, but manga can’t. Even Aoyama admitted the power of anime. Readers keep reading the original manga because it’s brilliant, however we create anime with images and sound. I’m proud of what we’ve done to bring 2-dimensional manga to 3-dimensional anime with movement and sound in an effective way. I think the original manga is a first-class sponge cake and what we do is to decorate it with cream and fruit. Just like decoration makes the sponge cake tastier, anime enhances the source material to make it more attractive to a wider audience. Obviously, the original manga has an astonishing amount of circulation, however anime has the power to attract even elderly people who happen to be in front of TV with its sound and visuals. For that sense, I feel the anime series appeals to a much wider audience.
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青山　そのふたつの場所はものすごく思い出深いです。由良台場跡は、子供たちが野球をやるのに最高の場所だったし、海岸は剣道部のランニングコースだったんです。ある日……いつもの日本海は曇りがちで、どす黒くて、どちらかというと汚い印象なんだけど……、その日は、真っ青な海でめちゃくちゃきれいだったんですよ。剣道部のランニングだから胴とか着けてるのに「うわぁ、きれいだなぁ」と感動してしまって、これを絵に描きたいと思って、その場に座り込んで。剣道部の友達が「青山くん、行くよ？」と言ってくれるんだけど「ごめん。もうちょっと見てる」と、ずーっと、その青い海を見ていて。夕焼けじゃなくて、陽が残ってて、青い海で、波もきれいでかっこよくて。すごいきれいだった。もうめちゃめちゃきれいでした。で、結局、その日は部活をさぼってしまって、翌日に「すみません。剣道部をやめて美術部に入ります」と顧問に頭を下げたっていう（笑）。たぶん、中学生の時だったと思う。高校時代も剣道部をやめて美術部に入っているから記憶が定かじゃないけど。その海に感動したのは、たぶん中学生の時。
  
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'''— You said that anime-original stories are like leaves floating on a river. What do you think about their own charms?'''
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——　ということは、少年時代から絵に興味があって漫画家志望だったんですか？
  
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Creating anime-original stories (stories that are not based on chapters of the manga) means a declaration of war against Aoyama for me. My goal for creating original stories is to hear him say “I enjoyed watching it.” I begin making a story by imagining what will happen if Conan and Ran travel together, or get involved in an incident while walking around the town with the Detective Boys. Then, I consider how I use characters effectively and build a story.
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青山　憧れはあったのかなぁ。でも、もうちょっと大人になって就職とか現実的な夢を探す頃って、アニメーターになりたかったんですよ。漫画家になるのは大変そうだから、アニメーターがいいなぁって。高校生の頃からアニメにもハマって『宇宙戦艦ヤマト』『機動戦士ガンダム』『ルパン三世』『銀河鉄道９９９』『無敵超人ザンボット３』とか大好きでしたから。それで、日大芸術学部に進んで漫研に入るんですけど、俺が監督でアニメを作ったりもしていました。
  
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I must say that we have partly contributed the 22-year history of the anime series, because, although between 60-75% of the anime series is based on the original manga, the rest is anime-original. I become ecstatic when Aoyama says he enjoyed the anime-original stories.
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——　その漫研の名前が、すごいっていう。
  
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'''— Now, could you answer some questions from overseas? I have 6 questions here selected from more than 100 questions we’ve received.
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青山　漫画研究部「熱血漫画根性会」ね。略して「ネマコン」っていうね（笑）。俺も熱血かぁとは思いましたけど、ほかに漫研がなかったから、すっと入ったんです。それで、なんで漫画家を目指したかったっていう話でいうと、ネマコンのOBには、矢野（博之）さんという方が東京ムービーというアニメ制作プロダクションに務めていたんです。ちなみに、矢野さんは『（それいけ！）アンパンマン』のアニメ監督をされている方なんですけど、そんな矢野さんに「東京ムービーに入れてくださいよ」と頼んだら、「アニメーターはしんどいからやめとけ。漫画家のほうがいいぞ」と言われまして。同じ時期に、日芸の先輩で漫画家の阿部（ゆたか）さんにも「漫画家のほうがいいぞ」と同じことを言われて。それで、ふたりの先輩がそんなに言うならって、漫画家を目指したんです。
  
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Karylle Enchinares Famero asks: What are some of your favorite murder tricks that you’ve encountered while producing the series?'''
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——　そもそも、高校３年で進路を決める時、なぜ日本大学芸術学部だったのでしょう？
  
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First of all, I like the trick from the episode The Sunfish Murder (File 56: Script by Kazunari Kouchi). It was an episode from one of the early seasons and I was thinking so hard with the director to come up with good tricks. Of course I still ponder over new tricks and sometimes they even see the light of day. The Man Who Was Killed Four Times (File 175: Script by Nobuo Ohgizawa) is another favorite of mine. It’s a story about a tough victim who is killed by multiple perpetrators, but each time he comes alive again. Therefore, it’s very difficult for Conan to get to the bottom of the case as the plot is quite complicated. Fortunately, we had a talented script writer who can wrap up the story within twenty-odd minutes. I really like The Entrance to the Maze: The Anger of Colossus (File 208: script by Chiaki Hashiba), especially the trick of the murder that happened during a ropeway ride through a tunnel.
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青山　最初は某国立大学の美術コースを推薦で受けたんです。その大学のそのコースを卒業すると美術の教師になれるようなところでした。実際、親には美術の先生になりたいなんて言ってたけど、自分の本当の夢は、東京に出てアニメーターになるということ。それでまぁ、某国立大学では実技のテストがあったんですけど、正直な話、「みんなへたくそだな」と思っちゃったんです。これは絶対に受かったと思って、面接で「どんな先生になりたいですか？」と聞かれた時に「あ、僕は先生になる気はありません。アニメーターになりたいんです」と、本当のことを言っちゃって。地元に帰って高校の担任にそう言ったら、すげぇ怒られて。あ、まずかったんだと思って。
  
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'''Ruffa Marielle Aquino asks; What are the most memorable things you did for the series and is there any advice you can give to students like me who want to pursue the same path of animation production?'''
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——　青山さん、それはまずいです。落としてくれって言っているようなもんです。で？
  
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During the opening song ‘Koi wa thrill, shock, suspense’ (File 205 – 230: sang by Rina Aiuchi), Conan performs a ‘Para Para Dance’ which was on-trend at the time. He wasn’t allowed to smile while dancing, as it was a rule of the dance. I was worried how an opening without smiling would be received by viewers, but decided to follow the rule and let him dance the proper way. Masahito Yoshioka , a program director from TMS Entertainment, was doubtful at the beginning, but eventually made up his mind to create a proper dance routine which everyone can enjoy dancing. We asked a choreographer to teach us the moves, and we created Conan’s take on ‘Para Para Dance’.
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青山　もちろん、落とされました（笑）。だから、日芸を受けた時はちゃんとしようと。面接もがんばろうと。といっても、実技テストの時から、某国立大学とは違って、「みんな、うめぇな！」という人ばかりでしたけどね。結局、その実技テストで５人だけ選ばれて「君らは合格すると思うよ」と言われて面接に進んだんだけど、某国立大学の時の失敗があるから〈これはなにかの罠なのか？〉と、ずっと不安でした。
  
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The 20th anniversary special episode Conan and Ebizou’s Kabuki Juhachiban Mystery (File 804-805) is another memorable one. Famous Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizou actually provided the voice of Ebizou in the anime. The script was written after his appearance was confirmed. I was impressed by Kashiwabara’s skillful script centering on Ebizou.
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——　それで日大芸術学部美術学科絵画コースに進むと。
  
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If I may advise students who want to get into the anime industry, make sure that you keep your eyes open, find something that interests you, and learn deeply. I think communication skills are vital for our job, and in order to communicate better, you need knowledge. Read newspapers and magazines regularly to know current affairs. What is important is to make the person who you are talking to understand what you are interested in. You must know what you are talking about. In other words, you must speak with deep-rooted knowledge. It’s like anchoring a ship, so you don’t waver from your assertions.
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青山　大学生活は楽しかったですよ。というか、東京の生活が楽しかった。田舎から上京した人はみんなそうだと思うけど、山手線って寝坊してもそのまま乗ってれば、１周して目的の駅に着いちゃうよ！　とか、?野家の牛丼ってマジでうまいな！　とか。いまはなくなっちゃったけど、当時は新宿のコマ劇場周辺に映画館がいくつかとゲームセンターが密集していたんです。地元で映画を見たいなぁと思うと、電車にだいぶ揺られないとだめだったのに、東京すげぇな、しかも映画のはしごとかもできちゃうぞ！　って。ゲームセンターも、俺の地元にはなかったからね。だから、オールナイトのチケットをたくさん買って、映画を見て、休憩時間にゲーム、また映画を見るぞみたいな感じで超楽しかった。あと、これは漫画家になってからだけど、しゃぶしゃぶをはじめてごちそうになった時も、東京すげぇなと思いました。なんなんだ、このとろけるようなお肉はと。牛肉の枠を超えてるだろって。
  
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You must prepare to be able to explain clearly what sort of anime it is you want to make, what your favorite works in the past are, and why you like them. For me, they are Columbo, the late Osamu Tezuka (a creator known as the ‘God of Manga’ and was a pioneer of anime and manga as we know it), and Oretachi no Tabi (a Japanese coming-of-age drama aired in 1975). They made me what I am.
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——　でも、しゃぶしゃぶを経ても、青山さんが一番好きなごはんは？
  
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I watched Columbo when I was a junior high school student. I remember I felt excited when I watched the episode ‘Any Old Port in a Storm’ which takes place in a winery, even though I had never drunk alcohol at the time. It was as if I were watching adult lives through a window. I want to provide such excitement to viewers. Although that doesn’t actually have anything related to the Conan episodes with tricks related to wine, though. [laugh] I just want to tell you that finding interest in small things in the area you love will lead you to being a mystery fan.
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青山　カレー。ほかのごはんは１位の座を奪えない。カレーに関しては、いまでも週に２、３回食べても、全然いける。おいしい。大好き。
  
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'''Sana Hayama asks: What made you want to produce the series? Maybe you loved reading books which involved criminal action and mystery and tried to solve them? I’m sure this could be a reason for such an amazing and lively series!'''
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——　（笑）。さて、鳥取から上京したばかりの頃の話でした。下宿先はどの街を選んだんですか？
  
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When I watched the movie Murder on the Orient Express in 1974, I hadn’t actually read Agatha Christie’s novel at the time. However, I personally believe I was the one who solved the mystery first in the theater. A movie remake will be released soon, and I can’t wait watching it.
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青山　それなんです！日芸は西武池袋線の江古田という駅から近いんですけど、上京する時に親が間違えて「中野区江古田」にアパートを探しちゃって（笑）。大学のある江古田駅は練馬区だから、全然遠いんです。もったいないから１年間は住んだんですけど、２時間はおおげさだけど、けっこうな距離を、はぁはぁ言いながら自転車で通って。貧乏学生だったから、電車賃がもったいなくて。
  
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'''Mark Gabriel Acribal asks: What are some of the challenges or struggles you had to overcome before becoming a producer?'''
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——　やっぱり、貧乏でしたか？
  
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I was an assistant director for a midnight variety show called 11PM for two and a half years, and I struggled to death. It would have been almost classified as ‘power harassment’ (Japanese term describing psychological abuse and bullying at work) if it had happened today. [laugh] However, I learned what it takes during that time. The experience of confronting the difficulties, which was actually not as heroic as it sounds, made me what I am today. I always wanted to create something, but I didn’t know how difficult creating processes were.
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青山　もちろんですよ！　貧乏でした。風呂なし共同トイレの四畳半。銭湯代を節約したくて、台所の流しで髪を洗ったりだとかもふつうだったし。１年後には大学の近くに引っ越したんですけど、そこでも同じような間取りの物件でした。そうそう。俺は、高橋留美子先生も大好きなんですけど『めぞん一刻』みたいな感じだった。俺は五代くんだとすると、先輩がうちに入り浸ってて、麻雀ばっかりやっていました。下宿生活はおもしろかったけど、悲しいかな、美人管理人の音無さんがいなかった（笑）。
  
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Making a decision on everything about the footage is hard work but fun. The format of Detective Conan is made by the accumulations of my experiences. From the first episode, it has an epilogue, an ending, and a bit of a bonus scene. I’m confident in the format which director Kodama, producer Yoshioka and I devised together. We’ve been using this format for the TV series for all these years, and almost the same one for the movies.
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——　下宿生活以外の漫画家になるための「就職活動」は、どのような感じで？
  
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'''Ieng Wong asks: Were you a big fan of Conan before producing it?'''
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青山　いまのアシスタントでもあるんですけど、漫研の同級生や後輩に手伝わせて、投稿作を描き始めてましたよ。
  
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As I said earlier, I knew about the manga before its serialization, and kept my eye on it. When I read the first chapter, I was so impressed by its tricks and depiction of situations. I was surprised how much it can do from the first episode.
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——　青山伝説のひとつですが、やっぱり、投稿作からアシスタントがいるってすごい話です。
  
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I also liked The Kindaichi Case Files which had started running in a different magazine before Detective Conan. Luckily, I got an offer to produce The Kindaichi Case Files after I started Detective Conan. I feel exceptionally fortunate to be in charge of the two great detective anime series.
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青山　そう？　なんだったら、プロの漫画家の阿部さんにも手伝ってもらってましたよ。
  
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'''Ryan Kun asks: What are your favorite detective movies and who are your favorite male and female characters in Detective Conan?'''
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——　それ、どうやったらプロに手伝ってもらえるんですか？
  
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I still watch many detective movies. Strictly speaking, it’s not a detective movie but I like Around the World in Eighty Days (premiered in 1957). It was based on the novel of the same name written by Jules Verne, and depicts a man who takes a bet to travel around the world in 80 days. He is disappointed in himself as he misses the deadline just one day. However, it turns out he actually won the bet, because he gained one day when he had crossed the International Date Line. I love such dramatic comeback wins. It’s a great bonus for viewers who are amazed by the trick at the last minute. I want to deliver such amazement to our viewers.
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青山　漫研の同級生や後輩には「飯おごるからさ」が口説き文句でしたけど、阿部さんには、なんて言ったんだっけな。そうそう。登場人物の名前で交渉したんだ。主人公が高井豊でヒロインが阿部麻巳子ってなったんですけど、逆にすると阿部ゆたかと高井麻巳子。高井麻巳子って、その当時、めちゃめちゃ人気のあったアイドルなんですけど、阿部さんが大ファンで、「ぜひそうしてほしい」と。すかさず「じゃ、手伝ってくれる？」って（笑）。
  
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My favorite character is always Kogoro Mouri. When the anime started airing, I was 37, the same age as Kogoro. He had a lovely high schooler daughter at that time, but I didn’t, though. [laugh] Although he has become crazier recently, he’s always lovable and no one can dislike him. I simply admire his personality.
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——　なるほど。青山さんはさらっと言いますけど、一般的にプロの漫画家になる人でも、最初はひとりで描いて、持ち込むなり投稿するなりして、ようやくプロと認められた連載後にアシスタントを持つのが王道だと思います。
  
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Among the female characters, I like Sonoko Suzuki. She was only meant to appear once according to the initial plan, but became a regular character because of the superb voice acting of Naoko Matsui who portrays her. She became a fixture of the anime, so much so that the character setting of Momiji Ohoka from the movie Crimson Love Letter was ‘Sonoko in the West’. Sonoko is incredible because she is such a down-to-earth person despite being a daughter of an extremely wealthy family.
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青山　だって、漫画を作るのって大変じゃないですか。こんなのひとりじゃ描けないよと思って手伝ってもらった（笑）。
  
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Thank you very much for sending me questions. It is much appreciated. I wish I could understand English more, so I could read all your questions and comments myself.
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——　その頃のメンバーがいまも「チーム青山」なわけですよね？
  
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'''— What’s your next goal?
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青山　同じです。誰ひとり欠けることなく。
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Detective Conan has become a household name in Japan, and I’m quite satisfied with that. I’d like to crack the world market with Detective Conan. I can’t understand why only anime can’t show murder scenes in English-speaking countries, whereas other forms of mystery can. However, I feel optimistic because there are not so many murder scenes in the anime.
 
  
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For successful international market penetration, I must find why Japanese anime has become so popular and acclaimed worldwide. I also have to find a way to make foreign viewers understand the dramaturgy of the anime, otherwise they can’t remember every character.
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——　青山剛昌という才能ありきのことだと思いますが、現アシスタントの元同級生や後輩の方もいまの青山さんからの逆算ではなく、名もなき漫画家志望の大学生についていこうと思ったのがすごいです。
  
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My ambition is to sail through the world with Detective Conan and make it a flagship anime on the globe.
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青山　なんなんだろうなぁ。不思議ですよね、この関係性って。たぶん、ビジネスの世界だと仲間同士というのは難しいのかもしれないけど、俺たちの関係性は幼馴染でコンビを組む芸人さんに近いのかもしれない。いまやもう家族みたいなものだから。とはいえ、俺も途中で思いましたよ。当時はまだちゃんとしたお金を払っているわけでもないのに、なんでみんな、こんなに一生懸命手伝ってくれるんだろうって。
  
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'''— Could you give a comment for the fans?'''
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——　あ、青山さんも不思議だったんですね？
  
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It has been 24 years since the manga started, and 22 years since the anime’s first airing. One day, Detective Conan will reach its conclusion. We don’t know when and how it ends, however until that day I’ll create the anime with all my heart. I hope you enjoy the anime both based on the original manga and the anime originals, as well as the movies. We’ll keep working our hardest to meet your expectations. Please continue to watch and follow Detective Conan.
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青山　不思議不思議。そういえば、アシスタントのNくんに「ガソリンスタンドのバイトに誘われてるんだけど、どうしよう？」と相談されたことがありました。
  
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— Thank you very much.
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——　その時、青山さんはなんと答えたんですか？
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===Gosho Aoyama Interview about the Boss===
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青山　「大丈夫。俺が一生食わしてやるから」って。
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'''Date:''' November 30, 2017<br>
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——　おぉ～、完全に〝兄貴〟じゃないですか！
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青山　いや、全然そんなんじゃなくて、単なる口からでまかせでした。ただ、プレッシャーのようなものはあって、絶対にプロになって連載を持つ。彼らにちゃんとお金を払えるようになりたいとは、最初の頃から強く思っていました。
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青山　それはもう「やったー！」しかなかったです。漫研のほかの先輩たちからは「写植が浮いているぞ！」と、からかわれましたけどね（笑）。写植って雑誌に印刷された時に使われるセリフなどの文字組みのことなんですけど、漫研の仲間のセリフは手書きですから、まだまだ拙い絵に対してセリフの書体だけがプロっぽいぞという意味でツッコまれて（笑）。でも、俺としては、アシスタントのこと以外にも、親へのプレッシャーもあったから、それはもううれしかった。
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——　親へのプレッシャーとは？
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青山先生直撃インタビュー
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青山　日芸に通っている時に教員免許をとって、地元の母校で教育実習もしていたんです。あとは、教員採用試験にさえ受かれば先生になれるという感じだったから、そりゃあ親からしたら息子は美術教師になるもんだと思うじゃないですか。それがある日「俺、漫画家になるから」と言われた日には、そりゃあね、大反対ですよ。父親からは、「１年間だけ我慢してやる」と言われていたんです。漫画家デビューが決まったのが、大学を卒業してからはじめての秋だったから、なんとか間に合ったなぁって。……あれ？　違うか？
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——　え？　なにが違うんですか？
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青山　自分で言ったのかな？　1年間で漫画家になるからって。いや、漫研の後輩たちが大学を卒業をする前になんとかしたかったんだっけかな？　まぁとにかく、親父は大反対でした。これはいまでもよく覚えているんですけど、こう言われたんです。「ワシはいまにも動き出しそうな蟹を描ける友人を知っている。そいつは画家になった。でもそいつは貧乏で死んだ」と。
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——　その言葉は、大学生前後の青山さんにも、さすがにこたえますね？
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青山　いや、言い返した。
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——　言い返した？　お父さんの言葉って、息子を思うが故の愛ある言葉ですよね？
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青山　いや、「同じ絵の仕事でも、アニメーターなら食っていけるんじゃない？」とかなんとか。ほら、小学校の先生に『一休さん』のおもしろくないところにかみつくようなタイプだから（笑）。
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——　なるほど。今回のインタビューを担当して感じたのですが、青山さんって、変に美談にされるようにことが苦手なのでしょうか。たとえば、アシスタントとの関係性や父親とのそれを、もし、「絆」とこちらがくくったとしたら、抵抗感があるというか。
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青山　あぁ……それはあるかもしれない。それはあるかもなぁ。ちょっと違う話なんですけど、たとえば、スタジオジブリの作品で『海がきこえる』と『耳をすませば』というタイトルだけ聞くと似たテイストのものがありますよね。俺は『海がきこえる』は大好きなんです。でも、『耳をすませば』はセリフがくさくてちょっと苦手なんです（笑）。
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——　セリフが「くさい」のが受け付けなかった？
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青山　いや、くさいのはいいんです。すぎるのが嫌なんです。俺だって、ここは決めなきゃという場面ではくさい言葉を登場人物に口にしてもらったりはしますから。たとえば、『まじっく快斗』でも、「まったく冷たいんだから……。アイスクリームみたい……」「でも、アイスクリームは……甘いんだぜ！！」というセリフがある。くさいといえばくさい。でも、俺のなかではセーフなんです。……って、すみません。説明が難しいし、あまりにも感覚的なんだけど、そのギリギリを模索するのがおもしろいと思う。セリフって、語尾だけでもまったく違うものになるから。そこはかなり気を遣っています。言葉選び、大切だから。うん。めちゃめちゃ大切ですから。だから、自分が迷った時は何パターンか考えて、アシスタントや担当編集者に「どっちがいいと思う？」と聞くこともあります。
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——　では、青山さんが本音を語ってくれたところで、こちらも率直な質問を。
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青山　なになに？
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——　青山剛昌に挫折はありますか？
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青山　挫折？　挫折かぁ。挫折？
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——　少年時代のエピソードを交えつつ、プロデビューの頃までお話が聞けました。ここまでの青山さんは、一直線に漫画の世界に飛び込んでいる。冒頭の発言にしても、「『コナン』の連載をやめよう」と決めたのは青山さんなわけで、選択権が自分にある。他者なのか天運なのか、自分ではコントロールできないような「挫折」って、青山剛昌にはなかったのかなぁと。
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青山　なるほど。たしかに、漫画家としてデビューする前にアシスタントとしての下積み生活があったわけでもないしなぁ。挫折。挫折。挫折。……あ、あった！
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——　ぜひ、教えてください！
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青山　『一休さん』。
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——　え？　『一休さん』のいったいなにが挫折だったのでしょう？
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青山　『一休さん』の芝居の練習をクラスのみんなに見てもらった時があったんです。すると先生が「青山くんのいまの演技はどうでしたか？」と聞いたんですけど、クラスで一番おとなしい子に「声が小さい」と言われて「よし、わかった」と。そう言ってくれたお前の声もめちゃくちゃ小さかったけどなと思いつつ、「よし、わかった」と。「本番をみてろよ」と思って、当日は、自分の声で自分の耳がキーンってなるぐらいのでっかい声で演じたら大好評だったんですよ。よしと。で、次の年が『舌切り雀』だったんですけど、主役のおじいさんに選ばれたんですね。さぁ今年もって気合いが入っていたんですけど、本番前日に遊んでいたらアキレス腱の近くを切っちゃって、おじいさん役はやれなくなってしまったんですよ。
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——　それが挫折？　小学校の頃のちょっと悔しいエピソードではなく？
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青山　いや、あれは、ものすごい挫折感でした。だって俺、もし2年連続で学芸会の自分の演技が大好評だったら、役者を目指していたかもしれないと真剣に思いますから。余談ですけど、「母ちゃん、すげぇな」ともその時に思いましたけどね。俺の『一休さん』をみんなが絶賛してくれたのに、母親だけは、「あんたのあれ、やけくそなだけだったね」って本当のことを見抜いてて（笑）。
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——　なるほど。では、漫画家に絞っての挫折ならばどうですか？
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青山　ないかもしれない。ないなぁ。なんか、申し訳ないけど。
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——　いや、逆にすごいです。それを言い切れるのは。
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青山　もしあるとしたら、さっき話した投稿作を描いている時期に最初はサンデーじゃなくて、「（週刊少年）マガジン」に持って行ったんですよ。佳作をもらって次回作を持って行った時に、担当編集者が「ウチの編集長が君の絵柄を好きじゃなくて絵柄を変えなきゃマガジンでは無理だよ」と言ってくれたんです。悔しかったけど、そういのって、さっきの俺のジブリの話じゃないけど、好みの問題だからしょうがないですよね。俺、マガジンでそう言ってもらったあとに、その足で、サンデー編集部に行きましたからね。講談社から出て、近くの本屋に行って、サンデー編集部の連絡先を見て、電話して。で、サンデーで担当してくれたOさんが気に入ってくれて、「じゃあ、次の漫画賞に出してみようか」と言ってくれたのが、デビュー作の『ちょっとまってて』ですから。うん。だからないな、挫折って。以後、漫画家・青山剛昌には挫折なしでお願いします（笑）。
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——　かしこまりました（笑）。
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青山　ほんと申し訳ない。
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——　では、挫折ではなく、悔しさならばどうでしょうか。『名探偵コナン』は、マガジンで人気だった『金田一少年の事件簿』への対抗馬として始まっています。それは、編集部の狙いであって、当時『YAIBA』で人気を博していた青山さんなら、断るという選択肢もあったように感じます。
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青山　まぁそうだよね。そうなのかな？
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——　そうですよ。そうじゃないですか？
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青山　でも、人気を博すと言っても、『YAIBA』がアンケートの1位になったのって、最終回とその前の回でようやくですから。それはそうで、当時は（高橋）留美子先生の『らんま１／２』と藤田（和日郎）くんの『うしおととら』が、ぶっちぎりで強かったんです。そうそう。そういえばだけど、サンデー編集部の基本姿勢として、読者アンケートを漫画家に見せちゃダメなんですよ。でも、気になるじゃない？　それで担当者にすげぇ無理を言って「お願い。俺が過労死したら棺桶に入れたいから、お願いだから見せて」と頼んで見せてもらって。『YAIBA』はアニメ化も始まっていたというのと、最終回の1回前で「次号、最終回！」みたいなあおりを入れてくれたからか、ようやく1位で。だから、当時は人気を博すなんて感じじゃなくて、無我夢中で毎週毎週描いてましたよ、漫画を。
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——　『うしおととら』の藤田さんは同世代なので別として、高橋留美子さんや、『タッチ』やその後の『H2』で、アンケート上位を独占するあだち充さんという２巨頭を「俺が倒してやるぜ！」といった思いはありませんでしたか？
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青山　ゼロ。まったくなし。
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——　１ミリもない感じ？
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青山　ゼロ。無理。絶対無理。
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——　クールですね、漫研は熱血なのに。
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青山　いやだって、無理でしょ、そんなの。まず、そのおふたりは大尊敬している先輩漫画家ですから。倒すだなんておこがましいにもほどがある。あと、雛人形でいうと、あだち先生はお内裏様で留美子先生はお雛様！　俺は五人囃子ぐらいの立ち位置が本当は好きなんです。だから、サンデーを背負うだなんて意識もまったくなかったし。
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——　では、当時のライバルならば？
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青山　あの頃も散々聞かれたような気がするけど、「自分です」と答えるしかなかったなぁ。藤田さんは世代も近いし、『うしおととら』はものすごい人気だったからあれなんだけど、なんていうのかな。俺ごときとは言わないまでも、俺にライバル視なんてされたら嫌かもなぁと思っていました。もちろん、彼の漫画はすごいから尊敬しているけど、勝負しているところが違う。もし、俺とものすごく作風が近い若手とかが現れたら、「勝たなきゃ！」と思うかもしれないけど。
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——　青山さんの本意ではないにせよ、現実としてアンケートの1位を取るようになると、チーム青山の生活にも変化があったのでは？
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青山　変わった変わった。
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——　どんなところが変化しました？
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青山　夜食のカップラーメンが出前に出世しました。
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——　あ、それはものすごい出世ですね。
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青山　うん。こういっちゃあれだけど、みんな海賊みたいでしたよ。その頃はまだ、アシスタントも俺も若かったから。食うわ食うわ、飲むわ飲むわ。出前にしても一番高いのから選んでいくわで（笑）。飲み食いだけじゃなくて漫画作りに関しても、デビューから間もない頃なんて、もう怖いもの知らずで。まぁそれは、俺も含めての話なんですけどね。
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——　青山さん自身は、稼げるようになって変化はありましたか？　たとえば、対談で島本さんも聞いてましたけど、車好きの漫画家さんが高級車をついに買っちゃうといった感覚とか？
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青山　ないない（笑）。サンデーのアンケートでも「いまほしいものは？」とか、たまに聞かれるんだけど、本当になくて困っちゃうんです。スタッフのこともあるから引っ越したけど、いまでも最初に描いてた四畳半一間とかが仕事場でも俺は全然いいもん。俺は漫画さえ描けていれば、それでいいなぁ。
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——　青山さん、もう一回言っていいですか？
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青山　なになに？
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——　兄貴、かっこいいっす！
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青山　そうかなぁ。漫画家なんて、ふつうそうでしょ？
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——　いや、ふつうではないと思いますが話を戻して。『コナン』のはじまりについてでした。
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青山　たしかに、編集部からオファーをもらった当初は、全然やる気がありませんでした。でも、しばらくして、子供の頃からホームズなどの探偵ものが好きだったということを思い出したんです。で、描けるなと。描いてみたいと。ほら俺、そういう気持ちのとっかかりがないと漫画が描けないから。逆に言うと、自分の描きたい探偵を描くというのは決めていたし、その結果として人気はでないと思っていました。コミックスで長くて３巻、短ければ1巻で終わると。いちおうね、『YAIBA』を描いてて、アクションシーンは得意かもなと感じていたんです。それが、『コナン』なんてセリフばっかりでしょ？　アクションという武器を封印しちゃっていいの？　とは思いました。まぁ、結局は、コナンくんがサッカーボールを蹴ったり、蘭の格闘シーンとかで使ってるけど、それは編集部の狙いというより、俺が描きたくて描いてるだけだから。
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——　青山さんが描きたかった探偵像がどのようなものだったのかが気になりました。
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青山　いとことで言えば、犯人を殺さずに、ちゃんと捕まえて罪を償わせる探偵。
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——　なるほど。唯一の例外が「ピアノソナタ『月光』殺人事件」です。
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青山　そうそう。あれだけ。あのエピソードだけは、意図的に例外を描きたかったんです。あの犯人の浅井成美先生は、いまでもファンレターをもらうことが多くて、読者の印象にも残ってるみたいで、よしよしと（笑）。その例外はあるにせよ、基本的にコナンくんは、必ず犯人を捕まえる俺の理想の探偵です。あとね、いま話ながら思い出したんだけど、ちょうどコナンを描き始めた頃だったかな。よし、がんばろうと思ったきっかけがありました。
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——　気になるそのきっかけとは？
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青山　フジテレビで『古畑任三郎』が始まったことです。すげぇおもしろかった。「ミステリー」とくくった時に、申し訳ないけど、それまでの日本のミステリーでおもしろいと思えるものが少なかったけど、あれはめちゃくちゃおもしろいと感じたんです。『コナン』のほうがちょっとだけ早く始まっていたから、「古畑に負けたくねぇ！」というのはすごく感じていて。それこそ、勝手にライバル視して(笑)。
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——　『古畑任三郎』の脚本家である三谷幸喜さんも日芸出身ですね。
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青山　そうなんです。余談だけど、三谷さんが手がけた大河ドラマの『真田丸』も、おもしろかったなぁ。あれはもう、やばいぐらいおもしろかった。最終回で、ふつうにしんみり終わらせてもいいのに、幸村が長年仕えた忍者の佐助に「いくつになった？」と聞いて「５５でございます」と答えるシーンなんて、爆笑しましたから。しかも、コメディ要素だけじゃなくて人間をちゃんと描くというか、秀吉の描写も素晴らしいし、その親方様のためにってがんばる幸村たちの描き方もすごかったし。三谷さんはドラマからギャグからなにからなにまですごいです。あえて言うと、ラブコメは苦手なのかなぁと想像したけど、それでも、ほかがおもしろすぎて気にならなかった。
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——　余談ついでに、青山剛昌の「ラブコメ論」を教えてください。
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青山　論っていうほど、偉そうなものではないけど、ラブコメとラブギャグは違うぞ、というのは思っています。たとえば、女の子が男の子とぶつかって、こけて、パンチラしてしまったと。男の子が偶然それを見てそまう。で、女の子が「なに見てんのよ？」とパンっと叩くのがラブギャグ。でも、「いま見た？」って女の子が聞いて「ううん。見てない」と男の子が答えて、さらに女の子が「ウソ……ホントは見たでしょ？」とジト目になるのがラブコメ。そういう意味では、８０年代のドラマの『男女7人夏物語』と『男女7人秋物語』は、もうラブコメのお手本のような作品だと思う。
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——　主演したさんまさんの「もう遅いねや」は、その当時の流行語にもなりました。
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青山　そそそ。流行ったよね。男女7人シリーズでいうと、女優の大竹しのぶさんの役作りで驚かされたことがあるのを覚えています。最初ね、視聴者は大竹しのぶを「いけすかない女」って思うんですよ。ところが、ドラマの回を重ねるごとにかわいくなっていくんですよ。その秘密って、実は、大竹さんがメイクを工夫していたんですって。最初は嫌な感じに見えるようにメイクして、徐々にメイクをかわいくしていって。それは、生身の人間が演じることのすごみだと思いました。漫画だったら、最初からかわいく描いちゃいますから。
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——　最近のドラマで気になった作品はありますか？
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青山　『逃げ恥』（『逃げる恥だが役に立つ』）やアニメの『君の名は。』なんて、ラブコメくくりの大傑作だと思います。『君の名は。』は担当編集者たちと一緒に見に行ったんだけど、俺が作ったわけでもないのに、あの作品の素晴らしさについてものすげぇ解説してたもん。って、ぐらい好き（笑）。
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——　漫画に絞ると青山さんが影響を受けたラブコメとは？
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青山　それはもちろん、このジャンルの神様みたいな人である、あだち充先生ですよ。たとえば『タッチ』のこんな感じの描写がザ・ラブコメだと思うんです。南ちゃんの日記を達也が見たのではないかという事件がある。最終的に南ちゃんが屋上に達也を呼ぶ出す。南ちゃんが「あの日記に書いてあることは本当よ。昔からタッちゃんのことが好きだったの」と言う。うろたえる達也を見て「そっか。そっか。見てないんだ」と言って笑顔で去る南ちゃん。もうね、絶妙だと思いました。この回では南ちゃんの気持ちが、どっちなのかわからない、でも読者は気になって仕方がないという絶妙さ。天才だと思いました。俺が言うまでもなく当たり前の称号なんだけどね（笑）。
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——　『名探偵コナン』は、「殺人ラブコメミステリー」とも評されます。なぜ、同作がここまで多くの人に支持されるのかその理由を想像すると、「ラブコメ」と「ミステリー」という人気の要素が盛り込まれているのも大きいのではないでしょうか？
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青山　わかんない（笑）。
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——　もう少しだけねばらせてください。
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青山　ふふふ。
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——　連載開始時のコミックス３巻で終わるかもと感じていた時期はともかく、いまもまったくわからない？
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青山　たしかに、ラブコメとミステリーのふたつの要素があるのは大きいし、世界で一番有名な探偵（シャーロック・ホームズ）の要素を作品に盛り込んだというのもあるとは思うんです。コナンくんなんて、その作者の名前だしね。だから、もし若い世代の漫画家が探偵ものを描こうとしても、コナンのせいで（笑）、シャーロック・ホームズが使いづらいですよね？　でもなぁ。本当によくわからないです。
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——　では、「売れたい」ならば？
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青山　ないです。ごめん（笑）。
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——　なぜ謝るんですか？
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青山　いや、なんか偉そうな言い方だなぁと思って。でも、その手の質問は、本当に困っちゃうんですよ。たまに、若手漫画家とかに「どうすれば売れるんですか？」と聞かれることがあるんだけど、俺自身は本当にそんなことを考えたことがないから、答えようがなくて。
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——　少しわかった気がします。現実としてアシスタントの給料を払いたいとかの「食える」は考えたことがあるけど、「売れる」という野心のようなものは抱いたことがないのでは？
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青山　そうそうそうそう。いや、そうでもないな。正直に言うと、『YAIBA』の頃は「売れたい」も少しだけありましたよ。
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——　こちらが関西人だったら「あったんかい！」とツッコむところです。
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青山　だって、ゲーム化してほしかったから（笑）。魔剣にいろんな玉を入れるとそれぞれの力が出せるという設定って、まるでゲームだから。ゲーム化だけじゃなくて、アニメ化もしてほしくて、アクション、アクション、またアクションってやってみたのに全然ダメだった。だから、「売れる」というのに近い夢が実現するのなんて、もうその夢をあきらめた頃だったんです。ましてや、『コナン』なんて、「こんな会話ばっかりの作品、アニメ化されるわけねえ。主人公が動かねぇし」と思っていたのにすぐにアニメ化されちゃうしで（笑）。つまり、全然狙ってなかったんです。
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——　あぁ、だから「売れる」「売れない」の境界線がわからない？
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青山　そうそうそう。だから、よくわからないというのが本音だけど、描きたいものを描くというのが一番大切だと思う。読者ってすごいから、「このへんやっときゃ、ウケるんでしょ？」みたいな作り手側の作為なんて、一発で見抜きますからね。
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——　答えにくい質問をありがとうございました。では、はじまりについての流れでいうと、『まじっく快斗』はどのような発想だったのですか？
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青山　俺、コナン・ドイルも好きでしたけど、モーリス・ルブランもすっごい好きだったんで、泥棒ものを描きたいなと。
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——　モーリス・ルブランはアルセーヌ・ルパンシリーズの作者として有名です。
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青山　うん。でもね。聞いた話だと、原書はすげぇ短編で、日本の翻訳家さんが付け足したらしいんです。それも、すげぇ付け足したっていう（笑）。その付け足しのおかげで、めちゃめちゃおもしろくなったらしくて。……いま思い出した余談をしてもいいですか？
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——　もちろんです。
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青山　そう言えばね、以前にフランスからインタビュアーがわざわざ来てくれてインタビューを受けたんですよ。「モーリス・ルブランがすっごい好きで、『まじっく快斗』を描いたんですよ」って言ったら、「モーリス・ルブラン？　あれは、子供の読み本ですよ」みたいなことを言われちゃって。「え？　そうなの？」と、すげえ驚いたのをいま思い出しました。だから、日本の翻訳家さんがすげぇがんばった説は、本当な気がする。「奇巌城」とか「８１３の謎」とか、おもしろいし、かっこいいから。
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——　さらっと話が展開していきましたけど、海外からも取材者が訪れるんですね？
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青山　いや、でも、そのフランスの人ぐらいですよ。あ、中国からも来てくれたかもしれない（笑）。あとはまぁ、海外のイベントに参加した時に、シンガポールとかアメリカでは取材されたことがあるけど。それでね、フランスから来たその人は『YAIBA』に夢中で、その取材だったんですよ。だから、モーリス・ルブランが子供向きだって言われた時は、「あなたが取材に来てる『YAIBA』のほうがよっぽど子供向きだぞ！」と思ったけどね（笑）。それでまた、実はその時の裏話があるんですけど……あ、さすがに話がそれすぎ？
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——　いえいえ、そういうインタビューですから。
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青山　フランスでは、『YAIBA』がまだ完結していないタイミングで、ヤマタノオロチ編かなにかだったんだけど、日本では『コナン』が始まっていたんですよ。フランスのインタビュアーが、『YAIBA』って「このあとどうなるの？」と聞いてきたんだけど、「いや、もう終わりました」と言ったら、ものすごくビックリしちゃって。まるでこの世の終わりみたいな顔をするから、この人おもしろいと思って、『コナン』のコミックスの１巻だったかな？　コナンくんがホームズの格好をしている絵を見せて「いま描いているのはこれです」って喜んでもらおうと思ったんです。そしたら、全然リアクションが薄くて「ふん、なにそれ？コナン・ドイル？」みたいな。フランスの人だからか、イギリスのホームズがあんまり好きじゃないみたいで。それがもう、おかしくておかしくて。
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——　では、フランスにも大ファンがいる『YAIBA』のはじまり方をいま一度お願いします。
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青山　『おれは鉄兵』が好きだったから。剣道ものをとにかくやりたかったんです。探偵ものも描きたかったけど、『YAIBA』よりも前に『探偵ジョージのミニミニ大作戦』っていう、探偵ものっぽいやつを描いてましたから。で、始まったんだけど、さっきも話したように、なまじ自分が剣道をやってたから変なストッパーがかかっちゃうんです。
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——　アシスタントさんが「竹刀の先についてるキャップみたいなのを外すと竹刀がばらばらになるでしょ？　その状態で突けばいいじゃん」と提案しても「いや、それ、反則だから」とか？
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青山　そうです。それで、これ以上やってもおもしろくならないなぁと思って、じゃあ魔剣ものにしようと。で、鬼丸が本当に鬼になっちゃった（笑）。
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——　短編群のなかで、とくに思い出深い作品はありますか？
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青山　みんな思い出深いですよ。『夏のサンタクロース』はけっこう時間がかかったけど評判がよくてうれしかったし、映画の『椿三十郎』が好きで、あの作品に影響を受けて描いた『プレイ　イット　アゲイン』も思い出深いし。うん。全部が懐かしいです。
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——　『椿三十郎』といえば、打ち合わせの時に青山さんが絶賛していたので、この間はじめて見たんですけど、めちゃくちゃおもしろかったです。古い映画というだけで敬遠していたんですけど、一分の隙もない超エンタメ作品でした。
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青山　よかったでしょ？　びっくりでしょ？　そうなんですよ。昔の映画って、みんなちょっとなぁってなるんだけど、『椿三十郎』だけは、いつ見てもいい感じなんですよ。笑いもあってしんみりするところもあって、いいセリフもある。物語のなかではなにもできない奥方が「あなたは、なんだかギラギラしすぎてますね。抜き身みたいに。あなたは鞘のない刀みたいな人。よく斬れます。でも、本当にいい刀は鞘に入っているものですよ」と椿三十郎にばしっと言ったりね。かっこいい。同じ黒澤明監督の『七人の侍』もおもしろいんだけど、ちょっと長いんです。もし、黒澤明が生きてて、いまの時代のスピード感みたいなものを感じていたら、たぶんいろいろとカットしていると思う。「３時間は長ぇか？」って（笑）。
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——　青山さんのそういうところがすごいです。黒澤明といえば世界的な巨匠なのに、いまふうの言葉で言うと、さくっとディスりましたよね？
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青山　ディスってない、ディスってない(笑)。いやだって、本当に長いもん、『七人の侍』は。
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——　でも、巨匠だからどうのとか世間の評価が高いからという、肩書き的価値観は信じていないですよね？
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青山　あぁ、それはそうかもしれない。だって、一番大切なのは作品がおもしろいかどうかだから。もちろん、世間で流行っているというのは重要です。なにかを見たり知ったりするというきっかけにはなるから、世間の評判で映画を選んだりはするけど。
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——　ではでは、『まじっく快斗』のはじまりについても教えてください。
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青山　挫折の質問の流れで、マガジンの編集者に「絵柄を変えなきゃマガジンでは無理だよ」と言ってもらえた話をしたでしょ？　実はその人に「いま君が一番描きたいもの描いてみてよ」とも言ってもらえたんですよ。その時に、そうかそうだよなって真剣に考えたら「だったら、快斗の話かなぁ」と思ったんです。それよりも前に『まじっく快斗』の原形になっている『さりげなくルパン』という短編を描いていたんですけど、あのお話は、アシスタントも気に入っていて。それで、『まじっく快斗』のはじまりの話なんですけど、ある時、『今度、快斗くんの連載が決まったよ』と伝えたら、アシスタントが一斉に『おぉ～！　始まるんだ！』と盛り上がってくれて。だから、この話もしちゃっていいのかわからないですけど、俺が心の底から一番描きたい漫画は『まじっく快斗』なんです。……って、これはやっぱり言わないほうがいいのかな？　いやでも、実はファンの人はみんな知っていると思うんですけどね、意外に。
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——　なるほど。そんな経緯から記念すべき連載デビュー作が生まれて、いまだに続いていると。
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青山　続いていますね。終わんないですね。『まじっく快斗』は、俺が死ぬまで終わんないんじゃないかな。『コナン』は終わるかもしれないけど、これは終わんないかもしれない。……実はですね、『まじっく快斗』は、初期エピソードが解決したら快斗と青子が探偵事務所を開くという展開を考えていたんですよ。でも、そのあとに『コナン』を始めて、もうね、すでにいろんな事件をやっちゃってるからその展開案はもう無理なんですけど。
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——　『名探偵コナン』誕生前の時期のエピソードとはいえ、なぜ、『まじっく快斗』が一番描きたかったのでしょう？
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青山　やっぱりアルセーヌ・ルパンが好きだからです。『ルパン三世』よりも先にアルセーヌ・ルパンが好きだったから。なんだったけかな？　そうだ。一回ね、小学館の謝恩会という編集者や漫画家や関係者が集まるパーティで、「サインください」って言われて「いいですよ」と答えたらガーッとすごい列になっちゃったことがあるんです。その行列のなかに『（美少女戦士）セーラームーン』の作者である武内（直子）さんが並んでて、「快斗を描いてください」「快斗がタキシード仮面のモデルなんですよ」と言ってもらえたことがあったなぁ。その時期は快斗がいまほど有名ではなかったから、うれしかったのを思い出しました。
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——　快斗が『名探偵コナン』に登場する展開も当初から想定していたのですか？
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青山　いや、決めてなかったですね。実はですね、コナンくんにライバルキャラを出したいなぁと思った時があって、江戸川乱歩の明智小五郎に対する怪人二十面相みたいなやつがいいなぁと模索してたら、「あ、俺、前に描いてたわ」と思い出して（笑）。当時の編集長に「怪盗キッド、出していい？」と聞いたら「絶対におもしろくなるならいいですよ」って。もうね、小躍りですよ。「いいって言ったよね？」って、アシスタントとも盛り上がって、一気にわーって描いて。
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——　なるほど。それにしても青山さんって、漫画のことになるとすごく楽しそうに話しますよね。
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青山　うん。あと、今日のインタビューは話がそれてもいいのが楽しいね。
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——　実際の漫画制作ではどうですか？　一番楽しい瞬間というのは？
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青山　アクションシーンを描いている時かなぁ。さっき言ったみたいに、編集部から頼まれたわけでもないのに、俺が描きたくて描いているから。
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——　では、「〇〇でなければ漫画じゃない」。この○○になにか言葉を埋めるとしたら？
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青山　なんだろ。逆なんじゃないですかね。ひとつの言葉でしばれないから、漫画はおもしろい。たとえば、「夢」という言葉をその○○に入れたとして、「夢がなければ漫画じゃない」って、ある意味では成立しているけど、でも、夢が一切なくてもおもしろい漫画って存在しているでしょ？　いろいろある。その豊かさが漫画の魅力のひとつかもしれない。しかも、日本の漫画はジャンル全体としてすごいですから。海外の人も『コナン』を好きでいてくれるけど、その感覚ってアメコミファンが世界中にいるとは、全然違う深度があると思うんですよ。行間を読んでくれるファンの豊かさは、絶対に日本の漫画とその読者のほうがすごい。だからもし、漫画家の団体戦で世界大会があったら、日本はまぁ負けないと思う。うん。いま、ちゃんと想像してみたけど、負けない負けない。それぐらい日本の漫画はすごいです。
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——　では、さきほどの楽しい瞬間の逆で、漫画を描いていて孤独を感じる瞬間とは？
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青山　孤独？　俺、ひとりが好きだからなぁ。みんなとの作業が終わってアシスタントが帰ると、すげぇほっとするもん（笑）。それで、そのひとりの時間にネームを描くんです。もちろん、ずっとひとりだと寂しいけど、そういうタイミングでみんなが来るから、またほっとして。だから、孤独は好きなタイプだと思う。（明石家）さんまちゃんも言ってたしね。「俺、ひとりが好きやねん」って。
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——　あ、さんまさんとは面識があるんですね？
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青山　ううん。まったくない。
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——　本当に関西人でなくてよかったです。そうだったらのツッコミは、「ないんかい！」でした。
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青山　ふふふ。勝手に俺が好きなだけ。『男女7人夏物語』の頃から好きだったけど、『明石家サンタ』ってあるでしょ？　クリスマスにやっているバラエティ番組。ある年に、さんまちゃんが３０分ぐらいがーって無駄話をして「あ、もう３０分や。コナンくんなら事件解決してるで」と言ってくれた時に、一緒に見てたアシスタントと「やったー！」ってガッツポーズしましたもん。「がんばろう！」って。あれは、相当うれしかった思い出ですね。
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——　では、質問の角度を変えて。取材者として、各ジャンルのスーパースターにしか聞いてこなかったのですが、その質問に対してサザンオールスターズの桑田佳祐さんは「１７歳の自分の感性をいまだに信じていること」と答え、ダウンタウンの松本人志さんは「サービス精神」と答えました。
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青山　なになに？　その質問自体はなんだったの？
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——　「他者との比較ではなく、自分のなかにある才能で一番信じられるものはなにか？」です。
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青山　あぁ、だったら俺は、「ラブコメ」と答えたいです。
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——　ラブコメですか？　ミステリーではなく？
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青山　ラブコメ。あだち先生にはかなうわけもないけど、ラブコメです。コナンのミステリーは、事件やトリックを編集者と一緒に考えていて共同作業の部分もあるし、ミステリーも苦手ではないけど、やっぱり、ラブコメですね。
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——　ラブコメの才能を一番信じているって、サザンの桑田さんの「１７歳の感性」と似ているようで、実は微妙に違いますよね。恋愛観はものすごく時代に左右される。ということは、常に時代と寄り添っていないと遅れてしまう恐怖心のようなものはありませんか？
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青山　その怖さは常にあります。もう、しょっちゅう考えている。だから、新しいものを取り入れようと思うし、『逃げ恥』や『君の名は。』を見て、自分が「おもしろい！」と感じて、それが世の中の多くの人に人気があると、ちょっと安心するというか。自分の作品目線でも、「俺の描くラブコメで、本当にいいんですか？」と、みんなに聞きたくなる瞬間もあるし。ただ、ラブコメではないけど、トレンドと言う意味では、ここにもギリギリがあるような気もします。
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——　その場合のギリギリとは？
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青山　まず、言葉。流行りすぎている言葉を『コナン』で使うのは、危険ということ。「ガン黒」とかね。次にファッション。帝丹高校の女子のソックスをね、ルーズソックスにしようかどうか迷った時期があるんだけど、そうしなくて本当によかったと思う。一方で、蘭のスカートは時代にあわせて、コミックスの１巻といまとでは長さが全然違うんです。トレンドと普遍性のバランスは、本当にギリギリがあって、そこはとても難しい。ただね、原作漫画の毛利小五郎の電話は、黒電話のダイヤル式と決めているんです。これはもう絶対あれしかない。一生変えない。
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——　変えない理由がなにかあるんですか？
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青山　なんとなく。
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——　流れ上、いちおう言っておきますね。「ないんかい！」。
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青山　ふふふ。まぁ、松田優作主演のドラマ『探偵物語』が好きで、劇中に登場する電話がそれだったからっていうきっかけはあるんだけどね。
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——　「あるんかい！」。いや、違うな。「どっちやねん！」。
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青山　あったあった。『探偵物語』の影響です。そういえば……全然関係ない話をしてもいい？
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——　もちろんです。この企画は雑談という名のインタビューですから。
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青山　あのですね、『探偵物語』の主人公を松田優作が演じているんですけど、劇中の名前が工藤俊作というんです。で、この間、ある書物を読んでいたら、工藤俊作と同姓同名の艦長がいたらしいんです。駆逐艦の艦長なんですけど、日本がまだ勝っている頃に、海戦で戦果をあげて「残存勢力を殲滅せよ」といった指令を受けると。ちょうどそんなタイミングに敵の潜水艦がぷかぁっと浮いてきたんですって。つまり、まだ生きている敵兵がいっぱいいるわけです。指令は殲滅せよ、ですよね？　ところが工藤艦長は、「スクリューを止めろ。彼らを巻き込んで死なせてはならない」と部下に命じて、第一砲塔の担当だけを残して全員に敵兵の救助にあたれって言ったらしいんです。結果、すでに２００人以上がいた船に４００人ほどを乗せて、「君たちは我々と戦った勇敢な兵士だ。そしていまや我が国の大切なゲストだ」と、食事も与えて病院船までちゃんと連れて行ったんですって。「うお、もうひとりの工藤俊作もめちゃくちゃかっこいいな！」……って、最近思ったんですよね。全然関係ないけど（笑）。
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——　そもそも、青山さんは、自分が大人という自覚はありますか？
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青山　ないなぁ。子供っぽいと思う。
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——　その前提として、青山剛昌流・大人の定義とは？
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青山　お酒が飲める。タバコが吸える。
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——　え？　基準が法律ですか？
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青山　ふふふ。あとはなんだろう？『仮面ライダー』と『ウルトラマン』を夢中になって見なくなった時、それが大人。まあ、大人になってもマニアな人は『仮面ライダー』も『ウルトラマン』も大好きだけど、ふつうの子供は卒業すると思いますから。
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——　なるほど。ちなみに、青山さんはそのふたつは？
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青山　いつの頃からか、見なくなったね。あ、ってことは、俺、大人だ！
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——　大人ですね！　あれ？　大人なんですかね？
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青山　いや、でもダメだと思います。いわゆる一般的な価値観でいえば、全然大人じゃないと思う。
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——　失礼ながら、今回のインタビューを通してそう感じました。でも、そこが青山さんの魅力のひとつだとも。そうでなければ、いまだに少年誌のどまんなかで連載ができていないんじゃないかと。
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青山　そうかなぁ。そうだとうれしいけど、たしかに、少年の心みたいなものを忘れちゃうと、少年漫画は描けないとは思う。描いても、嘘くさくなってしまうから。あとね、これも余談になっちゃうかもしれないけど、少年漫画の一線で活躍している漫画家の得意・不得意みたいなことは考えたことがあります。
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——　青山剛昌の「少年漫画ヒットの法則」ですね。ぜひ、教えてください。
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青山　だから、そんなに偉そうなもんじゃないけど(笑)。まず、少年漫画で人気の三大要素に「ラブコメ」「冒険」「友情」というのがあると思ったんですね。
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——　ミステリーは？
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青山　ミステリーは少年漫画では「冒険」に含まれるとしましょう。で、３つを備えている人はたぶんいないんですよ。留美子先生は「ラブコメ」と「冒険」が得意。あだち先生は「ラブコメ」と「友情」が得意。『ワンピース』の尾田（栄一郎）くんは、「冒険」と「友情」が得意。で、ここからは想像だけど、留美子先生は、「友情」が苦手で、あだち先生は「冒険」が苦手、尾田くんは「ラブコメ」が苦手だと思うんですよ。もちろん、みなさん、漫画界のスーパースターだから苦手といってもその辺の人たちよりはずっとすごいはずなんだけど、少なくとも得意分野よりは苦手。
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——　逆に言えば、ふたつの要素で超越していればスーパースターになれると？
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青山　そうそう。３つ揃っている人なんて、偉大な先人を含めてもいないかもしれない。
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——　気になるのは、青山さん自身の分析です。
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青山　俺は留美子先生と同じ「ラブコメ」と「冒険」が得意かもしれない。「友情」は苦手。
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——　え？　平次とコナンの関係性など、苦手という感じはしないですが？
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青山　そう言ってもらえるとうれしいけど、「友情」がスーパー得意な人ほどは描けていないんです。たとえば、あだち先生の『タッチ』での達也と孝太郎の友情なんて、ものすごくいいでしょ？　ぐっとくる。ああいうのは俺には描けない。
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——　お聞きして思ったのは、弱点を俯瞰できていることのすごみでした。漫画の神様・手塚治虫氏も、ちばてつや氏の『あしたのジョー』を引き合いに出して、「キャラクターで引っ張る漫画は描けない」から、自分はストーリーで漫画を描くと自己分析されていたそうです。
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青山　なるほど。でも、俺が一番好きな手塚さんの漫画って『ブラック・ジャック』なんだけど、あの作品は、主人公のキャラクターでちゃんと引っ張ってると思うな。あと、いまその話を聞いて思ったのは、やっぱり俺は、手塚さんいわくのちばてつや系譜の漫画が大好きなんだなということ。たしかに、ちば先生の漫画って全部が主人公ありきですもんね。『おれは鉄兵』だって鉄兵ありきだし、それを子供の頃から読んできて大好きだった俺は、コナンが必ず絡んでくるでしょう。あ、時々、新一だけど（笑）。
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——　では、「哀愁」というキーワードならばどうでしょう？
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青山　哀愁？　切ないなぁとかの哀愁？
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——　個人的に青山作品が好きなのは、読後感に切なさがあるというか、「哀愁」があるのも大きいと感じています。
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青山　哀愁かぁ。そのキーワードで自分の漫画を考えたことはなかったけど、自分の好きなものには、哀愁があるなぁといま思いました。映画では黒澤明の『用心棒』なんて、めちゃくちゃ切ないし、好きだったアニメの『銀河鉄道９９９』や『無敵超人ザンボット３』も哀愁があった。『無敵超人ザンボット３』なんて、タイトル通りに主要な登場人物が３人いるのに、最後は主人公のひとりだけが生き残るっていう切なさだったし、『タイガーマスク』もそうだし。
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 +
——　若い読者は知らないかもですが、『タイガーマスク』はエンディング曲までもが哀愁感満載でした。
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青山　そうなんだよね。たしかに、いまの若い世代は知らないと思うけど、『タイガーマスク』って、覆面レスラーなんです。でも、ちびっこハウスの孤児たちを見守っているんだけど、覆面を脱いで遊びに行くと、「キザ兄ちゃん」なんて言われてからかわれてしまう。海に行っても「泳げないから一緒に入れない」なんて言うんだけど、本当は、子供たちのために覆面レスラーとして稼いでいるから身体中が傷だらけで、それを子供たちに見せられないから海に入れないんですよ。うわ、切ない！　いま、思い出しても切なくなってきた。うん。「哀愁」というキーワードにも、たしかに影響を受けているかもしれないです。でも、そのキーワードにひとつ足すとしたら、「ハッピーエンド」にはこだわりがあるかもしれない。
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 +
——　どういうことでしょう？
 +
 
 +
青山　これは自慢話みたいになってしまうかもしれないけど、『君の名は。』の新海（誠）さんが、僕は以前から大好きだったんですね。『秒速５センチメートル』の第１話なんて本当に大好きなんですけど、新海さんの作品のラストって悲しかったでしょ。いまのインタビューの流れで言うと切なくて哀愁がある。だから、新海さんがもし、ハッピーエンドを作ったら絶対にもっと売れるのにと、当時の担当編集に口をすっぱくして言ってたんですよ。「この人、もったいねぇなぁ」って。ところが『君の名は。』って、ハッピーエンドでしょ？　めちゃくちゃ売れたでしょ？　ほら見ろ！　と。いや、これは『君の名は。』が売れる前になにかしらのオフィシャルなインタビューで言いたかった。すみません、自慢話みたいに聞こえたら（笑）。
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 +
——　青山さんのその感覚って、日芸時代からそうだったんですか？　芸術系の大学だと、仲間はもっとカルトよりの「わかるやつだけわかればいい」といった映画などが好きそうな気もしますが？
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 +
青山　あぁ、いたなぁ、そういう人も。
 +
 
 +
——　当時でいえば、単館系の映画館で上映されていたジム・ジャームッシュ監督作品とか？
 +
 
 +
青山　誰それ？（汗）
 +
 
 +
——　いや、『ストレンジャー・ザン・パラダイス』とかのモノクロ映画がカルト的な人気で。
 +
 
 +
青山　なにそれ？（大汗）
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 +
——　あ、もうこの話は大丈夫です。とにかく、青山さんはエンターテインメント作品が好きだったと。
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 +
青山　そうそう。俺は、大学生の時も黒澤明の超絶エンターテインメント作品とかが好きだったし、いまでもエンタメでかつハッピーエンドなものが好きですね。あんまりこういうことを言うと、『コナン』のラストを深読みしそうな読者が現れそうだけど（笑）。
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 +
——　いえ、そもそもなにを持ってハッピーエンドとするのかが深いテーマだと思います。
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青山　そうそうそう。それも、人によるしね。もしかしたら、哀愁とハッピーエンドの関係って、苦手なセリフのところで話した「くさい」と「くさすぎる」と同じで、ギリギリを模索するのが難しいし、やりがいなのかもしれないです。
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 +
——　この３０年間で、そのギリギリを模索した絶妙感がベストなご自身の作品を１作だけを選べと言われたら、どれになりますか？
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青山　（即答して）「×××××」。
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 +
——　即答でした。担当編集者との事前打ち合わせでは、青山さんが悩まれるのでは？　との意見が多かったのですが、即決でしたね。
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 +
青山　これはもう、「×××××」しかない。あれって、２０１５年に入院した時に描いたんですよ。入院して、今後はもう漫画が描けなくなるかもしれないと感じたから、これだけは絶対に描きたいって。
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 +
——　いまの青山さんの答えは伏字にしておきますので、気になった読者のみなさまはP１９３からの「３０年分の１話」企画をチェックしてみてください。では、３０年を振り返って、漫画になにかを捧げている感覚はありますか？
 +
 
