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Rinshi!!
[00:00] ---
Ekoda-chan
[00:04] Ekoda
I'm having a side dish of saury today.
My plan is to salt it and grill it.
[00:08] Ekoda
Before I cook it, I mess about with it a little
to find out what it's like to own a pet.
[00:13] Ekoda
"Aw, don't bite me!" Stuff like that.
[00:16] Ekoda
"Birds of prey."
[00:17] ME
Look, a birdie!
[00:19] ME
This kitty's so cute!
[00:20] ME
A bear! Yay!
[00:22] Ekoda
Is she an animal lover?
[00:24] ME
It's a moo cow!
[00:25] Ekoda
No, something about this
scene suggests otherwise.
[00:29] Ekoda
Or is it just me?
[00:31] News
This is Tanaka-san, who grows
flowers on his property every year.
[00:35] Tanaka
I want to cheer up everyone
who passes my garden.
[00:38] Ekoda
I feel you.
[00:39] News
Being a newscaster must be tough.
[00:42] Bird
It is, but I try to make everyone happy,
and do my job with a smile on my face.
[00:45] Ekoda
I sorta feel you, I guess.
[00:47] Idols
With our cheerful singing and dancing...
[00:49] Idols
...we wanna help everyone dream!
[00:51] Idols
So we're gonna sing!
[00:52] Idols
Meow, meow, meow.
[00:55] Ekoda
Is that really how it works? I'm not convinced.
[00:58] Sis
Hey, I know my business better
than anyone, so don't butt in.
[01:03] Ekoda
My big sis sounds like she knows everything.
[01:05] Ekoda
But does she really?
[01:08] Ekoda
After all, my sister has yet to realize...
[01:11] Ekoda
...she's been eating in her sleep.
[01:14] Ekoda
I bought a dog carrier
at the second-hand store.
[01:18] ME
D'you think it's a kitty? Or a puppy?
[01:20] ME
Can I take a peek?
[01:22] Ekoda
Trying to flaunt your cute side, huh?
[01:25] Ekoda
It won't work this time.
[01:26] Ekoda
Tell me, little bird of prey:
how are you going to react to this?
[01:31] Horse
What was in there?
[01:32] ME
The cutest little purse you've ever seen!
[01:34] Ekoda
Those birds of prey! They score
top marks for cuteness every time!
[01:38] Ekoda
I concede defeat.
[01:39] Sam
Ah, wholesome Japanese high schoolers.
[01:42] Sam
They must be about 15 or 16.
[01:45] Sam
By the time they get to my age,
some of them will be in college,
[01:49] Sam
most will be married, and a few
will have headed off overseas.
[01:53] Sam
And one or two... will have died.
[01:56] Ekoda
Do you have some beef with
Japanese high school girls?
[01:59] Ekoda
Um, I'd like a cheeseburger, hold the pickles.
[02:03] Clerk
Right. One cheeseburger, hold the cheese.
[02:05] Ekoda
She misheard me!
[02:07] Ekoda
Uh, actually...
[02:08] Clerk
Okay, so that's a cheeseburger without cheese...
[02:12] Clerk
Wait, that's just a regular hamburger.
[02:14] Ekoda
Talk about realizing you're
wrong but not knowing why.
[02:19] Friend
I don't have any sexual proclivities.
[02:21] Friend
I don't know if I'm dominant or submissive,
or if there are any fetishes I'm into.
[02:25] Friend
And I'm hopeless at talking dirty.
[02:27] Ekoda
There's nothing wrong with that.
[02:29] Friend
But I don't like not knowing these things.
[02:31] Friend
So I bought some rope just to try it out,
[02:33] Friend
and before tying myself up with it,
I decided to boil it so it'd soften up a bit,
[02:37] Friend
but my dad lifted up the lid,
thinking it was oden.
[02:40] Friend
Ever since, it's been awkward between us.
[02:42] Ekoda
I'm not sure which bit of that
you want me to comment on.
[02:46] Ekoda
Ekoda-chan's rules for doodling.
[02:48] Ekoda
Draw a fish on rice omelets.
[02:49] Ekoda
Footprints in the condensation.
[02:51] Ekoda
And... on your knees, draw faces.
[02:54] Ekoda
It's been so long, knees!
