KADOKAWA Shinichiro Inoue talked about the history of the birth of the anime magazine 'Newtype' and 'Five Star Story' Machi Asobi Lecture Summary Report
A lecture by Shinichiro Inoue of KADOKAWA, who was involved in the serialization of the manga 'Five Star Story' by
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Mr. Shinichiro Inoue, Senior Advisor and Executive Fellow of KADOKAWA Co., Ltd., who served as a lecturer.
The interviewer was Mr. Daisuke Okeda, a lawyer and auditor of the NPO Anime Tokusatsu Archive Organization (ATAC).
Mr. Daisuke Okeda (hereinafter referred to as Okeda):
Thank you very much for coming today. Mr. Inoue would like to have as much time as possible for questions and answers, so I would like to talk for about an hour, and then have a little more time for questions and answers. Since the question and answer session is a place like this, please understand that there are things that you can and cannot answer. The preamble has become long, and I think that most of you probably don't need to introduce yourself, Mr. Inoue.
Mr. Shinichiro Inoue (hereinafter referred to as Inoue):
Yes, my name is Inoue. Currently, I am working as a senior adviser at a company called KADOKAWA. I'm starting to do various jobs because I'm in a relatively free position. Originally, I started my career as a magazine editor, not as a manager. In particular, I was able to do most of the things that I could be in charge of as an editor. After that, I will make animations and make live-action movies. Normally, people who do animation are often only in charge of animation, but fortunately I was able to do various projects such as live-action movies and distribution dramas. There is no (laughs), but today I would like to focus on the anime magazine 'Newtype' and the work 'Five Star Story (FSS)' serialized there. I was a little surprised to see that it was written as a 'seminar,' but I thought it would be a normal talk show, and I thought it would be a casual talk. thank you.
(audience applause)
Okeda:
Thank you. As you just introduced, today's theme is 'Monthly Newtype and my FSS'. When I met Mr. Kondo of ufotable, there was an unreasonable gesture saying 'Mr. Okeda, do the moderator.'
Inoue:
When I decided to come to Machi★Asobi for the first time in a long time, I was surprised to find a talk show was set up (laughs).
Okeda:
If you're here, I don't think it's necessary to introduce Newtype and FSS, but can I ask you to briefly explain what they are?
Inoue:
Newtype is an anime magazine published by KADOKAWA. At first, I think it was still called 'Moving Pictures Magazine' in 'Anime Magazine Plus Alpha', but in short, it was a magazine with the purpose of introducing moving pictures and moving pictures to everyone. In the early days, there were quite a few normal movies and special effects works, but now the focus is on anime. This 'Moving Pictures Magazine' was intended to be Japanese English, and I made it with the idea that 'I will do something like a magazine that will impress you', but later I was told that 'It's a pornographic movie in English slang.' hand.
(Venue laughter)
Inoue:
I'm defiantly doing it because it can't be helped because it's already out.
Okeda:
FSS will come out later, so let's do it in order. First of all, I will put out the image before and after the launch.
Inoue:
Newtype was launched in 1985, and I started my career as an editor in 1980. The first thing I made as a student part-time job was Animec's 'Anne of Green Gables'.
Inoue:
The reason I was able to do an interview with Director Tomino, a part-time student at Animeic, is because Animec's special feature on Mobile Suit Gundam was very popular, and Mr. Masanobu Komaki, who was the editor-in-chief of Sunrise, was producing Gundam. I became like a brain, made a complete collection of Gundam records at the time, and helped with movie promotion, so I didn't get involved in editing work much. That's why it was really like a doujinshi where an amateur would suddenly do a special feature on a director.
For the first time in my life, I had the experience of “shooting cels” and shooting cels. Today's anime is all digitally shot, but at the time I was shooting with a combination of background images and characters, so I went to the anime studio with the cameraman and used the shooting stand. . That's how this magazine came about.
Animec was pretty selfish, but the special feature I did the most was the 17th issue. Mr. Komaki had just gone to promote a Gundam movie, so I thought I could do whatever I wanted, so I did a 'Lolita Special'. It says, ''Ro' is Lolita's 'Ro'.' I was able to do it with my hobby fully open. I was an avid reader of Nabokov, so I had a strong desire to enlighten people about what a true lolicon looks like, so I did something silly.
Animec April 1981 No. 17 Mobile Suit Gundam Movie Latest Information / 'Ro' is Lolita's 'Ro' / Mirrorman / Star Simac / Hideo Azuma | Masanobu Komaki | Book |
Inoue:
In the meantime, in 1984, 'Heavy Fighter L-Gaim' began on television. Around this time, Mr. Yoshiyuki Tomino had a movie of Mobile Suit Gundam, 'Battle Mecha Xabungle', 'Holy Warrior Dunbine', and 'Heavy Fighter L-Gaim', all original works with different world views, and during this time It was a tremendous amount of work that he also wrote a novel. What surprised me about L-Gaim was that they chose Mamoru Nagano as the mechanical designer. First of all, I have to talk about the previous stage.
