E6

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[00:03] Ekoda
    Ekoda Station, on the Seibu Ikebukuro line.
[00:07] Ekoda
    Not Jiyugaoka on the Tokyu line.
    Nor Shiki on the Tobu line.
[00:12] Ekoda
    And certainly not the bustling JR Kichijoji.
[00:15] Ekoda
    A train station for a neighborhood
    on the margins: Ekoda.
SIGN    Rinshi
SIGN    Ekoda-chan
[00:30] Ekoda
    The thing about modern women is,
    no matter which side of them you see...
[00:38] Ekoda
    They have white, black...
[00:45] Ekoda
    Blue, red...
[00:48] Ekoda
    Beige...
[00:50] Ekoda
    And of course, pink,
    mixed into their palette...
[00:53] Ekoda
    When they're 24.
[01:04] Ekoda
    At home, I'm typically naked.
[01:05] Ekoda
    Oof...
[01:07] Ekoda
    It's convenient, and economical.
[01:10] Ekoda
    And liberating.
[01:11] Ekoda
    I can open and close what I want,
    when I want, as the mood takes me.
[01:26] Ekoda
    Though, that doesn't mean...
SIGN    Junko
[01:33] Ekoda
    ...I don't get a little
    embarrassed by how erotic it is.
[01:43] Ekoda
    Hot!
[01:48] Ekoda
    I've learned a trick or two in my time,
[01:51] Ekoda
    but when it comes to how a sweet young
    woman unwinds after an exhausting day...
[01:57] Ekoda
    Shockingly...
[01:59] Ekoda
    The same way as your average
    middle-aged dude, pretty much.
SIGN    Maa-kun
[02:18] Ekoda
    Sure. Where are you?
[02:27] Ekoda
    I'll be right there.
[02:35] Ekoda
    But I'm not like your
    average middle-aged dude.
[02:38] Ekoda
    I have dreams, hopes,
    and battles to wade through.
[02:42] Ekoda
    24 years old, and in the prime of my life.
[02:45] Ekoda
    I'm Ekoda-chan... and even
    flowers blush when I'm around.
[03:32] 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!?
SIGN    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.
[03:53] Narrator
    Today, we're unveiling the director
    of Episode 6: Takahashi Ryosuke,
SIGN    Director
SIGN    Takahashi Ryosuke
[03:59] Narrator
    and Ekoda-chan's VA: Mimori Suzuko.
SIGN    Playing Ekoda-chan
SIGN    Mimori Suzuko
[04:02] Narrator
    This is the first time the two
    of them have worked together!
SIGN    Takahashi Ryosuke
SIGN    Episode 6's Ekoda-chan
SIGN    Mimori Suzuko
SIGN    Episode 6's Director
[04:07] Narrator
    Get ready to hear their fresh takes!
[04:09] 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    Takahashi
    Ryosuke
[04:17] Taka
    This is the first time I've worked
    on something this short.
SIGN    Thoughts after today's recording
SIGN    Takahashi Ryosuke x Mimori Suzuko
SIGN    Takahashi
    Ryosuke
SIGN    Rinshi!!
    Ekoda-Chan:
    The Director
    and
    Ekoda-chan's
    Naked
    Chat
SIGN    Episode 6's Ekoda-chan
    Mimori Suzuko
SIGN    Episode 6's Director
    Takahashi Ryosuke
[04:20] Taka
    Most of the time, in my day,
    no matter how short something was,
[04:25] Taka
    it'd still have a 26-episode
    run at the very least.
[04:28] Taka
    But after meeting Mimori-san,
[04:30] Taka
    I got this perfect image
[04:30] Mimori
    Right.
[04:31] Taka
    of what I wanted my take on Ekoda-chan to be.
[04:34] Mimori
    Right.
[04:35] Taka
    To put it another way, normally,
    I have to ask a production committee
[04:39] Taka
    if I can do things
    a certain way, but this time...
[04:42] Taka
    they were the ones who wanted
    me to do things a certain way.
[04:49] Taka
    And that felt good.
[04:51] Mimori
    Thank you.
[04:53] Mimori
    Well, there was a lot of monologuing...
[04:57] Mimori
    This takes place after
    Ekoda-chan gets home,
[05:00] Mimori
    and I figured it had to give the impression
    of someone who's in their own little world.
[05:06] Mimori
    The idea is that, it just sorta flows,
    in a stream of consciousness kinda way.