[02:57] Ekoda
It's a great way to spend an evening
when your nerves are frazzled.
[03:33] Narrator
They say that ten different people
produce ten different versions.
SIGN Ten Versions
SIGN Ten People
[03:37] Narrator
But what if there were new Ekoda-chans?
SIGN Sugii
Gisaburo
SIGN Takahashi
Ryosuke
SIGN Daichi Akitaro
SIGN Mochizuki
Tomomi
SIGN Misawa Shin
SIGN Takahashi Takeo
SIGN Yonetani
Yoshitomo
SIGN Kobayashi
Osamu
SIGN Kojima
Masayuki
SIGN Shigino Akira
SIGN Nagahama Hiroshi
SIGN Morimoto Koji
SIGN 12 Women
SIGN 12 Versions!?
[03:43] Narrator
12 women, 12 versions?!
SIGN Over the course of the next 12 episodes of the anime "Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan,"
we'll be checking in with the directors of each episode, and the voice
actress portraying Ekoda-chan!!
[03:46] Narrator
Over the course of the next 12 episodes
of the anime "Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan,"
[03:49] Narrator
we'll be checking in with
the directors of each episode,
[03:52] Narrator
and the voice actress
portraying Ekoda-chan.
[03:54] Narrator
This time, we unveil the director
of Episode 3: Shigino Akira,
SIGN Director
SIGN Shigino Akira
[03:59] Narrator
and Ekoda-chan's VA: Tatsumi Yuiko!
SIGN Playing Ekoda-chan
SIGN Tatsumi Yuiko
[04:01] Narrator
In Episode 3, to everyone's shock,
all the characters were animals!
SIGN Episode 3's Ekoda-chan
SIGN Tatsumi Yuiko
SIGN Episode 3's Director
SIGN Shigino Akira
[04:05] Narrator
Ekoda-chan as a bunny?!
[04:07] Narrator
We'll find out the director's
reasoning behind the change!
[04:10] Narrator
"Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan" special feature:
The Director and Ekoda-chan's Naked Chat!
SIGN Rinshi!! Ekoda-Chan
SIGN The Director and Ekoda -chan's
SIGN The Director and Ekoda -chan's
SIGN The Director and Ekoda -chan's
SIGN The Director and Ekoda -chan's
SIGN The Director and Ekoda -chan's
SIGN Naked Chat
SIGN Naked Chat
SIGN Naked Chat
[04:15] Narrator
We're baring all for you!
SIGN Shigino Akira
[04:17] Akira
Well, I generally don't turn
down a lot of work,
SIGN The reason the director accepted the job
SIGN Shigino Akira x Tatsumi Yuiko
SIGN Shigino Akira
SIGN Rinshi!!
Ekoda-Chan:
The Director
and
Ekoda-chan's
Naked
Chat
SIGN Episode 3's Director
Shigino Akira
SIGN Episode 2's Ekoda-san
Tatsumi Yuiko
[04:22] Akira
but I actually read the
manga, back in the day.
[04:25] Kataoka
I see.
[04:26] Akira
And I remember thinking
it was interesting.
[04:31] Akira
But I imagine, if I'd never read it,
[04:35] Akira
I might've had doubts about
whether I could adapt it properly.
[04:40] Akira
But I had read it.
[04:42] Akira
So I figured it could be fun.
[04:45] Akira
And when I heard it was a short-form anime,
SIGN Project/Production
Manager
Kataoka Yoshiro
[04:47] Akira
with 12 different directors working on it...
[04:49] Kataya
Right.
[04:50] Akira
I thought that was interesting, too.
[04:52] Akira
It feels like it's been a while
since I was actually at a recording.
SIGN Looking back on today's recording session
[04:56] Akira
So that was fun, too.
[04:58] Akira
Since I turned the
characters into animals,
[05:02] Akira
I was curious how it'd turn out
when it came time to record.
[05:07] Akira
Yeah.
[05:08] Yuiko
Let's see...
[05:09] Yuiko
Well, since it's only a five-minute run-time,
[05:14] Yuiko
there weren't a whole lot
of actual lines to record.
[05:18] Yuiko
But I was struck by how different
it was from the source material.
[05:23] Yuiko
And because of that difference in tone,
[05:25] Yuiko
deciding how to voice her
was more spur-of-the-moment.
