Interviews in 2019

This page lists interviews in 2019.

Nagasaki Newspaper New Years short interview

Date: January 1, 2019

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Source 1: https://holmes-nii-chan.tumblr.com/post/181618086515/translation-of-the-few-questions-posed-to-aoyama
Source 2: https://www.nagasaki-np.co.jp/business/project/conan-npaper/

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Translated by: Holmes [Gingle Bells] (from Discord)

Brief interview with Aoyama
TL: Holmes

Q: What has 2018 been like?
A: It's been an Amuro year! (laughs)

Q: What will this year be like?
A: A police academy year? (laughs)

Q: Between the other mangakas, which ones inspired you the most to pursue your objectives?
A: Tetsuya Chiba-sensei, Monkey Punch-sensei and Mitsuru Adachi-sensei.

Q: In 1987, Magic Kaito; in 1988 Yaiba; in 1994 Detective Conan... Such important works have been published one after another. What do you think about Conan's popularity?
A: Really, is that "popular"?

Q: How many staff people are there at [your] workplace? What is the atmosphere like?
A: Six people. The atmosphere is friendly!

Q: What is the most impressive scene in the manga?
A: The pages where the boss was exposed!

Q: in Conan's world, what is the character that particularly matches your personality?
A: Kogoro! (laughs)

Q: Conan movies broke the franchise record for the sixth time in a row at the box office. The popularity is rapidly raising!
A: I am amazed too! (laughs)

Q: Have you ever visited Nagasaki? It's such an impressive place.
A: I once went to Huis Ten Bosch* during a company outing with Aoyama Prod.
(T/N *looks like a Nagasaki district, famous for themed parks)

Q: This summer, in addition to the Forensic Division Exhibition, there will be events and talk shows with Conan's voice actors. Finally, please tell something brief [a few words] to Nagasaki people.
A: Speaking about Nagasaki, for the main theme song of "Zero the Enforcer" I am much obliged to Masaharu Fukuyama! I really enjoyed Huis Ten Bosch, and I would like to go there again. I wanna try authentic Nagasaki Vegetable Salad! (laughs)
[T/N. He refers to Chanpon, which apparently is a sort of vegetable salad typical of Nagasaki]

Ai Haibara Secret Archives Interview

Date: January 18, 2019

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Megumi Hayashibara:

Q: Haibara made her debut in the anime in January, 1999. This year is the 20th anniversary of that debut.
A: Her debut was the end of the century, yes. The age fits that occasion, yes. I was familiar with the cast of the “Conan” characters so I had no resistance in joining them. I’d often acted together with Ogata Kenichi (Agasa VA), and Takayama Minami (Conan VA) also politely taught me many things.
The tale about (Takayama’s) debut did impress me a lot. You could say that she showed a general outlook in the 1st episode (of the series) and the guidelines were established upon that. I was confident that I would do well with her.

Q: How have you felt Haibara’s changes and growth over these 20 years?
A: At first, she was shutting everything within her heart, but… The Professor’s warmth, and his lack of concern gradually heals her and allows her to regain a human flavor-like aspect to her. The Detective Boys also try to cheer her and it’s not like they force themselves to do so. The casual everyday convos make her shed tears, too.
Also, sharing her secret with Kudo, who’s in the same situation as her, she gains the feeling that she’s not the only one (in that state). In episodes 822-823 (“The suspects are a devoted couple”), she went to great extremes… Yes! (laughs)
She did support Higo, but to think she’d butt into the issue of (his) girlfriend… Her scene in which she syncs with Uncle (Kogoro). I was like “Huh? What’s gotten into her?” (laughs).
I was “Ai-chan can now make these faces”. It’s perplexing but I’m also happy at it. Even if she’s told “you’re pretty nervous”, I guess she’d reply “that’s not the case”. But it’s not like the issues with the organization have been solved, so she can’t lower the guard!

Q: Is there something you take into account when acting in such scenes?
A: I stop to think at how much her heart must have moved. Trying to examine the max values of how to express emotions… I guess? She’s a girl who doesn’t express gratitude with her face or words so I do (think) about how to express her human side.
Also, the acting doesn’t change much regardless of her size. When she’s being rough with Conan, I act in a way that doesn’t feel much different from her adult state. My voice cords are thin so I increase the tone a bit when she’s in her child form.

Q: Please tell us about “Episode ONE” aired on December, 2016.
A: I am sorry, but I didn’t see it when it aired. It was very harsh to re-confirm that her sister existed after hearing her voice… When I met with (Tamagawa) Sakiko (Akemi VA) in the studio (continues in next page)

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A: (continues from previous page) it was very fun. We talked about recent status and so. But when her part in the dubbing ended, I felt like “Ah… I can’t hear to her voice anymore”... I guess that the episode of the answering machine in the film “Countdown to Heaven” stuck a nail on me. I loved hearing to her voice during the pre-screening (of the movie).
Now you have SNS and videos amongst other seals to feel the traces of that person, but you could say that, back in those times, the answering machine was the only one. The voice alone brings a lot of memories, it does. I think she does care about her big sister.
Those feelings revive so that’s why I avoided “Episode ONE”... But I did face it. And it was harsh, indeed. And once again I felt that I’d done something terrible. The drug that I (Haibara) had made tore apart two people who were happy. I guess that back then (Episode ONE) improving the results of her research was the only meaningful (thing) in her life. If it’d been used for treating diseases or so, had been given a correct use, it might’ve been a great drug but…

Q: Please tell us about the relationship between her and Conan (Shinichi)
A: Lately, it feels harmonizing, as if they were an old couple married to each other! There were periods in which (the relationship) sways, too. It doesn’t go to the point of love, but I think they believe and rely on each other.
As of now, you could say it’s a tie… You (Conan) move, and I (Haibara) investigate… It feels like those roles have been established and thus their feelings aren’t too disrupted, I guess. I myself have changed, too.
I lately sit next to Minami during dubbing. She doesn’t get to interact (often) with Ran so I don’t get to met her (VA) in the dubbings… And I got shocked when I saw Wakana (Ran VA) sitting next to Minami during the movie dubbings! I was like “ah? That’s not my seat?”. I did think “oh??” while choosing a seat from where I could have a good look at both (laughs).
And that seat is the one next to the professor’s (Agasa’s) and is my current location. At some point, Micchan (Ootani Ikue, Mitsuhiko VA) comes next to us too… There’s a battle over the seats inside of me and I was in an ill mood for a while. But as time passes, and even more when seeing “Episode ONE”... I feel like “sorry for that” (laughs).

Q: (Conan) told (her) she was (his) “pal” in the movies, too.
A: Hmmm… “Pal, huh? (For now)”. I think it’s just in relation as the “pal” to solve a case. Each movie has a different way to depict their relationships. In the “Sunflowers of inferno”, for example, she was shown swaying from time to time. So I guess she must have those feelings. She must be shutting them within her depths.

Q: How does she feel about Ran?
A: Wow. Now that’s a difficult (question). I guess that the (feeling) within her depths is a feeling of guilt. She likes her cute spots and feels a bit envious. And she sees her sister on her… She feels healed, but she probably thinks “it’s not like you’re the one who made me remember about my sis” afterwards. She’s indecise.

Q: So it’s more complicated than what she feels about Conan, yes?
A: She can lash out at Conan, so… She talks about 70% of the feelings and falsifies the remaining 30%, but… There’s many things about Ran that she can’t express in words. She briefly thinks “let’s tell her all I want to say” but then erases that line of thought (laughs).
But she does want Ran to laugh, and feels sorry when she sees her cry when she (Ran) thinks of Shinichi. Yes, it’s the most complicated feeling she has.

