The popular manga Devil's Front, serialized in monthly Morning Two, will air an anime adaptation of the TV series in April this year. In the work, the protagonist Ansai Yugui, falls in love with the college student Pingcai Yarn, which tells the story of cross-racial and ghost love.
As a pre-air warm-up, let's take a look at what Matsuoka Akira (as Yuki Ansai) thinks about this game.
<h1>The performance of forgetfulness is quite difficult</h1>
——You seem to have read all the original manga released up to volume 10, how do you feel after reading it?
Matsuoka Akira (hereinafter referred to as Matsuoka): Although this is a so-called love story between people and ghosts, the gap between them is too deep... While I would think it would be incompatible, my initial impression was to wish them happiness if I could.
--------------------------------- What's so wrong with that relationship going well? Depicted in the original...
Matsuoka: Although it is said to be a ghost, it is usually no different from a person. On the outside, there are also dark circles under the eyes. However, once "mutated", it will be driven by "vampire desire" and cannot become like a human being... Moreover, because the usual Anzhai is more cold, the emotional difference will be very large. When it comes to blood sucking, I can feel it strongly when I am acting, it is very hard.
——How to imagine the state of mutation that can never be experienced in reality?
Matsuoka: I think it's a state of transcendence. It's not "being excited," it's the state after the excitement. Consciousness is close to the feeling of interruption.
------------------------------------ It's hard to imagine.
Matsuoka: That's what I said. It's hard to perform selflessly. When thinking about how to act, isn't it forgetting yourself? So, imagine it anyway... Just like the sound made when sucking blood, it must also be performed realistically.
- Does this director have instructions?
Matsuoka: No, I proposed it. Because this is a work that fully depicts vivid scenes, the method of making images is also more realistic. Rather than watching anime, it gives the impression of watching a TV series. Because other voice actors are also acting naturally, I don't think this is also quite new to anime fans.
<h1>Lee Hans is very interesting! What kind of existence is it for Jiegui...? </h1>
──What kind of charm do you feel from Anzai?
Matsuoka: It looks cold, but it unexpectedly adheres to etiquette. So, always alone in contemplation... Probably from a male point of view, there will also be "push there again!" Such an anxious side, but at the same time there will be a feeling of "there is no way to push it, I know--" And then there's, very strong! Not only the physical strength of the ghost, but also the mental strength shown by the posture of desperate resistance due to vampire desire.
- Is there anything to look forward to in animation?
Matsuoka: What's rare this time is that I didn't look at the storyboard to dub, but I looked at the full-color image to dub. It seems that after the sound is matched, it is also a case of adjusting the picture. The graphics are very beautiful, and the action scenes are quite bold. Although the amount of bleeding is also very large (laughs).
- The picture is quite real (laughs). In addition to love and action, there are also suspenseful unfoldings, and many characters appear. So which character do you care about?
Matsuoka: I care most about Lee Hans. He's really a mysterious character. What kind of existence will it be for Anzai in the future development...?
What do you think of the contact with Hans played by Ryohei Kimura?
Matsuoka: I feel a chill in my back. Liangping's voice combined with each other completely gave people a feeling of "the guy who is not easy to deal with is coming...". It doesn't really look like a good guy, whether it's actually an enemy or a partner. Ah, sure enough, the predecessors are still powerful.
<h1>The color yarn is too gentle!? But it's fun to be together</h1>
——In the work, there are also bold love scenes of colored yarn... So what do you think of The Colored Yarn, played by Yuki Ishikawa?
Matsuoka: Ishikawa's role of Rainbow Yarn is really a character that people want to protect, but she is also a strong person. There is also a saying that "Ishikawa = color yarn" (laughs).
- That's the way it is (laughs). What is the impression of the original color yarn?
Matsuoka: For Anzai, it may feel a little too gentle, I think so. However, I also think she is a woman who will be happy as long as they are together.
——In the original work, the scene of Anzai entering the house from the balcony of the colored yarn apartment is often depicted, and for you, what is the "place of inner peace"?
Matsuoka: Because I think about work at home during my days off, I go out more often. The place that makes me feel at ease the most is the aquarium. I really like it, and the aquarium in Tokyo is almost everywhere.
- What do you like to see in the aquarium?
Matsuoka: It varies depending on the place, but when I want to feel good, I watch a dolphin show at Shinagawa Water Park. I was really touched when I first watched it. And the place where I somehow calm down is the Sumida Aquarium. How to say it... It felt like home away from home. I especially like to peek out of the sand to peek out of my son's garden eel. Wow – how long are these guys (laughs). In addition, when the keepers were taking the seals away in the museum, the seals made a cry of "Oh oh! Oh well! ", like an uncle, very funny (laughs).
——Then, at the end, please leave a message to everyone who is looking forward to the broadcast!
Matsuoka: Demon Front has a dark fantasy side, but it's like "Deceitful, huh?" "There will be a lot of this kind of foreshadowing, and it is a work with depth." In the animation, a sense of presence is added, the action is good, every dialogue, all the shots have something to see. I think this is a work that both the original party and the animation party can enjoy, so please be sure to look forward to the broadcast of the first episode.
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