[05:11] Mimori
    But even then, there are parts
    like when the oil splashes her...
[05:15] Mimori
    I was really hoping I could
    pull off a natural-sounding take
[05:20] Mimori
    to complement the sort of "day
    in the life" scene that was depicted.
[05:26] Taka
    Well, to me, Ekoda-chan is kind of
    a symbol of the sort of common...
SIGN    What kind of character did you want to portray
    with your version of Ekoda-chan?
[05:34] Taka
    I guess you'd call them "desires"?
    Or maybe "laziness" is more apt?
[05:38] Taka
    But, underneath it all, she's
    got that spark of earnestness.
[05:43] Taka
    It's actually pretty hard
    to get through life
[05:46] Taka
    without that little bit
    of conviction, you know?
[05:49] Taka
    It was all of those things combined that
    I felt when I was reading the original manga,
[05:57] Taka
    and I really took a shine to that little bit
    of earnestness she has deep down inside her.
[06:06] Mimori
    Well, I came to the original
    via the collected volumes,
SIGN    Project/Production
    Manager
    Kataoka Yoshiro
[06:10] Mimori
    and I remember thinking,
    "This character seems really plausible."
[06:15] Mimori
    I think, a lot of the time,
    men tend to imagine that women...
[06:20] Mimori
    When they try to picture what their
    personal lives are like at home,
[06:24] Mimori
    I think a lot of men have this vision of us
    all having really glamorous home lives,
[06:31] Mimori
    but I think, in reality, and
    especially considering she's 24,
[06:38] Mimori
    the picture it paints
    of bachelorette life
[06:41] Mimori
    makes me go, "Yeah, that sounds about right."
[06:46] Mimori
    And that made it really easy
    for me to relate to, personally.
SIGN    Behind the scenes stories
    from Episode 6 of the
    "Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan" anime
SIGN    Takahashi
    Ryosuke
[06:55] Mimori
    After reading the manga, and then,
    reading the script and seeing the footage,
SIGN    Was the image you had of her from reading the manga
    the same as the one you had when you did the recording?
SIGN    Takahashi
    Ryosuke
SIGN    Takahashi Ryosuke x Mimori Suzuko
[07:02] Mimori
    and seeing what they had in common...
[07:05] Mimori
    The impression I got fairly early on
    when I was reading through,
[07:10] Mimori
    was that she just felt like
    someone who could exist in real life.
[07:15] Mimori
    In particular, when she's
    taking off all her clothes,
[07:18] Mimori
    then just lays back and
    starts opening and closing her legs...
[07:22] Mimori
    I thought that was really funny,
    and I actually laughed out loud.
[07:26] Kataoka
    I thought that part was amazing
    when I saw the storyboards.
[07:29] Mimori
    I did, too.
[07:30] Kataoka
    How did you...
[07:31] Taka
    Well, the thing about the
    part where she's stripping off...
SIGN    Takahashi
    Ryosuke
SIGN    The original take on
    "Ekoda-chan takes off her underwear"
[07:36] Taka
    When I produced the
    first draft of that storyboard...
[07:39] Taka
    There's this move I do
    whenever I get in the bath...
[07:42] Taka
    See, I wear boxers.
[07:44] Taka
    I let them drop, then kick them up,
    and toss them in the laundry.
[07:48] Taka
    And I thought, since that's a bigger motion,
[07:49] Mimori
    Wow.
[07:50] Taka
    it'd be more of a visual treat for the viewer.
[07:55] Taka
    But one of the women doing the animation
[07:57] Mimori
    Yeah?
[07:58] Taka
    turned around and said:
    "No one would ever do this."
[08:00] Taka
    "No matter how unladylike she is,
    no woman would do this."
[08:02] Taka
    "This is how women take their clothes off."
[08:05] Taka
    And I was like, "Okay, I just thought
    it'd be more interesting my way."
[08:09] Taka
    But you know,
[08:11] Taka
    being able to show the
    way women act in private,
[08:15] Taka
    which is something I'm not familiar with?
[08:18] Taka
    That's what we were able to do with this.
[08:20] Taka
    So, as a creator, even if I thought
    the other way was visually appealing,
[08:27] Taka
    if I hear the words, "No woman would
    ever do this," I have to go, "Oh, right."
[08:31] Taka
    And whenever you have
    a collaborative process,
[08:34] Taka
    that kind of back-and-forth is a lot of fun.