Q: What do you think about the progress in Ran and Shinichi’s relationship in the school trip episodes?
A: She can accept their relationship, but feels rough when it’s about Conan and Ran. Maybe she’ll make a drug to split (Conan and Shinichi) into two… Kidding (laughs)
I do clearly switch the switches when calling him either “Edogawa-kun” or “Kudou-kun” in the dubbing (sessions). The premise is that she’s an elementary student but has a bit of adult feeling to her.

Q: Professor Agasa and the DBs, who healed her heart. Tell us about them.
A: I love them! (laughs). The Professor is hiding her, but she’s strict to him about food and he lowers his eyebrows, overwhelmed. How cute she is! She’s also curious about the (relationship) with Fusae, too. She wishes for him to be happy… “Ah! It’s the person of the Fusae brand which you like, Ai-chan!” “Marry her, Professor… I’ll be able to get tons of bag samples!” (laughs)
Kidding. Well, her desire to possess is linked to life-force too! (continues next page)

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(Continues from previous page)

A: The 3 DBs are very cute and attractive. I feel like a mother to them. I’d rather keep them out of danger than solve a case… Since Kudou-kun will solve it, anyway. I guess she shows her meaning of existence by protecting the kids. She does wish to be protected, too, but doing nothing but that would be stiff and harsh.

Q: She sometimes cooperates with the DB to face big crises.
A: She’s pretty cool-headed. Since she’s actually driven herself to the point of dying. And she still feels, sometimes, that she should die… And that’s why she can be cool. I think she earned her strength by leaving the organization. Not because she experienced a frightening organization, but because she’s still alive after running from there.

Q: What about Akai Shuichi / Okiya Subaru?
A: Sheesh! It’s a complicated topic, and it’s hard to answer! (laughs)
How much suspicion she puts in her words and how much of it she lashes out at him...She’s very good at considering those, yes. Voicing them aloud and avoiding lying… That’s Ai-chan for you (laughs)
Also, Ikeda Shuichi’s voice is, for me, a “peaceful trauma”. In “Tico of the 7 seas”, the protagonist I voice is kidnapped, his father, played by Ikeda, comes to rescue him and says “it’s alright!”, but… When I heard that, I broke into tears.
“Ah, it’s really alright”... I felt incredibly relieved. That imprinting made me feel that Akai wasn’t a bad guy ever since he made his debut. There’s a kind of link between the actors and the roles they play.
But I didn’t feel that from Subaru so I was on the watchout when he firstly appeared (laughs). Okiayu’s (Subaru VA) oozing voice and mysterious feeling (?)....
Eating curry or adding litmus paper to the stew… Inspector Ayanokouji, also voiced by him, is charming, but… When he becomes Subaru you can’t trust him. I think it’s wonderful (laughs)

Q: What about the org chasing Haibara?
A: When it’s an episode involving them, I don’t feel like going to the studio. I don’t want to bump into Gin… When Gin thinks of Sherry, she was (shown) half-nude, but… Why? (laughs) I don’t want to know the reason of (his) obsession (with her), either. Because I’ll have to take it in if I got to know it.
Bun Gin also makes mistakes, and gives a “snap” feeling. Vermouth’s confidence is scary. Feels like she (Vermouth) would betray the org, too. Also… I don’t want to get involved with Amuro (laughs).
He’s 120% cool on the outside, but his “on-off switch” is quite baffling. Since he also intended to kill Sherry… Huh? That he might’ve been intending to protect her as a PSB officer?

Q: It’s possible that he was shocked at being unable to protect the daughter of Elena, whom he revered.
A; Feel it, then, feel it! (laughs)
Thinking of it from the PoV of him being in the org, his skills at infiltrating and his ability to fascinate others, he’s quite the outstanding type. I really don’t want to end up liking him so I feel like not getting close to him (laughs). I think that I’ll waver if I have some odd emotion going on.
I, as Ai-chan, I don’t want to make any more “dear persons”. Because I’ll be unable to let go of them.

Q: The org’s pursuit has cooled down, but what kind of developments do you expect to happen?
A: “Oh, no! Because Vermouth knows that (Haibara) is alive, you know? But that’s why… Aoyama-sensei is drawing a brighter Ai-chan. She’s becoming a normal girl. I’d like to say “it’s alright”. But if that happens then the work will end so (laughs)
Development in which she faces the regrets and self-condemnation within her, and involvements with the org that’ll make me skip a heartbeat… I predict that that’s what’ll happen. But until then I want to enjoy the everyday routine.
I was very shocked at seeing her family, who were recently shown in the manga!

Q: Please give us a message for the fans.
A: The swing width of “Ai-chan likeness” has expanded but her unmelting ice is within me so… She looks cute but scary at the same time… I hope you love her with a broad sight.

Caption: Episode 231, the bus hijack. And the line in episode 280 “you’ll protect me, won’t you?” was a topic during the interview.

Profile: Born March 30th. Tokyo Province. Main works: “Ranma ½” as female Ranma, “Slayers” as Lina Inverse, “Evangelion” as Ayanami Ray, “Cowboy Bebop” as Fey, etc.

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Yasuichiro Yamamoto

TV Anime & Movie Director

Q: When you assumed your role as the director of the TV series, it was around the time Haibara made her debut.
A: Truth to be told, her debut episode, 129… I saw most of it for the first time when it aired. It’d been worked on before I became director, so…

Q: And then you directed the 2004 movie, “Magician of the silver wings”.
A: I think that the first time Conan called Haibara “pal” was in the script of the 2007 movie, “Azure Jolly Roger”. The script was by Kawashibara. I thought that Aoyama-sensei would correct it but it went sans a hitch. I was “ah, then it’s fine!”. And that’s when I feel like that Haibara’s directionaly was set, with her being his “pal”.

Q: You returned to being TV series director in 2012.
A: In episode 684, “Bubbles, steam and smoke (1st part)”, I had Okiya say something uncalled for, and Aoyama-sensei did scold me (laughs).
“A pretty unreliable knight, aren’t you?”
“I’ll protect you even if I stake my life on it, princess”
I added that conversation because we had some length of the episode to fill in. Since it wasn’t clear that Okiya = Akai then I thought it’d be fine but… (laughs). Haibara’s character has changed a lot lately, compared to her debut.
It’s fun to make episodes in which she bounces, thinking that she doesn’t need to be so tense and can have it easier.

Q: Please tell us about “Episode ONE”, which aired on December 2016
A: We had to swell the story of the 1st episode so the first ideas were the initial and last Sherry scenes. I had Aoyama-sensei check as well. The coffee beans and the satou being in a drug vial was an homage to a SF novel named “Inherit the stars”. I thought it’d be neat, since it’d feel like (what a) scientist (would do).
Her crossing paths with Shinichi and leading her to realize he’s shrunk was something that I thought during the making, was like “ah, this’ll do fine” and I decided on it.

Profile:

Animation director, director, animator. Has been in “Detective Conan” when it began airing in 1996, and began directing when episode 119. He’s been working in the movies since the 1st one and has been director from the 8th one to the 14th one. In 2012 he went back to being TV series director and has also been in charge of special programs and so.

Q: What episode left an impression in you?
A: I guess it’s episode 247 “The mystery caught in the net (2nd part)”, when she (Haibara) introduces herself to Ran. Looks like there are some in the streets who take it as a declaration of war, but is it the case…? (laughs)
She feels like she’s blown it away…? Or so I think…
In “The disappearance of Edogawa Conan”, the scriptwriter Uchida Kenji got to like Haibara so he got very excited (laughs)
But after the dubbing ended, Hayashibara told us “she blew it away, so why are you making this?” (laughs).
In some of the movies… In “The Detectives’ Requiem”, she acted like an uneasy child or how she got beaten up by one of the culprits in “The Lost Ship of the Skies”. The gap between cute and cool is fun to make.