I met Mr. Mamoru Nagano when I was editing Animec, and it was during the Mobile Suit Gundam movie that came out earlier. Mr. Komaki was in charge of advertising, and the advertising producer was Tadahiko Nobe, a genius. Mr. Nobe said, ``Let's do a ``Declaration of the New Century of Animation,'' and Mr. Komaki gathered various students as the head of the execution team. What is meant by the 'Declaration of the New Century' is that at that time, anime fans and SF fans were oppressed and their existence was not recognized by the public. It was a time when there was a strong tendency to think that 'anime is something for children to watch' and people would say, 'Are you watching anime as a college student?' However, Mr. Nobe and Mr. Komaki wanted to let the world know that 'anime is already a splendid youth culture'. In that sense, if you don't declare it first, the world won't recognize it, so let's create a place like that. This is February 21st, 1981. We held an event where we gathered in front of Shinjuku Alta and announced the 'Declaration of the New Century of Anime' in an open space.
At the time of planning, we calculated that only a few thousand people would gather, but it seems that tens of thousands of people actually gathered. It became a fuss to the extent that regulations were implemented. At that stage, the people who cosplayed as Char and Lalah made a declaration. At that time, cosplayers weren't as popular as they are now, so there weren't that many cosplayers. Char and Lalah were the ones who picked up the white arrow, later Mamoru Nagano and Maria Kawamura.
Okeda:
Was it black history?
Inoue:
It's already past the 60th birthday, and it was decided that it was okay to come out. For the time being, Mr. Nagano said, 'It's okay to say anything' today, so please think about your questions. It was at that event that I met Mamoru Nagano, who greeted me as an editor of Animeic.
Mr. Nagano, who I met for the first time, gave me the impression that he was an older brother who played the guitar. I looked like a rock musician. I actually played at the US military base in Tachikawa, and I was also a rock musician who was quite serious about music. One day, I was surprised when I suddenly joined Sunrise and became a mechanical designer. Before L-Gaim, when I went to Sunrise's third studio, I remember drawing a puppet fighter (space fighter) in 'Ginga Hyoryu Vifam' in front of me. Also, I was a little involved in 'Giant Gorg'. One day, Yoshiyuki Tomino selected Mamoru Nagano, a newcomer, and I was surprised to hear that he would design not only mecha but also all the accessories, but after a few weeks it felt like 'Are you going to do a character as well?' Anyway, Mamoru Nagano created almost all of the worldview and visual aspects of L-Gaim.
Okeda:
Mr. Nagano joined Sunrise in April 1983, and L-Gaim started broadcasting in February of the following year. It's an aside or a confirmation story, but Mr. Nagano said that he was in and out of the 'manga gallery' at that time, but what about Mr. Inoue?
Inoue:
I remember going there at least once, but I wasn't a regular customer. 'Manga Gallery' is a coffee shop in Ekoda that used to be like a gathering place for so-called manga and anime fans. It was a place where great people such as Shuichi Shigeno, who later became a manga artist, Masami Yuuki, and Aki Tomato, a writer, were born.
Okeda:
Thank you. So L-Gaim leads to the Animeic feature.
Inoue:
This is the first issue for which Mr. Nagano drew the cover of Animeic. Everyone, I think you can understand it somehow if you look at this, but it's already more like FSS than L-Gaim (laughs). The setting of 'Fatima' was considered along the way, but officially there is no Fatima in L-Gaim. While I was making the settings for L-Gaim, an original story sprouted in Mr. Mamoru Nagano, and he said, 'I want to draw this.' At this time, I was already thinking about the setting that there is an organic computer Fatima who has done it, but I couldn't put it in L-Gaim, so I decided to do it in my own story. However, in the final episode of the anime, something like Fatima moved around Auger's head, and Mr. Nagano was angry at the time.
Okeda:
When you say you were angry, did you mean it wasn't supposed to come out?
Inoue:
The animator drew a little. It was a shadow. I was actually going to draw it myself, but the image came out first. After that, there is no such thing as a bad relationship with the animator.
In 1983, Mook's first book, 'The Television Separate Volume Heavy Fighter L-Gaim', was released during the broadcast of L-Gaim. L-Gaim is set in a world called 'Pentagona World', but you can already feel the movement that deviates a little from the cover. The robot itself is L-Gaim. It is a memorable mook that KADOKAWA was able to connect with Yoshiyuki Tomino, Mamoru Nagano, and Maria Kawamura.