[05:29] Yuiko
That was the main feeling I got.
[05:32] Yuiko
And the lack of direction
I got also surprised me.
[05:37] Yuiko
I got nothing from the
director or the audio director.
[05:39] Yuiko
So I'm actually sitting here
feeling kinda nervous about it all.
[05:44] Yuiko
But it was a lot of fun!
[05:45] Yuiko
It was so much fun, but I'm still sorta
nervous about how it'll turn out.
[05:48] Yuiko
I've been looking forward
to hearing how it was taken.
[05:51] Kataoka
Well, she's different
from the manga version.
[05:53] Kataoka
No kidding. She really is!
[05:56] Yuiko
I read the manga a lot before
showing up to the recording,
[05:58] Yuiko
so when I saw the video, I was like,
"Wait, what? This is totally different!"
[06:03] Yuiko
So I'm not sure my response
to that was the right one...
[06:06] Yuiko
But I tried to give the
best performance I could.
SIGN Behind the scenes stories
from Episode 3 of the
"Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan" anime
SIGN Shigino Akira
[06:14] Akira
Well, she's almost always
naked in the original manga.
SIGN The reason behind turning the cast into animals
SIGN Shigino Akira
SIGN Shigino Akira x Tatsumi Yuiko
[06:19] Akira
But this is TV, and there are
certain things you just can't show.
[06:24] Akira
So instead of using mosaics or something
similarly ugly to cover up the "naughty" bits,
[06:32] Akira
I figured nakedness wasn't
an issue if she was an animal.
[06:36] Akira
That's basically why.
[06:37] Yuiko
I see!
[06:38] Yuiko
So that explains why she was a bunny...
[06:39] Akira
And then...
[06:41] Akira
Actually, all the characters are naked.
[06:42] Yuiko
Right, everyone in the episode is naked.
[06:43] Kataoka
So they are.
[06:46] Kataoka
That's true.
[06:47] Yuiko
I get it now.
[06:48] Kataoka
Animals do walk around naked, after all.
[06:50] Akira
Right.
[06:51] Yuiko
That's such an interesting
way of looking at it.
SIGN What you thought after seeing the animal version of "Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan" for the first time
[06:53] Akira
I didn't predict her transforming
into an animal because of the nudity,
[06:58] Akira
but since the change made
it seem more kid-friendly,
[07:02] Akira
I sorta thought that
was how it should sound.
[07:05] Akira
The art style really gave
me that impression.
[07:07] Akira
But the actual content
is the same as in the manga.
[07:09] Yuiko
Right, exactly! The scenarios
themselves didn't change.
[07:12] Yuiko
There's actually something
I was curious about.
[07:15] Yuiko
There are so many strips. What made
you adapt these particular ones?
[07:19] Akira
Well...
SIGN The reasons behind which strips got chosen for adaptation
in Episode 3 of the "Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan" anime
SIGN Shigino Akira
SIGN I just picked out the ones I found funny.
[07:23] Yuiko
I see. As straightforward as that?
[07:25] Akira
Yeah.
[07:27] Yuiko
That makes sense.
[07:28] Akira
I mean, sometimes, when
the author's a woman,
[07:31] Akira
there are things men have
trouble understanding.
[07:36] Akira
And I wanted to avoid those strips,
because I wouldn't know how to approach them,
[07:42] Akira
so I picked out ones that spoke to me.
[07:44] Akira
And since I mostly do comedies,
[07:47] Akira
I wanted ones that a wider
audience would find funny.
[07:52] Akira
So I chose the strips that
worked for me in that sense,
[07:55] Akira
and they're the ones I ended up using.
[07:59] Akira
If I don't personally find something funny,
I have trouble knowing what to do with it.
[08:03] Akira
And I also wanted to have a selection
of characters to bring balance.
[08:08] Akira
So her sister is in it, and Sam's in there,
[08:11] Akira
and I thought about adding her boyfriend in,
but we didn't have enough run-time for that.
[08:16] Akira
The part where the crab walks past...
[08:18] Yuiko
Oh, I remember that!
[08:20] Akira
I would've liked to have done that one.
[08:23] Akira
So it's a bit of a shame.
[08:24] Kataoka
When you look at Maa-kun and Sam...