Q: That gap is her charm, yes?
A: The answer isn’t that simple. She originally was a grown up girl, but when she’s with the kids she feels like she’s their big sis. I think I like it most when she’s with the DBs. But the animation is hard given how there’s so many characters (onscreen) (laughs)

Q: What kind of future developments do you expect?
A: Hard to say… Even if Conan puts distance with Haibara and beats the org, I’m not sure whether she’ll agree with him on that. If she doesn’t get involved, she might feel like the issue hasn’t been solved…
I hope it ends up in peace. But it depends on Aoyama-sensei, though (laughs)

Q: Please give us a message for the fans!
A: We’re doing our best while thinking about her, so please watch on with warmth to what’s coming next. By the way, I recently use a Tanita weight scale and she scolds me “don’t neglect exercise” (laughs)
At some point I’ve become older than Professor Agasa (laughs).

Caption: the “I’ll show you something interesting” line is one spot where Aoyama-sensei intervened. It’d seem it originally was different words but with similar contents.

Kappei Yamaguchi M23 interview

Date: April 2, 2019

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なんかもう、「ダイ・ハード」みたいになっていた

──今日、初めて「紺青の拳」の試写をご覧になったんですよね（取材は4月2日の完成披露舞台挨拶の前に行われた）。

観てきました。面白かったですよ！ 収録のときはまだ画が完成していないのと、音楽や効果音も入っていない状態なので、全体が見えるわけじゃないんです。なので改めて完成したものを観て、これはみんなワクワクする作品になったんじゃないかと思いました。それにしてもかなりスケールの大きな作品になったなという感じはしましたね。なかなかね、人間離れした人たちがたくさん出てくるから（笑）。

──はい。後半は驚きの連続で、1回観ただけでは処理しきれない感じがありました（笑）。

そうなんですよ。収録のときも画面がどうなっているかわからないから、「えっ、これってどうなってるの？ まさかこうなってるの？」なんてみんなで話していて。あそこまで突き抜けた作品になったら、これはこれで楽しいなって思います。なんかもう、「ダイ・ハード」みたいになってましたよね（笑）。

──そうですね（笑）。推理シーンに勝るぐらい、アクションのインパクトがすごいことになっているなと。

もちろん謎解きも見どころなんですが、その印象を上回る派手さがありますよね。でも今回は怪盗キッドが出てくる話なので、これくらい派手でいいのかなと思います。

──怪盗キッドが劇場版に登場するのは、2015年に公開された「名探偵コナン 業火の向日葵」以来、4年ぶりとなります。メインキャラクターとして劇場版に登場することが決まったときはどう感じられましたか？

案外早かったなという印象でした。毎年本編の最後に来年の劇場版の告知があるので、（昨年公開された）「ゼロの執行人」の収録のときはもう次回作のメインキャラクターがキッドになることは聞いていたんです。それがもう1年半くらい前になるんですかね。もう少し空くかなと思っていたのですが。

──「名探偵コナン」は長らく国民的アニメとして愛されていますが、2013年から6年連続で劇場版の興行収入を更新するなど、近年ますます注目が集まっていると感じます。そんなタイミングで、怪盗キッドがメインとなる劇場版が公開されるわけですが……。

興行収入を更新しているというのも、スタッフ一同としては、一生懸命作ったものに対してのご褒美のようなものと捉えていて、なので今回もいつも通り楽しく収録させていただきました。

──本編の内容を思い返してみても、収録現場はとても楽しそうです。

「コナン」はいろいろな事件が起こる作品ではあるんですが、収録自体はいたって和気あいあいと進むんです。劇場版は1日で録るので、今年も朝から夜の0時過ぎまで収録していました。その間はずっと集中していたわけですけど、すごく楽しい収録だったなという印象が残っていますね。

京極さんは、安室さんとは真逆のタイプの人

──今回の劇場版では、京極真もキーパーソンとして活躍しています。劇場版で京極にスポットが当たるのは今回が初めてとなりますが。

京極さんはカッコいいですよね。僕は京極さんの不器用なところ嫌いじゃないです。園子に一途で、きっと空手と園子があればほかにはなんにもいらないんだろうなこの人は、みたいな感じがあって。でもその一途さが故に、愛情表現が不器用になってしまうところがある。去年の（「ゼロの執行人」にメインキャラクターとして登場した）安室さんとは真逆にいるようなタイプの人ですよね。

──純朴でちょっと天然な一面があったり、安室透とはまた違った魅力を持っていますよね。

あとは“漢”と書いて“おとこ”と読むみたいな部分もある（笑）。この劇場版を通して、京極さんのことを好きになる人はきっと多いんじゃないかなと思います。ただ、彼はもはや人間ではなくなってきているなって（笑）。クライマックスでも1人だけオーラが立ち昇って、もう別ジャンルのキャラクターになってましたからね。キッド個人としては、あまり関わりたくないです（笑）。

──園子はキッドのことになるとつい「キッド様」と目を輝かせてしまうので、京極の嫉妬の矛先はそのままキッドに向いてしまいます。

そうなんですよ。だから園子にはもう少し静かにしていてほしいですね（笑）。でも今回の劇場版の中で、キッドが京極さんとやり合うシーンがありますけど、なかなかに攻撃をかわしてますからね。キッドも相当じゃない？と。

──かわすほうが技術が必要だったりしますもんね。

そうそう、だからキッドは身体能力が高いんだなと思いました。

キッドからコナンに対する信頼

──今回はキッドとコナンが共闘するシーンも見どころの1つだと思います。「天空の難破船（ロスト・シップ）」の収録の際は、コナン役の高山みなみさんと「コナンとキッドの距離が近づきすぎているかもしれないから、もう少し離れてみようか」というお話をされたそうですが、今回の劇場版でのキッドとコナンの距離感はいかがでしょうか？

いい距離感だと思いますよ。決して近からず、遠からずというか。やっぱりお互い信頼はおいていると思うんですけれど、根本にある“怪盗”と“探偵”という距離感は保っている。完成した映像を観て、改めていい距離感だなと思いました。

──収録中、そのあたりについて高山さんとはお話しされたんですか。

今回の劇場版では、コナンくんとキッドが、お互いに集めてきた情報をまとめていくような会話のシーンが多い。なので「これは説明としてどうだろう？」とか、そういったことは話しましたね。キャラクターそのものについてはお互い信頼しているし、言わずもがなの部分ではあるので。そういったことよりも、台本上でキッドがコナンに頼りすぎているかなと感じた部分があれば、セリフの捉え方やニュアンスで変化をつけたり、ちょっと言葉を入れ替えてみようかとか、そういったことについてよく話し合っていました。

──コナンに頼らずとも、キッドはキッドで考えて動いていると。

キッドもそれなりに切れ者なので。これぐらいの真実だったらキッド個人でも辿り着くことができるんじゃないかなと思う部分があれば、そういったところのニュアンスを相談したりします。ただ、推理はコナンくんのお家芸なので。そこはキッドもコナンを信頼しているところではあると思うんです。

──これまでのシリーズでもキッドとコナンが共闘するシーンはありましたが、今作は今まで以上に2人が一緒にいる時間が長かったですよね。

そうですね。ずーっと一緒にいますからね。コナンくんをシンガポールに連れてきたのもキッドですし。でもひどいですよね、スーツケースに入れて連れてくるなんて（笑）。

──まさかのスーツケースでしたからね（笑）。そんなキッドとコナンの関係性というのも、これまでの長い付き合いの中で徐々に変化している部分があるのかなと感じました。

キッドが初めて「名探偵コナン」に登場したときは、あくまでコナンの好敵手の立場として出ていて。「天空の難破船」のあたりくらいからかな。黒羽快斗の部分が「名探偵コナン」の作中にもチラつくようになって、少し変わってきた部分があるのかなと思います。最初に出会ったときは「怪盗はあざやかに獲物を盗み出す創造的な芸術家だが、探偵はその跡を見て難癖つけるただの批評家に過ぎないんだぜ？」と言っていたキッドが、今回の劇場版の中では「握った拳の中にまるで何かがあるように思わせるのがマジシャンで、その拳を開く前に中身を言い当てるのが探偵だろ？」っていう言い方をしてるんです。そういったセリフ1つとっても、ずいぶん変わったなと。コナンくんに対しての信頼っていうのは、やっぱり彼の中にも絶対あるんだと思います。