 +
青山　えっとね、若さ？
 +
 
 +
——　捧げましたか？
 +
 
 +
青山　若さは捧げたかなぁ、『コナン』に（笑）。
 +
 
 +
——　『名探偵コナン』だけでも連載２３年です。
 +
 
 +
青山　そうなんだよ！　モンキー・パンチ先生が「ルパン三世に言いたいことは？」という質問で「俺の若さを返せ！」っておっしゃってたけど、あのお気持ちが、すごいよくわかるもん。ただ、最近はね、年齢を重ねての変化もおもしろいなぁとも思ってるんです。納豆の話をしていいですか？
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 +
——　納豆？　この流れで納豆？
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青山　鳥取って、納豆を食わないんですよ。でも、NHKの連続テレビ小説なんかだと、ネバネバ状態でごはんにかけておいしそうに食べてるから、「うまそうだな。どんな味なんだろう？」って想像するじゃないですか。それで、東京に来て食べたら、腐ってんじゃんと思って。めっちゃ腐ってんじゃんと思って。だから嫌いだったんだけど、最近テレビの情報バラエティ番組かなにかで、ひきわり納豆と細切り豚肉をあわせて炒めて食べるとおいしいと言っていたんですよ。それで試してみたら、これがまぁやたらとうまくて。そうこうしているうちに、納豆が大好きになって。最近大好きなんです。味覚って変わるのかなぁと思ったけど、まあ、体にもいいしね。
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——　お体には本当に気をつけてください。ラスト２問は、まじめな質問です。まずは、もし漫画家になれていなかったら、どんな人生を送っていたと思いますか？
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青山　アニメと漫画の好きな、漫画のうまい美術の先生。
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——　そんな漫画のうまい美術の先生は、プロの漫画家に対して愛憎入り混じった感情を抱くんですかね？
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青山　わかんない。だって、なってないから。
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——　青山さん、身も蓋もないとはこのことです。
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青山　そっか。ただ、逆に思ったのは、俺って夢を叶えているんだなぁということでした。漫画家になれて、アニメ化もされて、それが子供の頃から大好きな映画のでっかいスクリーンでも自分のキャラクターたちが動いてくれて。それは本当にありがたいことだなぁと思いました。
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 +
——　では最後に。青山剛昌が考える漫画家としてのプロフェッショナルとは？
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青山　え～。ないなぁ。
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——　ないってことはなくないですか？　画業３０周年ですよ？
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青山　自分をプロフェッショナルだなんて思ってないしなぁ。……ただ、どこかで、学園祭がずっと続いているような感覚はあります。
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 +
——　学園祭感覚とは、どういうことでしょう？
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青山　なんていうのかな。俺は漫画のはじまりが漫研の後輩や同級生を誘ってスタートしているでしょ？　投稿作の頃なんて、もろに学園祭の延長線上で、ひたすら楽しかったんです。海賊ノリでね。そりゃあ、一時期は『コナン』をやめようと思っていたぐらいですから、漫画を生みだすのは大変だし、ストレスを感じることもあるけど、でも基本は、いまでも学園祭がずっと続いているようで楽しいんですよ。あとは、やっぱり、ファンのみんなの存在が大きいです。いまでもね、ファンレターを読む瞬間が、俺にとって、なにものにも代え難い至福の時間だから。シンプルに「この回のここがよかったです」という言葉だけでもニヤニヤが止まらなくて励まされる。時には「もうそろそろ、『コナン』の連載は終わったほうがいいと思います」なんて辛辣なお便りをいただくこともあるんだけどね（笑）。でも、そういう意見も含めて、すべてのファンレターがありがたいんです。……って、最後の最後の「プロフェッショナルってなんぞや？」という質問でこういうことを答える俺って、くさすぎますかね？​​​​
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译：赤木ダブル
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</spoiler>
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Some Translation info
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<spoiler>
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from The Red Thread Facebook Group
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Info by 頭脳明晰天真爛漫; English translation by Jiamin
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Hi there! This is Aoyama, it’s a little sudden, but I am going to announce my “favorite chapter in my 30-year career”
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Since my debut in 1986, I cannot possibly remember the numbers of chapters I’ve drawn, however, when it was asked “the number one chapter,” I can answer it without any hesitation. There’s no other option, the one and only great chapter that need to exist in this world! That is!!!.... the hint is “hospital.”
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[the next page reveals: Shinichi Boy(part one, 923), and the book shows rough draft of the chapter and Aoyama sensei’s page by page notes/comments]
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(TN: Shinichi boy was drawn while Aoyama was hospitalized in 2015, in SDB 90+ he also mentioned he created the chapter with the feeling that “this great chapter needs to exist in the world”)
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Info from @oooHYYo (no scan provided), English translation by Jiamin:
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1. Aoyama sensei’s favorite movie: last year’s was good, so does movie 1 & movie 4<br>2. The Higo charm case, when Conan received Ran’s text, he’s probably thinking “I wanna reply ASAP! But I can’t” or something like that<br>3. Favorite chapter “Shinichi Boy” when Ran said “don’t call me crybaby” Shinichi’s thinking”why is she mad, she seems so cute/sweet”
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Additional info about the Panel of Shinichi and Ran's first meeting:
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Aoyama: this is the panel I worked really hard on! The moment they met, which is a significant moment, but I just couldn’t get it right, I altered so many drafts for this scene
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Aoyama: Ran was pleased to hear Shinichi’s “Thank you”, so she responded with a huge smile “There you go!” But we couldn’t see the smile, it didn’t show in “Ran Girl” either. The smile was revealed at the end of “Shinichi Boy(part 2)”, the kind of smile which moved Shinichi, and fell in love with Ran.
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info provided by 米花快报; English translation by Jiamin
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Q: Congratulations on the 30th anniversary for your career, is there a year that was most memorable to you?<br>A: it was the year that the production of first Conan movie was decided. Before that, I feel troubled on writing Conan, and thought it was probably time to end it. I had to come out of new ways to kill people every week, it was extremely difficult for me. And the editorial department went out of their ways to meddle in my creation, I hated that. So I decided to go to Las Vegas with my assistants, splurged all the moneys that I have earned at that time, and decided to end Conan when I come back home. But then I received a phone call in my hotel in Vegas, “The making of Conan movie was confirmed!” I changed my mind after that, maybe I shouldn’t give up, I need to work harder when I come beck.
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Q: Conan was really popular since the beginning, and the editors still wanted to intervene?<br>A: Yes, for example, they wanted Heiji’s personality to be more vile, I thought “to hell with them” and ignored their suggestion.
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(TN: that was Chinese translation, didn’t see that part in the original text, it’s either covered or they might’ve added it to sound more dramatic)
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info provided by 米花快报; English translation by Jiamin
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Death count: 247<br>
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Different causes of death:<br>
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1. Striked: 40<br>
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2. Strangled: 34<br>
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3. Stabbed: 25<br>
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4. Poisoned: 24<br>
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5. Shot: 22<br>
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6. Burned：21<br>
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7. Beheaded：19<br>
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8. Fallen：13<br>
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9. Suicide：13<br>
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10. Drown：9<br>
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(Yes, these are manga counts only; up to Volume 93.)
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</spoiler>
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===Interview with Detective Conan Producer Michihiko Suwa===
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'''Date:''' November 11, 2017<br>
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<spoiler>
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'''Source:''' https://manga.tokyo/interview/interview-with-detective-conan-producer-michihiko-suwa-part-1/<br>
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Michihiko Suwa is the producer of the TV anime and movie series Detective Conan (Meitantei Conan), also known as Case Closed based on the manga by Gosho Aoyama. In part one of MANGA.TOKYO’s interview with Suwa, we learn about the beginnings of the anime as well as how the anime staff are careful not to slip up when adapting Aoyama’s manga.
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'''— Could you tell us how the plan for the anime adaptation of Detective Conan developed?'''
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The first chapter of the original manga Detective Conan series, also known as Case Closed, was published in 1994 in Shonen Sunday. I guess it was a countermeasure against the rival manga magazine which had started a detective manga series The Kindaichi Case Files in 1992. I had a close connection with the editorial staff in Shonen Sunday, so I heard about a new detective manga before its publication. When I read the first chapter, I was instantly captured by its clever tricks. I kept reading it for 10 weeks and made up my mind to make an anime adaptation.
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Protagonist Shinichi Kudo was a 17-year-old detective but ends up having the body of a first-grade child because of a drug he was forced to swallow. I thought this setting was ‘a big lie’, and that was why it would nicely fit for anime. While discussing the anime adaptation plan, I convinced the editorial staff that I would respect the original which had an unrealistic setting, but otherwise was serious and a realistic mystery-solving story.
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At the time, Yomiuri Telecasting was airing the anime series Magic Knight Rayearth at 7:30 on Monday evening, but I wasn’t sure which TV block Detective Conan would be scheduled into. Although we didn’t know exactly when it would start airing, we began developing the plan aiming to air in January or February 1995.
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We asked TMS Entertainment, then called Tokyo Movie Shinsha, to take care of the anime production, because they had brilliant staff members. They created Magic Knight Rayearth and I appreciated their effort to create such great visuals. We also made an offer to Kenji Kodama for the director’s role. We had worked together on City Hunter before, so I told him it wasn’t an action but a mystery anime. He replied that he actually preferred mystery to action, and rather enjoyed creating mystery episodes more than the action ones while directing the Lupin III series. For the script, we wanted someone who was specialized in live-action dramas, so we invited Kanji Kashiwabara, who had been working on scripts for many detective dramas. He pulled some strings and Kazunari Kouchi, Junichi Miyashita, and Yuichi Higurashi joined us. We also asked script writers for anime to join our production team. For music, we asked Katsuo Ono, who was responsible for the music in a popular detective drama series called Taiyo ni Hoero, because we wanted the music of the anime to be comparable to suspense dramas for adults. Our idea was to create new mystery anime which is different from the others, and could be enjoyed by both children and adults.
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'''— What do you pay attention to when creating the anime?'''
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We have some rules, like using the word ‘body’ instead of ‘corpse’, and have blood look ‘black’ not ‘red’. That’s because we wanted the anime to be a mystery-solving story from the first place. We avoid showing scenes of a knife stabbing somebody or a bullet hitting victims, as long as they aren’t related to the tricks of a mystery. It airs in the evening in Japan, so there might be viewers who are in the middle of their dinner. We take extra care not to offend anyone, especially people who aren’t anime fans. We used to use ‘murder case’ in its titles quite a lot at the beginning, but stopped using it two or three years later, because we want to show not the crime itself, but how Conan solves a mystery after the crime happens. Our priority lies in showing the genius mystery-solving skills of Shinichi Kudo under the name of Conan Edogawa.
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While I believe Detective Conan is a superb mystery, the manga author Gosho Aoyama thinks of it as a comedy drama that focuses on its characters with an element of romantic comedy between Shinichi and Ran Mouri. I think that’s the strength of Detective Conan. It stands out from many other mystery stories. Furthermore, although we don’t know what type of characters will be popular, as everybody has their own tastes, our viewers can find their favorite among the varieties of characters in the anime. Aoyama creates many characters who have their individual charms, and we put them in the mystery solving stories. That’s why Detective Conan is different from any other mystery anime.
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'''— Is there anything you didn’t expect because the series has become such a long-runner?'''
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In the anime’s timeline, it has been less than a year since the roller coaster murder case. Many incidents have happened in Beika Town during that time. Only about 250 days have passed in the anime world, but we’ve made about 880 episodes. The town must be in a mess, since, mathematically speaking, there are three to four incidents happening in a day. [laugh] We must welcome the situation because a long-running series means the anime has dedicated fans. Aoyama once said that there has been only one [[Christmas]] and one Valentine’s Day in the anime. That demonstrates things in the anime are in safe hands. We’ve seen Conan’s birthday, but not Ran’s yet. I presume he already has his plan for her birthday, so we won’t imply anything about hers in the anime. We don’t want to change anything about its setting.
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At the beginning of the series, we didn’t have smartphones therefore the characters were using flip phones. We didn’t expect such technological advancements at that time. Conan likes new things, so he tries them without hesitation. If he had been in possession of a smartphone 20 years ago, some mysteries might been solved easily with it. Perhaps we are living in a difficult time for mystery stories.
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In the manga, Conan and Ai Haibara make a remark about something which is seemingly unrelated at the end of each case. Later, it turns out to be something really significant in another episode. Aoyama’s use of such foreshadowing is increasing recently, so the current director, Yashuichiro Yamamoto, is careful about not to miss any minor details in the manga.
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In short, there is a main storyline in the manga, which is like a big river flowing throughout the story, and the anime original parts we create are like floating leaves on the river. We know we shouldn’t obstruct the flow. Detective Conan has the major plot of Conan pursuing the Black Organization. Only Aoyama can deal with the plot, therefore we take extra care to include every single detail in the anime, as it might be related to the plot. I think we’ve done a good job in this regard so far.
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'''— Detective Conan is showing overseas now.'''
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We are extremely glad about that. It has been doing well, especially in Asia and South-East Asia where it’s nearing the No.1 place in anime genre. It used to be shown in the US under the title of Case Closed, but it struggled because we are not allowed to show someone getting shot in anime there. They are showing lots of violence in live-action drama, though. We have fans in some parts of Europe.
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I hope people abroad can directly know what Japanese anime want to deliver by watching anime. For that reason, I’m pleased anime can overcome boundaries and rules between countries. I’d love more people to watch this anime.
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'''— Have you heard comments from fans abroad?'''
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I’ve found many comments in English and other languages on Twitter. I’m delighted to know there are people who are watching Detective Conan abroad. Recently, more voice actors have traveled overseas to attend anime events. When Rikiya Koyama, who plays Kogoro Mouri, went to Taiwan, many people gathered to meet him. I like that fans abroad have fun with the characters of the anime. I’m glad that they enjoy the stories of the Detective Boys, love stories in the police force, and the romantic comedy between Heiji Hattori and Kazuha Toyama, despite the fact that they have different cultures. They’ll say things like “I like Heiji”, “I like Kid.” I’d like the fans abroad to enjoy what their favorite characters do, and hope to hear what they think of the anime more in future.
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'''— It’s a pity that Conan can’t go abroad because he doesn’t have his passport.'''
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He can’t use an antidote casually, can he? I’ll follow how Aoyama deals with it. [laugh]
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'''— What is an interesting point about the anime adaptation of Detective Conan'''
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At the end of the 18th theatrical movie Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper, Subaru Okiya reveals his true identity as Shuichi Akai. Anime can use voice to express identity, but manga can’t. Even Aoyama admitted the power of anime. Readers keep reading the original manga because it’s brilliant, however we create anime with images and sound. I’m proud of what we’ve done to bring 2-dimensional manga to 3-dimensional anime with movement and sound in an effective way. I think the original manga is a first-class sponge cake and what we do is to decorate it with cream and fruit. Just like decoration makes the sponge cake tastier, anime enhances the source material to make it more attractive to a wider audience. Obviously, the original manga has an astonishing amount of circulation, however anime has the power to attract even elderly people who happen to be in front of TV with its sound and visuals. For that sense, I feel the anime series appeals to a much wider audience.
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'''— You said that anime-original stories are like leaves floating on a river. What do you think about their own charms?'''
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Creating anime-original stories (stories that are not based on chapters of the manga) means a declaration of war against Aoyama for me. My goal for creating original stories is to hear him say “I enjoyed watching it.” I begin making a story by imagining what will happen if Conan and Ran travel together, or get involved in an incident while walking around the town with the Detective Boys. Then, I consider how I use characters effectively and build a story.
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I must say that we have partly contributed the 22-year history of the anime series, because, although between 60-75% of the anime series is based on the original manga, the rest is anime-original. I become ecstatic when Aoyama says he enjoyed the anime-original stories.
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'''— Now, could you answer some questions from overseas? I have 6 questions here selected from more than 100 questions we’ve received.
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Karylle Enchinares Famero asks: What are some of your favorite murder tricks that you’ve encountered while producing the series?'''
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First of all, I like the trick from the episode The Sunfish Murder (File 56: Script by Kazunari Kouchi). It was an episode from one of the early seasons and I was thinking so hard with the director to come up with good tricks. Of course I still ponder over new tricks and sometimes they even see the light of day. The Man Who Was Killed Four Times (File 175: Script by Nobuo Ohgizawa) is another favorite of mine. It’s a story about a tough victim who is killed by multiple perpetrators, but each time he comes alive again. Therefore, it’s very difficult for Conan to get to the bottom of the case as the plot is quite complicated. Fortunately, we had a talented script writer who can wrap up the story within twenty-odd minutes. I really like The Entrance to the Maze: The Anger of Colossus (File 208: script by Chiaki Hashiba), especially the trick of the murder that happened during a ropeway ride through a tunnel.
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'''Ruffa Marielle Aquino asks; What are the most memorable things you did for the series and is there any advice you can give to students like me who want to pursue the same path of animation production?'''
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During the opening song ‘Koi wa thrill, shock, suspense’ (File 205 – 230: sang by Rina Aiuchi), Conan performs a ‘Para Para Dance’ which was on-trend at the time. He wasn’t allowed to smile while dancing, as it was a rule of the dance. I was worried how an opening without smiling would be received by viewers, but decided to follow the rule and let him dance the proper way. Masahito Yoshioka , a program director from TMS Entertainment, was doubtful at the beginning, but eventually made up his mind to create a proper dance routine which everyone can enjoy dancing. We asked a choreographer to teach us the moves, and we created Conan’s take on ‘Para Para Dance’.
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The 20th anniversary special episode Conan and Ebizou’s Kabuki Juhachiban Mystery (File 804-805) is another memorable one. Famous Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizou actually provided the voice of Ebizou in the anime. The script was written after his appearance was confirmed. I was impressed by Kashiwabara’s skillful script centering on Ebizou.
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If I may advise students who want to get into the anime industry, make sure that you keep your eyes open, find something that interests you, and learn deeply. I think communication skills are vital for our job, and in order to communicate better, you need knowledge. Read newspapers and magazines regularly to know current affairs. What is important is to make the person who you are talking to understand what you are interested in. You must know what you are talking about. In other words, you must speak with deep-rooted knowledge. It’s like anchoring a ship, so you don’t waver from your assertions.
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You must prepare to be able to explain clearly what sort of anime it is you want to make, what your favorite works in the past are, and why you like them. For me, they are Columbo, the late Osamu Tezuka (a creator known as the ‘God of Manga’ and was a pioneer of anime and manga as we know it), and Oretachi no Tabi (a Japanese coming-of-age drama aired in 1975). They made me what I am.
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I watched Columbo when I was a junior high school student. I remember I felt excited when I watched the episode ‘Any Old Port in a Storm’ which takes place in a winery, even though I had never drunk alcohol at the time. It was as if I were watching adult lives through a window. I want to provide such excitement to viewers. Although that doesn’t actually have anything related to the Conan episodes with tricks related to wine, though. [laugh] I just want to tell you that finding interest in small things in the area you love will lead you to being a mystery fan.
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'''Sana Hayama asks: What made you want to produce the series? Maybe you loved reading books which involved criminal action and mystery and tried to solve them? I’m sure this could be a reason for such an amazing and lively series!'''
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When I watched the movie Murder on the Orient Express in 1974, I hadn’t actually read Agatha Christie’s novel at the time. However, I personally believe I was the one who solved the mystery first in the theater. A movie remake will be released soon, and I can’t wait watching it.
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'''Mark Gabriel Acribal asks: What are some of the challenges or struggles you had to overcome before becoming a producer?'''
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I was an assistant director for a midnight variety show called 11PM for two and a half years, and I struggled to death. It would have been almost classified as ‘power harassment’ (Japanese term describing psychological abuse and bullying at work) if it had happened today. [laugh] However, I learned what it takes during that time. The experience of confronting the difficulties, which was actually not as heroic as it sounds, made me what I am today. I always wanted to create something, but I didn’t know how difficult creating processes were.
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Making a decision on everything about the footage is hard work but fun. The format of Detective Conan is made by the accumulations of my experiences. From the first episode, it has an epilogue, an ending, and a bit of a bonus scene. I’m confident in the format which director Kodama, producer Yoshioka and I devised together. We’ve been using this format for the TV series for all these years, and almost the same one for the movies.
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'''Ieng Wong asks: Were you a big fan of Conan before producing it?'''
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As I said earlier, I knew about the manga before its serialization, and kept my eye on it. When I read the first chapter, I was so impressed by its tricks and depiction of situations. I was surprised how much it can do from the first episode.
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I also liked The Kindaichi Case Files which had started running in a different magazine before Detective Conan. Luckily, I got an offer to produce The Kindaichi Case Files after I started Detective Conan. I feel exceptionally fortunate to be in charge of the two great detective anime series.
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'''Ryan Kun asks: What are your favorite detective movies and who are your favorite male and female characters in Detective Conan?'''
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I still watch many detective movies. Strictly speaking, it’s not a detective movie but I like Around the World in Eighty Days (premiered in 1957). It was based on the novel of the same name written by Jules Verne, and depicts a man who takes a bet to travel around the world in 80 days. He is disappointed in himself as he misses the deadline just one day. However, it turns out he actually won the bet, because he gained one day when he had crossed the International Date Line. I love such dramatic comeback wins. It’s a great bonus for viewers who are amazed by the trick at the last minute. I want to deliver such amazement to our viewers.
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My favorite character is always Kogoro Mouri. When the anime started airing, I was 37, the same age as Kogoro. He had a lovely high schooler daughter at that time, but I didn’t, though. [laugh] Although he has become crazier recently, he’s always lovable and no one can dislike him. I simply admire his personality.
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Among the female characters, I like Sonoko Suzuki. She was only meant to appear once according to the initial plan, but became a regular character because of the superb voice acting of Naoko Matsui who portrays her. She became a fixture of the anime, so much so that the character setting of Momiji Ohoka from the movie Crimson Love Letter was ‘Sonoko in the West’. Sonoko is incredible because she is such a down-to-earth person despite being a daughter of an extremely wealthy family.
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Thank you very much for sending me questions. It is much appreciated. I wish I could understand English more, so I could read all your questions and comments myself.
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'''— What’s your next goal?
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Detective Conan has become a household name in Japan, and I’m quite satisfied with that. I’d like to crack the world market with Detective Conan. I can’t understand why only anime can’t show murder scenes in English-speaking countries, whereas other forms of mystery can. However, I feel optimistic because there are not so many murder scenes in the anime.
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For successful international market penetration, I must find why Japanese anime has become so popular and acclaimed worldwide. I also have to find a way to make foreign viewers understand the dramaturgy of the anime, otherwise they can’t remember every character.
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My ambition is to sail through the world with Detective Conan and make it a flagship anime on the globe.
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'''— Could you give a comment for the fans?'''
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It has been 24 years since the manga started, and 22 years since the anime’s first airing. One day, Detective Conan will reach its conclusion. We don’t know when and how it ends, however until that day I’ll create the anime with all my heart. I hope you enjoy the anime both based on the original manga and the anime originals, as well as the movies. We’ll keep working our hardest to meet your expectations. Please continue to watch and follow Detective Conan.
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— Thank you very much.
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===Gosho Aoyama Interview about the Boss===
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'''Date:''' November 30, 2017<br>
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'''Published in:''' Shonen Sunday Webry <!--this is not in the physical SS Issue 3-4-->
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青山先生直撃インタビュー
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2017年11月30日青山剛昌先生宅にて。
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サンデー３・４合併号にて「あの方」の正体がついに判明。週刊誌での漫画連載は一旦お休みしつつ、映画第22弾のコンテ確認作業を進めている青山剛昌先生に現在の心境などを直撃した。
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今日はですね、「あの方」がついに指摘されたと言うことで、みんなが知りたいことをズバリ伺いさせて頂こうかなと思います。<br>青山　はいはい（笑）
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ダメな質問は上手くボカして頂けてればと。ちなみに同日にこないだ撮影させて頂いた動画（「サンデーうえぶり」上にてアプリ限定公開）も解禁します。<br>青山　へー、そうなんだ（笑）はいはい。
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まずは、その動画でも伺ったのですが、青山さんの今の心境としてはいかがでしょうか。<br>青山　いやぁまぁ…いつか言わなきゃなぁと。ちょっと急ぎすぎるかなとは思ったけど、まぁいいかなぁと…結構ファンの間でも、アナグラムのヒント（90巻FILE 2）あたりから「＃＃じゃね」と言われていたし、これまでも年賀状で「＃＃ですか？」と聞いてくれる人がいてね。当たってるって返事書いちゃって良い？って、担当編集に聞いたんだけど「いや、それはちょっと…」と止められていてね（笑）あ、これインタビューにちゃんと書いといてね（笑）年賀状は他にも、早い段階で「領域外の妹」のこととか当ててる人がいて、その人たちには「当たってるよ、でも言わないでね（笑）」って書いたけど、＃＃に関しては全スルー。
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ボスが「＃＃＃＃」って、決められたのはいつ頃ですか？<br>青山　いやぁもう…ちゃんと決めたのは３０巻だね。出てくるの30巻だから。ボス出してとかなきゃ（笑）思いまして…
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ネットではまさに、「あの方」についていろんな予想が立てられましたが。<br>青山　ほうほう。
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優作じゃないの、とか、光彦じゃないの、とか。<br>青山　えー、いやー（笑い）全然違いますよ、ぶぶぶって（笑）でもさすがに当ててくる人が増えてきたからね。
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担当編集も、30巻頃では、別に聞かされていなかったと思うんですが。<br>青山　えー、その時、誰かな、担当。
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4代目くらいですね。ちなみに、「あの方」という言葉が最初に出てきたのは24巻でジンが「あの方直々の命令だ…」というシーンです、その時から「組織にはボスがいる」と決められていたんですか？<br>青山　ぶっちゃけ1巻から決めてたよ（笑）でも実はボスが（ピー）は、この24巻からかなぁ…。でもホンとは（ピー）なんだけどね（笑）
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こないだ録らせて頂いた動画でも、＃＃にはまだ秘密があるとおっしゃってましたが。<br>青山　めっちゃありますね（笑）だって（ピー）はボスの（ピー）だから（ピーピー）されて（ピー）なわけじゃん。このへん全部、「ピー」だね（笑）
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ですね（笑）<br>青山　それはそれで面白いかもね（笑）おお、すげーこと言ってるって（笑）
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これからもいろいろなるんだーって、思えますからね。ちなみに、＃＃と決められてからは、作中にヒントを出されたと思うんですが。やっぱり最初は「七つの子」ですか？<br>青山　そうですね、まぁ、「七つの子」はカラスだしね…
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あと、組織の正式名称と深い関わりが…と、インタビューでお答えになっていた…という情報を見たことがあり…　出典が定かではないですが（汗）<br>青山　なんだって？そんなの有ったっけ… 組織の名前？そんなこと言ったかな…
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組織の名前って、決まってるんですか？<br>青山　うん（ピーピー）が（ピー）なんですよ。
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素敵な…<br>青山　うん、そう、でもボスの名前…？それはあまり関係ないかな。
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ちなみに、ネットでは、「やはり阿笠博士では」とか「FBIのジェイムズ・ブラックでは」といろいろな説が流れていましたが…<br>青山　めっちゃ違いますね（笑）
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阿笠は青山さんが、以前に正式に否定されていて、それだと物語が美しくないと…<br>青山　美しくないというか、面白くないというか…それだといままでの博士のいい話が全部ダメになっちゃうじゃん。でもほら、ベルモットと対決するところで「いかん新一くん！」って言ってビートルで駆けつけたじゃん（笑）あれでボスじゃないってオレとしては描いたつもりだったんだけど…
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たしかに。<br>青山　なのにみんな、まだまだ「ボスじゃね」って言ってたからね（笑）
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あとは、＃＃は作中では死んだはず、となっていますが…<br>青山　あー、そうね、それは言えませんね（笑）それはのちのち…
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ですよね、聞いた限りでは、この先も大変壮大なお話ですから…<br>青山　まぁ、ボスの名前があきらかになっても、まだまだ「コナン」は謎が多いってことですよ（笑）
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「あの方」指摘直後
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青山さんは、毎回担当者に伏線を説明をするのが大変とおっしゃいます…<br>青山　うん（笑）何か思い出したけど、ハッキリ言ったのは、9代目担当の時かも知れないな（笑）黒幕までは、それまではうすらぼんやり担当に伝えて「とにかくオレに任せとけよ」って思ってたような。担当が聞いて感動してて、「凄い良く出来てますね！」って言ってたから（笑）それを覚えてる。
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今回のお話では、ラムの正体や動きにも注目です。今回、安室さんに連絡してますし、それも大きな情報なので…<br>青山　ですね（笑）急展開だよね。
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ちなみに、青山さんの近況としましては…<br>青山　「艦これ」イベント「甲」でクリアしました（笑）今回はいままでで一番大変だった（笑）
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お気持ちとしては…<br>青山　そりゃ嬉しいよ（笑）「矢矧」も出たし！これでコンプリート！
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おめでとうございます！<br>青山　もうこのインタビュー早く終わらせて「矢矧」育てたい（笑）やっぱりセリフがいいんですよ、矢矧。大破したときにさ…「私を沈めたいなら、魚雷５，６本くらい撃ち込まないと、駄目よ」…って、みんな、持ってた人たちはこれ聞いてたんだなと、かっこいい！
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2年…3年ぐらい欲しがってらっしゃいましたよね。<br>青山　いやもっと長いだと思うけどな…ずーっと「矢矧」だけ出なかった。建造で出るんですけど、１００回以上チャンレンジしたけど出なかったからね。今回のイベント（2017年秋）で、ドロップしてビックリした。E-3…E-3の前半のボスかな…？
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で、「艦これ」やりながらいまは「ツムツム」もなさってますが…<br>青山　あーそう！「ツムツム」夢中です。オレのお気に入りのツムは「ピターパン」です（笑）強いから（笑い）
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ちなみにいま「ツムツム」では何万点くらい出されてますか。<br>青山　300万点いかなくらいだね、いまのところそれが限界です（笑）
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あと、映画のコンテを例年通りか、それ以上にしっかりとご覧になっていますが…<br>青山　あーそう！がっつりやった！ちなみに次回の映画は、クライマックスでコナンくんが安室に「え！？」っていうことを聞くので、お見逃しなく（笑）安室ファンはみんな気になってることだろうからねぇ…それね、インタビューに書いてくれていいけど、高山さんにはもう言っちゃいました（笑）コナンくんのこういうセリフがあるよって（笑）「わかった」って言ってた（笑）
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（笑）わかりました、ではファンの方へのメッセジーとしてはこれからも、漫画も映画も続いてくと言うことですよろしいでしょうか。<br>青山　そうですね、いまちょっと休んでますけど、充電を兼ねてますんで…
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体調も万全になってからと言うことで…<br>青山　そうだね、今後はちょっと作画中の3時間睡眠はやめるかも（笑）なんで、ペースは遅くなっちゃうかもだけど、これならいけるかもとういうのがつかめたらはじめますんで、それまで待って下さい（笑）
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あと、今回、青山さんが「本当の原稿」を描いているところを動画で録らせて頂きましたが…ダミーではなく本物の原稿を描かれるのは珍しいと思いますが…<br>青山　あー！そうだね、NHKの番組で、カラーの原稿を描いたときは、本物だったけど漫画の原稿が初めてかもな。
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丸ペンを使われましたけど…<br>青山 あー！そう！タッチの部分は丸ペン。あれはピグマだと出ないから…オレは元々Gペンや丸ペンを使ってたから、ミリペンを使っても強弱のついた線が描けるけど、いきなり最初からミリペンだと強弱のない、つるんとした絵になっちゃうんで、これから漫画家を目指す新人さんはホンとはGペンや丸ペンで絵を描き慣れといた方がいいよと、書いといてね（笑い）
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はい（笑い）というわけで…大変貴重なインタビューをありがとうございました。あとなんか、青山さん的に近況の言い残しはありますか？<br>青山　あ、「ドラクエ１１」で、ボスを倒して最初のエンデイングまで見た。（現在、裏ボスを倒すべくレベル上げ中）
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そういえば漫画では「3月のライオン」を再度読破されて、ドラマだと「刑事ゆがみ」にハマってらっしゃいますね。<br>青山　アニメだと「宝石の国」だな、あれいい！面白い！スタッフの中にオレと同じ大学のサークルでアニメ作ってたやつがいるし（笑）（泉津井陽一（センツイヨウイチ）さん）あのアニメ、声優さんもいい！主人公が「響け！ユーフォニアム」の黄前ちゃんなんだよね〜（黒沢ともよさん）
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いまはそのへんにハマってらっしゃるととういうことで…ありがとうございました！<br>青山　はいはい（笑）
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Mr. Aoyama Direct Interview
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November 30th, 2017, Mr. Aoyama Gosho House.
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In the [Shonen] Sunday Combined Issue #3-4, the identity of “That Person” has been finally established. I directly asked Mr. Aoyama Gosho about his mental state as he temporarily takes breaks from serializing the manga in the weekly magazine and he works on checking the storyboards from the 22nd movie.
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Interviewer: Today “That person” was finally identified so I was thinking of asking you about things that everyone wants to know.<br>Aoyama: Yes, yes (laughs)
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Interviewer: If you could please blur the bad questions… By the way… On the same day, that video that I recorded will be made public (“Sunday Webry” App Limited Publishing).<br>Aoyama: Huh, is that so? (laughs) Yes, yes.
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Interviewer: First things first… We also asked in the video, but can we assume that is your mental state, Mr. Aoyama?<br>Aoyama: Oh, well… I did think that I’d have to say it at some point. I did think that I was rushing a bit too much but that it wasn’t a bad idea… A lot of fans said “It’s ##” since they the anagram hint (Volume 90, File 2) and others asked me “Is it ##?” in the New Year’s Postcards. I tried asking the editor in charge “Can I answer telling them they met the mark?” but they stopped me saying “No, that’s a bit [too revealing]…” (laughs) Ah, make sure to write this on the interview (laughs) There were also other persons who guessed the identity of the “sister outside the domain” at a very early stage in the New Year’s Postcards and I answered them “You’ve met the mark but keep it a secret (laughs)” but I ignore all questions about ##.
  
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2017年11月30日青山剛昌先生宅にて。
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Interviewer: When did you decide that “####” was the Boss?<br>Aoyama: Oh, well… I properly decided that in Volume 30. Since it appears on Volume 30. They have to appear as the “Boss” (laughs) Or so I thought…
  
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サンデー３・４合併号にて「あの方」の正体がついに判明。週刊誌での漫画連載は一旦お休みしつつ、映画第22弾のコンテ確認作業を進めている青山剛昌先生に現在の心境などを直撃した。
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Interviewer: There’s a lot of conjectures on the net about “That Person”.<br>Aoyama: I see, I see
  
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今日はですね、「あの方」がついに指摘されたと言うことで、みんなが知りたいことをズバリ伺いさせて頂こうかなと思います。<br>青山　はいはい（笑）
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Interview: “Is it Yuusaku?”, “Is it Mitsuhiko?”, amongst others. <br>Aoyama: Eehh!? Nooo (laughs) They’re totally wrong. Beep (laughs) But there’s more people who’ve met the mark: it’s to be expected
  
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ダメな質問は上手くボカして頂けてればと。ちなみに同日にこないだ撮影させて頂いた動画（「サンデーうえぶり」上にてアプリ限定公開）も解禁します。<br>青山　へー、そうなんだ（笑）はいはい。
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Interviewer: I thought that the editor in charge at the time of Volume 30 would’ve been specially told, though…<br>Aoyama: Eeh? Who was the editor in charge back then…?
  
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まずは、その動画でも伺ったのですが、青山さんの今の心境としてはいかがでしょうか。<br>青山　いやぁまぁ…いつか言わなきゃなぁと。ちょっと急ぎすぎるかなとは思ったけど、まぁいいかなぁと…結構ファンの間でも、アナグラムのヒント（90巻FILE 2）あたりから「＃＃じゃね」と言われていたし、これまでも年賀状で「＃＃ですか？」と聞いてくれる人がいてね。当たってるって返事書いちゃって良い？って、担当編集に聞いたんだけど「いや、それはちょっと…」と止められていてね（笑）あ、これインタビューにちゃんと書いといてね（笑）年賀状は他にも、早い段階で「領域外の妹」のこととか当ててる人がいて、その人たちには「当たってるよ、でも言わないでね（笑）」って書いたけど、＃＃に関しては全スルー。
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Interviewer: It was the 4th one. By the way, the first time that the word “That Person” appeared was in the scene of Volume 24 when he says “It’s a direct order from That Person”. You’d already decided then that “The Organization has a Boss”?”<br>Aoyama: To be frank, I’d decided that ever since Volume 1 (laughs) But, actually the Boss being (beep) was from Volume 24, I think… But, in truth, it’s (beep) (laughs)
  
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ボスが「＃＃＃＃」って、決められたのはいつ頃ですか？<br>青山　いやぁもう…ちゃんと決めたのは３０巻だね。出てくるの30巻だから。ボス出してとかなきゃ（笑）思いまして…
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Interviewer: In the video you allowed me to record a while ago, you did say that ## has some secret to them, but…<br>Aoyama: They have tons of them (laughs) Because (beep) is the Boss’ (beep) so they were (beep beep) and they’re (beep). Put “beep” on all of this part (laughs)
  
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ネットではまさに、「あの方」についていろんな予想が立てられましたが。<br>青山　ほうほう。
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Interviewer: Obviously (laughs)<br>Aoyama: That’s pretty fun (laughs). Oh, he’s saying some spectacular! (laughs)
  
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優作じゃないの、とか、光彦じゃないの、とか。<br>青山　えー、いやー（笑い）全然違いますよ、ぶぶぶって（笑）でもさすがに当ててくる人が増えてきたからね。
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Interviewer: I do think that there’ll be a lot of those from now on, yes. By the way, ever since you decided it’d be ##, I think you’ve made some hints appear in the manga. Is “Seven Children” the first of them, like I thought?<br>Aoayama: True… Well, “Seven Children” is about crows, so…
  
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担当編集も、30巻頃では、別に聞かされていなかったと思うんですが。<br>青山　えー、その時、誰かな、担当。
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Interviewer: Also, that it’s deeply related to the Organization’s official name… Or so you answered in an interview… I’ve seen such information… But the source isn’t clear (sweats)<br>Aoyama: What did you say? Was there such a thing…? The Organizations’ name? Did I say that..?
  
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4代目くらいですね。ちなみに、「あの方」という言葉が最初に出てきたのは24巻でジンが「あの方直々の命令だ…」というシーンです、その時から「組織にはボスがいる」と決められていたんですか？<br>青山　ぶっちゃけ1巻から決めてたよ（笑）でも実はボスが（ピー）は、この24巻からかなぁ…。でもホンとは（ピー）なんだけどね（笑）
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Interviewer: Have you decided on the Organization’s name?<br>Aoyama: Yes (beep-beep) is (beep), see.
  
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こないだ録らせて頂いた動画でも、＃＃にはまだ秘密があるとおっしゃってましたが。<br>青山　めっちゃありますね（笑）だって（ピー）はボスの（ピー）だから（ピーピー）されて（ピー）なわけじゃん。このへん全部、「ピー」だね（笑）
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Interviewer: Fantastic…<br>Aoyama: Yes, true, but the boss’ name…? I think it’s not too related…
  
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ですね（笑）<br>青山　それはそれで面白いかもね（笑）おお、すげーこと言ってるって（笑）
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Interview: By the way, there’s several theories flowing in the net like “Maybe it’s indeed the Professor?” or “James Black from the FBI?”…<br>Aoyama: They’re totally wrong (laughs)
  
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これからもいろいろなるんだーって、思えますからね。ちなみに、＃＃と決められてからは、作中にヒントを出されたと思うんですが。やっぱり最初は「七つの子」ですか？<br>青山　そうですね、まぁ、「七つの子」はカラスだしね…
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Interviewer: You officially denied Agasa before, but some say that then the story isn’t beautiful…<br>Aoyama: That’s it’s not beautiful, that it’s not interesting… Were it to be case, all the good episodes the Professor had would have been in vain. But, see… When [Conan] faced Vermouth, he said “No good, Shinichi-kun!” and rushed there with his Beetle (laughs). My intention when I drew that is that he wasn’t the Boss, but…
  
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あと、組織の正式名称と深い関わりが…と、インタビューでお答えになっていた…という情報を見たことがあり…　出典が定かではないですが（汗）<br>青山　なんだって？そんなの有ったっけ… 組織の名前？そんなこと言ったかな…
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Interviewer: True.<br>Aoyama: But despite that they all kept saying “He’s the Boss”, so… (laughs)
  
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組織の名前って、決まってるんですか？<br>青山　うん（ピーピー）が（ピー）なんですよ。
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Interviewer: Also, ## is supposed to be dead in the manga, but…<br>Aoayama: Ah, true… I can’t talk about that (laughs) In due time…
  
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素敵な…<br>青山　うん、そう、でもボスの名前…？それはあまり関係ないかな。
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Interviewer: Obviously. From what you’ve told me, from now it’ll be a very grand story, so…<br>Aoyama: Well, even if the Boss’ name has become clear, there’s still a lot of mysteries in “Conan” (laughs)
  
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ちなみに、ネットでは、「やはり阿笠博士では」とか「FBIのジェイムズ・ブラックでは」といろいろな説が流れていましたが…<br>青山　めっちゃ違いますね（笑）
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Page 2 header: After pointing “That Person”
  
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阿笠は青山さんが、以前に正式に否定されていて、それだと物語が美しくないと…<br>青山　美しくないというか、面白くないというか…それだといままでの博士のいい話が全部ダメになっちゃうじゃん。でもほら、ベルモットと対決するところで「いかん新一くん！」って言ってビートルで駆けつけたじゃん（笑）あれでボスじゃないってオレとしては描いたつもりだったんだけど…
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Interviewer: You say that it’s a lot of trouble to explain the foreshadowing to each editor in charge when they change…<br>Aoyama: Yes (laughs) I remember something, though… I clearly told one of them, I think the 9th one, for all I know (laughs) I dimly told him up to the mastermind and he seemingly thought “Just leave it up to me”. The editor in charge heard it, got emotional and said “it’s a wonderful work!” (laughs) That much I remember.
  
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たしかに。<br>青山　なのにみんな、まだまだ「ボスじゃね」って言ってたからね（笑）
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Interviewer: Rum’s identity and movements are also a point to focus upon in this episode. They’ve contacted Amuro-san and it’s very big info, so…<br>Aoyama: Indeed (laughs) It’s a sudden development
  
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あとは、＃＃は作中では死んだはず、となっていますが…<br>青山　あー、そうね、それは言えませんね（笑）それはのちのち…
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Interviewer: By the way, what about your recent status…?<br>Aoyama: I cleared the “Kan Colle” even with “Kou (Shell)” (laughs) It was the hardest insofar (laughs)
  
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ですよね、聞いた限りでは、この先も大変壮大なお話ですから…<br>青山　まぁ、ボスの名前があきらかになっても、まだまだ「コナン」は謎が多いってことですよ（笑）
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Interviewer: What about your feelings…?<br>Aoyama: I’m glad, of course (laughs) “Yahagi” also appeared! Now I’ve completed it!
  
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「あの方」指摘直後
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Interviewer: Congratulations!<br>Aoyama: I want to finish this interview already and raise “Yahagi” (laughs) Yahagi’s lines are very good, indeed. When she gets seriously damaged… “If you want to sink me you’ll need to shoot 5-6 torpedoes at me, else you won’t be able to”… To think that all people who had her could hear to these… Cool!
  
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青山さんは、毎回担当者に伏線を説明をするのが大変とおっしゃいます…<br>青山　うん（笑）何か思い出したけど、ハッキリ言ったのは、9代目担当の時かも知れないな（笑）黒幕までは、それまではうすらぼんやり担当に伝えて「とにかくオレに任せとけよ」って思ってたような。担当が聞いて感動してて、「凄い良く出来てますね！」って言ってたから（笑）それを覚えてる。
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Interviewer: You said that you’d wished to get her since 2-3 years ago.<br>Aoyama: No, I think it’s been longer… “Yahagi” never popped out. She pops out by construction but even though I did over 100 challenges she didn’t pop out. I was surprised that she was a “drop” in this event (Autumn 2017). E-3… Was is it the Boss of the E-3 first half…?
  
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今回のお話では、ラムの正体や動きにも注目です。今回、安室さんに連絡してますし、それも大きな情報なので…<br>青山　ですね（笑）急展開だよね。
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Interviewer: And you’re also playing “Tsum Tsum” alongside “Kan Colle”…<br>Aoyama: Ah, true! I’m crazy about “Tsum Tsum”. My favorite “Tsum” is “Peter Pan” (laughs) He’s strong (laughs)
  
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ちなみに、青山さんの近況としましては…<br>青山　「艦これ」イベント「甲」でクリアしました（笑）今回はいままでで一番大変だった（笑）
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Interviewer: By the way, how many 10000s of points do you have in “Tsum Tsum”?<br>Aoyama: I think it’s below 3,000,000 points. That’s my current limit (laughs)
  
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お気持ちとしては…<br>青山　そりゃ嬉しいよ（笑）「矢矧」も出たし！これでコンプリート！
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Interviewer: Also, I can see that the movie storyboards look like the usual ones but greater, even…<br>Aoyama: Ah, yes! I did them with all my might! By the way, in the next movie’s climax… Conan-kun is told something by Amuro that makes him reply “Huh!?” so don’t miss it (laughs) Amuro fans must be curious about that… You can write that in the interview, but I already told Takayama-san about it (laughs) That’s there this line by Conan, that is (laughs) And she said “Gotcha” (laughs)
  
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おめでとうございます！<br>青山　もうこのインタビュー早く終わらせて「矢矧」育てたい（笑）やっぱりセリフがいいんですよ、矢矧。大破したときにさ…「私を沈めたいなら、魚雷５，６本くらい撃ち込まないと、駄目よ」…って、みんな、持ってた人たちはこれ聞いてたんだなと、かっこいい！
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Interviewer: (laughs) Understood. Then should I say that your message towards the fan is that the manga and movies will still go on?<br>Aoyama: Indeed, I’m resting a bit now but I’m also recharging energies so…
  
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2年…3年ぐらい欲しがってらっしゃいましたよね。<br>青山　いやもっと長いだと思うけどな…ずーっと「矢矧」だけ出なかった。建造で出るんですけど、１００回以上チャンレンジしたけど出なかったからね。今回のイベント（2017年秋）で、ドロップしてビックリした。E-3…E-3の前半のボスかな…？
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Interviewer: This should be better said when one’s at top condition…<br>Aoyama: True. I might stop having 3-hour sleep during work (laughs). So the pace might slow down but until I begin to get a grip of “this works”: please wait until then (laughs)
  
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で、「艦これ」やりながらいまは「ツムツム」もなさってますが…<br>青山　あーそう！「ツムツム」夢中です。オレのお気に入りのツムは「ピターパン」です（笑）強いから（笑い）
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Interviewer: Also, Mr. Aoyama, you allowed me to record you while drawing the “true manuscript” but… I think it’s unusual for you to draw a true manuscript and not a dummy…<br>Aoyama: Ah! True, when I drew a color manuscript for the NHK program it was a true manuscript but I guess it’s the first time I do that with a manga manuscript.
  
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ちなみにいま「ツムツム」では何万点くらい出されてますか。<br>青山　300万点いかなくらいだね、いまのところそれが限界です（笑）
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Interviewer: You used a mapping pen, though…<br>Aoyama: Ah! True! The touch section is a mapping pen. Pigmas don’t achieve that… I originally used G Pens and mapping pens, so even if I used a millipen I can draw lines with strength, yet… If I suddenly use a millipen from the start, it becomes smooth pictures without strength, so write that any newbies aiming to become mangaka should get used to drawing with G Pens or mapping pens (laughs)
  
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あと、映画のコンテを例年通りか、それ以上にしっかりとご覧になっていますが…<br>青山　あーそう！がっつりやった！ちなみに次回の映画は、クライマックスでコナンくんが安室に「え！？」っていうことを聞くので、お見逃しなく（笑）安室ファンはみんな気になってることだろうからねぇ…それね、インタビューに書いてくれていいけど、高山さんにはもう言っちゃいました（笑）コナンくんのこういうセリフがあるよって（笑）「わかった」って言ってた（笑）
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Interviewer: Yes (laughs) And so… Thank you very much for this very important interview. Is there something else you want to say about your recent status, Mr. Aoyama?<br>Aoyama: Ah, I beat the boss in “Dragon Quest 11” and saw the first ending (now I’m leveling up to face the secret boss)
  
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（笑）わかりました、ではファンの方へのメッセジーとしてはこれからも、漫画も映画も続いてくと言うことですよろしいでしょうか。<br>青山　そうですね、いまちょっと休んでますけど、充電を兼ねてますんで…
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Interviewer: Speaking of which… You finished re-reading the manga “The March Lion” and you’re into the drama series “Policeman Yugami”, right?<br>Aoyama: As for anime, I like “Jewels Kingdom”, it’s good! It’s fun! Amongst the staff there’s a guy from the same college circle as me that made anime (laughs) (Mr. Sentsui Youichi) The anime and voice actors are good! The main protagonist is Oumae-chan from “Sound! Euphonium” (Ms. Kurosawa Tomoyo)
  
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体調も万全になってからと言うことで…<br>青山　そうだね、今後はちょっと作画中の3時間睡眠はやめるかも（笑）なんで、ペースは遅くなっちゃうかもだけど、これならいけるかもとういうのがつかめたらはじめますんで、それまで待って下さい（笑）
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Interviewer: So that’s what you’re into lately, then… Thank you very much!<br>Aoyama: Yes, yes (laughs)
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あと、今回、青山さんが「本当の原稿」を描いているところを動画で録らせて頂きましたが…ダミーではなく本物の原稿を描かれるのは珍しいと思いますが…<br>青山　あー！そうだね、NHKの番組で、カラーの原稿を描いたときは、本物だったけど漫画の原稿が初めてかもな。
 
  
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丸ペンを使われましたけど…<br>青山 あー！そう！タッチの部分は丸ペン。あれはピグマだと出ないから…オレは元々Gペンや丸ペンを使ってたから、ミリペンを使っても強弱のついた線が描けるけど、いきなり最初からミリペンだと強弱のない、つるんとした絵になっちゃうんで、これから漫画家を目指す新人さんはホンとはGペンや丸ペンで絵を描き慣れといた方がいいよと、書いといてね（笑い）
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はい（笑い）というわけで…大変貴重なインタビューをありがとうございました。あとなんか、青山さん的に近況の言い残しはありますか？<br>青山　あ、「ドラクエ１１」で、ボスを倒して最初のエンデイングまで見た。（現在、裏ボスを倒すべくレベル上げ中）
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===Shinichi and Ran Secret Archives VA interviews===
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'''Date:''' January 16, 2018
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'''Source:''' https://www.facebook.com/DCTheRedThread/photos/1722146851170594/ <br>
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'''Translated by:''' Jiamin<br>
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'''Info credits by:''' 游离之光
  
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そういえば漫画では「3月のライオン」を再度読破されて、ドラマだと「刑事ゆがみ」にハマってらっしゃいますね。<br>青山　アニメだと「宝石の国」だな、あれいい！面白い！スタッフの中にオレと同じ大学のサークルでアニメ作ってたやつがいるし（笑）（泉津井陽一（センツイヨウイチ）さん）あのアニメ、声優さんもいい！主人公が「響け！ユーフォニアム」の黄前ちゃんなんだよね〜（黒沢ともよさん）
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YG = Yamaguchi (Shinichi)<br>
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YZ = Yamazaki (Ran)<br>
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TY = Takayama (Conan)<br>
  
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いまはそのへんにハマってらっしゃるととういうことで…ありがとうございました！<br>青山　はいはい（笑）
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YG: Compared to coming as Kid, when I come as Shinichi, YZ-San is much nicer/gentle to me<br>
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YZ: Although YG-San is present, knowing him is here as Kid, I’ll be thinking “ちぇ—つ” (Not exactly sure what the expression is in English, but it’s like a scornful sound”
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Mr. Aoyama Direct Interview
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YZ: Conan-Kun is cuter than childhood Shinichi <br>
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TY: That’s because he’s “pretending to be cute”, that’s the difference between him and childhood Shinichi, one is a fake child the other is a real child.
  
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November 30th, 2017, Mr. Aoyama Gosho House.
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Q- What do you think about Episode One<br>
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YG: It’s been a long time since I had a normal conversation with Ran, I’m really happy!<br>
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In the [Shonen] Sunday Combined Issue #3-4, the identity of “That Person” has been finally established. I directly asked Mr. Aoyama Gosho about his mental state as he temporarily takes breaks from serializing the manga in the weekly magazine and he works on checking the storyboards from the 22nd movie.
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YZ: So that’s what it was like when Shinichi was still around. I also liked that whenever Shinichi shows up, the love comedy will always cover a bigger part.<br>
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TY: It told us what Shinichi went through after he turned to Conan and the time period before he ran back home. It’s like filling in blanks rather than retelling stories. <br>
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Interviewer: Today “That person” was finally identified so I was thinking of asking you about things that everyone wants to know.<br>Aoyama: Yes, yes (laughs)
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YZ: I’m surprised that they did the Karate tournament, they even gave me a real-life tournament as a reference before I record. Ran is becoming some sort of “superwoman” in the recent movies, so it’s nice to show that she can feel pain and be frustrated. <br>
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Q-What do you three feel about Shinran’s relationship?<br>
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Interviewer: If you could please blur the bad questions… By the way… On the same day, that video that I recorded will be made public (“Sunday Webry” App Limited Publishing).<br>Aoyama: Huh, is that so? (laughs) Yes, yes.
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YG: Shinichi fell for Ran when they’re in preschool... that’s so early!<br>
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TY: Maybe he started thinking Ran was cute when she was crying<br>
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YZ: Even though she said she started to have feelings for Shinichi after the NY case, but he’s still more of a childhood friend before he disappeared. She didn’t realize how much she loved him until he’s not around.<br>
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TY: The pain of being apart.<br>
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Q-Ever look forward to a childhood sweetheart romance?<br>
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YG: I’ve always look forward to a childhood romance, I knew a couple who were my classmates in grade school, i thought it was amazing when they got married.<br>
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TY: I would be OK with it if it can last forever. In ep 472, Kudo Shinichi’s childhood adventure, there’s a part where Shinichi wanted to be address in last name..<br>
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YZ: I think he’s embarrassed that he was the only to be called in first name in grade school.<br>
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TY: Yes, i was thinking when I saw that part, “This child’s puberty kicked in early” I had similar experience in middle school, when you get teased like that by others, the relationship can be easily ruined. It’s nice that they patched things up soon quickly!<br>
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YG: And they’ve remained close ever since, so exclusive to each other.<br>
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YZ: But Shinichi gets cocky when receiving fan letters<br>
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TY: it’s just for the attention, he felt like he’s being acknowledged, but never consider them romantically <br>
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YG: It’s just fan letters<br>
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YZ: Ran will also go panic about some illusion, like Shinichi living with a young widow...(laugh)<br>
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YG: Watching too much soap operas? (Laugh)<br>
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TY: Ran was picked up a lot by guys. Maybe the guys in school are too afraid to because of Shinichi, but she’s definitely popular! And sometimes when Shinichi gets mad and jealous about “why is she so friendly with them”, he’s anger usually goes away if he sees her attitude towards that person, like Araide-sensei and Eisuke-kun.<br>
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YZ: Eisuke-Kun doesn’t feel like a love interest, he’s like a little brother!<br>
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Q- thoughts about recent development?<br>
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YG: We recorded CM for the field trip arc!<br>
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YZ: Yes, a couple of lines, it’s amazing that we reached file 1000<br>
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TY: can’t wait for the animation, let their feelings for each other be heard!<br>
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Interviewer: First things first… We also asked in the video, but can we assume that is your mental state, Mr. Aoyama?<br>Aoyama: Oh, well… I did think that I’d have to say it at some point. I did think that I was rushing a bit too much but that it wasn’t a bad idea… A lot of fans said “It’s ##” since they the anagram hint (Volume 90, File 2) and others asked me “Is it ##?” in the New Year’s Postcards. I tried asking the editor in charge “Can I answer telling them they met the mark?” but they stopped me saying “No, that’s a bit [too revealing]…” (laughs) Ah, make sure to write this on the interview (laughs) There were also other persons who guessed the identity of the “sister outside the domain” at a very early stage in the New Year’s Postcards and I answered them “You’ve met the mark but keep it a secret (laughs)” but I ignore all questions about ##.  
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===Movie 22 Guidebook Interview===
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'''Date:''' March 31, 2018
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'''Source:''' https://forums.dctp.ws/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13475<br>
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File:M22_Guidebook_Interview_1.jpg|New characters introduced
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File:M22_Guidebook_Interview_2.jpg|Gosho interview
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File:M22_Guidebook_Interview_3.jpg|Gosho interview
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File:M22_Guidebook_Interview_4.jpg|Gosho interview
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File:M22_Guidebook_Interview_5.jpg|Furuya Toru interview
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File:M22_Guidebook_Interview_6.jpg|Furuya Toru interview
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File:M22_Guidebook_Interview_7.jpg|Takayama Minami interview
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File:M22_Guidebook_Interview_8.jpg|Staff interview
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Interviewer: When did you decide that “####” was the Boss?<br>Aoyama: Oh, well… I properly decided that in Volume 30. Since it appears on Volume 30. They have to appear as the “Boss” (laughs) Or so I thought…
 
  
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Interviewer: There’s a lot of conjectures on the net about “That Person”.<br>Aoyama: I see, I see
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'''New characters introduced'''<br>
  
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Interview: “Is it Yuusaku?”, “Is it Mitsuhiko?”, amongst others. <br>Aoyama: Eehh!? Nooo (laughs) They’re totally wrong. Beep (laughs) But there’s more people who’ve met the mark: it’s to be expected
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'''Sayoko Iwai''' -> Tokyo Regional Prosecutor, Public Safety Bureau<br>
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VA: Tomigana Miina<br>
  
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Interviewer: I thought that the editor in charge at the time of Volume 30 would’ve been specially told, though…<br>Aoyama: Eeh? Who was the editor in charge back then…?
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Line: "This is a decision by the Public Safety Department, do you understand?"<br>
  
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Interviewer: It was the 4th one. By the way, the first time that the word “That Person” appeared was in the scene of Volume 24 when he says “It’s a direct order from That Person”. You’d already decided then that “The Organization has a Boss”?”<br>Aoyama: To be frank, I’d decided that ever since Volume 1 (laughs) But, actually the Boss being (beep) was from Volume 24, I think… But, in truth, it’s (beep) (laughs)
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Supervisor subservient to the Public Safety Police.<br>
  
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Interviewer: In the video you allowed me to record a while ago, you did say that ## has some secret to them, but…<br>Aoyama: They have tons of them (laughs) Because (beep) is the Boss’ (beep) so they were (beep beep) and they’re (beep). Put “beep” on all of this part (laughs)
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Supervisor Prosecutor part of the Tokyo Regional Public Prosecutor Office, Public Safety Department. Her subordinate, Kusakabe, in charge of Kogoro's case, suggests her to carry out additional investigation of the case, but Supervisor Iwai dismisses his suggestion. It'd seem she's very subservient to the National Police Agency's Public Safety Police.  
  
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Interviewer: Obviously (laughs)<br>Aoyama: That’s pretty fun (laughs). Oh, he’s saying some spectacular! (laughs)
 
  
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Interviewer: I do think that there’ll be a lot of those from now on, yes. By the way, ever since you decided it’d be ##, I think you’ve made some hints appear in the manga. Is “Seven Children” the first of them, like I thought?<br>Aoayama: True… Well, “Seven Children” is about crows, so…
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'''Kyouko Tachibana''' -> Lawyer<br>
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VA: Ueno Aya<br>
  
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Interviewer: Also, that it’s deeply related to the Organization’s official name… Or so you answered in an interview… I’ve seen such information… But the source isn’t clear (sweats)<br>Aoyama: What did you say? Was there such a thing…? The Organizations’ name? Did I say that..?
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Line: "Please allow me, Kyouko Tachibana, to defend "the sleeping Kogoro"!"<br>
  
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Interviewer: Have you decided on the Organization’s name?<br>Aoyama: Yes (beep-beep) is (beep), see.
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A "cell-lawyer" lawyer who always loses<br>
  
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Interviewer: Fantastic…<br>Aoyama: Yes, true, but the boss’ name…? I think it’s not too related…
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A "cell-lawyer" is a lawyer that doesn't belong to a lawyer agency and take jobs over their cellphones, they're freelance lawyers. She's been in charge of many Public Safety cases in the past but cases with prosecution indictment only have a 0.1% chances of being won so she's lost in all the trials she's been at. She requests to defend Kogoro.
  
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Interview: By the way, there’s several theories flowing in the net like “Maybe it’s indeed the Professor?” or “James Black from the FBI?”…<br>Aoyama: They’re totally wrong (laughs)
 
  
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Interviewer: You officially denied Agasa before, but some say that then the story isn’t beautiful…<br>Aoyama: That’s it’s not beautiful, that it’s not interesting… Were it to be case, all the good episodes the Professor had would have been in vain. But, see… When [Conan] faced Vermouth, he said “No good, Shinichi-kun!” and rushed there with his Beetle (laughs). My intention when I drew that is that he wasn’t the Boss, but…
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'''Fumikazu Haba''' -> Former Law Student<br>
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VA: Hakata Daikichi
  
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Interviewer: True.<br>Aoyama: But despite that they all kept saying “He’s the Boss”, so… (laughs)
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Line:"I want you to explain why I wasn't appointed!"<br>
  
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Interviewer: Also, ## is supposed to be dead in the manga, but…<br>Aoayama: Ah, true… I can’t talk about that (laughs) In due time…
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He was a law student, but...<br>
  
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Interviewer: Obviously. From what you’ve told me, from now it’ll be a very grand story, so…<br>Aoyama: Well, even if the Boss’ name has become clear, there’s still a lot of mysteries in “Conan” (laughs)
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A law student who aimed to be a judge. But he wasn't appointed a judge. Wanting to know the why, he talks directly to the coure's director, but...
  
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Page 2 header: After pointing “That Person”
 
  
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Interviewer: You say that it’s a lot of trouble to explain the foreshadowing to each editor in charge when they change…<br>Aoyama: Yes (laughs) I remember something, though… I clearly told one of them, I think the 9th one, for all I know (laughs) I dimly told him up to the mastermind and he seemingly thought “Just leave it up to me”. The editor in charge heard it, got emotional and said “it’s a wonderful work!” (laughs) That much I remember.
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'''Makoto Kusabake''' -> Tokyo Regional Prosecutor, Public Safety Department<br>
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VA: Kawashima Tokuyoshi
  
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Interviewer: Rum’s identity and movements are also a point to focus upon in this episode. They’ve contacted Amuro-san and it’s very big info, so…<br>Aoyama: Indeed (laughs) It’s a sudden development
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Line: "It'd seem that you kept denying the charges in the police."<br>
  
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Interviewer: By the way, what about your recent status…?<br>Aoyama: I cleared the “Kan Colle” even with “Kou (Shell)” (laughs) It was the hardest insofar (laughs)
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Prosecutor in charge of the bombing incident<br>
  
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Interviewer: What about your feelings…?<br>Aoyama: I’m glad, of course (laughs) “Yahagi” also appeared! Now I’ve completed it!
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He's a prosecutor who's very serious about his job, and is in charge of Kogoro's case. He becomes concerned during the inquires that Kogoro has no motive for being the culprit of the bombing incident and suggests his superior, Supervisor Iwai, to carry out further investigation, but...
  
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Interviewer: Congratulations!<br>Aoyama: I want to finish this interview already and raise “Yahagi” (laughs) Yahagi’s lines are very good, indeed. When she gets seriously damaged… “If you want to sink me you’ll need to shoot 5-6 torpedoes at me, else you won’t be able to”… To think that all people who had her could hear to these… Cool!
 
  
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Interviewer: You said that you’d wished to get her since 2-3 years ago.<br>Aoyama: No, I think it’s been longer… “Yahagi” never popped out. She pops out by construction but even though I did over 100 challenges she didn’t pop out. I was surprised that she was a “drop” in this event (Autumn 2017). E-3… Was is it the Boss of the E-3 first half…?
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'''Gosho Interview'''<br>
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Profile:<br>Mangaka / Author of "Detective Conan"
  
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Interviewer: And you’re also playing “Tsum Tsum” alongside “Kan Colle”…<br>Aoyama: Ah, true! I’m crazy about “Tsum Tsum”. My favorite “Tsum” is “Peter Pan” (laughs) He’s strong (laughs)
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Originary from Tottori Prefecture. Mangaka debut in 1986. "YAIBA" and "Detective Conan" prized with Shogakukan Manga Award. Also serializing the "Magic Kaito" series.<br>In 2017, the total publication amount of "Detective Conan" overcame 200 million units.  
  
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Interviewer: By the way, how many 10000s of points do you have in “Tsum Tsum”?<br>Aoyama: I think it’s below 3,000,000 points. That’s my current limit (laughs)
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Q: "How did you decide that Amuro Tooru would be the main character in "Zero the Enforcer", this year's installment?"<br>A: "It all started from a suggestion by Sakurai-san, the scriptwriter, it wasn't my idea.<br>He said he wanted to do a tale about cyber-terrorism and he asked me "if it's cyber-terrorism, then the PSB will get involved, can I make Amuro appear?". It'd only been 1 film since "The Darkest Nightmare" so I did think it was a bit too early to do so but I also though that it would work. Amuro-kun's popular, after all (laughs)."
  
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Interviewer: Also, I can see that the movie storyboards look like the usual ones but greater, even…<br>Aoyama: Ah, yes! I did them with all my might! By the way, in the next movie’s climax… Conan-kun is told something by Amuro that makes him reply “Huh!?” so don’t miss it (laughs) Amuro fans must be curious about that… You can write that in the interview, but I already told Takayama-san about it (laughs) That’s there this line by Conan, that is (laughs) And she said “Gotcha” (laughs)
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Q: "What are the highlights of this move?"<br>A: "The final action scene, and the talk between Conan and Amuro in the climax!"
  
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Interviewer: (laughs) Understood. Then should I say that your message towards the fan is that the manga and movies will still go on?<br>Aoyama: Indeed, I’m resting a bit now but I’m also recharging energies so…
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Q: "In which parts were you involved?"<br>A: "In the story and a bit of storyboard fixes. I also helped a bit with the keyframes. The first version of the story it was very hard and led to heavy happenings. It turned into a "Amuro's become evil?" feeling, so we made it a bit softer. The first heavy story was interesting, too. Had a hard mystery feeling to it.  The culprit got caught but "the truth darkness hasn't been dispelled" feeling. But I thought that wasn't something we should in Conan.<br>So we made some things a bit light-hearted. Also, until we settled on using cyber-terrorism as theme we also though of tricks involving food poisoning but they were discarded very early. We felt that the motive was too small (laughs)<br>I also voiced my opinion on the climax and other scenes and had them add scenes I wanted to see. Also, the scene between Amuro and Kuroda, for example, has elements from the anime so I look forward to how it ends up looking."
  
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Interviewer: This should be better said when one’s at top condition…<br>Aoyama: True. I might stop having 3-hour sleep during work (laughs). So the pace might slow down but until I begin to get a grip of “this works”: please wait until then (laughs)
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Q: "What were your demands to the new director, Director Tachikawa?"<br>A: "We were very detailed when we met to talk about the action scenes planning, but we didn't go so over the details when we were in the storyboard stage. There wasn't much storyboard fixing this time around. But sometimes I sent him a photo over LINE telling him "we should fix this one".
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Interviewer: Also, Mr. Aoyama, you allowed me to record you while drawing the “true manuscript” but… I think it’s unusual for you to draw a true manuscript and not a dummy…<br>Aoyama: Ah! True, when I drew a color manuscript for the NHK program it was a true manuscript but I guess it’s the first time I do that with a manga manuscript.  
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A: We didn't have too many long phone calls either. Talking over LINE was sufficient (laughs)."
  
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Interviewer: You used a mapping pen, though…<br>Aoyama: Ah! True! The touch section is a mapping pen. Pigmas don’t achieve that… I originally used G Pens and mapping pens, so even if I used a millipen I can draw lines with strength, yet… If I suddenly use a millipen from the start, it becomes smooth pictures without strength, so write that any newbies aiming to become mangaka should get used to drawing with G Pens or mapping pens (laughs)
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Q: "What kind of conversation you had with Furuya Tooru-san, Amuro Tooru's VA?"<br>A: "We didn't talk about the movie but I did have a meal with him in the past. Said his daughter is a great fan of Kaitou Kid. Also he did play the role of Tuxedo Mask (Sailor Moon), didn't he? I guess that he probably thinks that I used his character as model to draw Kaitou Kid. But it's actually the inverse, Kaitou Kid came before Tuxedo Mask. "Magic Kaito" is a old, Showa Period manga.<br>(See Note 1) When I told him that he was disappointed, I guess that he wanted to brag to his daughter "I'm the the model for Kaitou Kid", no? (laughs). Well, it's but my speculation so... I apologize if I'm mistaken (laughs)<br>I also told him that Amuro Tooru's true name is Furuya Rei and he replied "Sensei! That's overdoing it!" to which I replied "No, see, the "Rei" is actually "Zero" due to some reasons" and he was like "Huh!?"."
  
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Interviewer: Yes (laughs) And so… Thank you very much for this very important interview. Is there something else you want to say about your recent status, Mr. Aoyama?<br>Aoyama: Ah, I beat the boss in “Dragon Quest 11” and saw the first ending (now I’m leveling up to face the secret boss)  
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Q: "I want to ask about Kazami Yuuya, who's also appeared in the manga.<br>A: "He's very popular. There were a lot of fan letters after "The Darkest Nightmare" asking me to "Please make Kazami appear!" so I went like "fine, fine". "Let's make him show up!". Wondering if that would do (laughs)<br>I think that the anime staff decided on his name. He's a subordinate of Amuro so he was Camille. At first he had a long and crumpled hair but I didn't understand what they meant by Camille, so they said "he doesn't look like PSB", and that someone with a bad nature was better. And so his design was remade and ended up like that. I don't watch "Z Gundam" too often. The first [season] of Gundam is the best, in my opinion. Hence why I didn't make the connection. I'm really sorry (laughs)."
  
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Interviewer: Speaking of which… You finished re-reading the manga “The March Lion” and you’re into the drama series “Policeman Yugami”, right?<br>Aoyama: As for anime, I like “Jewels Kingdom”, it’s good! It’s fun! Amongst the staff there’s a guy from the same college circle as me that made anime (laughs) (Mr. Sentsui Youichi) The anime and voice actors are good! The main protagonist is Oumae-chan from “Sound! Euphonium” (Ms. Kurosawa Tomoyo)
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Q: "I want to ask about Kazami's and Amuro's roles"<br>A: "To make it clear that Amuro's the great one, Amuro is on the elite section of the NPA, and Kazami belongs to the Police HQ's PSB which is a lower rank. I think Sakurai-san was the one who suggested for Kazami to be older than Amuro.<br>As for Amuro's career, he was in the same class as Matsuda and Date. Scotch also was in the same class. They all died but they were cool types.<br>And Scotch was Amuro's childhood friend. Because, you see, he called him "Zero". And that was nickname of Amuro when he was a kid. I'll have to draw that, indeed."<br>Note 1: "The author of "Sailor Moon" , Takeuchi Naoko-sensei, was told that Tuxedo Mask's model was Kaitou Kid and was glad about it (From the "Aoyama Gosho 30th Anniversary Book").
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Interviewer: So that’s what you’re into lately, then… Thank you very much!<br>Aoyama: Yes, yes (laughs)
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Q: "I wanted to ask about Conan's first spin-off, "Culprit Hanazawa-san"..."<br>A: "At first, the person in charge showed me the name and asked me "this is the name, will it be OK?". So I replied "Oh, sure. Perfectly OK.". Thought it was fun. I had a meal with Kanba-sensei after that. I told him "feel free to do anything you want to do". Kanba-sensei's hometown is Shimane Prefecture, which is next to Tottori so he's also close to my hometown.<br>The persons who appear are suspicious, Ran-chan's hairstyle, and her horn popping from the middle are fun. I thought it was good to give off a "imposter" feeling. It's pretty good, and fun."
  
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Q: "What about your health, and when will [the manga] resume?"<br>A: "Thank you for your concern, I feel very good. I get a feeling of "get to work already!". I think there'll be good news soon enough.<br>I want to write a long story about Detective Chiba and Naeko-chan as well after the manga resumes. With the feeling of "Bayside Shakedown", I'd say. Please look forward to it."
  
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Q: "Please give us a message for Conan fans as conclusion of the interview."<br>A: "Both those who know Amuro and those who don't know him... Those who don't know him, they'll know what kind of man he is, and those who know him will get to know him a bit deeper. So please go see the movie.<br>Also, Amuro will be appearing a lot in the manga in the future. Since he was told to "Investigate about Kudo Shinichi", it's inevitable for him to get involved. Look forward to it, too!"
  
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Sign: "Detective Conan Cinema Magazine 2018. Aoyama Gosho."
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===Shinichi and Ran Secret Archives VA interviews===
 
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'''Date:''' January 16, 2018
 
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'''Source:''' https://www.facebook.com/DCTheRedThread/photos/1722146851170594/ <br>
 
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'''Translated by:''' Jiamin<br>
 
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'''Info credits by:''' 游离之光
 
  
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Bottomost right note: "Sensei drew Conan & Amuro for the magazine. He quickly makes a sketch with pencils, and adds a magic pen without any hesitation. It'd seem he's drawing a lot of cuts of Amuro often.
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YZ = Yamazaki (Ran)<br>
 
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YG: Compared to coming as Kid, when I come as Shinichi, YZ-San is much nicer/gentle to me<br>
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YZ: Although YG-San is present, knowing him is here as Kid, I’ll be thinking “ちぇ—つ” (Not exactly sure what the expression is in English, but it’s like a scornful sound”
 
  
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YZ: Conan-Kun is cuter than childhood Shinichi <br>
 
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TY: That’s because he’s “pretending to be cute”, that’s the difference between him and childhood Shinichi, one is a fake child the other is a real child.
 
  
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YG: It’s been a long time since I had a normal conversation with Ran, I’m really happy!<br>
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YZ: So that’s what it was like when Shinichi was still around. I also liked that whenever Shinichi shows up, the love comedy will always cover a bigger part.<br>
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TY: It told us what Shinichi went through after he turned to Conan and the time period before he ran back home. It’s like filling in blanks rather than retelling stories. <br>
 
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YZ: I’m surprised that they did the Karate tournament, they even gave me a real-life tournament as a reference before I record. Ran is becoming some sort of “superwoman” in the recent movies, so it’s nice to show that she can feel pain and be frustrated. <br>
 
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YG: Shinichi fell for Ran when they’re in preschool... that’s so early!<br>
 
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TY: Maybe he started thinking Ran was cute when she was crying<br>
 
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YZ: Even though she said she started to have feelings for Shinichi after the NY case, but he’s still more of a childhood friend before he disappeared. She didn’t realize how much she loved him until he’s not around.<br>
 
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TY: The pain of being apart.<br>
 
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YG: I’ve always look forward to a childhood romance, I knew a couple who were my classmates in grade school, i thought it was amazing when they got married.<br>
 
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TY: I would be OK with it if it can last forever. In ep 472, Kudo Shinichi’s childhood adventure, there’s a part where Shinichi wanted to be address in last name..<br>
 
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YZ: I think he’s embarrassed that he was the only to be called in first name in grade school.<br>
 
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TY: Yes, i was thinking when I saw that part, “This child’s puberty kicked in early” I had similar experience in middle school, when you get teased like that by others, the relationship can be easily ruined. It’s nice that they patched things up soon quickly!<br>
 
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YG: And they’ve remained close ever since, so exclusive to each other.<br>
 
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YZ: But Shinichi gets cocky when receiving fan letters<br>
 
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TY: it’s just for the attention, he felt like he’s being acknowledged, but never consider them romantically <br>
 
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YG: It’s just fan letters<br>
 
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YZ: Ran will also go panic about some illusion, like Shinichi living with a young widow...(laugh)<br>
 
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YG: Watching too much soap operas? (Laugh)<br>
 
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TY: Ran was picked up a lot by guys. Maybe the guys in school are too afraid to because of Shinichi, but she’s definitely popular! And sometimes when Shinichi gets mad and jealous about “why is she so friendly with them”, he’s anger usually goes away if he sees her attitude towards that person, like Araide-sensei and Eisuke-kun.<br>
 
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YZ: Eisuke-Kun doesn’t feel like a love interest, he’s like a little brother!<br>
 
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YG: We recorded CM for the field trip arc!<br>
 
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YZ: Yes, a couple of lines, it’s amazing that we reached file 1000<br>
 
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Originary from Kanazawa Prefecture. His representatives works are "Mobile Suit Gundam" as Amuro Ray, "Star of the Giants" as Hoshi Hyuuma, "Saint Seiya" as Pegasus Seiya, "Dragon Ball" as Yamcha, "Sailor Moon" as Tuxedo Mask amongst others.  
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Q: "Will Amuro Tooru, in the 22nd movie "Zero the Enforcer" become a main character?"<br>A: "No way. It's 2 years after "The Darkest Nightmare" so I think it's too early to say that he's become a main character (laughs). Personally, I was very glad and surprised, I have both of those feelings.<br>I didn't know anything about the contents, and at first it was that trailer with the countdown included in "The Crimson Love Letter" so I thought it'd be a movie with hard content."
  
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Q: "What's your impression ever since you read the script?"<br>A: "It was a bit different from what I'd imagined. Amuro does his job as PSB officer to face organized terrorism against Japan and heads straight forward. And then Conan-kun would get involved. That's how I thought it'd be like.<br>But as I did the trailers and the teasers, that was before I got the script so I eventually began to understand the contents. I firstly though "Huh? He's going to be enemies with Conan?". Despite that in the main story we finally got to know he was an ally of Conan, so I thought that them being enemies now would draw Conan fans away... I felt a bit of danger, actually (laughs).<br>But I did think that that wouldn't be the end of things, and there women who feel attracted to bad guys so maybe it would be good for them to be enemies when seen from that perspective. <br>There are people who like Bourbon, so I expected that the charm of a cool Furuya Rei would further increase in this movie as well. I didn't think that it'd show details about the state of things within the police, though.
  
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Q: "What points do you have to respectively act his 3 faces of Amuro Tooru, Furuya Rei and Bourbon?"<br>A: "In the case of Amuro Tooru, working at the Poirot part-time, I take into account the image that he behaves like a kind guy and is an attractive young man. Conan knows his identity, but when there are other Detective Boys present, he acts as if he was but a strong and young detective. That's how I voice him like. I use a bit of a higher tone of voice, with a soft feeling.<br>In the case of Furuya Rei, he's a worker and a pro so I voice him in a sharp and edgy manner. To give out a dark feeling I make a lower tone of voice. There also times in which he gives out orders to Kazami, so there are parts in which he turns stricter. I add changes in scenes like those.<br>Speaking of voice tones, I use the lowest one when I voice him as Bourbon. Vermouth and he have a grip of each others' weaknesses so it's a bit special yet when he talks to Gin or similar scenes I use a very low tone.<br>Also, when it comes to Akai Shuichi, he's got a feud with him involving what happened with Scotch so he clearly hates him. His emotions get the best of him. When he faced Akai, he behaves like a kid. So when Akai is around he unusually brings out his emotions in a straightforward way. <br>When reading the movie's script, when he moves around as Furuya Rei, and when he talks to Conan...  I thought that it would be better to use Amuro's voice for those scenes. When I had to act scenes as Furuya Rei, I wrote the "Kou" kanji from "kouan (Public Safety)" on my copy of the script and when it was Amuro Tooru I wrote "an". So they overlapped with "kouan" and was hard to understand even for me, so I wrote the katakana "A". I distributed them in the script as much as I could.
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A: "Hmmm... He has 3 faces so I guess he's 3 times more handsome than normal people (laughs).
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His 3 faces are the first of his charms. So even though I'm acting a single character, I can experience being 3 persons at the same time and acting 3 persons. That's a charm yet it has difficult parts to it so I feel like it's worth doing it.<br>It was fun voicing the 3 of them but I really like Furuya Rei. He feels like a hero of justice. Apart from action, he's also good with his driving technique. He often has cool lines to him, and like in this occasion, I was able to voice him a lot in the movie, since he doesn't appear that often. So I'm very glad at it."
  