[08:26] Kataoka
There are a lot of funny guys in the manga.
[08:27] Yuiko
You're so right!
[08:28] Yuiko
The guy who follows her around, too.
[08:30] Kataoka
Right.
[08:30] Yuiko
Ekoda-chan kinda has this free-spirited
approach to her relationships with men.
SIGN On how "Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan" feels more friendly
as a result of everyone becoming animals
SIGN Shigino Akira
[08:35] Yuiko
There are plenty of examples
of that in the manga, right?
[08:37] Yuiko
So that tends to spring to mind when I think
about it. It leaves a strong impression.
[08:42] Yuiko
And the way this episode glosses over that,
[08:45] Yuiko
and instead, serves up these warm,
conventional kind of jokes...
[08:47] Yuiko
There's something about that...
I'm not sure how to put it...
[08:51] Yuiko
It makes it feel a bit surreal,
and I really loved that about it.
SIGN Difficulties in recording
[08:55] Yuiko
Let's see, what difficulties did we face?
[08:58] Yuiko
The pace was one thing. It was so fast.
[09:01] Yuiko
I mean, it's only five minutes,
so it's just beat after beat after beat,
[09:05] Yuiko
with the story changing
from one moment to the next.
[09:07] Yuiko
It felt like I was struggling to keep up.
[09:12] Yuiko
That's the main thing, yeah.
[09:15] Kataoka
Was there anything you particularly
focused on in your performance?
SIGN Things you paid special attention to, as Ekoda-chan
SIGN Shigino Akira
[09:18] Yuiko
Let's see...
[09:20] Yuiko
Well, instead of trying to stick
closer to the original Ekoda-chan...
[09:25] Yuiko
The one from the manga, I mean,
which I read before coming in...
[09:28] Yuiko
I wanted to try to match the art style,
and the atmosphere of each segment.
[09:34] Yuiko
That's what I decided on seeing them.
[09:35] Yuiko
And that was one bit of direction I got.
[09:38] Yuiko
And I realized, "Oh, right."
[09:40] Yuiko
So what we ended up recording today,
[09:43] Yuiko
the voice that's going
to be in the final product,
[09:47] Yuiko
is what we came up with on the day.
[09:48] Yuiko
It sounded totally different
when I was practicing at home.
[09:51] Yuiko
And I was a little anxious about
how different it turned out.
[09:56] Akira
Sorry about that.
[09:57] Yuiko
Oh, it's totally fine!
[09:58] Yuiko
I was just curious how it turned out,
[10:01] Yuiko
since there wasn't a lot of direction.
[10:04] Yuiko
I got kinda nervous about it...
[10:06] Director
Well, giving lots of specific directions...
[10:10] Director
I mean, I personally don't like that approach.
[10:12] Yuiko
Yeah, but with the other characters...
[10:15] Yuiko
There were quite a lot of retakes for them.
[10:21] Director
Oh, that's a separate issue.
[10:24] Akira
Color, I'd say. I mean, hm. Yeah.
SIGN Things you pay special attention to, as a director
[10:28] Akira
I have to admit, I don't really
like using a huge palette...
[10:35] Akira
Although, the color gets added
after the voice recording,
[10:37] Akira
so we're talking about future stuff here.
[10:40] Akira
But that's the way I like to go with it.
[10:41] Akira
A long time ago, in kids' magazines,
[10:45] Akira
they had pages that were
printed using only four colors.
[10:49] Akira
I want this to have that kind of look to it.
[10:53] Akira
Not bursting with every color under the sun,
but with a sort of cohesion to it.
[11:02] Akira
Something about that
limited palette is soothing.
[11:07] Akira
There are less distractions for the eye.
SIGN Focusing on backgrounds
[11:09] Akira
Something I realized about
backgrounds on "Osomatsu-kun"
[11:14] Akira
was how the backgrounds in
Akatsuka-san's manga were really just lines.
[11:19] Akira
So they're just symbolic, really.
[11:21] Akira
Ever since then, I've felt like, all
backgrounds need to do is get the idea across.
[11:25] Kataoka
I understand what you mean.
[11:26] Akira
A lot of times when I see more
realistic backgrounds nowadays,
[11:29] Akira
I think to myself that it doesn't really work.