[08:35] Mimori
    You're totally right.
[08:38] Mimori
    I got the impression that she was really cute.
[08:41] Mimori
    Like, how she used those shopping
    bags as an impromptu apron.
[08:45] Mimori
    That was really clever.
[08:47] Mimori
    I was impressed with Ekoda-chan.
[08:49] Taka
    I mean, she's always naked.
SIGN    The combination of nudity and paper bags as an apron
SIGN    Takahashi
    Ryosuke
[08:53] Taka
    But I wanted to accentuate that fact.
[08:55] Taka
    And I wanted to use something
    that was a harsh contrast to nakedness.
[09:00] Taka
    So that's why we went with that.
[09:02] Taka
    It was the first idea
[09:04] Taka
    that popped into my head, to be honest.
[09:05] Mimori
    Wow.
[09:07] Taka
    I was kinda worried about
    what I'd do if it got rejected,
[09:10] Taka
    but since it wasn't...
[09:12] Mimori
    It was a really creative idea.
[09:15] Kataoka
    It's exactly the kind of thing she'd do.
[09:16] Mimori
    Yeah, isn't it just?
[09:18] Mimori
    I mean, being naked like that...
[09:20] Mimori
    There are a lot of people who do actually
    like to walk around in the nude at home.
[09:25] Mimori
    So that would probably work for them.
[09:25] Taka
    Well, I figured she'd have come up with some way
[09:28] Taka
    to deal with oil splashing.
[09:29] Taka
    And if she just stuck on an apron,
[09:30] Mimori
    It's practical.
[09:32] Taka
    that'd be too ordinary.
[09:34] Taka
    Plus, wearing just an apron
[09:36] Mimori
    Yeah, you've got a point.
[09:36] Taka
    is a little too sexy, right?
[09:38] Taka
    And I didn't want it to turn into
[09:40] Taka
    some kind of random erotic scene.
[09:42] Mimori
    Right.
[09:43] Taka
    So we went a different way.
[09:44] Mimori
    And that led to the paper bag.
[09:45] Taka
    Right.
[09:47] Mimori
    At first, as I was reading, I thought about
    giving the monologue more of a pop feel,
SIGN    Issues during the voice-over
[09:54] Mimori
    but when I heard they were
    putting enka music underneath...
[09:56] Mimori
    That gave me the impression that Ekoda-chan
    was totally absorbed in the moment.
[10:00] Mimori
    Like she was treating it as a documentary
    of her own life, produced by her.
[10:04] Mimori
    So I tried to lean towards making it
    more interesting in that way, instead.
[10:10] Taka
    Well, with Nakajima Miyuki-san's music...
SIGN    The melody of the ending song
[10:11] Taka
    Right.
[10:12] Taka
    It's not really your typical enka song,
[10:15] Taka
    but it's sorta... more rousing, you know?
[10:17] Mimori
    Right, right.
[10:18] Taka
    That's what she's known for.
[10:19] Taka
    That's the feeling I get from it.
[10:22] Kataoka
    That's an easy-to-understand explanation.
[10:22] Taka
    Like... it's not profound or anything,
[10:26] Taka
    but it still cheers you up, right?
[10:28] Mimori
    Right, right.
[10:28] Mimori
    And, well...
[10:29] Mimori
    From there, we just had to pick
    the right spot for it to start playing.
[10:34] Mimori
    That was the plan I had in my head.
[10:37] Taka
    The thing is, the contents of these volumes...
SIGN    The plot for Episode 6 of "Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan"
[10:40] Taka
    Three minutes is nowhere near enough
[10:44] Taka
    to even cover what's in one volume.
[10:44] Kataoka
    Right.
[10:46] Mimori
    Not in three minutes.
[10:47] Mimori
    If I wanted to tell a whole
    story adapted from the strips,
[10:53] Mimori
    three minutes just wouldn't be long enough.
[10:58] Mimori
    And I thought about trying to include
     material lifted directly from the manga,
[11:06] Mimori
    but ultimately decided I was better off
    not using any particular moments from it.
[11:12] Mimori
    Other than the fact she's always naked,
[11:15] Mimori
    and just... I wanted to take her nudity,
[11:20] Mimori
    and depict the way she moves
    as naturally as possible.
[11:23] Mimori
    I wanted to show that side of her,
    without making it too jokey.