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Q:"Can you tell us anything that happened during the dubbing?"<br>A:"Takayama Minami-san (Conan) and Yamakazi Wakana-san (Ran) encouraged me a lot and were glad at Amuro's popularity, and Yamazaki-san said, about the movie, that "Amuro-san, you're sure to get a lot of new fans!".Minami-san did ask "This is about that person and that other person?", when checking uncertain lines and scenes...<br>In the interactions with Conan during the climax has a lot of action so ad-libbing becomes needed and it's hard to coordinate them but when we did the first test we matched things perfectly despite no previous meeting to coordinate things. Our sensibility as voice actors is similar, I guess. Weren't that the case, we wouldn't have been able to synchro the timing so perfectly. I was really surprised.<br>The climax scenes lines were also good, and so the Suzuki Sonoko VA Matsui Naoko-san was very happy at it, and said "Your pierced through my heart!" (laughs)"<br>I was a bit unsure how to voice Amuro's lines on the movie's climax, and unexpectedly enough, during the tests, I made a strong tone of voice that wasn't what I had on mind, and Naoko-san was very glad so I told my "Oh yeah, this is it" to convince myself it was good enough. I had the feeling to act along with Minami-san and that's the voice that came out during the dubbing.
  
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Q: "You've had a long career. Yet how do you feel about acting a popular character like Amuro Tooru?"<br>A: "I'm really happy at it. I've been a VA for over 50 years, but, for me, it's the first time that a lot of fans had gotten crazy about a character I voiced, crazy over Amuro Tooru. <br>Amuro Ray also has popularity, yeah, but he couldn't beat Char to it (laughs). I often voice the main protagonists of series and so the rival character often gets the attention drawn to him. Nowadays you can see the encouragement through SNS, I like how a lot of followers appear in Twitter, and I'm very surprised at his popularity.<br>Between the Amuro fans, there are some who bought a real white FX-7 (see Note 1). He also makes incredible driving in this film, but whenever the co-stars crash they get severely told "you're wasting the tax money!" (laughs).
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Q: "Amuro Tooru appeared on Volume 75 of the manga, he appears in the latter half of the story, but were you surprised by the naming at the time of this debut?"<br>A: "We were fans of "Detective Conan" to begin with. My daughter, especially. We often went to the theater to see the movie together.<br>I knew that Ikeda Shuichi-san voiced Akai Shuichi, so I did feel that "the author, Aoyama-sensei, really likes Gundam". I secretly hoped that "maybe one day I'll be offered a role". And when "it finally came" I was "Huh? Amuro Tooru?" when I heard his name. "There's barely any difference (with my name)!".<br>And later, when his real name of Furuya Rei was revealed, I went "Hey, sensei. Didn't you overdo it!?". I did really comment upon those. Around that time I also got a chance to have a lunch with Aoyama-sensei so we brought colored papers and we got each other's signatures, but then... "No, there's a proper meaning to the "Rei" in his name"... That it mean the "Zero" division in the Public Safety Police and things neatly linked together.<br>But he really loved "Mobile Suit Gundam", and seeing how he uses our names as VAs in his work, I feel very thankful to him. I feel very glad, he even added the car plate... (Note 2)
  
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Q: "Last question. What are the highlights of "Zero The Enforcer"?"<br>A: "In this movie, there's the "way adult men do things" plus "charm" as the themes I acted upon. There are several scenes that make you feel that, so I hope that you will savor them.<br>Anyway, there's "Numbers very dear to me which I must protect even if I bet my life on it" (laughs) so I hope you go to see it several times, and that you fully experience the charm of Amuro Tooru. There's also the lines in the car that Sonoko-san accmails as well and which I want you to focus on. Counting on you guys."
  
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A "cell-lawyer" is a lawyer that doesn't belong to a lawyer agency and take jobs over their cellphones, they're freelance lawyers. She's been in charge of many Public Safety cases in the past but cases with prosecution indictment only have a 0.1% chances of being won so she's lost in all the trials she's been at. She requests to defend Kogoro.
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Caption of pic: "Great driving by Furuya (Rei) that Furuya (Tooru) - san likes. In the "Darkest Nightmare" the car drifts in the beginning by Amuro (Furuya), Akai and Curacao are reality!"
  
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Note 1: "A Matsuda RX-7 which isn't produced anymore at the present. The serial number of the Gundam, RX-78, comes from here."
  
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'''Fumikazu Haba''' -> Former Law Student<br>
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'''Takayama Minami Interview'''<br>
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Edogawa Conan VA
  
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Originary from Tokyo Metropolitan Area. Her representative works are "Kiki's Delivery Service" as Kiki / Ursula, "Rantaro" as Inadera Rantarou, "YAIBA" as Kurogane Yaiba, "Ranma 1/2" as Tendo Nabiki, "Moomin" as Moomintroll amongst others.
  
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Q: "What's your first impression of the 22nd Detective Conan Movie, "Zero The Enforcer"?"<br>A: "Good point. When I firstly read the script, I did think "Ah, maybe this story is a bit too complicated". If you see a lot of police dramas like I do, I think one would understand the existence and roles of the "Public Safety Police" and "Prosecution" but for those who don't see them and for children, I was like "would they understand it?". That was my first impression. <br>But by when we finished the dubbing, the impression changed a bit. If you properly listen to what the characters say during the story, I think you'll be able to understand it."
  
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Q:"The movie's plot revolves around "Amuro is an enemy?". What did you think about Amuro Tooru or Furuya Rei? What are you impressions of Kazami Yuuya and Kuroda Hyoue?"<br>A: "I did think that I wanted to prove that Amuro-san "isn't the enemy". Kazami-san appeared 2 movies ago, in "The Darkest Nightmare" but in this movie you get to know his relationship in the PSB with Furuya-san. He'll also appeared in the TV series in the future as well, I think.<br>Superintendent Kuroda makes his movie debut in this movie. Whenever he appears in the TV series he's totally suspicious (laughs). He's as suspicious as always, but for some reason he doesn't feel dangerous. He probably is (exposes her deduction) ...or so i think. What I told you is still secret, though (laughs)."
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Q: "How about the dubbing work?"<br>A: "It went very smoothly, and we finished it on that day. We almost took until past the peak (12:00 AM) but human drama was the axis so we focused on each one's lines and the tempo was good."
  
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Q: "How about your work together with Furuya Tooru-san?"<br>A: "We didn't do much consulting about how we would perform the dubbing so but there was a point that Furuy-san asked "it's **, right?". "Yes, I think this is **.", "Thought so!".  That was the confirmation we took with each other. We also check with each other the points that picked us in our lines.<br>Truth is, when I made my debut, since I was playing a boy, I used Furuya-san's acting as a boy as reference.  Of course, I can't act like he did but I did wonder what a "boy" is like? So I tried to get the gist from his voice acting. So, secretly, inside of my heart, I thought of him as my "teacher" (laughs). In the dubbing, I am always allowed to practice with my "teacher".  He's a big senior with whom I can work very well so it was very fun.
  
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Q: "What's your impression of the new Director, Director Tachikawa?"<br>A: "We got friendly very soon and I called him "Tacchi" (laughs). After the dubbing, I asked him "What's the genre you're apt at?". And he replied "I am apt at action, but... I guess human drama is it.". That's shown in this movie, indeed! He's a young director, but he gouges out the deep parts of humans.<br>Since it involves deductions, I think that human dramas are very important. The deduction of the culprit, the actions of the cornered party, must be things that "humans do" or the whole thing will fail.<br>The way the action scenes are scattered is good, but, if you don't properly depict "the human part", the story feels dull... There's been a lot of similar human drama in Conan movies insofar but this time around it felt "really hot".  I think this is the director's tastes.<br>I act on it, so you feel that it's a character with "body heat, and feels related to", that's a must have creed. You can hear the heart's sound, they breathe, they're not limited to the 2-d of the screen or the scene, it feels "alive", that's how I like to voice characters. So I like hot dramas like this one."
  
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Q: "The identity of "That Person" has been made public in the manga already, yet...?"<br>A: "True. Truth is, during the recording of "The Darkest Nightmare", we casting (about 20 of us, was it?) tried to predict "Who's That Person?". When looking at the answer sheet I'd kept sealed since then, it had an accuracy rate of 25%! It'd seem I checked a lot of things during breaks (laughs).<br>I also showed it to Aoyama-sensei, who'd come to see the dubbing. His reply was "What, they all know who it is!" (laughs).  By the way, my answer was wrong.<br>Sensei had let out hints before, and Karasuma Renya's name had considerably popped up but I ended up reading too much into the thing and wrote someone else as my reply to the question."
  
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Q: "Last question: what are the movie's highlights?"<br>A: "In this 22nd movie, prosecution, police, and PSP... It's a story in which a lot of words you don't normally hear pop up.<br>Also, in the interactions between characters, there are some crucial points as well so pay close attention and enjoy it until the very end without taking your eyes off the screen. It's a very, very exciting human drama.<br>One last thing to finish, "Amuro-san is someone incredible."."
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Profile:<br>Mangaka / Author of "Detective Conan"
 
  
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Originary from Tottori Prefecture. Mangaka debut in 1986. "YAIBA" and "Detective Conan" prized with Shogakukan Manga Award. Also serializing the "Magic Kaito" series.<br>In 2017, the total publication amount of "Detective Conan" overcame 200 million units.
 
  
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Q: "How did you decide that Amuro Tooru would be the main character in "Zero the Enforcer", this year's installment?"<br>A: "It all started from a suggestion by Sakurai-san, the scriptwriter, it wasn't my idea.<br>He said he wanted to do a tale about cyber-terrorism and he asked me "if it's cyber-terrorism, then the PSB will get involved, can I make Amuro appear?". It'd only been 1 film since "The Darkest Nightmare" so I did think it was a bit too early to do so but I also though that it would work. Amuro-kun's popular, after all (laughs)."
 
  
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'''Director Tachikawa'''<br>
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Born in 1981. He revealed the "Death Billiards" which was his original idea, script and direction at the "Anime Mirai" of the Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2013. It was made into an anime named "Death Parade". He also directed "Mob Psycho 100".
  
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Q: "In which parts were you involved?"<br>A: "In the story and a bit of storyboard fixes. I also helped a bit with the keyframes. The first version of the story it was very hard and led to heavy happenings. It turned into a "Amuro's become evil?" feeling, so we made it a bit softer. The first heavy story was interesting, too. Had a hard mystery feeling to it.  The culprit got caught but "the truth darkness hasn't been dispelled" feeling. But I thought that wasn't something we should in Conan.<br>So we made some things a bit light-hearted. Also, until we settled on using cyber-terrorism as theme we also though of tricks involving food poisoning but they were discarded very early. We felt that the motive was too small (laughs)<br>I also voiced my opinion on the climax and other scenes and had them add scenes I wanted to see. Also, the scene between Amuro and Kuroda, for example, has elements from the anime so I look forward to how it ends up looking."
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Q:"How were you appointed to direct this movie?"<br>A:"In a raising program from the Agency for Cultural Affairs aimed at young animators I directed a serious film named "Death Billiards" and the judge in charge at the time was the "Detective Conan" Producer, Suwa (Michihiko) - san. He bought a lot of the stuff I made. And he asked me to "Direct the 22nd Movie". "
  
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Q: "What were your demands to the new director, Director Tachikawa?"<br>A: "We were very detailed when we met to talk about the action scenes planning, but we didn't go so over the details when we were in the storyboard stage. There wasn't much storyboard fixing this time around. But sometimes I sent him a photo over LINE telling him "we should fix this one".
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Q: "What's your impression of "Detective Conan"?"<br>A: "I first came into contact with Conan around Elementary... Or High... Or Middle. I loved to read it as a normal reader but there was 1 time I stopped reading. I came into contact with it again once I became a producer. When I got told to be the director of this movie, I re-read again from the part I'd seen years before."
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Q: "What are the parts you put most detail or attention to as the movie's director?"<br>A: "To not to omit any of the good points that Conan had had insofar. The relations between characters are very interesting. So I took especially care and detail in character depiction. And this movie was more suspense-touch than the usual. The PSB is a main actor and the feeling's more serious. It's made so that if people who like mystery dramas see it then I think they will enjoy it."
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Q: "What kind of conversation you had with Furuya Tooru-san, Amuro Tooru's VA?"<br>A: "We didn't talk about the movie but I did have a meal with him in the past. Said his daughter is a great fan of Kaitou Kid. Also he did play the role of Tuxedo Mask (Sailor Moon), didn't he? I guess that he probably thinks that I used his character as model to draw Kaitou Kid. But it's actually the inverse, Kaitou Kid came before Tuxedo Mask. "Magic Kaito" is a old, Showa Period manga.<br>(See Note 1) When I told him that he was disappointed, I guess that he wanted to brag to his daughter "I'm the the model for Kaitou Kid", no? (laughs). Well, it's but my speculation so... I apologize if I'm mistaken (laughs)<br>I also told him that Amuro Tooru's true name is Furuya Rei and he replied "Sensei! That's overdoing it!" to which I replied "No, see, the "Rei" is actually "Zero" due to some reasons" and he was like "Huh!?"."
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Q:"What's your favorite character?"<br>A: "Haibara Ai, Professor Agasa, Mouri Kogoro, Hattori Heiji and Detective Takagi... I'd say. To avoid coming off as faulty, I also like Conan as well. But I rather like the famed side-characters who support the work. As well as the actual actors. So my preferences aim over there."
  
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Q: "I want to ask about Kazami Yuuya, who's also appeared in the manga.<br>A: "He's very popular. There were a lot of fan letters after "The Darkest Nightmare" asking me to "Please make Kazami appear!" so I went like "fine, fine". "Let's make him show up!". Wondering if that would do (laughs)<br>I think that the anime staff decided on his name. He's a subordinate of Amuro so he was Camille. At first he had a long and crumpled hair but I didn't understand what they meant by Camille, so they said "he doesn't look like PSB", and that someone with a bad nature was better. And so his design was remade and ended up like that. I don't watch "Z Gundam" too often. The first [season] of Gundam is the best, in my opinion. Hence why I didn't make the connection. I'm really sorry (laughs)."
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Q: "What's your vision of Amuro Tooru as as director?"<br>A: "I thought that fans would like his mysterious parts so we paid a lot of attention when depicting those. But I also wanted to show Amuro's house as well. I like those parts that reveal one's true nature. I think that it shouldn't be done, but, I also wanted to do a scene of him bathing in the bath."
  
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Q: "I want to ask about Kazami's and Amuro's roles"<br>A: "To make it clear that Amuro's the great one, Amuro is on the elite section of the NPA, and Kazami belongs to the Police HQ's PSB which is a lower rank. I think Sakurai-san was the one who suggested for Kazami to be older than Amuro.<br>As for Amuro's career, he was in the same class as Matsuda and Date. Scotch also was in the same class. They all died but they were cool types.<br>And Scotch was Amuro's childhood friend. Because, you see, he called him "Zero". And that was nickname of Amuro when he was a kid. I'll have to draw that, indeed."<br>Note 1: "The author of "Sailor Moon" , Takeuchi Naoko-sensei, was told that Tuxedo Mask's model was Kaitou Kid and was glad about it (From the "Aoyama Gosho 30th Anniversary Book").
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Q:"What's your favorite film?"<br>A: "The first films remain in my memory... "The Time-bombed Skyscraper", "Countdown to Heaven", "The Phantom of Baker Street". I was by Producer Ishiyama (Keichi) -san that "it really looks like the balance in Director Kodama Kenji's (see note 1) works". I didn't have it on mind, truth to be told, but I do like the initial Conan so that's why it ended up like that, or so I think.
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Q: "Last question. What are the highlights of the movie?"<br>A: "This movie mainly focuses on Amuro Tooru so there's a lot of cool scenes. Also, his gestures of combing up his hair or after he gets hurt... There's a lot of scenes showing aspects of him one normally doesn't see. So I hope you have a good look at the film while enjoying those day-to-day scenes."
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Q: "I wanted to ask about Conan's first spin-off, "Culprit Hanazawa-san"..."<br>A: "At first, the person in charge showed me the name and asked me "this is the name, will it be OK?". So I replied "Oh, sure. Perfectly OK.". Thought it was fun. I had a meal with Kanba-sensei after that. I told him "feel free to do anything you want to do". Kanba-sensei's hometown is Shimane Prefecture, which is next to Tottori so he's also close to my hometown.<br>The persons who appear are suspicious, Ran-chan's hairstyle, and her horn popping from the middle are fun. I thought it was good to give off a "imposter" feeling. It's pretty good, and fun."
 
  
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Q: "What about your health, and when will [the manga] resume?"<br>A: "Thank you for your concern, I feel very good. I get a feeling of "get to work already!". I think there'll be good news soon enough.<br>I want to write a long story about Detective Chiba and Naeko-chan as well after the manga resumes. With the feeling of "Bayside Shakedown", I'd say. Please look forward to it."
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Q: "Please give us a message for Conan fans as conclusion of the interview."<br>A: "Both those who know Amuro and those who don't know him... Those who don't know him, they'll know what kind of man he is, and those who know him will get to know him a bit deeper. So please go see the movie.<br>Also, Amuro will be appearing a lot in the manga in the future. Since he was told to "Investigate about Kudo Shinichi", it's inevitable for him to get involved. Look forward to it, too!"
 
  
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Born in 1970. Scriptwriter. He also was a movie producer at Toho. While he was in office, he received the 1st Yomiuri TV Scenario Great Award. He then became a freelancer scriptwriter. His representative works are the "Aibou (Pal)" TV series and the "Forensic Researcher Woman" TV series.
  
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Bottomost right note: "Sensei drew Conan & Amuro for the magazine. He quickly makes a sketch with pencils, and adds a magic pen without any hesitation. It'd seem he's drawing a lot of cuts of Amuro often.  
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Q:"This is the 4th movie the script of which you write up after the 17th movie "Private Eye in the Distant Seas", the 19th movie "Sunflowers of Inferno" and the 20th movie, "The Darkest Nightmare". How did you begin to get involved with Conan and how did you receive the offer for this project?"<br>A: "At the time of "Private Eye in the Distant Seas", I think it was Producer Suwa (Michihiko) -san who contacted me, and I accepted the offer. It was an anime, so I thought of writing a story that couldn't be done in a normal film. After "The Darkest Nightmare", I was asked "When can you make a new script?" and I replied "I'm free in 1 year's time", that was how the offer came.
  
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Q: "What are the requests from Aoyama-sensei?"<br>A: "There weren't many. But regarding Amuro's view of love I was told to "please add this line". As well as "Add this scene with Azusa" or "Add this at the end". Not more than that. Most of it I wrote it up myself but I directly asked him if there were parts I didn't understand. How Amuro would interact with Conan, for example. I hadn't gotten a grasp of it yet...
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Q: "And what were the requests from Director Tachikawa?"<br>A: "It was a harder story at the beginning but he changed it from a hard story to a softer Conan episode. It was a bit more severe and nerve-wrecking world. But that wasn't the first Conan story that the director wanted to do. There were several conflicts with that."
  
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Q: "What are Amuro's charms, in your opinion?"<br>A: "He has a wide mental capacity. If it's not someone with a lot of room in their heart then it's hard to live in 3 different world-views. You'll get crushed. Even as Furuya, even as Amuro and even as Bourbon, I think that his base is always the same. His feeling of justice as well, he just changes his form of expressing things. I guess that both shooting a gun and brewing coffee stem from the same feeling of justice.
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Also, I personally like Furuya a lot, and being chose to, as a charge commander, write a story about Furuya and the PSB which hasn't appeared in the manga often was very exciting. I think it derives from him, even as Amuro, even as Bourbon and eaven as Furuya."
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Amuro Tooru / Rei Furuya VA
 
  
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Originary from Kanazawa Prefecture. His representatives works are "Mobile Suit Gundam" as Amuro Ray, "Star of the Giants" as Hoshi Hyuuma, "Saint Seiya" as Pegasus Seiya, "Dragon Ball" as Yamcha, "Sailor Moon" as Tuxedo Mask amongst others.  
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Q: "Last question. What are the highlights of the movie?"<br>A:"At first you see through the viewpoint of Conan, the main protagonist, and then you see through Furuya's PoV, and if you see it from a 3rd PoV that'd be the culprit's... And they all look like different stories. And, also, there might be a 4th PoV...
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Q: "Will Amuro Tooru, in the 22nd movie "Zero the Enforcer" become a main character?"<br>A: "No way. It's 2 years after "The Darkest Nightmare" so I think it's too early to say that he's become a main character (laughs). Personally, I was very glad and surprised, I have both of those feelings.<br>I didn't know anything about the contents, and at first it was that trailer with the countdown included in "The Crimson Love Letter" so I thought it'd be a movie with hard content."
 
  
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Q: "What's your impression ever since you read the script?"<br>A: "It was a bit different from what I'd imagined. Amuro does his job as PSB officer to face organized terrorism against Japan and heads straight forward. And then Conan-kun would get involved. That's how I thought it'd be like.<br>But as I did the trailers and the teasers, that was before I got the script so I eventually began to understand the contents. I firstly though "Huh? He's going to be enemies with Conan?". Despite that in the main story we finally got to know he was an ally of Conan, so I thought that them being enemies now would draw Conan fans away... I felt a bit of danger, actually (laughs).<br>But I did think that that wouldn't be the end of things, and there women who feel attracted to bad guys so maybe it would be good for them to be enemies when seen from that perspective. <br>There are people who like Bourbon, so I expected that the charm of a cool Furuya Rei would further increase in this movie as well. I didn't think that it'd show details about the state of things within the police, though.
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Q: "What points do you have to respectively act his 3 faces of Amuro Tooru, Furuya Rei and Bourbon?"<br>A: "In the case of Amuro Tooru, working at the Poirot part-time, I take into account the image that he behaves like a kind guy and is an attractive young man. Conan knows his identity, but when there are other Detective Boys present, he acts as if he was but a strong and young detective. That's how I voice him like. I use a bit of a higher tone of voice, with a soft feeling.<br>In the case of Furuya Rei, he's a worker and a pro so I voice him in a sharp and edgy manner. To give out a dark feeling I make a lower tone of voice. There also times in which he gives out orders to Kazami, so there are parts in which he turns stricter. I add changes in scenes like those.<br>Speaking of voice tones, I use the lowest one when I voice him as Bourbon. Vermouth and he have a grip of each others' weaknesses so it's a bit special yet when he talks to Gin or similar scenes I use a very low tone.<br>Also, when it comes to Akai Shuichi, he's got a feud with him involving what happened with Scotch so he clearly hates him. His emotions get the best of him. When he faced Akai, he behaves like a kid. So when Akai is around he unusually brings out his emotions in a straightforward way. <br>When reading the movie's script, when he moves around as Furuya Rei, and when he talks to Conan...  I thought that it would be better to use Amuro's voice for those scenes. When I had to act scenes as Furuya Rei, I wrote the "Kou" kanji from "kouan (Public Safety)" on my copy of the script and when it was Amuro Tooru I wrote "an". So they overlapped with "kouan" and was hard to understand even for me, so I wrote the katakana "A". I distributed them in the script as much as I could.
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===Interview on News Zero===
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'''Date:''' April 11, 2018<br>
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'''Source:''' https://www.facebook.com/DCTheRedThread/videos/1813261475392464/?v=1813261475392464 <br>
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Q: "What's the charm of Amuro Tooru, in your opinion?"
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===Takarakuzu College Interview===
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'''Date:''' April 15, 2018<br>
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'''Held at:''' Takarakuza College
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'''Source:''' https://forums.dctp.ws/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13477&sid=616cd36dc775283463d2b3ae591ca2a2<br>
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Q1) "Why did you change the manga style to the current one, compared to how it was on the beginnings?"<br>A1) "I wasn't conscious of that (laughs) I drew things like that!?"
  
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Q2) "What about Ran-chan's head?"<br>A2) "Everyone points that out to me (laughs). It happened to turn into that (laughs). I wanted a symbol-like thing, to be able to tell who it was from the silhouette. Like how I thought that my dad was wearing a hat the whole time (laughs)"
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A: "Hmmm... He has 3 faces so I guess he's 3 times more handsome than normal people (laughs).
 
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His 3 faces are the first of his charms. So even though I'm acting a single character, I can experience being 3 persons at the same time and acting 3 persons. That's a charm yet it has difficult parts to it so I feel like it's worth doing it.<br>It was fun voicing the 3 of them but I really like Furuya Rei. He feels like a hero of justice. Apart from action, he's also good with his driving technique. He often has cool lines to him, and like in this occasion, I was able to voice him a lot in the movie, since he doesn't appear that often. So I'm very glad at it."
 
  
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Q:"Can you tell us anything that happened during the dubbing?"<br>A:"Takayama Minami-san (Conan) and Yamakazi Wakana-san (Ran) encouraged me a lot and were glad at Amuro's popularity, and Yamazaki-san said, about the movie, that "Amuro-san, you're sure to get a lot of new fans!".Minami-san did ask "This is about that person and that other person?", when checking uncertain lines and scenes...<br>In the interactions with Conan during the climax has a lot of action so ad-libbing becomes needed and it's hard to coordinate them but when we did the first test we matched things perfectly despite no previous meeting to coordinate things. Our sensibility as voice actors is similar, I guess. Weren't that the case, we wouldn't have been able to synchro the timing so perfectly. I was really surprised.<br>The climax scenes lines were also good, and so the Suzuki Sonoko VA Matsui Naoko-san was very happy at it, and said "Your pierced through my heart!" (laughs)"<br>I was a bit unsure how to voice Amuro's lines on the movie's climax, and unexpectedly enough, during the tests, I made a strong tone of voice that wasn't what I had on mind, and Naoko-san was very glad so I told my "Oh yeah, this is it" to convince myself it was good enough. I had the feeling to act along with Minami-san and that's the voice that came out during the dubbing.
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Q3) "Shinichi and Ran have begun to date, but will there be a boyfriend-girlfriend-like interaction in the future?"<br>A3) "There'll be (laughs) Maybe they'll become a couple by next year's movie? Oh? (laughs)"
  
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Q: "You've had a long career. Yet how do you feel about acting a popular character like Amuro Tooru?"<br>A: "I'm really happy at it. I've been a VA for over 50 years, but, for me, it's the first time that a lot of fans had gotten crazy about a character I voiced, crazy over Amuro Tooru. <br>Amuro Ray also has popularity, yeah, but he couldn't beat Char to it (laughs). I often voice the main protagonists of series and so the rival character often gets the attention drawn to him. Nowadays you can see the encouragement through SNS, I like how a lot of followers appear in Twitter, and I'm very surprised at his popularity.<br>Between the Amuro fans, there are some who bought a real white FX-7 (see Note 1). He also makes incredible driving in this film, but whenever the co-stars crash they get severely told "you're wasting the tax money!" (laughs).
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Q4) "How's the chronology between the movies and the manga organized like? Is the "Crimson School Trip" after "The Crimson Love Letter"?"<br>A4) "I was troubled by that, actually. I did consult with the editor if I should depict it as Momiji firstly meeting Sonoko... Well, it came out well enough, no? (laughs) I don't think much about the chronology with the movies"
  
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Q: "Amuro Tooru appeared on Volume 75 of the manga, he appears in the latter half of the story, but were you surprised by the naming at the time of this debut?"<br>A: "We were fans of "Detective Conan" to begin with. My daughter, especially. We often went to the theater to see the movie together.<br>I knew that Ikeda Shuichi-san voiced Akai Shuichi, so I did feel that "the author, Aoyama-sensei, really likes Gundam". I secretly hoped that "maybe one day I'll be offered a role". And when "it finally came" I was "Huh? Amuro Tooru?" when I heard his name. "There's barely any difference (with my name)!".<br>And later, when his real name of Furuya Rei was revealed, I went "Hey, sensei. Didn't you overdo it!?". I did really comment upon those. Around that time I also got a chance to have a lunch with Aoyama-sensei so we brought colored papers and we got each other's signatures, but then... "No, there's a proper meaning to the "Rei" in his name"... That it mean the "Zero" division in the Public Safety Police and things neatly linked together.<br>But he really loved "Mobile Suit Gundam", and seeing how he uses our names as VAs in his work, I feel very thankful to him. I feel very glad, he even added the car plate... (Note 2)
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Q5) "What's the tone of coloring you use for Amuro-san's and Heiji's skin color?"<br>A5) "The same! Number 51! (laughs) Everyone else uses Number 61, but I use Number 51 because it has a bigger grain! It doesn't get crushed, hence why Number 51 is the best!"
  
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Q: "Last question. What are the highlights of "Zero The Enforcer"?"<br>A: "In this movie, there's the "way adult men do things" plus "charm" as the themes I acted upon. There are several scenes that make you feel that, so I hope that you will savor them.<br>Anyway, there's "Numbers very dear to me which I must protect even if I bet my life on it" (laughs) so I hope you go to see it several times, and that you fully experience the charm of Amuro Tooru. There's also the lines in the car that Sonoko-san accmails as well and which I want you to focus on. Counting on you guys."
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Q6) "Shinichi said he wanted to become the Heisei (Note 1) Sherlock Holmes, but will Conan end during the Heisei Period?"<br>A6) "No, if the period name changes then I'll nonchalantly change it to the new period's Holmes (laughs) I should also nonchalantly insert a line about that (laughs)"<br>Note 1: Heisei - Period from 1989 to the present, indicating rule of current Emperor, Akihito
  
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Caption of pic: "Great driving by Furuya (Rei) that Furuya (Tooru) - san likes. In the "Darkest Nightmare" the car drifts in the beginning by Amuro (Furuya), Akai and Curacao are reality!"
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Q7) "Did you intend to make Amuro Tooru appear when you made Akai Shuuichi debut?"<br>A7) "Well, I did have the idea in a corner of my head! I did think of making a rival character or worthy opponent! I actually thought of naming him "Shiroi" (laughs). But I thought it might be a bit odd so I went for Amuro (laughs)"
  
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Note 1: "A Matsuda RX-7 which isn't produced anymore at the present. The serial number of the Gundam, RX-78, comes from here."
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Q8) "Amuro-san asked Azusa-san about her plans for [[Christmas]] before the break, though?"<br>A8) "Amuro was saying "Not really", Azusa might've said (laughs) then you could switch work shifts with me? (laughs)"
  
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Q9) There was a scene featuring them in "Zero the Enforcer," though?"<br>A9) I did draw that scene!
  
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Q10) "A normal Conan cases is 3 chapters, but do you decide the length beforehand?"<br>A10) "I always have the rough idea that a case will be 3 chapters long. But long cases like the "Crimson School Trip" are 5-6 chapters long... At times like that I go... "Well, this'll be a serial murder, then!" (laughs)
  
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'''Takayama Minami Interview'''<br>
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Q11) "Why is Amuro-san so popular?"<br>A11) "Well... I dunno (laughs). Why, I wonder (laughs). Maybe the fact that he can't beat Akai makes him popular (laughs) That might be it (laughs)."
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Originary from Tokyo Metropolitan Area. Her representative works are "Kiki's Delivery Service" as Kiki / Ursula, "Rantaro" as Inadera Rantarou, "YAIBA" as Kurogane Yaiba, "Ranma 1/2" as Tendo Nabiki, "Moomin" as Moomintroll amongst others.
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Q12) "The last question in "Zero the Enforcer" was a great!"<br>A12) "Glad to know (laughs) I told them to add that one (laughs)!"
  
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Q: "What's your first impression of the 22nd Detective Conan Movie, "Zero The Enforcer"?"<br>A: "Good point. When I firstly read the script, I did think "Ah, maybe this story is a bit too complicated". If you see a lot of police dramas like I do, I think one would understand the existence and roles of the "Public Safety Police" and "Prosecution" but for those who don't see them and for children, I was like "would they understand it?". That was my first impression. <br>But by when we finished the dubbing, the impression changed a bit. If you properly listen to what the characters say during the story, I think you'll be able to understand it."
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Q13) "What were the good things of becoming a mangaka?"<br>A13) "You earn a lot of money (laughs) You can eat juicy stuff (laughs). But you get less sleeping time... But now I sleep a lot! (laughs)"
  
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Q:"The movie's plot revolves around "Amuro is an enemy?". What did you think about Amuro Tooru or Furuya Rei? What are you impressions of Kazami Yuuya and Kuroda Hyoue?"<br>A: "I did think that I wanted to prove that Amuro-san "isn't the enemy". Kazami-san appeared 2 movies ago, in "The Darkest Nightmare" but in this movie you get to know his relationship in the PSB with Furuya-san. He'll also appeared in the TV series in the future as well, I think.<br>Superintendent Kuroda makes his movie debut in this movie. Whenever he appears in the TV series he's totally suspicious (laughs). He's as suspicious as always, but for some reason he doesn't feel dangerous. He probably is (exposes her deduction) ...or so i think. What I told you is still secret, though (laughs)."
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Q14) "If Conan goes back to being Shinichi, how will he relate to those around him?"<br>A14) "I can't tell you that (laughs) I almost made a slip (laughs)"
  
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Q: "How about the dubbing work?"<br>A: "It went very smoothly, and we finished it on that day. We almost took until past the peak (12:00 AM) but human drama was the axis so we focused on each one's lines and the tempo was good."
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Q15) "Are you planning on drawing that?"<br>A15) "Well, let's see... I do (laughs)"
  
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Q: "How about your work together with Furuya Tooru-san?"<br>A: "We didn't do much consulting about how we would perform the dubbing so but there was a point that Furuy-san asked "it's **, right?". "Yes, I think this is **.", "Thought so!".  That was the confirmation we took with each other. We also check with each other the points that picked us in our lines.<br>Truth is, when I made my debut, since I was playing a boy, I used Furuya-san's acting as a boy as reference.  Of course, I can't act like he did but I did wonder what a "boy" is like? So I tried to get the gist from his voice acting. So, secretly, inside of my heart, I thought of him as my "teacher" (laughs). In the dubbing, I am always allowed to practice with my "teacher".  He's a big senior with whom I can work very well so it was very fun.
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Q16) "How do you decide the codenames of the BO members?"<br>A16) "Gin was an idea by an assistant, he said he looked Gin... I was like "really?" (laughs). As for Vermouth, I was told to use Vermouth (laughs) I get directed a lot by my assistants, although not that much (laughs)"
  
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Q: "What's your impression of the new Director, Director Tachikawa?"<br>A: "We got friendly very soon and I called him "Tacchi" (laughs). After the dubbing, I asked him "What's the genre you're apt at?". And he replied "I am apt at action, but... I guess human drama is it.". That's shown in this movie, indeed! He's a young director, but he gouges out the deep parts of humans.<br>Since it involves deductions, I think that human dramas are very important. The deduction of the culprit, the actions of the cornered party, must be things that "humans do" or the whole thing will fail.<br>The way the action scenes are scattered is good, but, if you don't properly depict "the human part", the story feels dull... There's been a lot of similar human drama in Conan movies insofar but this time around it felt "really hot".  I think this is the director's tastes.<br>I act on it, so you feel that it's a character with "body heat, and feels related to", that's a must have creed. You can hear the heart's sound, they breathe, they're not limited to the 2-d of the screen or the scene, it feels "alive", that's how I like to voice characters. So I like hot dramas like this one."
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Q17) "Why did you make Hattori Heiji dark-skinned?"<br>A17) "I wanted to make him the complete inverse of Shinichi (laughs)! I thought that'd be a dark-skinned character, then (laughs). But my assistants disliked the idea. They said it was annoying to draw! (laughs)"
  
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Q: "The identity of "That Person" has been made public in the manga already, yet...?"<br>A: "True. Truth is, during the recording of "The Darkest Nightmare", we casting (about 20 of us, was it?) tried to predict "Who's That Person?". When looking at the answer sheet I'd kept sealed since then, it had an accuracy rate of 25%! It'd seem I checked a lot of things during breaks (laughs).<br>I also showed it to Aoyama-sensei, who'd come to see the dubbing. His reply was "What, they all know who it is!" (laughs).  By the way, my answer was wrong.<br>Sensei had let out hints before, and Karasuma Renya's name had considerably popped up but I ended up reading too much into the thing and wrote someone else as my reply to the question."
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Q18) "I think the best part about your work, Sensei, is that you don't kill the criminals and have them live to atone for their sins but why did you make the culprit of Moonlight Sonata die?"<br>A18) "I thought that an occasional exception would do fine (laughs) It was a necessary victim so that Conan could tell Hattori that he's not perfect and that he actually "killed" someone (laughs)"
  
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Q: "Last question: what are the movie's highlights?"<br>A: "In this 22nd movie, prosecution, police, and PSP... It's a story in which a lot of words you don't normally hear pop up.<br>Also, in the interactions between characters, there are some crucial points as well so pay close attention and enjoy it until the very end without taking your eyes off the screen. It's a very, very exciting human drama.<br>One last thing to finish, "Amuro-san is someone incredible."."
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Q19) "All the movies always have some scenes drawn by you, Sensei, but do you decide which ones you want to draw?"<br>A19) "Yes! I put a circle in the storyboard that Director Tachikawa gave me to indicate I'd draw those! (laughs) I generally draw the scenes which have lines that I thought of (laughs)!"
  
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Q20) "What's the origin of Conan's "there's only one truth" amongst the famous lines of the manga?"<br>A20) "It was actually a coincidence, in the chapter of Heiji's debut Shinichi said "because there's only one truth", and at about the same time the anime came up with "there's always one truth", so it really was a coincidence (laughs)."
  
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'''Staff Interview'''<br>
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Q21) "What works did you use as reference when making up the character of Amuro Tooru?"<br>A21) "I often say that Akai looks like Char, but Amuro is Amuro (laughs). Amuro's an original character (laughs)"
  
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'''Director Tachikawa'''<br>
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Q22) "What are the characters that are easier to draw and harder to draw within your works?"<br>A22) "Kaitou Kid is hard to draw, yes... And Amuro is easy to draw (laughs). Akai is hard, but Amuro has a special feeling to him (laughs)"
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Born in 1981. He revealed the "Death Billiards" which was his original idea, script and direction at the "Anime Mirai" of the Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2013. It was made into an anime named "Death Parade". He also directed "Mob Psycho 100".
 
  
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Q:"How were you appointed to direct this movie?"<br>A:"In a raising program from the Agency for Cultural Affairs aimed at young animators I directed a serious film named "Death Billiards" and the judge in charge at the time was the "Detective Conan" Producer, Suwa (Michihiko) - san. He bought a lot of the stuff I made. And he asked me to "Direct the 22nd Movie". "
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Q23) "What are the origins of Kaitou Kid?"<br>A23) "At first he was unpopular with the chief editor (laughs). Saying he wasn't fashionable at all (laughs).
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There was "Cats Eye" (see note) as high school thiefs at the time. the youngest sister was a high school student. Yet there wasn't a guy thief so I thought I could come up with one of my own (laughs). I was faster so I won (laughs)."<br>Note: "Cat's Eye", manga about a group of 3 sisters who steal works from a fictional European artist.
  
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Q: "What's your impression of "Detective Conan"?"<br>A: "I first came into contact with Conan around Elementary... Or High... Or Middle. I loved to read it as a normal reader but there was 1 time I stopped reading. I came into contact with it again once I became a producer. When I got told to be the director of this movie, I re-read again from the part I'd seen years before."
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Q24) "Why did you think of making the heroine strong instead of weak?"<br>A24) "I guess it's because I wanted to draw karate scenes (laughs). Thought that a strong heroine would be fun (laughs). Conan-kun shrunk so he needed someone strong next to him else he'd be in trouble... Or so I thought (laughs)
  
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Q: "What are the parts you put most detail or attention to as the movie's director?"<br>A: "To not to omit any of the good points that Conan had had insofar. The relations between characters are very interesting. So I took especially care and detail in character depiction. And this movie was more suspense-touch than the usual. The PSB is a main actor and the feeling's more serious. It's made so that if people who like mystery dramas see it then I think they will enjoy it."
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Q25) "What scenes were fun to draw and which were hard to draw?"<br>A25) "A fun one was that final two-page spread of the Kiyomizu Temple (laughs). The background was drawn by a Takarazuka college alumni, and they spent about 1 day to draw it up. (laughs) I only drew Shinichi and Ran (laughs). That scene was fun.  
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Q:"What's your favorite character?"<br>A: "Haibara Ai, Professor Agasa, Mouri Kogoro, Hattori Heiji and Detective Takagi... I'd say. To avoid coming off as faulty, I also like Conan as well. But I rather like the famed side-characters who support the work. As well as the actual actors. So my preferences aim over there."
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Q26) "Why is it that the characters' clothing is so fashionable?"<br>A26) "I used to buy a lot of clothes at Anan or Non-no or CanCam (laughs). Amuro often appears in the latest cases so they asked me to think up Amuro's clothing (laughs). I have them think of making files about the clothes in every case."
  
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Q: "What's your vision of Amuro Tooru as as director?"<br>A: "I thought that fans would like his mysterious parts so we paid a lot of attention when depicting those. But I also wanted to show Amuro's house as well. I like those parts that reveal one's true nature. I think that it shouldn't be done, but, I also wanted to do a scene of him bathing in the bath."
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Q27) "Are there plans for a movie focused on Shinichi and Ran?"<br>A27) "I wonder about that (laughs) I dunno but I can't say too much into this (laughs) oh well, look forward to it (laughs)"
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Q:"What's your favorite film?"<br>A: "The first films remain in my memory... "The Time-bombed Skyscraper", "Countdown to Heaven", "The Phantom of Baker Street". I was by Producer Ishiyama (Keichi) -san that "it really looks like the balance in Director Kodama Kenji's (see note 1) works". I didn't have it on mind, truth to be told, but I do like the initial Conan so that's why it ended up like that, or so I think.
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=== "Truth in Zero" Booklet ===
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'''Date:''' April 24, 2018
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Q: "Last question. What are the highlights of the movie?"<br>A: "This movie mainly focuses on Amuro Tooru so there's a lot of cool scenes. Also, his gestures of combing up his hair or after he gets hurt... There's a lot of scenes showing aspects of him one normally doesn't see. So I hope you have a good look at the film while enjoying those day-to-day scenes."
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===Amuro Toru/Bourbon/Furuya Rei Secret Archives PLUS===
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'''Date:''' May 7, 2018
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'''Source:''' [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1m_ZJZPPPiAgmUFdNVSyq0eErBWaXvZRD Raw]  [https://forums.dctp.ws/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13485&sid=96a6ac5d2f0559501c0debf19559942f Translation]<br>
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Q:"This is the 4th movie the script of which you write up after the 17th movie "Private Eye in the Distant Seas", the 19th movie "Sunflowers of Inferno" and the 20th movie, "The Darkest Nightmare". How did you begin to get involved with Conan and how did you receive the offer for this project?"<br>A: "At the time of "Private Eye in the Distant Seas", I think it was Producer Suwa (Michihiko) -san who contacted me, and I accepted the offer. It was an anime, so I thought of writing a story that couldn't be done in a normal film. After "The Darkest Nightmare", I was asked "When can you make a new script?" and I replied "I'm free in 1 year's time", that was how the offer came.
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Q: "What are the requests from Aoyama-sensei?"<br>A: "There weren't many. But regarding Amuro's view of love I was told to "please add this line". As well as "Add this scene with Azusa" or "Add this at the end". Not more than that. Most of it I wrote it up myself but I directly asked him if there were parts I didn't understand. How Amuro would interact with Conan, for example. I hadn't gotten a grasp of it yet...
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Q: "And what were the requests from Director Tachikawa?"<br>A: "It was a harder story at the beginning but he changed it from a hard story to a softer Conan episode. It was a bit more severe and nerve-wrecking world. But that wasn't the first Conan story that the director wanted to do. There were several conflicts with that."
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Q: "What are Amuro's charms, in your opinion?"<br>A: "He has a wide mental capacity. If it's not someone with a lot of room in their heart then it's hard to live in 3 different world-views. You'll get crushed. Even as Furuya, even as Amuro and even as Bourbon, I think that his base is always the same. His feeling of justice as well, he just changes his form of expressing things. I guess that both shooting a gun and brewing coffee stem from the same feeling of justice.
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Also, I personally like Furuya a lot, and being chose to, as a charge commander, write a story about Furuya and the PSB which hasn't appeared in the manga often was very exciting. I think it derives from him, even as Amuro, even as Bourbon and eaven as Furuya."
 
  
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Q: "Last question. What are the highlights of the movie?"<br>A:"At first you see through the viewpoint of Conan, the main protagonist, and then you see through Furuya's PoV, and if you see it from a 3rd PoV that'd be the culprit's... And they all look like different stories. And, also, there might be a 4th PoV...
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Also, when you see it the first time, as a hint to guess the culprit, I wish that you pay attention to the "screen within the screen". A TV screen or a PC screen might appear but pay attention to that "screen within the screen" which one normally oversees. We're using a lot of screens this time, so there might be news announced there or investigation materials, there are hints rolling in several "screens"."
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We interview the creator of "Detective Conan", Aoyama Gousho-sensei. We will ask about secrets of the 22nd movie, about the birth of Amuro Tooru and important details.
  
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A: "Sakurai Takeharu-san, the scriptwriter, made a draft about cyber terrorism.  And we talked about that Amuro from the Public Safety Bureau would get involved if that was the topic. I did think it was fast, since it hasn't been long since "The darkest nightmare". But, oh well, Amuro is popular so... (laughs)"
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Q: "What are the portions in this film that you yourself suggested?"<br>
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A: "There's many. In drawing terms, I asked to change Amuro's glances depending on when he was Bourbon or when he was Furuya. "That question" at the end was added because I asked them to do so. Everyone was wondering about it so I thought of adding it on the movie. Sakurai-san said "eeeehh!?" when I told him, though (laughs). But Amuro talks to Conan and Conan asks him about that... That natural flow of things was made by Sakurai-san. Despite that it was unreasonable request. As expected of him."
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Q: "Looks like there'll be a lot of people who'll be going to theaters to know the answer to "that question"..."<br>
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'''Date:''' April 15, 2018<br>
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A: "Ah-hah-hah-hah (laughs) Really? There's also the talk between Amuro and Azusa at the supermarket... I thought of the whole idea myself. They added it word by word. Since their combination is very popular, too!"
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Q1) "Why did you change the manga style to the current one, compared to how it was on the beginnings?"<br>A1) "I wasn't conscious of that (laughs) I drew things like that!?"
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Q: "What scenes did you draw the keyframes of?"<br>
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A: "The scene with the answer to "that question", and I've got to draw the final scene between Amuro and Conan. Since Director Tachikawa Yuzuru said he can't tell what kind of face Conan is making at the end. So I told him that I'd draw it (laughs). Compared to previous films, I haven't drawn that many this year. So that's why I also look forward to its completion."
  
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Q2) "What about Ran-chan's head?"<br>A2) "Everyone points that out to me (laughs). It happened to turn into that (laughs). I wanted a symbol-like thing, to be able to tell who it was from the silhouette. Like how I thought that my dad was wearing a hat the whole time (laughs)"
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Q: "What do you think of the developments leading Conan and Amuro to clash with each other?"<br>
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A: "I didn't make any requests about that. They said that it felt interesting if Amuro acted like a foe. And the balance of his relationship with Conan is good, too. The line of "I... I have two men who are scarier me." was written by Sakurai-san. He means Conan and Akai. I thought it was well-played (laughed). Ah. But he doesn't dislike Conan, though. What he dislikes is Akai and what he likes is celery (laughs)"
  
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Q3) "Shinichi and Ran have begun to date, but will there be a boyfriend-girlfriend-like interaction in the future?"<br>A3) "There'll be (laughs) Maybe they'll become a couple by next year's movie? Oh? (laughs)"
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Q: "What are the scenes you want the public to pay attention to?"<br>
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A: "I guess that'd be the final action scene. And, also... Kuroda (laughs). It's a performance that can only be done in anime, so I want you to focus on Kuroda!"
  
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Q4) "How's the chronology between the movies and the manga organized like? Is the "Crimson School Trip" after "The Crimson Love Letter"?"<br>A4) "I was troubled by that, actually. I did consult with the editor if I should depict it as Momiji firstly meeting Sonoko... Well, it came out well enough, no? (laughs) I don't think much about the chronology with the movies"
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Q: "Please tell us about Kazami Yuuya, who's appeared both in the movies and in the manga."<br>
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A: "His initial design was with crumpled hair, but since he was PSB I thought a crew cut and an ill-behaved face would work better, and so I redid his design. Also, I had to write his age when I made him appear in Volume 94 of the manga. I talked about it with Sakurai-san, Amuro would indeed push someone older than him around... That's the kind of conversation we had. So we settled on him being 30 years old. Regarding his position, Kazami works in the MPD's PSB. Amuro is from the NPA so he's in a more privileged position. "
  
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Q5) "What's the tone of coloring you use for Amuro-san's and Heiji's skin color?"<br>A5) "The same! Number 51! (laughs) Everyone else uses Number 61, but I use Number 51 because it has a bigger grain! It doesn't get crushed, hence why Number 51 is the best!"
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Q: "Is there something that leaves an impression in any of the episodes in which Amuro appears?"<br>
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A: "In the "Girls Band" (see Note 1) case, when he plays a guitar... I guess. He asks Sonoko to lend it to him and then plays it. Amuro can do anything... If Akai didn't exist then he'd be number one, though (laughs)."
  
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Q6) "Shinichi said he wanted to become the Heisei (Note 1) Sherlock Holmes, but will Conan end during the Heisei Period?"<br>A6) "No, if the period name changes then I'll nonchalantly change it to the new period's Holmes (laughs) I should also nonchalantly insert a line about that (laughs)"<br>Note 1: Heisei - Period from 1989 to the present, indicating rule of current Emperor, Akihito
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Q: "So he can't defeat Akai?"<br>
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A: "I think Amuro is better at many things than Akai is. But he can't beat Akai. He might have a chance if it was a cooking contest, though... But if he has to match Akai, he might get nervous and fail."
  
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Q7) "Did you intend to make Amuro Tooru appear when you made Akai Shuuichi debut?"<br>A7) "Well, I did have the idea in a corner of my head! I did think of making a rival character or worthy opponent! I actually thought of naming him "Shiroi" (laughs). But I thought it might be a bit odd so I went for Amuro (laughs)"
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Q: "Amuro, Bourbon and Furuya. Which of the triple faces do you like the most?"<br>
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A: "Hmmm... All of them... I guess? Readers ask me to "make Shinichi-kun appear more often!" but I think that he's always appearing, though. Because Conan-kun is Shinichi. Same as that. Amuro is Amuro, regardless of his "face". Ah. The way I draw his eyes when he's Bourbon is a bit different, though. But despite that Amuro is easy to draw. I just need to make the eyes into drooping eyes and he already looks like Amuro. Special drooping eyes and hair... I guess? Hmmm... That's easy (laughs)"
  
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Q8) "Amuro-san asked Azusa-san about her plans for Christmas before the break, though?"<br>A8) "Amuro was saying "Not really", Azusa might've said (laughs) then you could switch work shifts with me? (laughs)"
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Q: "Please tell us about Amuro's debut."<br>
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A: "Truth to be told, Amuro wasn't from the Public Safety (PS) when he made his debut. He was actually a very bad guy. But when I was drawing the conclusion part of his debut episode (see Note 2) I thought that he was a cool guy, that I wanted him to be one of the good guys. So I suddenly changed that mid-way and turned him a PS guy. Since I was thinking of making a PS character appear. I wanted to make the case be something Amuro had set up to lure Kogoro out into the open but I gave up on that, too. "
  
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Q9) There was a scene featuring them in "Zero the Enforcer," though?"<br>A9) I did draw that scene!
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Q: "If you hadn't changed his background then maybe this year's movie wouldn't have come to happen?"<br>
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A: "Good point. When I talked with Ikeda (Shuuichi) - san, I told him a character named Amuro would appear. And he answered "So you must've decided his voice by now...". Ah. It's obvious, then (laughs). So when I drew him having Furuya (Tooru) - san's voice in mind I thought that he was cool and ended up being PS. Glad that I did so.  His enmity with Akai was planned from the start. There was a lot of phases, like when I thought of naming him "Shiroi" (laughs)"
  
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Q10) "A normal Conan cases is 3 chapters, but do you decide the length beforehand?"<br>A10) "I always have the rough idea that a case will be 3 chapters long. But long cases like the "Crimson School Trip" are 5-6 chapters long... At times like that I go... "Well, this'll be a serial murder, then!" (laughs)
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Q: "If you'd kept the initial background then we wouldn't have his real name of "Furuya Rei", then?"<br>
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A: "Maybe... When you say "Amuro", then "Ray (Rei)" comes to mind. Added the "Zero" from the PS and I thought "this is it!". Actually, that name is a bit old and the PS isn't named "Zero" nowadays. There's another, different name that we don't know. But that fanning of "a non-existent organization" is cool, and using Zero and Rei was good enough in my opinion hence why I used them."
  
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Q11) "Why is Amuro-san so popular?"<br>A11) "Well... I dunno (laughs). Why, I wonder (laughs). Maybe the fact that he can't beat Akai makes him popular (laughs) That might be it (laughs)."
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Q: "I'd like of you to give a message to the fans who expect Amuro to have a lot of activity in the manga"<br>
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A: "The manga will resume with Amuro and Akai so look forward to it (see Note 3). Kid Amuro will appear, and you'll know more about Elena-san. Coming soon! (laughs)"
  
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Q12) "The last question in "Zero the Enforcer" was a great!"<br>A12) "Glad to know (laughs) I told them to add that one (laughs)!"
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Note 1: Volume 88 & Anime Episode 836 "The Unfriendly Girls Band (Part 1)"<br>
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Note 2: Volume 75 & Anime Episodes 667-668 "Weeding Eve"<br>
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Note 3: File 1009 of the manga, to be published in Issue #20, 2018 of Shonen Sunday
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Caution: "SPOILERS"<br>
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We were show the draft of the first page of the new manga chapter to published with the resuming of the manga in 2018! Amuro and Akai facing each other with guns and their faces exposed... What happened here!?
  
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Q13) "What were the good things of becoming a mangaka?"<br>A13) "You earn a lot of money (laughs) You can eat juicy stuff (laughs). But you get less sleeping time... But now I sleep a lot! (laughs)"
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'''Furuya Tooru Interview'''<br>
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Furuya Tooru-san acts the role of a triple-faced man. He told us a lot of about the greatest parts of "Zero the enforcer" and the charms of each face!
  
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Q14) "If Conan goes back to being Shinichi, how will he relate to those around him?"<br>A14) "I can't tell you that (laughs) I almost made a slip (laughs)"
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Q: "When you knew that Amuro Tooru would be the main character of "Zero the enforcer", how did you feel like?"<br>
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A: "I was surprised that Amuro would get a big role in a movie again. I was happy about it, of course, but I thought it was fast. This time it's not a story with Akai so that's great! (laughs). When I said the word "Zero" in the teaser at the end of the "Crimson love letter", I did think that the face of Furuya Rei, from the PS would be the main protagonist. I like police stories, novels and series so I read "Metropolitan Police Department Public Safety J" novel by Suzumine Kouya-san. And I built up the mood as I waited for the script to be done.
  
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Q15) "Are you planning on drawing that?"<br>A15) "Well, let's see... I do (laughs)"
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Q: "What was your impression from reading the script?"<br>
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A: "The plot of this movie feels like a live-action series. It shows a lot of details about Japanese police and prosecution, so it was very interesting. And when the climax comes, it turns into an unprecedented calamity which Conan and Amuro solve together... I thought that very typical of "Detective Conan". And it was also to be expected that they'd involve a modern item similar to IoT (Internet of Things) appliances... It was a very timely and interesting story.  And he doesn't care what he has to do to protect the peace in Japan... The attitude of Furuya Rei, Public Safety Officer, makes you feel excited."
  
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Q16) "How do you decide the codenames of the BO members?"<br>A16) "Gin was an idea by an assistant, he said he looked Gin... I was like "really?" (laughs). As for Vermouth, I was told to use Vermouth (laughs) I get directed a lot by my assistants, although not that much (laughs)"
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Q: "This movie's structure was about Amuro and Conan confronting each other, yet..."<br>
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A: "I got to work together with Conan-kun in "The darkest nightmare" so I was open to do so. But in the trailers and teasers it has an atmosphere of a confrontation with Conan-kun... Thought this might be a bit troublesome (laughs). To begin with, having Mouri-sensei arrested, Amuro, his best disciple, should work to clear out the suspicions on him. Now's not the time to be cleansing the Poirot café (laughs). Conan-kun immediately sees through Amuro's backstage actions. It's pointed out in the cleansing scene towards the beginning of the movie. He really thinks that he's a incredible kid. Of course, Amuro forsakes Conan-kun without answering his questions. Afterwards, he monitors Conan's actions but at some point Kazami ends up being stalked by Conan... That flow of events is also very interesting, too."
  
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Q17) "Why did you make Hattori Heiji dark-skinned?"<br>A17) "I wanted to make him the complete inverse of Shinichi (laughs)! I thought that'd be a dark-skinned character, then (laughs). But my assistants disliked the idea. They said it was annoying to draw! (laughs)"
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A: "Amuro recognizes Conan-kun's potential, and has total confidence on him. He feels that Conan is not a normal kid, but I guess he's closing into his true identity. Maybe he's realized 80% of the full picture..."
  
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Q18) "I think the best part about your work, Sensei, is that you don't kill the criminals and have them live to atone for their sins but why did you make the culprit of Moonlight Sonata die?"<br>A18) "I thought that an occasional exception would do fine (laughs) It was a necessary victim so that Conan could tell Hattori that he's not perfect and that he actually "killed" someone (laughs)"
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Q: "Please tell us about the answer to "that question" towards the end of the film."<br>
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A: "When I read the script, I did realize that this would be the part that would make the fans excited. But I had doubts about how I should deliver that line. I did dig down the script while looking at the placeholder footage but I hesitated again. At first I thought of a softer and sweeter feeling... And in the rehearsals on the dubbing day I spoke with a different tone of strength, different to what I had in mind. It had a serious atmosphere to it and a feeling of newfound strength, "now I'm going to go for it"...  Shifting the gear while gripping the handle and make the engine roar... It was acting that emerged from within that flow of events."
  
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Q19) "All the movies always have some scenes drawn by you, Sensei, but do you decide which ones you want to draw?"<br>A19) "Yes! I put a circle in the storyboard that Director Tachikawa gave me to indicate I'd draw those! (laughs) I generally draw the scenes which have lines that I thought of (laughs)!"
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A: "Yes. I did think it was a bit too powerful, but Matsui Naoko-san, Sonoko's VA, sitting next to me, told me "You pierced through my heart!". She was looking at me with a glance typical of Sonoko (laughs). I thought "Ah. This is how I should do it" and acted on the real dubbing with that feeling. "
  
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Q20) "What's the origin of Conan's "there's only one truth" amongst the famous lines of the manga?"<br>A20) "It was actually a coincidence, in the chapter of Heiji's debut Shinichi said "because there's only one truth", and at about the same time the anime came up with "there's always one truth", so it really was a coincidence (laughs)."
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Q: "What scenes would you like the audience to specially focus on?"<br>
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A: "The climax, but of course. It's a scale that can't happen in reality, and it has incredible force to it. Speaking of which, the RX-7 might break again... Everyone said it was such a waste of tax money (laughs). The RX-7 is a very stylish and cool car, and I'm glad that the plate number is my birthday, yet... Thinking in real terms, I guess that not being obsessed with the RX-7 would make Amuro better (laughs)"
  
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Q21) "What works did you use as reference when making up the character of Amuro Tooru?"<br>A21) "I often say that Akai looks like Char, but Amuro is Amuro (laughs). Amuro's an original character (laughs)"
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Q22) "What are the characters that are easier to draw and harder to draw within your works?"<br>A22) "Kaitou Kid is hard to draw, yes... And Amuro is easy to draw (laughs). Akai is hard, but Amuro has a special feeling to him (laughs)"
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A: "The acting in the car action scenes was hard. You must feel a very strong shock on your body so there was a lot of ad-lib. But despite that we had no meeting previous to the rehearsals, (Takayama) Minami-san and I added our ad-lib with perfect timing. I was surprised. It was so perfect, to the point I thought "I want this one to be used"! I thought that I and Minami-san had the same sensibility so I was glad. Also, Amuro had faces I'd never seen on him during the car chases. Nevertheless, Matsui-san told me "No, this is good enough!"... So I thought "is that so?" (laughs). I tried to add a bit of an aberrant ad-lib matching the scene but it didn't seem necessary so I didn't do so when the actual dubbing."
  
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Q23) "What are the origins of Kaitou Kid?"<br>A23) "At first he was unpopular with the chief editor (laughs). Saying he wasn't fashionable at all (laughs).
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A: "The "Bourbon" facet of Amuro doesn't appear on this film, but there are 2 acting patterns for Amuro and Furuya so I wrote some big marks on the script's lines. For example, the supermarket scene... When he's talking with Azusa-san he's Amuro so I wrote the katakana "A"... When he begins to talk to Kazami he turns into Furuya so I wrote the "kou (public)" from "kouan (public safety)"... Almost all scenes had such marks on them, I thought I had to change my tone depending on the position and who he's talking to. I didn't use "an (safety)" from "kouan" for Amuro because that'd make it very confusing."  
  
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Q24) "Why did you think of making the heroine strong instead of weak?"<br>A24) "I guess it's because I wanted to draw karate scenes (laughs). Thought that a strong heroine would be fun (laughs). Conan-kun shrunk so he needed someone strong next to him else he'd be in trouble... Or so I thought (laughs)
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Q25) "What scenes were fun to draw and which were hard to draw?"<br>A25) "A fun one was that final two-page spread of the Kiyomizu Temple (laughs). The background was drawn by a Takarazuka college alumni, and they spent about 1 day to draw it up. (laughs) I only drew Shinichi and Ran (laughs). That scene was fun.  
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A: "In "The darkest nightmare" I thought of Kazami as someone with whom he always shared information. But it'd seem that's not the case. Furuya works in the NPA, Kazami in the MPD. Their ranks are different. I also had in mind the distance during acting. And to begin with, the "Zero" organization is shrouded in mysteries. I'd like of them to make a film that goes into more detail into that (laughs). I guess that holding strength is a new charm of Amuro. Kazami understands the power the PS has and thinks that all means must be used to solve cases. On the other hand, Amuro doesn't use it and readies other means. Amuro has a strong belief that that's how the PS should be like. There might be scenes with him telling that to Kazami. Kazami often refers to him as "Furuya-san"... It feels exciting whenever he does so (laughs). I'm used to being called "Amuro" but I've still not got used to being called "Furuya"... "
  
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Q26) "Why is it that the characters' clothing is so fashionable?"<br>A26) "I used to buy a lot of clothes at Anan or Non-no or CanCam (laughs). Amuro often appears in the latest cases so they asked me to think up Amuro's clothing (laughs). I have them think of making files about the clothes in every case."
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Caption: "Scotch's death, which was the start of his feud with Akai. Amuro thinks that Akai gave Scotch a gun and drove him to suicide, but the truth is... (Episode 867)
  
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Q27) "Are there plans for a movie focused on Shinichi and Ran?"<br>A27) "I wonder about that (laughs) I dunno but I can't say too much into this (laughs) oh well, look forward to it (laughs)"
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A: "What I most clearly remember was a meeting after the dubbing. Ikeda (Shuuichi)-san, Koyama (Momi)-san. I had drinks with them, it was fun (laughs). I thought it was something typical of "Conan". I put care in the acting in the flashback scenes of the 866-867 episodes "The stage of betrayal".  The enmity with Akai steams from that point. He's caught in the idea of "A man of Akai's level should've been able to help Scotch flee without having him suicide"... But he himself was actually to blame. Maybe he'll realize that truth one day? How will I act his mental state when that happens...? I actually think it's a bit scary. Building my own feelings while acting is the hardest part. The role of Amuro must be worked out while hesitating. There's a worth in doing it."  
  
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Q: "Which of Amuro's triple faces do you specially like?"<br>
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A: "My favorite one is that one which bets his life in protecting the nation of Japan, the face of Furuya Rei. He's a hero of justice. He has a lot of actions to show his skills, and he's got a lot of cool lines. I've been working as an anime voice actor because I wanted to become a hero. With Furuya's role, I can fully enjoy that. But when he has to deal with Akai, he suddenly turns child-like. There's also what happened with Scotch, and his emotions jump forward. That also can be called a charm of him, but..."
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A: "He solves cases using his erudition and deductive abilities, but I'd also wish of him to use his physical abilities to shine as well. Because, you know, heroes are made through battling. I'd also like of him to close into the core of the organization's mysteries. I'd like of his child look to appear, too, but I don't wish to do his voice acting again (laughs). "
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Q: "Please give a message to the fans!"<br>
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A: "In "Zero the enforcer" I acted with Amuro, the though and adult man, as the theme. I'd like of you to come to the theaters. And to savor his charm many, many times in the big screen. There are some "numbers" I must protect even if I stake my life on it (laughs). So I'm counting on you all!"
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Born July 31. From Kanazawa Prefecture. Affiliated to Aoni Productions. Representative titles are "Star of the Giants" as Hoshi Hyuuma. "Mobile Suit Gundam" as Amuro Ray. "Saint Seiya" as Pegasus Seiya. "ONE PIECE" as Sabo. Among others. In "Detective Conan" he acted in various roles such as in "The Private Eyes' Requiem" before becoming Amuro Tooru.
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Tachikawa Yuzuru (Movie Director)
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Born May 5th. From Tokyo Prefecture. Representative titles are "Kiki's Delivery Service" as Kiki. "Rantaro" as Inatera Rantaro. "YAIBA" as Kurogane Yaiba. And others. Narrator, western movies dubbing. She continues to work in recitations.
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Q: "What was your impression when you read the script of "Zero the enforcer"?"<br>
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A: "I felt like it was a human drama TV series. Truth and justice, and the exciting clash between humans. That was my impression. Regardless of the main axis being Amuro VS Conan. I felt excitement in many parts. Director Tachikawa hadn't been involved in "Detective Conan" before but the displays of natural phenomena and emotions were splendid. A new door was opened."
  
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'''Gosho Aoyama interview'''<br>
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Q: "Please tell us the best spots of the film."<br>
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A: "The interactions between persons are full of good spots. When the climax grows close, listening to them feels better. And, of course, Amuro-san's charm. I think you'll get to know a lot more about him in this film. The interactions, which feel like a speech play, are very exciting. What part of it it's lies, what part of it it's true...  "Amuro-san might be the enemy this time around". But one wants to figure out if he really is the enemy. To prove that he's not a bad person. You suspect him to believe him, and while earning evidence and confidence one by one, you go on crushing your doubts about him.
  
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We interview the creator of "Detective Conan", Aoyama Gousho-sensei. We will ask about secrets of the 22nd movie, about the birth of Amuro Tooru and important details.
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That's how I felt once we finished the dubbing, and I got the impression that he was an innocent person. A very pure, innocent, and pure white person. That was my impression of him. Of course, he has many faces to him but there's a very strong belief to the point all of those get removed. A strong feeling, that past "truth" and "justice" there's the feeling of "protecting". You seek the truth to protect, and you seek the justice because you want to protect. Both fight to protect what's dear to each one of them. The biggest theme in this film is "protecting", or so I thought. All of the characters have that feeling on them.  
  
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Q: "How was the theme of "Zero the enforcer" decided?" <br>
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I think that Fukuyama Masuharu-san's main vocal song was made in order to make you feel that. So I'm very thankful to him for that."
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A: "Sakurai Takeharu-san, the scriptwriter, made a draft about cyber terrorism.  And we talked about that Amuro from the Public Safety Bureau would get involved if that was the topic. I did think it was fast, since it hasn't been long since "The darkest nightmare". But, oh well, Amuro is popular so... (laughs)"
 
  
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Q: "What are the portions in this film that you yourself suggested?"<br>
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Q: "Did it feel good to act as Conan, the one who confronts Amuro?"<br>
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A: "There's many. In drawing terms, I asked to change Amuro's glances depending on when he was Bourbon or when he was Furuya. "That question" at the end was added because I asked them to do so. Everyone was wondering about it so I thought of adding it on the movie. Sakurai-san said "eeeehh!?" when I told him, though (laughs). But Amuro talks to Conan and Conan asks him about that... That natural flow of things was made by Sakurai-san. Despite that it was unreasonable request. As expected of him."
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A: "Uncle Kogoro is suddenly arrested, and behind that incident, Amuro, whom he fought together with in "The darkest nightmare", is involved. So he can't be as cool and rational as he always is. So he's unable to properly control his emotions, and he might speak louder than he usually does... There was a part in the dubbing in which he reflects upon that muttering "Crap. I gotta chill it..."."
  
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Q: "Looks like there'll be a lot of people who'll be going to theaters to know the answer to "that question"..."<br>
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Q: "Kuroda Hyoue, one of the RUM candidates, has also appeared on this film, yet..."<br>
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A: "Ah-hah-hah-hah (laughs) Really? There's also the talk between Amuro and Azusa at the supermarket... I thought of the whole idea myself. They added it word by word. Since their combination is very popular, too!"
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A: "I was surprised when I first saw the poster at how Superintendent Kuroda was drawn in such a big size. But I actually don't think he's a bad person. I was excited during the film, but he's probably..."
  
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Q: "What scenes did you draw the keyframes of?"<br>
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Q: "Please give us a message to the readers to wrap up."<br>
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A: "The scene with the answer to "that question", and I've got to draw the final scene between Amuro and Conan. Since Director Tachikawa Yuzuru said he can't tell what kind of face Conan is making at the end. So I told him that I'd draw it (laughs). Compared to previous films, I haven't drawn that many this year. So that's why I also look forward to its completion."
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A: "Please watch the film while paying attention to all that's said. Police, prosecution, Public Safety... Even if hard to understand words appear, I think you'll eventually understand them as you go on watching the film. For the difficult parts, research on them and go see the film again. I think that that'll make you enjoy it way further. Including the guests (characters), all characters' breathing and pulsations can be felt. It's a very exciting film! Please enjoy it!"
  
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Q: "What do you think of the developments leading Conan and Amuro to clash with each other?"<br>
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A: "I didn't make any requests about that. They said that it felt interesting if Amuro acted like a foe. And the balance of his relationship with Conan is good, too. The line of "I... I have two men who are scarier me." was written by Sakurai-san. He means Conan and Akai.  I thought it was well-played (laughed). Ah. But he doesn't dislike Conan, though. What he dislikes is Akai and what he likes is celery (laughs)"
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Tachibana Kyouko Role
  
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Q: "What are the scenes you want the public to pay attention to?"<br>
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A: "I guess that'd be the final action scene. And, also... Kuroda (laughs). It's a performance that can only be done in anime, so I want you to focus on Kuroda!"
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Born September 14th. From Tokyo Prefecture. TV series, movies, western movie dubbing, CMs. Works in many genres. It's been 12 years since her previous role in "Detective Conan".
  