快斗と新一はいい友人に？ ……それはどうでしょう（笑）

──キッド個人としてはどうでしょう？ 最初の頃と現在とでは、イメージが変わってきた部分はあるのでしょうか。

今回の劇場版の中でもそんなに“キッドキッド”してしゃべっていないんですよね。コナンくんと一緒にいるときは、かなりニュートラルな状態になっている。黒羽快斗の部分で接していることのほうが多くなってきたのかなとは思います。

──「コナン」に登場し始めた頃のキッドは、もう少しミステリアスな雰囲気がありました。

そうですよね。最近は「レディース＆ジェントルメン！」なんて言いませんからね（笑）。

──あはは（笑）。確かにあまり聞かなくなりました。

以前よりも黒羽快斗という1人の青年の部分が色濃く出るようになった気がします。それも「天空の難破船」のあたりから砕けてきたのかなと。あのヤギを撫でていたあたりから（笑）。

──そういったキッドの姿を見ていると、快斗と新一はいい友人関係になれるんじゃないかなと思ったりもするのですが。

いやあ、どうでしょうねえ？ どうなんでしょうかね？（笑） 結局のところは追う立場のものと、追われる立場のものですからね。

──なるほど……。ちなみに、山口さんは「名探偵コナン」で工藤新一と怪盗キッド、似た顔の2人のキャラクターを演じていますが、演じ分けはどういうふうに考えているのでしょうか。

それはもう感覚的なものですね。声も特別変えているわけではなく、それぞれに“工藤新一エッセンス”と“怪盗キッドエッセンス”みたいなものをちょっとずつ分けるという感じ。キッドが出てきてくれたことによって、意外と新一はクールなキャラクターではなく、熱血タイプなんだなっていうことがわかりました。なのでどちらかというとキッドにクールな部分を残して、新一からはそういう部分を削っていって。新一をアツい性格のキャラクターにしてみたら、意外と「あ、これでいいかも」と思うようになりました。

──確かに新一は物事に真っ直ぐで、キッドのほうが少し飄々としている印象があります。そういった部分も山口さんのお芝居から感じました。

あとは観てくれている皆さんが、そう聴き分けてくれている。僕自身の演じ分けとしては、新一のほうが真っ直ぐ見据えてしゃべっていて、キッドのほうが上から見下ろしているような感じ。そういうイメージを持ちながら演じています。

懐かしくも新しいキッドのコスチューム

──先日、金曜ロードSHOW!で「世紀末の魔術師」が放送された際にはSNSも大きく賑わっていました。中には「キッドが初恋」と語るファンの方もいて。

……やっぱり、あの頃のキッドのほうがみんな好きなんですかね？（笑） 皆さんの反応を見ていて、キザなキッドのほうがお好きなのかなって思ったりしました。

──ちょっとミステリアスでキザなところがあって、幼心にはいわゆる少女マンガのヒーローっぽいキッドに惹かれるところがあったのかもしれないですね。

でもねえ、小学1年生の女の子の家のベランダに飛び降りて、「飛び続けるのに疲れて、羽を休めていたただの魔法使いですよ」みたいなこと……（笑）。改めて観て、ちょっと「ふふ」って笑っちゃいました。

──そんなキッドがカッコいいと思います（笑）。そんなふうに少女たちの“初恋”でありながら今も愛され続けているキッドですが、山口さんは彼の人気の理由はどこにあると考えていますか？

やっぱり、白いシルクハットにタキシードにマントという、キッドのあのビジュアルからしてカッコいいですよね。（黒羽快斗を主人公に描く）「まじっく快斗」自体が青山先生の中でも初期の作品ですから、怪盗キッドのキャラクターデザインもずいぶん前にされているものだと思うんです。アイコン的にキャラクターの出で立ちを作り込んであったと思うんですが、どこか懐かしい雰囲気のデザインでありながら、かえって今だと新しく感じるというか。今日劇場で観ていても思いましたけど、やっぱりキッドのコスチュームはすごく映えますよね。そういったシルエットからも魅力を感じさせるキャラクターだなと思います。

──キッドの存在は目を引きますし、彼がいると画面が華やぎますよね。

日本で“名探偵”といえば金田一耕助や明智小五郎が挙がると思うんですが、例えば今、街頭インタビューで「名探偵といえば？」と聞いたら、そのあたりを飛び越えて「コナン」と答える人も多いんじゃないかと思うんです。それくらい大きな存在になっていると感じるんですが、キッドも「コナン」に出るようになってから認知される部分は大きくなったと思いますし、同じように「怪盗といえば？」という質問をしたら「怪盗キッド」と答えてくれる人も増えてるんじゃないでしょうか。

劇場版を観て一番気になったのは……

──では改めて、今回の劇場版の見どころを教えてください。

たっくさんありますよ。今回は海外が舞台ということで、圧倒的に映像がきれい。すごく細かく描写されているので、観ていたらシンガポールに行きたくなりました（笑）。そこは本当にスタッフさんたちが熱を持って作ってくださっているんだなと思います。あとは、物語的にはコナンとキッドがずっと一緒の時間を過ごして、共闘する。それが1つの軸としてある中で、もう1つの軸である京極さんと園子の話もうまく組み合わさってくるんです。それに魅力的な敵キャラクターも登場します。なのでどのキャラクターの目線で見るかで、物語の見え方や感じ方も変わるのではないかなと。とは言いつつ、意外と登場人物は少ないので、それが話をわかりやすくしている要因なのかなと思います。見どころとなると……やっぱり今回はアクションなのかなあ。

──相当な迫力がありますもんね。

後半は手に汗握る、ドキドキするアクションが楽しめると思います。人間離れした京極さんのアクションが楽しめる一方で（笑）、彼のメンタルも描かれているので、そのあたりも注目かなと。彼の弱さみたいな部分も垣間見えるので、そういったところを見ると「やっぱりまだ高校生なんだな」って安心もしました。あとは……今日試写を観ていて一番気になったのが、エンディングでみんなが飛行機で帰国するシーンがあるんですけど、あのときのコナンくんはまたスーツケースの中に入ってるのかなって気になって（笑）。

──確かに……コナンくんの姿は映されてなかったですね（笑）。

……見どころを聞かれて、答えるのはそこじゃないだろうって感じですよね（笑）。

Translation: From wsstalkback blogspot

It's totally like it's “Die Hard” now.

── You've seen “Fist of Blue Sapphire” Today for the first time. (This interview was conducted April 2nd before the on stage greeting.
{Tweet: If the Conan mass media comes then Wakana-chan will come too so it'll be a tale of going to see a movie with Ran~^^}
Kappei (To be known as K): I saw it, and it was awesome! The footage wasn't complete when we did the recording so there wasn't any music or sound effects yet...it was incomplete. So when I got to see the whole thing completed I thought that it was really exciting. Moreover it felt like the scale for this movie had become even bigger. Like...superhuman almost. (Laughs).

── Right? It felt like there were so many surprises in the second half that came one after another. I think I'd need more than one viewing to process it all. (Laughs).
K: I feel the same way. When we were doing the recording It was hard to tell how the artwork would turn out. “Huh? Wait how is this supposed to be? Whoa, that's really how it went down?” Was a lot of the talk between everyone. Though it's because it's a work that went past it's limits that it was so much fun. It's totally like “Die Hard” now. (Laughs).