[11:32] Akira
Other than that, one of my
favorite background artists
[11:37] Akira
is a woman who did the
backgrounds on "Shizuku-chan."
[11:44] Akira
So when I was doing the "Shin-chan" movie,
[11:47] Akira
I found out the company she was working
at did stuff for the "Shin-chan" TV series,
[11:52] Akira
so I asked her to head up
the art side of things.
[11:57] Akira
We came up with this sort of...
strange setting for it.
[12:01] Akira
And she's good at that, and
giving it a personality of sorts.
SIGN Regarding the 12 Directors and 12 Ekoda-chans
[12:04] Akira
With 12 directors, you get lots of variation...
[12:06] Yuiko
Yeah, that totally makes sense.
[12:07] Akira
Different background artists, too.
[12:08] Kataoka
More than anything I've done before,
this project has really made me appreciate
[12:12] Kataoka
the role the director plays
in the production of a show.
[12:16] Kataoka
It's incredible how many different tools
you have to expand your own interpretation.
[12:21] Kataoka
And it results in an animation style
no one else would come up with.
[12:25] Akira
I think it's rather flattering
[12:28] Akira
that I was chosen as one of the 12 directors.
[12:28] Yuiko
Right!
[12:30] Yuiko
You did a great job!
[12:30] Kataoka
Nobody else would've thought of animals.
[12:32] Yuiko
You're on a whole other level!
[12:34] Yuiko
No one else would've come up with that.
[12:36] Yuiko
I was so surprised!
[12:36] Kataoka
Especially considering how cute they are.
[12:38] Yuiko
Right!
[12:39] Yuiko
To think that something that looks like
this could've been inspired by Ekoda-chan...
[12:43] Akira
Well, there are 12 voice actresses, too.
[12:45] Yuiko
Oh, yeah, and they'll all have
their own take on the character.
[12:48] Akira
People might compare...
[12:49] Yuiko
Ah, don't say that!
[12:50] Yuiko
I think, because the content is
so different for each episode,
SIGN After the break,
we'll talk about the characters
in "Rinshi!! Ekoda-Chan"
[12:53] Yuiko
I'm not as worried as
I would be otherwise.
[12:56] Yuiko
"Well, of course! It's meant to be different!"
[12:59] Yuiko
That's what I'll say.
SIGN Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan
SIGN The Director and
Ekoda -chan's
Naked Chat
SIGN Episode 3's Ekoda-chan
SIGN Tatsumi Yuiko
SIGN Episode 3's Director
SIGN Shigino Akira
SIGN Rinshi!!
Ekoda-Chan:
The Director
and
Ekoda-chan's
Naked
Chat
[13:06] Narrator
In the first half, we chatted about how
Ekoda-chan had been turned into a bunny!
[13:10] Narrator
In the second half,
we'll hear what they thought
[13:13] Narrator
about the various characters
in "Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan."
[13:16] Narrator
Not only that, we'll hear about when
Director Shigino was 24 years old.
SIGN The characters of
"Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan"
SIGN Shigino Akira
[13:25] Question
Your favorite lines from "Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan"
SIGN Shigino Akira x Tatsumi Yuiko
SIGN Shigino Akira
[13:25] Yuiko
Well, it wasn't actually one of my lines.
[13:30] Yuiko
But out of all the
characters, I like Sam a lot.
[13:34] Kataoka
Sam?
[13:35] Yuiko
He's the foreign guy.
[13:36] Yuiko
I really like it when he
shows up in the manga.
[13:39] Yuiko
And when I saw the line: "And one
or two... will have died," in the script,
[13:42] Yuiko
I was like, "There it is!"
I got a bit excited about that.
SIGN Favorite stories from the original "Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan" manga
[13:45] Yuiko
I like how Ekoda-chan's kind of...
What do I want to say?
[13:51] Yuiko
She doesn't think things through,
she's just spontaneous,
[13:54] Yuiko
and often, things don't work out
like she thought they would.
[13:57] Yuiko
I can seriously relate to that.
[14:00] Yuiko
She did this one thing that I'd done in real
life myself, and it made me laugh hard.
[14:04] Yuiko
It was at a time when
I'd gotten tired of eating hotpot.