[11:27] Mimori
    And if I'm honest about why I did that...
[11:29] Mimori
    The other 12... well, 11 directors?
[11:33] Mimori
    They're all really good.
    Every single one of them.
[11:37] Mimori
    They're all... masters of comedy.
[11:41] Mimori
    On top of being good at
    making anime shows in general.
[11:45] Mimori
    I can't win on any front!
[11:47] Mimori
    I mean, on a technical level, my own projects...
[11:51] Mimori
    They're never that fancy, right?
[11:54] Mimori
    So when I was considering
    how to approach this,
[11:59] Mimori
    I figured that nobody else would
    do this with the character,
[12:03] Mimori
    and... well...
[12:07] Mimori
    I wanted to take a segment of
    Ekoda-chan's life, and just zoom in on it.
SIGN    Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan
SIGN    The Director and
     Ekoda -chan's
    Naked Chat
SIGN    Episode 6's Ekoda-chan
SIGN    Mimori Suzuko
SIGN    Episode 6's Director
SIGN    Takahashi Ryosuke
SIGN    Rinshi!!
    Ekoda-Chan:
    The Director
    and
    Ekoda-chan's
    Naked
    Chat
[12:19] Narrator
    From shopping bag aprons to
    how to take off your underwear,
[12:22] Narrator
    Director Takahashi paid close attention
    to the minute details of daily life.
[12:27] Narrator
    In the second half, he'll give
    an even more in-depth insight
[12:30] Narrator
    into the construction of Episode 6.
SIGN    Director Takahashi
    Ryosuke's Plan
    And Direction
SIGN    Takahashi
    Ryosuke
[12:40] Taka
    Well, after actually hearing it,
SIGN    Was Mimori-san's performance
    different from what you imagined it would be?
SIGN    Takahashi Ryosuke x Mimori Suzuko
SIGN    Takahashi
    Ryosuke
[12:41] Taka
    the more we erred toward realism,
    the more it actually felt like it was real.
[12:46] Taka
    But... since this is three minutes long,
[12:50] Taka
    if it was too realistic,
    it'd be kind of a drag to watch.
[12:54] Taka
    So I had a chat with the audio director,
[13:02] Taka
    and decided it'd be better with
    a bit more bounce and modulation.
[13:08] Taka
    That was what I asked for.
[13:10] Taka
    And she not only delivered that,
[13:12] Taka
    but went above and beyond,
    without losing sight of the goal,
[13:16] Taka
    so it was great.
[13:17] Mimori
    That's good to hear.
[13:19] Kataoka
    So, in that sense, there was a lot
    of empathy and accommodation.
[13:22] Taka
    Right.
[13:22] Taka
    I think it's great she didn't end up
    going over the top with it.
[13:25] Mimori
    Thank you.
[13:27] Kataoka
    Something about a woman
    trying to make it on her own...
SIGN    In specific terms,
    what kind of directions did you give Mimori-san?
[13:31] Kataoka
    When it comes to old guys...
    I wouldn't say they like them in particular,
[13:36] Kataoka
    but they sort of view them with
    fewer prejudices. That's what I think.
[13:41] Kataoka
    So when they come home beat after work...
[13:46] Kataoka
    It's usually after work, anyway.
[13:48] Kataoka
    At times like that, you kinda
    get lost in your own world,
[13:52] Kataoka
    and there's that moment where you
    think: "What am I gonna do to relax?"
[13:56] Kataoka
    So out comes the beer, or the malt liquor.
[13:58] Kataoka
    And I bet they come to the realization that,
[14:00] Kataoka
    "All those old dudes out there, busting
    their humps, are doing the same, huh?"
[14:04] Kataoka
    And even though they say, mockingly,
    "They're doing the same damned thing!"
[14:10] Kataoka
    somewhere underneath that derisive tone,
[14:14] Kataoka
    there's a sort of... affection.
    A sense of camaraderie. Right?
[14:18] Kataoka
    Shared by people who go out into the world,
    work at their job, then come home again.
[14:22] Kataoka
    And that's their daily routine.
[14:24] Kataoka
    That was something I asked the audio
    director to help me get across.
[14:32] Kataoka
    It keeps coming back
    to this perception I have
[14:34] Kataoka
    of there being no real difference
    between Ekoda-chan and myself.
[14:39] Kataoka
    And I wanted that to come across,
    both in the visuals and the audio.