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Q: "Please tell us about Kazami Yuuya, who's appeared both in the movies and in the manga."<br>
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"Kyouko is a role with breadth, so at first I acted naturally without creating too much of a character. Towards the end, I made voices that even I was surprised at. I like the relationship between Conan-kun and Ran-chan in "Detective Conan" since a long time ago. It's lonely to be unable to meet them, but having the one you like be there next to you to protect you is very beautiful, or so I think."
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A: "His initial design was with crumpled hair, but since he was PSB I thought a crew cut and an ill-behaved face would work better, and so I redid his design. Also, I had to write his age when I made him appear in Volume 94 of the manga. I talked about it with Sakurai-san, Amuro would indeed push someone older than him around... That's the kind of conversation we had. So we settled on him being 30 years old. Regarding his position, Kazami works in the MPD's PSB. Amuro is from the NPA so he's in a more privileged position. "
 
  
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Q: "Is there something that leaves an impression in any of the episodes in which Amuro appears?"<br>
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A: "In the "Girls Band" (see Note 1) case, when he plays a guitar... I guess. He asks Sonoko to lend it to him and then plays it. Amuro can do anything... If Akai didn't exist then he'd be number one, though (laughs)."
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Haba Fumikazu role
  
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Q: "So he can't defeat Akai?"<br>
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A: "I think Amuro is better at many things than Akai is. But he can't beat Akai. He might have a chance if it was a cooking contest, though... But if he has to match Akai, he might get nervous and fail."
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Born October 3rd. From Fukuoka Prefecture. He's appeared in many variety shows as a comedian, is a regular participant in info programs.
  
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Q: "Amuro, Bourbon and Furuya. Which of the triple faces do you like the most?"<br>
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"I thought that Haba was the stubborn type so I prepared thoroughly for the role. I'd like of you to see him without having "Daikichi!" on mind (laughs). I think it's amazing that "Detective Conan" has gone through with the same style for over 20 years' time. The movie "Magician of the Silver Sky" where they make a plane land dumbfounded me indeed!"
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A: "Hmmm... All of them... I guess? Readers ask me to "make Shinichi-kun appear more often!" but I think that he's always appearing, though. Because Conan-kun is Shinichi. Same as that. Amuro is Amuro, regardless of his "face". Ah. The way I draw his eyes when he's Bourbon is a bit different, though. But despite that Amuro is easy to draw. I just need to make the eyes into drooping eyes and he already looks like Amuro. Special drooping eyes and hair... I guess? Hmmm... That's easy (laughs)"
 
  
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Q: "Please tell us about Amuro's debut."<br>
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A: "Truth to be told, Amuro wasn't from the Public Safety (PS) when he made his debut. He was actually a very bad guy. But when I was drawing the conclusion part of his debut episode (see Note 2) I thought that he was a cool guy, that I wanted him to be one of the good guys. So I suddenly changed that mid-way and turned him a PS guy. Since I was thinking of making a PS character appear. I wanted to make the case be something Amuro had set up to lure Kogorou out into the open but I gave up on that, too. "
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Kazami Yuuya Role
  
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Q: "If you hadn't changed his background then maybe this year's movie wouldn't have come to happen?"<br>
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A: "Good point. When I talked with Ikeda (Shuuichi) - san, I told him a character named Amuro would appear. And he answered "So you must've decided his voice by now...". Ah. It's obvious, then (laughs). So when I drew him having Furuya (Tooru) - san's voice in mind I thought that he was cool and ended up being PS. Glad that I did so.  His enmity with Akai was planned from the start. There was a lot of phases, like when I thought of naming him "Shiroi" (laughs)"
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Born November 6th. From Ibaraki Prefecture. Representative titles: "Mobile Suit Gundam Z" as Camille Bidan. "Chibi Maruko-chan" as Maruo-kun. Mr. Osamatsu as Dayon. Others. Has also done dubbing of several western movies.
  
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Q: "If you'd kept the initial background then we wouldn't have his real name of "Furuya Rei", then?"<br>
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Q: "Please tell us about how you acted the role of Kazami in "The darkest nightmare"."<br>
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A: "Maybe... When you say "Amuro", then "Ray (Rei)" comes to mind. Added the "Zero" from the PS and I thought "this is it!". Actually, that name is a bit old and the PS isn't named "Zero" nowadays. There's another, different name that we don't know. But that fanning of "a non-existent organization" is cool, and using Zero and Rei was good enough in my opinion hence why I used them."
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A: "It was the first time I took part in an [animated] film. The role's name was Kazami Yuuya so I made the connection at once (laughs). It was a position similar to an subordinate to Amuro-san, so it had a feeling that your body tightened. My biggest impression was when he did a handshake with Inspector Megure at the end of the movie. He's an elite, but a good person who has normal feelings."
  
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Q: "I'd like of you to give a message to the fans who expect Amuro to have a lot of activity in the manga"<br>
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Q: "And Kazami appears again in this new movie, "Zero the enforcer"."<br>
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A: "The manga will resume with Amuro and Akai so look forward to it (see Note 3). Kid Amuro will appear, and you'll know more about Elena-san. Coming soon! (laughs)"
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A: "What I had on mind was his relation with Amuro-san. How much feeling of a distance there is. It was certain that he had respect for Amuro, but there was hesitation too. As if I was but one of many men in reserve (laughs). Furuya-san, who voices Amuro, is my senpai (senior) as well so I acted the role as if my actual relationship was being projected in the film."
  
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Note 1: Volume 88 & Anime Episode 836 "The Unfriendly Girls Band (Part 1)"<br>
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Q: "What are the charm points of Amuro?"<br>
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Note 2: Volume 75 & Anime Episodes 667-668 "Weeding Eve"<br>
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A: "His boldness and his high abilities...  And the mysterious air he has. He feels like a gentle man but is very deep in character, you might think he's hard but that's not the case. He seems to be talkative but it'd seem he doesn't show his true portions at all."
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Note 3: File 1009 of the manga, to be published in Issue #20, 2018 of Shonen Sunday
 
  
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Caution: "SPOILERS"<br>
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Q: "What about Kazami, whom you voice?"<br>
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We were show the draft of the first page of the new manga chapter to published with the resuming of the manga in 2018! Amuro and Akai facing each other with guns and their faces exposed... What happened here!?
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A: "From his looks, he brings on the mood of someone capable (laughs). Looks like he could do fighting sports. He still doesn't show a smile from his heart and he's not frank but hints of that are depicted in the movie, and I think he gives out a realistic feeling of existence."
  
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Q: "Please give a message to the readers to wrap up."<br>
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Furuya Tooru-san acts the role of a triple-faced man. He told us a lot of about the greatest parts of "Zero the enforcer" and the charms of each face!
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A: "I think it's a movie that you want to see again with someone else after you see it. It's a must-see for Conan fans, and people new to the series will like it too!"[/spoiler]
  
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Q: "When you knew that Amuro Tooru would be the main character of "Zero the enforcer", how did you feel like?"<br>
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'''Kishino Yukimasa Interview'''<br>
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A: "I was surprised that Amuro would get a big role in a movie again. I was happy about it, of course, but I thought it was fast. This time it's not a story with Akai so that's great! (laughs). When I said the word "Zero" in the teaser at the end of the "Crimson love letter", I did think that the face of Furuya Rei, from the PS would be the main protagonist. I like police stories, novels and series so I read "Metropolitan Police Department Public Safety J" novel by Suzumine Kouya-san. And I built up the mood as I waited for the script to be done.
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Kuroda Hyoue Role
  
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Q: "What was your impression from reading the script?"<br>
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A: "The plot of this movie feels like a live-action series. It shows a lot of details about Japanese police and prosecution, so it was very interesting. And when the climax comes, it turns into an unprecedented calamity which Conan and Amuro solve together... I thought that very typical of "Detective Conan". And it was also to be expected that they'd involve a modern item similar to IoT (Internet of Things) appliances... It was a very timely and interesting story. And he doesn't care what he has to do to protect the peace in Japan... The attitude of Furuya Rei, Public Safety Officer, makes you feel excited."
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Born October 21st. From Tokyo Prefecture. Representatives works. "ONE PIECE" as Higuma. "Dragon Ball Z" as Burter. "SLAM DUNK" as Uozomi Jun. Others. Dubbing of western movies, narration roles, plays.
  
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Q: "This movie's structure was about Amuro and Conan confronting each other, yet..."<br>
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Q: "Please tell us about when you were chosen to voice Kuroda Hyoue."<br>
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A: "I got to work together with Conan-kun in "The darkest nightmare" so I was open to do so. But in the trailers and teasers it has an atmosphere of a confrontation with Conan-kun... Thought this might be a bit troublesome (laughs). To begin with, having Mouri-sensei arrested, Amuro, his best disciple, should work to clear out the suspicions on him. Now's not the time to be cleansing the Poirot café (laughs). Conan-kun immediately sees through Amuro's backstage actions. It's pointed out in the cleansing scene towards the beginning of the movie. He really thinks that he's a incredible kid. Of course, Amuro forsakes Conan-kun without answering his questions. Afterwards, he monitors Conan's actions but at some point Kazami ends up being stalked by Conan... That flow of events is also very interesting, too."
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A: "Kuroda firstly appeared in Episode 810 of the anime "The darkness of the prefecture police (part 1)". The case involving the woodpeckers. When I read the script, I did think he was scary and hesitated if I could do it (laughs). He's a cop but has many mysteries to him, you can't tell if he's a good a guy or a bad guy... I did fumble a bit with my acting.
  
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Q: "Both of them have the same level of strength hence why the story moves into that direction."<br>
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Q: "How did you feel when you knew that he would be featured in a movie?"<br>
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A: "Amuro recognizes Conan-kun's potential, and has total confidence on him. He feels that Conan is not a normal kid, but I guess he's closing into his true identity. Maybe he's realized 80% of the full picture..."
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A: "I was surprised when seeing the poster. Seeing how big he was in there, I wondered what he'd do in the movie (laughs)"
  
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Q: "Please tell us about the answer to "that question" towards the end of the film."<br>
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Q: "What's the scene in this movie that left a biggest impression on you?"<br>
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A: "When I read the script, I did realize that this would be the part that would make the fans excited. But I had doubts about how I should deliver that line. I did dig down the script while looking at the placeholder footage but I hesitated again. At first I thought of a softer and sweeter feeling... And in the rehearsals on the dubbing day I spoke with a different tone of strength, different to what I had in mind. It had a serious atmosphere to it and a feeling of newfound strength, "now I'm going to go for it"...  Shifting the gear while gripping the handle and make the engine roar... It was acting that emerged from within that flow of events."
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A: "That word he uttered (laughs). I can't give out details, but it's a scene which I'd like of you to see many times and check out. It's a scene that will link to future [happenings] in "Detective Conan". Aoyama-sensei sure thinks up of interesting things."
  
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Q: "It became a powerful acting indeed."<br>
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Q: "What are the charm of points of Amuro, who'll be very active?"<br>
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A: "Yes. I did think it was a bit too powerful, but Matsui Naoko-san, Sonoko's VA, sitting next to me, told me "You pierced through my heart!". She was looking at me with a glance typical of Sonoko (laughs). I thought "Ah. This is how I should do it" and acted on the real dubbing with that feeling. "
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A: "It's interesting to see how he has 3 faces to him. Not only as an actor. I also want to follow his activities as a reader."
  
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Q: "How about Kuroda, whom you voice?"<br>
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A: "The climax, but of course. It's a scale that can't happen in reality, and it has incredible force to it. Speaking of which, the RX-7 might break again... Everyone said it was such a waste of tax money (laughs). The RX-7 is a very stylish and cool car, and I'm glad that the plate number is my birthday, yet... Thinking in real terms, I guess that not being obsessed with the RX-7 would make Amuro better (laughs)"
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A: "I think that the best about him is that he's shrouded in mysteries. I'd like to do a gag-like scene with Kuroda, but... I guess they won't allow me to do so (laughs). I'd like to voice him as a fun old guy someday."
  
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Caption: "Towards the end. Amuro answers "that question" from Conan while gazing to the front. An acting in which Furuya-san devoted his whole body to. Check it out in the theaters!
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Q: "Please give a message to the readers to wrap up."<br>
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A: "I'm really looking forward to future developments. Please, make sure to come see the movie!"
  
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'''Tachikawa Yuzuru Interview'''<br>
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A: "The acting in the car action scenes was hard. You must feel a very strong shock on your body so there was a lot of ad-lib. But despite that we had no meeting previous to the rehearsals, (Takayama) Minami-san and I added our ad-lib with perfect timing. I was surprised. It was so perfect, to the point I thought "I want this one to be used"! I thought that I and Minami-san had the same sensibility so I was glad. Also, Amuro had faces I'd never seen on him during the car chases. Nevertheless, Matsui-san told me "No, this is good enough!"... So I thought "is that so?" (laughs). I tried to add a bit of an aberrant ad-lib matching the scene but it didn't seem necessary so I didn't do so when the actual dubbing."
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Movie "Zero the enforcer" Director
  
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A: "The "Bourbon" facet of Amuro doesn't appear on this film, but there are 2 acting patterns for Amuro and Furuya so I wrote some big marks on the script's lines. For example, the supermarket scene... When he's talking with Azusa-san he's Amuro so I wrote the katakana "A"... When he begins to talk to Kazami he turns into Furuya so I wrote the "kou (public)" from "kouan (public safety)"... Almost all scenes had such marks on them, I thought I had to change my tone depending on the position and who he's talking to. I didn't use "an (safety)" from "kouan" for Amuro because that'd make it very confusing."
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Animation director, theatre director, "Death Billiard" movie on 2013 (original idea, script, direction), worked on TV series based on it on 2015 (original idea, direction, series structuring). Representative works: "Terror in Resonance" (Assitant Director), "Mob Psycho" (Director), and others.
  
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Caption: "Amuro's face during the car action which surprised Furuya-san. There were descriptions in the script. "Has a drive technique like that of a demon". "Drive technique that's like aided by the divine."
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A: "As part of a Ministry of Culture project, I made an anime movie named "Death Billiard". Then, the Conan Chief Producer, Suwa Michihiko-san, liked my work at lot. A few years later, he contacted me and asked me to direct an anime film. I'd never worked as director of a movie from a long series so I thought I might as well try it out. I joined the project since the plot was completed."
  
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Q: "Please tell us about Amuro's right-hand man, Kazami Yuuya."<br>
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Q: "Had you read the manga of "Detective Conan" before?"<br>
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A: "In "The darkest nightmare" I thought of Kazami as someone with whom he always shared information. But it'd seem that's not the case. Furuya works in the NPA, Kazami in the MPD. Their ranks are different. I also had in mind the distance during acting. And to begin with, the "Zero" organization is shrouded in mysteries. I'd like of them to make a film that goes into more detail into that (laughs). I guess that holding strength is a new charm of Amuro. Kazami understands the power the PS has and thinks that all means must be used to solve cases. On the other hand, Amuro doesn't use it and readies other means. Amuro has a strong belief that that's how the PS should be like. There might be scenes with him telling that to Kazami. Kazami often refers to him as "Furuya-san"... It feels exciting whenever he does so (laughs). I'm used to being called "Amuro" but I've still not got used to being called "Furuya"... "
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A: "When I was in elementary school, I read it on the "Shonen Sunday" magazine. In terms of generations, his previous work "YAIBA" was right on. Young elementary students love sword play, don't they (laughs). I made the "Wind God Ball" and "Thunder God Ball" from "YAIBA" and played with them. So I really liked his works. I had fun with them.  
  
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Caption: "Scotch's death, which was the start of his feud with Akai. Amuro thinks that Akai gave Scotch a gun and drove him to suicide, but the truth is... (Episode 867)
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When I was appointed director, I checked out the manga again and I re-confirmed that it was something that could be enjoyed even from the point of view of an adult. The way the foreshadowing is revealed is great. What really impressed me was the "Scarlet" series when Akai returned, Volumes 84 to 85. I went back to re-read Volumes 58-59 when Akai died (laughs). The "Scarlet" series also excited me with the Amuro episodes. Two men with double faces investigating each other, Conan is involved, and they problem is dodged skillfully."
  
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A: "What I most clearly remember was a meeting after the dubbing. Ikeda (Shuuichi)-san, Koyama (Momi)-san. I had drinks with them, it was fun (laughs). I thought it was something typical of "Conan". I put care in the acting in the flashback scenes of the 866-867 episodes "The stage of betrayal". The enmity with Akai steams from that point. He's caught in the idea of "A man of Akai's level should've been able to help Scotch flee without having him suicide"... But he himself was actually to blame. Maybe he'll realize that truth one day? How will I act his mental state when that happens...? I actually think it's a bit scary. Building my own feelings while acting is the hardest part. The role of Amuro must be worked out while hesitating. There's a worth in doing it."
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A: "I thought of making use of the established portions of the series. I did hesitate on how much freedom I had to leave my own imprint. I think that what makes "Conan" attractive is its characters. So I wanted to make more depictions of the characters' personalities. I did purposely have in mind to make action and movements which brought out the flavor of the characters.  
  
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Q: "Which of Amuro's triple faces do you specially like?"<br>
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Of course, Conan and Amuro are the core, and I also took care in the sub-characters supporting them. I like Professor Agasa and the Detective Boys so I think I put a lot of strength on them (laughs). There are additional scenes added from suggestions by Aoyama-sensei. We added scenes showing the daily life of the characters, which I'm glad of. When I talked with Takayama Minami-san after the dubbing, she told me that instead of having the scenario make them act, put focus on making the characters feel alive. That's what I also thought so I felt relaxed when she told me."
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A: "My favorite one is that one which bets his life in protecting the nation of Japan, the face of Furuya Rei. He's a hero of justice. He has a lot of actions to show his skills, and he's got a lot of cool lines. I've been working as an anime voice actor because I wanted to become a hero. With Furuya's role, I can fully enjoy that. But when he has to deal with Akai, he suddenly turns child-like. There's also what happened with Scotch, and his emotions jump forward. That also can be called a charm of him, but..."
 
  
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Q:"What about his face as Bourbon?"<br>
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Q: "It'd seem that you made the image boards following your inclinations as director. Right?"<br>
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A: "Bourbon has a hold of Vermouth's secret so these two have an interesting relationship. I've known Koyama-san for a long time, and we both admit our job as actors, so it's a very easy thing to do and very fun as well."
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A: "It's an adult-like story, so creating a realistic atmosphere in the screen makes it easier to blend with the story, or so I thought. We hired the illustrator Loundware and they made the space. And they created some grand and colorful image boards. During the making, we put a lot of emphasis in sunset and rainy scenes. In terms of beauty direction, we gave them photos to tell them the colors we wanted.  
  
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Q: "What about his face as Amuro Tooru?"<br>
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We asked them to swing color with force in those spots that are supposed to leave a strong impression. For example, the scene when Amuro is called a murderer, it it were expression of anger shining in the faces, then it wouldn't create an atmosphere (laughs). Rain falling from cloud skies, evening and the night... There's a lot of darkened scenes. "
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A: "He's strong at boxing, he's good at the guitar, he can cook... It's very fun to become a character who has many parts that you yourself don't have. Amuro is very popular among the girls, isn't he? I was told during this work "He's popular among the JK (high school girls)" which made me very happy. I feel like I've gone back to my young days (laughs). Amuro has 3 faces to him, so he alone can have 3 different experiences. He's a very charming character."
 
  
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Q: "What kind of activity can we expect from Amuro in the future stories?"<br>
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Caption: When Kazami mutters "That Amuro man you speak of is a murderer", rain falls from the cloudy skies... The gloomy skies leave an impression. (Movie 22)
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A: "He solves cases using his erudition and deductive abilities, but I'd also wish of him to use his physical abilities to shine as well. Because, you know, heroes are made through battling. I'd also like of him to close into the core of the organization's mysteries. I'd like of his child look to appear, too, but I don't wish to do his voice acting again (laughs). "
 
  
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Q: "Please give a message to the fans!"<br>
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A: "In "Zero the enforcer" I acted with Amuro, the though and adult man, as the theme. I'd like of you to come to the theaters. And to savor his charm many, many times in the big screen. There are some "numbers" I must protect even if I stake my life on it (laughs). So I'm counting on you all!"
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A: "Actually, darkened scenes are easier to make. Sunsets are hard. The light from the side is strong, so the shadows are harder to make. Entering in the shadows and in the light, calculations are needed. There are evening action scenes too. Conan slides beneath a truck, comes into the shadow, and comes out into a bright spot... We use light and shadow as concepts in the whole of this movie. Conan is light and Amuro is shadow. So light hits Conan and Amuro has shadows on him. There are lot of scenes like that."
  
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Q: "Please tell us about Conan and Amuro, who clash in the film."<br>
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Born July 31. From Kanazawa Prefecture. Affiliated to Aoni Productions. Representative titles are "Star of the Giants" as Hoshi Hyuuma. "Mobile Suit Gundam" as Amuro Ray. "Saint Seiya" as Pegasus Seiya. "ONE PIECE" as Sabo. Among others. In "Detective Conan" he acted in various roles such as in "The Private Eyes' Requiem" before becoming Amuro Tooru.
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A: "Conan is always straight to the point, and is moved by the feeling that there shouldn't be sacrifices for the sake of justice. From the point of view of Amuro, who's going to do anything to protect Japan, Conan might seem immature in his opinion. But from a point of view of the movie, Conan wants to make justice prevail without ever having to sacrifice anyone to achieve it.
  
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'''Takaya Minami Interview'''<br>
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Amuro, though, has some inconsistencies within him. We focus on the darkest portions that he has. But if we bring out too much of it, the feeling of "Detective Conan" will be lost, so that made it hard on how to depict him.Since there are many portions of him that we still don't know. What kind of past he had, what kind of family was it, what kind of life he lived... There also moments in which you dunno what he's thinking of."
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Edogawa Conan Role
 
  
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Caption:"Amuro enters in the Poirot, wrapped in shadows, while Conan is illuminated by the sunset which feels like it's burning. The concept of light and shadows can be felt here, too. (Movie 22)"
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Born May 5th. From Tokyo Prefecture. Representative titles are "Kiki's Delivery Service" as Kiki. "Rantaro" as Inatera Rantaro. "YAIBA" as Kurogane Yaiba. And others. Narrator, western movies dubbing. She continues to work in recitations.
 
  
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Q: "What was your impression when you read the script of "Zero the enforcer"?"<br>
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Q: "Please tell us about the charm of Amuro's triple face and how you depict each one."<br>
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A: "I felt like it was a human drama TV series. Truth and justice, and the exciting clash between humans. That was my impression. Regardless of the main axis being Amuro VS Conan. I felt excitement in many parts. Director Tachikawa hadn't been involved in "Detective Conan" before but the displays of natural phenomena and emotions were splendid. A new door was opened."
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A: "I personally like his position of undercover investigator, hence why I like Furuya's face a lot. As for the depictions, Furuya has a rather serious face. Amuro, who works in the Poirot, is cute in a cool way, or more like we had him have a peaceful expression. During the movie's car action, you can see his rare expressions. We wanted to show a facet of being a dangerous man, appearing at the last minute (laughs). Thought that it was important to show that even the cool Amuro might show such a face by accident."
  
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Q: "Please tell us the best spots of the film."<br>
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Q:"Please tell us about Kazami Yuuya from the Public Safety Police. Amuro's right-hand man."<br>
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A: "The interactions between persons are full of good spots. When the climax grows close, listening to them feels better. And, of course, Amuro-san's charm. I think you'll get to know a lot more about him in this film. The interactions, which feel like a speech play, are very exciting. What part of it it's lies, what part of it it's true...  "Amuro-san might be the enemy this time around". But one wants to figure out if he really is the enemy. To prove that he's not a bad person. You suspect him to believe him, and while earning evidence and confidence one by one, you go on crushing your doubts about him.  
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A: "Kazami is a rather key character. He asks Conan who he is, and Conan replies "Edogawa Conan. A detective." to him (laughs). Amuro sometimes feels shrouded in mysteries and like he's a superman. So I thought that, as a counter, I wanted to make Kazami more human-like, so that's how we depicted him.  
  
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That's how I felt once we finished the dubbing, and I got the impression that he was an innocent person. A very pure, innocent, and pure white person. That was my impression of him. Of course, he has many faces to him but there's a very strong belief to the point all of those get removed. A strong feeling, that past "truth" and "justice" there's the feeling of "protecting". You seek the truth to protect, and you seek the justice because you want to protect. Both fight to protect what's dear to each one of them. The biggest theme in this film is "protecting", or so I thought. All of the characters have that feeling on them.  
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He makes mistakes, and gets scolded by Amuro. He feels like the type to beat up his mattress at home when he fails a job and might yell "shit!" (laughs). Kazami does his best at the job, yet Amuro treats that very lightly. Kazami might constrict his arms... And feel mortified at that (laughs). These two are interesting. Also is the fact that Kazami is older."
  
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I think that Fukuyama Masuharu-san's main vocal song was made in order to make you feel that. So I'm very thankful to him for that."
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Q: "What about Kuroda Hyoue?"<br>
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A: "I did think of asking Aoyama-sensei through-and-through about this, but... But I thought it'd be better for me not to know too much. I only asked him about aspects I was curious about (laughs). He's a character with dreadfulness so we were careful not to treat him too lightly. "
  
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Q: "Did it feel good to act as Conan, the one who confronts Amuro?"<br>
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Q: "What do you think are the best spots of the film?"<br>
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A: "Uncle Kogorou is suddenly arrested, and behind that incident, Amuro, whom he fought together with in "The darkest nightmare", is involved. So he can't be as cool and rational as he always is. So he's unable to properly control his emotions, and he might speak louder than he usually does... There was a part in the dubbing in which he reflects upon that muttering "Crap. I gotta chill it..."."
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A: "The complicated settings of the characters. I wanted to draw a human drama. They all have the same intention, yet, depending on how they do it the gears might crumble... On the other hand, Conan wants to make the justice inside of him prevail. The way the hearts of the characters move, how the differences between them feel like... I'd like of you to check that out. Of course, we also made good action scenes, so I think you'll be very excited at it!"
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A: "I was surprised when I first saw the poster at how Superintendent Kuroda was drawn in such a big size. But I actually don't think he's a bad person. I was excited during the film, but he's probably..."
 
  
 
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Q: "Please give us a message to the readers to wrap up."<br>
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A: "Please watch the film while paying attention to all that's said. Police, prosecution, Public Safety... Even if hard to understand words appear, I think you'll eventually understand them as you go on watching the film. For the difficult parts, research on them and go see the film again. I think that that'll make you enjoy it way further. Including the guests (characters), all characters' breathing and pulsations can be felt. It's a very exciting film! Please enjoy it!"
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A: "In this movie, the expressions of the characters and the display of their true natures... We put a lot of attention to those during making. We've also drawn everyday situations in a courteous way so that children can enjoy it as well. First you follow the case, then you follow the characters... We'd like of you to enjoy it many times with a different way of seeing things on each time.  
  
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'''Ueto Aya Comments'''<br>
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And, in the end, the feeling of justice each character has as well as the dark parts that Amuro himself has, echo and give out a good feeling. Our intention was to show the movie's thematic in the last cut before the end roll so we'd be glad if you can feel from that scene what we wanted to depict."
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Tachibana Kyouko Role
 
  
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Born September 14th. From Tokyo Prefecture. TV series, movies, western movie dubbing, CMs. Works in many genres. It's been 12 years since her previous role in "Detective Conan".
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'''Sakurai Takeharu Interview'''<br>
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Scriptwriter for the movie "Zero the enforcer"
  
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"Kyouko is a role with breadth, so at first I acted naturally without creating too much of a character. Towards the end, I made voices that even I was surprised at. I like the relationship between Conan-kun and Ran-chan in "Detective Conan" since a long time ago. It's lonely to be unable to meet them, but having the one you like be there next to you to protect you is very beautiful, or so I think."
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Scriptwriter. He also works with the alias "Iida Takeshi". TV series "Aibou", "Yamegoku: Yakuza Yamete Itadakimasu", "The forensic woman". Films "ATARU The Movie", "Aibou Series X Day", and others. Has written scripts for movies 17, 19 and 20 of "Detective Conan" as well as scripts for the TV series episodes 813 and 898.
  
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'''Hakata Daikichi Comments'''<br>
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Q: "How did you feel like when it was decided that Amuro would be the key man of this film?"<br>
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Haba Fumikazu role
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A: "It's only been 2 years since "The darkest nightmare" so I did go "huh?" at the news (laughs). It might've been better if it'd been made before the feeling of having written Amuro had vanished from me. I wrote his face as Bourbon in "The darkest nightmare", but due to the topic in this movie I specialized in Furuya, his face as PS (public safety)."
  
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Q: "Is there anything you particularly focused on during the writing of this installment?"<br>
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Born October 3rd. From Fukuoka Prefecture. He's appeared in many variety shows as a comedian, is a regular participant in info programs.
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A: "The differences with the PS (Public Safety) depicted in live action. In live action, the PS often is the opposite of the situation shown to the spectators, and the psychology of what the characters in the episodes think of. Despite saying some is guilty, they might be innocent within their hearts. The actual Public Safety Police Officers, no matter what they do, they are always psychologically "right"... I avoided complicated depictions like these in this movie's script. It's already a story involving a judiciary process , the setting is already complex, it would be asking too much calories from the spectators."
  
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"I thought that Haba was the stubborn type so I prepared thoroughly for the role. I'd like of you to see him without having "Daikichi!" on mind (laughs). I think it's amazing that "Detective Conan" has gone through with the same style for over 20 years' time. The movie "Magician of the Silver Sky" where they make a plane land dumbfounded me indeed!"
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Q: "How about the developments in the Conan VS Amuro clash?"<br>
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A: "It was decided to depict Furuya from the PSP so I did think that he and Conan would clash. Actually, the "justice" that Conan has on him is also carried by Amuro, and the one that Amuro has is also being carried by Conan. They only differ in how they express it. I don't think neither is above the other one. If you think of it as each one taking action upon the info given to each of them, they take action in a very natural manner. I wrote it thinking that it would be good for Amuro to seem "bad". But he doesn't actually give much of such an impression. If you listen to his conversation with Kazami, you don't think of him as someone evil. He also takes action based on his beliefs.The only issue is the means employed. They are illegal and ruthless, so it's whether you can approve of them or not. I did think that Furuya, as a PSP officer, would normally do things way harsher than this...
  
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'''Tobita Nobuo Interview'''<br>
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The first draft of the story was a harder type of story. And Director Tachikawa pushed it back into a softer and kinder direction. He also likes hard stories, and he's good at staging them. But since it was the first time he was in charge of directing a Conan film, he said he wanted it to be something entertaining and dream-like. He had it very clear about what he wanted to do in the first Conan work he was in charge of.
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Kazami Yuuya Role
 
  
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Q: "Are there portions suggested by Aoyama-sensei?"<br>
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Born November 6th. From Ibaraki Prefecture. Representative titles: "Mobile Suit Gundam Z" as Camille Bidan. "Chibi Maruko-chan" as Maruo-kun. Mr. Osamatsu as Dayon. Others. Has also done dubbing of several western movies.
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A: "The conversation between Amuro and Azusa, and Amuro answering Conan's question... Those scenes were added, and they were impressive. The latter made me think "what are they talking about now of all times", it sure did (laughs). But if you add those lines in a tense situation, then I think they make the film more lovable. If it was about Shinichi and Ran, I would have my own interpretation of things, but it's harder when it comes to Amuro. So I left the suggested portions in the hands of [Aoyama] sensei."
  
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Q: "Please tell us about how you acted the role of Kazami in "The darkest nightmare"."<br>
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Q: "Please tell us about Kazami Yuuya who debuted in "The darkest nightmare"."<br>
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A: "It was the first time I took part in an [animated] film. The role's name was Kazami Yuuya so I made the connection at once (laughs). It was a position similar to an subordinate to Amuro-san, so it had a feeling that your body tightened. My biggest impression was when he did a handshake with Inspector Megure at the end of the movie. He's an elite, but a good person who has normal feelings."
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A: "When "The darkest nightmare", we needed a person that could publicly act as member of the PS. So we made the Kazami Yuuya character. Amuro works on his own, so it was hard to see the situation of the police divisions from his viewpoint. And Kazami in this movie is the "right-handed man" of Amuro, who belongs to the "Zero" organization..."
  
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Q: "And Kazami appears again in this new movie, "Zero the enforcer"."<br>
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Caption:"Kazami, one of the very few that contact "Zero". Sakurai-san and Aoyama-sensei consulted each other, and they decided he'd be older than Amuro, 30 years old. (Movie 22)"
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A: "What I had on mind was his relation with Amuro-san. How much feeling of a distance there is. It was certain that he had respect for Amuro, but there was hesitation too. As if I was but one of many men in reserve (laughs). Furuya-san, who voices Amuro, is my senpai (senior) as well so I acted the role as if my actual relationship was being projected in the film."
 
  
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Q: "What are the charm points of Amuro?"<br>
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A (continued from above question): "That's how he's depicted. The "right hand man" is thing that exists, I was told about it from an ex-PS person who I used as reference. Since officers currently on duty in the PS wouldn't tell us anything. This man, who can contact "Zero", is apparently chosen through someone's selection. It'd seem their skillfulness and personality are checked out so I guess that Kazami was evaluated to have the right kind of personality.  
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A: "His boldness and his high abilities...  And the mysterious air he has. He feels like a gentle man but is very deep in character, you might think he's hard but that's not the case. He seems to be talkative but it'd seem he doesn't show his true portions at all."
 
  
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Q: "What about Kazami, whom you voice?"<br>
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Since he became that role, on paper it says he's an officer in the training and is sent to the National Police Agency once, so he should have a period of enrollment in the NPA as well. There he makes his connection with the "Zero" organization. And the final decision of directing him towards Amuro is carried out by the "backstage administrator". Kazami can't tell his colleagues about him being in contact with "Zero". The only one who knows about the "right hand man" of each investigator and the collaborators is the "backstage administrator".  
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A: "From his looks, he brings on the mood of someone capable (laughs). Looks like he could do fighting sports. He still doesn't show a smile from his heart and he's not frank but hints of that are depicted in the movie, and I think he gives out a realistic feeling of existence."
 
  
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A: "The relations between characters are also one of those "best spots". That's the usual citation. The "collaborators" of the PS aren't simple informers. They're like climbing partners connecting their lives to each other through a life rope, as if they were mountain-climbing. They have their field of work's "justice" and life beyond logic. They share those with each other. Regardless of being "good" or bad", I think they are some of the best spots.
  
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'''Kishino Yukimasa Interview'''<br>
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Also, it's about the guest characters, but, they all have fond memories... But if I talk about this, you'll realize the truth of the case so it's hard to converse about this topic... (laughs). "
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Kuroda Hyoue Role
 
  
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Caption: "The recipe of the ham sandwiches that Amuro exposed and became a topic, was a suggestion by Sakurai-san. Also, the PSP is called "ham" in jargon. (Episode 813)"
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Born October 21st. From Tokyo Prefecture. Representatives works. "ONE PIECE" as Higuma. "Dragon Ball Z" as Burter. "SLAM DUNK" as Uozomi Jun. Others. Dubbing of western movies, narration roles, plays.
 
  
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Q: "Please tell us about when you were chosen to voice Kuroda Hyoue."<br>
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Q: "Did you have in mind depicting each's of Amuro's triple faces separately?"<br>
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A: "Kuroda firstly appeared in Episode 810 of the anime "The darkness of the prefecture police (part 1)". The case involving the woodpeckers. When I read the script, I did think he was scary and hesitated if I could do it (laughs). He's a cop but has many mysteries to him, you can't tell if he's a good a guy or a bad guy... I did fumble a bit with my acting.
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A: "He has the same feeling of justice at all times, whether he's being Furuya or he's being Bourbon. So I took into mind that they are the same at the bottom of their hearts, when writing them. Even if he gets a gun pointed at him during his covert investigation and is about to be exposed as a NOC, or even if he's working part-time at the Poirot. At the bottom of his heart he's the same Furuya Rei. It's not like he's working at the Poirot to relax, I think he does that to assimilate with society.  
  
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Q: "How did you feel when you knew that he would be featured in a movie?"<br>
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But his aspect of mingling with society as "a man about to turn 30, working part-time in a café while learning to be a detective" is something that I do think that it's not very reasonable (laughs). If there's someone with some age to them who work part-time at a café while learning how to be a detective, I would feel anxious.
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A: "I was surprised when seeing the poster. Seeing how big he was in there, I wondered what he'd do in the movie (laughs)"
 
  
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Q: "What's the scene in this movie that left a biggest impression on you?"<br>
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However, he's good at acting, has a wide capacity, and his information processing ability must be very high as well. Don't they ask him "Amuro-san, what are you doing at your age?"...? There must be something on him that doesn't make you think about that (laughs).
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A: "That word he uttered (laughs). I can't give out details, but it's a scene which I'd like of you to see many times and check out. It's a scene that will link to future [happenings] in "Detective Conan". Aoyama-sensei sure thinks up of interesting things."
 
  
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Q: "What are the charm of points of Amuro, who'll be very active?"<br>
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If you asked about which of his faces is most charming, then I'd say all of them are. The vectors of charm are different, each of them are precious and cool. But, well, I haven't written much of his "Bourbon" face so if I get to write about him on the future I guess I'd write about Bourbon. He has a belief of justice yet carries out evil... Normally, one would puncture at that. But Amuro can do it. I think that that's why he was promoted to working the "Zero" organization.  
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A: "It's interesting to see how he has 3 faces to him. Not only as an actor. I also want to follow his activities as a reader."
 
  
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Q: "How about Kuroda, whom you voice?"<br>
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Q: "Please tell us about episodes of the TV series you wrote the script of."<br>
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A: "I think that the best about him is that he's shrouded in mysteries. I'd like to do a gag-like scene with Kuroda, but... I guess they won't allow me to do so (laughs). I'd like to voice him as a fun old guy someday."
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A: "I was ordered that, in the spin-offs linking to the movies, no-one could die. If it had to be a mystery in the café where no-one died, it would have to be a story about food or drinks. The reason I used ham sandwiches in Episode 813 "The shadow creeping on Amuro", was due to the perception of "He's public safety (公安 / kouan) so cheap (安い / yasui) ham (ハム) (combined make 公 (kou)) will do" (laughs).  
  
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Q: "Please give a message to the readers to wrap up."<br>
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That recipe was something I had on mind, and, of course I've sometimes made those sandwiches. But I was told that eventually they would be served at cafés... If I had known that, then I wouldn't have used a steamer to make them (laughs). That way of making them is hard, actually.
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A: "I'm really looking forward to future developments. Please, make sure to come see the movie!"
 
  
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'''Tachikawa Yuzuru Interview'''<br>
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And episode 898, the spin-off of "Zero the enforcer", titled "The cake melted", had me taking that aspect into account. Apart from cakes, I made stews with a good-looking pink color. Nowadays they call those "being instagrammable" (laughs). If you take lycopene at the morning, it's good for the body so I use tomatoes, and added milk so that they would match the set drinks of coffee or black tea."
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Movie "Zero the enforcer" Director
 
  
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Q: "Please give us a message to the readers to wrap up."<br>
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Animation director, theatre director, "Death Billiard" movie on 2013 (original idea, script, direction), worked on TV series based on it on 2015 (original idea, direction, series structuring). Representative works: "Terror in Resonance" (Assitant Director), "Mob Psycho" (Director), and others.
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A: "I think that, in the 1st time viewing, you will empathize with Conan, the protagonist, and see things from his PoV, but... If you switch your PoV to Amuro in your 2nd viewing, you become the culprit in the 3rd viewing. There's actually a 4th PoV, but... If I give out details about it you'll figure out the culprit (laughs). Anyway, I think that it'd be good if you can enjoy it at least for 4 times."
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Q: "Please tell us how you were appointed director of this move."<br>
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===Special Conan Movie Staff interview===
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A: "As part of a Ministry of Culture project, I made an anime movie named "Death Billiard". Then, the Conan Chief Producer, Suwa Michihiko-san, liked my work at lot. A few years later, he contacted me and asked me to direct an anime film. I'd never worked as director of a movie from a long series so I thought I might as well try it out. I joined the project since the plot was completed."
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'''Date:''' May 23, 2018<br>
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'''Published in:''' Shonen Sunday Super
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Q: "Had you read the manga of "Detective Conan" before?"<br>
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===Da Vinci Magazine 2018 interview===
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A: "When I was in elementary school, I read it on the "Shonen Sunday" magazine. In terms of generations, his previous work "YAIBA" was right on. Young elementary students love sword play, don't they (laughs). I made the "Wind God Ball" and "Thunder God Ball" from "YAIBA" and played with them. So I really liked his works. I had fun with them.  
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'''Date:''' December 6, 2018<br>
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When I was appointed director, I checked out the manga again and I re-confirmed that it was something that could be enjoyed even from the point of view of an adult. The way the foreshadowing is revealed is great. What really impressed me was the "Scarlet" series when Akai returned, Volumes 84 to 85. I went back to re-read Volumes 58-59 when Akai died (laughs). The "Scarlet" series also excited me with the Amuro episodes. Two men with double faces investigating each other, Conan is involved, and they problem is dodged skillfully."
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'''Translation information by:''' Mycroft<br>
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1-Gosho confirms that Carasuma is the boss<br>
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2-the end of Haibara gonna surprise everyone<br>
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3-look forward to Vol 96<br>
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-about Vol 96:<br>
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Gosho : i drew a sad story in Vol 96 (file  1015-1017) and disappointment of Heiji (file 1018-1021) and please look forward to more tricks and the relation between characters (file 1022-1026)<br>
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-about Reneya:<br>
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Gosho hinted that revealing of Carasuma being the boss at that time was planned carefully<br>
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-about Haibara:<br>
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Gosho: everyone is wondering how things gonna develop with Haibara and How gonna be her end ?....i guess her end gonna surprise everyone.... because she is .... Aaaaah i can't say that (laugh)<br>
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Q: "It's the first time you're involved with the "Detective Conan" movies. What things did you have in mind?"<br>
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A: "I thought of making use of the established portions of the series. I did hesitate on how much freedom I had to leave my own imprint. I think that what makes "Conan" attractive is its characters. So I wanted to make more depictions of the characters' personalities. I did purposely have in mind to make action and movements which brought out the flavor of the characters.
 
  
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Of course, Conan and Amuro are the core, and I also took care in the sub-characters supporting them. I like Professor Agasa and the Detective Boys so I think I put a lot of strength on them (laughs). There are additional scenes added from suggestions by Aoyama-sensei. We added scenes showing the daily life of the characters, which I'm glad of. When I talked with Takayama Minami-san after the dubbing, she told me that instead of having the scenario make them act, put focus on making the characters feel alive. That's what I also thought so I felt relaxed when she told me."
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===Nagasaki Newspaper New Years short interview===
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'''Date:''' January 1, 2019
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'''Source 2:''' https://www.nagasaki-np.co.jp/business/project/conan-npaper/ <br>
  
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We asked them to swing color with force in those spots that are supposed to leave a strong impression. For example, the scene when Amuro is called a murderer, it it were expression of anger shining in the faces, then it wouldn't create an atmosphere (laughs).  Rain falling from cloud skies, evening and the night... There's a lot of darkened scenes. "
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A: "Actually, darkened scenes are easier to make. Sunsets are hard. The light from the side is strong, so the shadows are harder to make. Entering in the shadows and in the light, calculations are needed. There are evening action scenes too. Conan slides beneath a truck, comes into the shadow, and comes out into a bright spot... We use light and shadow as concepts in the whole of this movie. Conan is light and Amuro is shadow. So light hits Conan and Amuro has shadows on him. There are lot of scenes like that."
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Q: What has 2018 been like?<br>
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A: It's been an Amuro year! (laughs)
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Q: What will this year be like?<br>
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A: A police academy year? (laughs)
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Q: Between the other mangakas, which ones inspired you the most to pursue your objectives?<br>
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A: Tetsuya Chiba-sensei, Monkey Punch-sensei and Mitsuru Adachi-sensei.
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Q: In 1987, Magic Kaito; in 1988 Yaiba; in 1994 Detective Conan... Such important works have been published one after another. What do you think about Conan's popularity?<br>
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A: Really, is that "popular"?
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Q: How many staff people are there at [your] workplace? What is the atmosphere like?<br>
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A: Six people. The atmosphere is friendly!
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Q: What is the most impressive scene in the manga?<br>
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A: The pages where the boss was exposed!
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Q: in Conan's world, what is the character that particularly matches your personality?<br>
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A: Kogoro! (laughs)
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Q: Conan movies broke the franchise record for the sixth time in a row at the box office. The popularity is rapidly raising!<br>
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A: I am amazed too! (laughs)
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Q: Have you ever visited Nagasaki? It's such an impressive place.<br>
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A: I once went to Huis Ten Bosch* during a company outing with Aoyama Prod.<br>
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Q: This summer, in addition to the Forensic Division Exhibition, there will be events and talk shows with Conan's voice actors. Finally, please tell something brief [a few words] to Nagasaki people.<br>
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A: Speaking about Nagasaki, for the main theme song of "Zero the Enforcer" I am much obliged to Masaharu Fukuyama! I really enjoyed Huis Ten Bosch, and I would like to go there again. I wanna try authentic Nagasaki Vegetable Salad! (laughs)<br>
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[T/N. He refers to Chanpon, which apparently is a sort of vegetable salad typical of Nagasaki]
  
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A: "Conan is always straight to the point, and is moved by the feeling that there shouldn't be sacrifices for the sake of justice. From the point of view of Amuro, who's going to do anything to protect Japan, Conan might seem immature in his opinion.  But from a point of view of the movie, Conan wants to make justice prevail without ever having to sacrifice anyone to achieve it.
 
  
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Amuro, though, has some inconsistencies within him. We focus on the darkest portions that he has. But if we bring out too much of it, the feeling of "Detective Conan" will be lost, so that made it hard on how to depict him.Since there are many portions of him that we still don't know. What kind of past he had, what kind of family was it, what kind of life he lived... There also moments in which you dunno what he's thinking of."
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Q: "Please tell us about the charm of Amuro's triple face and how you depict each one."<br>
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A: "I personally like his position of undercover investigator, hence why I like Furuya's face a lot. As for the depictions, Furuya has a rather serious face. Amuro, who works in the Poirot, is cute in a cool way, or more like we had him have a peaceful expression. During the movie's car action, you can see his rare expressions. We wanted to show a facet of being a dangerous man, appearing at the last minute (laughs). Thought that it was important to show that even the cool Amuro might show such a face by accident."
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Megumi Hayashibara:
  
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Q:"Please tell us about Kazami Yuuya from the Public Safety Police. Amuro's right-hand man."<br>
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Q: Haibara made her debut in the anime in January, 1999. This year is the 20th anniversary of that debut.<br>
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A: "Kazami is a rather key character. He asks Conan who he is, and Conan replies "Edogawa Conan. A detective." to him (laughs). Amuro sometimes feels shrouded in mysteries and like he's a superman. So I thought that, as a counter, I wanted to make Kazami more human-like, so that's how we depicted him.  
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A: Her debut was the end of the century, yes. The age fits that occasion, yes. I was familiar with the cast of the “Conan” characters so I had no resistance in joining them. I’d often acted together with Ogata Kenichi (Agasa VA), and Takayama Minami (Conan VA) also politely taught me many things.<br>
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The tale about (Takayama’s) debut did impress me a lot. You could say that she showed a general outlook in the 1st episode (of the series) and the guidelines were established upon that. I was confident that I would do well with her.
  
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He makes mistakes, and gets scolded by Amuro. He feels like the type to beat up his mattress at home when he fails a job and might yell "shit!" (laughs). Kazami does his best at the job, yet Amuro treats that very lightly. Kazami might constrict his arms... And feel mortified at that (laughs). These two are interesting. Also is the fact that Kazami is older."
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Q: How have you felt Haibara’s changes and growth over these 20 years?<br>
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A: At first, she was shutting everything within her heart, but…  The Professor’s warmth, and his lack of concern gradually heals her and allows her to regain a human flavor-like aspect to her. The Detective Boys also try to cheer her and it’s not like they force themselves to do so. The casual everyday convos make her shed tears, too.<br>
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Also, sharing her secret with Kudo, who’s in the same situation as her, she gains the feeling that she’s not the only one (in that state). In episodes 822-823 (“The suspects are a devoted couple”), she went to great extremes… Yes! (laughs)<br>
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She did support Higo, but to think she’d butt into the issue of (his) girlfriend… Her scene in which she syncs with Uncle (Kogoro). I was like “Huh? What’s gotten into her?” (laughs).<br>
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I was “Ai-chan can now make these faces”. It’s perplexing but I’m also happy at it. Even if she’s told “you’re pretty nervous”, I guess she’d reply “that’s not the case”. But it’s not like the issues with the organization have been solved, so she can’t lower the guard!
  
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Q: "What about Kuroda Hyoue?"<br>
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A: "I did think of asking Aoyama-sensei through-and-through about this, but... But I thought it'd be better for me not to know too much. I only asked him about aspects I was curious about (laughs). He's a character with dreadfulness so we were careful not to treat him too lightly. "
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A: I stop to think at how much her heart must have moved. Trying to examine the max values of how to express emotions… I guess? She’s a girl who doesn’t express gratitude with her face or words so I do (think) about how to express her human side.<br>
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Also, the acting doesn’t change much regardless of her size. When she’s being rough with Conan, I act in a way that doesn’t feel much different from her adult state. My voice cords are thin so I increase the tone a bit when she’s in her child form.
  
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Q: "What do you think are the best spots of the film?"<br>
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A: "The complicated settings of the characters. I wanted to draw a human drama. They all have the same intention, yet, depending on how they do it the gears might crumble...  On the other hand, Conan wants to make the justice inside of him prevail. The way the hearts of the characters move, how the differences between them feel like... I'd like of you to check that out. Of course, we also made good action scenes, so I think you'll be very excited at it!"
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A: I am sorry, but I didn’t see it when it aired. It was very harsh to re-confirm that her sister existed after hearing her voice… When I met with (Tamagawa) Sakiko (Akemi VA) in the studio (continues in next page)
  
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A: "In this movie, the expressions of the characters and the display of their true natures... We put a lot of attention to those during making. We've also drawn everyday situations in a courteous way so that children can enjoy it as well. First you follow the case, then you follow the characters... We'd like of you to enjoy it many times with a different way of seeing things on each time.
 
  
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A: (continues from previous page) it was very fun. We talked about recent status and so. But when her part in the dubbing ended, I felt like “Ah… I can’t hear to her voice anymore”... I guess that the episode of the answering machine in the film “Countdown to Heaven” stuck a nail on me. I loved hearing to her voice during the pre-screening (of the movie).<br>
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Now you have SNS and videos amongst other seals to feel the traces of that person, but you could say that, back in those times, the answering machine was the only one. The voice alone brings a lot of memories, it does. I think she does care about her big sister.<br>
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Those feelings revive so that’s why I avoided “Episode ONE”... But I did face it. And it was harsh, indeed. And once again I felt that I’d done something terrible. The drug that I (Haibara) had made tore apart two people who were happy. I guess that back then (Episode ONE) improving the results of her research was the only meaningful (thing) in her life.  If it’d been used for treating diseases or so, had been given a correct use, it might’ve been a great drug but…
  
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Q: Please tell us about the relationship between her and Conan (Shinichi)<br>
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Scriptwriter. He also works with the alias "Iida Takeshi". TV series "Aibou", "Yamegoku: Yakuza Yamete Itadakimasu", "The forensic woman". Films "ATARU The Movie", "Aibou Series X Day", and others. Has written scripts for movies 17, 19 and 20 of "Detective Conan" as well as scripts for the TV series episodes 813 and 898.
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A: Lately, it feels harmonizing, as if they were an old couple married to each other! There were periods in which (the relationship) sways, too. It doesn’t go to the point of love, but I think they believe and rely on each other.<br>
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As of now, you could say it’s a tie… You (Conan) move, and I (Haibara) investigate… It feels like those roles have been established and thus their feelings aren’t too disrupted, I guess. I myself have changed, too.<br>
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I lately sit next to Minami during dubbing. She doesn’t get to interact (often) with Ran so I don’t get to met her (VA) in the dubbings… And I got shocked when I saw Wakana (Ran VA) sitting next to Minami during the movie dubbings!  I was like “ah? That’s not my seat?”. I did think “oh??” while choosing a seat from where I could have a good look at both (laughs).<br>
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And that seat is the one next to the professor’s (Agasa’s) and is my current location. At some point, Micchan (Ootani Ikue, Mitsuhiko VA) comes next to us too… There’s a battle over the seats inside of me and I was in an ill mood for a while. But as time passes, and even more when seeing “Episode ONE”... I feel like “sorry for that” (laughs).
  
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A: "It's only been 2 years since "The darkest nightmare" so I did go "huh?" at the news (laughs). It might've been better if it'd been made before the feeling of having written Amuro had vanished from me. I wrote his face as Bourbon in "The darkest nightmare", but due to the topic in this movie I specialized in Furuya, his face as PS (public safety)."
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A: Hmmm… “Pal, huh? (For now)”. I think it’s just in relation as the “pal” to solve a case. Each movie has a different way to depict their relationships. In the “Sunflowers of inferno”, for example, she was shown swaying from time to time. So I guess she must have those feelings. She must be shutting them within her depths.
  
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A: Wow. Now that’s a difficult (question). I guess that the (feeling) within her depths is a feeling of guilt. She likes her cute spots and feels a bit envious. And she sees her sister on her… She feels healed, but she probably thinks “it’s not like you’re the one who made me remember about my sis” afterwards. She’s indecise.
  
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But she does want Ran to laugh, and feels sorry when she sees her cry when she (Ran) thinks of Shinichi. Yes, it’s the most complicated feeling she has.
  
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The first draft of the story was a harder type of story. And Director Tachikawa pushed it back into a softer and kinder direction. He also likes hard stories, and he's good at staging them. But since it was the first time he was in charge of directing a Conan film, he said he wanted it to be something entertaining and dream-like. He had it very clear about what he wanted to do in the first Conan work he was in charge of.  
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A: She can accept their relationship, but feels rough when it’s about Conan and Ran. Maybe she’ll make a drug to split (Conan and Shinichi) into two… Kidding (laughs)<br>
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A: "The conversation between Amuro and Azusa, and Amuro answering Conan's question... Those scenes were added, and they were impressive. The latter made me think "what are they talking about now of all times", it sure did (laughs). But if you add those lines in a tense situation, then I think they make the film more lovable. If it was about Shinichi and Ran, I would have my own interpretation of things, but it's harder when it comes to Amuro. So I left the suggested portions in the hands of [Aoyama] sensei."
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A: I love them! (laughs). The Professor is hiding her, but she’s strict to him about food and he lowers his eyebrows, overwhelmed. How cute she is! She’s also curious about the (relationship) with Fusae, too. She wishes for him to be happy… “Ah! It’s the person of the Fusae brand which you like, Ai-chan!” “Marry her, Professor… I’ll be able to get tons of bag samples!” (laughs)<br>
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A (continued from above question): "That's how he's depicted. The "right hand man" is thing that exists, I was told about it from an ex-PS person who I used as reference. Since officers currently on duty in the PS wouldn't tell us anything. This man, who can contact "Zero", is apparently chosen through someone's selection. It'd seem their skillfulness and personality are checked out so I guess that Kazami was evaluated to have the right kind of personality.  
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How much suspicion she puts in her words and how much of it she lashes out at him...She’s very good at considering those, yes. Voicing them aloud and avoiding lying… That’s Ai-chan for you (laughs)<br>
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“Ah, it’s really alright”... I felt incredibly relieved. That imprinting made me feel that Akai wasn’t a bad guy ever since he made his debut. There’s a kind of link between the actors and the roles they play.<br>
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Q: What about the org chasing Haibara?<br>
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A: When it’s an episode involving them, I don’t feel like going to the studio. I don’t want to bump into Gin… When Gin thinks of Sherry, she was (shown) half-nude, but… Why? (laughs) I don’t want to know the reason of (his) obsession (with her), either. Because I’ll have to take it in if I got to know it.<br>
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Bun Gin also makes mistakes, and gives a “snap” feeling. Vermouth’s confidence is scary. Feels like she (Vermouth) would betray the org, too. Also… I don’t want to get involved with Amuro (laughs).<br>
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He’s 120% cool on the outside, but his “on-off switch” is quite baffling. Since he also intended to kill Sherry… Huh? That he might’ve been intending to protect her as a PSB officer?
  
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Caption: "The recipe of the ham sandwiches that Amuro exposed and became a topic, was a suggestion by Sakurai-san. Also, the PSP is called "ham" in jargon. (Episode 813)"
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Q: It’s possible that he was shocked at being unable to protect the daughter of Elena, whom he revered.<br>
 +
A; Feel it, then, feel it! (laughs)<br>
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Thinking of it from the PoV of him being in the org, his skills at infiltrating and his ability to fascinate others, he’s quite the outstanding type. I really don’t want to end up liking him so I feel like not getting close to him (laughs). I think that I’ll waver if I have some odd emotion going on.<br>
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I, as Ai-chan, I don’t want to make any more “dear persons”. Because I’ll be unable to let go of them.
  
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Q: "Did you have in mind depicting each's of Amuro's triple faces separately?"<br>
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Q: The org’s pursuit has cooled down, but what kind of developments do you expect to happen?<br>
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A: "He has the same feeling of justice at all times, whether he's being Furuya or he's being Bourbon. So I took into mind that they are the same at the bottom of their hearts, when writing them. Even if he gets a gun pointed at him during his covert investigation and is about to be exposed as a NOC, or even if he's working part-time at the Poirot. At the bottom of his heart he's the same Furuya Rei. It's not like he's working at the Poirot to relax, I think he does that to assimilate with society.  
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A: “Oh, no! Because Vermouth knows that (Haibara) is alive, you know? But that’s why… Aoyama-sensei is drawing a brighter Ai-chan. She’s becoming a normal girl. I’d like to say “it’s alright”. But if that happens then the work will end so (laughs)<br>
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Development in which she faces the regrets and self-condemnation within her, and involvements with the org that’ll make me skip a heartbeat… I predict that that’s what’ll happen. But until then I want to enjoy the everyday routine.<br>
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I was very shocked at seeing her family, who were recently shown in the manga!
  
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But his aspect of mingling with society as "a man about to turn 30, working part-time in a café while learning to be a detective" is something that I do think that it's not very reasonable (laughs). If there's someone with some age to them who work part-time at a café while learning how to be a detective, I would feel anxious.  
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Q: Please give us a message for the fans. <br>
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A: The swing width of “Ai-chan likeness” has expanded but her unmelting ice is within me so… She looks cute but scary at the same time… I hope you love her with a broad sight.  
  
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However, he's good at acting, has a wide capacity, and his information processing ability must be very high as well. Don't they ask him "Amuro-san, what are you doing at your age?"...? There must be something on him that doesn't make you think about that (laughs).
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Caption: Episode 231, the bus hijack. And the line in episode 280 “you’ll protect me, won’t you?” was a topic during the interview.
  
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If you asked about which of his faces is most charming, then I'd say all of them are. The vectors of charm are different, each of them are precious and cool. But, well, I haven't written much of his "Bourbon" face so if I get to write about him on the future I guess I'd write about Bourbon. He has a belief of justice yet carries out evil... Normally, one would puncture at that. But Amuro can do it. I think that that's why he was promoted to working the "Zero" organization.  
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Born March 30th. Tokyo Province. Main works: “Ranma ½” as female Ranma, “Slayers” as Lina Inverse, “Evangelion” as Ayanami Ray, “Cowboy Bebop” as Fey, etc.
  
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Q: "Please tell us about episodes of the TV series you wrote the script of."<br>
 
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A: "I was ordered that, in the spin-offs linking to the movies, no-one could die. If it had to be a mystery in the café where no-one died, it would have to be a story about food or drinks. The reason I used ham sandwiches in Episode 813 "The shadow creeping on Amuro", was due to the perception of "He's public safety (公安 / kouan) so cheap (安い / yasui) ham (ハム) (combined make 公 (kou)) will do" (laughs).
 
  
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That recipe was something I had on mind, and, of course I've sometimes made those sandwiches. But I was told that eventually they would be served at cafés... If I had known that, then I wouldn't have used a steamer to make them (laughs). That way of making them is hard, actually.
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And episode 898, the spin-off of "Zero the enforcer", titled "The cake melted", had me taking that aspect into account. Apart from cakes, I made stews with a good-looking pink color. Nowadays they call those "being instagrammable" (laughs). If you take lycopene at the morning, it's good for the body so I use tomatoes, and added milk so that they would match the set drinks of coffee or black tea."
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Yasuichiro Yamamoto
  
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Q: "Please give us a message to the readers to wrap up."<br>
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TV Anime & Movie Director
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A: "I think that, in the 1st time viewing, you will empathize with Conan, the protagonist, and see things from his PoV, but... If you switch your PoV to Amuro in your 2nd viewing, you become the culprit in the 3rd viewing. There's actually a 4th PoV, but... If I give out details about it you'll figure out the culprit (laughs). Anyway, I think that it'd be good if you can enjoy it at least for 4 times."
 
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===Special Conan Movie Staff interview===
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Q: When you assumed your role as the director of the TV series, it was around the time Haibara made her debut.<br>
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'''Date:''' May 23, 2018<br>
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A: Truth to be told, her debut episode, 129… I saw most of it for the first time when it aired. It’d been worked on before I became director, so…
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'''Published in:''' Shonen Sunday Super
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Q: And then you directed the 2004 movie, “Magician of the silver wings”.<br>
 +
A: I think that the first time Conan called Haibara “pal” was in the script of the 2007 movie, “Azure Jolly Roger”. The script was by Kawashibara. I thought that Aoyama-sensei would correct it but it went sans a hitch. I was “ah, then it’s fine!”. And that’s when I feel like that Haibara’s directionaly was set, with her being his “pal”.
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Q: You returned to being TV series director in 2012.<br>
 +
A: In episode 684, “Bubbles, steam and smoke (1st part)”, I had Okiya say something uncalled for, and Aoyama-sensei did scold me (laughs).<br>
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“A pretty unreliable knight, aren’t you?”<br>
 +
“I’ll protect you even if I stake my life on it, princess”<br>
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I added that conversation because we had some length of the episode to fill in. Since it wasn’t clear that Okiya = Akai then I thought it’d be fine but… (laughs). Haibara’s character has changed a lot lately, compared to her debut.<br>
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It’s fun to make episodes in which she bounces, thinking that she doesn’t need to be so tense and can have it easier.
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Q: Please tell us about “Episode ONE”, which aired on December 2016<br>
 +
A: We had to swell the story of the 1st episode so the first ideas were the initial and last Sherry scenes. I had Aoyama-sensei check as well. The coffee beans and the satou being in a drug vial was an homage to a SF novel named “Inherit the stars”. I thought it’d be neat, since it’d feel like (what a) scientist (would do).<br>
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Her crossing paths with Shinichi and leading her to realize he’s shrunk was something that I thought during the making, was like “ah, this’ll do fine” and I decided on it.
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Animation director, director, animator. Has been in “Detective Conan” when it began airing in 1996, and began directing when episode 119. He’s been working in the movies since the 1st one and has been director from the 8th one to the 14th one. In 2012 he went back to being TV series director and has also been in charge of special programs and so.
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Q: What episode left an impression in you?<br>
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A: I guess it’s episode 247 “The mystery caught in the net (2nd part)”, when she (Haibara) introduces herself to Ran. Looks like there are some in the streets who take it as a declaration of war, but is it the case…? (laughs)<br>
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She feels like she’s blown it away…? Or so I think…<br>
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In “The disappearance of Edogawa Conan”, the scriptwriter Uchida Kenji got to like Haibara so he got very excited (laughs)<br>
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But after the dubbing ended, Hayashibara told us “she blew it away, so why are you making this?” (laughs).<br>
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In some of the movies… In “The Detectives’ Requiem”, she acted like an uneasy child or how she got beaten up by one of the culprits in “The Lost Ship of the Skies”. The gap between cute and cool is fun to make.
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Q: That gap is her charm, yes?<br>
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A: The answer isn’t that simple. She originally was a grown up girl, but when she’s with the kids she feels like she’s their big sis. I think I like it most when she’s with the DBs. But the animation is hard given how there’s so many characters (onscreen) (laughs)
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 +
Q: What kind of future developments do you expect?<br>
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A: Hard to say… Even if Conan puts distance with Haibara and beats the org, I’m not sure whether she’ll agree with him on that. If she doesn’t get involved, she might feel like the issue hasn’t been solved…<br>
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I hope it ends up in peace. But it depends on Aoyama-sensei, though (laughs)
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 +
Q: Please give us a message for the fans!<br>
 +
A: We’re doing our best while thinking about her, so please watch on with warmth to what’s coming next. By the way, I recently use a Tanita weight scale and she scolds me “don’t neglect exercise” (laughs)<br>
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At some point I’ve become older than Professor Agasa (laughs).
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Caption: the “I’ll show you something interesting” line is one spot where Aoyama-sensei intervened. It’d seem it originally was different words but with similar contents.
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===Kappei Yamaguchi M23 interview===
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'''Date:''' April 2, 2019
 
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──今日、初めて「紺青の拳」の試写をご覧になったんですよね（取材は4月2日の完成披露舞台挨拶の前に行われた）。
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観てきました。面白かったですよ！ 収録のときはまだ画が完成していないのと、音楽や効果音も入っていない状態なので、全体が見えるわけじゃないんです。なので改めて完成したものを観て、これはみんなワクワクする作品になったんじゃないかと思いました。それにしてもかなりスケールの大きな作品になったなという感じはしましたね。なかなかね、人間離れした人たちがたくさん出てくるから（笑）。
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1-Gosho confirms that Carasuma is the boss<br>
 
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2-the end of Haibara gonna surprise everyone<br>
 
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3-look forward to Vol 96<br>
 
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Gosho : i drew a sad story in Vol 96 (file  1015-1017) and disappointment of Heiji (file 1018-1021) and please look forward to more tricks and the relation between characters (file 1022-1026)<br>
 
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-about Reneya:<br>
 
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-about Haibara:<br>
 
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Gosho: everyone is wondering how things gonna develop with Haibara and How gonna be her end ?....i guess her end gonna surprise everyone.... because she is .... Aaaaah i can't say that (laugh)<br>
 
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──はい。後半は驚きの連続で、1回観ただけでは処理しきれない感じがありました（笑）。
  
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そうなんですよ。収録のときも画面がどうなっているかわからないから、「えっ、これってどうなってるの？ まさかこうなってるの？」なんてみんなで話していて。あそこまで突き抜けた作品になったら、これはこれで楽しいなって思います。なんかもう、「ダイ・ハード」みたいになってましたよね（笑）。
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===Nagasaki Newspaper New Years short interview===
 
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もちろん謎解きも見どころなんですが、その印象を上回る派手さがありますよね。でも今回は怪盗キッドが出てくる話なので、これくらい派手でいいのかなと思います。
  
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──怪盗キッドが劇場版に登場するのは、2015年に公開された「名探偵コナン 業火の向日葵」以来、4年ぶりとなります。メインキャラクターとして劇場版に登場することが決まったときはどう感じられましたか？
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案外早かったなという印象でした。毎年本編の最後に来年の劇場版の告知があるので、（昨年公開された）「ゼロの執行人」の収録のときはもう次回作のメインキャラクターがキッドになることは聞いていたんです。それがもう1年半くらい前になるんですかね。もう少し空くかなと思っていたのですが。
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Q: What has 2018 been like?<br>
 
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A: It's been an Amuro year! (laughs)
 
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Q: What will this year be like?<br>
 
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A: A police academy year? (laughs)
 
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Q: Between the other mangakas, which ones inspired you the most to pursue your objectives?<br>
 
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A: Tetsuya Chiba-sensei, Monkey Punch-sensei and Mitsuru Adachi-sensei.
 
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Q: In 1987, Magic Kaito; in 1988 Yaiba; in 1994 Detective Conan... Such important works have been published one after another. What do you think about Conan's popularity?<br>
 
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Q: How many staff people are there at [your] workplace? What is the atmosphere like?<br>
 
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Q: Conan movies broke the franchise record for the sixth time in a row at the box office. The popularity is rapidly raising!<br>
 
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Q: This summer, in addition to the Forensic Division Exhibition, there will be events and talk shows with Conan's voice actors. Finally, please tell something brief [a few words] to Nagasaki people.<br>
 
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──「名探偵コナン」は長らく国民的アニメとして愛されていますが、2013年から6年連続で劇場版の興行収入を更新するなど、近年ますます注目が集まっていると感じます。そんなタイミングで、怪盗キッドがメインとなる劇場版が公開されるわけですが……。
  
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興行収入を更新しているというのも、スタッフ一同としては、一生懸命作ったものに対してのご褒美のようなものと捉えていて、なので今回もいつも通り楽しく収録させていただきました。
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──本編の内容を思い返してみても、収録現場はとても楽しそうです。
  
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「コナン」はいろいろな事件が起こる作品ではあるんですが、収録自体はいたって和気あいあいと進むんです。劇場版は1日で録るので、今年も朝から夜の0時過ぎまで収録していました。その間はずっと集中していたわけですけど、すごく楽しい収録だったなという印象が残っていますね。
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Q: Haibara made her debut in the anime in January, 1999. This year is the 20th anniversary of that debut.<br>
 
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A: Her debut was the end of the century, yes. The age fits that occasion, yes. I was familiar with the cast of the “Conan” characters so I had no resistance in joining them. I’d often acted together with Ogata Kenichi (Agasa VA), and Takayama Minami (Conan VA) also politely taught me many things.<br>
 
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<u>'''京極さんは、安室さんとは真逆のタイプの人'''</u>
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A: At first, she was shutting everything within her heart, but…  The Professor’s warmth, and his lack of concern gradually heals her and allows her to regain a human flavor-like aspect to her. The Detective Boys also try to cheer her and it’s not like they force themselves to do so. The casual everyday convos make her shed tears, too.<br>
 
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Also, sharing her secret with Kudo, who’s in the same situation as her, she gains the feeling that she’s not the only one (in that state). In episodes 822-823 (“The suspects are a devoted couple”), she went to great extremes… Yes! (laughs)<br>
 
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I was “Ai-chan can now make these faces”. It’s perplexing but I’m also happy at it. Even if she’s told “you’re pretty nervous”, I guess she’d reply “that’s not the case”. But it’s not like the issues with the organization have been solved, so she can’t lower the guard!
 
