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In the new program in October this year, the old drivers who like welfare may be paying attention to the animation of the second season of “Sparkling Kagura”. As a producer, this is a well-known industry person, Takagi Kenichiro. Recently, a Japanese media interviewed him and took a look at it. (with excerpts).
Q: The “Flashing Kagura” series has had various games such as games and OVA animations. When did the second season animation project start? .
A: If you want to start execution, it should be 2 years ago. However, as early as the end of the first season, I actually had the idea of continuing to make TV animations, but it was only because of the timing. This is later than I thought.
Q: But before the second season of animation, the game was released almost every year. In this sense, it makes people feel that the work has always been a variety of actions.
A: Yes. In fact, because the work on the game is so busy, I don’t have time to pay attention to animation planning.
Q: It turns out that (laughs). So what do you expect from this animation? .
A: The “Flashing Kagura” series has been going through this year for 8 years. There have been various developments before, but in order to let more people know about “Flashing Kagura” Works, so we said that we chose the form of TV animation. Although the Internet is now very popular, after all, everyone will still watch TV, so it is possible to see this work by chance. In addition, I personally have the idea of wanting to do animation.
Q: That is to say, this animation is also the idea of Mr. Takagi! .
A: Yes. And in the production process, I hope that the second season will be more deep than the first season, thus reflecting the original charm of “Sparkling Kagura”. In this way, the work will become more interesting.
Q: So, what about the second season, when you made the production? .
A: Needless to say about roles and benefits, and there is no shortage of fighting and action in this work. For this reason, when I was making it, I was more concerned with action drama, funny, tearful, and a little welfare plot.
Q: Not only do you have daily plots, but you also want to join the battle and action dramas.
A: Although the daily plot also has its own advantages, it does not reflect the charm of Flash God.
Q: In this season’s animation, the number of characters is also more than in the first season.
A: When considering to make the work appear more in-depth, it is natural to put the characters in the original game into the animation as much as possible. Therefore, there will be many forces in the second season. If you have only seen the first season of animation, but did not play the game, then it may create a more confused mood. But after all, these characters are very personal, so if you can like it, I will be very happy.
Q: The characters are really full, and each person’s body is different. Is this animation very particular? .
A: Very particular. Everyone, including the director, talked about the role of the character very seriously.
Q: When it comes to the charm of the character, it should be that in the second episode, there is a swimsuit back.
A: The plot of Episode 1 is still a bit heavy. As a result, the next episode begins to swim back immediately, followed by hot springs back (laughs).
Q: This is also very much the style of “Sparkling Kagura” (laughs). Only this time the main story is relatively heavy.
A: Yes. Although we are not too heavy to let everyone exclaim, we will still tell the story seriously. For this reason, I also look forward to what kind of feelings you will have after reading.
Q: Speaking of it, is the seiyuu of the “Flashing Kagura” series determined by audition? .
A: There is no audition at all, all of which are made by ourselves.
Q: So what are you based on? .
A: It is to see if the seiyuu matches the character. We refer to the role’s settings and then exchange views on seiyuu. This is not determined by the popularity and looks of seiyuu itself. Just unknowingly, all seiyuu is very popular now (laughs). Therefore, this dubbing work is also more difficult.
The “Flashing Kagura” series is a series of games, comics, and animations that were released from the Nintendo 3DS game “Sparkling Kagura – Girls’ Real Shadows” released on September 22, 2011. The plan was written by Takagi Kenichiro, and North Island is responsible for the script. On August 30th, 2012, the sequel “Sparkling Kagura Burst – Red Lotus Girls” (hereinafter referred to as “Brust”) was released, and the animation plan was announced in the same year. The first season of the animated version began to be broadcast on January 6, 2013. On February 28 of the same year, the new PlayStation Vita, “The Flash of the Ninja, the Protest of the Girls,” was released. The comic version was painted by the eagle claws.