Inoue:
At that time, Weekly The Television had an anime page, and since the time of Dunbine, it had been dealing with Yoshiyuki Tomino's works on two pages in color. I became acquainted with the editorial department, and when they asked me to write something there, I helped with the opening feature and wrote an anime article. For that reason, I didn't directly edit the first book of Mook, but I was in and out of various ways. At this time, it was not decided to make a 'new type' yet.
Okeda:
According to various books, the story of 'Newtype' came out around November 1984, and Mr. Haruki Kadokawa said.
Inoue:
yes. At that time, Haruki Kadokawa was the president of Kadokawa Shoten, and The Television Co., Ltd. was its subsidiary. In March 1984, an animated movie directed by Rintaro called `` Kamui no Ken '' was released, so he said, ``I need an anime magazine to advertise it, okay, make it!''. 'From now on? It's already November.' (laughs)
(Venue laughter)
Inoue:
I think everyone knows, but magazines can't be done so easily. You can keep making existing magazines more and more, but it's the first issue. Magazines aren't made on their own, but rather, they apply to an agency to say, 'I'm going to make something like this.' I have to do that kind of work in 5 months. In fact, if the 0th issue is not completed in January, it will not be in time, so the preparation period is less than two months. So, in the first place, it becomes a story of 'What should we do with the name of the magazine?' I remember until now. I am very sorry for disturbing the world. Mr. Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, who is imprisoned for causing trouble, asked about the name of this magazine. So, first of all, I actually went because I would have to get permission from Yoshiyuki Tomino.
Okeda:
Mr. Tokihiko?
Inoue:
Mr. Tsuguhiko and Mr. Asano, who is in charge of magazine sales, should be working together. I wasn't there at the time, so I don't know. When I told Director Tomino, 'I want to make a magazine called Newtype,' I thought he would be happy, but he was furious.
(Venue laughter)
Inoue:
'It's outrageous to make a magazine with that name, there's no way it will sell,' he said. Sounds like Mr. Tomino. However, right after that, there was a testimony about Mr. Tomino who returned to the L-Gaim studio. Mr. Mamoru Nagano was looking at Mr. Tomino, but instead of being angry, he came back with a smile on his face.
(Venue laughter)
Inoue:
That's why the title 'Newtype' was adopted safely. There is also a theory that 'Newtype' was created thanks to the sales of Mook. The second Mook is Epoch, and Mamoru Nagano has drawn about 10 illustrated stories that will be the prototype of FSS.
It's almost an FSS-like story, but it's still depicted in the Pentagona world, so it's not officially an FSS. In Mr. Nagano's head, it is a place where it has been done a lot. Fatima's setting is also revealed here, and L-Gaim Mk-II is written as Blood Temple.
Okeda:
Later Red Mirage.
Inoue:
You can see the feeling that it's getting more and more runaway in my brain (laughs). You all know this Amaterasu AKD mark, don't you? Actually, this was inspired by the logo of the Hanshin Tigers. Extend the T vertically... I think this is the first time I'm announcing this to the world. I'm told that I can say anything to Mr. Nagano, so I don't think he'll get angry (laughs). I was 25 or almost 26 at the time. I thought to myself, 'This is amazing, I want to see this world.' It was already decided that Mr. Nagano would draw the manga. Mr. Igawa, the editor-in-chief of The Television at the time, said, 'Let's have Mr. Nagano draw a manga.'
Okeda:
Hiroshi Igawa.
Inoue:
Mr. Igawa was the editor-in-chief of all the magazines, such as The Television, Newtype, and Video. In fact, each magazine's deputy editor-in-chief was actually the editor-in-chief, so it felt like the general editor-in-chief. Originally the editor-in-chief of Shogakukan's school yearbook, he was originally from the manga field. I have a close relationship with Shigeo Nagashima and others, and I asked Mr. Ikawa to teach me how to make manga.
Okeda:
Speaking of Mr. Ikawa, he said that 'Doraemon' was also launched.
Inoue:
I've heard a lot of stories about how the project started. Mr. Igawa was originally from manga, so he wants to turn everything into manga (laughs). If it weren't for Mr. Igawa, I don't know if FSS would have become a manga. He was a famous editor-in-chief, and when I was working, he didn't do much actual editing work anymore. He was active in the role of connecting with Haruki Kadokawa.
As an aside, I often take my subordinates out for drinks, and now my boss says that I shouldn't invite them out for drinks, but at the time I didn't care about that kind of thing. Everyone seems to be very busy when they start work. Otherwise, Mr. Igawa will take me out to drink (laughs). But sometimes I'm forced to play (laughs). At the drinking table, I was able to hear many interesting stories.