[14:07] Yuiko
I was just putting kelp and stock in,
[14:09] Yuiko
and since I had it all the time,
I was getting bored of it.
[14:12] Yuiko
So I tried to liven it up with some miso,
but it just became miso soup.
[14:16] Yuiko
And she literally did the same thing!
[14:19] Yuiko
"Oh, maybe it'd be tasty with some miso in it!"
[14:21] Yuiko
But then, it's seriously just
miso soup! A big pot full of it!
[14:24] Yuiko
I remember how depressed it made me.
[14:26] Yuiko
When I saw her do it, too,
I was just like, "Wow, same."
[14:31] Yuiko
It really made me realize I'm not
alone in doing really goofy things.
SIGN The character of "Big Sis"
[14:36] Akira
Her sister is really cute.
[14:39] Akira
Though, I really wanted to make her
take a long drag on a cigarette.
[14:42] Kataoka
Right, right.
[14:43] Yuiko
That didn't work.
[14:43] Akira
But y'know, it's anime, so I figured, maybe not.
[14:45] Yuiko
It was a selfie instead.
[14:46] Kataoka
We were asked not to use cigarettes,
[14:49] Kataoka
so we went with the smartphone, instead.
[14:51] Kataoka
I think out of all the characters,
her sister is the simplest to understand.
[14:55] Kataoka
The "bird of prey" is much
harder by comparison.
SIGN The "bird of prey" archetype
[14:59] Kataoka
The "bird of prey" is a hard one.
[15:01] Kataoka
The idea that such girls exist...
[15:03] Kataoka
I mean, I believe people when say they've
met one, but I've never met one, personally.
[15:08] Kataoka
Do they actually exist?
[15:10] Yuiko
"Birds of prey"?
[15:12] Yuiko
Well, there are these women
[15:13] Yuiko
who are loved by everyone, aren't there?
[15:14] Akira
And those are "birds of prey"?
[15:16] Yuiko
I'm not sure if they really are, or if
that's just how Ekoda-chan sees them.
[15:19] Yuiko
The thing is, the "birds of prey" Ekoda-chan
talks about aren't doing anything wrong.
[15:23] Yuiko
The way they sorta... just pretend
to be airheads, you know?
[15:27] Yuiko
I don't know if that's an
outdated way of putting it!
[15:31] Yuiko
But the way they do that, and then,
treat other women with contempt...
[15:34] Yuiko
That's a horrible trait you see
a lot in that type of woman,
[15:39] Yuiko
but for Ekoda-chan,
the "bird of prey" isn't like that.
[15:42] Yuiko
Which actually makes
Ekoda-chan more frustrated!
[15:45] Yuiko
But I really like how
she gets all sensitive about it.
[15:49] Kataoka
Ekoda-chan's reaction, you mean?
[15:50] Yuiko
Right!
[15:50] Yuiko
Like, it irritates her, but she
can't actually get mad about it.
[15:53] Yuiko
I really like that about her.
[15:55] Kataoka
Her "let's steer clear of this" attitude?
[15:57] Yuiko
Right, right! That's it exactly.
[15:59] Kataoka
How she doesn't want to pick a fight,
[16:00] Yuiko
Right, right! Precisely.
[16:01] Kataoka
but also wants nothing to do with them.
[16:02] Yuiko
In the manga, she says she doesn't
want to turn into one of them.
[16:07] Akira
The funniest part with the "bird of prey"
[16:09] Akira
was when she was going,
"Look, a birdie! Look, a kitty!"
[16:13] Akira
Then, "It's a moo cow!"
while she's eating beef.
[16:17] Akira
Something about that really
made her a figure of fun for me.
[16:21] Yuiko
The guy she was with... Was he a horse?
SIGN He's a dog
[16:23] Yuiko
Some sort of... horsey boyfriend?
[16:23] Akira
I think it was a dog.
[16:25] Yuiko
So he was a dog?
[16:27] Yuiko
The way he just grins the whole time...
That left an impression.
[16:32] Kataoka
His neck seemed long for a dog.
[16:34] Akira
Oh, was he a horse, then?
[16:36] Yuiko
I kinda thought he was.
[16:37] Akira
The characters were all
designed by the same person.
[16:39] Yuiko
Oh, that's how it was done?
[16:41] Yuiko
There are lots of different animals.