── Totally. (Laughs) The Action scene have an impact that feel like they exceed the deduction scenes.
K: Of course there are highlights to look out for to solve the mystery, but you really would get that impression from how flashy this movie is. Though since Kid showed up this time I think that the movie being full of flash was a good thing.

── Kaitou Kid last appeared in a movie in 2015 “Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno” --so 4 years ago. How did you feel when it was decided he'd be a main character in this film?
K: I was surprised to see that he was back so soon. Every year at the end of the movie they have a small preview for the next one, --which would have been “Zero's Enforcer” last year. During the recording of that movie it had already been decided that Kid would be the lead for the next one. Which was about a year and a half beforehand. I thought there'd be a little more time before we'd see him again.

── “Detective Conan” is an anime that has been long loved nationwide, but for six years since 2013 the box office revenues for the movies has only been rising, and it feels like in recent years they've really garnered a lot of attention. So for Kid to be the star of a movie with timing like this...
K: Even with the box office revenues rising, the staff puts all they've got into making the movies, so while it comes off as them working hard for an award it was still a fun atmosphere during recording this time around as always.

── Even looking back at the contents of the movie itself, it seems the recording studio is a fun place.
K: Although “Conan” is the type of series where all kinds of cases happen, the recording sessions themselves proceed with a congenial air. We usually record the lines for the movie in one day, so this year too we were recording from early morning till midnight. We were engrossed in recording the whole time, but the impression after it was all done was just how much fun it was.

Kyogoku is the complete opposite from Amuro

── In this movie Makoto Kyogoku is the key person. This is the first movie where Kyogoku has been in this position...
K: Kyogoku sure is cool, right? I don't dislike how awkward he is. I feel like he's the type that as long as he has Sonoko and Karate he really doesn't need anything else. However, since he is fully dedicated to Sonoko, he finds it hard awkward to express his affections. Amuro who was the main character in “Zero's Enforcer” is different –Kyogoku is the complete opposite from Amuro.

── He's pure and just a little bit airheaded –his charm is quite different than Amuro's, huh?
K: He puts the 'man' in manliness. (laughs). After seeing this movie I feel like the amount of Kyogoku fans will grow a bit. However, I feel like at this point he's no longer human. (laughs). At the climax his aura is incredible –it's almost as if he's a character from another genre completely. I think Kid will personally want to avoid getting involved with him. (laughs).

── Because whenever Sonoko thinks of Kid, she refers to him as “Kid-sama” and her eyes light up, Kyogoku bares his jealousy at Kid and faces him down, right?
K: That's right. It's probably why he wants Sonoko to be quiet a bit (laughs). However, in this movie Kid and Kyogoku have a scene where they fight, but they do a good job of avoiding each others attacks. Maybe Kid's a worthy opponent?

── He would need quite the technique to dodge those attacks, huh?
K: That's right. It's why I think that Kid's actually pretty strong.

Kid's trust in Conan.

── This time around Kid and Conan have a scene where they fight on a united front. For the movie “The Lost Ship of the sky” Conan's voice actress Minami Takayama mentioned during recording that “Perhaps Kid and Conan are getting to close –maybe they need to back off a bit”. For this movie, what would you say the distance between Conan and Kid is?
K: I think they've got a good sense of distance. I don't think it's easily defined whether they're really close or far apart...I think they've just got a good sense of mutual trust in each other. I think the foundation for this is the sense of distance maintained between a “phantom thief” and a “detective”. Once I got to see the completed movie, I really thought once again that they have a good sense of distance.

── During the recording did you talk to Ms. Takayama about what she thought of this?
K: In the movie there are a lot of scenes where Conan and Kid are gathering info together. Because of this conversations would come up like “How do we go about explaining this” and so on. Since the characters themselves have so much trust in each other, there are things that go without saying between them. If there are parts of the script where it does feel like Conan and Kid are relying on each other a bit too much, we change the nuance in the lines and the pretext, and if need be discuss changing the wording. She and I would talk about that quite often during recording.

── Even without relying on Conan, Kid does and thinks his own way.
K: Kid is a pretty sharp guy, so if there comes a time where one would wonder why he wouldn't be able to arrive at the truth on his own, We discuss the nuance of the lines. Conan's specialty is his deductions, so I think that's what Kid relies on and trusts Conan to do.

── There are scenes where Conan and Kid fight on a united front in the series, but this movie is the longest time they've been in each others company.
K: That's right. They're together the whoooole time. It was Kid who brought Conan to Singapore after all. Though he's really cruel bringing him along in a suitcase (laughs.)

── He couldn't have possibly used just the suitcase, (laughs). Though despite things Conan and Kid have a history with each other, and it feels like through their long interactions that their relationship is slowly beginning to change.
K: When Kid first appeared in “Detective Conan” he already occupied the position of being a worthy rival. I think “The lost ship of the sky” more or less confirmed it? I think a bit of Kaito Kuroba that dazzles in the “Detective Conan” series is what has changed a little bit. At the beginning when they first met, Kid said “A phantom thief is an artist who steals dazzling game, while a Detective looks at those traces and overly criticizes them, you know?” Though this time around he says “The magician clenches his fist as if he's hiding something, and it's a Detective's role to guess what's hiding in it before the fist opens, right?” Although it's just one line it shows a whole lot of change. So I think within Kid there is a define amount of trust for Conan.

...Are Kaitou and Shinichi good friends? ….I dunno about that. (laughs)...

── What is Kid like personally? From when we first met him to now, it feels like parts of his visage have changed, right?
K: In this movie, there's not as much talk of Kid in general, really. When Kid and Conan are together, they're in a neutral state so I feel like there's way more contact with the Kaito Kuroba side of himself.

── When Kid first appeared in “Conan” it felt like he had a more enigmatic air about himself.
K: That's right. Lately he doesn't even say “Ladies and Gentleman” anymore. (laughs).

── Ahaha (Laughs). It's true he doesn't say that much anymore.
K: More than before it feels like there's a pronounced showing of the part of him that is Kaito Kuroba. A lot like there was in “The lost ship in the sky”. I feel like it really broke down then...right around the time where he was petting that goat. (laughs).

── On that note, when one looks at Kid, it kind of feels like he and Shinichi might become good friends..
K: Maan....I wonder about that. How would that work? (Laughs) Ultimately I feel like one would pursue and the other would be pursued.

── I see. On that note, in “Detective Conan” you voice Shinichi Kudo and Kaitou Kid to characters who have the same appearance. When you're voice acting what kind of things are you thinking to keep them separate?
K: That's mostly intuitive for me now. It's not really like I do much to distinguish them voice-wise, it's more like “This is the essence of Shinichi Kudo” vs “This is the essence of Kaitou Kid”, and I compartmentalize the little things that way. Because of Kid's appearances I've found that Shinichi isn't actually calm and collected character, but he's actually the hot blooded type. Meanwhile I'd have to say that Kid is those cool and suave parts left over from Shinichi. So when I look at Shinichi as a hotblooded character I think that surprisingly “This works out”.

── It's true that overall Shinichi gives the impression of being is a fairly straightforward guy while Kid is a bit more aloof. I do get that feeling from your performance.
K: And I think that everyone watching picks up on that difference too. When I'm acting for Shinichi I do think of him as having a straightforward gaze as he talks. Meanwhile Kid feels more like he's looking down from above. That's the kind of feeling I go with when I'm voice acting.

A familiar yet nostalgic new costume for Kid.

── The other day on the Friday Road Show! The “Last Magician of the Century” was broadcast, and it was a buzz on social media. A lot of fans were talking about “Kid being their first love.”
K: ….Figures back then everyone really loved Kid huh? (Laughs) I was thinking to myself that Kid sure had a lot of fans when he was more pompous.