So in March 1985, 'Newtype' was launched. As I wrote at the bottom of the cover, 'Kamui's sword' is a separate appendix, and I was in charge of Kamui's sword, Z Gundam, and L-Gaim, and I was working. Mr. Haruki Kadokawa started the magazine with the idea of ``I'm going to sell Kamui's sword.'' It is Z Gundam instead of Kamui's sword. Haruki didn't get angry.
Okeda:
I must have forgotten about half of it.
Inoue:
Well, I think I probably forgot to say it (laughs). Also, I think that because it is a subsidiary, I was able to do whatever I wanted. From this first issue, Mr. Nagano has been serializing 'FOOL for THE CITY'. This was a book that I decided to do for a year from the beginning, and since it was my first time to draw a manga, it was a work that said, 'First, draw a manga.' An experiment for FSS. At first, when I told him that I would draw with a drafting pen called Rotring instead of a manga pen like the so-called G-pen, I thought, 'You can't draw, can you?' A drafting pen draws out all lines with the same thickness, but they are as thin as a hypodermic needle. It's easy to break, and it's a dangerous drawing style. If you read 'FOOL for THE CITY' carefully, the brushwork in the first half and the second half are completely different. In the second half, I'm using the G-pen properly, and I'm starting to practice drawing FSS.
By the way, L-Gaim's second Mook was edited by the same staff at about the same time as 'Newtype'.
Okeda:
If you're so busy, isn't your memory of those days flying?
Inoue:
I'm flying a lot (laughs). The first issue is all new serialization, so I have to decide everything, and I also have to decide the concept of the magazine. I was quite young when I was making a mook in the middle of ordering a manuscript from a new person.
One year later, the April 1986 issue. When 'ZZ Gundam' begins, the memorable FSS episode 1 begins. Mr. Nagano also had a lot of work to do, and he was supposed to be the main mechanical designer for ZZ, but due to various reasons, he didn't. To be honest, I doubt if I would have been able to draw FSS if I had that, but the person himself was full of motivation. I went to pick up the manuscript from the first episode of FSS, but at the time of the name, I had a feeling that ``this can do something amazing.''
Okeda:
You wrote an impressive passage in your book Mamoru Mania.
Inoue:
Did you write about the composition of Red King and Chandler in 'Mamoru Mania'?
Okeda:
There was a phone call instead.
Inoue:
Sorry, it was a long time ago, so I don't remember what I wrote. I heard about this from Mr. Mamoru Nagano himself, but in the first spread, the composition where Red Mirage is here and Black Knight is in the back is the composition of Red King and Chandler of 'Ultraman'.
Okeda:
It was an homage.
Inoue:
That's why Red Mirage is determined to win (laughs)
Okeda:
That's what it is. As an aside, just around this time, Hayao Miyazaki's 'Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind' was serialized in Animage, and Masaharu Kawamori and others' 'Super Dimension Fortress Macross'. I think there was a movement to link the names of creators, but were you aware of that at the same time?
Inoue:
I still remember well when 'Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind' started on Animage. Was it 1983 when it became an animated movie? I was aware that the manga would be serialized in an anime magazine and that it would be original content.
As a very tough thing to do with anime magazines, it's good when there's a 'popular anime', but it's pretty hard when it's not. It's different now, but at that time, the requirement for 'popular anime' that sold anime magazines was 'original'. Even in anime based on manga, 'Urusei Yatsura' was certainly popular, but it's not a requirement for anime magazines to sell. In order to sell anime magazines, it is important to have 'original animation and be popular'. The same goes for Gundam, of course. The time when Animec sold the most was when it was 'The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?'.
However, Big West, who was in charge of Macross, was a very strict company, and Animec was a little stared at (laughs), and Animec could not use Macross on the cover. So, I asked Haruhiko Mikimoto, 'Please draw a girl who looks like Minmay.'
(Venue laughter)
Okeda:
I get stared at because I do that (laughs)
Inoue:
The cover is 'A girl who looks like Minmay', but the special feature is 'Macross' (laughs). I used tricks like that.
But that kind of work doesn't always exist and there are ups and downs, so I wanted to eliminate the ups and downs as much as possible. For that reason, original content was important, and Mamoru Nagano's 'FSS' was. The content was very strong. Mr. Tomino was also writing a novel at the time, and I wanted to eliminate the ups and downs as much as possible by enriching the regulars. I think that the idea is completely different from 'Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind' in Animage.
Okeda:
Since the topic is anime, I would like to hear about 'FSS' as well. However, since '
Inoue:
'Gothic Made' was originally a project that Mr. Nagano started as a solo artist. It's been 10 years since the release this year, but where do you think the idea came from? Anyone know?
