Translated from a related interview with animedia in the January 2018 issue.
Xu Feigang, the original author of "The Prince of Tennis", published the news of "Theatrical Edition Planning Launch" at the "Tennis King Carnival 2016" held in October 2016. In December 2017, the first shot of the theatrical version of the project, "The Theatrical Version of the Prince of Tennis, Two Samurai The First Game", "The Theatrical Version of the Prince of Tennis," "The Gift of the Prince of Tennis ~The Sacrifice of the King of the Nets ~" was released at the same time. In February 2018, the "Theatrical Version of the Prince of Tennis" will also be released in the British-style court city showdown, and in April, the "Net King Carnival ALL Night!! 》。 This article conducted an interview with Daisuke Furutani, the producer of The Net King, about these news.
- Please talk about the process of deciding to release the film.
Furuya 2019 is the 20th anniversary of the original work, as a big project to commemorate the 20th anniversary, we announced the theatrical version of the project, the first is the first bullet - should be released. Of course, new works are also being prepared, but the release of the film has a sense of looking back at past works for the 20th anniversary.
——The first work of the theatrical version is still a very popular work, this is the first time that "The King of the Net" has been released, and it feels very hot.
Furutani obviously plays tennis, but there are dinosaurs and meteorites, and the works are still hot topics. I think it is also very suitable for the release of the story in terms of story plot. This was published in an era when SNS was not yet available, so there may not have been much of an opportunity to share it with so many people as it does now. Therefore, everyone can complain at the venue where the release should be assisted, and enjoy this work that was previously only discussed in the circle of friends. There is no rule like "Please support here", so I'm looking forward to a boom!
——Will you also hold the ALL Night of "The King of the Net Carnival"?
Furuya will also be held as one of the projects to be released. Rather than simply playing videos released on DVD, we are also considering new components for cinema playback. Some people didn't get to the initial "Net King Carnival", so I hope that through this video, everyone can feel that atmosphere. In the early days, getting voice actors to sing at concerts was a challenge in itself. At that time, we were the only ones who could achieve the "voice actor's activity on the stage", so this time we can review the journey of "Net King" along the way. Now, we are confirming a huge video of about 10 years of weight, and we believe that we can spell out a video that will turn the cinema into a concert. "Net King ALL Night!! At the time of the ", we plan to release some peripherals, please look forward to it."
——It seems that there are also mobile games such as "The New Prince of Tennis RisingBeat", and many expansions related to "King of the Nets".
The much-anticipated beat action game of Furuya has finally been released. When there are new expansions such as theatrical projects, we also want to do various linkage projects. In addition, on the super stage of the "JUMP Carnival 2018" held at the Makuhari Exhibition Hall on December 16, there was also a new announcement of the theatrical version of the project.
- Please talk about the outlook to get more solidarity!
Furuya 2019 marks the 20th anniversary of the original work, and the 2018 festival will be a colorful year. If you can look forward to these 20th anniversary projects, I will be happy if you can look forward to the release of new works for the theater version of the project. Fans have been supporting the work for 20 years, and we are grateful to make a big project to give back to everyone.