[14:46] Kataoka
    And if we manage that, it'll be great.
[14:51] Mimori
    At the beginning of the episode, the weird
    things she says about her neighborhood...
SIGN    Things the sound director helped her figure out
[14:57] Mimori
    And what she says isn't really
    meant in a negative way,
[15:01] Mimori
    so I was asked to make the lines
    sound somewhat affectionate.
[15:06] Mimori
    And that made me realize,
    Ekoda-chan is kind of...
[15:10] Mimori
    She's not exactly cynical, but she's very...
    down-to-earth, especially in how
[15:17] Mimori
    she analyzes her current situation
    and tries to find a path to happiness.
[15:23] Mimori
    And I thought that made Ekoda-chan
    really appealing and likable as a person.
[15:31] Mimori
    Instead of just being, like, "I'm not fond of
    this neighborhood, but I have to live here."
[15:35] Mimori
    Ekoda-chan kinda views Ekoda
    as this weird halfway house.
[15:39] Mimori
    Where she's not near the center of the city,
    but she's not out in the country, either.
[15:43] Mimori
    But somehow, she's comfortable there.
[15:46] Mimori
    That sorta gets across her true feelings.
[15:53] Mimori
    And I felt that was an important
    element of the episode.
SIGN    Ekoda-chan's charm
SIGN    Takahashi
    Ryosuke
SIGN    Your favorite scene in Episode 6
    of "Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan"
SIGN    Takahashi
    Ryosuke
SIGN    Takahashi Ryosuke x Mimori Suzuko
[16:06] Mimori
    It's one of the bits near the end,
[16:09] Mimori
    where she's been getting calls
    from all kinds of people,
[16:13] Mimori
    but at the very end, she decides to
    pick up when she sees this one guy calling.
[16:17] Mimori
    "If it's him, I'll answer."
    There's something about that.
[16:21] Mimori
    It's the first time all episode
    that she speaks to another person.
[16:25] Mimori
    And right after that, she's like, "Well,
    maybe I'm not like an old man, after all."
[16:30] Mimori
    The way she doesn't exactly take
    back everything she just said,
[16:38] Mimori
    but she reminds us that she's only 24.
[16:42] Mimori
    And she's still sorta glamorous,
    even if she does have her own troubles.
[16:48] Mimori
    But something about the way her
    mood does a total 180 like that...
[16:54] Mimori
    The way she just changes her mind,
    and sets her sights on going out...
[16:59] Mimori
    That's another thing about
    her that I really loved.
SIGN    Similarities with Ekoda-chan
[17:03] Taka
    I think Ekoda-chan goes through a lot,
[17:08] Taka
    and in the manga,
[17:11] Taka
    there's this guy who
[17:12] Taka
    doesn't exactly treat her right.
[17:14] Kataoka
    Maa-kun.
[17:14] Mimori
    Right, right.
[17:16] Taka
    Even though Ekoda-chan only has eyes for him,
[17:19] Taka
    and all the while, she's thinking: "This little..."
[17:22] Taka
    She still can't bring herself to hate him.
[17:27] Taka
    When you look at that part
    in isolation, it's kind of sad.
[17:33] Taka
    But Ekoda-chan... As much as
    he irritates her, she still cares for him.
[17:40] Taka
    And it's more than just that
    relationship... I think Ekoda-chan...
[17:45] Taka
    She doesn't like to...
    give up on things, you know?
[17:50] Taka
    She, well... She doesn't give up on life.
[17:53] Taka
    Through all her trials and
    tribulations, she doesn't give up.
[17:56] Taka
    She has all these bad experiences, yet on
    the whole, she still likes the world as it is.
[18:02] Taka
    I think that's something
    we both have in common.
[18:08] Taka
    I think the world's a good place...
    Or at the very least, I enjoy everyday life.
[18:14] Mimori
    I feel the same way.
    It's sort of like what you said...
[18:18] Mimori
    Ekoda-chan seems to love her day-to-day,
    or at least, she's optimistic about it,
[18:24] Mimori
    and no matter what kind of unfair
    treatment she's subjected to,
[18:27] Mimori
    or how much she gets irritated at
    all the dolled-up girls around her,
[18:33] Mimori
    she just knows, deep down,
    that she can't be like them.
[18:38] Mimori
    And something about that...
[18:42] Mimori
    It's the way she doesn't
    ever let it get her down,
[18:48] Mimori
    and how she just tries to enjoy life...