(A little reaction at the venue)
Inoue:
' Voices of a Star ' directed by Makoto Shinkai.
Okeda:
Oh, he can do it.
Inoue:
That's right. When I saw 'Voice of a Star', Mr. Shinkai made it by himself, so I said, 'I can do it alone. Then I'll do it too!'
(Venue laughter)
Inoue:
It started with the fact that technology has developed and 'it's become an era where one person can do it'. At first, I was really doing it by myself, and I was told that it would be made in a year, so I thought, ``If it's only a year, I can't help but take a hiatus.'' I thought it would be nice if I could make an anime in a year, and I thought it was stupid.
(Venue laughter)
Inoue:
As you all know... it took about 9 or 10 years in the end. In the meantime, the serialization was stopped, and there were various thoughts, but Mr. Nagano himself was happily making it by himself, sometimes angry. It was a very luxurious production site where I made a special room for Mr. Nagano right next to the Newtype editorial department and had him come there every day to make animation.
At first there was only one person, but little by little we brought in more staff, and by the end there were about 200 people. I went to Mr. Minami from Bonds, who also came to Machi★Asobi, to ask for help. The reason why this work is so difficult is... everyone has seen it, so it's okay to spoil the work, right? If you think that it is a new original work called 'Gothic Made', you will finally understand that 'This was FSS'. Again, if it were a normal advertisement, I would say 'This is an FSS movie', but don't say that at all. That person has a hobby of surprising people. I don't think any normal company would allow that.
Okeda:
Did you have any sense of urgency about extending the original production schedule from 1 year to 9 or 10 years?
Inoue:
It was full of danger (laughs). At the end, 'Let's publish it here, otherwise it will not go up.' It was difficult right up to the release, but I managed to do it thanks to Mamoru Nagano at the center. It was a battle of quantity because of that quality, but Mr. Nagano made it up by himself.
Okeda:
Inoue-san's position changed during the production, but were you involved all the time?
Inoue:
I think he was the general manager of the anime and comics division when production started, and the president of Kadokawa Shoten when it was released. I forgot.
Okeda:
You are the representative director of the former Kadokawa Shoten. I wonder if I was in a position to judge the work.
Inoue:
As for 'Gothic Maid', it's quite difficult to give an evaluation from the production side... It's not an ordinary anime movie, and there is still no recording medium. I was surprised that it wouldn't appear. I don't feel like going out. At that time, it was made with 4K support, and Mr. Nagano said that it was an animation that could only be seen in theaters. After the first screening, it was re-screened many times as part of a project, but I always kept in mind that it can only be seen in theaters, and I said, 'If you want to see 'Gothic Made', come to the theater.'
There is a word 'cult movie', but it is a 'cult movie' that fans gather and hold screenings once a year. In that sense, 'Gothic Maid' is a real 'cult movie'.
Okeda:
Again, the story jumps to the manga, but recently the serialization is going very well.
Inoue:
Because I don't want to take a break. In the past, when I published a book, I was on hiatus, but recently I've been continuing serialization while publishing a book, which is amazing. It's an overwhelming amount of work.
Okeda:
For some reason, did it change?
Inoue:
After all, I think that it may have passed through 'gothic maid'. It's been on hiatus for years, so I'm going to bring it back.
Okeda:
That consciousness.
Inoue:
I think there is. Also, now I'm drawing with enthusiasm. For the last two months, I've been crying as I read.
Okeda:
In terms of the production system, I think Mr. Nagano is the center, but is it still produced on paper?
Inoue:
The coloring is all digital, and thanks to Dai Nippon Printing's wonderful reproducibility, it is printed as close to Mr. Nagano's image as possible, but the manga manuscript and cover illustration are hand-drawn. For the character table, I draw only the main lines and then add colors on the computer. Just about two months ago, I went to Mr. Nagano to organize the original drawings, but since Mr. Nagano is a very meticulous person, I have nothing to do because I can organize it, what kind of work is there, what size I did a list work to see if there was anything.
Okeda:
I think it's almost almost Newtype's serialization, but isn't the amount of material considerable?
Inoue:
I agree. In addition to that, there was also 'Brain Powered', games were also made, and that was the work of the Sunrise era before FSS, and there are also designs that have been abandoned.
Okeda:
I would like to spend some time on the question and answer session, so it will be a little convoluted. Of course, I don't think we can officially talk about the future of Newtype and FSS, but when I did a little research, I found something interesting. Mr. Nagano answered an interview with Forbes in 2019, and he said, ``I want to make another movie, it will be FSS.'' If you have anything to say about this...
Inoue:
I can't touch on this, but Mamoru Nagano and I are exactly one year apart, and both of us have passed our 60th birthday. Naturally, he's a methodical person, so I think he's counting back 'how many more years'. In that case, I think that I would like to make at least one in the future.