  
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──今回の劇場版では、京極真もキーパーソンとして活躍しています。劇場版で京極にスポットが当たるのは今回が初めてとなりますが。
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A: I stop to think at how much her heart must have moved. Trying to examine the max values of how to express emotions… I guess? She’s a girl who doesn’t express gratitude with her face or words so I do (think) about how to express her human side.<br>
 
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京極さんはカッコいいですよね。僕は京極さんの不器用なところ嫌いじゃないです。園子に一途で、きっと空手と園子があればほかにはなんにもいらないんだろうなこの人は、みたいな感じがあって。でもその一途さが故に、愛情表現が不器用になってしまうところがある。去年の（「ゼロの執行人」にメインキャラクターとして登場した）安室さんとは真逆にいるようなタイプの人ですよね。
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A: I am sorry, but I didn’t see it when it aired. It was very harsh to re-confirm that her sister existed after hearing her voice… When I met with (Tamagawa) Sakiko (Akemi VA) in the studio (continues in next page)
 
  
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──純朴でちょっと天然な一面があったり、安室透とはまた違った魅力を持っていますよね。
  
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あとは“漢”と書いて“おとこ”と読むみたいな部分もある（笑）。この劇場版を通して、京極さんのことを好きになる人はきっと多いんじゃないかなと思います。ただ、彼はもはや人間ではなくなってきているなって（笑）。クライマックスでも1人だけオーラが立ち昇って、もう別ジャンルのキャラクターになってましたからね。キッド個人としては、あまり関わりたくないです（笑）。
  
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A: (continues from previous page) it was very fun. We talked about recent status and so. But when her part in the dubbing ended, I felt like “Ah… I can’t hear to her voice anymore”... I guess that the episode of the answering machine in the film “Countdown to Heaven” stuck a nail on me. I loved hearing to her voice during the pre-screening (of the movie).<br>
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──園子はキッドのことになるとつい「キッド様」と目を輝かせてしまうので、京極の嫉妬の矛先はそのままキッドに向いてしまいます。
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Now you have SNS and videos amongst other seals to feel the traces of that person, but you could say that, back in those times, the answering machine was the only one. The voice alone brings a lot of memories, it does. I think she does care about her big sister.<br>
 
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Those feelings revive so that’s why I avoided “Episode ONE”... But I did face it. And it was harsh, indeed. And once again I felt that I’d done something terrible. The drug that I (Haibara) had made tore apart two people who were happy. I guess that back then (Episode ONE) improving the results of her research was the only meaningful (thing) in her life.  If it’d been used for treating diseases or so, had been given a correct use, it might’ve been a great drug but…
 
  
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そうなんですよ。だから園子にはもう少し静かにしていてほしいですね（笑）。でも今回の劇場版の中で、キッドが京極さんとやり合うシーンがありますけど、なかなかに攻撃をかわしてますからね。キッドも相当じゃない？と。
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A: Lately, it feels harmonizing, as if they were an old couple married to each other! There were periods in which (the relationship) sways, too. It doesn’t go to the point of love, but I think they believe and rely on each other.<br>
 
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As of now, you could say it’s a tie… You (Conan) move, and I (Haibara) investigate… It feels like those roles have been established and thus their feelings aren’t too disrupted, I guess. I myself have changed, too.<br>
 
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I lately sit next to Minami during dubbing. She doesn’t get to interact (often) with Ran so I don’t get to met her (VA) in the dubbings… And I got shocked when I saw Wakana (Ran VA) sitting next to Minami during the movie dubbings!  I was like “ah? That’s not my seat?”. I did think “oh??” while choosing a seat from where I could have a good look at both (laughs).<br>
 
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And that seat is the one next to the professor’s (Agasa’s) and is my current location. At some point, Micchan (Ootani Ikue, Mitsuhiko VA) comes next to us too… There’s a battle over the seats inside of me and I was in an ill mood for a while. But as time passes, and even more when seeing “Episode ONE”... I feel like “sorry for that” (laughs).
 
  
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──かわすほうが技術が必要だったりしますもんね。
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そうそう、だからキッドは身体能力が高いんだなと思いました。
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A: Wow. Now that’s a difficult (question). I guess that the (feeling) within her depths is a feeling of guilt. She likes her cute spots and feels a bit envious. And she sees her sister on her… She feels healed, but she probably thinks “it’s not like you’re the one who made me remember about my sis” afterwards. She’s indecise.
 
  
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A: She can lash out at Conan, so… She talks about 70% of the feelings and falsifies the remaining 30%, but… There’s many things about Ran that she can’t express in words. She briefly thinks “let’s tell her all I want to say” but then erases that line of thought (laughs).<br>
 
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But she does want Ran to laugh, and feels sorry when she sees her cry when she (Ran) thinks of Shinichi. Yes, it’s the most complicated feeling she has.
 
  
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A: She can accept their relationship, but feels rough when it’s about Conan and Ran. Maybe she’ll make a drug to split (Conan and Shinichi) into two… Kidding (laughs)<br>
 
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I do clearly switch the switches when calling him either “Edogawa-kun” or “Kudou-kun” in the dubbing (sessions). The premise is that she’s an elementary student but has a bit of adult feeling to her.
 
  
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──今回はキッドとコナンが共闘するシーンも見どころの1つだと思います。「天空の難破船（ロスト・シップ）」の収録の際は、コナン役の高山みなみさんと「コナンとキッドの距離が近づきすぎているかもしれないから、もう少し離れてみようか」というお話をされたそうですが、今回の劇場版でのキッドとコナンの距離感はいかがでしょうか？
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いい距離感だと思いますよ。決して近からず、遠からずというか。やっぱりお互い信頼はおいていると思うんですけれど、根本にある“怪盗”と“探偵”という距離感は保っている。完成した映像を観て、改めていい距離感だなと思いました。
  
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──収録中、そのあたりについて高山さんとはお話しされたんですか。
  
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今回の劇場版では、コナンくんとキッドが、お互いに集めてきた情報をまとめていくような会話のシーンが多い。なので「これは説明としてどうだろう？」とか、そういったことは話しましたね。キャラクターそのものについてはお互い信頼しているし、言わずもがなの部分ではあるので。そういったことよりも、台本上でキッドがコナンに頼りすぎているかなと感じた部分があれば、セリフの捉え方やニュアンスで変化をつけたり、ちょっと言葉を入れ替えてみようかとか、そういったことについてよく話し合っていました。
  
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──コナンに頼らずとも、キッドはキッドで考えて動いていると。
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キッドもそれなりに切れ者なので。これぐらいの真実だったらキッド個人でも辿り着くことができるんじゃないかなと思う部分があれば、そういったところのニュアンスを相談したりします。ただ、推理はコナンくんのお家芸なので。そこはキッドもコナンを信頼しているところではあると思うんです。
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A: She’s pretty cool-headed. Since she’s actually driven herself to the point of dying. And she still feels, sometimes, that she should die… And that’s why she can be cool. I think she earned her strength by leaving the organization. Not because she experienced a frightening organization, but because she’s still alive after running from there.
 
  
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──これまでのシリーズでもキッドとコナンが共闘するシーンはありましたが、今作は今まで以上に2人が一緒にいる時間が長かったですよね。
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A: Sheesh! It’s a complicated topic, and it’s hard to answer! (laughs)<br>
 
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How much suspicion she puts in her words and how much of it she lashes out at him...She’s very good at considering those, yes. Voicing them aloud and avoiding lying… That’s Ai-chan for you (laughs)<br>
 
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Also, Ikeda Shuichi’s voice is, for me, a “peaceful trauma”. In “Tico of the 7 seas”, the protagonist I voice is kidnapped, his father, played by Ikeda, comes to rescue him and says “it’s alright!”, but… When I heard that, I broke into tears.<br>
 
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“Ah, it’s really alright”... I felt incredibly relieved. That imprinting made me feel that Akai wasn’t a bad guy ever since he made his debut. There’s a kind of link between the actors and the roles they play.<br>
 
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Eating curry or adding litmus paper to the stew… Inspector Ayanokouji, also voiced by him, is charming, but… When he becomes Subaru you can’t trust him. I think it’s wonderful (laughs)
 
  
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そうですね。ずーっと一緒にいますからね。コナンくんをシンガポールに連れてきたのもキッドですし。でもひどいですよね、スーツケースに入れて連れてくるなんて（笑）。
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A: When it’s an episode involving them, I don’t feel like going to the studio. I don’t want to bump into Gin… When Gin thinks of Sherry, she was (shown) half-nude, but… Why? (laughs) I don’t want to know the reason of (his) obsession (with her), either. Because I’ll have to take it in if I got to know it.<br>
 
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Bun Gin also makes mistakes, and gives a “snap” feeling. Vermouth’s confidence is scary. Feels like she (Vermouth) would betray the org, too. Also… I don’t want to get involved with Amuro (laughs).<br>
 
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He’s 120% cool on the outside, but his “on-off switch” is quite baffling. Since he also intended to kill Sherry… Huh? That he might’ve been intending to protect her as a PSB officer?
 
  
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──まさかのスーツケースでしたからね（笑）。そんなキッドとコナンの関係性というのも、これまでの長い付き合いの中で徐々に変化している部分があるのかなと感じました。
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Thinking of it from the PoV of him being in the org, his skills at infiltrating and his ability to fascinate others, he’s quite the outstanding type. I really don’t want to end up liking him so I feel like not getting close to him (laughs). I think that I’ll waver if I have some odd emotion going on.<br>
 
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I, as Ai-chan, I don’t want to make any more “dear persons”. Because I’ll be unable to let go of them.
 
  
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Q: The org’s pursuit has cooled down, but what kind of developments do you expect to happen?<br>
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キッドが初めて「名探偵コナン」に登場したときは、あくまでコナンの好敵手の立場として出ていて。「天空の難破船」のあたりくらいからかな。黒羽快斗の部分が「名探偵コナン」の作中にもチラつくようになって、少し変わってきた部分があるのかなと思います。最初に出会ったときは「怪盗はあざやかに獲物を盗み出す創造的な芸術家だが、探偵はその跡を見て難癖つけるただの批評家に過ぎないんだぜ？」と言っていたキッドが、今回の劇場版の中では「握った拳の中にまるで何かがあるように思わせるのがマジシャンで、その拳を開く前に中身を言い当てるのが探偵だろ？」っていう言い方をしてるんです。そういったセリフ1つとっても、ずいぶん変わったなと。コナンくんに対しての信頼っていうのは、やっぱり彼の中にも絶対あるんだと思います。
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A: “Oh, no! Because Vermouth knows that (Haibara) is alive, you know? But that’s why… Aoyama-sensei is drawing a brighter Ai-chan. She’s becoming a normal girl. I’d like to say “it’s alright”. But if that happens then the work will end so (laughs)<br>
 
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I was very shocked at seeing her family, who were recently shown in the manga!
 
  
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Q: Please give us a message for the fans. <br>
 
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A: The swing width of “Ai-chan likeness” has expanded but her unmelting ice is within me so… She looks cute but scary at the same time… I hope you love her with a broad sight.
 
  
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Caption: Episode 231, the bus hijack. And the line in episode 280 “you’ll protect me, won’t you?” was a topic during the interview.
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<u>'''快斗と新一はいい友人に？ ……それはどうでしょう（笑）'''</u>
  
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──キッド個人としてはどうでしょう？ 最初の頃と現在とでは、イメージが変わってきた部分はあるのでしょうか。
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Born March 30th. Tokyo Province. Main works: “Ranma ½” as female Ranma, “Slayers” as Lina Inverse, “Evangelion” as Ayanami Ray, “Cowboy Bebop” as Fey, etc.
 
  
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今回の劇場版の中でもそんなに“キッドキッド”してしゃべっていないんですよね。コナンくんと一緒にいるときは、かなりニュートラルな状態になっている。黒羽快斗の部分で接していることのほうが多くなってきたのかなとは思います。
  
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──「コナン」に登場し始めた頃のキッドは、もう少しミステリアスな雰囲気がありました。
  
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そうですよね。最近は「レディース＆ジェントルメン！」なんて言いませんからね（笑）。
  
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──あはは（笑）。確かにあまり聞かなくなりました。
  
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Q: When you assumed your role as the director of the TV series, it was around the time Haibara made her debut.<br>
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以前よりも黒羽快斗という1人の青年の部分が色濃く出るようになった気がします。それも「天空の難破船」のあたりから砕けてきたのかなと。あのヤギを撫でていたあたりから（笑）。
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A: Truth to be told, her debut episode, 129… I saw most of it for the first time when it aired. It’d been worked on before I became director, so…
 
  
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──そういったキッドの姿を見ていると、快斗と新一はいい友人関係になれるんじゃないかなと思ったりもするのですが。
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A: I think that the first time Conan called Haibara “pal” was in the script of the 2007 movie, “Azure Jolly Roger”. The script was by Kawashibara. I thought that Aoyama-sensei would correct it but it went sans a hitch. I was “ah, then it’s fine!”. And that’s when I feel like that Haibara’s directionaly was set, with her being his “pal”.
 
  
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いやあ、どうでしょうねえ？ どうなんでしょうかね？（笑） 結局のところは追う立場のものと、追われる立場のものですからね。
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A: In episode 684, “Bubbles, steam and smoke (1st part)”, I had Okiya say something uncalled for, and Aoyama-sensei did scold me (laughs).<br>
 
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“A pretty unreliable knight, aren’t you?”<br>
 
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“I’ll protect you even if I stake my life on it, princess”<br>
 
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I added that conversation because we had some length of the episode to fill in. Since it wasn’t clear that Okiya = Akai then I thought it’d be fine but… (laughs). Haibara’s character has changed a lot lately, compared to her debut.<br>
 
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──なるほど……。ちなみに、山口さんは「名探偵コナン」で工藤新一と怪盗キッド、似た顔の2人のキャラクターを演じていますが、演じ分けはどういうふうに考えているのでしょうか。
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A: We had to swell the story of the 1st episode so the first ideas were the initial and last Sherry scenes. I had Aoyama-sensei check as well. The coffee beans and the satou being in a drug vial was an homage to a SF novel named “Inherit the stars”. I thought it’d be neat, since it’d feel like (what a) scientist (would do).<br>
 
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Her crossing paths with Shinichi and leading her to realize he’s shrunk was something that I thought during the making, was like “ah, this’ll do fine” and I decided on it.
 
  
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それはもう感覚的なものですね。声も特別変えているわけではなく、それぞれに“工藤新一エッセンス”と“怪盗キッドエッセンス”みたいなものをちょっとずつ分けるという感じ。キッドが出てきてくれたことによって、意外と新一はクールなキャラクターではなく、熱血タイプなんだなっていうことがわかりました。なのでどちらかというとキッドにクールな部分を残して、新一からはそういう部分を削っていって。新一をアツい性格のキャラクターにしてみたら、意外と「あ、これでいいかも」と思うようになりました。
  
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──確かに新一は物事に真っ直ぐで、キッドのほうが少し飄々としている印象があります。そういった部分も山口さんのお芝居から感じました。
  
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Animation director, director, animator. Has been in “Detective Conan” when it began airing in 1996, and began directing when episode 119. He’s been working in the movies since the 1st one and has been director from the 8th one to the 14th one. In 2012 he went back to being TV series director and has also been in charge of special programs and so.
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あとは観てくれている皆さんが、そう聴き分けてくれている。僕自身の演じ分けとしては、新一のほうが真っ直ぐ見据えてしゃべっていて、キッドのほうが上から見下ろしているような感じ。そういうイメージを持ちながら演じています。
  
  
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<u>'''懐かしくも新しいキッドのコスチューム'''</u>
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A: I guess it’s episode 247 “The mystery caught in the net (2nd part)”, when she (Haibara) introduces herself to Ran. Looks like there are some in the streets who take it as a declaration of war, but is it the case…? (laughs)<br>
 
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She feels like she’s blown it away…? Or so I think…<br>
 
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In “The disappearance of Edogawa Conan”, the scriptwriter Uchida Kenji got to like Haibara so he got very excited (laughs)<br>
 
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But after the dubbing ended, Hayashibara told us “she blew it away, so why are you making this?” (laughs).<br>
 
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In some of the movies… In “The Detectives’ Requiem”, she acted like an uneasy child or how she got beaten up by one of the culprits in “The Lost Ship of the Skies”. The gap between cute and cool is fun to make.
 
  
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──先日、金曜ロードSHOW!で「世紀末の魔術師」が放送された際にはSNSも大きく賑わっていました。中には「キッドが初恋」と語るファンの方もいて。
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A: The answer isn’t that simple. She originally was a grown up girl, but when she’s with the kids she feels like she’s their big sis. I think I like it most when she’s with the DBs. But the animation is hard given how there’s so many characters (onscreen) (laughs)
 
  
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……やっぱり、あの頃のキッドのほうがみんな好きなんですかね？（笑） 皆さんの反応を見ていて、キザなキッドのほうがお好きなのかなって思ったりしました。
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I hope it ends up in peace. But it depends on Aoyama-sensei, though (laughs)
 
  
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──ちょっとミステリアスでキザなところがあって、幼心にはいわゆる少女マンガのヒーローっぽいキッドに惹かれるところがあったのかもしれないですね。
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At some point I’ve become older than Professor Agasa (laughs).
 
  
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でもねえ、小学1年生の女の子の家のベランダに飛び降りて、「飛び続けるのに疲れて、羽を休めていたただの魔法使いですよ」みたいなこと……（笑）。改めて観て、ちょっと「ふふ」って笑っちゃいました。
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===Kappei Yamaguchi M23 interview===
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──そんなキッドがカッコいいと思います（笑）。そんなふうに少女たちの“初恋”でありながら今も愛され続けているキッドですが、山口さんは彼の人気の理由はどこにあると考えていますか？
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<u>'''なんかもう、「ダイ・ハード」みたいになっていた'''</u>
 
  
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──今日、初めて「紺青の拳」の試写をご覧になったんですよね（取材は4月2日の完成披露舞台挨拶の前に行われた）。
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やっぱり、白いシルクハットにタキシードにマントという、キッドのあのビジュアルからしてカッコいいですよね。（黒羽快斗を主人公に描く）「まじっく快斗」自体が青山先生の中でも初期の作品ですから、怪盗キッドのキャラクターデザインもずいぶん前にされているものだと思うんです。アイコン的にキャラクターの出で立ちを作り込んであったと思うんですが、どこか懐かしい雰囲気のデザインでありながら、かえって今だと新しく感じるというか。今日劇場で観ていても思いましたけど、やっぱりキッドのコスチュームはすごく映えますよね。そういったシルエットからも魅力を感じさせるキャラクターだなと思います。
  
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観てきました。面白かったですよ！ 収録のときはまだ画が完成していないのと、音楽や効果音も入っていない状態なので、全体が見えるわけじゃないんです。なので改めて完成したものを観て、これはみんなワクワクする作品になったんじゃないかと思いました。それにしてもかなりスケールの大きな作品になったなという感じはしましたね。なかなかね、人間離れした人たちがたくさん出てくるから（笑）。
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──キッドの存在は目を引きますし、彼がいると画面が華やぎますよね。
  
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──はい。後半は驚きの連続で、1回観ただけでは処理しきれない感じがありました（笑）。
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日本で“名探偵”といえば金田一耕助や明智小五郎が挙がると思うんですが、例えば今、街頭インタビューで「名探偵といえば？」と聞いたら、そのあたりを飛び越えて「コナン」と答える人も多いんじゃないかと思うんです。それくらい大きな存在になっていると感じるんですが、キッドも「コナン」に出るようになってから認知される部分は大きくなったと思いますし、同じように「怪盗といえば？」という質問をしたら「怪盗キッド」と答えてくれる人も増えてるんじゃないでしょうか。
  
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そうなんですよ。収録のときも画面がどうなっているかわからないから、「えっ、これってどうなってるの？ まさかこうなってるの？」なんてみんなで話していて。あそこまで突き抜けた作品になったら、これはこれで楽しいなって思います。なんかもう、「ダイ・ハード」みたいになってましたよね（笑）。
 
  
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──そうですね（笑）。推理シーンに勝るぐらい、アクションのインパクトがすごいことになっているなと。
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<u>劇場版を観て一番気になったのは……</u>
  
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もちろん謎解きも見どころなんですが、その印象を上回る派手さがありますよね。でも今回は怪盗キッドが出てくる話なので、これくらい派手でいいのかなと思います。
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──では改めて、今回の劇場版の見どころを教えてください。
  
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──怪盗キッドが劇場版に登場するのは、2015年に公開された「名探偵コナン 業火の向日葵」以来、4年ぶりとなります。メインキャラクターとして劇場版に登場することが決まったときはどう感じられましたか？
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たっくさんありますよ。今回は海外が舞台ということで、圧倒的に映像がきれい。すごく細かく描写されているので、観ていたらシンガポールに行きたくなりました（笑）。そこは本当にスタッフさんたちが熱を持って作ってくださっているんだなと思います。あとは、物語的にはコナンとキッドがずっと一緒の時間を過ごして、共闘する。それが1つの軸としてある中で、もう1つの軸である京極さんと園子の話もうまく組み合わさってくるんです。それに魅力的な敵キャラクターも登場します。なのでどのキャラクターの目線で見るかで、物語の見え方や感じ方も変わるのではないかなと。とは言いつつ、意外と登場人物は少ないので、それが話をわかりやすくしている要因なのかなと思います。見どころとなると……やっぱり今回はアクションなのかなあ。
  
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案外早かったなという印象でした。毎年本編の最後に来年の劇場版の告知があるので、（昨年公開された）「ゼロの執行人」の収録のときはもう次回作のメインキャラクターがキッドになることは聞いていたんです。それがもう1年半くらい前になるんですかね。もう少し空くかなと思っていたのですが。
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──相当な迫力がありますもんね。
  
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──「名探偵コナン」は長らく国民的アニメとして愛されていますが、2013年から6年連続で劇場版の興行収入を更新するなど、近年ますます注目が集まっていると感じます。そんなタイミングで、怪盗キッドがメインとなる劇場版が公開されるわけですが……。
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後半は手に汗握る、ドキドキするアクションが楽しめると思います。人間離れした京極さんのアクションが楽しめる一方で（笑）、彼のメンタルも描かれているので、そのあたりも注目かなと。彼の弱さみたいな部分も垣間見えるので、そういったところを見ると「やっぱりまだ高校生なんだな」って安心もしました。あとは……今日試写を観ていて一番気になったのが、エンディングでみんなが飛行機で帰国するシーンがあるんですけど、あのときのコナンくんはまたスーツケースの中に入ってるのかなって気になって（笑）。
  
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興行収入を更新しているというのも、スタッフ一同としては、一生懸命作ったものに対してのご褒美のようなものと捉えていて、なので今回もいつも通り楽しく収録させていただきました。
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──確かに……コナンくんの姿は映されてなかったですね（笑）。
  
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──本編の内容を思い返してみても、収録現場はとても楽しそうです。
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……見どころを聞かれて、答えるのはそこじゃないだろうって感じですよね（笑）。
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「コナン」はいろいろな事件が起こる作品ではあるんですが、収録自体はいたって和気あいあいと進むんです。劇場版は1日で録るので、今年も朝から夜の0時過ぎまで収録していました。その間はずっと集中していたわけですけど、すごく楽しい収録だったなという印象が残っていますね。
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'''Translation:''' From wsstalkback blogspot
  
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<u>'''It's totally like it's “Die Hard” now.'''</u>
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[[File:Kappei Yamaguchi M23 interview_1.jpg|250px|thumb]]
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── You've seen “Fist of Blue Sapphire” Today for the first time. (This interview was conducted April 2nd before the on stage greeting.<br>
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{Tweet: If the Conan mass media comes then Wakana-chan will come too so it'll be a tale of going to see a movie with Ran~^^}<br>
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Kappei (To be known as K): I saw it, and it was awesome! The footage wasn't complete when we did the recording so there wasn't any music or sound effects yet...it was incomplete. So when I got to see the whole thing completed I thought that it was really exciting. Moreover it felt like the scale for this movie had become even bigger. Like...superhuman almost. (Laughs).
  
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<u>'''京極さんは、安室さんとは真逆のタイプの人'''</u>
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── Right? It felt like there were so many surprises in the second half that came one after another. I think I'd need more than one viewing to process it all. (Laughs).<br>
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K: I feel the same way. When we were doing the recording It was hard to tell how the artwork would turn out. “Huh? Wait how is this supposed to be? Whoa, that's really how it went down?” Was a lot of the talk between everyone. Though it's because it's a work that went past it's limits that it was so much fun. It's totally like “Die Hard” now. (Laughs).
  
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──今回の劇場版では、京極真もキーパーソンとして活躍しています。劇場版で京極にスポットが当たるのは今回が初めてとなりますが。
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── Totally. (Laughs) The Action scene have an impact that feel like they exceed the deduction scenes.<br>
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K: Of course there are highlights to look out for to solve the mystery, but you really would get that impression from how flashy this movie is. Though since Kid showed up this time I think that the movie being full of flash was a good thing.
  
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京極さんはカッコいいですよね。僕は京極さんの不器用なところ嫌いじゃないです。園子に一途で、きっと空手と園子があればほかにはなんにもいらないんだろうなこの人は、みたいな感じがあって。でもその一途さが故に、愛情表現が不器用になってしまうところがある。去年の（「ゼロの執行人」にメインキャラクターとして登場した）安室さんとは真逆にいるようなタイプの人ですよね。
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── Kaitou Kid last appeared in a movie in 2015 “Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno” --so 4 years ago. How did you feel when it was decided he'd be a main character in this film?<br>
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K: I was surprised to see that he was back so soon. Every year at the end of the movie they have a small preview for the next one, --which would have been “Zero's Enforcer” last year. During the recording of that movie it had already been decided that Kid would be the lead for the next one. Which was about a year and a half beforehand. I thought there'd be a little more time before we'd see him again.
  
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──純朴でちょっと天然な一面があったり、安室透とはまた違った魅力を持っていますよね。
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── “Detective Conan” is an anime that has been long loved nationwide, but for six years since 2013 the box office revenues for the movies has only been rising, and it feels like in recent years they've really garnered a lot of attention. So for Kid to be the star of a movie with timing like this...<br>
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K: Even with the box office revenues rising, the staff puts all they've got into making the movies, so while it comes off as them working hard for an award it was still a fun atmosphere during recording this time around as always.
  
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あとは“漢”と書いて“おとこ”と読むみたいな部分もある（笑）。この劇場版を通して、京極さんのことを好きになる人はきっと多いんじゃないかなと思います。ただ、彼はもはや人間ではなくなってきているなって（笑）。クライマックスでも1人だけオーラが立ち昇って、もう別ジャンルのキャラクターになってましたからね。キッド個人としては、あまり関わりたくないです（笑）。
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── Even looking back at the contents of the movie itself, it seems the recording studio is a fun place.<br>
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K: Although “Conan” is the type of series where all kinds of cases happen, the recording sessions themselves proceed with a congenial air. We usually record the lines for the movie in one day, so this year too we were recording from early morning till midnight. We were engrossed in recording the whole time, but the impression after it was all done was just how much fun it was.
  
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──園子はキッドのことになるとつい「キッド様」と目を輝かせてしまうので、京極の嫉妬の矛先はそのままキッドに向いてしまいます。
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<u>'''Kyogoku is the complete opposite from Amuro'''</u>
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[[File:Kappei Yamaguchi M23 interview_2.jpg|150px|thumb]]
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── In this movie Makoto Kyogoku is the key person. This is the first movie where Kyogoku has been in this position...<br>
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K: Kyogoku sure is cool, right? I don't dislike how awkward he is. I feel like he's the type that as long as he has Sonoko and Karate he really doesn't need anything else. However, since he is fully dedicated to Sonoko, he finds it hard awkward to express his affections. Amuro who was the main character in “Zero's Enforcer” is different –Kyogoku is the complete opposite from Amuro.
  
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そうなんですよ。だから園子にはもう少し静かにしていてほしいですね（笑）。でも今回の劇場版の中で、キッドが京極さんとやり合うシーンがありますけど、なかなかに攻撃をかわしてますからね。キッドも相当じゃない？と。
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── He's pure and just a little bit airheaded –his charm is quite different than Amuro's, huh?<br>
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K: He puts the 'man' in manliness. (laughs). After seeing this movie I feel like the amount of Kyogoku fans will grow a bit. However, I feel like at this point he's no longer human. (laughs). At the climax his aura is incredible –it's almost as if he's a character from another genre completely. I think Kid will personally want to avoid getting involved with him. (laughs).
  
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──かわすほうが技術が必要だったりしますもんね。
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── Because whenever Sonoko thinks of Kid, she refers to him as “Kid-sama” and her eyes light up, Kyogoku bares his jealousy at Kid and faces him down, right?<br>
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K: That's right. It's probably why he wants Sonoko to be quiet a bit (laughs). However, in this movie Kid and Kyogoku have a scene where they fight, but they do a good job of avoiding each others attacks. Maybe Kid's a worthy opponent?
  
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そうそう、だからキッドは身体能力が高いんだなと思いました。
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── He would need quite the technique to dodge those attacks, huh?<br>
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K: That's right. It's why I think that Kid's actually pretty strong.
  
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<u>'''Kid's trust in Conan.'''</u>
  
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<u>'''キッドからコナンに対する信頼'''</u>
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── This time around Kid and Conan have a scene where they fight on a united front. For the movie “The Lost Ship of the sky” Conan's voice actress Minami Takayama mentioned during recording that “Perhaps Kid and Conan are getting to close –maybe they need to back off a bit”. For this movie, what would you say the distance between Conan and Kid is?<br>
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K: I think they've got a good sense of distance. I don't think it's easily defined whether they're really close or far apart...I think they've just got a good sense of mutual trust in each other. I think the foundation for this is the sense of distance maintained between a “phantom thief” and a “detective”. Once I got to see the completed movie, I really thought once again that they have a good sense of distance.
  
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──今回はキッドとコナンが共闘するシーンも見どころの1つだと思います。「天空の難破船（ロスト・シップ）」の収録の際は、コナン役の高山みなみさんと「コナンとキッドの距離が近づきすぎているかもしれないから、もう少し離れてみようか」というお話をされたそうですが、今回の劇場版でのキッドとコナンの距離感はいかがでしょうか？
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── During the recording did you talk to Ms. Takayama about what she thought of this?<br>
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K: In the movie there are a lot of scenes where Conan and Kid are gathering info together. Because of this conversations would come up like “How do we go about explaining this” and so on. Since the characters themselves have so much trust in each other, there are things that go without saying between them. If there are parts of the script where it does feel like Conan and Kid are relying on each other a bit too much, we change the nuance in the lines and the pretext, and if need be discuss changing the wording. She and I would talk about that quite often during recording.
  
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いい距離感だと思いますよ。決して近からず、遠からずというか。やっぱりお互い信頼はおいていると思うんですけれど、根本にある“怪盗”と“探偵”という距離感は保っている。完成した映像を観て、改めていい距離感だなと思いました。
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── Even without relying on Conan, Kid does and thinks his own way.<br>
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K: Kid is a pretty sharp guy, so if there comes a time where one would wonder why he wouldn't be able to arrive at the truth on his own, We discuss the nuance of the lines. Conan's specialty is his deductions, so I think that's what Kid relies on and trusts Conan to do.
  
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──収録中、そのあたりについて高山さんとはお話しされたんですか。
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── There are scenes where Conan and Kid fight on a united front in the series, but this movie is the longest time they've been in each others company.<br>
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K: That's right. They're together the whoooole time. It was Kid who brought Conan to Singapore after all. Though he's really cruel bringing him along in a suitcase (laughs.)
  
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今回の劇場版では、コナンくんとキッドが、お互いに集めてきた情報をまとめていくような会話のシーンが多い。なので「これは説明としてどうだろう？」とか、そういったことは話しましたね。キャラクターそのものについてはお互い信頼しているし、言わずもがなの部分ではあるので。そういったことよりも、台本上でキッドがコナンに頼りすぎているかなと感じた部分があれば、セリフの捉え方やニュアンスで変化をつけたり、ちょっと言葉を入れ替えてみようかとか、そういったことについてよく話し合っていました。
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── He couldn't have possibly used just the suitcase, (laughs). Though despite things Conan and Kid have a history with each other, and it feels like through their long interactions that their relationship is slowly beginning to change.<br>
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K: When Kid first appeared in “Detective Conan” he already occupied the position of being a worthy rival. I think “The lost ship of the sky” more or less confirmed it? I think a bit of Kaito Kuroba that dazzles in the “Detective Conan” series is what has changed a little bit. At the beginning when they first met, Kid said “A phantom thief is an artist who steals dazzling game, while a Detective looks at those traces and overly criticizes them, you know?” Though this time around he says “The magician clenches his fist as if he's hiding something, and it's a Detective's role to guess what's hiding in it before the fist opens, right?” Although it's just one line it shows a whole lot of change. So I think within Kid there is a define amount of trust for Conan.
  
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──コナンに頼らずとも、キッドはキッドで考えて動いていると。
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<u>'''...Are Kaitou and Shinichi good friends? ….I dunno about that. (laughs)...'''</u>
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[[File:Kappei Yamaguchi M23 interview_3.jpg|150px|thumb]]
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── What is Kid like personally? From when we first met him to now, it feels like parts of his visage have changed, right?<br>
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K: In this movie, there's not as much talk of Kid in general, really. When Kid and Conan are together, they're in a neutral state so I feel like there's way more contact with the Kaito Kuroba side of himself.
  
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キッドもそれなりに切れ者なので。これぐらいの真実だったらキッド個人でも辿り着くことができるんじゃないかなと思う部分があれば、そういったところのニュアンスを相談したりします。ただ、推理はコナンくんのお家芸なので。そこはキッドもコナンを信頼しているところではあると思うんです。
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── When Kid first appeared in “Conan” it felt like he had a more enigmatic air about himself.<br>
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K: That's right. Lately he doesn't even say “Ladies and Gentleman” anymore. (laughs).
  
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──これまでのシリーズでもキッドとコナンが共闘するシーンはありましたが、今作は今まで以上に2人が一緒にいる時間が長かったですよね。
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── Ahaha (Laughs). It's true he doesn't say that much anymore.<br>
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K: More than before it feels like there's a pronounced showing of the part of him that is Kaito Kuroba. A lot like there was in “The lost ship in the sky”. I feel like it really broke down then...right around the time where he was petting that goat. (laughs).
  
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そうですね。ずーっと一緒にいますからね。コナンくんをシンガポールに連れてきたのもキッドですし。でもひどいですよね、スーツケースに入れて連れてくるなんて（笑）。
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── On that note, when one looks at Kid, it kind of feels like he and Shinichi might become good friends..<br>
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K: Maan....I wonder about that. How would that work? (Laughs) Ultimately I feel like one would pursue and the other would be pursued.
  
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──まさかのスーツケースでしたからね（笑）。そんなキッドとコナンの関係性というのも、これまでの長い付き合いの中で徐々に変化している部分があるのかなと感じました。
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── I see. On that note, in “Detective Conan” you voice Shinichi Kudo and Kaitou Kid to characters who have the same appearance. When you're voice acting what kind of things are you thinking to keep them separate?<br>
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K: That's mostly intuitive for me now. It's not really like I do much to distinguish them voice-wise, it's more like “This is the essence of Shinichi Kudo” vs “This is the essence of Kaitou Kid”, and I compartmentalize the little things that way. Because of Kid's appearances I've found that Shinichi isn't actually calm and collected character, but he's actually the hot blooded type. Meanwhile I'd have to say that Kid is those cool and suave parts left over from Shinichi. So when I look at Shinichi as a hotblooded character I think that surprisingly “This works out”.
  
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キッドが初めて「名探偵コナン」に登場したときは、あくまでコナンの好敵手の立場として出ていて。「天空の難破船」のあたりくらいからかな。黒羽快斗の部分が「名探偵コナン」の作中にもチラつくようになって、少し変わってきた部分があるのかなと思います。最初に出会ったときは「怪盗はあざやかに獲物を盗み出す創造的な芸術家だが、探偵はその跡を見て難癖つけるただの批評家に過ぎないんだぜ？」と言っていたキッドが、今回の劇場版の中では「握った拳の中にまるで何かがあるように思わせるのがマジシャンで、その拳を開く前に中身を言い当てるのが探偵だろ？」っていう言い方をしてるんです。そういったセリフ1つとっても、ずいぶん変わったなと。コナンくんに対しての信頼っていうのは、やっぱり彼の中にも絶対あるんだと思います。
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── It's true that overall Shinichi gives the impression of being is a fairly straightforward guy while Kid is a bit more aloof. I do get that feeling from your performance.<br>
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K: And I think that everyone watching picks up on that difference too. When I'm acting for Shinichi I do think of him as having a straightforward gaze as he talks. Meanwhile Kid feels more like he's looking down from above. That's the kind of feeling I go with when I'm voice acting.
  
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<u>'''A familiar yet nostalgic new costume for Kid.'''</u>
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[[File:Kappei Yamaguchi M23 interview_4.jpg|150px|thumb]]
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── The other day on the Friday Road Show! The “Last Magician of the Century” was broadcast, and it was a buzz on social media. A lot of fans were talking about “Kid being their first love.”<br>
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K: ….Figures back then everyone really loved Kid huh? (Laughs) I was thinking to myself that Kid sure had a lot of fans when he was more pompous.
  
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<u>'''快斗と新一はいい友人に？ ……それはどうでしょう（笑）'''</u>
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── It had a lot to do with the mysterious air of pompousness he had. He was to a the childlike mind the hero of a shoujo manga. It was that Kid who captured the hearts of many perhaps.<br>
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K: Though jumping from a First grader's veranda and saying “I'm a magician who's grown tired of flying and am resting my wings” is kind of....(laughs). I watched it again and couldn't help chuckling to myself.
  
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──キッド個人としてはどうでしょう？ 最初の頃と現在とでは、イメージが変わってきた部分はあるのでしょうか。
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── I think Kid is at his coolest when he's like that though. (laughs). This is how he became many young girls' “first love”, and that love stays with them even now. What do you think is the reason for Kid's enduring popularity?<br>
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K: It's gotta be the white silk hat, and the tuxedo with the white cape. It's that visage of Kid that's super cool, right? Aoyama-sensei's artwork of Kaito Kuroba from “Magic Kaito” has been the same since it's inception. Kaitou Kid's character design has been set like that for a while now. I think the outfit he created has made him an icon of sorts, through it being a nostalgic design while also feeling new even now. Today when I was watching the movie I was thinking to myself Kid's costume really does shine. I think from even his silhouette that his character exudes charm.
  
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今回の劇場版の中でもそんなに“キッドキッド”してしゃべっていないんですよね。コナンくんと一緒にいるときは、かなりニュートラルな状態になっている。黒羽快斗の部分で接していることのほうが多くなってきたのかなとは思います。
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── Kid's existence really captures the eyes. When he appears the whole scene is dazzling.<br>
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K: When Japan thinks “famous detectives” Kousuke Kindaichi and Goro Akechi come to mind, but right now if you were to take a man on the street interview and ask people “what do you think a famous detective is” a lot of folk would probably answer “Conan” I think. It does feel like it's become something that huge, but there's an awareness that Kid appearing in “Conan” is a part of it's major success. At the same time if you asked “What do you think a phantom thief is” the amount of folks answering “Kaitou Kid” is on the rise.
  
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──「コナン」に登場し始めた頃のキッドは、もう少しミステリアスな雰囲気がありました。
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<u>'''Upon seeing the movie, the most curious thing is...'''</u>
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[[File:Kappei Yamaguchi M23 interview_5.jpg|150px|thumb]]
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── So asking once again, what are the highlights of the movie?<br>
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K: There are a whole lot. Since the setting is overseas, the film is overwhelmingly beautiful. All of the finer details are painstakingly drawn and honestly after seeing it I really want to go to Singapore. (laughs). I really think the staff approached drawing this movie with a lot of zeal. Beyond that, there's the story of Kid and Conan spending a lot of time together and fighting a united fight. Though that's one part of the film, another is Kyogoku and Sonoko's story really ting things together. Oh and the villain characters have their charm too, but it's interesting that even with all these different viewpoints the feel of the story itself doesn't change. Actually it's a little surprising how few characters show up in this. I think that is a factor as to why the story is pretty easy to understand. Though the biggest highlight this time around would have to be the action scenes.
  
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そうですよね。最近は「レディース＆ジェントルメン！」なんて言いませんからね（笑）。
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── They have a lot of intensity don't they?<br>
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K: During the second half I was clenching my sweaty palms. I really enjoyed the heart-stopping action. Especially the ones starring the man who has exceeded humanity itself, Kyogoku (laughs). His mentality was drawn really well too, so take notice of that if you can. One can see his weak side as well, and despite everything you'd think “Oh wow he really is just a high school student, huh” and feel a bit relieved. Though the thing that got me most curious during the preview showing was the ending scene where everyone was returning to Japan...was Conan really in the suitcase that whole time? I'm so curious. (laughs).
  
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──あはは（笑）。確かにあまり聞かなくなりました。
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── It's true we didn't even get to see Conan in the ending. (Laughs).<br>
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K: You asked me about the highlights yet I feel like that's not the answer I should have given. (laughs).
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以前よりも黒羽快斗という1人の青年の部分が色濃く出るようになった気がします。それも「天空の難破船」のあたりから砕けてきたのかなと。あのヤギを撫でていたあたりから（笑）。
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===Aoyama Gosho x Mitsuru Adachi Interview===
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The interview was split into 3 parts and published in 3 magazines.<br>
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'''Date:''' April 3, April 11, April 12, 2019
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'''Source:'''<br>[https://imgur.com/a/EfDKPor Raw]<br>[https://wsstalkback.blogspot.com/2019/04/sunday-legends-interview.html Part 1 Translation]<br>[https://wsstalkback.blogspot.com/2019/04/sunday-legends-interview-2.html Part 3 Translation]
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'''Part 1'''<br>
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──そういったキッドの姿を見ていると、快斗と新一はいい友人関係になれるんじゃないかなと思ったりもするのですが。
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'''Part 2'''<br>
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いやあ、どうでしょうねえ？ どうなんでしょうかね？（笑） 結局のところは追う立場のものと、追われる立場のものですからね。
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'''Part 3'''<br>
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'''Translation:'''<br>
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'''Part 1'''<br>
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[Weekly Shounen Sunday]
  
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──なるほど……。ちなみに、山口さんは「名探偵コナン」で工藤新一と怪盗キッド、似た顔の2人のキャラクターを演じていますが、演じ分けはどういうふうに考えているのでしょうか。
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[Gessan]
  
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それはもう感覚的なものですね。声も特別変えているわけではなく、それぞれに“工藤新一エッセンス”と“怪盗キッドエッセンス”みたいなものをちょっとずつ分けるという感じ。キッドが出てきてくれたことによって、意外と新一はクールなキャラクターではなく、熱血タイプなんだなっていうことがわかりました。なのでどちらかというとキッドにクールな部分を残して、新一からはそういう部分を削っていって。新一をアツい性格のキャラクターにしてみたら、意外と「あ、これでいいかも」と思うようになりました。
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[Special Edition Mix collection]
  
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──確かに新一は物事に真っ直ぐで、キッドのほうが少し飄々としている印象があります。そういった部分も山口さんのお芝居から感じました。
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A 3 magazine special project!!!
  
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あとは観てくれている皆さんが、そう聴き分けてくれている。僕自身の演じ分けとしては、新一のほうが真っ直ぐ見据えてしゃべっていて、キッドのほうが上から見下ろしているような感じ。そういうイメージを持ちながら演じています。
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Aoyama: The cafe Poirot is based on Minami Kaze!!
  
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Adachi: Then, I was a good influence, no?
  
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<u>'''懐かしくも新しいキッドのコスチューム'''</u>
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MITSURU ADACHI X GOSHO AOYAMA
  
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──先日、金曜ロードSHOW!で「世紀末の魔術師」が放送された際にはSNSも大きく賑わっていました。中には「キッドが初恋」と語るファンの方もいて。
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Special Interview
  
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……やっぱり、あの頃のキッドのほうがみんな好きなんですかね？（笑） 皆さんの反応を見ていて、キザなキッドのほうがお好きなのかなって思ったりしました。
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――This is to commemorate MIX getting a TV anime and Conan's movie hitting theaters, but have you met on other occasions?<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Since the end of the year party you mean?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: It was during the New Years “Sunday Thanksgiving” or so, right?<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Only about a month huh? We meet all the time so this doesn't seem that special, huh?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Right.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Then what should the two of us talk about? (laughs). There probably isn't much to say in regards to manga.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: The interview's already started though, (laughs).
  
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──ちょっとミステリアスでキザなところがあって、幼心にはいわゆる少女マンガのヒーローっぽいキッドに惹かれるところがあったのかもしれないですね。
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――Well then, how about telling us when you first met?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: The first time we met was on the baseball field, right? We were on the same team –the manga artist team!<br>
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でもねえ、小学1年生の女の子の家のベランダに飛び降りて、「飛び続けるのに疲れて、羽を休めていたただの魔法使いですよ」みたいなこと……（笑）。改めて観て、ちょっと「ふふ」って笑っちゃいました。
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Yeah, It was at the Tokyo Dome where they had this weird gimmick for the 30th Sunday anniversary. (The Special Video Edition.) ...It was us VS the Editorial staff. I remember we got to talking while sitting on the bench. Though what were we talking about....I dunno. (laughs) Hara Hidenori-Sensei was on third, but that's about all I remember...<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Hara on Third (laugh) At that time it took all of the courage I had to turn to you and say “Please give me an autograph!”, y'know?<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: You lie.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: No, no, (laughs) You even turned me down! You said “You're probably going to sell this so I won't give you one.
  
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──そんなキッドがカッコいいと思います（笑）。そんなふうに少女たちの“初恋”でありながら今も愛され続けているキッドですが、山口さんは彼の人気の理由はどこにあると考えていますか？
 
  
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やっぱり、白いシルクハットにタキシードにマントという、キッドのあのビジュアルからしてカッコいいですよね。（黒羽快斗を主人公に描く）「まじっく快斗」自体が青山先生の中でも初期の作品ですから、怪盗キッドのキャラクターデザインもずいぶん前にされているものだと思うんです。アイコン的にキャラクターの出で立ちを作り込んであったと思うんですが、どこか懐かしい雰囲気のデザインでありながら、かえって今だと新しく感じるというか。今日劇場で観ていても思いましたけど、やっぱりキッドのコスチュームはすごく映えますよね。そういったシルエットからも魅力を感じさせるキャラクターだなと思います。
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Really? (laughs). But then soon after that “Conan” started and it was me asking you for an autograph for my sons who are huge fans...<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: It was a pleasure for me to. It was about ten years or so after we first met that my dream came true. Thank goodness I drew Conan~ (laughs)<br>
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──キッドの存在は目を引きますし、彼がいると画面が華やぎますよね。
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: We traded autographs around 1998 then...<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: And you've been drawing away since then haven't you?<br>
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日本で“名探偵”といえば金田一耕助や明智小五郎が挙がると思うんですが、例えば今、街頭インタビューで「名探偵といえば？」と聞いたら、そのあたりを飛び越えて「コナン」と答える人も多いんじゃないかと思うんです。それくらい大きな存在になっていると感じるんですが、キッドも「コナン」に出るようになってから認知される部分は大きくなったと思いますし、同じように「怪盗といえば？」という質問をしたら「怪盗キッド」と答えてくれる人も増えてるんじゃないでしょうか。
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: The whole time, yup. It's actually scary, really. Conan's serialization has reached it's 25th anniversary and it's all so amazing. But Adachi-sensei, you've been drawing “Touch” this whoooole time haven't you? (laughs)<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: I've done all sorts of things..! What are you speaking of? Ah but really, the basis for them is that they're all sequels. (Laughs)<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Right? (Laughs) Though after we talked on the bench in the Tokyo Dome, the next time we talked was when YAIBA won the Shougakukan manga award (1993) and I called you on the phone to write the congratulatory comment on the fliers for the award ceremony. I was sooo nervous.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Eh? Did that happen?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: It did!<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Ah, So it did, huh? (Laughs)<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Before I called you, I had already written out what we'd talk about as well as your answers in advance...but when I called and you were suddenly like “huh?” It was like “Ah, it's Tacchan”, and despite writing everything out beforehand my mind went blank and it felt like I had nothing to say. I wasn't nervous at all talking to you in person, but it figures the phone would be totally different...<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Thank you. It's been an established fact that my voice sounds terrifying on the phone. (laughs), My moods don't come over well on the phone either so I come off sounding curt. At that time YAIBA had won for the juvenile's category, right?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Yup, that's the one. Takashi Shiina's “Ghost Sweeper Mikami” won the Boys division at the same time.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: And “Conan” won it in (2001) along with Hiroyuki Nishimori, right?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: That's right. It won with “Cheeky Angel”. Conan won the Boy's division, so now if I could take the girl's and general category I could have a clean sweep in all four!<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: So that was your aim, (laughs)<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: But I just couldn't draw it. (laughs)<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: It's was just a dream!<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: I couldn't do a shoujo manga.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: You'll just have to take it by force!<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: I can't do that. (laughs). From YAIBA onwards, I was was always in Weekly Shounen Sunday with Adachi-sensei....there was “Rough” along with Rumiko Takahashi's “Urusei Yatsura” which was reaching it's end –and Kazuhiro Fujita's “Ushio and Tora” and so on....it felt like I was surrounded by tough foes the whole time. After that there was “Ranma” Adachi-sensei's “Nijiiro Togarashi” (Lit: Rainbow colored chili powder) “H2” and so on....it was one trouble after another, (laughs).
  
  
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<u>劇場版を観て一番気になったのは……</u>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: No, no. It felt like in the second half that we had more or less left things in Conan's hands (laugh). With a person and work such as that one it was easy. You were in the lead role rather than being a pinch hitter. I figure Conan must be tough to write each chapter.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: It is.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Meanwhile with works like “Touch” there'd be chapters where noooothing happens. In fact, that's kind of the norm. Meanwhile with “Conan” going all out is the norm. There aren't times where no one dies, and it's just a normal quiet day, right?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Nope, there aren't. At least not in “Conan”. In “Zero's Tea Time” where I correct the storyboards, it's absolutely fine if there's nothing going on at all.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Have you seen “Hannin no Hanzawa-san”?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: I haven't checked it out, but you can if you'd like. (Laughs).<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: When did you think to yourself “I'll become a manga artist”?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: In college, I'd say.<br>
  
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──では改めて、今回の劇場版の見どころを教えてください。
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{For the first time in the magazine –Adachi Mitsuru sensei's message to Aoyama Gosho-sensei in regard to YAIBA winning the Shougakukan Manga award.}
  
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たっくさんありますよ。今回は海外が舞台ということで、圧倒的に映像がきれい。すごく細かく描写されているので、観ていたらシンガポールに行きたくなりました（笑）。そこは本当にスタッフさんたちが熱を持って作ってくださっているんだなと思います。あとは、物語的にはコナンとキッドがずっと一緒の時間を過ごして、共闘する。それが1つの軸としてある中で、もう1つの軸である京極さんと園子の話もうまく組み合わさってくるんです。それに魅力的な敵キャラクターも登場します。なのでどのキャラクターの目線で見るかで、物語の見え方や感じ方も変わるのではないかなと。とは言いつつ、意外と登場人物は少ないので、それが話をわかりやすくしている要因なのかなと思います。見どころとなると……やっぱり今回はアクションなのかなあ。
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{I'd like to applaud you for receiving the prize in the juvenile category for a  long serial in “Shounen Sunday” which has Middle School and High school readers as it's base. Aoyama-kun's artwork has a special appeal to the juvenile category as it's cute, and the story is reckless, but I mean that in a good way. It's a manga like manga, a series that's backed up by many other works that are huge in scale, but no mistaking it, I was happy to nominate this one full stop from the bottom of my heart. Which is to say, as long as there are authors out there who hide all kinds of potential within them we wont' go lacking for many different stories, in which talent like this will shine through. I'd like to take this opportunity to expect much more from this assertive attacker. It'd be perfect if after this he'd stop being a Kyoujin fan, but....(Adachi Mitsuru)}
  
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──相当な迫力がありますもんね。
 
  
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後半は手に汗握る、ドキドキするアクションが楽しめると思います。人間離れした京極さんのアクションが楽しめる一方で（笑）、彼のメンタルも描かれているので、そのあたりも注目かなと。彼の弱さみたいな部分も垣間見えるので、そういったところを見ると「やっぱりまだ高校生なんだな」って安心もしました。あとは……今日試写を観ていて一番気になったのが、エンディングでみんなが飛行機で帰国するシーンがあるんですけど、あのときのコナンくんはまたスーツケースの中に入ってるのかなって気になって（笑）。
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Did you enroll in college?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Up until then I thought I'd become an animator.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: I see...<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: I had an upperclassman animator in my animator lab, and they said that there's no way you'll be an animator! Go be a manga artist! So I then became a manga artist.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: That was a good choice. The upper class man chose for you and everything. Plus you do get to have your say for the anime too.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: I even draw key frames for the anime, so it's like my dream to be an animator came true. (laughs) Well, I do check the script and the the storyboards too.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: You're totally different than me there. I basically leave everything to the animators for the most part.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: It's different than your beloved pro baseball team, huh?<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: That's right. Kyoujin fans are y'know...hey, that's enough of that. (laughs)<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Kyoujin fans don't' change much do they? (laughs) Heck, even my assistants from my college days haven't changed. We've been together without losing anyone this whole time. From when I was submitting works to magazines to now, I've used the same assistants.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Is that so?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: You can't draw manga by yourself. Though I've heard you say if you could, you'd draw the backgrounds yourself. When I heard that I wondered to myself “That's dumb...” (laughs). If I could on my own, I'd settle for drawing Conan and all of the people on my own at least.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Ah, I said that? (laughs) I see. I've been using the same assistants this whole time too. Even now the two people I've had with me since “Touch” have been there for more than 30 years.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: They draw the backgrounds so well....your assistants I mean.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Look who's talking. (laughs.)<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Ah right! Speaking of backgrounds...<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: What about backgrounds?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: When I read “Mix” I swear to myself “Didn't the Minamikaze” show up somewhere? Ah look, the “Tea Shop Poirot” was modeled after it! I remember! The shrubbery, the glass windows and the arch above the entrance...it's all the same.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Oh really? (laughs)<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: I thought to myself, “This mystery manga isn't long for this world so I'd might as well make the tea shop the same from “Touch”. (laughs)
  
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──確かに……コナンくんの姿は映されてなかったですね（笑）。
 
  
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……見どころを聞かれて、答えるのはそこじゃないだろうって感じですよね（笑）。
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: And it's been 25 years since then, (laughs)<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: And I'm still drawing it now. In “Mix” It's like “Nowadays there aren't any 80s era tea shops left”....then I'm like “Oh wait I'm still drawing one now....<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: (laugh) There aren't any cafes that look the way they do in drawings, huh.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: It's so nostalgic! I was surprised as well....the shrubs planted in the brick holders...<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Well, well. (laughs)<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Oh and that antenna like thing on Conan's head, I borrowed that from Nijiro Tougarashi's Shinami,.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: I'm thankful for that~ Ah so I did have a good influence on you. (laughs).<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: The back came a bit from Kabu in “Sally the Witch”. ...and Conan's eyes they're also borrowed from Adachi-sensei! The mouth is from Monkey Punch-sensei while the nose is from Chiba Tetsuya-sensei. If you combine the artwork from these three you get my art. Though Kazuhiko Shimamoto has said at one point “It's not! Absolutely not!!”<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: (laughs)<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Those are my three great teachers.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Nah, I really don't compare with them, it's awkward. (laughs)<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: No, I'm serious!!
  
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'''Translation:''' From wsstalkback blogspot
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<u>'''It's totally like it's “Die Hard” now.'''</u>
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“We haven't talked about manga have we, huh?”<br>
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── You've seen “Fist of Blue Sapphire” Today for the first time. (This interview was conducted April 2nd before the on stage greeting.<br>
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――For this occasion we're celebrating MIX's TV anime and Conan's newest movie, so we asked you two to be here. However when have you met before this?<br>
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{Tweet: If the Conan mass media comes then Wakana-chan will come too so it'll be a tale of going to see a movie with Ran~^^}<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Since the end of the year party?<br>
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Kappei (To be known as K): I saw it, and it was awesome! The footage wasn't complete when we did the recording so there wasn't any music or sound effects yet...it was incomplete. So when I got to see the whole thing completed I thought that it was really exciting. Moreover it felt like the scale for this movie had become even bigger. Like...superhuman almost. (Laughs).
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Since the New Years “Sunday appreciation” festival, right?<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: So that was around one month ago. Well, we've had run-ins here or there but it's not like we discussed anything of any real importance.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Yeah.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Up until now we've just been meandering around (laughs). Ah right we haven't talked about manga have we, huh?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: And the interview has already started, (laughs).
  
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── Right? It felt like there were so many surprises in the second half that came one after another. I think I'd need more than one viewing to process it all. (Laughs).<br>
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――Then let's start over. What would you two say you have in common?<br>
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K: I feel the same way. When we were doing the recording It was hard to tell how the artwork would turn out. “Huh? Wait how is this supposed to be? Whoa, that's really how it went down?” Was a lot of the talk between everyone. Though it's because it's a work that went past it's limits that it was so much fun. It's totally like “Die Hard” now. (Laughs).
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Things we have in common...hm. How many siblings do you have again?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Four siblings.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Then we have that in common....and they are...? Brothers? Sisters?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: All four of them are guys. I'm the second son...ah right Adachi-sensei if I remember correctly you're the youngest?<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: That I am. I only had one older sister, and my older brother right before me was a manga artist as well. So what was the situation for you as the second son?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: As the second son...I got a bunch of hand-me-downs like all of my big brother's clothes were all hand-me-downs.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: What is your age difference?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Two years. We fought a lot.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: It happens when you're close in age like that.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: The other bro was about five years away from me, so he was already...<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: You really did look at him as more of a proper little brother.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: That's right. Though interestingly enough my manga don't tend to have sibling characters in them because I find siblings to be a pain to draw. (Laughs). Even in normal circumstances Conan has a bunch of characters....it'd be better if there weren't more of them, right?<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: No no, (laughs) Though it's actually rare for me to have a story without siblings...<br>
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Okay so for things we have in common....I guess our names both start with “A” and we're both from the year of the rabbit. I think aside from that we're basically completely different. (laughs).<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: The legend of the year of the rabbit, (laughs). We were discussing it before how it seems like lots of amazing manga artists are born on the year of the rabbit. Tetsuya Chiba-sensei for one, you –Adachi-sensei, me, and Eiichiro Oda-sensei.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: And then there's Osamu Tezuka-sensei but he was born a different year.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: He was so close too, (laughs).<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: The gap of 12 years is a big one. The environment one is raised in is completely different...it's kind of weird right? What kind of manga did you read as a child?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: I loved “I'm Teppei” (Ore wa Teppei).<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Only “Teppei”? Was there anything else?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: “Ashita no Joe” ….as a kid I was really into Magazine.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Yeah, same here. I never read anything from Shougakukan. (laughs) I was aaaalways into Magazine.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: (laugh) I'm nostalgic for Makoto Kobayashi-sensei's “1.2 Sanshiro” and stuff like that. I really love pro racing.
  
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── Totally. (Laughs) The Action scene have an impact that feel like they exceed the deduction scenes.<br>
 
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K: Of course there are highlights to look out for to solve the mystery, but you really would get that impression from how flashy this movie is. Though since Kid showed up this time I think that the movie being full of flash was a good thing.
 
  
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── Kaitou Kid last appeared in a movie in 2015 “Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno” --so 4 years ago. How did you feel when it was decided he'd be a main character in this film?<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: What kind of music do you listen to?<br>
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K: I was surprised to see that he was back so soon. Every year at the end of the movie they have a small preview for the next one, --which would have been “Zero's Enforcer” last year. During the recording of that movie it had already been decided that Kid would be the lead for the next one. Which was about a year and a half beforehand. I thought there'd be a little more time before we'd see him again.
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Eiichi Ootaki and Tatsuro Yamashita....stuff from that generation.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: The Niagara generation?...it progressed about 12 years...<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Adachi-sensei...were you into Masashi Sada and the like?<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Nah, no matter how I think about it, I was definitely in the Beatles Generation.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Beatles...that was before our time.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Yeah, that's right.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: But good music is good.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: How about idols?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Idols? Momoko Kikuchi is one I like, and then Akina Nakamori.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Gotta say they don't seem to be your type.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: But that's the generation I was from. Not quite the Seiko Matsuda era.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Ah, I see...<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Beyond that there was Kyouko Koizumi....that's about it I think. I actually used all of their names in “Magic Kaito” for the characters.....Aoko Nakamori, Akako Koizumi, and so on...it matched up with the colors.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: (laughs).<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: For the suspects in “Conan” I try to name them carefully after the motif in the case. Though, what about you Adachi-sensei?<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: For “Nijiiro Tougarashi” and whatnot I just threw things together. “Cross Game” It was to match the leaf motif –I thought of all the key characters at the same time.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: I see.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: For the baseball members I haphazardly came up with their names, so sometimes I'd make mistakes on them.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Huh? Mistakes?<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: When they'd first appear they'd have a completely different first name and because I wouldn't remember, the next time they'd show up I'd end up drawing the character with another wrong name.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: (laughs)<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: One time I made a mistake three times....it was actually amazing. When they set out to make an anime of it, the staff poked fun at me and asked “Is this guy actually three brothers”? (Laughs) And we had to fix it.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: You gotta get a better grip on that! (Laughs)<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: I'd always get the family name right though. (Laughs).<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: It's kind of like Conan Doyle.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: ?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Apparently Conan Doyle was pretty irresponsible too. He'd often get Professor Moriarty's name wrong and stuff...<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: It takes having a strong constitution. Extremely strong. Though it seems we all end up living kinda haphazardly.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: I'm pretty haphazard too, sometimes I end up getting things wrong...ah, right! I remember! When “Touch started, there was a person with “Hirahira-kun's Adolescent diary”!<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Whyyy do you remember such needless information?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Because I like “Hirahira-kun” (laughs) Why (would a guy) use the same restroom as the girls?
  
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── “Detective Conan” is an anime that has been long loved nationwide, but for six years since 2013 the box office revenues for the movies has only been rising, and it feels like in recent years they've really garnered a lot of attention. So for Kid to be the star of a movie with timing like this...<br>
 
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K: Even with the box office revenues rising, the staff puts all they've got into making the movies, so while it comes off as them working hard for an award it was still a fun atmosphere during recording this time around as always.
 
  
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── Even looking back at the contents of the movie itself, it seems the recording studio is a fun place.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: It wasn't my fault –that was just included with the original work. From 1977 to 1978 “Chuuichi Course” by Mamoru Sasaki was serialized.<br>
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K: Although “Conan” is the type of series where all kinds of cases happen, the recording sessions themselves proceed with a congenial air. We usually record the lines for the movie in one day, so this year too we were recording from early morning till midnight. We were engrossed in recording the whole time, but the impression after it was all done was just how much fun it was.
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: I only saw Hirahira-kun when I first read your works Adachi-sensei! But when I read “Touch” I thought it was really good. So I went back ward and read “Nine”...<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Thanks for that.<br>
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<u>'''Kyogoku is the complete opposite from Amuro'''</u>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: I really liked the scene with Minami-chan's diary in “Touch”.<br>
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[[File:Kappei Yamaguchi M23 interview_2.jpg|150px|thumb]]
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: I wonder what she was doing. Even I couldn't really see. (laughs).<br>
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── In this movie Makoto Kyogoku is the key person. This is the first movie where Kyogoku has been in this position...<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: She was probably writing how she likes Tacchan....so it's actually kind of cute for her to be between seeing and not seeing.<br>
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K: Kyogoku sure is cool, right? I don't dislike how awkward he is. I feel like he's the type that as long as he has Sonoko and Karate he really doesn't need anything else. However, since he is fully dedicated to Sonoko, he finds it hard awkward to express his affections. Amuro who was the main character in “Zero's Enforcer” is different –Kyogoku is the complete opposite from Amuro.
+
{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: So with MIX...<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Ah it's fine if we don't talk about that one. It's not as if anything has happened so it's fine.<br>
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── He's pure and just a little bit airheaded –his charm is quite different than Amuro's, huh?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: No no, (laughs) I like Haruka Ooyama myself.<br>
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K: He puts the 'man' in manliness. (laughs). After seeing this movie I feel like the amount of Kyogoku fans will grow a bit. However, I feel like at this point he's no longer human. (laughs). At the climax his aura is incredible –it's almost as if he's a character from another genre completely. I think Kid will personally want to avoid getting involved with him. (laughs).
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Oh? So you like longer hair then?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Nah it's not that....I guess her personality? Her personality is really cute!<br>
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── Because whenever Sonoko thinks of Kid, she refers to him as “Kid-sama” and her eyes light up, Kyogoku bares his jealousy at Kid and faces him down, right?<br>
+
{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Though I haven't even gotten around to drawing her properly yet.<br>
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K: That's right. It's probably why he wants Sonoko to be quiet a bit (laughs). However, in this movie Kid and Kyogoku have a scene where they fight, but they do a good job of avoiding each others attacks. Maybe Kid's a worthy opponent?
+
{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: She was around a lot during the intra-squad games, and I was really happy. Though I also want Souichiro to have more time too...<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Well...I'll consider it.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: I just don't want you to kill him off.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Whoa there, this coming from the guy who has people dying in his manga on a regular basis?! (Laughs) I haven't killed that many people...<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: That's true (laughs) Though hey I also haven't killed any of my main characters.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Fair enough.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Wait, did the “Touch” manga end after the anime?<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Nah the manga ended before the anime did. I remember being ask about how the final chapter was going to go....but even I wasn't sure, (laughs)<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: So you made them chase after you (laughs). How's “Mix” Going to turn out?<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: I'm only thinking about what kind of story I'd like it to be.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: “MIX” and “Conan” are both airing Saturdays.....yet it's more like “Sunday Time!”<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: It fills me with deep emotions....but eh, it'll be fun!<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Right? (Laughs)
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</spoiler>
  
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── He would need quite the technique to dodge those attacks, huh?<br>
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===Da Vinci Magazine Cross Talk and Interviews===
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K: That's right. It's why I think that Kid's actually pretty strong.
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'''Date:''' April 5, 2019
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<u>'''Kid's trust in Conan.'''</u>
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===NTV Interview===
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'''Date:''' Filmed March 13, Aired April 6, 2019
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<spoiler>
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'''Source:''' https://www.facebook.com/DCTheRedThread/videos/503737250161896/?v=503737250161896 <br>
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</spoiler>
  
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── This time around Kid and Conan have a scene where they fight on a united front. For the movie “The Lost Ship of the sky” Conan's voice actress Minami Takayama mentioned during recording that “Perhaps Kid and Conan are getting to close –maybe they need to back off a bit”. For this movie, what would you say the distance between Conan and Kid is?<br>
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===Cinema Guide 2019 Interview===
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K: I think they've got a good sense of distance. I don't think it's easily defined whether they're really close or far apart...I think they've just got a good sense of mutual trust in each other. I think the foundation for this is the sense of distance maintained between a “phantom thief” and a “detective”. Once I got to see the completed movie, I really thought once again that they have a good sense of distance.
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'''Date:''' April 10, 2019
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<spoiler>
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── During the recording did you talk to Ms. Takayama about what she thought of this?<br>
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'''Source:''' [https://imgur.com/a/JfYjfRW Raw]
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K: In the movie there are a lot of scenes where Conan and Kid are gathering info together. Because of this conversations would come up like “How do we go about explaining this” and so on. Since the characters themselves have so much trust in each other, there are things that go without saying between them. If there are parts of the script where it does feel like Conan and Kid are relying on each other a bit too much, we change the nuance in the lines and the pretext, and if need be discuss changing the wording. She and I would talk about that quite often during recording.
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K: Kid is a pretty sharp guy, so if there comes a time where one would wonder why he wouldn't be able to arrive at the truth on his own, We discuss the nuance of the lines. Conan's specialty is his deductions, so I think that's what Kid relies on and trusts Conan to do.
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── There are scenes where Conan and Kid fight on a united front in the series, but this movie is the longest time they've been in each others company.<br>
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===CUT Magazine Interviews===
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K: That's right. They're together the whoooole time. It was Kid who brought Conan to Singapore after all. Though he's really cruel bringing him along in a suitcase (laughs.)
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'''Date:''' April 19, 2019
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Key points by Mycroft from DCEN discord-<br>
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1-Gosho said that Conan would never cry explaining that with" how would a great detective being affected by his emotions" <br>
 +
2-Gosho was asked if something gonna happen related to Japan Olympics 2020 in DC manga , Gosho replied saying: "it is difficult....maybe not...but if something happened to Olympics someone gonna be mad (laugh)<br>
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3-Gosho was asked if Sera-chan "flat chest" has a reference from some manga  , Gosho replied saying: "No (laugh)I simply thought that the flat chest is cut.<br>
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4-Gosho was asked if Gin has a weak point , A critical weak point which he can't avoid like "Achilles heel" , Gosho replied saying:"is really there one? Simply it's "Akai" but they have close levels.<br>
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Reporter: so Akai is an important character after all<br>
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Gosho: Ah....I can't talk about that (laugh)<br>
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</spoiler>
  
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── He couldn't have possibly used just the suitcase, (laughs). Though despite things Conan and Kid have a history with each other, and it feels like through their long interactions that their relationship is slowly beginning to change.<br>
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===Gosho Interview on 1周回って知らない話 (Tv Show)===
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K: When Kid first appeared in “Detective Conan” he already occupied the position of being a worthy rival. I think “The lost ship of the sky” more or less confirmed it? I think a bit of Kaito Kuroba that dazzles in the “Detective Conan” series is what has changed a little bit. At the beginning when they first met, Kid said “A phantom thief is an artist who steals dazzling game, while a Detective looks at those traces and overly criticizes them, you know?” Though this time around he says “The magician clenches his fist as if he's hiding something, and it's a Detective's role to guess what's hiding in it before the fist opens, right?” Although it's just one line it shows a whole lot of change. So I think within Kid there is a define amount of trust for Conan.
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'''Date:''' April 24, 2019
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'''Source:''' [https://www.facebook.com/DCTheRedThread/videos/2032906473680537/ Video]
  
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<u>'''...Are Kaitou and Shinichi good friends? ….I dunno about that. (laughs)...'''</u>
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'''Spimer comments'''<br>
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That black Gundam -like robot is a present from Shogakukan to Aoyama to celebrate the 200 million sales and there's only 1 in the world<br>
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── What is Kid like personally? From when we first met him to now, it feels like parts of his visage have changed, right?<br>
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K: In this movie, there's not as much talk of Kid in general, really. When Kid and Conan are together, they're in a neutral state so I feel like there's way more contact with the Kaito Kuroba side of himself.
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And what was said in other interviews: a rule he always keeps is that Conan never cries<br>
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Also, he himself dunno why the series remains popular<br>
 +
And to make cases simplers he doesn't make cases with accomplices<br>
  
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── When Kid first appeared in “Conan” it felt like he had a more enigmatic air about himself.<br>
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And like it was said in the preview, he's decided on the outcome / result / end<br>
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K: That's right. Lately he doesn't even say “Ladies and Gentleman” anymore. (laughs).
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Tricks are planned with a couple of the editors in charge and can take up to 12 hours of discussion to settle on them<br>
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These meetings are once per month<br>
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Editors bring stuff that's a current trend or that could be used for tricks<br>
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Then they try to recreate the case of Sato and the wedding ring<br>
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So insofar nothing that we didn't already know<br>
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Most was talking with the anime / movie producer about the 3 keys to the boom of the movies<br>
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(Guest VAs, collaborations (Lupin III & Conan) and Amuro)<br>
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And yes, he admits that movie 11 was a flop and that made them rethink<br>
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</spoiler>
  
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── Ahaha (Laughs). It's true he doesn't say that much anymore.<br>
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===Anime Style Magazine Interview===
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K: More than before it feels like there's a pronounced showing of the part of him that is Kaito Kuroba. A lot like there was in “The lost ship in the sky”. I feel like it really broke down then...right around the time where he was petting that goat. (laughs).
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'''Date:''' April 30th, 2019
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</spoiler>
  
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── On that note, when one looks at Kid, it kind of feels like he and Shinichi might become good friends..<br>
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===Animedia Movie staff and character Interviews June issue===
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K: Maan....I wonder about that. How would that work? (Laughs) Ultimately I feel like one would pursue and the other would be pursued.
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'''Date:''' May 10th, 2019
  
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── I see. On that note, in “Detective Conan” you voice Shinichi Kudo and Kaitou Kid to characters who have the same appearance. When you're voice acting what kind of things are you thinking to keep them separate?<br>
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=2020=
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K: That's mostly intuitive for me now. It's not really like I do much to distinguish them voice-wise, it's more like “This is the essence of Shinichi Kudo” vs “This is the essence of Kaitou Kid”, and I compartmentalize the little things that way. Because of Kid's appearances I've found that Shinichi isn't actually calm and collected character, but he's actually the hot blooded type. Meanwhile I'd have to say that Kid is those cool and suave parts left over from Shinichi. So when I look at Shinichi as a hotblooded character I think that surprisingly “This works out”.
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===Da Vinci Magazine 2020 Interview===
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'''Date:''' May 7, 2020<br>
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'''Published in:''' Da Vinci magazine, June 2020 issue
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── It's true that overall Shinichi gives the impression of being is a fairly straightforward guy while Kid is a bit more aloof. I do get that feeling from your performance.<br>
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K: And I think that everyone watching picks up on that difference too. When I'm acting for Shinichi I do think of him as having a straightforward gaze as he talks. Meanwhile Kid feels more like he's looking down from above. That's the kind of feeling I go with when I'm voice acting.
 
  
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<u>'''A familiar yet nostalgic new costume for Kid.'''</u>
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==="This mystery is amazing!" Interview===
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[[File:Kappei Yamaguchi M23 interview_4.jpg|150px|thumb]]
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'''Date:''' December 2020<br>
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── The other day on the Friday Road Show! The “Last Magician of the Century” was broadcast, and it was a buzz on social media. A lot of fans were talking about “Kid being their first love.”<br>
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'''Published in:''' "This mystery is amazing" magazine, 2021 edition
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K: ….Figures back then everyone really loved Kid huh? (Laughs) I was thinking to myself that Kid sure had a lot of fans when he was more pompous.
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── It had a lot to do with the mysterious air of pompousness he had. He was to a the childlike mind the hero of a shoujo manga. It was that Kid who captured the hearts of many perhaps.<br>
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K: Though jumping from a First grader's veranda and saying “I'm a magician who's grown tired of flying and am resting my wings” is kind of....(laughs). I watched it again and couldn't help chuckling to myself.
 
  
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K: It's gotta be the white silk hat, and the tuxedo with the white cape. It's that visage of Kid that's super cool, right? Aoyama-sensei's artwork of Kaito Kuroba from “Magic Kaito” has been the same since it's inception. Kaitou Kid's character design has been set like that for a while now. I think the outfit he created has made him an icon of sorts, through it being a nostalgic design while also feeling new even now. Today when I was watching the movie I was thinking to myself Kid's costume really does shine. I think from even his silhouette that his character exudes charm.
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── Kid's existence really captures the eyes. When he appears the whole scene is dazzling.<br>
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K: When Japan thinks “famous detectives” Kousuke Kindaichi and Goro Akechi come to mind, but right now if you were to take a man on the street interview and ask people “what do you think a famous detective is” a lot of folk would probably answer “Conan” I think. It does feel like it's become something that huge, but there's an awareness that Kid appearing in “Conan” is a part of it's major success. At the same time if you asked “What do you think a phantom thief is” the amount of folks answering “Kaitou Kid” is on the rise.
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*He thinks of culprit schemes as needed and has 0 on hand.
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K: There are a whole lot. Since the setting is overseas, the film is overwhelmingly beautiful. All of the finer details are painstakingly drawn and honestly after seeing it I really want to go to Singapore. (laughs). I really think the staff approached drawing this movie with a lot of zeal. Beyond that, there's the story of Kid and Conan spending a lot of time together and fighting a united fight. Though that's one part of the film, another is Kyogoku and Sonoko's story really ting things together. Oh and the villain characters have their charm too, but it's interesting that even with all these different viewpoints the feel of the story itself doesn't change. Actually it's a little surprising how few characters show up in this. I think that is a factor as to why the story is pretty easy to understand. Though the biggest highlight this time around would have to be the action scenes.
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K: During the second half I was clenching my sweaty palms. I really enjoyed the heart-stopping action. Especially the ones starring the man who has exceeded humanity itself, Kyogoku (laughs). His mentality was drawn really well too, so take notice of that if you can. One can see his weak side as well, and despite everything you'd think “Oh wow he really is just a high school student, huh” and feel a bit relieved. Though the thing that got me most curious during the preview showing was the ending scene where everyone was returning to Japan...was Conan really in the suitcase that whole time? I'm so curious. (laughs).
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===Da Vinci Magazine 2021 Interview===
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'''Date:''' April 6, 2021<br>
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1.) The interviewer says “ Rum’s identity is revealed “ right?<br>
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Gosho said this : the fact that Rum appeared in a scene I drew in the past is revealed '''too''', using the “mo” も particle for addition.
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(Wakita indeed is our RUM.)<br>
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2.) The person who’s related to the WPS gang will appear in the near future.<br>
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3.) He wants to reveal the mystery around Rumi step by step.<br>
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4.) He wants to draw a case about Amuro vs Kaito Kid.<br>
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6.) He thought of the Camel flashback back when he drew it and decided that the person in it would be a member that ranks higher than Gin but didn't decide the codename RUM back then.
  
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[Special Edition Mix collection]
 
  
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Aoyama: The cafe Poirot is based on Minami Kaze!!
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''April 6th, 2020. The day before the state of emergency was declared to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, we interviewed Mr. Aoyama. It’s been almost a year since then; with the second emergency declaration in place, we interviewed him once again, ahead of the release of the postponed movie, “Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet”. We asked him about how he felt about all this.
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“I want things to return to ‘normal’ soon. Even if stuff like the way the world works and various other things don’t return to the way they were before, I hope that everyday life will soon return to a place where everyone can go and see the Conan movie without worry”, said Aoyama in last year’s interview. One year has passed since then. Although the situation is still highly unpredictable, it has been decided that the postponed movie, “Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet” will be released on April 16th.<br>
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“Honestly, Chukichi was even cooler than I expected. In the Akai family show-off scenes, he’s the only one that was written in the script from the beginning, and it’s not a scene I drew. He’s so cool, I’m a bit jealous. I think he’s the most gorgeous character in the climax scene”, says Aoyama in a voice that is full of excitement. How have you been spending the past year?<br>
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“Surprisingly, nothing much has changed (laughs). I said last year that I might not be able to draw scenes of get-togethers and parties in the future because the idea of people getting together would be a mere fantasy, but I’ve drawn secret gatherings at matchmaking shrines.<br>
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I think it’s because I have hope and expectation that even if we can’t do it now, such days will come back. I hesitated because I didn’t want to spoil the story’s reality, but everyone’s reality is probably one where people can still hang out together. So I decided not to worry about it anymore. I’m not really planning to bring in remote meetings or anything else that wasn’t popular before, since it’s still kind of a symbol of the crisis caused by coronavirus; I’d like to make sure that people don’t have to be reminded of all that while they’re reading Conan”.<br>
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The coronavirus crisis also brings many inconveniences when it comes to mystery writing, he says.<br>
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“You know, everyone is wearing a mask (laughs). You can hide your face right from the start, so any eyewitness testimony is useless. I’m quite worried about the increase in crimes that take advantage of this, even in real life. Also, as a comic artist, it’s simply inconvenient! I have a couple of assistants who work remotely, but it’s way more difficult and time-consuming to understand each other than in face-to-face communication. Even for those who commute [through my studio], sleeping in the same room is forbidden and we have to eat separately. I know it’s unavoidable, but it’s quite lonesome. That’s why personally when I’m drawing manga I want to forget about Covid, and maybe on the contrary it was right because I kept drawing that I was able to face forward”.
  
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{{font color|red|Rum’s real identity was finally revealed! The clash between the FBI and the Black Organization also gets more tense!}}
  
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Indeed, as a matter of fact, in order to drown out the anxieties and depressions of reality, recently “Detective Conan” has been making some turbulent progress.<br>
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In a new case, which began in the 45th issue of Weekly Shonen Sunday - released in October 2020 - FBI agents are killed in succession by the Black Organization. In the last chapter, the identity of Rum, who is considered to be the No. 2 of the organization, was finally revealed.<br>
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“Last year I told myself I had to show Rum soon. It’s revealed that Rum had actually appeared in a scene I drew in the past, but that’s something I’ve been thinking about since then. I always say that most of the things I do are afterthoughts [made up after stuff already happened], but there are a lot of things that I arrange intentionally (laughs). Well, at the time I hadn’t decided on the name Rum, and I even only told my assistants, ‘this guy is a member of the Black Organization that’s even higher-ranking than Gin’.”<br>
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A character who appears casually turning out to actually be a very important person, and impressions getting overturned... It’s one of Aoyama’s fortes, but clearly no one had noticed this one. By the way, Camel plays a very active role in this case, but at first he was one of those fishy characters who you can’t tell if they’re an ally or an enemy.<br>
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“When he first appeared, I told my assistants he was actually a good guy and they were very surprised. He has a sinister look and seems shady, but he’s actually a subordinate of Akai’s who is more loyal to him than anyone else. In the FBI Agents Serial Murder Case, the highlight for me was the way he strived to get information and didn’t run away until the last moment, even when his life was in extreme danger. As an agent, he has the ability to just accept the worst, and I also like the scene in Volume 58 where he calls Akai and says ‘I-I succeeded...’. It’s the first scene where the reader realizes that maybe he’s actually a good guy, and I put in a lot of foreshadowing for the sake of that surprise”.<br>
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Most of the readers must have been fooled. What Aoyama does so well is to make us think that a character is actually on our side since he is blatantly feigning betrayal, and yet there are many cases where the character in question is truly an enemy. You can’t just read what’s up next by following precedent.<br>
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“Well, yeah, that’s how it is... (laughs) Oh, there is one more scene with Camel that I like: the one in Volume 85, when he meets again Akai, who is actually alive, and he mutters ‘Akai-shan...’. The scene is also in ‘The Scarlet Alibi’, which was released before ‘The Scarlet Bullet’, and it made me laugh. It’s very nice, isn’t it? That is a compilation of the TV anime that takes a close look at the Akai family, but it’s so well compiled that I thought to myself, ‘that’s really cool’.”
  
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――This is to commemorate MIX getting a TV anime and Conan's movie hitting theaters, but have you met on other occasions?<br>
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{{font color|red|Now the youthful years that continue to support Amuro are out of reach...!}}
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Since the end of the year party you mean?<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: It was during the New Years “Sunday Thanksgiving” or so, right?<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Only about a month huh? We meet all the time so this doesn't seem that special, huh?<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Then what should the two of us talk about? (laughs). There probably isn't much to say in regards to manga.<br>
 
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――Well then, how about telling us when you first met?<br>
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Serialized between the FBI Agents Serial Murder Case was the spin-off “Detective Conan: Wild Police Story”, published in two volumes. Kenji Hagiwara was killed in a bombing; detective Sato’s love interest, Jinpei Matsuda, was killed while avenging his [Hagiwara’s] death; detective Takagi’s mentor, Wataru Date, has died in an accident; Hiromitsu Morofushi lost his life while infiltrating the Black Organization and became the cause of Amuro’s hatred for Akai; and finally, there’s Tooru Amuro, aka Rei Furuya...! It’s a coming-of-age story of the five, who were classmates at the police academy, and Aoyama is the ‘original author’...<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: The first time we met was on the baseball field, right? We were on the same team –the manga artist team!<br>
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“As you can see from the storyboards included in the volumes, I wrote most of the story. In other words, it was just as though I serialized two works at the same time, so it was very tough. So maybe I could have done the whole thing up to the finishing touches, but the planning happened just after I was hospitalised and I was quite weak. Yet I still wanted to do it. It was during ‘The Darkest Nightmare’ that I came up with the idea that Matsuda and Amuro were classmates; I had already drawn the scene where Amuro visits Date’s grave in Volume 77, though. About Hiromitsu, when I was designing Scotch, I thought ‘this guy looks like Takaaki (a police inspector in the Nagano prefecture), why don’t I make him his brother’, and that’s how I decided, I guess.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Yeah, It was at the Tokyo Dome where they had this weird gimmick for the 30th Sunday anniversary. (The Special Video Edition.) ...It was us VS the Editorial staff. I remember we got to talking while sitting on the bench. Though what were we talking about....I dunno. (laughs) Hara Hidenori-Sensei was on third, but that's about all I remember...<br>
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I thought readers would enjoy a coming-of-age story where they were actually close classmates and shared the same dream of becoming police officers, and I wanted to show that Amuro was the only one who survived, as a result. He is a skilled guy who is nip and tuck with Akai, but it wouldn’t be interesting if he was a complete superhero from the start, right? So it’d be as in, ‘those days I spent with the four of them are the reason I am where I am today’... cool, isn’t it?”.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Hara on Third (laugh) At that time it took all of the courage I had to turn to you and say “Please give me an autograph!”, y'know?<br>
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It’s definitely very cool. At the end [of the spin-off], when they have recklessly solved the case together, and the scene in the not-too-distant future that symbolises the four of them who part ways, plus the other person [Amuro] will... move you to tears.<br>
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“I’ve done a lot of calculations about that (laughs), so if you cry, I’d be very happy”.
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Really? (laughs). But then soon after that “Conan” started and it was me asking you for an autograph for my sons who are huge fans...<br>
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The slightest misunderstanding or miscommunication leading to hatred and sometimes to irreparable tragedies... yet following the path one believes in, while carrying the sorrow on one’s back... At the roots of “Wild Police Story” are themes that have been portrayed in “Detective Conan” for a long time.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: It was a pleasure for me to. It was about ten years or so after we first met that my dream came true. Thank goodness I drew Conan~ (laughs)<br>
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“Thank you. Well, that’s how it is... And I want to depict all that in a way that’s a little bit different from the straightforward way. I think it’s a way of hiding embarrassment in an otherwise straightforward story. In the movie ‘Titanic’, when Rose is about to throw herself off the deck, Jack tosses his cigarette into the sea to show her how deep it is... right? And then he says, ‘You’re not going to jump, are you’. I like the way he doesn’t just stop her by force, it feels really cool, I love it.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: We traded autographs around 1998 then...<br>
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As for the Japanese [characters that inspire me], it’s Yusaku Matsuda in ‘Oretachi No Kunsho’, Hiroshi Tachi and Kyohei Shibata in ‘Abunai Deka’, Masao Kusakari and Tatsuya Fuji in ‘Pro Hunter’... I use their stylishness as a reference when I draw manga”.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: The whole time, yup. It's actually scary, really. Conan's serialization has reached it's 25th anniversary and it's all so amazing. But Adachi-sensei, you've been drawing “Touch” this whoooole time haven't you? (laughs)<br>
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“He’s not attached to anything, so he can change direction as soon as he needs to. It’s cool how he transcends everything. Shukichi is also really cool when he sees through a plot, but even cooler than that is Yumi. Shukichi owes everything to her. In Volume 89, she easily tears up the marriage certificate that he was so eager to get, and then she shouts ‘You’d better make sure you never lose again! You bald-headed mouse, you!’, which is a line I like. Oda Nobunaga called Toyotomi Hideyoshi [“Hideyoshi” shares “Shukichi”’s kanji] not a monkey, but a bald rat. In Nobunaga’s letter to Nene, he also calls him that (laughs). That’s why Yumi is Nene, not Chacha”.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: I've done all sorts of things..! What are you speaking of? Ah but really, the basis for them is that they're all sequels. (Laughs)<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Right? (Laughs) Though after we talked on the bench in the Tokyo Dome, the next time we talked was when YAIBA won the Shougakukan manga award (1993) and I called you on the phone to write the congratulatory comment on the fliers for the award ceremony. I was sooo nervous.<br>
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“There are many highlights of the Akai family besides Shukichi, so that’s what I’d like you all to see. Also, other than that... well, I’d like to spoil you some more, but I’m going to stop right there. After all, you also want to know but at the same time you kinda don’t want to, right?”.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Eh? Did that happen?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: It did!<br>
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“Well, let me see... the manuscript I’m working on right now is an episode [of the manga] that features Haibara at the center of it all, after a long time, so I’m sure the fans will be very happy. I’m also planning to draw soon the appearance of people / a person linked to the police academy group, and Amuro VS Kaito Kid, I guess... Oh! I’ve said too much (laughs). I think I will reveal Wakasa’s mysteries little by little, so please be patient.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Ah, So it did, huh? (Laughs)<br>
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But first of all, there is ‘The Scarlet Bullet’, which you’ve been waiting an extra year for! Watch it at the cinema without making any noise, without talking, without eating or drinking with anyone, I’m sure it’ll all be fine. If you want to scream, you can do so when you get home (laughs).<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Before I called you, I had already written out what we'd talk about as well as your answers in advance...but when I called and you were suddenly like “huh?” It was like “Ah, it's Tacchan”, and despite writing everything out beforehand my mind went blank and it felt like I had nothing to say. I wasn't nervous at all talking to you in person, but it figures the phone would be totally different...<br>
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I was so surprised by Minami Hamabe’s voice because she was so good that I thought she was a professional voice actress or something, so, I’m sure people will be able to enjoy themselves to their hearts’ content”.
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Thank you. It's been an established fact that my voice sounds terrifying on the phone. (laughs), My moods don't come over well on the phone either so I come off sounding curt. At that time YAIBA had won for the juvenile's category, right?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Yup, that's the one. Takashi Shiina's “Ghost Sweeper Mikami” won the Boys division at the same time.<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: That's right. It won with “Cheeky Angel”. Conan won the Boy's division, so now if I could take the girl's and general category I could have a clean sweep in all four!<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: I can't do that. (laughs). From YAIBA onwards, I was was always in Weekly Shounen Sunday with Adachi-sensei....there was “Rough” along with Rumiko Takahashi's “Urusei Yatsura” which was reaching it's end –and Kazuhiro Fujita's “Ushio and Tora” and so on....it felt like I was surrounded by tough foes the whole time. After that there was “Ranma” Adachi-sensei's “Nijiiro Togarashi” (Lit: Rainbow colored chili powder) “H2” and so on....it was one trouble after another, (laughs).
 
  
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===Movie 24 Production Staff Interview Collection===
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'''Date:''' April 22, 2021<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Meanwhile with works like “Touch” there'd be chapters where noooothing happens. In fact, that's kind of the norm. Meanwhile with “Conan” going all out is the norm. There aren't times where no one dies, and it's just a normal quiet day, right?<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Have you seen “Hannin no Hanzawa-san”?<br>
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Next, an Instagrammable monument near Nagoya Castle. Everyone was drawn to the reds in it so I took a commemorative photo here. And Nagoya Port, one of the largest trading ports in Japan. It's a port that spans across five municipalities and has many leisure facilities.
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: I haven't checked it out, but you can if you'd like. (Laughs).<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: When did you think to yourself “I'll become a manga artist”?<br>
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We, the location team, also boarded a yacht and traveled around the port. I think people already know that Shukichi Haneda who appears this time is based on Hideyoshi Toyotomi. Nagoya is very closely linked to Hideyoshi Toyotomi and at the annual Nagoya Festival, a parade is held to honor the three heroes, Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi and Ieyasu Tokugawa.
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: In college, I'd say.<br>
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In Nakamura Ward, Nagoya City, the birthplace of Hideyoshi Toyotomi, there is a street named Taiko-dori. There is also an exit named Taiko-dori  Exit at Nagoya Station. Hideyoshi Toyotomi's name is closely linked here.  
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{For the first time in the magazine –Adachi Mitsuru sensei's message to Aoyama Gosho-sensei in regard to YAIBA winning the Shougakukan Manga award.}
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While feeling this connection, I continued with my location hunting and tasted some delicious Nagoya foods. This place is amazing, so I would be happy if fans will make a trip to Nagoya after the movie release! I hope you can look forward to how Nagoya will appear in this work."
  
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{I'd like to applaud you for receiving the prize in the juvenile category for a  long serial in “Shounen Sunday” which has Middle School and High school readers as it's base. Aoyama-kun's artwork has a special appeal to the juvenile category as it's cute, and the story is reckless, but I mean that in a good way. It's a manga like manga, a series that's backed up by many other works that are huge in scale, but no mistaking it, I was happy to nominate this one full stop from the bottom of my heart. Which is to say, as long as there are authors out there who hide all kinds of potential within them we wont' go lacking for many different stories, in which talent like this will shine through. I'd like to take this opportunity to expect much more from this assertive attacker. It'd be perfect if after this he'd stop being a Kyoujin fan, but....(Adachi Mitsuru)}
 
  
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=== Interview of Movie Director, Chika Nagaoka ===
  
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Did you enroll in college?<br>
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'''Question 1: This is your 2nd time in charge of directing a Detective Conan movie, after the "The Fist of Blue Sapphire" in 2019, is there any changes in your environment and feelings? And, how did you approach with this movies?'''
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Up until then I thought I'd become an animator.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: I see...<br>
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"There is no particular change in the environment. In production, I have seniors who have been working with me for many years who I respect, and many friends, who know my good and bad points, so it's a very reassuring environment for me. And, because of the trust I have for them, I depend on them in various areas.  
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: I had an upperclassman animator in my animator lab, and they said that there's no way you'll be an animator! Go be a manga artist! So I then became a manga artist.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: That was a good choice. The upper class man chose for you and everything. Plus you do get to have your say for the anime too.<br>
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As for my feelings, when I started the actual production, I face various obstacles and there are times when I feel troubled. When that happens, instead of worrying alone, I tried to consult others and get advice. Surprisingly, many ideas leading to breakthrough surfaced during those conversations. Well, it was probably worst for those who have been dealing with me though. (laughs).
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: I even draw key frames for the anime, so it's like my dream to be an animator came true. (laughs) Well, I do check the script and the the storyboards too.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: You're totally different than me there. I basically leave everything to the animators for the most part.<br>
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As for my approach, there are characters who are introduced for the first time in the movie. So, I tried to figure out their relationship with Conan's main characters in the original before starting on the production.  
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: It's different than your beloved pro baseball team, huh?<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: That's right. Kyoujin fans are y'know...hey, that's enough of that. (laughs)<br>
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The Akai family has many mysterious parts not mentioned even in the original, so I had the production team organize and made a character relationship chart for me."
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Kyoujin fans don't' change much do they? (laughs) Heck, even my assistants from my college days haven't changed. We've been together without losing anyone this whole time. From when I was submitting works to magazines to now, I've used the same assistants.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Is that so?<br>
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'''Question 2: Can you tell us what do you think after reading the script?'''
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: You can't draw manga by yourself. Though I've heard you say if you could, you'd draw the backgrounds yourself. When I heard that I wondered to myself “That's dumb...” (laughs). If I could on my own, I'd settle for drawing Conan and all of the people on my own at least.<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Ah, I said that? (laughs) I see. I've been using the same assistants this whole time too. Even now the two people I've had with me since “Touch” have been there for more than 30 years.<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: They draw the backgrounds so well....your assistants I mean.<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Look who's talking. (laughs.)<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Ah right! Speaking of backgrounds...<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: What about backgrounds?<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: When I read “Mix” I swear to myself “Didn't the Minamikaze” show up somewhere? Ah look, the “Tea Shop Poirot” was modeled after it! I remember! The shrubbery, the glass windows and the arch above the entrance...it's all the same.<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Oh really? (laughs)<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: I thought to myself, “This mystery manga isn't long for this world so I'd might as well make the tea shop the same from “Touch”. (laughs)
 
  
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"Ever since my scenario meeting with Mr. Sakurai, the Script Writer, I was impressed with his wide knowledge in various fields, regardless of genre like chemistry, bullet trains, shogi. I feel I must be more aware of more information in various areas from now on.
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The content of the script drives home the theme very clearly. I tried to translate Mr. Sakurai's thoughts into the movie and I hope we are able to communicate that to our audience who watch the movie.
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'''Question 3: This work focuses on Akai Family, and there are many original movie characters, is there any particular character you want us to take note of? And, what is the reasons?'''
  
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: And it's been 25 years since then, (laughs)<br>
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"It would be Mary. I think the mother has a strong character. Shuichi Akai, Shukichi Haneda, Masumi Sera...everyone has different personalities and strong characters. However, each of them has a strong core that I feel is the gift inherited from Mary's teachings.
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: And I'm still drawing it now. In “Mix” It's like “Nowadays there aren't any 80s era tea shops left”....then I'm like “Oh wait I'm still drawing one now....<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: (laugh) There aren't any cafes that look the way they do in drawings, huh.<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: It's so nostalgic! I was surprised as well....the shrubs planted in the brick holders...<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Well, well. (laughs)<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Oh and that antenna like thing on Conan's head, I borrowed that from Nijiro Tougarashi's Shinami,.<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: I'm thankful for that~ Ah so I did have a good influence on you. (laughs).<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: The back came a bit from Kabu in “Sally the Witch”. ...and Conan's eyes they're also borrowed from Adachi-sensei! The mouth is from Monkey Punch-sensei while the nose is from Chiba Tetsuya-sensei. If you combine the artwork from these three you get my art. Though Kazuhiko Shimamoto has said at one point “It's not! Absolutely not!!”<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: (laughs)<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Those are my three great teachers.<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Nah, I really don't compare with them, it's awkward. (laughs)<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: No, I'm serious!!
 
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'''Part 3'''<br>
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'''Question 4: Vacuum superconducting maglev, sports festival, FBI, Akai Family, etc. In the movie, there are many interesting things, but what part do you find the most interesting? Also, which part do you look forward to the most when directing?'''  
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――For this occasion we're celebrating MIX's TV anime and Conan's newest movie, so we asked you two to be here. However when have you met before this?<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Since the end of the year party?<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Since the New Years “Sunday appreciation” festival, right?<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: So that was around one month ago. Well, we've had run-ins here or there but it's not like we discussed anything of any real importance.<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Yeah.<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Up until now we've just been meandering around (laughs). Ah right we haven't talked about manga have we, huh?<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: And the interview has already started, (laughs).
 
  
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"What I found the most interesting was the difference between Conan's and the FBI's sense of justice. I wanted to express this different in thinking properly. The most fun part for me was the vacuum superconducting maglev. Especially, I hope the audience can check how we show the speed of 1,000 km/h in the theaters.  
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Things we have in common...hm. How many siblings do you have again?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Four siblings.<br>
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'''Question 5: Please tell us the highlights of the movie for you. Finally, do you have any message to audience?'''  
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Then we have that in common....and they are...? Brothers? Sisters?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: All four of them are guys. I'm the second son...ah right Adachi-sensei if I remember correctly you're the youngest?<br>
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"I hope the audience can look forward to how the vacuum superconducting maglev in the movie connects to the Akai Family, FBI, Conan and the others, and how the story develops. Also, I think rather than knowing nothing about the main characters' relationship with Akai Family, it's better just to know a little to get into this movie.  
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: That I am. I only had one older sister, and my older brother right before me was a manga artist as well. So what was the situation for you as the second son?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: As the second son...I got a bunch of hand-me-downs like all of my big brother's clothes were all hand-me-downs.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: What is your age difference?<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Two years. We fought a lot.<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: It happens when you're close in age like that.<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: The other bro was about five years away from me, so he was already...<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: You really did look at him as more of a proper little brother.<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: That's right. Though interestingly enough my manga don't tend to have sibling characters in them because I find siblings to be a pain to draw. (Laughs). Even in normal circumstances Conan has a bunch of characters....it'd be better if there weren't more of them, right?<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: No no, (laughs) Though it's actually rare for me to have a story without siblings...<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: The legend of the year of the rabbit, (laughs). We were discussing it before how it seems like lots of amazing manga artists are born on the year of the rabbit. Tetsuya Chiba-sensei for one, you –Adachi-sensei, me, and Eiichiro Oda-sensei.<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: And then there's Osamu Tezuka-sensei but he was born a different year.<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: He was so close too, (laughs).<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: The gap of 12 years is a big one. The environment one is raised in is completely different...it's kind of weird right? What kind of manga did you read as a child?<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: I loved “I'm Teppei” (Ore wa Teppei).<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Only “Teppei”? Was there anything else?<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: “Ashita no Joe” ….as a kid I was really into Magazine.<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Yeah, same here. I never read anything from Shougakukan. (laughs) I was aaaalways into Magazine.<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: (laugh) I'm nostalgic for Makoto Kobayashi-sensei's “1.2 Sanshiro” and stuff like that. I really love pro racing.
 
  
  
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: What kind of music do you listen to?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Eiichi Ootaki and Tatsuro Yamashita....stuff from that generation.<br>
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=== Interview of Screenplay, Takeharu Sakurai ===
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: The Niagara generation?...it progressed about 12 years...<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Adachi-sensei...were you into Masashi Sada and the like?<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Nah, no matter how I think about it, I was definitely in the Beatles Generation.<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Beatles...that was before our time.<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Yeah, that's right.<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: But good music is good.<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: How about idols?<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Idols? Momoko Kikuchi is one I like, and then Akina Nakamori.<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Gotta say they don't seem to be your type.<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: But that's the generation I was from. Not quite the Seiko Matsuda era.<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Ah, I see...<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Beyond that there was Kyouko Koizumi....that's about it I think. I actually used all of their names in “Magic Kaito” for the characters.....Aoko Nakamori, Akako Koizumi, and so on...it matched up with the colors.<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: (laughs).<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: For the suspects in “Conan” I try to name them carefully after the motif in the case. Though, what about you Adachi-sensei?<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: For “Nijiiro Tougarashi” and whatnot I just threw things together. “Cross Game” It was to match the leaf motif –I thought of all the key characters at the same time.<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: I see.<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: For the baseball members I haphazardly came up with their names, so sometimes I'd make mistakes on them.<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Huh? Mistakes?<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: When they'd first appear they'd have a completely different first name and because I wouldn't remember, the next time they'd show up I'd end up drawing the character with another wrong name.<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: One time I made a mistake three times....it was actually amazing. When they set out to make an anime of it, the staff poked fun at me and asked “Is this guy actually three brothers”? (Laughs) And we had to fix it.<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: You gotta get a better grip on that! (Laughs)<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: I'd always get the family name right though. (Laughs).<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: It's kind of like Conan Doyle.<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: ?<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Apparently Conan Doyle was pretty irresponsible too. He'd often get Professor Moriarty's name wrong and stuff...<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: It takes having a strong constitution. Extremely strong. Though it seems we all end up living kinda haphazardly.<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: I'm pretty haphazard too, sometimes I end up getting things wrong...ah, right! I remember! When “Touch started, there was a person with “Hirahira-kun's Adolescent diary”!<br>
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Whyyy do you remember such needless information?<br>
 
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Because I like “Hirahira-kun” (laughs) Why (would a guy) use the same restroom as the girls?
 
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: It wasn't my fault –that was just included with the original work. From 1977 to 1978 “Chuuichi Course” by Mamoru Sasaki was serialized.<br>
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'''Question 1: Mr. Sakurai, this will be your 5th time in charge of the script for a Detective Conan movie. When writing for the first Detective Conan's Private Eyes' Requiem (2013) and this movie, has there been any change in your feeling or approach to Conan?'''
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: I only saw Hirahira-kun when I first read your works Adachi-sensei! But when I read “Touch” I thought it was really good. So I went back ward and read “Nine”...<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Thanks for that.<br>
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"Whenever I write a script for Detective Conan movies, I would decide the Regular character who would be guest characters and the theme with the producer. Then I would write the story while getting Aoyoma-sensei and the Director to fix it. I would also add the parts desired by Aoyama-sensei. There is no change in this flow, but on Private Eyes' Requiem, I recklessly took on the challenge without knowing the difficulties. Now, with my knowledge of the difficulties, it feels more like a test of my abilities. In other words, it changed from "Challenge" to "Trial". I think this is a change that will jappen if you continue with any work."
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: I really liked the scene with Minami-chan's diary in “Touch”.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: I wonder what she was doing. Even I couldn't really see. (laughs).<br>
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'''Question 2: You wrote both popular characters, Toru Amuro into the previous movie and Suichi Akai in this one. Do you have any particular feelings when comparing these two characters? Also, was there anything you put extra care of when writing Shuichi Akai in this work? Or anything you enjoyed?'''
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: She was probably writing how she likes Tacchan....so it's actually kind of cute for her to be between seeing and not seeing.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: So with MIX...<br>
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"I think the similarity between Amuro and Akai is there "Loneliness". Amuro has a loneliness that stems from having no home to return to and Akai has a loneliness that stems from not being able to retun home.  
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Ah it's fine if we don't talk about that one. It's not as if anything has happened so it's fine.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: No no, (laughs) I like Haruka Ooyama myself.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Oh? So you like longer hair then?<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Nah it's not that....I guess her personality? Her personality is really cute!<br>
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I feel that when I write these two characters.
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Though I haven't even gotten around to drawing her properly yet.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: She was around a lot during the intra-squad games, and I was really happy. Though I also want Souichiro to have more time too...<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Well...I'll consider it.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: I just don't want you to kill him off.<br>
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It was difficult to adjust that what percentage of Akai is Okiya in each scene with Aoyama-sensei and the production team. However, Akai is much more difficult.  
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Whoa there, this coming from the guy who has people dying in his manga on a regular basis?! (Laughs) I haven't killed that many people...<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: That's true (laughs) Though hey I also haven't killed any of my main characters.<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Fair enough.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Wait, did the “Touch” manga end after the anime?<br>
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I had to check with Aoyama-sensia and the production team to find out what is allowed in which scene. We have to proceed like a puzzle. There are some things the characters already know about, but the readers do not yet.  
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: Nah the manga ended before the anime did. I remember being ask about how the final chapter was going to go....but even I wasn't sure, (laughs)<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: So you made them chase after you (laughs). How's “Mix” Going to turn out?<br>
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: I'm only thinking about what kind of story I'd like it to be.<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: “MIX” and “Conan” are both airing Saturdays.....yet it's more like “Sunday Time!”<br>
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'''Question 3: This movie focuses on Akai Family, and there are many original movie characters, is there any particular character to take note of? And, what is the reason?'''
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{{font color|red|Adachi}}: It fills me with deep emotions....but eh, it'll be fun!<br>
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{{font color|blue|Aoyama}}: Right? (Laughs)
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"The whole Akai Family are important characters here. If I have to mention one, then it is Mary. The more I hear from Aoyama-sensei about her, the burden she bears is out of this world. If you take a closer look at the movie, you will find new information about her."
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'''Question 4: What do you look forward to when your script is visualized?'''
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"It's fun and scary to read the dubbing script. The dubbing script is a script written by someone based on my screenplay. Thus, in this media, things like "Did the lines I wrote become such as line?" "Did the scene that I wrote become like this?", will impact me the first.
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My second impact will come at the preview. Dubbing script is a process that won't be found in live-action dramas and movies, I was surprised when though I wrote this script with almost the same number of pages as last time, but this dubbing script has almost double the number of pages than the last!"
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'''Question 5: Please tell us the highlights of this movie for you. Finally, do you have any message to the audience?'''
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"I think there are many highlights in the events, characters and action scenes in the movie. As a screenwriter, I would be happy if you could understand the theme a little more. I think there have been many dramas with "past sins" creating "present sins".
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=== Interview of Image Board, Ioundraw ===
  
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'''Question 1: It will be the third time to be in charge of image boards for Detective Conan Movies, so they are pretty much defined. What do you think is your position this time?'''  
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"It's strange, there are moments when I still don't believe that I'm involved in Conan. It's a well-known manga that I've been reading since I was a child. The fact that I'm in charge of creating images for this on the big screen is so overwhelming that I feel that it's not even real.
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"I was reading the screenplay while talking with Director Nagaoka and the production team, and I decided to have stylish look this time. Looking at previous movie series as a whole, the scale of the event in this movie is one of the largest and the suspense and action that comes with it are also very thrilling.  
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It will also link nicely to the Akai Family that appears in this work. Akai Family is shrouded in mystery and shadows. It is the shadows that bring out their appeal. Light and shadow, justice and evil, I painstakingly tried to convey the tension between both sides through my images.
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=== Interview of Production Team, Full of Highlights From Each Section As Well ===
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'''Question 1: In the production of this work, The Scarlet Bullet, can you tell us what did you struggle with, what you were particular about, and what was rewarding for you?'''  
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"This time, the stage is set between Tokyo and Nagoya. As a result, there are many buildings again just like the previous work. So, I was worried even before it started. It is always difficult with many buildings (laugh). Moreover, unlike Singapore, this time there are fictional places like linear train stations of Shibahama Station and Shin-Nagoya Station. It is very difficult yet interesting to make these fictional places seem real to blend in with real locations. The diector told me that Akai does not match a bright blue sky so I deliberately toned down the day-time sky for this work." ''said Kouki Fukushima, Art Director.''
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"Connecting with the title of "scarlet", there is always red color on someone in those four days. If I only stick to the character's image color, it will be too one-sided. So, I decided on this by considering the connection between the story and the character so that the clothes in the last scene look cool or cute." ''said Fusako Nakao, Color Design.''
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"The compositing section in an animation production combines all the image materials. it involves elevating the work by interpreting and composing the materials created by various creators such as drawing, background, CG, etc. However, similar to cooking, great ingredients do not always result in delicious food, so this can improve or destroy the final work. This is the pain and reward of our section. In The Scarlet Bullet, the themes are vacuum superconducting maglev, sports festival so we aimed to create images that conveys speed and dynamism." ''said Jin Nishiyama, Director of Photography.''
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"The story this time has the major elements related to the story prepared in 3DCG. THe work of creating and incorporating them in each cut is difficult, but it is rewarding to imagine how they are used and the audience reactions to them. In particular, the director placed a lot of emphasis on the vacuum superconducting maglev, and it was created with him proposing various ideas for the designs and textures. I would like to show everyone the vaccum superconducting maglev as soon as possible!" ''said Hiroki Matsukura, the CG Director.'' 
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"In this work, there are various vehicles such as vacuum superconducting maglev, bullet train, automobiles, motorcycles, etc. 3DCG is used in many vehicles and we tried to express various colors and textures according to the situation. Aslo, because vehicles need to interact with characters and the background, we tested them to make sure their look are integrated properly. In some cases, we had to replace the full scene with 3DCG. Creating images that matches Director Nagaoka's vision and requests is both a challenge and rewarding." ''said Hiromitsu Koiwa, the CG Director.''
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'''Question 2: What is the highlight of this work?'''
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"I think it will be hard to notice, but we made many detailed touches so I hope you can enjoy the world of Conan." ''said Kouki Fukushima, Art Director.''
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"Other than the Akai Family, I think you can understand the relationship and thoughts of each characters. I try to adjust the colours so that the characters look good in the scene, I hope you enjoy it while paying attention to such details." ''said  Fusako Nakao, Color Design.''
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"An animation movie is an art form born from a collaboration with many cast and staff, so the attention to detail from every section is condensed. The detailed attention of each section is concentrated. Other than enjoying the actions of Conan and the Akai Family, I hope you can also enjoy the atmosphere, speed and thrill created by our efforts, which might not be obvious at first glance." ''said Jin Nishiyama, Director of Photography.''
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"If I write too much, I will spoil the movie. So, I will express it with an image. The highlight of this movie is the tension in a closed environment like The Bullet Train Movie (1875) by Director Junya Sato and the interaction in the vacuum superconducting maglev. The 3DCG team prepared images that add tension as much as possible as the story develops with the characters trying to solve the case with their all." ''said Hiroki Matsukura, CG Director.''
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"I think the main highlight should be Conan drawing closer to the mystery and the Akai Family, and the key stage of the vacuum superconducting maglev and global sports festivel. I think the content of the movie as a whole has many highlights, such as bold action scenes. Also, 3DCG is used in unexpected places such as characters and background. So, if you pay attention to that area, you may be able to enjoy it from a different perspective." ''said Hiromitsu Koiwa, CG Director.''
  
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===Cinema Guide 2019 Interview===
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===Shuichi, Masumi, Shukichi, and Mary Secret Archieves Interview ===
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===CUT Magazine Interviews===
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===Kappei Yamaguchi Volume 100 Interview===
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'''Date:''' October 13, 2021<br>
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Key points by Mycroft from DCEN discord-<br>
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1-Gosho said that Conan would never cry explaining that with" how would a great detective being affected by his emotions" <br>
 
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2-Gosho was asked if something gonna happen related to Japan Olympics 2020 in DC manga , Gosho replied saying: "it is difficult....maybe not...but if something happened to Olympics someone gonna be mad (laugh)<br>
 
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===Gosho Interview on 1周回って知らない話 (Tv Show)===
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===Wakana Yamazaki Volume 100 Interview===
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'''Date:''' April 24, 2019
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'''Date:''' October 20, 2021<br>
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In commemoration of the release of Volume 100, the second interview is with the voice of Ran Mouri, Wakana Yamazaki.
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Although an endless stream of cases occurs around Ran, Ran is strong and is able to defend herself against any threats. But, to Ms.Yamazaki, the most important element is outside of these scenes. On the topic of a normal high-school girl living in the city of Beika.
  
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Q: Please tell me about your Impressions of Gosho Aoyama <br>
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That black Gundam -like robot is a present from Shogakukan to Aoyama to celebrate the 200 million sales and there's only 1 in the world<br>
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A: We're close in age, so he's like a big brother to me. He's very sharp, but conversations with him are very relaxed, so he it gives off a feel like a shogi grandmaster. One thing that left a particular impression on me was when there was Evian* on the Menu, and he asked "What kind of drink is this?" It was funny to me because he's so knowledgeable in so many topics, yet he's also kind of in a different world.
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A: The story where we're in London (vol. 71, Holmes' Revelation) and the School Trip (vol. 95, The Scarlet Schooltrip) are where I felt, although slowly, Ran's relationship with Shinichi was changing.
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A: Hmm... it might actually be the opposite, where I'm now kinda embarrassed (laughs). Until now, we've said things we wanted to say to each other and had arguments, and that has been fun in its own right. Although they're dating, they're rarely together, and it feels like a long-distance relationship. Although it has been a long time since the manga began, I've heard that within the story not much time has passed, so I felt that Ran hasn't been kept waiting for that long.
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A: Until now, there have been many times where Ran got close to finding out Conan's identity, but got deceived, so right now she doesn't seem to have any suspicions... I think the densest character is my (Ran's) dad (laughs). Personally, instead of Conan's identity, not knowing anything about the Black Organization, or although Ran talks to Amuro or Okiya, not knowing their identities feel more frustrating. This is because although she's already surrounded by danger, she doesn't realize it and stays unaware.
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A: Conan is Conan and Shinichi is Shinichi, so no. Ran's even said in a conversation with Sonoko that "I thought Conan liked Ai" (Vol. 83, Romance Novelist Murder Case), so I think at most, she watches with a smile as a big sister figure.
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A: I think his clumsiness. When meeting Shinichi for the first time in preschool, Ran says she "hated" Shinichi, but his blunt nature was just a way to hide his embarrassment and he ended up helping her. Although she might not have had romantic feelings toward Shinichi when she was small, as a childhood friend she saw Shinichi, and in her heart, she thought "Although he tries to be cool, there's a dull part of him too. I know that about him." She realized her feelings in New York (Vol. 35, "Shinichi Kudo's New York Case") after Shinichi helped the serial killer, he said, "There's no logical reason necessary for someone to help another person out." I feel like that's where Ran realized she liked Shinichi in a romantic way.
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A: Shinichi's earnest sense of justice, and how he tries to be strong are some points that I think Ran likes about Shinichi. I think it would be nice if there are more stories from the past. The story from kindergarten, to when Elementary school when Shinichi suddenly stopped calling Ran "Ran," and instead "Mouri," (Vol 55, Shinichi Kudo's childhood adventure"). Until then, I thought that Ran and Shinichi were childhood friends from infancy, but I realized her relationship with Sonoko was longer.
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A: When I am asked what role I would like to try in Conan, I always say the criminal (laughs). Portraying the emotional ups and downs until the crime is committed, and my state of mind after the trick is deduced seems interesting to me. I would like to be caught at the end and have everything come to light.
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A: Although there may be a lot of murder cases, since it's an anime that kids watch as well, she is very careful in picking her words in order to avoid hurting or making them scared. In order to avoid an explanation becoming too difficult, or a deduction becoming too complicated, she tries changing the way she explains it, and she is very good at seeing things like that and giving advice, and that impresses me a lot. The only person (voice actress) there every time is Minami, so she tries to take responsibility and I think she tried to create a sense of unity.
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A: Since Ai is an adult, she doesn't try to approach Ran like Ayumi or the rest of the detective boys. But in the case of the special express train (Vol. 78, Mystery Train), after Ai realizes that there may be the Black Organization aboard the train, Ai grabs Ran's shirt and hides behind her. I wondered "Oh, is she relying on me?" Maybe Ran just seemed like the strongest (laughs). But if that was Ai trusting Ran, I feel like that story is a lot deeper and left an impression.
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A: I like the story about Professor Agasa's first love (Vol. 40 "Ginkgo-Colored first love"). No sad cases happened, and the Detective Boys followed the professor and deduced where that person was and found them. On top of that, Ran met that person in the past... I loved that long-lasting overall warmth. That last scene where Agasa may be able to meet with that person in the future also left an impression in my heart.
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A: Since we're at volume 100, the fans are probably more knowledgeable than I am, and I probably need to re-read, or else there may be things I forget (laughs). Since it doesn't seem to end anytime soon, I will continue enjoying Conan as a fan of the manga, and I am also excited to see how that will be translated into the Manga.
  
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===Anime Style Magazine Interview===
 
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===Animedia Movie staff and character Interviews June issue===
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===Megumi Hayashibara Volume 100 Interview===
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==="This mystery is amazing!" Interview===
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===Minami Takayama Volume 100 Interview===
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=== [世界はまんがで出来ている]Tokyo FM Volume 100 Special Interview - Featuring Detective Conan's Editor-In Charge, Gosho Aoyama, Takahiro Arai, and Mayuko Kanba ===
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===ZIP Interview===
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'''Date:''' October 23, 2021 and October 30, 2021
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'''Date:''' Aired on March 25, 2021
 
 
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'''Source:''' [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/353321538080210945/827331729945657414/Jv9UsYnQlx07LpIeYjyo01041201VIF60E010.mp4 Video]<br>
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'''Source:'''  
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'''Translation Information by:''' Wsstalkback<br>
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* - https://twitter.com/sekaihamangade
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*He's a big fan of Chihayafuru.
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* - https://radiko.jp/share/?sid=FMT&t=20211030190000&noreload=1
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*60-70% of fans are women.
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* - https://radiko.jp/share/?sid=FMT&t=20211023190000&noreload=1
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*He thinks of culprit schemes as needed and has 0 on hand.
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* - https://www.tfm.co.jp/mangaworld/
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*He reads a lot of shojo manga for the romcom elements in Conan.
 
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*Conan was started by him and the editors of WSS at the time as a "response" to Kindiachi
 
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*In reference the point above, he and his editors think of the schemes and test them out themselves.
 
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*He often has rom com dramas playing while working and will take good lines from them.
 
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===Da Vinci Magazine 2021 Interview===
 
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'''Date:''' April 6, 2021<br>
 
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'''Published in:''' Da Vinci Magazine, May 2021 issue
 
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=== Part 1: Featuring Aoyama Gosho, Arai Takahiro and Kanba Mayuko ===
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明日は…
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100巻記念！「#名探偵コナン」大特集
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青山剛昌先生の番組独自アンケートをご紹介！
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'''Translation Information by:''' NightBaron, Mera, Manaphy, Kemo<br>
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さらに！『ゼロの日常』新井隆広先生と、
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1.) The interviewer says “ Rum’s identity is revealed “ right?<br>
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『犯人の犯沢さん』かんばまゆこ先生のアンケートも
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Gosho said this : the fact that Rum appeared in a scene I drew in the past is revealed '''too''', using the “mo” も particle for addition.
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(Wakita indeed is our RUM.)<br>
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ゲストは、パーパーのあいなぷぅさんと担当編集の松本さん！
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2.) The person who’s related to the WPS gang will appear in the near future.<br>
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3.) He wants to reveal the mystery around Rumi step by step.<br>
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4.) He wants to draw a case about Amuro vs Kaito Kid.<br>
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5.) He doesn't consider WPS a spinoff but rather an independent work of his own.<br>
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Q.青山先生は安室透の人気についてどう思われていますか？
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6.) He thought of the Camel flashback back when he drew it and decided that the person in it would be a member that ranks higher than Gin but didn't decide the codename RUM back then.
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A.「安室の人気はただただビックリです。
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そしてありがとうございます！」
  
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リクエスト曲
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青山先生の一番好きな曲！
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「1000のバイオリン」のオーケストラバージョン
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「1001のバイオリン」/ブルーハーツ
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をお届けしました
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_______________________________________________________________
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かんばまゆこ先生
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「かっこいいシーンでかっこいいキャラがかっこいいポーズでかっこいいセリフをかっこよく言う、
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これをやるのって本当に大変で勇気がいるすごい事です！
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（↓続く）
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私は「犯人の犯沢さん」の連載前から
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この100％振りきることをアオヤマニズムと呼び、大ゴマでギャグを描くときに
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勇気をもらっていました。青山先生は本当にすごいです！」
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'''Full Interview Translation by Holmes.'''
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新井隆広先生
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「顔の奥の目が大きく誇張されて描かれる。
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有名なイラストレーターである、さいとうなおきさんも指摘していたが こうすることにより 人物の顔が華やかに見えるそうです。歌舞伎の見栄に近い効果ではと分析なさっていた」
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実際、青山先生はコナンの絵を描くとき「目」から描かれる！
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''April 6th, 2020. The day before the state of emergency was declared to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, we interviewed Mr. Aoyama. It’s been almost a year since then; with the second emergency declaration in place, we interviewed him once again, ahead of the release of the postponed movie, “Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet”. We asked him about how he felt about all this.
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青山剛昌先生の番組独自アンケート！
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''
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『ゼロの日常』新井隆広先生と、
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『犯人の犯沢さん』かんばまゆこ先生のアンケートもご紹介！
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“I want things to return to ‘normal’ soon. Even if stuff like the way the world works and various other things don’t return to the way they were before, I hope that everyday life will soon return to a place where everyone can go and see the Conan movie without worry”, said Aoyama in last year’s interview. One year has passed since then. Although the situation is still highly unpredictable, it has been decided that the postponed movie, “Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet” will be released on April 16th.<br>
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“Honestly, Chukichi was even cooler than I expected. In the Akai family show-off scenes, he’s the only one that was written in the script from the beginning, and it’s not a scene I drew. He’s so cool, I’m a bit jealous. I think he’s the most gorgeous character in the climax scene”, says Aoyama in a voice that is full of excitement. How have you been spending the past year?<br>
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「名探偵コナン」あるある
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“Surprisingly, nothing much has changed (laughs). I said last year that I might not be able to draw scenes of get-togethers and parties in the future because the idea of people getting together would be a mere fantasy, but I’ve drawn secret gatherings at matchmaking shrines.<br>
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かんば先生も「やっぱり阿笠博士があやしい」と考察・・・！
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I think it’s because I have hope and expectation that even if we can’t do it now, such days will come back. I hesitated because I didn’t want to spoil the story’s reality, but everyone’s reality is probably one where people can still hang out together. So I decided not to worry about it anymore. I’m not really planning to bring in remote meetings or anything else that wasn’t popular before, since it’s still kind of a symbol of the crisis caused by coronavirus; I’d like to make sure that people don’t have to be reminded of all that while they’re reading Conan”.<br>
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新井先生「あるあるが語られるほど様式美として作品世界が成立していることにすごさを感じる」
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The coronavirus crisis also brings many inconveniences when it comes to mystery writing, he says.<br>
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“You know, everyone is wearing a mask (laughs). You can hide your face right from the start, so any eyewitness testimony is useless. I’m quite worried about the increase in crimes that take advantage of this, even in real life. Also, as a comic artist, it’s simply inconvenient! I have a couple of assistants who work remotely, but it’s way more difficult and time-consuming to understand each other than in face-to-face communication. Even for those who commute [through my studio], sleeping in the same room is forbidden and we have to eat separately. I know it’s unavoidable, but it’s quite lonesome. That’s why personally when I’m drawing manga I want to forget about Covid, and maybe on the contrary it was right because I kept drawing that I was able to face forward”.
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Q.毎回トリックは、どのように考えていますか！？
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また、一番悩まれたトリックは？
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{{font color|red|Rum’s real identity was finally revealed! The clash between the FBI and the Black Organization also gets more tense!}}
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A.「トリックは編集さんと何時間もかけて考えてます。
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Indeed, as a matter of fact, in order to drown out the anxieties and depressions of reality, recently “Detective Conan” has been making some turbulent progress.<br>
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毎回毎回悩んでいるので、一番がつけられないです(笑)」
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In a new case, which began in the 45th issue of Weekly Shonen Sunday - released in October 2020 - FBI agents are killed in succession by the Black Organization. In the last chapter, the identity of Rum, who is considered to be the No. 2 of the organization, was finally revealed.<br>
 
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“Last year I told myself I had to show Rum soon. It’s revealed that Rum had actually appeared in a scene I drew in the past, but that’s something I’ve been thinking about since then. I always say that most of the things I do are afterthoughts [made up after stuff already happened], but there are a lot of things that I arrange intentionally (laughs). Well, at the time I hadn’t decided on the name Rum, and I even only told my assistants, ‘this guy is a member of the Black Organization that’s even higher-ranking than Gin’.”<br>
 
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A character who appears casually turning out to actually be a very important person, and impressions getting overturned... It’s one of Aoyama’s fortes, but clearly no one had noticed this one. By the way, Camel plays a very active role in this case, but at first he was one of those fishy characters who you can’t tell if they’re an ally or an enemy.<br>
 
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“When he first appeared, I told my assistants he was actually a good guy and they were very surprised. He has a sinister look and seems shady, but he’s actually a subordinate of Akai’s who is more loyal to him than anyone else. In the FBI Agents Serial Murder Case, the highlight for me was the way he strived to get information and didn’t run away until the last moment, even when his life was in extreme danger. As an agent, he has the ability to just accept the worst, and I also like the scene in Volume 58 where he calls Akai and says ‘I-I succeeded...’. It’s the first scene where the reader realizes that maybe he’s actually a good guy, and I put in a lot of foreshadowing for the sake of that surprise”.<br>
 
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Most of the readers must have been fooled. What Aoyama does so well is to make us think that a character is actually on our side since he is blatantly feigning betrayal, and yet there are many cases where the character in question is truly an enemy. You can’t just read what’s up next by following precedent.<br>
 
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“Well, yeah, that’s how it is... (laughs) Oh, there is one more scene with Camel that I like: the one in Volume 85, when he meets again Akai, who is actually alive, and he mutters ‘Akai-shan...’. The scene is also in ‘The Scarlet Alibi’, which was released before ‘The Scarlet Bullet’, and it made me laugh. It’s very nice, isn’t it? That is a compilation of the TV anime that takes a close look at the Akai family, but it’s so well compiled that I thought to myself, ‘that’s really cool’.”
 
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{{font color|red|Now the youthful years that continue to support Amuro are out of reach...!}}
 
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Serialized between the FBI Agents Serial Murder Case was the spin-off “Detective Conan: Wild Police Story”, published in two volumes. Kenji Hagiwara was killed in a bombing; detective Sato’s love interest, Jinpei Matsuda, was killed while avenging his [Hagiwara’s] death; detective Takagi’s mentor, Wataru Date, has died in an accident; Hiromitsu Morofushi lost his life while infiltrating the Black Organization and became the cause of Amuro’s hatred for Akai; and finally, there’s Tooru Amuro, aka Rei Furuya...! It’s a coming-of-age story of the five, who were classmates at the police academy, and Aoyama is the ‘original author’...<br>
 
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“As you can see from the storyboards included in the volumes, I wrote most of the story. In other words, it was just as though I serialized two works at the same time, so it was very tough. So maybe I could have done the whole thing up to the finishing touches, but the planning happened just after I was hospitalised and I was quite weak. Yet I still wanted to do it. It was during ‘The Darkest Nightmare’ that I came up with the idea that Matsuda and Amuro were classmates; I had already drawn the scene where Amuro visits Date’s grave in Volume 77, though. About Hiromitsu, when I was designing Scotch, I thought ‘this guy looks like Takaaki (a police inspector in the Nagano prefecture), why don’t I make him his brother’, and that’s how I decided, I guess.<br>
 
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I thought readers would enjoy a coming-of-age story where they were actually close classmates and shared the same dream of becoming police officers, and I wanted to show that Amuro was the only one who survived, as a result. He is a skilled guy who is nip and tuck with Akai, but it wouldn’t be interesting if he was a complete superhero from the start, right? So it’d be as in, ‘those days I spent with the four of them are the reason I am where I am today’... cool, isn’t it?”.<br>
 
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It’s definitely very cool. At the end [of the spin-off], when they have recklessly solved the case together, and the scene in the not-too-distant future that symbolises the four of them who part ways, plus the other person [Amuro] will... move you to tears.<br>
 
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“I’ve done a lot of calculations about that (laughs), so if you cry, I’d be very happy”.
 
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{{font color|red|There’s something a little off the beaten track that touches the readers’ hearts.}}
 
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The slightest misunderstanding or miscommunication leading to hatred and sometimes to irreparable tragedies... yet following the path one believes in, while carrying the sorrow on one’s back... At the roots of “Wild Police Story” are themes that have been portrayed in “Detective Conan” for a long time.<br>
 
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“Thank you. Well, that’s how it is... And I want to depict all that in a way that’s a little bit different from the straightforward way. I think it’s a way of hiding embarrassment in an otherwise straightforward story. In the movie ‘Titanic’, when Rose is about to throw herself off the deck, Jack tosses his cigarette into the sea to show her how deep it is... right? And then he says, ‘You’re not going to jump, are you’. I like the way he doesn’t just stop her by force, it feels really cool, I love it.<br>
 
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As for the Japanese [characters that inspire me], it’s Yusaku Matsuda in ‘Oretachi No Kunsho’, Hiroshi Tachi and Kyohei Shibata in ‘Abunai Deka’, Masao Kusakari and Tatsuya Fuji in ‘Pro Hunter’... I use their stylishness as a reference when I draw manga”.<br>
 
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It’s true that Shuichi Akai and the others are kind of the epitomes of chic.<br>
 
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“He’s not attached to anything, so he can change direction as soon as he needs to. It’s cool how he transcends everything. Shukichi is also really cool when he sees through a plot, but even cooler than that is Yumi. Shukichi owes everything to her. In Volume 89, she easily tears up the marriage certificate that he was so eager to get, and then she shouts ‘You’d better make sure you never lose again! You bald-headed mouse, you!’, which is a line I like. Oda Nobunaga called Toyotomi Hideyoshi [“Hideyoshi” shares “Shukichi”’s kanji] not a monkey, but a bald rat. In Nobunaga’s letter to Nene, he also calls him that (laughs). That’s why Yumi is Nene, not Chacha”.<br>
 
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Shukichi and Yumi also appear in the movie. What are the highlights, in your opinion, Aoyama?<br>
 
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“There are many highlights of the Akai family besides Shukichi, so that’s what I’d like you all to see. Also, other than that... well, I’d like to spoil you some more, but I’m going to stop right there. After all, you also want to know but at the same time you kinda don’t want to, right?”.<br>
 
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That’s right... So, with the latest Volume 99 coming out on April 14, and Volume 100 just around the corner, could you give us a glimpse of what’s to come, by any chance?<br>
 
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“Well, let me see... the manuscript I’m working on right now is an episode [of the manga] that features Haibara at the center of it all, after a long time, so I’m sure the fans will be very happy. I’m also planning to draw soon the appearance of people / a person linked to the police academy group, and Amuro VS Kaito Kid, I guess... Oh! I’ve said too much (laughs). I think I will reveal Wakasa’s mysteries little by little, so please be patient.<br>
 
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But first of all, there is ‘The Scarlet Bullet’, which you’ve been waiting an extra year for! Watch it at the cinema without making any noise, without talking, without eating or drinking with anyone, I’m sure it’ll all be fine. If you want to scream, you can do so when you get home (laughs).<br>
 
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I was so surprised by Minami Hamabe’s voice because she was so good that I thought she was a professional voice actress or something, so, I’m sure people will be able to enjoy themselves to their hearts’ content”.
 
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===Movie 24 Production Staff Interview Collection===
 
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'''Date:''' April 22, 2021<br>
 
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'''Published in:''' https://www.kitkat-nelfei.com/2021/04/detective-conan-movie-scarlet-bullet.html
 
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=== Interview of Setting Production, Mirei Suzuki ===
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なんと、一回の打ち合わせは短くても１２時間
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"I went for location hunting to Nagoya where this story is set. Director Nagaoka discussed with staff from Nagoya before deciding the locations based on the final scenario.
 
 
   
 
   
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First, the symbols of Nagoya City, Nagoya TV Tower, and Oasis 21 which also appeared in the end of the previous work [The Fist of Blue Sapphire]. The night view here is very beautiful, but I couldn't go up on that day, so I only watched the lights from below. Be careful as it's very slippery on rainy days!
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Q.青山先生の作品には幼馴染キャラがよく登場されますが、幼馴染属性がお好きなのでしょうか？
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素敵な思い出などがあるのでしょうか？
 
   
 
   
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Next, an Instagrammable monument near Nagoya Castle. Everyone was drawn to the reds in it so I took a commemorative photo here. And Nagoya Port, one of the largest trading ports in Japan. It's a port that spans across five municipalities and has many leisure facilities.
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A.「素敵な思い出はまったくないですけど、幼馴染の設定は大好きです！あとでなんとでも掘り起こせるので♪」
 
   
 
   
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We, the location team, also boarded a yacht and traveled around the port. I think people already know that Shukichi Haneda who appears this time is based on Hideyoshi Toyotomi. Nagoya is very closely linked to Hideyoshi Toyotomi and at the annual Nagoya Festival, a parade is held to honor the three heroes, Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi and Ieyasu Tokugawa.  
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Q.青山先生の1日のルーティンは！？休みはあるのでしょうか？
 
   
 
   
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In Nakamura Ward, Nagoya City, the birthplace of Hideyoshi Toyotomi, there is a street named Taiko-dori. There is also an exit named Taiko-dori  Exit at Nagoya Station. Hideyoshi Toyotomi's name is closely linked here.  
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A.「最近はあります。
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『艦これ』をぼちぼちやって、月曜8時から9時に『あつ森』のコメントを更新、それが日課です(笑)
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だいたい寝るのは朝の6時から7時で、起きるのは昼の1時くらいかな？」
 
   
 
   
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While feeling this connection, I continued with my location hunting and tasted some delicious Nagoya foods. This place is amazing, so I would be happy if fans will make a trip to Nagoya after the movie release! I hope you can look forward to how Nagoya will appear in this work."
 
  
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=== Part 2: Featuring DC Editor In-Charge ===
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=== Interview of Movie Director, Chika Nagaoka ===
 
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'''Question 1: This is your 2nd time in charge of directing a Detective Conan movie, after the "The Fist of Blue Sapphire" in 2019, is there any changes in your environment and feelings? And, how did you approach with this movies?'''
 
 
   
 
   
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"There is no particular change in the environment. In production, I have seniors who have been working with me for many years who I respect, and many friends, who know my good and bad points, so it's a very reassuring environment for me. And, because of the trust I have for them, I depend on them in various areas.
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毎週、30分だけログインできる仮想空間のラジオ番組！
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狩野英孝と倉持由香が「まんが王国」にある膨大なデータを基に、おしゃべりしていきます。
 
   
 
   
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As for my feelings, when I started the actual production, I face various obstacles and there are times when I feel troubled. When that happens, instead of worrying alone, I tried to consult others and get advice. Surprisingly, many ideas leading to breakthrough surfaced during those conversations. Well, it was probably worst for those who have been dealing with me though. (laughs).
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☆祝100巻記念！「名探偵コナン」大特集その②☆
 
   
 
   
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As for my approach, there are characters who are introduced for the first time in the movie. So, I tried to figure out their relationship with Conan's main characters in the original before starting on the production.
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ゲストに「名探偵コナン」担当編集の松本さんと、舟本さんが登場！
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「名探偵コナン」を通して、編集のお仕事などについて迫っていきます
 
   
 
   
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The Akai family has many mysterious parts not mentioned even in the original, so I had the production team organize and made a character relationship chart for me."
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明日の #せかまん は・・・
 
   
 
   
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'''Question 2: Can you tell us what do you think after reading the script?'''
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100巻記念！「#名探偵コナン」大特集 その②
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"Ever since my scenario meeting with Mr. Sakurai, the Script Writer, I was impressed with his wide knowledge in various fields, regardless of genre like chemistry, bullet trains, shogi. I feel I must be more aware of more information in various areas from now on.
 
 
   
 
   
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The content of the script drives home the theme very clearly. I tried to translate Mr. Sakurai's thoughts into the movie and I hope we are able to communicate that to our audience who watch the movie.
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ゲストに、担当編集の松本さんと、舟本さんが登場
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「名探偵コナン」を通して、編集のお仕事などについて迫っていきます
 
   
 
   
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'''Question 3: This work focuses on Akai Family, and there are many original movie characters, is there any particular character you want us to take note of? And, what is the reasons?'''
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"It would be Mary. I think the mother has a strong character. Shuichi Akai, Shukichi Haneda, Masumi Sera...everyone has different personalities and strong characters. However, each of them has a strong core that I feel is the gift inherited from Mary's teachings.
 
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'''Question 4: Vacuum superconducting maglev, sports festival, FBI, Akai Family, etc. In the movie, there are many interesting things, but what part do you find the most interesting? Also, which part do you look forward to the most when directing?'''
 
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"What I found the most interesting was the difference between Conan's and the FBI's sense of justice. I wanted to express this different in thinking properly. The most fun part for me was the vacuum superconducting maglev. Especially, I hope the audience can check how we show the speed of 1,000 km/h in the theaters.
 
 
   
 
   
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'''Question 5: Please tell us the highlights of the movie for you. Finally, do you have any message to audience?'''
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編集を担当したことでわかる青山先生の凄さ
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"I hope the audience can look forward to how the vacuum superconducting maglev in the movie connects to the Akai Family, FBI, Conan and the others, and how the story develops. Also, I think rather than knowing nothing about the main characters' relationship with Akai Family, it's better just to know a little to get into this movie.
 
 
   
 
   
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Since the main story of this movie is about Akai Family with the color of Red in their surname, various Red colors will appear in the movie, so please try to spot them!
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コナンの目について：
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イラストを描かれるとき、必ず目線が読者の方を向くように意識されている！
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=== Interview of Screenplay, Takeharu Sakurai ===
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'''Question 1: Mr. Sakurai, this will be your 5th time in charge of the script for a Detective Conan movie. When writing for the first Detective Conan's Private Eyes' Requiem (2013) and this movie, has there been any change in your feeling or approach to Conan?'''
 