── It had a lot to do with the mysterious air of pompousness he had. He was to a the childlike mind the hero of a shoujo manga. It was that Kid who captured the hearts of many perhaps.
K: Though jumping from a First grader's veranda and saying “I'm a magician who's grown tired of flying and am resting my wings” is kind of....(laughs). I watched it again and couldn't help chuckling to myself.

── I think Kid is at his coolest when he's like that though. (laughs). This is how he became many young girls' “first love”, and that love stays with them even now. What do you think is the reason for Kid's enduring popularity?
K: It's gotta be the white silk hat, and the tuxedo with the white cape. It's that visage of Kid that's super cool, right? Aoyama-sensei's artwork of Kaito Kuroba from “Magic Kaito” has been the same since it's inception. Kaitou Kid's character design has been set like that for a while now. I think the outfit he created has made him an icon of sorts, through it being a nostalgic design while also feeling new even now. Today when I was watching the movie I was thinking to myself Kid's costume really does shine. I think from even his silhouette that his character exudes charm.

── Kid's existence really captures the eyes. When he appears the whole scene is dazzling.
K: When Japan thinks “famous detectives” Kousuke Kindaichi and Goro Akechi come to mind, but right now if you were to take a man on the street interview and ask people “what do you think a famous detective is” a lot of folk would probably answer “Conan” I think. It does feel like it's become something that huge, but there's an awareness that Kid appearing in “Conan” is a part of it's major success. At the same time if you asked “What do you think a phantom thief is” the amount of folks answering “Kaitou Kid” is on the rise.

Upon seeing the movie, the most curious thing is...

── So asking once again, what are the highlights of the movie?
K: There are a whole lot. Since the setting is overseas, the film is overwhelmingly beautiful. All of the finer details are painstakingly drawn and honestly after seeing it I really want to go to Singapore. (laughs). I really think the staff approached drawing this movie with a lot of zeal. Beyond that, there's the story of Kid and Conan spending a lot of time together and fighting a united fight. Though that's one part of the film, another is Kyogoku and Sonoko's story really ting things together. Oh and the villain characters have their charm too, but it's interesting that even with all these different viewpoints the feel of the story itself doesn't change. Actually it's a little surprising how few characters show up in this. I think that is a factor as to why the story is pretty easy to understand. Though the biggest highlight this time around would have to be the action scenes.

── They have a lot of intensity don't they?
K: During the second half I was clenching my sweaty palms. I really enjoyed the heart-stopping action. Especially the ones starring the man who has exceeded humanity itself, Kyogoku (laughs). His mentality was drawn really well too, so take notice of that if you can. One can see his weak side as well, and despite everything you'd think “Oh wow he really is just a high school student, huh” and feel a bit relieved. Though the thing that got me most curious during the preview showing was the ending scene where everyone was returning to Japan...was Conan really in the suitcase that whole time? I'm so curious. (laughs).

── It's true we didn't even get to see Conan in the ending. (Laughs).
K: You asked me about the highlights yet I feel like that's not the answer I should have given. (laughs).

Aoyama Gosho x Mitsuru Adachi Interview

The interview was split into 3 parts and published in 3 magazines.
Date: April 3, April 11, April 12, 2019

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Part 1
[Weekly Shounen Sunday]

[Gessan]

[Special Edition Mix collection]

A 3 magazine special project!!!

Aoyama: The cafe Poirot is based on Minami Kaze!!

Adachi: Then, I was a good influence, no?

MITSURU ADACHI X GOSHO AOYAMA

Special Interview

――This is to commemorate MIX getting a TV anime and Conan's movie hitting theaters, but have you met on other occasions?
Adachi: Since the end of the year party you mean?
Aoyama: It was during the New Years “Sunday Thanksgiving” or so, right?
Adachi: Only about a month huh? We meet all the time so this doesn't seem that special, huh?
Aoyama: Right.
Adachi: Then what should the two of us talk about? (laughs). There probably isn't much to say in regards to manga.
Aoyama: The interview's already started though, (laughs).

――Well then, how about telling us when you first met?
Aoyama: The first time we met was on the baseball field, right? We were on the same team –the manga artist team!
Adachi: Yeah, It was at the Tokyo Dome where they had this weird gimmick for the 30th Sunday anniversary. (The Special Video Edition.) ...It was us VS the Editorial staff. I remember we got to talking while sitting on the bench. Though what were we talking about....I dunno. (laughs) Hara Hidenori-Sensei was on third, but that's about all I remember...
Aoyama: Hara on Third (laugh) At that time it took all of the courage I had to turn to you and say “Please give me an autograph!”, y'know?
Adachi: You lie.
Aoyama: No, no, (laughs) You even turned me down! You said “You're probably going to sell this so I won't give you one.

Adachi: Really? (laughs). But then soon after that “Conan” started and it was me asking you for an autograph for my sons who are huge fans...
Aoyama: It was a pleasure for me to. It was about ten years or so after we first met that my dream came true. Thank goodness I drew Conan~ (laughs)
Adachi: We traded autographs around 1998 then...
Adachi: And you've been drawing away since then haven't you?
Aoyama: The whole time, yup. It's actually scary, really. Conan's serialization has reached it's 25th anniversary and it's all so amazing. But Adachi-sensei, you've been drawing “Touch” this whoooole time haven't you? (laughs)
Adachi: I've done all sorts of things..! What are you speaking of? Ah but really, the basis for them is that they're all sequels. (Laughs)
Aoyama: Right? (Laughs) Though after we talked on the bench in the Tokyo Dome, the next time we talked was when YAIBA won the Shougakukan manga award (1993) and I called you on the phone to write the congratulatory comment on the fliers for the award ceremony. I was sooo nervous.
Adachi: Eh? Did that happen?
Aoyama: It did!
Adachi: Ah, So it did, huh? (Laughs)
Aoyama: Before I called you, I had already written out what we'd talk about as well as your answers in advance...but when I called and you were suddenly like “huh?” It was like “Ah, it's Tacchan”, and despite writing everything out beforehand my mind went blank and it felt like I had nothing to say. I wasn't nervous at all talking to you in person, but it figures the phone would be totally different...
Adachi: Thank you. It's been an established fact that my voice sounds terrifying on the phone. (laughs), My moods don't come over well on the phone either so I come off sounding curt. At that time YAIBA had won for the juvenile's category, right?
Aoyama: Yup, that's the one. Takashi Shiina's “Ghost Sweeper Mikami” won the Boys division at the same time.
Adachi: And “Conan” won it in (2001) along with Hiroyuki Nishimori, right?
Aoyama: That's right. It won with “Cheeky Angel”. Conan won the Boy's division, so now if I could take the girl's and general category I could have a clean sweep in all four!
Adachi: So that was your aim, (laughs)
Aoyama: But I just couldn't draw it. (laughs)
Adachi: It's was just a dream!
Aoyama: I couldn't do a shoujo manga.
Adachi: You'll just have to take it by force!
Aoyama: I can't do that. (laughs). From YAIBA onwards, I was was always in Weekly Shounen Sunday with Adachi-sensei....there was “Rough” along with Rumiko Takahashi's “Urusei Yatsura” which was reaching it's end –and Kazuhiro Fujita's “Ushio and Tora” and so on....it felt like I was surrounded by tough foes the whole time. After that there was “Ranma” Adachi-sensei's “Nijiiro Togarashi” (Lit: Rainbow colored chili powder) “H2” and so on....it was one trouble after another, (laughs).