Okeda:
Would you like to see Mr. Inoue himself?
Inoue:
of course. If you're going to do it in anime, you'd like to see something like 'Great Invasion' or 'Calamity Collapse'. I just want to see it. 'I want to see Velvet Weissmel, I want to see Yorn's story,' I think about various things. In the first place, there are mountains of stories that have not been settled, so no matter where you cut it, it will be a movie. No matter where you take it, it's all about the scenes you want to see.
Okeda:
In that interview, 'Gothic Made' was written as 'Gothic Made', and 'FSS' was written as 'FSS', so I thought, 'Is that so, is it FSS?' What is the relationship between FSS and Gothic Made?
Inoue:
Basically, it's all 'FSS' (laughs). Everything converges on 'FSS'. I think everyone was surprised when all the robot designs were gothic-made, but what surprised the editors was that the readers followed in no time. I was surprised at first, but I was surprised to find that everyone adapted quickly.
Okeda:
That's already, if God says so (lol)
Inoue:
Thinking that 'Gothic Made' is already 10 years old, I feel that the time left for me is short.
Okeda:
How long does it take to make one animation?
Inoue:
That's right. It will take another 10 years (laughs). As expected, I don't think I'll say 'I'm going to make it alone' anymore (laughs).
Okeda:
Lastly, before going to the question...
Inoue:
Yes, at the end I'll add a bit of self-related advertising, but in June 2021 I stepped down from the position of representative director and became an advisor. I'm here. I have also reported to the company. So, I'm actually starting to write a novel. This is not a magazine, but rather a mook, something that Kadokawa Architecture publishes several times a year. If you are interested, please read it. If I'm lucky, it may become a book, so please support me.
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Okeda:
By the way, why did you decide to write this?
Inoue:
The reason for writing this is Kensuke Tanaka, who is making 'Kantai Collection -Kan Colle-', but in the summer of 2021, 'I will have a little more freedom when I step down from the CEO'. When I did that, he said, ``I'm going to make a book like this next time, so Mr. Inoue, please write it.'' Of course, I had a connection with Mr. Tanaka, so I thought to myself, 'I'm going to write a Kankore novelization.' 'When. When I asked him on the spot, 'Isn't there already a story about having sex on the moon base?' How about talking?' I thought, 'That's certainly not written by anyone,' so I decided to do it. It is said that the story was thought from there (lol)
Okeda:
There is no body or lid (laughs)
Inoue:
That's what creation is. There is something I want to see, and I think of a story from there. Later, I wondered what kind of place like the moon base would be, but I thought there might be 'Sayonara Jupiter'. It's a satellite of Jupiter. I really forgot. I couldn't read the novel right away, so I watched the movie again, but I thought, 'I see.' I don't know if I came up with the idea myself or if it was left behind by the influence of Sakyo Komatsu. It's something that sticks in your mind.
Okeda:
Thank you. This is about an hour, and I think it's possible that I won't be able to ask questions based on everyone's reactions, so I would like to move on to the Q&A session.
Inoue:
I am very grateful to have so many spectators come today. Before it started, Mr. Okeda and I said, 'What should we do if there are about 5 people?'
Okeda:
I think there are some questions that I can answer and some that I can't, so I'm going to sort them out myself.
Q1:
Thank you for today. I heard an interesting story. I've been wondering about the title 'Newtype' for a long time, but when we say Kadokawa Shoten's magazines in the Arafo generation, there are 'Newtype', 'Dragon Magazine' and 'Comptique', but Dragon Magazine and Comptique Gradually, the number of comics increased, and the number of novels increased and became thicker, but Newtype has remained the same. Even when Mr. Nagano wasn't there for nearly 10 years, it wouldn't be strange if the serialization ended normally, but the serialization resumed and continues even now. I think it's very different, but is there some kind of concept or stubbornness?
Inoue:
The editor-in-chief of Newtype has changed several times, and the magazine itself has changed somewhat, but what has not fundamentally changed is that 'Newtype is Mamoru Nagano's magazine.' It's been 37 years since 1985, but there's one thing that hasn't changed. As I said earlier, there was L-Gaim, which was started by Yoshiyuki Tomino, Mamoru Nagano, and Maria Kawamura. Even if the magazine is on hiatus, I think it will still have a core, and that it will remain a magazine that maintains its core.
Yoshiyuki Tomino, Mamoru Nagano, Tomoyo Harada, Mari Iijima, and Hironobu Nomura are mentioned in the first issue. To put it in extreme terms, it was decided from around this time to do FSS manga, so the fact that it is a magazine that does FSS has not changed. So the basic concept has not changed. There are some parts that have been updated as the editor-in-chief changes, but the basic structure of having columns, news pages, and anime land is the same.
