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(Getting to more personal information...) Q: Do you watch other anime shows, or just Evangelion? Takagi - "I watch lots of anime -- not only Eva." Takeuchi - "I watch Gundam W and Goldran (something kiddie), but never record them." Arale - "In these days I don't watch any anime show, but I always watched many anime shows when I was a kid. Therefore, I know old animes much better than new ones." Wada - "Himechan-no Ribbon, which is now being re-broadcast. No new series, though. I try to watch Power Rangers but I always miss it because I get excited about Eva being on the same day." Onizuka - "I am very busy at the moment, So I don't get to the time to watch other anime." Q: What other anime does your group like? Onizuka - "Other GAINAX works and... Well, that's a difficult question. Preferences are different from one person to another." Q: Do you collect anime or manga? Takagi - "Why not? I have hundreds of manga and several anime." Takeuchi - "I'm collecting manga and novels (right now). Perhaps I'll start collecting anime..." Arale - "I'm collecting many manga. I don't know how many, though. I know only that I have 200-300 volumes of Tezuka's various manga series. I don't know about the others anymore..." Wada - "I'm a collector of Miyazaki anime stuff. I also have three hundred shojo manga." Onizuka - "Yes. Anime LDs." Q: Who's your favorite author or artist? Takagi - "In manga, I like Mamoru Nagano." Takeuchi - "I love many authors/artists. I can't choose one person from them." Arale - "Same here." Wada - "Ammu -- a dojinshi artist who is not famous, and Miyazaki Hayao." Onizuka - "Gainax and Mamoru Nagano." Q: Is there anything that you look forward to seeing that will be coming out in the next few months? Takeuchi - "As for anime,I'm not looking for anything, but I'm looking for more info about new sentai shows." Wada - "No. I don't expect much. I'm happy to see Eva!" Onizuka - "I don't have the time to check any of the new series." Takagi - "No. In anime, I am only look forward to Eva." Q: Finally, do you see yourself translating another series after Evangelion is over? Onizuka - "I have a lot of animes that I wish to translate for others -- most of them are classic OAVs." "Orguss02, Patlabor early OAVs, Mermaid's Forest, to name a few. Even though some of these have been long since translated, I will still translate them for the behalf of other fans of anime." Takagi - "I hope I can, but it depends on what I do in the future for the company I work for." Wada - "Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko, The Prince of the Sun, and Horus's Great Adventure." Takeuchi - "Maybe some sentai shows. I love Saint Seiya, but it has 110 episodes..." Arale - "Maybe. I'd like to try it if I come across any manga or anime that I like. Of course when my translation skills are more advanced, that is." |
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Well, that's it for now. Something else of note is that Mr. Wada has been
working with a Japanese anime store called Beltran and the Yaesu Book
Center Online Shop to get them to do overseas deliveries. Contact to
Beltran is available via NIF00195@niftyserve.or.jp,
while the Yaesu Book Center is accessible at NIF00201@niftyserve.or.jp.
Both of these addresses are for information requests only. Also, Yaesu does
not deal in manga.
Again, I'd like to thank all five of my "guests" for helping me with this online interview, and I wish them the best of luck in all their current and future endeavors. -- Theo Moon
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