Adachi: No, no. It felt like in the second half that we had more or less left things in Conan's hands (laugh). With a person and work such as that one it was easy. You were in the lead role rather than being a pinch hitter. I figure Conan must be tough to write each chapter.
Aoyama: It is.
Adachi: Meanwhile with works like “Touch” there'd be chapters where noooothing happens. In fact, that's kind of the norm. Meanwhile with “Conan” going all out is the norm. There aren't times where no one dies, and it's just a normal quiet day, right?
Aoyama: Nope, there aren't. At least not in “Conan”. In “Zero's Tea Time” where I correct the storyboards, it's absolutely fine if there's nothing going on at all.
Adachi: Have you seen “Hannin no Hanzawa-san”?
Aoyama: I haven't checked it out, but you can if you'd like. (Laughs).
Adachi: When did you think to yourself “I'll become a manga artist”?
Aoyama: In college, I'd say.

{For the first time in the magazine –Adachi Mitsuru sensei's message to Aoyama Gosho-sensei in regard to YAIBA winning the Shougakukan Manga award.}

{I'd like to applaud you for receiving the prize in the juvenile category for a long serial in “Shounen Sunday” which has Middle School and High school readers as it's base. Aoyama-kun's artwork has a special appeal to the juvenile category as it's cute, and the story is reckless, but I mean that in a good way. It's a manga like manga, a series that's backed up by many other works that are huge in scale, but no mistaking it, I was happy to nominate this one full stop from the bottom of my heart. Which is to say, as long as there are authors out there who hide all kinds of potential within them we wont' go lacking for many different stories, in which talent like this will shine through. I'd like to take this opportunity to expect much more from this assertive attacker. It'd be perfect if after this he'd stop being a Kyoujin fan, but....(Adachi Mitsuru)}

Adachi: Did you enroll in college?
Aoyama: Up until then I thought I'd become an animator.
Adachi: I see...
Aoyama: I had an upperclassman animator in my animator lab, and they said that there's no way you'll be an animator! Go be a manga artist! So I then became a manga artist.
Adachi: That was a good choice. The upper class man chose for you and everything. Plus you do get to have your say for the anime too.
Aoyama: I even draw key frames for the anime, so it's like my dream to be an animator came true. (laughs) Well, I do check the script and the the storyboards too.
Adachi: You're totally different than me there. I basically leave everything to the animators for the most part.
Aoyama: It's different than your beloved pro baseball team, huh?
Adachi: That's right. Kyoujin fans are y'know...hey, that's enough of that. (laughs)
Aoyama: Kyoujin fans don't' change much do they? (laughs) Heck, even my assistants from my college days haven't changed. We've been together without losing anyone this whole time. From when I was submitting works to magazines to now, I've used the same assistants.
Adachi: Is that so?
Aoyama: You can't draw manga by yourself. Though I've heard you say if you could, you'd draw the backgrounds yourself. When I heard that I wondered to myself “That's dumb...” (laughs). If I could on my own, I'd settle for drawing Conan and all of the people on my own at least.
Adachi: Ah, I said that? (laughs) I see. I've been using the same assistants this whole time too. Even now the two people I've had with me since “Touch” have been there for more than 30 years.
Aoyama: They draw the backgrounds so well....your assistants I mean.
Adachi: Look who's talking. (laughs.)
Aoyama: Ah right! Speaking of backgrounds...
Adachi: What about backgrounds?
Aoyama: When I read “Mix” I swear to myself “Didn't the Minamikaze” show up somewhere? Ah look, the “Tea Shop Poirot” was modeled after it! I remember! The shrubbery, the glass windows and the arch above the entrance...it's all the same.
Adachi: Oh really? (laughs)
Aoyama: I thought to myself, “This mystery manga isn't long for this world so I'd might as well make the tea shop the same from “Touch”. (laughs)

Adachi: And it's been 25 years since then, (laughs)
Aoyama: And I'm still drawing it now. In “Mix” It's like “Nowadays there aren't any 80s era tea shops left”....then I'm like “Oh wait I'm still drawing one now....
Adachi: (laugh) There aren't any cafes that look the way they do in drawings, huh.
Aoyama: It's so nostalgic! I was surprised as well....the shrubs planted in the brick holders...
Adachi: Well, well. (laughs)
Aoyama: Oh and that antenna like thing on Conan's head, I borrowed that from Nijiro Tougarashi's Shinami,.
Adachi: I'm thankful for that~ Ah so I did have a good influence on you. (laughs).
Aoyama: The back came a bit from Kabu in “Sally the Witch”. ...and Conan's eyes they're also borrowed from Adachi-sensei! The mouth is from Monkey Punch-sensei while the nose is from Chiba Tetsuya-sensei. If you combine the artwork from these three you get my art. Though Kazuhiko Shimamoto has said at one point “It's not! Absolutely not!!”
Adachi: (laughs)
Aoyama: Those are my three great teachers.
Adachi: Nah, I really don't compare with them, it's awkward. (laughs)
Aoyama: No, I'm serious!!

Part 2

Part 3
“We haven't talked about manga have we, huh?”
――For this occasion we're celebrating MIX's TV anime and Conan's newest movie, so we asked you two to be here. However when have you met before this?
Adachi: Since the end of the year party?
Aoyama: Since the New Years “Sunday appreciation” festival, right?
Adachi: So that was around one month ago. Well, we've had run-ins here or there but it's not like we discussed anything of any real importance.
Aoyama: Yeah.
Adachi: Up until now we've just been meandering around (laughs). Ah right we haven't talked about manga have we, huh?
Aoyama: And the interview has already started, (laughs).

――Then let's start over. What would you two say you have in common?
Adachi: Things we have in common...hm. How many siblings do you have again?
Aoyama: Four siblings.
Adachi: Then we have that in common....and they are...? Brothers? Sisters?
Aoyama: All four of them are guys. I'm the second son...ah right Adachi-sensei if I remember correctly you're the youngest?
Adachi: That I am. I only had one older sister, and my older brother right before me was a manga artist as well. So what was the situation for you as the second son?
Aoyama: As the second son...I got a bunch of hand-me-downs like all of my big brother's clothes were all hand-me-downs.
Adachi: What is your age difference?
Aoyama: Two years. We fought a lot.
Adachi: It happens when you're close in age like that.
Aoyama: The other bro was about five years away from me, so he was already...
Adachi: You really did look at him as more of a proper little brother.
Aoyama: That's right. Though interestingly enough my manga don't tend to have sibling characters in them because I find siblings to be a pain to draw. (Laughs). Even in normal circumstances Conan has a bunch of characters....it'd be better if there weren't more of them, right?
Adachi: No no, (laughs) Though it's actually rare for me to have a story without siblings...
Okay so for things we have in common....I guess our names both start with “A” and we're both from the year of the rabbit. I think aside from that we're basically completely different. (laughs).
Aoyama: The legend of the year of the rabbit, (laughs). We were discussing it before how it seems like lots of amazing manga artists are born on the year of the rabbit. Tetsuya Chiba-sensei for one, you –Adachi-sensei, me, and Eiichiro Oda-sensei.
Adachi: And then there's Osamu Tezuka-sensei but he was born a different year.
Aoyama: He was so close too, (laughs).
Adachi: The gap of 12 years is a big one. The environment one is raised in is completely different...it's kind of weird right? What kind of manga did you read as a child?
Aoyama: I loved “I'm Teppei” (Ore wa Teppei).
Adachi: Only “Teppei”? Was there anything else?
Aoyama: “Ashita no Joe” ….as a kid I was really into Magazine.
Adachi: Yeah, same here. I never read anything from Shougakukan. (laughs) I was aaaalways into Magazine.
Aoyama: (laugh) I'm nostalgic for Makoto Kobayashi-sensei's “1.2 Sanshiro” and stuff like that. I really love pro racing.