Other magazines are getting thicker... This is not a bad word, it's hard to survive with only magazines, so I want to publish a book. In order to do that, we have to cram in content, so it becomes thick. However, in the case of Newtype, there aren't many plans to make it into a book, so I hope you can understand that it is structured that way.
Q1:
If it was a normal company, there would be pressure to change when the manager changes or the editor-in-chief changes, but Newtype didn't change when Mr. Haruki Kadokawa became Mr. Tsuguhiko. mosquito?
Inoue:
I didn't.
Q1:
I thought it was amazing. Thank you very much.
Q2:
I think it's been about 26 years since Mamoru Mania, which was mentioned earlier, came out. I was right in the middle of Eva, and that was written in the preface. So, I definitely want to read the sequel, but do you have a plan or a plan?
Inoue:
Not at the moment. That is Toys Press, a compilation of what was serialized at the company Mr. Nagano and Mr. Yoshiyoshi Sato were doing at the time, so it would be quite difficult without such a medium. But thank you for reading.
Okeda:
With this feeling, I think everyone who raises their hand will be able to guess, so don't panic.
Q3:
When FSS was put on hiatus and Gothic Maid was released, it became a completely different design. Kaiserin's design has been revealed in Newtype for a few years now, but it was decided quite some time ago that the design would be completely changed in the main part of FSS. There were a lot of articles about commercialization and magazine articles, but there was absolutely nothing to hint at, so when I went to see Gothic Maid at a movie theater, I was like, 'This is the story of FSS's past.' , I thought there was a change in the past. As for the commercialization of FSS after that, for example, it took a long time to make three-dimensional Gothic maids, except for Kaiserin, so I wonder if the affiliated companies didn't know about it at all.
Inoue:
Did you talk to figure makers etc. in advance? I don't think this was known. I was doing it in complete secrecy. However, I don't know exactly when Mr. Nagano started thinking about it, but when I was doing Gothic Maid, I was thinking about changing the name and design completely, so I kept it a secret for a long time. I think it was. When you look at the Gothic Made poster, you really think, 'Is this something different from FSS?' But when you look at the ending, you can clearly see that 'Oh, it was FSS.' However, it was decided at the last minute to add that ending, so it was decided at the last minute. So, I can't say that it was right before the release that I decided to replace all of them, but I imagine it was close to the release.
Okeda:
In that flow, did the editorial department, or Mr. Inoue, the first editor in charge, object to the total replacement?
Inoue:
'Is that so?' (laughs) I'm sorry, but Mamoru Nagano won't change what he said. No matter what he says, he will never change what he has decided for himself.
Okeda:
I see.
Inoue:
Actually, I thought, 'It's like Mamoru Nagano.' At the end of Volume 1, there is a scene where the Night of Gold appears for the first time, and it is a picture of him standing up with his head down and his head down. However, the name was completely different. When I saw what I had drawn, I was like, 'That's not right!' Then he said, 'I wanted to surprise Inoue-kun.'
(Venue laughter)
Inoue:
In short, that's who I am. I like to surprise people (laughs).
Q4:
This may have already been said in other media, but you mentioned that Makoto Shinkai-san had an influence on making a movie by himself. Is there any influence or something like that?
Inoue:
I've never heard of that. Maybe, but... aren't you tired of it? Also, I think I came up with a new design or concept. When that happens, it's the kind of person who feels like 'this is good, this is the only one'. Also, I often say that the robots in Japanese anime are basically Gundams, and they haven't changed much since FSS came out. So, if I had to change it, I would have wanted to change it myself.
Q5:
``The Television Separate Volume Heavy Fighter L-Gaim 2,'' which I mentioned earlier, I only knew about this Mook, ``There are settings that are related to FSS,'' but I was a high school student. Around that time, in 'The 4th Super Robot Wars', I remember being surprised when a robot that looked like Red Mirage named Blood Temple appeared when I defeated the original Auger as a story related to L-Gaim. About 10 years after that, I heard about Mook and thought, 'Oh, I see,' but did Mr. Nagano know that Blood Temple would appear in the game?
Inoue:
Ah, I'm not sure about that. However, as for Mook, as it says '© Sotsu Sunrise', it is a book by L-Gaim, and it is a story about Pentagona World. Later, I expanded on that image, but the content of this mook is that it is within the worldview of L-Gaim.
Q6:
Although the company name is now 'KADOKAWA', it used to be 'Kadokawa Shoten'. FSS's books are published as 'Newtype 100% Comics', and even now it says 'Kadokawa Shoten' on the back cover of the book, but it is Kadokawa Shoten, not Romaji KADOKAWA. Is it?