 
   
 
   
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"Whenever I write a script for Detective Conan movies, I would decide the Regular character who would be guest characters and the theme with the producer. Then I would write the story while getting Aoyoma-sensei and the Director to fix it. I would also add the parts desired by Aoyama-sensei. There is no change in this flow, but on Private Eyes' Requiem, I recklessly took on the challenge without knowing the difficulties. Now, with my knowledge of the difficulties, it feels more like a test of my abilities. In other words, it changed from "Challenge" to "Trial". I think this is a change that will jappen if you continue with any work."
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青山先生は、ドラマ、ラブコメをよくご覧になる！
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「アンナチュラル」がお好きなんだそう！
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コナンは「殺人ラブコメ」
 
   
 
   
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'''Question 2:  You wrote both popular characters, Toru Amuro into the previous movie and Suichi Akai in this one. Do you have any particular feelings when comparing these two characters? Also, was there anything you put extra care of when writing Shuichi Akai in this work? Or anything you enjoyed?'''
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"I think the similarity between Amuro and Akai is there "Loneliness". Amuro has a loneliness that stems from having no home to return to and Akai has a loneliness that stems from not being able to retun home.
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編集のかたの【1週間ルーティン】
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打ち合わせ→2日〜3日ネーム→打ち合わせ→原稿アップ
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ネーム待ちの間は、アニメの話、宣伝活動、記事、単行本の打ち合わせなど様々なお仕事が・・・！
 
   
 
   
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Amuro's loneliness with something to depend on as opposed to Akai's loneliness that rejects dependency. Amuora has the strength to embrace the loneliness alone and Akai has the strength to accompany a lonely person.
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「名探偵コナン」でエゴサーチすることもあります！
 
   
 
   
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I feel that when I write these two characters.
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打ち合わせでは、流石にバレないだろうと思っていても、
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考察で「すごい速さで解かれてる・・・」と思うことも
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Q.「名探偵コナン」最終回の構成は決まっているのでしょうか？
 
   
 
   
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When I write Shuichi Akai, I take note of Subaru Okiya. Although those two are basically the same person, they have different personalities. However, there are times when despite being Okiya, his personality is almost all Akai.  
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A.「青山先生曰く、『当然です！いつそれを発表するかは言えませんけど…』」
 
   
 
   
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It was difficult to adjust that what percentage of Akai is Okiya in each scene with Aoyama-sensei and the production team. However, Akai is much more difficult.
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Q コナンの最後は知っていますか？
 
   
 
   
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Conan, Haibara, Sera, Mary, Shukichi, James, Jody, and Camel, everyone has different perception about Akai. The information that Akai gave or hid from each of them are all different.
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A 松本さん「………………知っています」
 
   
 
   
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I had to check with Aoyama-sensia and the production team to find out what is allowed in which scene. We have to proceed like a puzzle. There are some things the characters already know about, but the readers do not yet.  
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Q.次回作に関しては…！？
 
   
 
   
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And things that will be revealed by the time the movie is released. It is as if you are playing with a puzzle with astronomical number of pieces. It was both painful and fun at the same time.  
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A.「その時になってみないとわからないかな…コナンじゃできない超能力もの…かなあ…」
 
   
 
   
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'''Question 3: This movie focuses on Akai Family, and there are many original movie characters, is there any particular character to take note of? And, what is the reason?'''
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コナンでなんでもやっているということで、「超能力かなあ…」とのこと！
 
   
 
   
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"The whole Akai Family are important characters here. If I have to mention one, then it is Mary. The more I hear from Aoyama-sensei about her, the burden she bears is out of this world. If you take a closer look at the movie, you will find new information about her."
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101巻に収録される話で新キャラが登場！
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「名探偵コナン」はまだまだ終わらない・・・！
 
   
 
   
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'''Question 4: What do you look forward to when your script is visualized?'''
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"It's fun and scary to read the dubbing script. The dubbing script is a script written by someone based on my screenplay. Thus, in this media, things like "Did the lines I wrote become such as line?" "Did the scene that I wrote become like this?", will impact me the first.
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青山先生、松本さん、舟本さんが「心に刺さったアドバイス」
 
   
 
   
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My second impact will come at the preview. Dubbing script is a process that won't be found in live-action dramas and movies, I was surprised when though I wrote this script with almost the same number of pages as last time, but this dubbing script has almost double the number of pages than the last!"
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松本さん
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初めて担当をした「スーパーマリオくん」の沢田ユキオ先生から
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「子供はボケツッコミで、ボケだけだと笑いどころがわからないから必ずツッコんであげなきゃいけないんだよ。」
 
   
 
   
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'''Question 5: Please tell us the highlights of this movie for you. Finally, do you have any message to the audience?'''
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舟本さん
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お姉さんのアシスタントをしていた時代
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「編集者も漫画家も２４時間365日、ずっと漫画のことを考えないといけないんだよ」
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制限されず、好きなこと考えられるということを真摯に漫画家に伝えていたシーンに救われたそう！
 
   
 
   
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"I think there are many highlights in the events, characters and action scenes in the movie. As a screenwriter, I would be happy if you could understand the theme a little more. I think there have been many dramas with "past sins" creating "present sins".
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青山先生
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「『まじっく快斗』『探偵ジョージのミニミニ大作戦』を同時にやってた時、とても忙しくなってしまい絵を飛ばして描いてしまったところ
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堀さんという編集さんに「お前、絵が下手になったな」とまず言われ、「手を抜くと読者にバレるぞ…離れていくよ…」と言われました。心が痛かったです」
 
   
 
   
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However, there is also "past justice" that can create "present sins" as well. What will people do in that situation? It would be good to show Conan's and Akai's "harmony" and "difference". I wrote with this in mind.
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'''Summary:'''
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In commemoration of the release of Volume 100, Tokyo FM's [世界はまんがで出来ている] conducted a 2-part special featuring Detective Conan's Editor-In Charge, Gosho Aoyama, Arai Takahiro, and Kanba Mayuko. The following is a compilation by Kemo of the Twitter Thread by the Host of the Radio Show which includes a few questions they thought might be of interest to the readers/listeners. Please note that this is not an exhaustive version of the Airing.
  
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=== Interview of Image Board, Ioundraw ===
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'''Highlights:'''
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'''Question 1: It will be the third time to be in charge of image boards for Detective Conan Movies, so they are pretty much defined. What do you think is your position this time?'''
 
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"It's strange, there are moments when I still don't believe that I'm involved in Conan. It's a well-known manga that I've been reading since I was a child. The fact that I'm in charge of creating images for this on the big screen is so overwhelming that I feel that it's not even real.
 
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However, I feel that the response to the role given to me steadily increases as I work more on it. I love the characters, but I pack my own ideas without breaking the world's view of this work.
 
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If my images are useful to the staff, then there is nothing more fulfilling to me. Drawing image boards for Detective Conan Movies is like the facing my childhood. I try to draw with fresh eyes with a feeling of nostalgia while making sure to do work I can be proud of."
 
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'''Question 2: What kind of image you envisioned from the screenplay for the image boards?''' 
 
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"I was reading the screenplay while talking with Director Nagaoka and the production team, and I decided to have stylish look this time. Looking at previous movie series as a whole, the scale of the event in this movie is one of the largest and the suspense and action that comes with it are also very thrilling.
 
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I consciously added a strong contrast in the light and scene construction in order to bring out the roller-coaster-like dramatic twists and turns.
 
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It will also link nicely to the Akai Family that appears in this work. Akai Family is shrouded in mystery and shadows. It is the shadows that bring out their appeal. Light and shadow, justice and evil, I painstakingly tried to convey the tension between both sides through my images.
 
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=== Interview of Production Team, Full of Highlights From Each Section As Well ===
 
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'''Question 1: In the production of this work, The Scarlet Bullet, can you tell us what did you struggle with, what you were particular about, and what was rewarding for you?'''
 
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"This time, the stage is set between Tokyo and Nagoya. As a result, there are many buildings again just like the previous work. So, I was worried even before it started. It is always difficult with many buildings (laugh). Moreover, unlike Singapore, this time there are fictional places like linear train stations of Shibahama Station and Shin-Nagoya Station. It is very difficult yet interesting to make these fictional places seem real to blend in with real locations. The diector told me that Akai does not match a bright blue sky so I deliberately toned down the day-time sky for this work." ''said Kouki Fukushima, Art Director.''
 
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"Connecting with the title of "scarlet", there is always red color on someone in those four days. If I only stick to the character's image color, it will be too one-sided. So, I decided on this by considering the connection between the story and the character so that the clothes in the last scene look cool or cute." ''said Fusako Nakao, Color Design.''
 
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"The compositing section in an animation production combines all the image materials. it involves elevating the work by interpreting and composing the materials created by various creators such as drawing, background, CG, etc. However, similar to cooking, great ingredients do not always result in delicious food, so this can improve or destroy the final work. This is the pain and reward of our section. In The Scarlet Bullet, the themes are vacuum superconducting maglev, sports festival so we aimed to create images that conveys speed and dynamism." ''said Jin Nishiyama, Director of Photography.''
 
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"The story this time has the major elements related to the story prepared in 3DCG. THe work of creating and incorporating them in each cut is difficult, but it is rewarding to imagine how they are used and the audience reactions to them. In particular, the director placed a lot of emphasis on the vacuum superconducting maglev, and it was created with him proposing various ideas for the designs and textures. I would like to show everyone the vaccum superconducting maglev as soon as possible!" ''said Hiroki Matsukura, the CG Director.'' 
 
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"In this work, there are various vehicles such as vacuum superconducting maglev, bullet train, automobiles, motorcycles, etc. 3DCG is used in many vehicles and we tried to express various colors and textures according to the situation. Aslo, because vehicles need to interact with characters and the background, we tested them to make sure their look are integrated properly. In some cases, we had to replace the full scene with 3DCG. Creating images that matches Director Nagaoka's vision and requests is both a challenge and rewarding." ''said Hiromitsu Koiwa, the CG Director.''
 
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'''Question 2: What is the highlight of this work?'''
 
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"I think it will be hard to notice, but we made many detailed touches so I hope you can enjoy the world of Conan." ''said Kouki Fukushima, Art Director.''
 
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"Other than the Akai Family, I think you can understand the relationship and thoughts of each characters. I try to adjust the colours so that the characters look good in the scene, I hope you enjoy it while paying attention to such details." ''said  Fusako Nakao, Color Design.''
 
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"An animation movie is an art form born from a collaboration with many cast and staff, so the attention to detail from every section is condensed. The detailed attention of each section is concentrated. Other than enjoying the actions of Conan and the Akai Family, I hope you can also enjoy the atmosphere, speed and thrill created by our efforts, which might not be obvious at first glance." ''said Jin Nishiyama, Director of Photography.''
 
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"If I write too much, I will spoil the movie. So, I will express it with an image. The highlight of this movie is the tension in a closed environment like The Bullet Train Movie (1875) by Director Junya Sato and the interaction in the vacuum superconducting maglev. The 3DCG team prepared images that add tension as much as possible as the story develops with the characters trying to solve the case with their all." ''said Hiroki Matsukura, CG Director.''
 
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"I think the main highlight should be Conan drawing closer to the mystery and the Akai Family, and the key stage of the vacuum superconducting maglev and global sports festivel. I think the content of the movie as a whole has many highlights, such as bold action scenes. Also, 3DCG is used in unexpected places such as characters and background. So, if you pay attention to that area, you may be able to enjoy it from a different perspective." ''said Hiromitsu Koiwa, CG Director.''  
 
  
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# Aoyama often watches dramas and romantic comedies! He likes the Japanese Series "Unnatural."
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# Gosho Aoyama views Conan as a Murder and love-comedy series 
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# Gosho is amazed at the popularity of Amuro
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# When the Editor In-Charge, Matsumoto, was asked if he knew the ending of the series, he responded by saying "Yes, I know..."
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# Aoyama-sensei's favorite song is the orchestral version of "1001 Violins" by Blue Hearts
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# Hanzawa's Mangaka, Kanba Mayuko, finds Agasa Suspicious
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# Arai Takahiro finds it amazing that the world of the Detective Conan is so stylized, which allows people to talk about lots of small things.
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# Gosho spends many hours with his editors trying to come up with creative tricks, he says it's hard to pick the best one everytime, and that meetings with the editors can last at least 12 hours at a time.
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# When Asked If he likes the "Childhood friendship" elements and/or has any personal memories of some of his own, Gosho responded saying he doesn't have any personal memories but likes "Childhood friendships" because he can always conveniently dig them up and use them later on.
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# Aoyama has been playing a lot of "KanColle" recently
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# Aoyama's Monday morning's (8am - 9am) is usually spent on updating AC Hints.
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# Aoyama usually sleeps at 6/7 am and wakes up at 1pm
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# Aoyama: ''"When I was working on "Magic Kaito" and "Detective George's Mini-Mini Big Strategy" at the same time, I was so busy that I skipped a drawing. The first thing the editor, Mr. Hori, said to me was, "You've become terrible at drawing," and then he said, "If you cut corners, your readers will find out...they'll leave you..." It was heartbreaking. It was heartbreaking."''
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# When the Editor In-Charge was asked "Do you have a plan for the final episode of Detective Conan?", he answered "According to Aoyama-sensei, 'Of course! I can't say when I'll announce it, but...'"
 
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===Shuichi, Masumi, Shukichi, and Mary Secret Archieves Interview ===
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= 2022 =
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'''Date:''' May 18, 2021
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=== Gosho Aoyama x Takahiro Arai Special Talk ===
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'''Date''': April 1, 2022 & April 7, 2022<br>
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'''Published in''': Weekly Shonen Sunday issue 18/2022 & issue 19/2022
 
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<br>'''Shuichi Ikeda:'''<br>
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=== Gosho Aoyama x Eiichiro Oda OVER 100 Miracle Talk ===
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'''Date''': July 25, 2022 & July 27, 2022<br>
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'''Source:'''<br>[https://imgur.com/a/7MyMVXc Part 1 Raw]<br>[https://imgur.com/a/1QmBlmg Part 2 Raw]<br>[http://wsstalkback.blogspot.com/2022/07/mysterious-pirates-of-sunday-seas_22.html Part 1 Translation]<br>[http://wsstalkback.blogspot.com/2022/07/mysterious-pirates-of-sunday-seas.html Part 2 Translation]
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'''Translation by @WSJ_Manga and @Wsstalkback:'''<br>
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'''Part 1'''<br>
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Last year, both ONE PIECE and Detective Conan surpassed 100 volumes. A miraculous dialogue between the two mangaka who have been at the forefront of the manga industry for many years has finally come to fruition!!
  
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<br>'''Ryotaro Okiayu:'''<br>
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'''‘Jump’ and ‘Sunday’ Back Then…'''
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'''– In a previous interview, Aoyama-sensei said that “it’d be interesting to have a talk with Oda-kun. As comrades who will reach 100 volumes simultaneously, I would like to talk about various things”. Oda-sensei answered in a comment that he “had never met him, but feels like a comrade in arms. I know how tough getting to 100 volumes is, Aoyama-san! Congrats on 100 volumes of Conan!”. This legendary talk is now finally coming true.'''
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<br>'''Toshiyuki Morikawa:'''<br>
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'''Aoyama:''' Oda-kun doesn’t really show his face much, so it’s an honor to actually see it haha.
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<br>'''Atsuko Tanaka:'''<br>
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'''Oda:''' Aoyama-san does show his face in a lot of places, though. But I’m really happy. I didn’t think I’d ever met you.
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'''Aoyama:''' Me neither haha. I always thought there wouldn’t ever be a future in which I met you.
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'''Oda:''' I was pretty impressed earlier because I got a business card from Weekly Shonen Sunday’s Editor-in-Chief. “I got a Sunday business card! This kind of stuff actually happens!”, haha.
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'''– I have been looking for something you have in common, and it seems Oda-sensei was born in 1975 while Aoyama-sensei was born in 1963. You both share the same zodiac sign having been born in the Year of the Rabbit.'''
  
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===Kappei Yamaguchi Volume 100 Interview===
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'''Aoyama:''' That’s right. Do you know about that Year of the Rabbit legend? Tetsuya Chiba-sensei was born in 1939, and Mitsuru Adachi-sensei was born in 1951. Both of them were also born in the Year of the Rabbit, separated by 12 years. I was also born 12 years after Mitsuru Adachi-sensei, and you were born 12 years exactly after me. We got no one after that.
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'''Oda:''' I wish we could fit Akira Toriyama-sensei somewhere, but he doesn’t belong to the Year of the Rabbit haha. …I do have to recognize I have only known much about Weekly Shonen Jump. Do you have knowledge on other magazines, Aoyama-san?
  
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===Wakana Yamazaki Volume 100 Interview===
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'''Aoyama:''' Not really. At first, I brought my work to Weekly Shonen Magazine, and I was told “it didn’t really fit with them, so take it to a different publication”. That’s when I brought my work to Sunday, and that’s where I have been since then.  
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'''Date:''' October 20, 2021<br>
 
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'''Oda:''' You made your debut in 1986, right? What hits were there back before you debuted?
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'''Aoyama:''' Well, I was a ‘Magazine Kid’, so it’s not like I read much of Jump, but I still enjoyed works like ‘1·2 no Sanshirou’ by Makoto Kobayashi and ‘Ore wa Teppei’ by Tetsuya Chiba. When it comes to Sunday, it was Mitsuru Adachi’s ‘Touch’.
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A: We're close in age, so he's like a big brother to me. He's very sharp, but conversations with him are very relaxed, so he it gives off a feel like a shogi grandmaster. One thing that left a particular impression on me was when there was Evian* on the Menu, and he asked "What kind of drink is this?" It was funny to me because he's so knowledgeable in so many topics, yet he's also kind of in a different world.
 
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Q: How do you feel about playing the role of Ran Mouri overall? Are there any parts that you feel you have in common with Ran? <br>
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A: Since I've been playing the role for so long, although I'm not the one writing the script, I've started feeling like I am naturally in the story. Ran isn't a member of the police, nor affiliated with the Black Organization, she's just a normal high school girl. Her father just happens to be a detective, and since she only gets dragged into cases because she's with Conan, I feel that it is important to keep a feeling that she's an ordinary person, and that it is important for her to have comforting mundane days where nothing happens. I haven't given much thought about if I am similar to Ran, but in I felt that in the preschool story (vol. 87, "Memories from Sakura Class"), where Ran cries a lot and she's protected by Sonoko, or she gives her place in line for the slide to other kids, I remembered that I was like that when I was a kid too.  
 
  
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Q: Have you felt any changes in Ran?<br>
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'''Aoyama:''' I also remember watching Rumiko Takahashi’s ‘Urusei Yatsura’ TV Anime.
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A: The story where we're in London (vol. 71, Holmes' Revelation) and the School Trip (vol. 95, The Scarlet Schooltrip) are where I felt, although slowly, Ran's relationship with Shinichi was changing.
 
  
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Q: Does Yamazaki-san have any feelings like "Ah, Finally!"?<br>
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'''Oda:''' After debuting, you serialized ‘Magic Kaito’, ‘YAIBA’ and ‘3rd Base 4th’, being ‘Detective Conan’ your fourth work.
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A: Hmm... it might actually be the opposite, where I'm now kinda embarrassed (laughs). Until now, we've said things we wanted to say to each other and had arguments, and that has been fun in its own right. Although they're dating, they're rarely together, and it feels like a long-distance relationship. Although it has been a long time since the manga began, I've heard that within the story not much time has passed, so I felt that Ran hasn't been kept waiting for that long.
 
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Right. Meanwhile, Oda-kun hasn’t drawn any series other than ONE PIECE?
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A: Until now, there have been many times where Ran got close to finding out Conan's identity, but got deceived, so right now she doesn't seem to have any suspicions... I think the densest character is my (Ran's) dad (laughs). Personally, instead of Conan's identity, not knowing anything about the Black Organization, or although Ran talks to Amuro or Okiya, not knowing their identities feel more frustrating. This is because although she's already surrounded by danger, she doesn't realize it and stays unaware.
 
  
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Q: Have you felt envious of the connection between Conan and Haibara?<br>
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'''Oda:''' Indeed. I’m a one-hit wonder.
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A: Conan is Conan and Shinichi is Shinichi, so no. Ran's even said in a conversation with Sonoko that "I thought Conan liked Ai" (Vol. 83, Romance Novelist Murder Case), so I think at most, she watches with a smile as a big sister figure.  
 
  
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Q: From the point of Yamazaki-san, what does Ran like about Shinichi?<br>
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'''Aoyama:''' A one-hit wonder! With a way-too-big one-hit haha.
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A: I think his clumsiness. When meeting Shinichi for the first time in preschool, Ran says she "hated" Shinichi, but his blunt nature was just a way to hide his embarrassment and he ended up helping her. Although she might not have had romantic feelings toward Shinichi when she was small, as a childhood friend she saw Shinichi, and in her heart, she thought "Although he tries to be cool, there's a dull part of him too. I know that about him." She realized her feelings in New York (Vol. 35, "Shinichi Kudo's New York Case") after Shinichi helped the serial killer, he said, "There's no logical reason necessary for someone to help another person out." I feel like that's where Ran realized she liked Shinichi in a romantic way.  
 
  
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Q: Is there something good about Shinichi, that only Ran can see?<br>
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'''Oda:''' What other series were serializing on Sunday when you started ‘Detective Conan’?
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A: Shinichi's earnest sense of justice, and how he tries to be strong are some points that I think Ran likes about Shinichi. I think it would be nice if there are more stories from the past. The story from kindergarten, to when Elementary school when Shinichi suddenly stopped calling Ran "Ran," and instead "Mouri," (Vol 55, Shinichi Kudo's childhood adventure"). Until then, I thought that Ran and Shinichi were childhood friends from infancy, but I realized her relationship with Sonoko was longer.
 
  
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Q: Question from Yamazaki to Hayashibara (VA of Haibara), Takayama (VA of Conan): If you were to play the role of the criminal, what kind of criminal would you portray? Would you like to get caught?<br>
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'''Aoyama:''' Well, it was a truly amazing time back then. Rumiko Takahashi’s ‘Ranma ½’, Kazuhiro Fujita’s ‘Ushio to Tora’, Mitsuru Adachi’s ‘H2’, Nishimori Hiroyuki’s ‘Kyou Kara Ore Wa!!’... The line-up was absolutely terrifying.
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A: When I am asked what role I would like to try in Conan, I always say the criminal (laughs). Portraying the emotional ups and downs until the crime is committed, and my state of mind after the trick is deduced seems interesting to me. I would like to be caught at the end and have everything come to light.  
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'''Oda:''' I did read ‘Ranma ½’, it was really fun! Just reading different magazines, no matter how much time you spend on it, what you end up reading or seeing is completely different too. Back when ‘Detective Conan’ started, Jump had Akira Toriyama’s ‘Dragon Ball’ and Takehiko Inoue’s ‘SLAM DUNK’.
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'''Aoyama:''' I read ‘Dragon Ball’! I love Toriyama-sensei’s art.
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 +
'''Oda:''' I was a ‘jumper’ at that time, but this is something I wanted to ask you if we could ever meet: how did you view Jump back then? Jump sales were incredibly overwhelming during that time, but a bit of conflict came later when Weekly Shonen Magazine surpassed its circulation numbers.
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'''Aoyama:''' I have to apologize, but I didn’t care at all about that haha.
  
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Q: Overall, what is Minami Takayama like?<br>
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'''Oda:''' Ah, so you didn’t even bother with it haha.
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A: Although there may be a lot of murder cases, since it's an anime that kids watch as well, she is very careful in picking her words in order to avoid hurting or making them scared. In order to avoid an explanation becoming too difficult, or a deduction becoming too complicated, she tries changing the way she explains it, and she is very good at seeing things like that and giving advice, and that impresses me a lot. The only person (voice actress) there every time is Minami, so she tries to take responsibility and I think she tried to create a sense of unity.  
 
  
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Q: What does Ran think in regard to Haibara?<br>
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'''– I would like to ask about your thoughts and memories back when your series started. When you both published your very first chapter, what was it like?'''
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A: Since Ai is an adult, she doesn't try to approach Ran like Ayumi or the rest of the detective boys. But in the case of the special express train (Vol. 78, Mystery Train), after Ai realizes that there may be the Black Organization aboard the train, Ai grabs Ran's shirt and hides behind her. I wondered "Oh, is she relying on me?" Maybe Ran just seemed like the strongest (laughs). But if that was Ai trusting Ran, I feel like that story is a lot deeper and left an impression.
 
  
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Q: What episode do you like personally?<br>
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'''Oda:''' I started serializing ‘ONE PIECE’ in 1997, two years after ‘Dragon Ball’ ended in 1995. It was a shock for all of us newcomers who came to the magazine to claim the series’ abandoned throne. At that time, the fight for the place ‘Dragon Ball’ left would begin, and for 2 years everyone would get their series compared and completely crushed, until I finally survived.
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A: I like the story about Professor Agasa's first love (Vol. 40 "Ginkgo-Colored first love"). No sad cases happened, and the Detective Boys followed the professor and deduced where that person was and found them. On top of that, Ran met that person in the past... I loved that long-lasting overall warmth. That last scene where Agasa may be able to meet with that person in the future also left an impression in my heart.
 
  
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Q: Do you have any messages for the fans?<br>
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'''Aoyama:''' Amazing haha.
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A: Since we're at volume 100, the fans are probably more knowledgeable than I am, and I probably need to re-read, or else there may be things I forget (laughs). Since it doesn't seem to end anytime soon, I will continue enjoying Conan as a fan of the manga, and I am also excited to see how that will be translated into the Manga.
 
  
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'''Oda:''' It was a time in which both ‘Dragon Ball’ and ‘SLAM DUNK’ ended right after the other, and lots of people thought Jump would be in huge trouble. I remember the cover of the Jump issue in which my series started appeared on the front page of a newspaper, showing the cover of ‘ONE PIECE’ next to the headline ‘Jump is overtaken by Magazine’. And it’s not like I had any responsibility over it at all haha, but I still remember feeling really frustrated.
  
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===Megumi Hayashibara Volume 100 Interview===
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'''Aoyama:''' As for me, when the first chapter of ‘Detective Conan’ was going to be published, I was supposedly going to appear at the center of the cover of the magazine. Thing is, during the World Cup Preliminaries, Masashi Nakayama scored a really great goal and my cover was replaced with him… That’s why Conan’s cover, which was supposed to appear with the first chapter of the series, had the bad luck to appear with the second chapter instead haha.
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'''Date:''' October 25, 2021<br>
 
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'''Published in:''' Weekly Shonen Sunday S issue 12/2021
 
  
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===Minami Takayama Volume 100 Interview===
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'''The Competitive Spirit Created by Jump'''
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'''Date:''' October 27, 2021<br>
 
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'''Published in:''' Weekly Shonen Sunday issue 48/2021
 
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'''– What do you two think of each other and other mangaka who also have successful works?'''
  
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=== [世界はまんがで出来ている]Tokyo FM Volume 100 Special Interview - Featuring Detective Conan's Editor-In Charge, Gosho Aoyama, Arai Takahiro, and Kanba Mayuko===
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'''Oda:''' After ‘Dragon Ball’ ended, the world of shonen manga was dominated by two works, ‘Detective Conan’ and ‘The Kindaichi Case Files’. Conan was always winning.
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'''Date:''' October 23, 2021 and October 30, 2021
 
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'''Source:'''
 
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* - https://twitter.com/sekaihamangade
 
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* - https://radiko.jp/share/?sid=FMT&t=20211030190000&noreload=1
 
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* - https://radiko.jp/share/?sid=FMT&t=20211023190000&noreload=1
 
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* - https://www.tfm.co.jp/mangaworld/
 
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Ah… Seriously? Haha.
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'''Raw:'''
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'''Oda:''' That was indeed my perspective. Jump’s supporting hit work back then was ‘Rurouni Kenshin’ by Nobuhiro Watsuki. I was one of Watsuki-sensei’s assistants. I won’t really hesitate saying this, we were proud our seniors led the shonen manga world with battle-focused manga, so we honestly thought “mystery manga shouldn’t be at the top of shonen manga” haha. Watsuki-sensei himself had the stance that “if a series wasn’t always performing like his, it couldn’t be at the top of Jump”. That’s why I always considered ‘Detective Conan’ an enemy to me and thus didn’t read it. I even had thoughts such as “I’ll drag you down, haha…”. Not joking, I used to think of you as an enemy until now haha!
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=== Part 1: Featuring Aoyama Gosho, Arai Takahiro and Kanba Mayuko ===
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明日は…
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'''Aoyama:''' No way, an enemy!? Oh my haha!
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100巻記念！「#名探偵コナン」大特集
+
 
−
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'''Oda:''' Looking at your reply, it seems it was only me who thought we had some sort of rivalry haha. Please, say something like “that’s how Jump should be”! Have you ever looked at someone as a rival?
−
青山剛昌先生の番組独自アンケートをご紹介！
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−
さらに！『ゼロの日常』新井隆広先生と、
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'''Aoyama:''' Not really. When it comes to Kanari Yozaburo, Seimaru Amagi and Satou Fumiya’s ‘The Kindaichi Case Files’, I used to have this “I won’t lose” feeling, but they’re still series with pretty different genres.
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『犯人の犯沢さん』かんばまゆこ先生のアンケートも
 
−
 
−
ゲストは、パーパーのあいなぷぅさんと担当編集の松本さん！
 
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−
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−
Q.青山先生は安室透の人気についてどう思われていますか？
 
−
A.「安室の人気はただただビックリです。
 
−
そしてありがとうございます！」
 
  
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'''Oda:''' When I looked at the whole manga industry and glanced at the top, ‘Detective Conan’ was always there. I was pretty aware of it all when I was nothing more than a newbie, but it is true that when you reach the top, you stop seeing it.
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リクエスト曲
 
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青山先生の一番好きな曲！
 
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「1000のバイオリン」のオーケストラバージョン
 
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「1001のバイオリン」/ブルーハーツ
 
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をお届けしました
 
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かんばまゆこ先生
 
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「かっこいいシーンでかっこいいキャラがかっこいいポーズでかっこいいセリフをかっこよく言う、
 
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これをやるのって本当に大変で勇気がいるすごい事です！
 
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（↓続く）
 
−
 
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私は「犯人の犯沢さん」の連載前から
 
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この100％振りきることをアオヤマニズムと呼び、大ゴマでギャグを描くときに
 
−
勇気をもらっていました。青山先生は本当にすごいです！」
 
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−
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−
新井隆広先生
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'''Aoyama:''' But I was overtaken right away, right? Or am I wrong? Haha.
−
「顔の奥の目が大きく誇張されて描かれる。
 
−
有名なイラストレーターである、さいとうなおきさんも指摘していたが こうすることにより 人物の顔が華やかに見えるそうです。歌舞伎の見栄に近い効果ではと分析なさっていた」
 
−
実際、青山先生はコナンの絵を描くとき「目」から描かれる！
 
−
 
−
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青山剛昌先生の番組独自アンケート！
+
'''Oda:''' I was pretty desperate back then, so I’m not entirely sure how it all went. Since I started this series I've been trying to do my best for myself, so I stopped looking at my surroundings.
−
『ゼロの日常』新井隆広先生と、
+
 
−
『犯人の犯沢さん』かんばまゆこ先生のアンケートもご紹介！
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'''Aoyama:''' That’s amazing, but it was really hard for me too. Doing a detective series on my own requires me to always think about my story and art, which leaves me no time to think about any other series.
−
+
 
−
「名探偵コナン」あるある
+
'''Oda:''' Basically, the moment you start a serialization, you stop looking at what’s around you! I have a lot of respect for you, being able to still continue during all this time.
−
かんば先生も「やっぱり阿笠博士があやしい」と考察・・・！
+
 
−
新井先生「あるあるが語られるほど様式美として作品世界が成立していることにすごさを感じる」
+
'''– Have you ever thought of rookie mangaka as your rivals?'''
−
+
 
−
Q.毎回トリックは、どのように考えていますか！？
+
'''Aoyama:''' Rivals… I wonder. I guess others are others, and I am myself haha.
−
また、一番悩まれたトリックは？
+
 
−
+
'''Oda:''' You’re pretty peaceful. When did you build that kind of mentality?
−
A.「トリックは編集さんと何時間もかけて考えてます。
+
 
−
毎回毎回悩んでいるので、一番がつけられないです(笑)」
+
'''Aoyama:''' I would say from the very beginning.
−
+
 
−
なんと、一回の打ち合わせは短くても１２時間
+
'''Oda:''' For real!? Didn’t it feel like a competition when you were younger?
−
+
 
−
Q.青山先生の作品には幼馴染キャラがよく登場されますが、幼馴染属性がお好きなのでしょうか？
+
'''Aoyama:''' When I was younger, other detective works started to appear on Sunday since ‘Detective Conan’ was performing well, so I did have that feeling of ‘not wanting to lose’, but that’s about it. It may sound weird, but I don’t think I ever felt like I had any enemy. As I mentioned earlier, ‘The Kindaichi Case Files’ was there, but it was a different work.
−
素敵な思い出などがあるのでしょうか？
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−
+
'''Oda:''' I see your enemy scope are mystery series.
−
A.「素敵な思い出はまったくないですけど、幼馴染の設定は大好きです！あとでなんとでも掘り起こせるので♪」
 
−
 
−
Q.青山先生の1日のルーティンは！？休みはあるのでしょうか？
 
−
 
−
A.「最近はあります。
 
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『艦これ』をぼちぼちやって、月曜8時から9時に『あつ森』のコメントを更新、それが日課です(笑)
 
−
だいたい寝るのは朝の6時から7時で、起きるのは昼の1時くらいかな？」
 
−
 
  
−
=== Part 2: Featuring DC Editor In-Charge ===
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'''Aoyama:''' Yep. But still, there weren’t many mangaka drawing detective series back then, so I felt it was something I was doing on my own. That’s how I concluded others are others, and I am myself.
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+
 
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毎週、30分だけログインできる仮想空間のラジオ番組！
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'''Oda:''' For me, it has been during these past few years that I have been able to keep a similar state of mind. Until now, I have been aware readers often get disappointed if ‘ONE PIECE’ doesn’t publish a new chapter, and I felt responsible for that. It has all changed lately thanks to new, younger writers that have grown up in Jump and rather support me even when I’m on a break, taking a lot of weight off my shoulders. This is also why I have stopped caring about fighting with other manga series. It truly feels like I have finally the freedom to face my fans at my own pace.
−
狩野英孝と倉持由香が「まんが王国」にある膨大なデータを基に、おしゃべりしていきます。
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−
+
'''Aoyama:''' Ooh! It seems you have been pretty busy until now.
−
☆祝100巻記念！「名探偵コナン」大特集その②☆
+
 
−
+
'''Oda:''' I wonder why, though? Is Jump’s system that bad? Haha. It’s a fierce competition. If what you draw is not good enough, it will obviously get canceled. Is it the same for Sunday?
−
ゲストに「名探偵コナン」担当編集の松本さんと、舟本さんが登場！
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−
「名探偵コナン」を通して、編集のお仕事などについて迫っていきます
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'''Aoyama:''' Yes it is. But on that Sunday from the old days, editors wouldn’t tell mangaka their series’ rankings. After ‘Detective Conan’ reached Chapter 10, I had to ask them to give the rankings to me and started to follow them secretly.
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−
明日の #せかまん は・・・
+
'''Oda:''' Perhaps Jump shows the rankings and questionnaires deliberately to their mangaka in order to fuel their inner fighting spirit. That’s something anyone, even I, worries about when starting a series, since you always want to know if you can survive or not.
−
+
 
−
100巻記念！「#名探偵コナン」大特集 その②
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'''– ‘YAIBA’, your serialization before ‘Detective Conan’, managed to reach 1st place in the rankings 2 times during its final chapters, right?'''
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+
 
−
ゲストに、担当編集の松本さんと、舟本さんが登場
+
'''Aoyama:''' Yes! I was so happy to finally reach 1st place I asked the editorial department to put it in my coffin, since I was sure I’d die from overwork haha.
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「名探偵コナン」を通して、編集のお仕事などについて迫っていきます
+
 
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'''Oda:''' I see you had some attachment to numbers! Don’t you feel some frustration if you lose those placements, then?
−
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'''Aoyama:''' Yeah, but ‘Detective Conan’ has been in 1st place since the series pretty much started… It’s a bit odious to say that, so I’ll stop haha.
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編集を担当したことでわかる青山先生の凄さ
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'''Oda:''' Haha, I understand that feeling too.
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コナンの目について：
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イラストを描かれるとき、必ず目線が読者の方を向くように意識されている！
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'''– How much pressure have you both felt carrying the flagship of the magazine for so long?'''
−
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'''Aoyama:''' Pressure? Zero haha.
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青山先生は、ドラマ、ラブコメをよくご覧になる！
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'''Oda:''' That’s the same for me!
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「アンナチュラル」がお好きなんだそう！
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コナンは「殺人ラブコメ」
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'''Aoyama:''' I mean, I thought it was Shogakukan’s fault for letting me draw this series haha.
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'''Oda:''' I have always been conscious of my own selfishness, so the more my fighting spirit grew, the more I thought it was my whole fault if the series had to end or fell in popularity.
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編集のかたの【1週間ルーティン】
 
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打ち合わせ→2日〜3日ネーム→打ち合わせ→原稿アップ
 
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ネーム待ちの間は、アニメの話、宣伝活動、記事、単行本の打ち合わせなど様々なお仕事が・・・！
 
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「名探偵コナン」でエゴサーチすることもあります！
 
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打ち合わせでは、流石にバレないだろうと思っていても、
 
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考察で「すごい速さで解かれてる・・・」と思うことも
 
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Q.「名探偵コナン」最終回の構成は決まっているのでしょうか？
 
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A.「青山先生曰く、『当然です！いつそれを発表するかは言えませんけど…』」
 
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Q コナンの最後は知っていますか？
 
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A 松本さん「………………知っています」
 
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Q.次回作に関しては…！？
 
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A.「その時になってみないとわからないかな…コナンじゃできない超能力もの…かなあ…」
 
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コナンでなんでもやっているということで、「超能力かなあ…」とのこと！
 
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101巻に収録される話で新キャラが登場！
 
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「名探偵コナン」はまだまだ終わらない・・・！
 
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青山先生、松本さん、舟本さんが「心に刺さったアドバイス」
 
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松本さん
 
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初めて担当をした「スーパーマリオくん」の沢田ユキオ先生から
 
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「子供はボケツッコミで、ボケだけだと笑いどころがわからないから必ずツッコんであげなきゃいけないんだよ。」
 
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舟本さん
 
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お姉さんのアシスタントをしていた時代
 
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「編集者も漫画家も２４時間365日、ずっと漫画のことを考えないといけないんだよ」
 
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制限されず、好きなこと考えられるということを真摯に漫画家に伝えていたシーンに救われたそう！
 
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青山先生
 
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「『まじっく快斗』『探偵ジョージのミニミニ大作戦』を同時にやってた時、とても忙しくなってしまい絵を飛ばして描いてしまったところ
 
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堀さんという編集さんに「お前、絵が下手になったな」とまず言われ、「手を抜くと読者にバレるぞ…離れていくよ…」と言われました。心が痛かったです」
 
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'''Summary:'''  
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'''– That’s really hard to imagine.'''
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In commemoration of the release of Volume 100, Tokyo FM's [世界はまんがで出来ている] conducted a 2-part special featuring Detective Conan's Editor-In Charge, Gosho Aoyama, Arai Takahiro, and Kanba Mayuko. The following is a compilation by Kemo of the Twitter Thread by the Host of the Radio Show which includes a few questions they thought might be of interest to the readers/listeners. Please note that this is not an exhaustive version of the Airing.
 
  
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'''Highlights:'''
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'''Aoyama:''' Honestly, if I had felt pressure, I wouldn’t have been able to draw.
  
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# Aoyama often watches dramas and romantic comedies! He likes the Japanese Series "Unnatural."
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'''Oda:''' Yeah. If you stop to think about it for a second, it’s kinda scary how much stuff I sometimes have to carry. I think only people with our kind of personality can survive through all of this.
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# Gosho Aoyama views Conan as a Murder and love-comedy series 
 
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# Gosho is amazed at the popularity of Amuro
 
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# When the Editor In-Charge, Matsumoto, was asked if he knew the ending of the series, he responded by saying "Yes, I know..."
 
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# Aoyama-sensei's favorite song is the orchestral version of "1001 Violins" by Blue Hearts
 
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# Hanzawa's Mangaka, Kanba Mayuko, finds Agasa Suspicious
 
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# Arai Takahiro finds it amazing that the world of the Detective Conan is so stylized, which allows people to talk about lots of small things.
 
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# Gosho spends many hours with his editors trying to come up with creative tricks, he says it's hard to pick the best one everytime, and that meetings with the editors can last at least 12 hours at a time.
 
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# When Asked If he likes the "Childhood friendship" elements and/or has any personal memories of some of his own, Gosho responded saying he doesn't have any personal memories but likes "Childhood friendships" because he can always conveniently dig them up and use them later on.
 
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# Aoyama has been playing a lot of "KanColle" recently
 
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# Aoyama's Monday morning's (8am - 9am) is usually spent on updating AC Hints.
 
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# Aoyama usually sleeps at 6/7 am and wakes up at 1pm
 
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# Aoyama: ''"When I was working on "Magic Kaito" and "Detective George's Mini-Mini Big Strategy" at the same time, I was so busy that I skipped a drawing. The first thing the editor, Mr. Hori, said to me was, "You've become terrible at drawing," and then he said, "If you cut corners, your readers will find out...they'll leave you..." It was heartbreaking. It was heartbreaking."''
 
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# When the Editor In-Charge was asked "Do you have a plan for the final episode of Detective Conan?", he answered "According to Aoyama-sensei, 'Of course! I can't say when I'll announce it, but...'"
 
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== 2022 ==
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'''Aoyama:''' I think so too.
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=== Gosho Aoyama x Eiichiro Oda OVER 100 Miracle Talk ===
 
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'''Date''': July 25, 2022 & July 27, 2022<br>
 
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'''Published in''': Weekly Shonen Jump issue 34/2022 & Weekly Shonen Sunday issue 35/2022
 
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'''Source:'''<br>[https://imgur.com/a/7MyMVXc Part 1 Raw]<br>[https://imgur.com/a/1QmBlmg Part 2 Raw]<br>[http://wsstalkback.blogspot.com/2022/07/mysterious-pirates-of-sunday-seas_22.html Part 1 Translation]<br>[http://wsstalkback.blogspot.com/2022/07/mysterious-pirates-of-sunday-seas.html Part 2 Translation]
 
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'''– What do you think of each other’s art?'''
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Last year, both ONE PIECE and Detective Conan surpassed 100 volumes. A miraculous dialogue between the two mangaka who have been at the forefront of the manga industry for many years has finally come to fruition!!
 
  
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'''‘Jump’ and ‘Sunday’ Back Then…'''
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'''Oda:''' It’s appealing. It’s super appealing! Even when my only knowledge was about art, I thought it was really unique. Honestly, distinct and unusual art styles are the ones who can survive in this manga world. And it wasn't only that, but when I read the series I felt a mysterious appeal. Kids, adult men and women can all feel that same charm and become fond of the series, which is why I always thought it would become a success.
  
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'''– In a previous interview, Aoyama-sensei said that “it’d be interesting to have a talk with Oda-kun. As comrades who will reach 100 volumes simultaneously, I would like to talk about various things”. Oda-sensei answered in a comment that he “had never met him, but feels like a comrade in arms. I know how tough getting to 100 volumes is, Aoyama-san! Congrats on 100 volumes of Conan!”. This legendary talk is now finally coming true.'''
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'''Aoyama:''' I was really surprised when I saw there wasn’t a scene of Luffy eating the Gomu Gomu no Mi! If it had been me, I would have drawn a “Dokkun” SFX after he ate it haha. In ‘Detective Conan’, the main character also changes his body after consuming a drug, but even if I try to draw those same sensations, I think ‘ONE PIECE’ expressions feel way fresher. Also, those elder designs from the Gorosei who appear in the Levely Arc are amazing! I honestly don’t know how to draw those.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Oda-kun doesn’t really show his face much, so it’s an honor to actually see it haha.
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'''Oda:''' I think that was something good from my younger self. I made them appear a long time ago, but when I look back into it now, I don’t think their designs were bad at all. Still, those characters haven’t really shown their actual value yet.
  
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'''Oda:''' Aoyama-san does show his face in a lot of places, though. But I’m really happy. I didn’t think I’d ever met you.
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'''Team ‘Detective Conan’, Team ‘ONE PIECE’'''
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Me neither haha. I always thought there wouldn’t ever be a future in which I met you.
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'''– When it comes to TV Anime adaptations, many voices end up overlapping. Yamaguchi Kappei voices Shinichi Kudo, Kaito Kid and Usopp; Ikeda Shuichi voices Akai and Shanks; Furuya Toru voices Amuro and Sabo; Ootani Ikue voices Mitsuhiko and Chopper…'''
  
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'''Oda:''' I was pretty impressed earlier because I got a business card from Weekly Shonen Sunday’s Editor-in-Chief. “I got a Sunday business card! This kind of stuff actually happens!”, haha.
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'''Aoyama:''' No wonder they do overlap considering both anime have been going on for a quarter of a century.
  
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'''– I have been looking for something you have in common, and it seems Oda-sensei was born in 1975 while Aoyama-sensei was born in 1963. You both share the same zodiac sign having been born in the Year of the Rabbit.'''
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'''Oda:''' When I watched ‘Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween’, I was surprised at how many voices I did recognize. Yuriko Yamaguchi, who voices Nico Robin, appears (as Christine Richard). In the Dressrosa Arc, there were a lot of voice actors from ‘Detective Conan’! Megumi Hayashibara, who voices Ai Haibara, played the role of Rebecca.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' That’s right. Do you know about that Year of the Rabbit legend? Tetsuya Chiba-sensei was born in 1939, and Mitsuru Adachi-sensei was born in 1951. Both of them were also born in the Year of the Rabbit, separated by 12 years. I was also born 12 years after Mitsuru Adachi-sensei, and you were born 12 years exactly after me. We got no one after that.
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'''Aoyama:''' Furuya Toru, who voices Amuro, also appears as Sabo, a pretty good role! And Ikeda Shuichi voices Shanks in your upcoming FILM RED, right Oda-kun? He also voices Akai Shuichi in ‘Detective Conan’, which is a pretty popular role.
  
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'''Oda:''' I wish we could fit Akira Toriyama-sensei somewhere, but he doesn’t belong to the Year of the Rabbit haha. …I do have to recognize I have only known much about Weekly Shonen Jump. Do you have knowledge on other magazines, Aoyama-san?
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'''Oda:''' He didn’t appear in your last movie, did he?
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Not really. At first, I brought my work to Weekly Shonen Magazine, and I was told “it didn’t really fit with them, so take it to a different publication”. That’s when I brought my work to Sunday, and that’s where I have been since then.  
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'''Aoyama:''' In ‘The Bride of Halloween’... Fufufu, haha.
  
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'''Oda:''' You made your debut in 1986, right? What hits were there back before you debuted?
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'''Oda:''' But in ‘Detective Conan’ he does appear more frequently, right? In ‘ONE PIECE’ many times the members of the crew have to separate, so there’s a lot of examples of regular characters who take holidays quite often. “Sanji came to dub for the first time after 3 years”, haha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Well, I was a ‘Magazine Kid’, so it’s not like I read much of Jump, but I still enjoyed works like ‘1·2 no Sanshirou’ by Makoto Kobayashi and ‘Ore wa Teppei’ by Tetsuya Chiba. When it comes to Sunday, it was Mitsuru Adachi’s ‘Touch’.
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'''Aoyama:''' It took 7 years since Akai left and appeared again, and I even thought of spoiling it after 2 years had passed. Vermouth also took 5 years to appear once again in the TV Anime since her last appearance.
  
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'''Oda:''' I did read ‘Touch’, and also Mitsuru Adachi’s ‘Rough’.
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'''Oda:''' I didn’t expect for the TV Anime to continue for so long, many of the voice actors are getting old. Some time ago, Mayumi Tanaka, who voices Luffy, asked us with worry what would happen if she died, so Masako Nozawa, who voices Kureha, told her “If you die, I’ll take your role” haha. I hope they all stay as healthy as possible. Aoyama-san, do you usually talk to the voice actors?
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I also remember watching Rumiko Takahashi’s ‘Urusei Yatsura’ TV Anime.
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'''Aoyama:''' Before Coronavirus happened, we had ‘movie launch parties’, so we used to talk a lot. Some time ago, I saw a fireworks display from my living room, so I called all the voice actors and improvised a huge banquet in my house. It was really fun, even though it was still a lot of work haha. You keep doing it, right Oda-kun? That’s amazing.
  
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'''Oda:''' After debuting, you serialized ‘Magic Kaito’, ‘YAIBA’ and ‘3rd Base 4th’, being ‘Detective Conan’ your fourth work.
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'''Oda:''' We usually just do self-service, and I tell them I’m doing a takoyaki party! Then I cook it all without asking the others haha!
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Right. Meanwhile, Oda-kun hasn’t drawn any series other than ONE PIECE?
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'''– Oda-sensei, you said in an old interview that you are “glad to be close with all the anime staff”, and all of this really does give the impression you get along with animation and production staff.'''
  
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'''Oda:''' Indeed. I’m a one-hit wonder.
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'''Oda:''' Yeah, it’s always been that way. The TV Anime started a really long time ago. All of them have become my relatives at this point. Even my children have known them since they were small, so it’s almost like a family relationship.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' A one-hit wonder! With a way-too-big one-hit haha.
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'''Aoyama:''' Mine’s not that far of a relationship, but I have stated many times with determination that “this actor should voice this character”. For example, Koichi Yamadera, who voiced Tsutomu Akai, a character that recently appeared in the anime, was chosen by me. I sometimes also change the characters in the manga after listening to the voices of their voice actors, thinking to myself “so this is their voice”.
  
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'''Oda:''' What other series were serializing on Sunday when you started ‘Detective Conan’?
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'''Oda:''' I shifted Chopper’s role to a mascot character after hearing his voice in the TV Anime, even when I had a policy of not drawing mascot characters, but Ootani Ikue’s voice was too cute haha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Well, it was a truly amazing time back then. Rumiko Takahashi’s ‘Ranma ½’, Kazuhiro Fujita’s ‘Ushio to Tora’, Mitsuru Adachi’s ‘H2’, Nishimori Hiroyuki’s ‘Kyou Kara Ore Wa!!’... The line-up was absolutely terrifying.
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'''Aoyama:''' It’s the same for me! When I heard Ootani’s voice as Mitsuhiko, I thought it was so cute I started to draw his character cuter.  
  
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'''Oda:''' I did read ‘Ranma ½’, it was really fun! Just reading different magazines, no matter how much time you spend on it, what you end up reading or seeing is completely different too. Back when ‘Detective Conan’ started, Jump had Akira Toriyama’s ‘Dragon Ball’ and Takehiko Inoue’s ‘SLAM DUNK’.  
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'''Oda:''' Aoyama-san, you also overlap voice actor names with their roles, right? Like Takagi-san or Furuya-san.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I read ‘Dragon Ball’! I love Toriyama-sensei’s art.
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'''Aoyama:''' Wataru Takagi-san had an unnamed role back then, but when his character appeared in the TV Anime he became Detective Takagi because he introduced himself saying “Please call me Takagi”. I made him take responsibility and even appear in the series with his real name haha. Furuya Toru’s case is, in fact, a homage to Gundam’s Amuro Rei, a name I separated to give birth to two names: Furuya Rei and Amuro Toru. I hope ‘Gundam’ fans will be pleased with this. Did you watch ‘Gundam’, Oda-kun?
  
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'''Oda:''' I was a ‘jumper’ at that time, but this is something I wanted to ask you if we could ever meet: how did you view Jump back then? Jump sales were incredibly overwhelming during that time, but a bit of conflict came later when Weekly Shonen Magazine surpassed its circulation numbers.
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'''Oda:''' I did see ‘Gundam’, and I liked it. But I think the experiences we had with it are pretty different.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I have to apologize, but I didn’t care at all about that haha.
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'''Aoyama:''' I see, then you didn’t watch the ‘First Gundam’ (Mobile Suit Gundam)?
  
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'''Oda:''' Ah, so you didn’t even bother with it haha.
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'''Oda:''' No, it was indeed the ‘First Gundam’. The boom of the series happened back during your teen times, Aoyama-san, and after that, when I was a little kid, a second boom came. I was under the impression that those rebroadcasts were already a big hit.
  
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'''– I would like to ask about your thoughts and memories back when your series started. When you both published your very first chapter, what was it like?'''
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'''– How are you two usually involved with your series’ movies?'''
  
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'''Oda:''' I started serializing ‘ONE PIECE’ in 1997, two years after ‘Dragon Ball’ ended in 1995. It was a shock for all of us newcomers who came to the magazine to claim the series’ abandoned throne. At that time, the fight for the place ‘Dragon Ball’ left would begin, and for 2 years everyone would get their series compared and completely crushed, until I finally survived.
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'''Aoyama:''' I involve myself since the very beginning of the movie. From scenarios to the content, up to getting too involved and frowned upon haha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Amazing haha.
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'''Oda:''' Also, ‘Detective Conan’ releases a movie every year, right? I wonder if the disconnected nature of the stories in the series is what makes it work so well, since in my case every chapter is connected to each other. I have to continuously think about the story in the weekly serialization, so I can’t really think about different stories. I guess our brains work differently.
  
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'''Oda:''' It was a time in which both ‘Dragon Ball’ and ‘SLAM DUNK’ ended right after the other, and lots of people thought Jump would be in huge trouble. I remember the cover of the Jump issue in which my series started appeared on the front page of a newspaper, showing the cover of ‘ONE PIECE’ next to the headline ‘Jump is overtaken by Magazine’. And it’s not like I had any responsibility over it at all haha, but I still remember feeling really frustrated.
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'''Aoyama:''' Usually, one case lasts about 3 to 6 chapters in ‘Detective Conan’, which makes it easier to plan for a movie. But in ‘ONE PIECE’, any case lasts too long haha. That length may be what makes it difficult to make more movies for the series. It seems pretty hard to handle some sort of side-trip to a different island when all the characters are already on their journey to find the One Piece.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' As for me, when the first chapter of ‘Detective Conan’ was going to be published, I was supposedly going to appear at the center of the cover of the magazine. Thing is, during the World Cup Preliminaries, Masashi Nakayama scored a really great goal and my cover was replaced with him… That’s why Conan’s cover, which was supposed to appear with the first chapter of the series, had the bad luck to appear with the second chapter instead haha.
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'''Oda:''' Not only that, but the crewmates onboard keep increasing so with anything that happens there is not only one reaction, which just makes the story keep getting extended. Let’s put it this way, if the number of detectives in ‘Detective Conan’ increased, wouldn’t that give you trouble?
  
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'''The Competitive Spirit Created by Jump'''
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'''Aoyama:''' I really don’t want to increase the detective team… Hahaha, I’ll definitely not increase it.
  
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'''– What do you two think of each other and other mangaka who also have successful works?'''
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'''– What was your experience watching each other’s movies?'''
  
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'''Oda:''' After ‘Dragon Ball’ ended, the world of shonen manga was dominated by two works, ‘Detective Conan’ and ‘The Kindaichi Case Files’. Conan was always winning.
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'''Oda:''' ‘The Bride of Halloween’ was really cool!! I was surprised when I heard ‘Detective Conan’ was increasing its female readership since I have always thought it was just a shonen series in which a bunch of little kids resolve cases. I wondered why that was, and completely understood it when I saw the movie. “Ah, so they really like the police characters and all these handsome grown men”.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Ah… Seriously? Haha.
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'''Aoyama:''' Out of all of Oda-kun’s movies, the one I like the most is ‘ONE PIECE FILM GOLD’. It was fun since I have always liked sparkling places like Las Vegas haha. I want to go to that Casino Ship, Gran Tesoro!
  
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'''Oda:''' That was indeed my perspective. Jump’s supporting hit work back then was ‘Rurouni Kenshin’ by Nobuhiro Watsuki. I was one of Watsuki-sensei’s assistants. I won’t really hesitate saying this, we were proud our seniors led the shonen manga world with battle-focused manga, so we honestly thought “mystery manga shouldn’t be at the top of shonen manga” haha. Watsuki-sensei himself had the stance that “if a series wasn’t always performing like his, it couldn’t be at the top of Jump”. That’s why I always considered ‘Detective Conan’ an enemy to me and thus didn’t read it. I even had thoughts such as “I’ll drag you down, haha…”. Not joking, I used to think of you as an enemy until now haha!
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'''Oda:''' Seriously!? Thank you!
  
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'''Aoyama:''' No way, an enemy!? Oh my haha!
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'''Aoyama:''' If I had to mention something all of our movies have in common, is that in ‘ONE PIECE’ and ‘Detective Conan’ there’s always an ‘expansion’ in the ending.
  
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'''Oda:''' Looking at your reply, it seems it was only me who thought we had some sort of rivalry haha. Please, say something like “that’s how Jump should be”! Have you ever looked at someone as a rival?
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'''Oda:''' That’s the right and classic way of royal-road shonen manga, isn’t it?
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Not really. When it comes to Kanari Yozaburo, Seimaru Amagi and Satou Fumiya’s ‘The Kindaichi Case Files’, I used to have this “I won’t lose” feeling, but they’re still series with pretty different genres.
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'''Aoyama:''' Oh no, I’m not referring to the narrative with ‘expansion’. In ‘Detective Conan’ we expand soccer balls, and in ‘ONE PIECE’ Luffy can expand his whole body. The bigger they are, the more exciting it is!
  
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'''Oda:''' When I looked at the whole manga industry and glanced at the top, ‘Detective Conan’ was always there. I was pretty aware of it all when I was nothing more than a newbie, but it is true that when you reach the top, you stop seeing it.
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'''Oda:''' So that’s what you meant haha. Big is always justice, I guess it’s pretty clear we’re both from Ultraman’s era.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' But I was overtaken right away, right? Or am I wrong? Haha.
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'''Aoyama:''' I remember that in ‘FILM GOLD’, there were turtles moving cars at the Turtle Car Race. Are you the one that comes up with these ideas?
  
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'''Oda:''' I was pretty desperate back then, so I’m not entirely sure how it all went. Since I started this series I've been trying to do my best for myself, so I stopped looking at my surroundings.
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'''Oda:''' I usually leave all the ideas to the scriptwriter, and I only check the contents of the movie and fix whatever needs to be fixed. Movies belong to directors so that’s something I shouldn’t be doing, but if I don’t do that, I can’t really take responsibility. You draw key frames for your movies, right?
  
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'''Aoyama:''' That’s amazing, but it was really hard for me too. Doing a detective series on my own requires me to always think about my story and art, which leaves me no time to think about any other series.
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'''Aoyama:''' I’ve been fulfilling that role since the very first movie, ‘The Time-Bombed Skyscraper’, and it has been increasing steadily. This year I have drawn around 20 key frames.
  
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'''Oda:''' Basically, the moment you start a serialization, you stop looking at what’s around you! I have a lot of respect for you, being able to still continue during all this time.
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'''Oda:''' I’m pretty sure fans can easily notice which are drawn by you!
  
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'''– Have you ever thought of rookie mangaka as your rivals?'''
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'''Aoyama:''' You could draw movie key frames too, Oda-kun.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Rivals… I wonder. I guess others are others, and I am myself haha.
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'''Oda:''' If I were to put too much work into the movies, then I wouldn’t be able to continue regularly with the weekly series, so it’s difficult to handle. I do know that in order to maintain the series popularity I have to attract new fans and generate more worldwide buzz with a movie at least once every three years, but it’s honestly really hard! I know if I have to do it I’ll be pretty picky, I’m aware of my own personality even if at first I didn’t really like it haha. In the end, I end up meddled even in advertisement processes, I check the booklets handled at theaters and their production deadlines, and just supervise everything. I also keep an eye on posters’ layouts and design.
  
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'''Oda:''' You’re pretty peaceful. When did you build that kind of mentality?
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'''Aoyama:''' You seriously love this hahaha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I would say from the very beginning.
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'''Oda:''' Still, I feel bad for my junior mangaka. I created a culture at Jump in which the movie would be a success if the original author gets involved, so everyone has started to be borrowed to work on them. To my surprise though, these youngsters are really enjoying it.
  
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'''Oda:''' For real!? Didn’t it feel like a competition when you were younger?
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'''Aoyama:''' Not at all, I think it’s really good! Everyone seems to be enjoying it!
  
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'''Aoyama:''' When I was younger, other detective works started to appear on Sunday since ‘Detective Conan’ was performing well, so I did have that feeling of ‘not wanting to lose’, but that’s about it. It may sound weird, but I don’t think I ever felt like I had any enemy. As I mentioned earlier, ‘The Kindaichi Case Files’ was there, but it was a different work.
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'''– What do you think of your protagonists?'''
  
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'''Oda:''' I see your enemy scope are mystery series.
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'''Aoyama:''' Conan is everyone’s organizer.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Yep. But still, there weren’t many mangaka drawing detective series back then, so I felt it was something I was doing on my own. That’s how I concluded others are others, and I am myself.
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'''Oda:''' To me, Luffy is the easiest character to draw. I always knew that he would be the character that would stay the longest with me.
  
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'''Oda:''' For me, it has been during these past few years that I have been able to keep a similar state of mind. Until now, I have been aware readers often get disappointed if ‘ONE PIECE’ doesn’t publish a new chapter, and I felt responsible for that. It has all changed lately thanks to new, younger writers that have grown up in Jump and rather support me even when I’m on a break, taking a lot of weight off my shoulders. This is also why I have stopped caring about fighting with other manga series. It truly feels like I have finally the freedom to face my fans at my own pace.
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'''– If that’s so, what character do you think you’re the only person that can write them?'''
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Ooh! It seems you have been pretty busy until now.
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'''Oda:''' I think that’s still Luffy. Many scriptwriters try to deal with him but I have to fix his sentences all the time, otherwise people wouldn’t accept him as the Luffy they know. Does ‘Detective Conan’ have a character like that? A character that always needs to have their lines fixed?
  
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'''Oda:''' I wonder why, though? Is Jump’s system that bad? Haha. It’s a fierce competition. If what you draw is not good enough, it will obviously get canceled. Is it the same for Sunday?
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'''Aoyama:''' In my series it would be Gin! Everyone always tries to make him say “I’ll kill everyone” and I have to tell them “No, he wouldn’t ever say that” hahaha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Yes it is. But on that Sunday from the old days, editors wouldn’t tell mangaka their series’ rankings. After ‘Detective Conan’ reached Chapter 10, I had to ask them to give the rankings to me and started to follow them secretly.
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'''Oda:''' I understand that, the character we always must fix in any movie is the same character only we can write. It’s a pretty weird relationship, isn’t it? From a reader’s perspective you can notice small details if the character acts differently, but as scriptwriters it feels like a completely different character.
  
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'''Oda:''' Perhaps Jump shows the rankings and questionnaires deliberately to their mangaka in order to fuel their inner fighting spirit. That’s something anyone, even I, worries about when starting a series, since you always want to know if you can survive or not.
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'''Aoyama:''' I always have to 100% fix Gin. Lately, scriptwriters just hand me the script so I directly fix him hahaha. Sometimes it’s written as some sort of love-comedy scene, like “Aoyama-sensei, save me”, and I’m like “Eeeh? Seriously?” hahaha.
  
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'''– ‘YAIBA’, your serialization before ‘Detective Conan’, managed to reach 1st place in the rankings 2 times during its final chapters, right?'''
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'''Oda:''' Then you immediately fix it, the work becomes a success and they keep relying on you.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Yes! I was so happy to finally reach 1st place I asked the editorial department to put it in my coffin, since I was sure I’d die from overwork haha.
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'''Aoyama:''' Exactly haha. But it does make me happy they rely on me!
  
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'''Oda:''' I see you had some attachment to numbers! Don’t you feel some frustration if you lose those placements, then?
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'''‘Detective Conan’ and ‘ONE PIECE’ Decisive Points'''
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Yeah, but ‘Detective Conan’ has been in 1st place since the series pretty much started… It’s a bit odious to say that, so I’ll stop haha.
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'''– If you look back at the more than 100 volumes you both have published, which would you say was your most decisive point in the series?'''
  
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'''Oda:''' Haha, I understand that feeling too.
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'''Aoyama:''' That’s hard to say, but if I had to choose some point, it would be the chapter I wrote back when I was discharged from the hospital after taking a break due to a sudden illness. That chapter started with Akai and Amuro pointing their pistols at each other (Volume 95, Chapter 1009).
  
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'''– How much pressure have you both felt carrying the flagship of the magazine for so long?'''
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'''Oda:''' That sounds so cool! When was that chapter released?
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Pressure? Zero haha.
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'''Aoyama:''' Four years ago. I took a long break, so for my comeback I had to draw something popular, which pushed me to make that cool scene. Although until then I hadn’t really been writing anything in the series aiming at that moment.
  
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'''Oda:''' That’s the same for me!
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'''Oda:''' I feel the exact same as you, but my decisive point would be something more recent. Luffy got a new power-up called ‘Gear 5th’, which is something I have wanted to draw for a long time.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I mean, I thought it was Shogakukan’s fault for letting me draw this series haha.
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'''– It’s surprising you both chose such relatively recent chapters. In ‘ONE PIECE’ Chapter 1044, the real name of the Gomu Gomu no Mi is revealed, and Gear 5th appears letting Luffy fight changing his whole body.'''
  
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'''Oda:''' I have always been conscious of my own selfishness, so the more my fighting spirit grew, the more I thought it was my whole fault if the series had to end or fell in popularity.
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'''Oda:''' I drew this because I really want to have fun, and I think that it’s okay if people don't like it. I just want to play around with my battles. Since I was an assistant, I have felt that silly expressions that were so characteristic in manga have been gradually lost. Putting a light bulb in a character’s head when they come up with some idea, or making the character’s legs go in circles when they’re running, for example.
  
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'''– That’s really hard to imagine.'''
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'''Aoyama:''' Right, also those eyes popping out.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Honestly, if I had felt pressure, I wouldn’t have been able to draw.
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'''Oda:''' I have always loved those symbolic expressions, but they keep disappearing. Nobody draws them anymore even though they’re our predecessors' creations who also left many formulae we still use. Battle manga has to keep getting more and more serious to keep up with readers’ expectations and I honestly hate that. I definitely don’t want my work to become a serious manga like that. I want and have decided to have fun, and I feel like I’m finally able to do that. When I was drawing this, I actually had fun.
  
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'''Oda:''' Yeah. If you stop to think about it for a second, it’s kinda scary how much stuff I sometimes have to carry. I think only people with our kind of personality can survive through all of this.
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'''Aoyama:''' (Looks at Gear 5th pictures) Woah, amazing! I really like the design, it’s excellent. I’m also impressed that you are able to draw these kinds of faces.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I think so too.
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'''Oda:''' Thank you. When thinking about its concept, you can think of it as if it suddenly became ‘Tom & Jerry’.
  
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'''– What do you think of each other’s art?'''
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'''Aoyama:''' Yep yep. I liked ‘Tom & Jerry’. I just can’t forgive Jerry, hahaha.
  
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'''Oda:''' It’s appealing. It’s super appealing! Even when my only knowledge was about art, I thought it was really unique. Honestly, distinct and unusual art styles are the ones who can survive in this manga world. And it wasn't only that, but when I read the series I felt a mysterious appeal. Kids, adult men and women can all feel that same charm and become fond of the series, which is why I always thought it would become a success.
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'''Oda:''' Jerry? Oh no, I supported Jerry!
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I was really surprised when I saw there wasn’t a scene of Luffy eating the Gomu Gomu no Mi! If it had been me, I would have drawn a “Dokkun” SFX after he ate it haha. In ‘Detective Conan’, the main character also changes his body after consuming a drug, but even if I try to draw those same sensations, I think ‘ONE PIECE’ expressions feel way fresher. Also, those elder designs from the Gorosei who appear in the Levely Arc are amazing! I honestly don’t know how to draw those.
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'''Aoyama:''' Really? Tom always tried really hard, but Jerry was too sneaky. I hate Jerry a lot. Although if I had to compare one of them to Conan, he would probably be Jerry haha.
  
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'''Oda:''' I think that was something good from my younger self. I made them appear a long time ago, but when I look back into it now, I don’t think their designs were bad at all. Still, those characters haven’t really shown their actual value yet.
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'''Oda:''' When I tried to draw it for the first time, it was pretty difficult. The world of ‘Tom & Jerry’ works because of both characters, so I struggled a lot looking at the difference in attitude between Luffy, who was making pranks in the middle of the battle, and his serious opponent. But in the end, I feel like I actually pulled it off. The older you get, the harder and more tiring it is to draw battles, isn’t it?
  
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'''Team ‘Detective Conan’, Team ‘ONE PIECE’'''
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'''Aoyama:''' Well, there aren’t many action or battle scenes in ‘Detective Conan’, so when I have to draw them I do it in high spirits. Still, it usually ends pretty fast considering it’s just shooting soccer balls. A long time ago though, I did get tired of it while drawing ‘YAIBA’. When the Japanese Archipelago became a dragon, it was hard for me and my assistants to pull off those drawings. Even with that, drawing action is a fun experience.
  
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'''– When it comes to TV Anime adaptations, many voices end up overlapping. Yamaguchi Kappei voices Shinichi Kudo, Kaito Kid and Usopp; Ikeda Shuichi voices Akai and Shanks; Furuya Toru voices Amuro and Sabo; Ootani Ikue voices Mitsuhiko and Chopper…'''
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'''Changes During Serialization'''
  
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'''Aoyama:''' No wonder they do overlap considering both anime have been going on for a quarter of a century.
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'''– ‘Detective Conan’ has been in serialization since 1994, and ‘ONE PIECE’ since 1997. Since those days to today, what has changed?'''
  
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'''Oda:''' When I watched ‘Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween’, I was surprised at how many voices I did recognize. Yuriko Yamaguchi, who voices Nico Robin, appears (as Christine Richard). In the Dressrosa Arc, there were a lot of voice actors from ‘Detective Conan’! Megumi Hayashibara, who voices Ai Haibara, played the role of Rebecca.
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'''Aoyama:''' Back when I was serializing ‘YAIBA’, I was addressed as “Aoyama-san”. But the moment I started serializing ‘Detective Conan’, everybody addressed me as “Aoyama-sensei” haha. My editor kept addressing me with the “-san”, but for people from TV stations or magazines I started being “Aoyama-sensei”.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Furuya Toru, who voices Amuro, also appears as Sabo, a pretty good role! And Ikeda Shuichi voices Shanks in your upcoming FILM RED, right Oda-kun? He also voices Akai Shuichi in ‘Detective Conan’, which is a pretty popular role.
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'''Oda:''' I’m always addressed as “Oda-san”. When I have to deal with younger editors, they all usually use honorifics and so do I, since it’s a hierarchical relationship between us and I cannot complain in such situations. Still, I don’t like it because I’m not a “-sensei”, I’m “Oda-san”.
  
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'''Oda:''' He didn’t appear in your last movie, did he?
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'''– What has changed the most from then until now when it comes to the serialization itself?'''
  
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'''Aoyama:''' In ‘The Bride of Halloween’... Fufufu, haha.
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'''Oda:''' My weight has indeed changed. When it comes to mangaka, there are those who lose weight and those who gain it. From the moment I started the series, I started to get fat. It was common for me not to eat for 2-3 days, and I didn’t even have time to eat because I felt sleepy while at it. That’s why I usually don’t eat as much as other people, because otherwise I can eat a lot. Your body starts to feel weak and threatened, so it absorbs anything you ingest. Still, I don’t eat, I gain weight and I just lose at everything. …I really don’t enjoy talking about this hahaha.
  
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'''Oda:''' But in ‘Detective Conan’ he does appear more frequently, right? In ‘ONE PIECE’ many times the members of the crew have to separate, so there’s a lot of examples of regular characters who take holidays quite often. “Sanji came to dub for the first time after 3 years”, haha.
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'''Aoyama:''' Haha, I used to be quite fat. Due to it I got pretty sick and the doctor told me I had to lose weight, which I did, but I think I’m slowly gaining it again.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' It took 7 years since Akai left and appeared again, and I even thought of spoiling it after 2 years had passed. Vermouth also took 5 years to appear once again in the TV Anime since her last appearance.
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'''Oda:''' Now talking seriously, it’s like you unconsciously and unwillingly gain some sort of mysterious power. Anything you say can become some kind of big deal. “Is people really doing this because I said it?”, and stuff like that.
  
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'''Oda:''' I didn’t expect for the TV Anime to continue for so long, many of the voice actors are getting old. Some time ago, Mayumi Tanaka, who voices Luffy, asked us with worry what would happen if she died, so Masako Nozawa, who voices Kureha, told her “If you die, I’ll take your role” haha. I hope they all stay as healthy as possible. Aoyama-san, do you usually talk to the voice actors?
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'''Aoyama:''' Yeah… I was honestly thinking the same, haha. I can’t really say many bad things.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Before Coronavirus happened, we had ‘movie launch parties’, so we used to talk a lot. Some time ago, I saw a fireworks display from my living room, so I called all the voice actors and improvised a huge banquet in my house. It was really fun, even though it was still a lot of work haha. You keep doing it, right Oda-kun? That’s amazing.
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'''Oda:''' I have started to feel the responsibility of being careful with whatever I say because my name has grown a lot. Even if I myself haven’t changed, it feels like my surroundings and people around me constantly are. Many times my editors are already fans of the series and tell me “I have been reading your work for a really long time”, which makes it hard for me to be harsher, and I become way kinder.
  
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'''Oda:''' We usually just do self-service, and I tell them I’m doing a takoyaki party! Then I cook it all without asking the others haha!
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'''Aoyama:''' We also have many assistants or animation staff who are long-time fans of our work.
  