[18:52] Mimori
    She's doing what she can to get as much
    enjoyment out of life as possible,
[18:56] Mimori
    and that's something I think
    we have in common.
[19:00] Mimori
    When something really gets me down,
[19:06] Mimori
    instead of going, "Aw, no..."
    I prefer to go, "Oh, well!"
[19:11] Mimori
    and try to just shift
    gears on my mental state.
[19:14] Mimori
    That's something I think we might both do.
SIGN    Boil down Ekoda-chan's appeal into a few words
[19:19] Taka
    You could call it... run-of-the-mill optimism.
[19:23] Taka
    I mean, everybody has their own dreams,
[19:26] Taka
    but whether or not you achieve them
    is a personal thing, and hard to judge.
[19:31] Taka
    But when you have something
    you're shooting for,
[19:34] Taka
    it's easier to look forward to it.
[19:36] Taka
    That's how I've lived up to now, personally,
    and it's still a big part of my life.
[19:43] Taka
    Though, there's a big difference
    between 24 and 76,
[19:46] Taka
    but I don't think age is really a factor.
[19:50] Mimori
    She just seems like a girl with charm to me.
[19:53] Mimori
    A charming girl. That's Ekoda-chan.
[19:54] Taka
    Right.
[19:56] Mimori
    I mean, as she goes through life,
    Ekoda-chan does have moments
[19:59] Mimori
    where she feels bitter
    or gets jealous of others.
[20:02] Mimori
    It's not all positive, by any means, but...
[20:07] Mimori
    You can't hold it against her,
[20:09] Mimori
    and I think that's because something about
    Ekoda-chan... won't let you judge her that way.
[20:17] Mimori
    And you'd think you'd find
    people like that everywhere,
[20:19] Mimori
    but they're actually pretty rare.
[20:22] Mimori
    It sorta makes me want
    to be that kind of woman.
[20:28] Taka
    Well, making animation like this...
SIGN    Thoughts on today
[20:35] Taka
    I think I'll be doing it for a while yet.
[20:40] Taka
    And before I came in today...
    for the recording, I mean...
[20:47] Taka
    Thinking about how the project was
    gonna come together in the end...
[20:52] Taka
    Having a hand in every aspect of it...
    That was something I really enjoyed.
[20:55] Taka
    Working in animation, where you
    have the vocals, along with the music,
[21:00] Taka
    and the sound effects,
    and the way it all comes together...
[21:04] Taka
    It made me remember what it was
    I enjoyed when I first got into this business.
[21:08] Taka
    That's what I took away from it.
[21:10] Mimori
    At first, since I was by myself,
    I was kind of worried.
[21:14] Mimori
    I mean, coming in and just...
    being the only one in the booth
[21:19] Mimori
    was a new experience for me,
    so I was pretty nervous,
[21:24] Mimori
    but once I'd met the director,
    and seen how kind he was...
[21:29] Mimori
    That really helped me to relax,
    and being able to, um...
[21:33] Mimori
    talk about things like this,
    in this round-table discussion,
[21:38] Mimori
    and hearing about how
    he used to work in an office,
[21:43] Mimori
    it made me think about how
    I ended up as a voice actress.
[21:49] Mimori
    I could sort of see parallels there.
[21:52] Mimori
    I started out in theater, and really
    had no idea about anime at first,
[21:58] Mimori
    but I started getting into it
    when I became a voice actress.
[22:00] Mimori
    And meeting someone else like
    that by chance was really... yeah.
[22:05] Mimori
    It was really nice to make a new connection.
[22:08] Taka
    Yeah.
[22:10] Narrator
    That's it for today's discussion.
SIGN    Next Episode Preview
[22:14] Narrator
    Next time on "The Director
    and Ekoda-chan's Naked Chat,"
[22:17] Narrator
    we'll hear some personal behind-the-scenes
    stories about anime production
SIGN    Director
SIGN    Ekoda-chan's
    VA
[22:20] Narrator
    from Episode 7's director
    and Ekoda-chan's VA,
SIGN    Director
SIGN    Ekoda-chan's
    VA
[22:23] Narrator
    along with finding out what exactly makes
    "Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan" so entertaining.
SIGN    Ekoda-chan's
    VA
SIGN    Director
[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    Face
[23:25] ---
    Ear
[24:08] ---
    Hair
[24:59] ---
    Coloring
SIGN    Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan