Author: Voice Recorder/Anitama Cover Source: Hiroki Takahashi, Ryutaro Tsubasa, Yuki Kaida, and Seiji Kawamoto Photo interviewed
On December 8th, as Shanghai ushered in the first snow of this winter, the New Prince of Tennis risingbeat (hereinafter referred to as "Risingbeat"), represented by Focus Games, held a meeting of the voice actors of the national costume prelude on this day, and invited Ryutaro Tezuka, who voiced Kuniko Tezuka, Kaifei Yuki, who voiced Yoshisuke Fuji, Hiroki Takahashi, who voiced Eiji Kikumaru, and Seiji Kawamoto, who voiced Takashi Kawamura. In the day's event, the voice actors not only drew cards on the spot, "played song duels", but also performed live dubbing performances of in-game lines for their respective characters. Anitama was invited to participate in the event and also gave a brief interview with 4 voice actors after the event.
——"The New Prince of Tennis Risingbeat" has been released in Japan for one year, and the national costume will also be launched in the future, first of all, I would like to ask you to talk about your feelings and charm of this game.
There are already more than 800 songs in the "Prince of Tennis" series, and there are nearly 900 songs, and there will be more and more in the future. "Risingbeat" is the first music game in the history of the "Prince of Tennis" game, and last year it was finally fully prepared to be able to share the letter, and I believe that the domestic players are also impatient. This time the national service is finally going to meet with you, and we are also looking forward to it, and it is also an honor to be able to participate in this meeting. I hope that all friends who like "The Prince of Tennis" and like the songs of "The Prince of Tennis" must come and play this game.
Kaifield's manga series of "The Prince of Tennis" next year will also celebrate its 20th anniversary, and we will be dubbing "The Prince of Tennis" for 18 years. In the past 18 years, including Japan's "Risingbeat", we have witnessed the journey of such a monster-level work as "The Prince of Tennis". What shocked me the most was that the people who grew up watching "The Prince of Tennis" at that time have now become a creator involved in this work, so there are a series of "Prince of Tennis" related works and merchandise such as "Risingbeat", and the first batch of creators is separated by a generation, and the works born of this new generation will cultivate the next generation, and this process of generational replacement makes me feel very incredible. This is not an ordinary monster, but a monster with immortal powers. I also look forward to the people who are playing "Risingbeat" now, and in the future, more and better new works and new products will be born.
First of all, Takahashi thinks that Risingbeat is a game that is very suitable for beginners to enter the pit, whether it is a loyal reader audience of "The Prince of Tennis", or a friend who has not been exposed to "The Prince of Tennis" or even a music game, it is also very suitable, very friendly to newcomers. Its buttons are larger than the average music game, and the decision mechanism is very loose. I've starred in other music games in the past, and I can't play them, but Risingbeat is fine. So I hope that everyone, even if you simply think of "Risingbeat" as a music game, can enjoy it, and introduce and promote it to more people to play, so as to contact the "Prince of Tennis" series is also a good choice. "The Prince of Tennis" has hundreds of characters from the beginning, and there will be some of them that everyone likes, and the plot development is also very rich and interesting. There are also new original plots in Risingbeat, and when that's all I think my friends who like The Prince of Tennis shouldn't miss out.
Kawamoto myself is really honored to participate in the work "The Prince of Tennis" not only as an honored artist, but also as a lyricist. When we were dubbing the "Prince of Tennis" animation, we didn't expect that after so many years, it would become such a strong work, and we didn't expect that it could be displayed in front of everyone in the form of a music game now, and even crossed the ocean to Chinese mainland. And just now when I was playing games on stage, I didn't expect that everyone on the stage knew these songs and would sing them, and sure enough, music is a wonderful language that can cross borders, and I was very excited and moved. In addition, I think the form of music games is really great, and people can enjoy the game and listen to these songs in the game in their spare time, and there are many ways to enjoy it. Through the "Risingbeat" project, I also think it is a very good opportunity for everyone to get exposed to "The Prince of Tennis" and these songs.
- Are you usually good at playing music games?
Kawamoto couldn't do it at all.
Kaita my words, general level. "Risingbeat" is mainly because there are some songs that are known, but there are also many new songs that have not been heard here. And "The Prince of Tennis" itself is like Mr. Catfish just said that there are nearly 900 songs, and these tracks are not all heard. So when we play, there are many songs that even we haven't heard ourselves. That alone, I was looking forward to it when I was playing. Even if you are not good at it, you can play and listen more and practice more. Just like everyone doesn't eat raw food, they all like to eat sushi.