[16:43] Akira
I think I asked for a dog
when I laid out what I wanted.
[16:45] Yuiko
I see...
[16:46] Yuiko
Well, maybe it's in the eye of the beholder.
SIGN Is there anything about the characters you relate to?
[16:49] Kataoka
I tend not to overthink things,
[16:52] Kataoka
and I usually think, as long
as it's funny, anything goes.
[16:57] Kataoka
But the thing about having a woman
as the protagonist, it's kinda...
[17:02] Kataoka
I know how this might sound to some,
[17:05] Kataoka
but when it's something like
"Ashita no Joe," it's easier to empathize.
[17:09] Kataoka
But when it's a female main character...
[17:11] Yuiko
I know what you mean.
[17:12] Akira
First of all, I find it hard to
believe she's naked all the time.
[17:16] Akira
That's one thing I can't identify with, at all.
[17:18] Yuiko
So you basically have trouble
with the whole premise!
[17:21] Akira
I don't think I'd like someone like that.
[17:23] Akira
I definitely wouldn't want to
be in a relationship with her.
[17:25] Akira
I mean, being butt naked
at home all the time...
[17:28] Kataoka
Well, there are nudists out there.
[17:30] Akira
Well, yes, but even so...
[17:31] Akira
I don't think most men are nudists.
[17:32] Kataoka
Yeah, I agree with that.
[17:34] Yuiko
So there are more women nudists?
[17:34] Kataoka
You always have drawers on at least...
[17:36] Akira
I mean, you've got to have underwear on.
[17:39] Yuiko
Yeah, I've never heard of anything like it.
[17:42] Akira
So because of that...
[17:43] Akira
It's like, the first thing I notice about
her is something I can't relate to.
[17:47] Yuiko
Makes sense, with the way Ekoda-chan is.
[17:50] Kataoka
I see.
SIGN Going into the recording, did you see any similarities
between yourself and Ekoda-chan?
[17:51] Yuiko
Well, let's see...
And this might just be because
[17:54] Yuiko
of the particular strips that
were picked out for the episode,
[17:58] Yuiko
but I agree with what
Director Shigino said...
[18:03] Yuiko
That it's less about how Ekoda-chan
lives her life, and her values...
[18:08] Yuiko
and more about the comedy value of
the stories, and how fast-paced they are,
[18:13] Yuiko
so I didn't think too deeply
about it in the recording.
[18:17] Yuiko
I was more focused on the tempo of the
story when I was giving my performance.
SIGN When he was 24...
SIGN Shigino Akira
SIGN Shigino Akira x Tatsumi Yuiko
[18:28] Kataoka
Putting aside whether you do
the things depicted or not...
[18:31] Yuiko
I really don't!
[18:32] Yuiko
Is there anything about what she
does that you find impressive?
SIGN Do you think Ekoda-chan is admirable?
SIGN Shigino Akira
[18:35] Yuiko
Anything that strikes
you as being admirable?
[18:37] Yuiko
It's a good question.
[18:39] Yuiko
I mean, she's 24 years old, right?
[18:42] Yuiko
Well, I'm 31 right now,
and considering her age...
[18:48] Yuiko
It makes me wonder what kind
of person she'll be at my age.
[18:52] Yuiko
I mean, when I was 24...
[18:55] Yuiko
I was sort of... still a snot-nosed punk, really.
[18:59] Yuiko
But here is an adult woman!
[19:01] Kataoka
True.
[19:01] Yuiko
She seems really grown up!
[19:03] Yuiko
It makes me wonder if
she's actually older than me.
[19:06] Yuiko
So she seems like she's
from a different world,
[19:08] Yuiko
but I'd kinda like to have
the bohemian life she does.
[19:12] Yuiko
I mean, it's completely different from mine.
[19:14] Kataoka
So in your next life, you might try it?
[19:16] Yuiko
Well, maybe not!
[19:17] Yuiko
Let's say, three or four lives down the road.
[19:19] Kataoka
Right, I understand.
[19:21] Yuiko
I'm just curious how it'd turn out.
SIGN Stories from when Director Shigino was 24, Ekoda-chan's age
[19:24] Akira
When I was 24, or around that age,
[19:27] Akira
I started working in anime.
[19:28] Yuiko
Oh, really?
