![]() ![]() It’s important for a TV anime to grab the audience at an early stage. The manga became popular only after it became a battle series, so Kurama and Hiei were released early on. ── Why did you shift to a battle story earlier than the original manga?Ībe: That was also the TV station’s intention. Were confident in endorsing Ogata, and I was under the impression that "as long as Ogata-san speaks, it will be fine”.Ībe: At first, there was a talk about either Hiei or Kurama being voiced by a female cast, then the producer said "let’s do Kurama.” Kurama is a neutral and naive boy, so we imagined him as a male character in a Takarazuka production. I didn’t know about Ogata (Megumi)’s voice until YYH, but the producers and directors Kitayama: I heard there was even a petition driven against it. ![]() ── Fans who objected having a woman in charge of Kurama’s voice As expected from the first episode, it was not good for the main character to smoke, so we decided to use candy. Since it was a work that reflected the era of the time, I’m sure you took a lot of care in adapting it into an animation?Ībe: It was still a looser time compared to now (laughs). About a year later, it was impressive when he said: “Abe, I’m sorry I made you fix the story”. Kimuraįrom Yomiku Advertising Company said “I want you to cut it to fight and action”. Also, I had drawn the opening story with a gentle touch of the manga’s initial image, but I had to adjust it when Mr. To give you a specific example, it was the agency’s judgment that Yusuke’s mother didn’t come to the Dark Tournament. What kind of orders did you receive other than the original side?Ībe: It was a time when the opinions from the TV stations and advertising agencies had a great influence, any character depictions that differed from the original were requested by the station or the agency. ── Atsuko Urameshi left out of The Dark Tournament Nowadays, the original author is the one who checks the characters settings and scenarios, but the days of “Yu Yu Hakusho” were a time when we made animation by interacting with the editorial department in order to let the mangaka concentrate on the serialization. ── What kind of meeting did you have with the original author, Togashi-sensei?Ībe: We only met once or twice. (Yuuji Nunokawa, chairman of Studio Pierrot) ── Difficulty in finding sponsors for the anime since Other curiosities from the interview (I’ve just translated the most interesting parts): Note²: Some dubs say Yusuke’s favorite color is green or that green looks good on him. In the Artbook (2005), Togashi commented he decided Kuwabara was going to be yellow around 1992 and that he changed the colors of the other characters by pure whim. Note¹: In the manga, we can observe that the characters have different color schemes in comparison to the anime. However, if all of them had worn a black school uniform, it would have made the visuals look like a yankee (delinquent) thing, and I think it wouldn’t have become a work that would be loved for so long. It’s the same as “Goranger” (a famous tokusatsu) that distinguishes the characters with easy-to-understand colors and back then there were only about 100 colors for animation, so I think it was unavoidable. ![]() Kitayama: When I saw Kurama for the first time on TV, that pink color was shocking (laughs).Ībe: That’s the correct answer for children’s animation. The color of Kurama’s hair was also dimmed a little bit, except for the TV show. “is this really the image?” and they told me “this is the image”, so that’s how it was decided.īut in the movie version, the colors were slightly reduced. Went to the JUMP editorial team and asked for confirmation ![]() But I didn’t like the idea of painting them in different colors as they were from the same school, so I The anime version had a unique color scheme for the uniforms.Ībe: Yusuke’s green and Kuwabara’s blue school uniforms are from the same color scheme designed on the early comic book covers. Hakusho”, which was his first work as a director, and Kitayama’s loveįor the characters, who has been a fan of this work since its original This time, a dialogue between NoriyukiĪbe, director of the TV series, and Mari Kitayama, character designer. “Yu Yu Hakusho” 25th Anniversary Blu-ray BOX 3rd Commemorative Interview. (Director) x Mari Kitayama (Character Designer) ![]()
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