Adachi: What kind of music do you listen to?
Aoyama: Eiichi Ootaki and Tatsuro Yamashita....stuff from that generation.
Adachi: The Niagara generation?...it progressed about 12 years...
Aoyama: Adachi-sensei...were you into Masashi Sada and the like?
Adachi: Nah, no matter how I think about it, I was definitely in the Beatles Generation.
Aoyama: Beatles...that was before our time.
Adachi: Yeah, that's right.
Aoyama: But good music is good.
Adachi: How about idols?
Aoyama: Idols? Momoko Kikuchi is one I like, and then Akina Nakamori.
Adachi: Gotta say they don't seem to be your type.
Aoyama: But that's the generation I was from. Not quite the Seiko Matsuda era.
Adachi: Ah, I see...
Aoyama: Beyond that there was Kyouko Koizumi....that's about it I think. I actually used all of their names in “Magic Kaito” for the characters.....Aoko Nakamori, Akako Koizumi, and so on...it matched up with the colors.
Adachi: (laughs).
Aoyama: For the suspects in “Conan” I try to name them carefully after the motif in the case. Though, what about you Adachi-sensei?
Adachi: For “Nijiiro Tougarashi” and whatnot I just threw things together. “Cross Game” It was to match the leaf motif –I thought of all the key characters at the same time.
Aoyama: I see.
Adachi: For the baseball members I haphazardly came up with their names, so sometimes I'd make mistakes on them.
Aoyama: Huh? Mistakes?
Adachi: When they'd first appear they'd have a completely different first name and because I wouldn't remember, the next time they'd show up I'd end up drawing the character with another wrong name.
Aoyama: (laughs)
Adachi: One time I made a mistake three times....it was actually amazing. When they set out to make an anime of it, the staff poked fun at me and asked “Is this guy actually three brothers”? (Laughs) And we had to fix it.
Aoyama: You gotta get a better grip on that! (Laughs)
Adachi: I'd always get the family name right though. (Laughs).
Aoyama: It's kind of like Conan Doyle.
Adachi: ?
Aoyama: Apparently Conan Doyle was pretty irresponsible too. He'd often get Professor Moriarty's name wrong and stuff...
Adachi: It takes having a strong constitution. Extremely strong. Though it seems we all end up living kinda haphazardly.
Aoyama: I'm pretty haphazard too, sometimes I end up getting things wrong...ah, right! I remember! When “Touch started, there was a person with “Hirahira-kun's Adolescent diary”!
Adachi: Whyyy do you remember such needless information?
Aoyama: Because I like “Hirahira-kun” (laughs) Why (would a guy) use the same restroom as the girls?

Adachi: It wasn't my fault –that was just included with the original work. From 1977 to 1978 “Chuuichi Course” by Mamoru Sasaki was serialized.
Aoyama: I only saw Hirahira-kun when I first read your works Adachi-sensei! But when I read “Touch” I thought it was really good. So I went back ward and read “Nine”...
Adachi: Thanks for that.
Aoyama: I really liked the scene with Minami-chan's diary in “Touch”.
Adachi: I wonder what she was doing. Even I couldn't really see. (laughs).
Aoyama: She was probably writing how she likes Tacchan....so it's actually kind of cute for her to be between seeing and not seeing.
Aoyama: So with MIX...
Adachi: Ah it's fine if we don't talk about that one. It's not as if anything has happened so it's fine.
Aoyama: No no, (laughs) I like Haruka Ooyama myself.
Adachi: Oh? So you like longer hair then?
Aoyama: Nah it's not that....I guess her personality? Her personality is really cute!
Adachi: Though I haven't even gotten around to drawing her properly yet.
Aoyama: She was around a lot during the intra-squad games, and I was really happy. Though I also want Souichiro to have more time too...
Adachi: Well...I'll consider it.
Aoyama: I just don't want you to kill him off.
Adachi: Whoa there, this coming from the guy who has people dying in his manga on a regular basis?! (Laughs) I haven't killed that many people...
Aoyama: That's true (laughs) Though hey I also haven't killed any of my main characters.
Adachi: Fair enough.
Aoyama: Wait, did the “Touch” manga end after the anime?
Adachi: Nah the manga ended before the anime did. I remember being ask about how the final chapter was going to go....but even I wasn't sure, (laughs)
Aoyama: So you made them chase after you (laughs). How's “Mix” Going to turn out?
Adachi: I'm only thinking about what kind of story I'd like it to be.
Aoyama: “MIX” and “Conan” are both airing Saturdays.....yet it's more like “Sunday Time!”
Adachi: It fills me with deep emotions....but eh, it'll be fun!
Aoyama: Right? (Laughs)

Da Vinci Magazine Cross Talk and Interviews

Date: April 5, 2019

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NTV Interview

Date: Filmed March 13, Aired April 6, 2019

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Cine Magazine 2019 Interview

Date: April 10, 2019

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CUT Magazine Interviews

Date: April 19, 2019

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Key points by Mycroft from DCEN discord-
1-Gosho said that Conan would never cry explaining that with" how would a great detective being affected by his emotions"
2-Gosho was asked if something gonna happen related to Japan Olympics 2020 in DC manga , Gosho replied saying: "it is difficult....maybe not...but if something happened to Olympics someone gonna be mad (laugh)
3-Gosho was asked if Sera-chan "flat chest" has a reference from some manga , Gosho replied saying: "No (laugh)I simply thought that the flat chest is cut.
4-Gosho was asked if Gin has a weak point , A critical weak point which he can't avoid like "Achilles heel" , Gosho replied saying:"is really there one? Simply it's "Akai" but they have close levels.
Reporter: so Akai is an important character after all
Gosho: Ah....I can't talk about that (laugh)

Gosho Interview on 1周回って知らない話 (Tv Show)

Date: April 24, 2019

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Spimer comments
That black Gundam -like robot is a present from Shogakukan to Aoyama to celebrate the 200 million sales and there's only 1 in the world
Confirms again that in the beginnings, he didn't expect the manga to last more than 3 months or so
And what was said in other interviews: a rule he always keeps is that Conan never cries
Also, he himself dunno why the series remains popular
And to make cases simplers he doesn't make cases with accomplices

And like it was said in the preview, he's decided on the outcome / result / end
Tricks are planned with a couple of the editors in charge and can take up to 12 hours of discussion to settle on them
These meetings are once per month
Editors bring stuff that's a current trend or that could be used for tricks
Then they try to recreate the case of Sato and the wedding ring
So insofar nothing that we didn't already know
Most was talking with the anime / movie producer about the 3 keys to the boom of the movies
(Guest VAs, collaborations (Lupin III & Conan) and Amuro)
And yes, he admits that movie 11 was a flop and that made them rethink

Anime Style Magazine Interview

Date: April 30th, 2019

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Animedia Movie staff and character Interviews June issue

Date: May 10th, 2019

Special Conan Movie 23 Staff interview

Date: May 25, 2019
Published in: Shonen Sunday Super Issue 7

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Gosho Aoyama Q&A:

Q: What is your favorite scene?

A: Kyogoku-kun’s serious punch at the end. (laughs)

Q: What part was the most difficult?

A: The romantic comedy between Sonoko and Kyogoku-kun. ♡ (laughs)

Q: How is Kaito Kid different in this film compared to before?

A: The propellers attached to his cape! I came up with that detail myself. (laughs)

Q: Which scene made your heart race the most?
A: Probably the scene where the secret behind Kyogoku-kun’s bandage is brought to light… (laughs)

Q: The film has many distinctive characters, including some making their first appearance. Which character should viewers pay attention to?
A: Ran-chan! If you watch the film again, you might notice Wakana-san’s delicate voice performance… (laughs)

Q: This film has many “firsts,” such as the first overseas setting and the first female director. Was there any “first” for you personally?

A: My first female director! (laughs)

Q: Are there any memorable lines from this film that left an impression on you?

A: “Baro! I was with you the whole time!” (laughs)

Q: Did your impression of any character change after working on or watching this film?

A: No. (laughs) Everyone was exactly as I imagined them!

Q: Please promote the film in one sentence to people who still have not seen it.

A: Seriously, you really should watch the serious punch at the end. (laughs)