[19:29] Akira
I started relatively late.
[19:31] Akira
At first, I was working at Tatsunoko...
[19:34] Akira
at the age of 24.
[19:35] Akira
I see, I see.
[19:36] Akira
I was involved with the "Time
Bokan" series and "Yatterman."
[19:42] Akira
I seriously worked my butt off.
SIGN Why he started working on anime
[19:45] Akira
I actually wanted to be a manga artist,
and that's why I came to Tokyo.
[19:52] Akira
But it's not that easy to just
become a manga artist,
[19:56] Akira
so I was doing lots of different jobs,
making my way through life.
[20:00] Akira
One job and then, another...
Just this and that, you know?
[20:05] Akira
And then, one day, I saw an ad for Tatsunoko.
[20:10] Akira
And I thought, "Well, it's not manga,
but anime is kinda similar,
[20:14] Akira
so I might as well give it a try."
[20:16] Akira
I was pretty casual about it.
[20:18] Akira
I started the job without knowing a thing
about how anime was actually made.
[20:21] Yuiko
So it wasn't because you
particularly liked anime?
[20:24] Akira
I didn't even know what
shows Tatsunoko made.
[20:27] Yuiko
It's impressive how you started like that
[20:29] Yuiko
and just kept going!
[20:29] Akira
Yeah, it really is.
[20:31] Akira
I mean, I've been in the biz forty years now.
[20:33] Yuiko
That's amazing...
SIGN Your thoughts on today
[20:35] Yuiko
I've watched the live-action
show, and read the manga,
[20:39] Yuiko
so I honestly wasn't sure
if I was capable of...
[20:42] Yuiko
well, this kinda surreal,
but also hard to pin down,
[20:48] Yuiko
character of Ekoda-chan,
who's a real free spirit.
[20:53] Yuiko
But after seeing the scenes
Director Shigino had chosen,
[20:58] Yuiko
and the heartwarming look
of the super cute artwork...
[21:03] Yuiko
It was kind of a different spin
on Ekoda-chan from the original,
[21:08] Yuiko
and I was really glad
I got to take the character
[21:12] Yuiko
in such a unique direction.
[21:15] Yuiko
Then, after actually coming in today,
and having a great time doing the recording,
[21:19] Yuiko
and even getting to do this round
table, it was all very interesting.
[21:23] Yuiko
Getting to spend even a little bit of time
in Ekoda-chan's shoes made me really happy.
[21:29] Yuiko
I'm really glad to have been involved,
and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
[21:32] Akira
It was my first time meeting
a lot of the folks who worked on this.
[21:36] Akira
And that was probably the most fun I had.
[21:38] Akira
And this is only maybe
my third time in this studio...
[21:42] Akira
I haven't come here much before.
[21:44] Akira
So there's an overall feeling of freshness,
[21:46] Akira
along with sorta being disappointed
[21:50] Akira
that it's all over after today.
[21:53] Yuiko
Since it turned out well...
[21:54] Akira
Like, "Don't bother coming in next week!"
[21:56] Yuiko
Even if you want to.
[21:57] Kataoka
That's true.
[21:59] Kataoka
It was fun.
[22:00] Kataoka
I mean, that said, there's
still a lot of work to do.
[22:06] Kataoka
And I'm gonna do my best to produce
a really entertaining Ekoda-chan.
[22:08] Kataoka
Okay.
[22:10] Narrator
And that brings today's
discussion to a close.
SIGN Next Episode Preview
SIGN Next time on "The Director and Ekoda-chan's Naked Chat,"
[22:17] Narrator
we'll hear from the director of Episode 4
SIGN Ekoda-chan's
VA
SIGN Director
[22:19] Narrator
on whether or not he thinks
Ekoda-chan is his type.
SIGN Director
SIGN Ekoda-chan
[22:23] Narrator
Ekoda-chan's voice actress
will ask the burning question!
SIGN Director
SIGN Ekoda-chan
[22:27] Narrator
Look forward to it!
SIGN Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan
SIGN The Director and Ekoda -chan's
SIGN Naked Chat
SIGN Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan
SIGN Until she's ready
SIGN Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan
Until she's ready
SIGN Ekoda-chan
SIGN Dog carrier
SIGN Face
SIGN Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan
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