Kawamoto I know I understand (laughs).
All types of games are loved, but none are good at them (laughs). Before playing "Risingbeat", I thought I knew the songs of "The Prince of Tennis", but after playing it, I found that there were so many songs that I didn't know, wondering if it was a new song, of course, there are new songs, and more new songs will be added later. Whether it is "The Prince of Tennis" or "Risingbeat" will slowly expand, in short, look forward to it.
Takahashi, I don't really play music games myself, so I can't talk about whether I'm good at it or not. But I used to go to arcade stores and play the kind of audio game machine with physical buttons, mobile games without buttons, slippery and not very smooth, and had to stare at the screen all the time, which made me feel a little stressed. So I've decided to just play Risingbeat.
Kaita I just remembered, Hiroki told me this when he first bought an iPhone, "My fingers are a little big, if you don't press hard, you can't press it." ”
It's been 17 years since you dubbed the "Prince of Tennis" anime, so how do you feel about these characters who have been dating for more than 10 years?
Kawamoto's words, because of the encounter with Takashi Kawamura, my whole life changed. It was great to meet him. Then, I'm old, he's still young, and after that it's a battle against time.
Kaida, yes, I agree with that very much.
Kawa himself has rarely met such a life-changing person in his life, and he is really lucky to be able to voice Takashi Kawamura. Of course, it also includes getting to know this group of teammates, which is really very rare.
Kaida can voice Fuji, and I have no regrets. When I was worthy, I just thought about playing the role of the indispensable, performing the image that the indispensable should have, and wholeheartedly and diligently bringing the work of "The Prince of Tennis" to everyone. Just now ChengJun has already said what I want to say, to meet "The Prince of Tennis", to meet With Bu Er Zhou, through them to know so many partners, to recognize so many viewers who like "The Prince of Tennis"... For me, it's a part of my life. I have nothing but gratitude for the role of Buji, for bringing me all this.
Because of the encounter with the work "The Prince of Tennis", the encounter with Kunimitsu Tezuka, everyone involved in this work, the voice actors, the audience, everyone is connected because of this relationship, after such a year, everyone can still unite and get together to continue the work of "The Prince of Tennis" and develop it in other forms, which is really very grateful, and it is a great honor for me to be a member. It's also like they said, because of the voice of Tezuka's character, I met so many partners.
Even in the subsequent works, everyone has taken different paths, and they will definitely not be separated.
Well, absolutely!
The songs of Kaifei's subsequent works will also be included in "Risingbeat", so you must pay attention to it.
Just like the relationship just mentioned, the song is also an indispensable part of this work, and I hope that when listening to these songs, you will check and understand the meaning of the lyrics, and you will also have a better understanding of this work and the characters.
Takahashi was also the same when I was pairing Kikumaru, completely according to Kikumaru's idea. Kikumaru is a very naïve and romantic atmosphere maker, of course, now because of the gathering of all-Japan masters to form a new team, so in addition to Kikumaru there are many other atmosphere makers, it has become very complicated (laughs). In other spoofed radio dramas or games, Kikumaru often does some very strange actions when he is in the same room, but he is actually very serious about tennis, and he is also very active in facing and overcoming his weaknesses for training, and is still an alternate representative, sincerely hoping that he can be selected as the representative of u-17.
——Then finally, please send a "message of assistance" to the players of the national service.
Kawamoto was first honored to come to Shanghai with everyone. In the future, we will continue to work hard, cheer up, and strive to come to Shanghai to meet you next time. Thank you very much to everyone who is here today and to everyone who watched the live broadcast on other platforms, I would like to see you again, I will also cheer!
We will play catfish again, please support us! Thanks~
Kaida is really very happy to be here today, if you come to participate in the "risingbeat" national costume event every year in the future, please support! Play the game well, too
Takahashi I have a lot of audience every time I come to Shanghai, everyone is very enthusiastic, really thank you! But now that I think about it, this seems to be the first time to come to Shanghai to participate in activities related to "The Prince of Tennis", in the past it was a personal meeting, of course, the meeting will also talk about the topic related to "The Prince of Tennis", but the official activities of "The Prince of Tennis" in Shanghai this is the first time, and I did not expect to be able to open, and this year's official exhibition of "The Prince of Tennis" animation has also begun. I hope that the audiences of China and Japan can get closer and closer through the work of "The Prince of Tennis", and we also hope to get closer and closer with everyone, and we will exchange and discuss this work with us in the future!
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