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'''– Oda-sensei, you said in an old interview that you are “glad to be close with all the anime staff”, and all of this really does give the impression you get along with animation and production staff.'''
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'''Oda:''' But in the end it’s all people who do a really good job, because they really love the series.
  
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'''Oda:''' Yeah, it’s always been that way. The TV Anime started a really long time ago. All of them have become my relatives at this point. Even my children have known them since they were small, so it’s almost like a family relationship.
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'''– If you were allowed to leave your current position and draw anything you wanted, what would it be?'''
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Mine’s not that far of a relationship, but I have stated many times with determination that “this actor should voice this character”. For example, Koichi Yamadera, who voiced Tsutomu Akai, a character that recently appeared in the anime, was chosen by me. I sometimes also change the characters in the manga after listening to the voices of their voice actors, thinking to myself “so this is their voice”.
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'''Aoyama:''' I want to draw a ‘Journey to the West’. As a battle story. I have always loved Goku. He’s the strongest character ever, isn’t he?
  
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'''Oda:''' I shifted Chopper’s role to a mascot character after hearing his voice in the TV Anime, even when I had a policy of not drawing mascot characters, but Ootani Ikue’s voice was too cute haha.
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'''Oda:''' It’d be great if I were to answer “a mystery series” here, haha. But I could never pull off such a series, I don’t have a brain for that.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' It’s the same for me! When I heard Ootani’s voice as Mitsuhiko, I thought it was so cute I started to draw his character cuter.  
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'''Aoyama:''' Hahaha.
  
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'''Oda:''' Aoyama-san, you also overlap voice actor names with their roles, right? Like Takagi-san or Furuya-san.
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'''Oda:''' I have already drawn everything I wanted to draw. I did want to draw robots in the future, but I decided and have already done that in the series. Everything I have ever wanted to draw is already packed into ‘ONE PIECE’, so if I was asked to draw one more time, I would draw ‘ONE PIECE’ again.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Wataru Takagi-san had an unnamed role back then, but when his character appeared in the TV Anime he became Detective Takagi because he introduced himself saying “Please call me Takagi”. I made him take responsibility and even appear in the series with his real name haha. Furuya Toru’s case is, in fact, a homage to Gundam’s Amuro Rei, a name I separated to give birth to two names: Furuya Rei and Amuro Toru. I hope ‘Gundam’ fans will be pleased with this. Did you watch ‘Gundam’, Oda-kun?
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'''Aoyama:''' Aah, that’s really great. If I was asked to draw another ‘Detective Conan’... I don’t know… Hahaha, I do have lots of things I would like to draw in the series too, so I might do that.
  
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'''Oda:''' I did see ‘Gundam’, and I liked it. But I think the experiences we had with it are pretty different.
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'''“Love Comedy”, “Friendship” and Character’s Charm!'''
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I see, then you didn’t watch the ‘First Gundam’ (Mobile Suit Gundam)?
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'''– What do you two think is your manga’s power?'''
  
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'''Oda:''' No, it was indeed the ‘First Gundam’. The boom of the series happened back during your teen times, Aoyama-san, and after that, when I was a little kid, a second boom came. I was under the impression that those rebroadcasts were already a big hit.
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'''Oda:''' I think the most important feature of manga is for it to be “a tool to make friends”. I know it’s a pretty common topic, but in fact I did make many friends when I was a child through it.
  
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'''– How are you two usually involved with your series’ movies?'''
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'''Aoyama:''' I hope ‘Detective Conan’ helps people with their love relationships haha, that way readers can fall in love like the characters from the series. But well, those mostly end up as “murder love comedies” hahaha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I involve myself since the very beginning of the movie. From scenarios to the content, up to getting too involved and frowned upon haha.
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'''Oda:''' It’s all a dream world, so I always strive to draw beautiful scenes.  
  
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'''Oda:''' Also, ‘Detective Conan’ releases a movie every year, right? I wonder if the disconnected nature of the stories in the series is what makes it work so well, since in my case every chapter is connected to each other. I have to continuously think about the story in the weekly serialization, so I can’t really think about different stories. I guess our brains work differently.
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'''– Speaking of love comedies, Aoyama-sensei previously said that “romcoms”, “adventure” and “friendship” are the “3 elements of shonen manga hits”, and it is clear Aoyama-sensei is good at “love comedy and adventure”, and Oda-sensei is good at “adventure and friendship”.'''
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Usually, one case lasts about 3 to 6 chapters in ‘Detective Conan’, which makes it easier to plan for a movie. But in ‘ONE PIECE’, any case lasts too long haha. That length may be what makes it difficult to make more movies for the series. It seems pretty hard to handle some sort of side-trip to a different island when all the characters are already on their journey to find the One Piece.
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'''Aoyama:''' Love comedies… You haven’t drawn anything like that, right Oda-kun?
  
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'''Oda:''' Not only that, but the crewmates onboard keep increasing so with anything that happens there is not only one reaction, which just makes the story keep getting extended. Let’s put it this way, if the number of detectives in ‘Detective Conan’ increased, wouldn’t that give you trouble?
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'''Oda:''' I haven’t. There’s a tradition in Jump that states love comedies are love comedies, battles are battles. They’re two separated genres and totally different works.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I really don’t want to increase the detective team… Hahaha, I’ll definitely not increase it.
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'''Aoyama:''' Oh well, I guess love comedy developments while battling are not for Jump.
  
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'''– What was your experience watching each other’s movies?'''
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'''Oda:''' I haven’t read many of those either, but ‘Detective Conan’ integrates those elements properly! I think you make a really good use of those settings.
  
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'''Oda:''' ‘The Bride of Halloween’ was really cool!! I was surprised when I heard ‘Detective Conan’ was increasing its female readership since I have always thought it was just a shonen series in which a bunch of little kids resolve cases. I wondered why that was, and completely understood it when I saw the movie. “Ah, so they really like the police characters and all these handsome grown men”.
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'''Aoyama:''' Well, I do enjoy love comedies, but I guess you’re not really interested in them, Oda-kun.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Out of all of Oda-kun’s movies, the one I like the most is ‘ONE PIECE FILM GOLD’. It was fun since I have always liked sparkling places like Las Vegas haha. I want to go to that Casino Ship, Gran Tesoro!
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'''Oda:''' I’m not confident I could draw those, it’s a bit embarrassing haha.
  
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'''Oda:''' Seriously!? Thank you!
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'''Aoyama:''' On the other hand, friendship is a tough theme for me. It’s not impossible for me to draw, but I don’t really come up with stuff I think “Oh, this is cool”. I think the only characters I can picture that topic on are the police academy members.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' If I had to mention something all of our movies have in common, is that in ‘ONE PIECE’ and ‘Detective Conan’ there’s always an ‘expansion’ in the ending.
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'''Oda:''' ‘Detective Conan’ actually has a lot of romantic relationships, right? It’s full of bidirectional feelings. But I also know that if I draw romance, some of my fans leave. I think it’s fine when they’re one-sided feelings, but if it goes both ways, both characters lose fans.  
  
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'''Oda:''' That’s the right and classic way of royal-road shonen manga, isn’t it?
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'''Aoyama:''' I won’t leave haha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Oh no, I’m not referring to the narrative with ‘expansion’. In ‘Detective Conan’ we expand soccer balls, and in ‘ONE PIECE’ Luffy can expand his whole body. The bigger they are, the more exciting it is!
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'''Oda:''' Ah, seriously!?
  
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'''Oda:''' So that’s what you meant haha. Big is always justice, I guess it’s pretty clear we’re both from Ultraman’s era.
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'''Aoyama:''' On the contrary, I think it’s exciting. Most of my characters have couples. It’s quite rare to find one without a partner.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I remember that in ‘FILM GOLD’, there were turtles moving cars at the Turtle Car Race. Are you the one that comes up with these ideas?
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'''Oda:''' People seem so supportive of couples! That’s something I didn’t really read when I was a kid. During the old days of Jump, there were mangaka that wouldn't even draw women. That’s why I’m one of those that sent submissions with female characters. I did want to draw strong women, and I think characters like Nami were quite rare back in those days.
  
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'''Oda:''' I usually leave all the ideas to the scriptwriter, and I only check the contents of the movie and fix whatever needs to be fixed. Movies belong to directors so that’s something I shouldn’t be doing, but if I don’t do that, I can’t really take responsibility. You draw key frames for your movies, right?
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'''– Nami’s popularity was reflected all over the world in the Popularity Poll commemorating ‘ONE PIECE’ reaching Chapter 1000.'''
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I’ve been fulfilling that role since the very first movie, ‘The Time-Bombed Skyscraper’, and it has been increasing steadily. This year I have drawn around 20 key frames.
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'''Oda:''' Yeah, we did a worldwide popularity poll. When it comes to the two main female characters, Nami proved to be overwhelmingly popular in Japan, while adult women like Nico Robin seem to be more popular in the rest of the world. Feelings and tastes are entirely different from one country to another.
  
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'''Oda:''' I’m pretty sure fans can easily notice which are drawn by you!
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'''Aoyama:''' I know ‘Detective Conan’ is pretty popular in China, but I don’t think that makes much of a difference. Still, Ai Haibara is pretty popular, especially overseas.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' You could draw movie key frames too, Oda-kun.
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'''– Ai Haibara got 1st Place in the “Major Female Character Popularity Vote” that ‘Detective Conan’ held to commemorate the screening of ‘The Bride of Halloween’, getting an illustration drawn by Aoyama-sensei. Still, it’s amazing to look at the number of characters that appear in both works’ popularity polls.'''
  
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'''Oda:''' If I were to put too much work into the movies, then I wouldn’t be able to continue regularly with the weekly series, so it’s difficult to handle. I do know that in order to maintain the series popularity I have to attract new fans and generate more worldwide buzz with a movie at least once every three years, but it’s honestly really hard! I know if I have to do it I’ll be pretty picky, I’m aware of my own personality even if at first I didn’t really like it haha. In the end, I end up meddled even in advertisement processes, I check the booklets handled at theaters and their production deadlines, and just supervise everything. I also keep an eye on posters’ layouts and design.
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'''Aoyama:''' And the number keeps increasing. Even in ‘Detective Conan’ there are characters such as Chihaya Hagiwara, who have only recently appeared.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' You seriously love this hahaha.
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'''Oda:''' Aoyama-san, how do you execute your characters’ appearances?
  
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'''Oda:''' Still, I feel bad for my junior mangaka. I created a culture at Jump in which the movie would be a success if the original author gets involved, so everyone has started to be borrowed to work on them. To my surprise though, these youngsters are really enjoying it.
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'''Aoyama:''' By pure intuition. If I think I need some sort of new character, or that it’s missing in the series, I just draw it. How do you decide the name of your characters, Oda-kun?
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Not at all, I think it’s really good! Everyone seems to be enjoying it!
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'''Oda:''' I take them from various places.
  
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'''– What do you think of your protagonists?'''
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'''Aoyama:''' There was a pretty funny one. Sanji, Niji, Ichiji. “For real?”.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Conan is everyone’s organizer.
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'''Oda:''' I had been thinking of drawing Sanji’s childhood for some time already, and also had thought of setting up him having one brother, but my daughter was really into ‘Osomatsu-san’ back when I was serializing that part of the story. I want my daughter to like my work, so I tried to compete with the sextuplets by making quadruplets hahaha.
  
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'''Oda:''' To me, Luffy is the easiest character to draw. I always knew that he would be the character that would stay the longest with me.
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'''How are Readers’ Impressions Dealt With?'''
  
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'''– If that’s so, what character do you think you’re the only person that can write them?'''
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'''– I’m sure you both receive lots of fan letters from readers every week, but what kind of feedback are you most pleased to receive?'''
  
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'''Oda:''' I think that’s still Luffy. Many scriptwriters try to deal with him but I have to fix his sentences all the time, otherwise people wouldn’t accept him as the Luffy they know. Does ‘Detective Conan’ have a character like that? A character that always needs to have their lines fixed?
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'''Oda:''' I appreciate any kind of feedback, but I’m especially happy with people who write what they liked about that week’s chapter specifically. “So that’s what you paid attention to”.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' In my series it would be Gin! Everyone always tries to make him say “I’ll kill everyone” and I have to tell them “No, he wouldn’t ever say that” hahaha.
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'''Aoyama:''' When I read those comments, I go back to the manga and read those parts. I start to grin and read it over and over while thinking “Oh yeah, that was good”.
  
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'''Oda:''' I understand that, the character we always must fix in any movie is the same character only we can write. It’s a pretty weird relationship, isn’t it? From a reader’s perspective you can notice small details if the character acts differently, but as scriptwriters it feels like a completely different character.
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'''Oda:''' Ah! Have you thought of sending your own fan letters, or have you ever sent one already?
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I always have to 100% fix Gin. Lately, scriptwriters just hand me the script so I directly fix him hahaha. Sometimes it’s written as some sort of love-comedy scene, like “Aoyama-sensei, save me”, and I’m like “Eeeh? Seriously?” hahaha.
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'''Aoyama:''' Not at all. I think it actually takes a lot of work, but it sounds amazing.
  
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'''Oda:''' Then you immediately fix it, the work becomes a success and they keep relying on you.
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'''Oda:''' Thank you for that.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Exactly haha. But it does make me happy they rely on me!
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'''– Every time ‘ONE PIECE’ and ‘Detective Conan’ publish a new chapter, fans are really excited to talk about them. Do you two read your readers’ discussions?'''
  
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'''‘Detective Conan’ and ‘ONE PIECE’ Decisive Points'''
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'''Oda:''' I wanted to talk about this with Aoyama-san, too. It seems that there are a lot of discussion groups recently, right?
  
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'''– If you look back at the more than 100 volumes you both have published, which would you say was your most decisive point in the series?'''
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'''Aoyama:''' Ah yes, on the Internet. Like with Youtubers.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' That’s hard to say, but if I had to choose some point, it would be the chapter I wrote back when I was discharged from the hospital after taking a break due to a sudden illness. That chapter started with Akai and Amuro pointing their pistols at each other (Volume 95, Chapter 1009).
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'''Oda:''' Many people in my series’ discussion groups try to predict future developments of the series. Some of them get stuff right haha, which is why I try not to read many of them hahaha. Do they get stuff right too in a detective series like ‘Detective Conan’?
  
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'''Oda:''' That sounds so cool! When was that chapter released?
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'''Aoyama:''' They do guess stuff. They’re sometimes pretty quick figuring out things. In the end, it’s just 1 person against millions of people. If they united their knowledge, cases could be solved in less than a day.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Four years ago. I took a long break, so for my comeback I had to draw something popular, which pushed me to make that cool scene. Although until then I hadn’t really been writing anything in the series aiming at that moment.
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'''Oda:''' Against millions of people! That’s truly impossible hahaha!
  
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'''Oda:''' I feel the exact same as you, but my decisive point would be something more recent. Luffy got a new power-up called ‘Gear 5th’, which is something I have wanted to draw for a long time.
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'''Aoyama:''' Detective lovers like to guess and think a lot. Many readers guessed Renya Karasuma was the boss of the Black Organization.  
  
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'''– It’s surprising you both chose such relatively recent chapters. In ‘ONE PIECE’ Chapter 1044, the real name of the Gomu Gomu no Mi is revealed, and Gear 5th appears letting Luffy fight changing his whole body.'''
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'''Oda:''' What do you do in a situation like that? Is it troublesome?
  
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'''Oda:''' I drew this because I really want to have fun, and I think that it’s okay if people don't like it. I just want to play around with my battles. Since I was an assistant, I have felt that silly expressions that were so characteristic in manga have been gradually lost. Putting a light bulb in a character’s head when they come up with some idea, or making the character’s legs go in circles when they’re running, for example.
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'''Aoyama:''' No, rather I just say “People guessed it, so I’ll reveal it”, and I just reveal it haha. There are still more secrets beyond that, actually. Do you read your readers’ predictions and overturn them, Oda-kun?
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Right, also those eyes popping out.
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'''Oda:''' Well… There are some things I can change and things I cannot. When reveals are too big, my readers can guess them since I have foreshadowed them all. Due to this I try to come up with the most interesting developments and always go beyond readers’ imaginations. When I started the serialization, my only way to connect with fans was through fan letters. I never thought the world would become the way it is now, with everyone talking about everything on the Internet. If I had known times like this would come, I would have never given hints in the series haha!
  
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'''Oda:''' I have always loved those symbolic expressions, but they keep disappearing. Nobody draws them anymore even though they’re our predecessors' creations who also left many formulae we still use. Battle manga has to keep getting more and more serious to keep up with readers’ expectations and I honestly hate that. I definitely don’t want my work to become a serious manga like that. I want and have decided to have fun, and I feel like I’m finally able to do that. When I was drawing this, I actually had fun.
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'''Aoyama:''' I see.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' (Looks at Gear 5th pictures) Woah, amazing! I really like the design, it’s excellent. I’m also impressed that you are able to draw these kinds of faces.
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'''Oda:''' However, I’m sometimes asked if many outside-the-box theories are true or not, and I kind of feel bad for those who come up with them when I inadvertently give some answer. I probably have destroyed lots of ideas everyone was thinking about without knowing what would happen in the future with just a single word. I feel bad about it, so I recently came up with the best answer: “Yes, that’s right”. I think it’s an answer that can be taken either way haha.
  
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'''Oda:''' Thank you. When thinking about its concept, you can think of it as if it suddenly became ‘Tom & Jerry’.
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'''Aoyama:''' That’s indeed one way to settle it hahaha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Yep yep. I liked ‘Tom & Jerry’. I just can’t forgive Jerry, hahaha.
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'''– Foreshadowing moments that are recovered after many years is a common trait of both of your works.'''
  
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'''Oda:''' Jerry? Oh no, I supported Jerry!
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'''Oda:''' When I read ‘Detective Conan’, I was surprised at how tight and solid all the settings were. My approach is a little bit different, since there’s some obvious foreshadowing, but at the same time I have created a lot of voids in the series. This method of leaving various blanks lets me think like, “this point could be connected to this other one this way or that way”. Aside from the exaggerated foreshadowing that happens every few decades, you can also take your time to pick up plot points that have been left pending. If you create reasonings and threads for everything like in ‘Detective Conan’, it will be harder to execute later on!
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Really? Tom always tried really hard, but Jerry was too sneaky. I hate Jerry a lot. Although if I had to compare one of them to Conan, he would probably be Jerry haha.
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'''Aoyama:''' Back when I was working on ‘YAIBA’, I used to draw in the same way you describe. People would be really surprised when later on the series I connected parts I left open in the story.
  
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'''Oda:''' When I tried to draw it for the first time, it was pretty difficult. The world of ‘Tom & Jerry’ works because of both characters, so I struggled a lot looking at the difference in attitude between Luffy, who was making pranks in the middle of the battle, and his serious opponent. But in the end, I feel like I actually pulled it off. The older you get, the harder and more tiring it is to draw battles, isn’t it?
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'''Oda:''' Yeah, but you work differently now, Aoyama-san.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Well, there aren’t many action or battle scenes in ‘Detective Conan’, so when I have to draw them I do it in high spirits. Still, it usually ends pretty fast considering it’s just shooting soccer balls. A long time ago though, I did get tired of it while drawing ‘YAIBA’. When the Japanese Archipelago became a dragon, it was hard for me and my assistants to pull off those drawings. Even with that, drawing action is a fun experience.  
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'''Aoyama:''' Now I work with everything firmly in place. ‘Detective Conan’ is a big mystery as a whole.
  
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'''Part 2'''<br>
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'''– Aoyama-san, when did you start telling your editors about the identity of the Black Organization boss?'''
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'''Changes During Serialization'''
 
  
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'''– ‘Detective Conan’ has been in serialization since 1994, and ‘ONE PIECE’ since 1997. Since those days to today, what has changed?'''
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'''Aoyama:''' Well, I’m currently with my 13th editor, but I have been telling them about that since I had my 8th editor.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Back when I was serializing ‘YAIBA’, I was addressed as “Aoyama-san”. But the moment I started serializing ‘Detective Conan’, everybody addressed me as “Aoyama-sensei” haha. My editor kept addressing me with the “-san”, but for people from TV stations or magazines I started being “Aoyama-sensei”.
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'''What’s the Secret to Reaching 100 Volumes?'''
  
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'''Oda:''' I’m always addressed as “Oda-san”. When I have to deal with younger editors, they all usually use honorifics and so do I, since it’s a hierarchical relationship between us and I cannot complain in such situations. Still, I don’t like it because I’m not a “-sensei”, I’m “Oda-san”.
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'''– When drawing your series, how are you able to change your mood if you get stuck? Oda-sensei answered previously like this: “I don’t change my mind. I want to keep drawing, so I put myself under a lot of pressure by calling my staff and telling them to wait for me”.'''
  
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'''– What has changed the most from then until now when it comes to the serialization itself?'''
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'''Oda:''' Isn’t that an interview from a long time ago? Nowadays I need to take way more breaks and I have become quite health-conscious. How do you clear up your mind, Aoyama-san?
  
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'''Oda:''' My weight has indeed changed. When it comes to mangaka, there are those who lose weight and those who gain it. From the moment I started the series, I started to get fat. It was common for me not to eat for 2-3 days, and I didn’t even have time to eat because I felt sleepy while at it. That’s why I usually don’t eat as much as other people, because otherwise I can eat a lot. Your body starts to feel weak and threatened, so it absorbs anything you ingest. Still, I don’t eat, I gain weight and I just lose at everything. …I really don’t enjoy talking about this hahaha.
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'''Aoyama:''' I play video games and watch movies. But playing is playing, and work is work. I can’t do anything if I don’t separate those two. I have never been able to do two things at the same time.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Haha, I used to be quite fat. Due to it I got pretty sick and the doctor told me I had to lose weight, which I did, but I think I’m slowly gaining it again.
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'''Oda:''' What games do you play?
  
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'''Oda:''' Now talking seriously, it’s like you unconsciously and unwillingly gain some sort of mysterious power. Anything you say can become some kind of big deal. “Is people really doing this because I said it?”, and stuff like that.
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'''Aoyama:''' ‘Kantai Collection’ and ‘Animal Crossing’. Easy and simple games.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Yeah… I was honestly thinking the same, haha. I can’t really say many bad things.
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'''Oda:''' Don’t you do any physical exercise?
  
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'''Oda:''' I have started to feel the responsibility of being careful with whatever I say because my name has grown a lot. Even if I myself haven’t changed, it feels like my surroundings and people around me constantly are. Many times my editors are already fans of the series and tell me “I have been reading your work for a really long time”, which makes it hard for me to be harsher, and I become way kinder.
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'''Aoyama:''' Nowadays I don’t, but I used to play baseball.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' We also have many assistants or animation staff who are long-time fans of our work.
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'''Oda:''' Before Coronavirus, I used to gather some friends to play soccer together, but with time I have realized it’s a little too tough of a sport for my body. I also used to be in the soccer club, but I’m so out of shape now I have completely abandoned that career hahaha.
  
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'''Oda:''' But in the end it’s all people who do a really good job, because they really love the series.
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'''Aoyama:''' I was in the kendo club, but I don’t move my body as much now. I only go out to buy lunch.
  
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'''– If you were allowed to leave your current position and draw anything you wanted, what would it be?'''
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'''Oda:''' We’re a bit unhealthy, aren’t we? I also go out to walk and play ‘Pokémon GO’.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I want to draw a ‘Journey to the West’. As a battle story. I have always loved Goku. He’s the strongest character ever, isn’t he?
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'''Aoyama:''' Maybe I should start walking too haha.
  
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'''Oda:''' It’d be great if I were to answer “a mystery series” here, haha. But I could never pull off such a series, I don’t have a brain for that.
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'''– With serializations this long, how do you figure out when to take breaks?'''
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Hahaha.
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'''Aoyama:''' Right now, Conan runs in three-chapter bursts and then takes a break while a spin-off takes its place for a fairly comfortable pace, so I can take about a month to draw the storyboards for a single case.
  
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'''Oda:''' I have already drawn everything I wanted to draw. I did want to draw robots in the future, but I decided and have already done that in the series. Everything I have ever wanted to draw is already packed into ‘ONE PIECE’, so if I was asked to draw one more time, I would draw ‘ONE PIECE’ again.
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'''Oda:''' That only works because of the kind of series ‘Detective Conan’ is, right? Haha, people are more accepting in regard to Conan going on break because the case ends beforehand. ‘ONE PIECE’ on the other hand is a constantly progressing story so I can't have long breaks in the same vein as Conan. Nowadays I’m starting to get more breaks from Jump, so I can relax a bit more. Though ultimately one still has to work even when the series is on break, huh?
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Aah, that’s really great. If I was asked to draw another ‘Detective Conan’... I don’t know… Hahaha, I do have lots of things I would like to draw in the series too, so I might do that.
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'''Aoyama:''' Right? I don’t rest at all. If I'm not drawing the manga, then I'm doing work for the movies.
  
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'''“Love Comedy”, “Friendship” and Character’s Charm!'''
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'''Oda:''' There's no rest for the weary, is there? Hahaha.
  
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'''– What do you two think is your manga’s power?'''
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'''– Do the two of you have any secrets regarding continuing a serialization for more than 100 volumes without taking that many breaks?'''
  
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'''Oda:''' I think the most important feature of manga is for it to be “a tool to make friends”. I know it’s a pretty common topic, but in fact I did make many friends when I was a child through it.
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'''Aoyama:''' Nope. People ask me about it often, but I honestly don't have any secrets to reveal. How about you, Oda-kun?
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I hope ‘Detective Conan’ helps people with their love relationships haha, that way readers can fall in love like the characters from the series. But well, those mostly end up as “murder love comedies” hahaha.
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'''Oda:''' Ditto! To begin with, it's not like it was my intention to surpass 100 volumes.
  
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'''Oda:''' It’s all a dream world, so I always strive to draw beautiful scenes.  
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'''Aoyama:''' When ‘Detective Conan’ first started I thought it wouldn’t last longer than a volume, but around the second chapter or so, I thought: “It's actually getting popular?”. I was surprised at how it was constantly number one in the rankings. At that point I knew it'd be trouble if I didn't expand on the story more.
  
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'''– Speaking of love comedies, Aoyama-sensei previously said that “romcoms”, “adventure” and “friendship” are the “3 elements of shonen manga hits”, and it is clear Aoyama-sensei is good at “love comedy and adventure”, and Oda-sensei is good at “adventure and friendship”.'''
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'''Oda:''' I've always wanted to end the series. That being said, I also think about how there's so much I still want to or need to draw.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Love comedies… You haven’t drawn anything like that, right Oda-kun?
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'''Aoyama:''' I totally get that! There's still so much story left to tell!
  
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'''Oda:''' I haven’t. There’s a tradition in Jump that states love comedies are love comedies, battles are battles. They’re two separated genres and totally different works.
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'''Oda:''' You're really having a blast, Aoyama-san. I think that's amazing. I've also been told by senior Jump mangaka: “It's incredible you're having so much fun.”
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Oh well, I guess love comedy developments while battling are not for Jump.
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'''Aoyama:''' Really? Why's that?
  
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'''Oda:''' I haven’t read many of those either, but ‘Detective Conan’ integrates those elements properly! I think you make a really good use of those settings.
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'''Oda:''' Because everyone is struggling to continue drawing.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Well, I do enjoy love comedies, but I guess you’re not really interested in them, Oda-kun.
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'''Aoyama:''' What? Seriously? That can't be right.
  
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'''Oda:''' I’m not confident I could draw those, it’s a bit embarrassing haha.
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'''– So if there is a secret to your success, would it be enjoying what you do?'''
  
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'''Aoyama:''' On the other hand, friendship is a tough theme for me. It’s not impossible for me to draw, but I don’t really come up with stuff I think “Oh, this is cool”. I think the only characters I can picture that topic on are the police academy members.
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'''Aoyama:''' Yeah, I think so. The more you enjoy drawing, the faster you want to get to putting out great storyboards.
  
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'''Oda:''' ‘Detective Conan’ actually has a lot of romantic relationships, right? It’s full of bidirectional feelings. But I also know that if I draw romance, some of my fans leave. I think it’s fine when they’re one-sided feelings, but if it goes both ways, both characters lose fans.
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'''Oda:''' You really love mysteries! Do you ever get tired of drawing different cases?
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I won’t leave haha.
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'''Aoyama:''' I do love them. I've loved Sherlock Holmes since I was a child, y'know? Coincidentally, in elementary school I wrote in the graduation album that I wanted to be a mangaka specializing in private detectives.
  
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'''Oda:''' Ah, seriously!?
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'''Oda:''' What I love is the times where I freely draw the settings for different islands. Ever since the story entered the Grand Line, I've been free to do whatever I want. Fierce seas in which kingdoms can’t see or interact with each other, or islands with totally different cultures and climates… When the story reaches a new island I illustrate all of that. So if I were asked what I'd want to draw more of, I'd like to be able to draw islands like that unfettered, but I have to take my lifespan into account hahaha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' On the contrary, I think it’s exciting. Most of my characters have couples. It’s quite rare to find one without a partner.
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'''Aoyama:''' Ahh, yeah, there's some similarities to that in ‘Detective Conan’. Like for example, if I want to draw soccer, then I can center a murder case around a soccer player. Though that has to be in the confines of 3 chapters or so. If I had a secret as to how I've been able to continue this long, that might be it. ‘Detective Conan’ allows me to draw whatever I want. For things I like such as baseball, all it takes is finding a good opportunity to center a story around them.
  
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'''Oda:''' People seem so supportive of couples! That’s something I didn’t really read when I was a kid. During the old days of Jump, there were mangaka that wouldn't even draw women. That’s why I’m one of those that sent submissions with female characters. I did want to draw strong women, and I think characters like Nami were quite rare back in those days.
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'''– When the two of you are drawing, which do you think gives you the most trouble? The artwork or the plot?'''
  
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'''– Nami’s popularity was reflected all over the world in the Popularity Poll commemorating ‘ONE PIECE’ reaching Chapter 1000.'''
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'''Aoyama:''' Both, probably. Both can be a pain, but they can be fun too, right?
  
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'''Oda:''' Yeah, we did a worldwide popularity poll. When it comes to the two main female characters, Nami proved to be overwhelmingly popular in Japan, while adult women like Nico Robin seem to be more popular in the rest of the world. Feelings and tastes are entirely different from one country to another.
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'''Oda:''' Ohh? For me it's the plot that's troublesome. I never get tired of drawing! After the planning of the storyboards is done then it's all about drawing, so I often find myself wanting to get done with storyboards sooner. I love drawing so I wish I had more time to draw what I want, but even when I don't have a lot of time I manage to make do somehow. It's the storyboards that I'm slow with.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I know ‘Detective Conan’ is pretty popular in China, but I don’t think that makes much of a difference. Still, Ai Haibara is pretty popular, especially overseas.
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'''Aoyama:''' I think I was the same way back when I was your age. If not, there's no way I would have been able to keep a schedule with only three hours of sleep. I was a real mess back then and barely made it all in time, compared to now where I can be calm and collected.
  
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'''– Ai Haibara got 1st Place in the “Major Female Character Popularity Vote” that ‘Detective Conan’ held to commemorate the screening of ‘The Bride of Halloween’, getting an illustration drawn by Aoyama-sensei. Still, it’s amazing to look at the number of characters that appear in both works’ popularity polls.'''
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'''Oda:''' Though when not asleep one can keep creating and be successful, right? Meanwhile, it's when one is at rest that they become most anxious.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' And the number keeps increasing. Even in ‘Detective Conan’ there are characters such as Chihaya Hagiwara, who have only recently appeared.
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'''Aoyama:''' When I was sick and admitted into the hospital I couldn't help but worry. "Is it really okay for me to stop there?” and such.
  
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'''Oda:''' Aoyama-san, how do you execute your characters’ appearances?
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'''Oda:''' Yeah, I get you. It gets you totally anxious! I was sick once for a bit, and despite being in the hospital I took my color tools with me and did a color spread from the hospital.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' By pure intuition. If I think I need some sort of new character, or that it’s missing in the series, I just draw it. How do you decide the name of your characters, Oda-kun?
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'''Aoyama:''' It's hard to calm down. Even in my case I asked to draw a special illustration as a gift to Sunday Super readers, and the fans got angry at the publisher. “Aoyama-sensei is in the hospital and you're still making him work?”, hahaha. Even though it was me who asked to do it.
  
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'''Oda:''' I take them from various places.
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'''Oda:''' Being in the hospital you'd think that I'd rest and relax. Instead I got excited and really wanted to draw, and insisted that just one color page wouldn't hurt me. Being in a serialization is like being chased in a race. Fundamentally there's no such thing as downtime, because deadlines are always around the corner.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' There was a pretty funny one. Sanji, Niji, Ichiji. “For real?”.
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'''– Generally speaking, what are editor meetings like for you two?'''
  
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'''Oda:''' I had been thinking of drawing Sanji’s childhood for some time already, and also had thought of setting up him having one brother, but my daughter was really into ‘Osomatsu-san’ back when I was serializing that part of the story. I want my daughter to like my work, so I tried to compete with the sextuplets by making quadruplets hahaha.
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'''Aoyama:''' They're usually around 2 in the afternoon. The editor comes to my house and for a while we discuss stuff like TV and magazines for a while. Discussions about the manuscripts begin in the evening.
  
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'''How are Readers’ Impressions Dealt With?'''
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'''Oda:''' Your meetings seem to be long!
  
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'''– I’m sure you both receive lots of fan letters from readers every week, but what kind of feedback are you most pleased to receive?'''
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'''Aoyama:''' They sure do! The editor in charge usually comes up with ideas for the culprit's methods, but there are times occasionally where we can't come up with anything. We'll come back around to it the next day in those cases where we end at midnight. A long time ago we'd stay up until dawn coming up with ideas but not so much now that we're older. How do your editorial meetings go?
  
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'''Oda:''' I appreciate any kind of feedback, but I’m especially happy with people who write what they liked about that week’s chapter specifically. “So that’s what you paid attention to”.
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'''Oda:''' All of mine are via phone.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' When I read those comments, I go back to the manga and read those parts. I start to grin and read it over and over while thinking “Oh yeah, that was good”.
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'''Aoyama:''' Wow, voice only?
  
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'''Oda:''' Ah! Have you thought of sending your own fan letters, or have you ever sent one already?
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'''Oda:''' A long time ago we'd meet in person, but before long it just became easier to take notes and speak on the phone. After all, one can tell someone's expressions through their voice, and when listening to the tone you can tell their reactions as to whether they like something or not. Though getting back to me, ours is a continuing project, so we get through the meetings one week at a time with the mentality that we have to clear that week to get to the next one.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Not at all. I think it actually takes a lot of work, but it sounds amazing.
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'''How Long until the Final Chapter?'''
  
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'''Oda:''' Thank you for that.
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'''– Both of your series have reached their critical junctures together. The identity of the Black Organization's 2nd in Command ‘Rum’ has been revealed, and ‘ONE PIECE! has reached its final arc!'''
  
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'''– Every time ‘ONE PIECE’ and ‘Detective Conan’ publish a new chapter, fans are really excited to talk about them. Do you two read your readers’ discussions?'''
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'''Oda:''' Truly at the start I thought ‘ONE PIECE’ would end in five years, and in about a year and a half Luffy's crew of ten would have gathered together. I thought of it like a video game but I was far too naive! It's not that I wanted things to keep getting longer, that's just what ended up happening!!
  
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'''Oda:''' I wanted to talk about this with Aoyama-san, too. It seems that there are a lot of discussion groups recently, right?
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'''Aoyama:''' Same, haha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Ah yes, on the Internet. Like with Youtubers.
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'''Oda:''' Have you thought to yourself “Okay, it’s time for ‘Detective Conan’ to end”?
  
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'''Oda:''' Many people in my series’ discussion groups try to predict future developments of the series. Some of them get stuff right haha, which is why I try not to read many of them hahaha. Do they get stuff right too in a detective series like ‘Detective Conan’?
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'''Aoyama:''' This is between us, but I've already drawn the storyboard of the final chapter.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' They do guess stuff. They’re sometimes pretty quick figuring out things. In the end, it’s just 1 person against millions of people. If they united their knowledge, cases could be solved in less than a day.
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'''Oda:''' What!?
  
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'''Oda:''' Against millions of people! That’s truly impossible hahaha!
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'''Aoyama:''' Maybe I shouldn't have said that? I don't want someone to come and steal it, haha. So as I mentioned earlier, I was in the hospital for a bit once. I got to thinking that people can up and die without warning, so I figured why not draw it? This was about five years ago. So I figured drawing the storyboard wouldn't be a big deal, though for now it's a stand in.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Detective lovers like to guess and think a lot. Many readers guessed Renya Karasuma was the boss of the Black Organization.  
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'''Oda:''' I guess it was just on a whim. But if you actually drew it, at least you were able to do it at your leisure?
  
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'''Oda:''' What do you do in a situation like that? Is it troublesome?
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'''Aoyama:''' You could say that, yeah. It wasn't such a big deal because I've already decided on the major details, but there are arcs and stories I'd have to get to beforehand…
  
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'''Aoyama:''' No, rather I just say “People guessed it, so I’ll reveal it”, and I just reveal it haha. There are still more secrets beyond that, actually. Do you read your readers’ predictions and overturn them, Oda-kun?
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'''Oda:''' How long will it take until the final chapter?
  
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'''Oda:''' Well… There are some things I can change and things I cannot. When reveals are too big, my readers can guess them since I have foreshadowed them all. Due to this I try to come up with the most interesting developments and always go beyond readers’ imaginations. When I started the serialization, my only way to connect with fans was through fan letters. I never thought the world would become the way it is now, with everyone talking about everything on the Internet. If I had known times like this would come, I would have never given hints in the series haha!
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'''Aoyama:''' That's a secret, haha. I might decide to redraw the finale in the future… Hahaha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I see.
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'''Oda:''' I've always pictured what the final chapter of ‘ONE PIECE’ would be like, though from time to time, the situation surrounding it changes. It will still be over whenever the One Piece is found in the series, haha. Anyway, this next arc is the final one.
  
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'''Oda:''' However, I’m sometimes asked if many outside-the-box theories are true or not, and I kind of feel bad for those who come up with them when I inadvertently give some answer. I probably have destroyed lots of ideas everyone was thinking about without knowing what would happen in the future with just a single word. I feel bad about it, so I recently came up with the best answer: “Yes, that’s right”. I think it’s an answer that can be taken either way haha.
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'''Aoyama:''' Seriously? Is it really going to end?
  
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'''Aoyama:''' That’s indeed one way to settle it hahaha.
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'''Oda:''' Yup, to me this is really the final arc.
  
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'''– Foreshadowing moments that are recovered after many years is a common trait of both of your works.'''
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'''– I'm just going to act this flat out. How many years are left until the final chapter?'''
  
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'''Oda:''' When I read ‘Detective Conan’, I was surprised at how tight and solid all the settings were. My approach is a little bit different, since there’s some obvious foreshadowing, but at the same time I have created a lot of voids in the series. This method of leaving various blanks lets me think like, “this point could be connected to this other one this way or that way”. Aside from the exaggerated foreshadowing that happens every few decades, you can also take your time to pick up plot points that have been left pending. If you create reasonings and threads for everything like in ‘Detective Conan’, it will be harder to execute later on!
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'''Oda:''' I'm not sure how many years it will take... I have answered this question so many times already I have lost credibility, so I don't think I should answer, hahaha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Back when I was working on ‘YAIBA’, I used to draw in the same way you describe. People would be really surprised when later on the series I connected parts I left open in the story.
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'''Aoyama:''' Haha yeah I think that too.
  
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'''Oda:''' Yeah, but you work differently now, Aoyama-san.
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'''Oda:''' I shouldn’t really say this out loud, because so far I’ve been pretty off, but I'd personally like to go for three more years.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Now I work with everything firmly in place. ‘Detective Conan’ is a big mystery as a whole.
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'''Aoyama:''' But you don't know for sure. It all depends on how the characters act.
  
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'''– Aoyama-san, when did you start telling your editors about the identity of the Black Organization boss?'''
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'''Oda:''' We're all merely navigators in these stories.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Well, I’m currently with my 13th editor, but I have been telling them about that since I had my 8th editor.
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'''– Oda-san, does your editor know how the story will go up until the end?'''
  
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'''What’s the Secret to Reaching 100 Volumes?'''
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'''Oda:''' I'm on my 11th editor now, but I make it a point to tell every successive editor the entire story from beginning to end. Though it's become a bit of a pain lately, so I've been breaking it up into parts haha. Although some of the particulars change from time to time, the goal remains the same. There have been some outrageous plot twists during the serialization, but the flow of the story has been so rock solid that past editors are surprised. They ask me: “Are you sure you can just do that?”, but then they don't remember anyway, hahaha.
  
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'''– When drawing your series, how are you able to change your mood if you get stuck? Oda-sensei answered previously like this: “I don’t change my mind. I want to keep drawing, so I put myself under a lot of pressure by calling my staff and telling them to wait for me”.'''
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'''Aoyama:''' Hahaha, have you drawn the finale yet, Oda-kun?
  
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'''Oda:''' Isn’t that an interview from a long time ago? Nowadays I need to take way more breaks and I have become quite health-conscious. How do you clear up your mind, Aoyama-san?
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'''Oda:''' I've got notes of all thoughts I've made before they reach a new island, as well as a notebook of the most profound mysteries of ‘ONE PIECE’ that I've created.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I play video games and watch movies. But playing is playing, and work is work. I can’t do anything if I don’t separate those two. I have never been able to do two things at the same time.
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'''Aoyama:''' Maybe I should steal it, haha. Though I've also got my notes on the Akai Family and their resolution, which is about three pages or so? When I get a new editor I let them have a look, but it's so complex they don't remember, so by the time the story reaches the serialization proper they're surprised by the events, despite me not deviating from the notes I showed them. Though well, the finale is already there. When I give that over it'll be in one go.
  
−
'''Oda:''' What games do you play?
+
'''– Do you have any plans for after the final chapters are done?'''
  
−
'''Aoyama:''' ‘Kantai Collection’ and ‘Animal Crossing’. Easy and simple games.
+
'''Oda:''' I'd like to go on a trip and stay at a new place every night.
  
−
'''Oda:''' Don’t you do any physical exercise?
+
'''Aoyama:''' I'd like to move.... Or that’s what I would say, but I also don't want to either. It's probably not much better than Oda-kun’s, but I've got a lot of stuff which makes moving a pain.
  
−
'''Aoyama:''' Nowadays I don’t, but I used to play baseball.
+
'''Oda:''' You wouldn't go on a trip?
  
−
'''Oda:''' Before Coronavirus, I used to gather some friends to play soccer together, but with time I have realized it’s a little too tough of a sport for my body. I also used to be in the soccer club, but I’m so out of shape now I have completely abandoned that career hahaha.
+
'''Aoyama:''' I did once upon a time. I went to London to have a look at the British Museum because ‘Detective Conan’ original manuscripts were exhibited there. I also went to the Vauxhall Bridge to get materials for Mary and Vermouth's showdown there. Though after that, Coronavirus happened.
  
−
'''Aoyama:''' I was in the kendo club, but I don’t move my body as much now. I only go out to buy lunch.
+
'''Oda:''' I want to go overseas and travel to hot springs around the entire world until I die!
  
−
'''Oda:''' We’re a bit unhealthy, aren’t we? I also go out to walk and play ‘Pokémon GO’.
+
'''Aoyama:''' A long time ago, I wanted to go to Brazil to see the World Cup. Though when I was leaving Japan, the passport inspection dude stared at my passport for an uncomfortably long amount of time. I asked him if anything was the matter, and he said “I was worried because I want to keep reading the continuation of ‘Detective Conan’. Please have a safe trip and return.” Like, seriously? Hahaha.
  
−
'''Aoyama:''' Maybe I should start walking too haha.
+
'''Oda:''' He realized who you really are. It is a fairly unusual name… It'd probably be embarrassing to say it out loud in the hospital.
  
−
'''– With serializations this long, how do you figure out when to take breaks?'''
+
'''Aoyama:''' Like someone saying we share the same name, haha. But lately I've been secretly referred to as just “Aoyama-san”.
  
−
'''Aoyama:''' Right now, Conan runs in three-chapter bursts and then takes a break while a spin-off takes its place for a fairly comfortable pace, so I can take about a month to draw the storyboards for a single case.
+
'''Oda:''' My name has become a big deal as of late too, so when at the hospital out of consideration for me, they've been careful in calling me out. Though I was already getting shout-outs when I was only partially famous.
  
−
'''Oda:''' That only works because of the kind of series ‘Detective Conan’ is, right? Haha, people are more accepting in regard to Conan going on break because the case ends beforehand. ‘ONE PIECE’ on the other hand is a constantly progressing story so I can't have long breaks in the same vein as Conan. Nowadays I’m starting to get more breaks from Jump, so I can relax a bit more. Though ultimately one still has to work even when the series is on break, huh?
+
'''– Are there any highlights fans should be on the lookout for going forward?'''
  
−
'''Aoyama:''' Right? I don’t rest at all. If I'm not drawing the manga, then I'm doing work for the movies.
+
'''Aoyama:''' I have to draw a case where Rum once had both of his eyes, as well as how that connects to Akai Shuichi's father Tsutomu. Maybe that'll be interesting for readers, haha.
  
−
'''Oda:''' There's no rest for the weary, is there? Hahaha.
+
'''Oda:''' For me… This is tough to answer. There will be lots to see for sure, but I want readers to be surprised, so I don’t know if I should say it here…
  
−
'''– Do the two of you have any secrets regarding continuing a serialization for more than 100 volumes without taking that many breaks?'''
+
'''Aoyama:''' True.
  
−
'''Aoyama:''' Nope. People ask me about it often, but I honestly don't have any secrets to reveal. How about you, Oda-kun?
+
'''Oda:''' Well, for now, the “past” will be a big deal. Something once happened in the world during the Void Century, which will come to light soon and should prove both fun and interesting. What I find the most fun is when the readers are enjoying themselves. It's truly a ton of fun!
  
−
'''Oda:''' Ditto! To begin with, it's not like it was my intention to surpass 100 volumes.
+
'''– Give us your closing thoughts, please!'''
  
−
'''Aoyama:''' When ‘Detective Conan’ first started I thought it wouldn’t last longer than a volume, but around the second chapter or so, I thought: “It's actually getting popular?”. I was surprised at how it was constantly number one in the rankings. At that point I knew it'd be trouble if I didn't expand on the story more.
+
'''Aoyama:''' I don't want ‘ONE PIECE’ to end before ‘Detective Conan’!!
  
−
'''Oda:''' I've always wanted to end the series. That being said, I also think about how there's so much I still want to or need to draw.
+
'''Oda:''' Ah! That's what I was going to say too, hahaha.
  
−
'''Aoyama:''' I totally get that! There's still so much story left to tell!
+
'''Aoyama:''' Haha, good luck continuing ‘ONE PIECE’...
  
−
'''Oda:''' You're really having a blast, Aoyama-san. I think that's amazing. I've also been told by senior Jump mangaka: “It's incredible you're having so much fun.”
+
'''Oda:''' Well, when the time to end comes, let’s make it exciting!
  
−
'''Aoyama:''' Really? Why's that?
+
'''Aoyama:''' That’d be amazing, haha.
  
−
'''Oda:''' Because everyone is struggling to continue drawing.
+
'''– Thanks for coming today.'''
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'''Aoyama:''' What? Seriously? That can't be right.
+
=== Gosho Aoyama x Mayuko Kanba Special Talk ===
 +
'''Date''': September 28, 2022<br>
 +
'''Published in''': Weekly Shonen Sunday issue 44/2022
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</spoiler>
  
−
'''– So if there is a secret to your success, would it be enjoying what you do?'''
+
= 2023 =
 +
=== Gosho Aoyama x Yoshiharu Habu Special Conversation ===
 +
'''Date''': June 21, 2023<br>
 +
'''Published in''': Weekly Shonen Sunday issue 30/2023
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'''Aoyama:''' Yeah, I think so. The more you enjoy drawing, the faster you want to get to putting out great storyboards.
+
=== Gosho Aoyama x Keigo Higashino Special Talk ===
 +
'''Date''': December 5, 2023<br>
 +
'''Published in''': "This mystery is amazing" magazine, 2024 edition
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−
'''Oda:''' You really love mysteries! Do you ever get tired of drawing different cases?
+
=== Gosho Aoyama Nippon TV Interview ===
−
 
+
'''Date''': December 27, 2023<br>
−
'''Aoyama:''' I do love them. I've loved Sherlock Holmes since I was a child, y'know? Coincidentally, in elementary school I wrote in the graduation album that I wanted to be a mangaka specializing in private detectives.
+
'''Published in''': Nippon TV News Culture Youtube Channel
−
 
+
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−
'''Oda:''' What I love is the times where I freely draw the settings for different islands. Ever since the story entered the Grand Line, I've been free to do whatever I want. Fierce seas in which kingdoms can’t see or interact with each other, or islands with totally different cultures and climates… When the story reaches a new island I illustrate all of that. So if I were asked what I'd want to draw more of, I'd like to be able to draw islands like that unfettered, but I have to take my lifespan into account hahaha.
+
'''Source:''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLQq9Z3uqW8 Video]
−
 
 
−
'''Aoyama:''' Ahh, yeah, there's some similarities to that in ‘Detective Conan’. Like for example, if I want to draw soccer, then I can center a murder case around a soccer player. Though that has to be in the confines of 3 chapters or so. If I had a secret as to how I've been able to continue this long, that might be it. ‘Detective Conan’ allows me to draw whatever I want. For things I like such as baseball, all it takes is finding a good opportunity to center a story around them.
 
−
 
 
−
'''– When the two of you are drawing, which do you think gives you the most trouble? The artwork or the plot?'''
 
−
 
 
−
'''Aoyama:''' Both, probably. Both can be a pain, but they can be fun too, right?
 
−
 
 
−
'''Oda:''' Ohh? For me it's the plot that's troublesome. I never get tired of drawing! After the planning of the storyboards is done then it's all about drawing, so I often find myself wanting to get done with storyboards sooner. I love drawing so I wish I had more time to draw what I want, but even when I don't have a lot of time I manage to make do somehow. It's the storyboards that I'm slow with.
 
−
 
 
−
'''Aoyama:''' I think I was the same way back when I was your age. If not, there's no way I would have been able to keep a schedule with only three hours of sleep. I was a real mess back then and barely made it all in time, compared to now where I can be calm and collected.
 
−
 
 
−
'''Oda:''' Though when not asleep one can keep creating and be successful, right? Meanwhile, it's when one is at rest that they become most anxious.
 
−
 
 
−
'''Aoyama:''' When I was sick and admitted into the hospital I couldn't help but worry. "Is it really okay for me to stop there?” and such.
 
−
 
 
−
'''Oda:''' Yeah, I get you. It gets you totally anxious! I was sick once for a bit, and despite being in the hospital I took my color tools with me and did a color spread from the hospital.
 
−
 
 
−
'''Aoyama:''' It's hard to calm down. Even in my case I asked to draw a special illustration as a gift to Sunday Super readers, and the fans got angry at the publisher. “Aoyama-sensei is in the hospital and you're still making him work?”, hahaha. Even though it was me who asked to do it.
 
−
 
 
−
'''Oda:''' Being in the hospital you'd think that I'd rest and relax. Instead I got excited and really wanted to draw, and insisted that just one color page wouldn't hurt me. Being in a serialization is like being chased in a race. Fundamentally there's no such thing as downtime, because deadlines are always around the corner.
 
−
 
 
−
'''– Generally speaking, what are editor meetings like for you two?'''
 
−
 
 
−
'''Aoyama:''' They're usually around 2 in the afternoon. The editor comes to my house and for a while we discuss stuff like TV and magazines for a while. Discussions about the manuscripts begin in the evening.
 
−
 
 
−
'''Oda:''' Your meetings seem to be long!
 
−
 
 
−
'''Aoyama:''' They sure do! The editor in charge usually comes up with ideas for the culprit's methods, but there are times occasionally where we can't come up with anything. We'll come back around to it the next day in those cases where we end at midnight. A long time ago we'd stay up until dawn coming up with ideas but not so much now that we're older. How do your editorial meetings go?
 
−
 
 
−
'''Oda:''' All of mine are via phone.
 
−
 
 
−
'''Aoyama:''' Wow, voice only?
 
−
 
 
−
'''Oda:''' A long time ago we'd meet in person, but before long it just became easier to take notes and speak on the phone. After all, one can tell someone's expressions through their voice, and when listening to the tone you can tell their reactions as to whether they like something or not. Though getting back to me, ours is a continuing project, so we get through the meetings one week at a time with the mentality that we have to clear that week to get to the next one.
 
−
 
 
−
'''How Long until the Final Chapter?'''
 
−
 
 
−
'''– Both of your series have reached their critical junctures together. The identity of the Black Organization's 2nd in Command ‘Rum’ has been revealed, and ‘ONE PIECE! has reached its final arc!'''
 
−
 
 
−
'''Oda:''' Truly at the start I thought ‘ONE PIECE’ would end in five years, and in about a year and a half Luffy's crew of ten would have gathered together. I thought of it like a video game but I was far too naive! It's not that I wanted things to keep getting longer, that's just what ended up happening!!
 
−
 
 
−
'''Aoyama:''' Same, haha.
 
−
 
 
−
'''Oda:''' Have you thought to yourself “Okay, it’s time for ‘Detective Conan’ to end”?
 
−
 
 
−
'''Aoyama:''' This is between us, but I've already drawn the storyboard of the final chapter.
 
−
 
 
−
'''Oda:''' What!?
 
−
 
 
−
'''Aoyama:''' Maybe I shouldn't have said that? I don't want someone to come and steal it, haha. So as I mentioned earlier, I was in the hospital for a bit once. I got to thinking that people can up and die without warning, so I figured why not draw it? This was about five years ago. So I figured drawing the storyboard wouldn't be a big deal, though for now it's a stand in.
 
−
 
 
−
'''Oda:''' I guess it was just on a whim. But if you actually drew it, at least you were able to do it at your leisure?
 
−
 
 
−
'''Aoyama:''' You could say that, yeah. It wasn't such a big deal because I've already decided on the major details, but there are arcs and stories I'd have to get to beforehand…
 
−
 
 
−
'''Oda:''' How long will it take until the final chapter?
 
−
 
 
−
'''Aoyama:''' That's a secret, haha. I might decide to redraw the finale in the future… Hahaha.
 
−
 
 
−
'''Oda:''' I've always pictured what the final chapter of ‘ONE PIECE’ would be like, though from time to time, the situation surrounding it changes. It will still be over whenever the One Piece is found in the series, haha. Anyway, this next arc is the final one.
 
−
 
 
−
'''Aoyama:''' Seriously? Is it really going to end?
 
−
 
 
−
'''Oda:''' Yup, to me this is really the final arc.
 
−
 
 
−
'''– I'm just going to act this flat out. How many years are left until the final chapter?'''
 
−
 
 
−
'''Oda:''' I'm not sure how many years it will take... I have answered this question so many times already I have lost credibility, so I don't think I should answer, hahaha.
 
−
 
 
−
'''Aoyama:''' Haha yeah I think that too.
 
−
 
 
−
'''Oda:''' I shouldn’t really say this out loud, because so far I’ve been pretty off, but I'd personally like to go for three more years.
 
−
 
 
−
'''Aoyama:''' But you don't know for sure. It all depends on how the characters act.
 
−
 
 
−
'''Oda:''' We're all merely navigators in these stories.
 
−
 
 
−
'''– Oda-san, does your editor know how the story will go up until the end?'''
 
−
 
 
−
'''Oda:''' I'm on my 11th editor now, but I make it a point to tell every successive editor the entire story from beginning to end. Though it's become a bit of a pain lately, so I've been breaking it up into parts haha. Although some of the particulars change from time to time, the goal remains the same. There have been some outrageous plot twists during the serialization, but the flow of the story has been so rock solid that past editors are surprised. They ask me: “Are you sure you can just do that?”, but then they don't remember anyway, hahaha.
 
−
 
 
−
'''Aoyama:''' Hahaha, have you drawn the finale yet, Oda-kun?
 
−
 
 
−
'''Oda:''' I've got notes of all thoughts I've made before they reach a new island, as well as a notebook of the most profound mysteries of ‘ONE PIECE’ that I've created.
 
−
 
 
−
'''Aoyama:''' Maybe I should steal it, haha. Though I've also got my notes on the Akai Family and their resolution, which is about three pages or so? When I get a new editor I let them have a look, but it's so complex they don't remember, so by the time the story reaches the serialization proper they're surprised by the events, despite me not deviating from the notes I showed them. Though well, the finale is already there. When I give that over it'll be in one go.
 
−
 
 
−
'''– Do you have any plans for after the final chapters are done?'''
 
−
 
 
−
'''Oda:''' I'd like to go on a trip and stay at a new place every night.
 
−
 
 
−
'''Aoyama:''' I'd like to move.... Or that’s what I would say, but I also don't want to either. It's probably not much better than Oda-kun’s, but I've got a lot of stuff which makes moving a pain.
 
−
 
 
−
'''Oda:''' You wouldn't go on a trip?
 
−
 
 
−
'''Aoyama:''' I did once upon a time. I went to London to have a look at the British Museum because ‘Detective Conan’ original manuscripts were exhibited there. I also went to the Vauxhall Bridge to get materials for Mary and Vermouth's showdown there. Though after that, Coronavirus happened.
 
−
 
 
−
'''Oda:''' I want to go overseas and travel to hot springs around the entire world until I die!
 
−
 
 
−
'''Aoyama:''' A long time ago, I wanted to go to Brazil to see the World Cup. Though when I was leaving Japan, the passport inspection dude stared at my passport for an uncomfortably long amount of time. I asked him if anything was the matter, and he said “I was worried because I want to keep reading the continuation of ‘Detective Conan’. Please have a safe trip and return.” Like, seriously? Hahaha.
 
−
 
 
−
'''Oda:''' He realized who you really are. It is a fairly unusual name… It'd probably be embarrassing to say it out loud in the hospital.
 
−
 
 
−
'''Aoyama:''' Like someone saying we share the same name, haha. But lately I've been secretly referred to as just “Aoyama-san”.
 
−
 
 
−
'''Oda:''' My name has become a big deal as of late too, so when at the hospital out of consideration for me, they've been careful in calling me out. Though I was already getting shout-outs when I was only partially famous.
 
−
 
 
−
'''– Are there any highlights fans should be on the lookout for going forward?'''
 
−
 
 
−
'''Aoyama:''' I have to draw a case where Rum once had both of his eyes, as well as how that connects to Akai Shuichi's father Tsutomu. Maybe that'll be interesting for readers, haha.
 
−
 
 
−
'''Oda:''' For me… This is tough to answer. There will be lots to see for sure, but I want readers to be surprised, so I don’t know if I should say it here…
 
−
 
 
−
'''Aoyama:''' True.
 
−
 
 
−
'''Oda:''' Well, for now, the “past” will be a big deal. Something once happened in the world during the Void Century, which will come to light soon and should prove both fun and interesting. What I find the most fun is when the readers are enjoying themselves. It's truly a ton of fun!
 
−
 
 
−
'''– Give us your closing thoughts, please!'''
 
−
 
 
−
'''Aoyama:''' I don't want ‘ONE PIECE’ to end before ‘Detective Conan’!!
 
−
 
 
−
'''Oda:''' Ah! That's what I was going to say too, hahaha.
 
−
 
 
−
'''Aoyama:''' Haha, good luck continuing ‘ONE PIECE’...
 
−
 
 
−
'''Oda:''' Well, when the time to end comes, let’s make it exciting!
 
−
 
 
−
'''Aoyama:''' That’d be amazing, haha.
 
−
 
 
−
'''– Thanks for coming today.'''
 
 
</spoiler>
 
</spoiler>
  

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Hints and Extras
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From Gosho
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  "Truth in ..." Keyframe Booklets
  Questions from Shonen Sunday
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Contents

1994

Newtype Magazine "Comic Now" Interview

Date: August 9, 1994
Published in: Newtype Vol. 10, no. 9 (Cover date September 1994)


1997

Detective Conan's Mystery Museum Interview

Date: June 10, 1997


Detective Conan's Mystery Academy Interview

Date: September 10, 1997


1999

Gosho Aoyama's Masterpiece Theatre (Favorite Movies)

Date: April 14, 1999
Published in: Weekly Shonen Sunday, Vol. 41, no. 21 (Cover date April 28, 1999)


2003

Complete Color Works Interview Aoyama x Takayama

Date: May 1, 2003

Conan Drill Official Book Interview

Date: May 1, 2003
Published in: Conan Drill Official Book


2004

Love Conan Interview

Date: March 31, 2004

Conan Vs Kaitou Kid Perfect Edition

Date: April 2, 2004
Published in: Detective Conan vs. Kaitou Kid: Perfect Edition (p. 169)


2005

Unknown Fan Gathering

Note: In a later interview (Gosho Aoyama Interview about the Boss 2017), Gosho denied ever saying this and his editor too said that such an interview never happened. This turned out to be a hoax.


2006

Anime 10 Year Anniversary Interview #1

Date: January 6, 2006
Published in: NTV's website

Asahi Newspaper Interview

Date: January 13, 2006
Published in: Asahi Evening Newspaper
Key Plot Point: Boss's name has already appeared.

Comic-Salon Erlangen, Germany Interview

Date: June 17, 2006
Held at: Press conference at Comic-Salon in Erlangen, Germany

Anime 10 Year Anniversary Interview #2

Date: ?? ,2006
Published in: Yomiuri Television (YTV) website

10 Year Cinema Guide interview

Date: ??, 2006
Published in: ??

Mini Documentary: Secret of Creation

Date: December, 2006


2007

Magic Kaito Volume 4 Interview

Date: March 15, 2007
Published in: Magic Kaito Volume 4

Urusei Yatsura Interview

Date: September 18, 2007
Published in: Urusei Yatsura Volume 21

Akigoro Interview

Date: ??, 2007
Published in: ??


2008

Conan and Kindaichi Files Interview #1

Date: April 10, 2008
Published in: Detective Conan & Kindaichi Case files #1

Otona Fami Interview #1

Date: April 21, 2008
Published in: Otona Fami(Adult Family), June issue


2009

Shonen Sunday Interview #1

Date: March 27, 2009
Published in: Weekly Shonen Sunday #17
no script available

Shonen Sunday 50th Anniversary Interview

Date: July 15, 2009
Published in: Shonen Sunday 1983 (A special issue commemorating Sunday's 50 years of publishing.)

Conan and Lupin Interview #1

Date: ??, 2009
Published in: ??


2010

Gundam Ace Interview

Date: January 26, 2010
Published in: Gundam Ace March issue

Otona Fami Interview #2

Date: April 20, 2010
Published in: Otona Fami (Adult Family), June issue

Masters Of Manga Interview

Date: July 6, 2010
Published in: Masters of Manga


2011

Otona Fami Interview #3

Date: April 20, 2011
Published in: Otona Fami (Adult Family), June issue

Mystery Magazine Interview

Date: April 25, 2011
Published in: Mystery Magazine, June issue

Nihon Uiversity College of Art Lecture Interview

Date: 26 June, 2011

Club Sunday Interview

Date: October 28, 2011

Magic Kaitou Treasured Editions: Playback Episode Interviews

Published in: Magic Kaitou Treasured Editions released throughout 2011


2012

Monthly BLT Interview

Date April 24, 2012
Published in: Monthly BLT, June issue

Sankei News Interview

Date: June 23, 2012

Gosho's True Intentions Interview

Date: November, 2012


2013

Movie 17 Interview with Aoyama Gosho and Shibasaki Kou

Date: April, 2013

Otona Fami Interview #4

Date: June 2013

Shonen Sunday Special Booklet

Date: July 17, 2013

Shonen Sunday Lupin Vs Conan Secret Report

Date: November 20, 2013

Lupin the Third VS Detective Conan: Money Punch and Aoyama Gosho Interview

Date: December 04, 2013

Monkey Punch and Gosho Aoyama Special Talk

Date: ???, 2013
Published in: Official website of "Lupin the Third VS Detective Conan The Movie"


2014

Monthly Conan Newspaper 2014

Date: March, 2014 (Part 1) and April, 2014 (Part 2)
Published in: Monthly Conan Newspaper, March and April edition

AnimeAnime Interview

Date: (before) April 18, 2014

Da Vinci Interviews

Date: May, 2014
Published in: da Vinci magazine, May issue

Detective Conan Character Visual Book Interviews

Date: September, 2014

Otona Fami Interview #5

Date: November 20, 2013
Published in: Otona Fami (Adult Family), January issue of 2014


2016

Gosho Aoyama X Yomuri Giants' Hayato Sakamoto

Date: March 16, 2016
Published in: Shonen Sunday #16

CimemaToday Movie 20 interview

Date: April 14, 2016

Animedia Interview

Date: May 10, 2016
Published in: Animedia, June issue

Asahi Newspaper Interview

Date: July 16, 2016

Gosho Singapore visit Interview

Date: November 12-13, 2016
Held at: Singapore Writers Festival, Singapore

Akai and Amuro Secret Files Voice Actors Interview

Date: November 29, 2016

20th Anniversary DVD collection guidebook interviews

Complete Color Works Interview

20 Year Cinema Guide interviews



2017

Movie 21 Guidebook Interviews

Date: April 12, 2017
Published in: Movie 21 Guidebook

News Zero Interview

Date: Mid April, 2017

Heiji and Kazuha Secret Archives Interviews

Date: May 9, 2017
Published in:

Gosho NHK Interview

Date: June, 2017
Published in:

Magic Kaito Vol 5 Playback Episode

Date: July 18, 2017
Published in:

Gosho Aoyama 30 Years Anniversary Book

Date: October 16, 2017
Raw Images

Raw Text
Source: https://www.sbsub.com/posts/aoyama-30years/

Some Translation info

Interview with Detective Conan Producer Michihiko Suwa

Date: November 11, 2017

Gosho Aoyama Interview about the Boss

Date: November 30, 2017
Published in: Shonen Sunday Webry



2018

Shinichi and Ran Secret Archives VA interviews

Date: January 16, 2018

Movie 22 Guidebook Interview

Date: March 31, 2018

Interview on News Zero

Date: April 11, 2018

Takarakuzu College Interview

Date: April 15, 2018
Held at: Takarakuza College

"Truth in Zero" Booklet

Date: April 24, 2018

Amuro Toru/Bourbon/Furuya Rei Secret Archives PLUS

Date: May 7, 2018

Special Conan Movie Staff interview

Date: May 23, 2018
Published in: Shonen Sunday Super

Da Vinci Magazine 2018 interview

Date: December 6, 2018
Published in: Da Vinci Magazine, January 2019 issue


2019

Nagasaki Newspaper New Years short interview

Date: January 1, 2019

Ai Haibara Secret Archives Interview

Date: January 18, 2019

Kappei Yamaguchi M23 interview

Date: April 2, 2019

Aoyama Gosho x Mitsuru Adachi Interview

The interview was split into 3 parts and published in 3 magazines.
Date: April 3, April 11, April 12, 2019

Da Vinci Magazine Cross Talk and Interviews

Date: April 5, 2019

NTV Interview

Date: Filmed March 13, Aired April 6, 2019

Cinema Guide 2019 Interview

Date: April 10, 2019

CUT Magazine Interviews

Date: April 19, 2019

Gosho Interview on 1周回って知らない話 (Tv Show)

Date: April 24, 2019

Anime Style Magazine Interview

Date: April 30th, 2019

Animedia Movie staff and character Interviews June issue

Date: May 10th, 2019

2020

Da Vinci Magazine 2020 Interview

Date: May 7, 2020
Published in: Da Vinci magazine, June 2020 issue

"This mystery is amazing!" Interview

Date: December 2020
Published in: "This mystery is amazing" magazine, 2021 edition

2021

ZIP Interview

Date: Aired on March 25, 2021

Da Vinci Magazine 2021 Interview

Date: April 6, 2021
Published in: Da Vinci Magazine, May 2021 issue

Movie 24 Production Staff Interview Collection

Date: April 22, 2021
Published in: https://www.kitkat-nelfei.com/2021/04/detective-conan-movie-scarlet-bullet.html

Shuichi, Masumi, Shukichi, and Mary Secret Archieves Interview

Date: May 18, 2021

Kappei Yamaguchi Volume 100 Interview

Date: October 13, 2021
Published in: Weekly Shonen Sunday issue 46/2021

Wakana Yamazaki Volume 100 Interview

Date: October 20, 2021
Published in: Weekly Shonen Sunday issue 47/2021

Megumi Hayashibara Volume 100 Interview

Date: October 25, 2021
Published in: Weekly Shonen Sunday S issue 12/2021

Minami Takayama Volume 100 Interview

Date: October 27, 2021
Published in: Weekly Shonen Sunday issue 48/2021

[世界はまんがで出来ている]Tokyo FM Volume 100 Special Interview - Featuring Detective Conan's Editor-In Charge, Gosho Aoyama, Takahiro Arai, and Mayuko Kanba

Date: October 23, 2021 and October 30, 2021

2022

Gosho Aoyama x Takahiro Arai Special Talk

Date: April 1, 2022 & April 7, 2022
Published in: Weekly Shonen Sunday issue 18/2022 & issue 19/2022

Gosho Aoyama x Eiichiro Oda OVER 100 Miracle Talk

Date: July 25, 2022 & July 27, 2022
Published in: Weekly Shonen Jump issue 34/2022 & Weekly Shonen Sunday issue 35/2022

Gosho Aoyama x Mayuko Kanba Special Talk

Date: September 28, 2022
Published in: Weekly Shonen Sunday issue 44/2022

2023

Gosho Aoyama x Yoshiharu Habu Special Conversation

Date: June 21, 2023
Published in: Weekly Shonen Sunday issue 30/2023

Gosho Aoyama x Keigo Higashino Special Talk

Date: December 5, 2023
Published in: "This mystery is amazing" magazine, 2024 edition

Gosho Aoyama Nippon TV Interview

Date: December 27, 2023
Published in: Nippon TV News Culture Youtube Channel

See Also

References

  1. ^ https://yesyunniechan.tumblr.com/post/149893527591/mystery-museum-interview-97-english-123 Part 1
  2. ^ https://yesyunniechan.tumblr.com/post/149940982821/end-mystery-museum-interview-97-english-4-5
  3. ^ https://yesyunniechan.tumblr.com/post/150147160606/love-conan-interview-2004-english
  4. ^ https://yesyunniechan.tumblr.com/post/150232943761/conan-vs-kaito-kid-perfect-edition-interview
  5. ^ https://yesyunniechan.tumblr.com/post/150234936186/urusei-yatsura-volume-21-interview-2007
  6. ^ https://yesyunniechan.tumblr.com/post/150517368956/2007s-autumn-interview-english-translation
  7. ^ https://forums.dctp.ws/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13033&start=15
  8. ^ https://forums.dctp.ws/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13033&start=15
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