Inoue:
I see... Maybe Mr. Nagano has it. There is no 'Kadokawa Shoten' as an organization, but it is used as a brand name under the regulation that it is OK to use it, so it is sometimes used. I'm sure Mr. Nagano is particular about the name 'Kadokawa Shoten'.
Q7:
I met FSS around the time of the first movie, and I was fascinated by the very solid drawings of the character designer Nobuteru Yuki. Mr. Nagano, I think the character design was completely different from your own drawings. Do you have any interesting stories about that?
Inoue:
Mr. Nagano is basically not involved in the movie itself, it feels like he just gave permission. However, in fact, it seems that he was secretly going to the production site. I'm supposed to be on good terms with Yuki-san, so I think it was recognized as a work.
Q8:
In a recent interview with Mr. Nagano, I think you mentioned that the scenario is written first, but what is the production flow like? Could you tell us about any changes between the early days and now?
Inoue:
I haven't been there recently, but I used to write a lot of stories in my notebook, so I'm sure that's what I'm talking about. In terms of the scenario, there was something written in a lot of sentences, and I think it was a form of choosing from there and making it into the name. Anyway, I think it's safe to say that I'm a person who writes a lot of ideas, but I've been making a chronology for a long time, but there are other stories, including episodes that haven't been drawn yet. It was written a long time ago. When I told Mr. Nagano, ``You've written about things a long time ago,'' he said, ``Even Akira Kurosawa made really good movies in his heyday, but after he passed 60, the story got boring, so I'm going to talk about it now. I'll write it down.' I think he is a very methodical person. But I think he's still making stories.
Q8:
Do editors sometimes see those notes?
Inoue:
I was watching It must be dozens of times more now... Editor-in-Chief Sumi is now in charge, and there is a tradition that the editor-in-chief is in charge every time (laughs).
Okeda:
This is a derivative question, but there was a story that you organized the original drawings earlier, but are the notebooks also organized?
Inoue:
I didn't see the note. I'll have to ask, but I think it's probably sorted out.
Okeda:
At first it was a story that I was writing in something like a university notebook.
Inoue:
I guess I'm still writing. I can't believe I'm writing with a word processor. Because he handwrites everything. I can't think of Mamoru Nagano writing with a word processor.
Q9:
I've been buying Animec since the big hit Gundam feature. When I look at anime magazines, Animage is highly comprehensive, with a large number of TV programs and staff lists. Newtype does not cover all works, but I think that there is a recommended work and the magazine is born. Is it coming up from the editor? Or is it 'Let's go with this' from the editor-in-chief?
Inoue:
In the days of Animec, it was mostly decided between the project that Mr. Komaki wanted to do and the project that I wanted to do. Regarding the Newtype, at the beginning I told Mr. Yoshietsu Sato, 'I want to do this,' and it was decided. After I became deputy editor, I made my own decisions. Also, from the editorial staff, for example, 'I want to recommend Tenku Senki Schurat!' It was interesting when an unexpected plan came up.
Q9:
Is there something like selling your work?
Inoue:
After all, there are sales pitches, and I think there are more of them now. At that time, the method of public relations for anime companies was completely different, and Toei Animation was the only anime company with a public relations office in the first place. Sunrise also didn't have a PR, they had a 'reference room', and I listened to stories in that reference room.
Q10:
I think the chronology published in the second volume of L-Gaim's Mook was just like FSS. It is said that Sunrise has the right to what is posted in this Mook, but when FSS was posted as a manga, did the rights and other matters transition smoothly?
Inoue:
Regarding this, FSS is Mamoru Nagano's original, and although it is inspired by 'Heavy Fighter L-Gaim', it is treated as a completely different work. At that time, I remember explaining to Sunrise, 'This is what it will look like,' and they didn't say, 'Please stop.' After all, Director Tomino is OK.
Okeda:
Mr. Tomino said, 'I will give this world to you.'
Inoue:
I remember reading that interview too. In this regard, I think that I am doing it with honor and righteousness.
Q11:
Please tell us if there is a favorite episode of Mr. Inoue in FSS. Also, in the past, there was a period of time between the suspension and the resumption of serialization.
Inoue:
(Laughs) I thought about the serialization, ``Please come back soon,'' but there's no choice but to adjust or discuss. It's not that he's on hiatus because he likes him, but basically he's someone who just wants to draw, so I don't think there were any particular problems. My favorite episode is... this one is too hard. 'My favorite'... what should I do? 'Don't forget about me', huh? It's hard to find people who understand this.
Okeda:
Thank you very much for your enthusiastic questions, I think it's a good feeling. Finally, please give a big round of applause to Mr. Inoue, the lecturer.
Inoue:
Thank you very much.
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