{"id":58,"date":"2018-02-22T00:00:31","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T15:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.eigafan.com\/sayoasaen\/?p=58"},"modified":"2018-06-08T17:04:33","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T08:04:33","slug":"producer-kenji-horikawa-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.eigafan.com\/sayoasaen\/?p=58","title":{"rendered":"Producer Kenji Horikawa, interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2015\u2015The release of Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms <\/em>is approaching.
\nHORIKAWA: In this production, I wanted to see characters that are not easy to understand. And the character of Maquia is understood in different ways by different people. In a meeting with director Okada, she explained, \u201cI would like to make this kind of movie\u201d. But in this movie, the staff does not take her explanation at her word. \u201cOkada said that, but how about me? How should I think about this movie?\u201d They were making this movie, thinking like that. So there is director Okada\u2019s vision of Maquia, and then all of our individual visions of her, and various interesting things can come out of that, and through that director Okada may probably see things about the character that she didn\u2019t realize before.
\n\u2015\u2015What do you mean by \u201ccharacters that are not easy to understand\u201d?
\nHORIKAWA: In a TV series, you have several different script writers on the project, so you have to have consensus on the characters, like, \u201cthis person is such and such a person\u201d. When you do that, you can\u2019t really express those inscrutable parts of humanity. Of course, the situation is different if it\u2019s something based on a novel, like The Eccentric Family<\/em>, and I wonder if it\u2019s possible to do with an original anime project. But if someone doesn\u2019t have that inside them it can be hard to depict. Like, \u201cif you dig deeper into this person, you\u2019ll find a bottomless well of stuff\u201d. I felt Director Okada has that sort of thing, which is why I said that I wanted to see something that is \u201c100% Mari Okada\u201d.
\n\u2015\u2015Was the scriptwriting process smooth?
\nHORIKAWA: The script was pretty much in its final form right from the beginning. Yes, of course there were changes, but we didn\u2019t do anything like, \u201cthis is difficult to understand, so make it easier to understand\u201d. Instead, the staff, following director Okada\u2019s explanation, would each approach their own interpretation. And what was interesting is that assistant director (Toshiya) Shinohara and core director (Tadashi) Hiramatsu wouldn\u2019t go to director Okada for confirmation on every little thing. They would just say, \u201clet me know if it\u2019s wrong!\u201d
\n\u2015\u2015Background art director Kazuki Higashiji said that he had a hard time grasping the character of Maquia.
\nHORIKAWA: Yes, but we definitely welcomed anyone trying to wrestle with it. He\u2019s the kind of person who will grapple with the world of a project as much as he can. So it\u2019s not good to just let it be. You have to understand that everyone wrestled with it exactly because they think the movie is very important to them.
\n\u2015\u2015How was the reaction to the previews?
\nHORIKAWA: There were a lot of people who reflected the movie onto their own lives, remembering things about being a parent or being a child. But that is different for everyone, so in a quiet movie like this, for people to re-discover their own precious connections with others, was really interesting.
\n\u2015\u2015You have decided that this movie would be the last one in which you engage in the production site yourself as a producer. Is that true?
\nHORIKAWA: Yes, it is. So, when we had the reading session and I could see the complete vision of this movie, I really appreciated that this script will be my last movie. This was a challenging work to end my career as a producer.<\/p>\n

Kenji Horikawa,P.A. WORKS president & CEO. Produced works such as true tears<\/em>, Hanasaku Iroha<\/em>, The Eccentric Family, SHIROBAKO<\/em>, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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