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"The only one who sees through the truth is a child who looks like a child, but is too intelligent - Detective Conan"
on January 8, 1996. "Detective Conan", broadcast by Yomiuri TV and Nippon TV, celebrates its 20th anniversary. As the first bullet to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the broadcast, the animation first released the first and second chapters of the commemorative SP "The Mystery of Conan and Eizang Kabuki No. 18" on January 9th and January 16th for two consecutive weeks. Ichikawa Eizo (11th generation) himself appeared as a guest voice actor.
Previously, the February issue of "Monthly Animedia" released a special episode of the total power of 16P, including the dialogue between several leading voice actors and the dialogue between the producer Michihiko Suwa and the current TV series supervisor Taiichiro Yamamoto. The past, imagine the future.
Conan's ratings in the Kansai region had an average rating of nearly 25%. Michihiko Suwa, the producer of Conan and now the production director of Yomiuri TV, said that at the time of the broadcast, it was a hard struggle. At the beginning of the planning, it was a piece of cake that the audience rating of the animation in the prime time exceeded 10%. What I thought was that I ran into "Crayon Shin-chan", which was still broadcast at 7 o'clock in the evening on Monday, on Asahi. As a result, the audience rating of the first episode ended at 8.5%, which was not an ideal number for that time. In the second week, the figure exceeded 10%, so I should be happy this time, but Suwa P felt invisible pressure, so he thought, if he was cut in half in the first year, he hoped that he would try to pack as many stories as possible. The stories that can be told before and after are compressed into one episode. And looking back now, even though it's been 20 years since Conan's animation, we don't know much.
The same is true of the original comics. There are more and more stories of the original reasoning. In order not to catch up with the original work, and to not use up all the stories in the original work, the animation has produced a large number of original stories. This is what the animation production team considered, and it is also The "common problem" of all long-form animations. The average number of original episodes per year is about 15. Suwa P believes that the original part should add more stories of "undead" and more stories based on "Youth Detectives", even if it is just challenging some secret codes and riddles are very attractive. People, and these codes and riddles can be used as a foreshadowing for expansion.
In the original work, Mr. Gosho Aoyama almost did not interfere with TV production, and these original parts only need Aoyama's nod. However, in such a relaxed and free production environment, according to the recollection of Supervisor Yamamoto, he wanted to join the only one in the original work. The scene with Haibara Ai was rejected by Aoyama. Suwa P believes that Haibara's position is more subtle, so even some small lines may become a foreshadowing. As for "Haihara Mitsuhiko said", it is purely a joke "out of context" and cannot be taken seriously.
Due to the length of the animation, the lines of the original work could not be fully included. Because of the above incidents, Supervisor Yamamoto became very cautious when he encountered the need to change the parts of the original work, and consulted with Teacher Aoyama first, especially when it came to the black-clothed organization. , try not to delete the original lines as much as possible. This is also the biggest difference between Yamamoto Taiichiro and the first-generation supervisor こだま Kenshi (Kodama Kenshi). When it comes to the character design of Conan, the character design of the animation has always changed with the changes of Mr. Aoyama's painting style, and some improvements are made almost every year. So much so that when we look back at the previous style of painting now, there is a huge gap between it and the present.
In the 20 years that Conan Animation has experienced, the animation industry has also undergone earth-shaking changes. Celluloid paintings have been eliminated and turned into digital paintings. The improvement of computer technology has also made the use of CG more dexterous, and the quality has also greatly improved. In the opinion of Supervisor Yamamoto, Conan's painting method has not changed much. Those who are familiar with celluloid painting can quickly become familiar with digital painting. In the past, the number of colors in celluloid was less, and digital painting On the contrary, it can express the part that cannot be expressed at the time. CG is mainly about cars in the play, so it is not used much, but if you can make good use of CG, it will increase the degree of freedom. In terms of CG, Suwa P especially pointed out that the part where the door was open when the subtitle was inserted was very changed.
A part of the audience is believed to be attracted by the luxurious seiyuu lineup. Of course, Conan's main seiyuu and the guests of each episode are indeed a major attraction.
Except that some characters contain Gundam memes that the original work itself likes to play, the guest voice actors in each episode are basically decided by the audio supervisor (there are also many designated voice actors from Aoyama). As for why those prisoners, murderers, and some police officers The roles of the class are all veteran seiyuu, and the sound supervisor said, "Young people can't match it~". When it comes to seiyuu, we naturally have to talk about our protagonist, Miss Takayama Takayama (Takayama South), who plays Conan.
In 1993, Ms. Gao Shan played the hero iron sword in "The Legend of Sword and Bravery YAIBA", which was also Aoyama's original work. Supervisor Yamamoto was most impressed by the episodes 81 and 82 of "The Abduction of a Popular Artist". In the previous high-definition re-screening version, these two episodes were specially replayed on TV. The "TWO-MIX" that Ms. Takayama belonged to at the time She and her partner Shiina Nagano will appear as special guests in these two episodes. Yamamoto said that although it is not uncommon for a seiyuu to play multiple roles, it is still very rare to play "self", and to be able to distinguish the "self" of the character in the play from the real self, it is indeed a seasoned seiyuu talent Challenging.
Speaking of playing multiple roles, Suwa P specifically mentioned Mr. Takagi Takagi, who played Police Officer Takagi, who often played Police Officer Takagi and Genta in the same episode, which was really hard for him. By the way, Mr. Takagi also played Oyamada Shigeru in the big river drama "Sanada Maru" this year. He made his debut as an actor, and it became a hot topic for a while, which shows how popular Mr. Takagi is~
Kodama Kaneshi and Suzu Interview P had a very good cooperation in "City Hunter", so Suwa P put the name of Supervisor Kodama on it at the beginning of the planning, and Yamamoto Taiichiro joined Conan's production lineup since episode 34. When he first joined, he just wanted to. After a year and a half at most, Kodama Kanji stepped down from the TV supervisor, and Yamamoto became the second supervisor of the TV series from episode 119.
During the period, the TV series was handed over by Sato Makoto and Yu Ji Hongren, who still participated in the storytelling and performances. Since the 667th episode in 2012, he has served as the supervisor again. In terms of the theatrical version, in 2004, Director Kodama was demoted from his position as the director of the theatrical version because of "adult affairs". Both TV and theatrical version were unflattering and therefore could not receive the film for a period of time, so the booth of Director Kodama was " "Throw it to" Yamamoto, and acted as the supervisor of the eighth theatrical version of "The Magician of Silver Wings". Yamamoto also took this opportunity to quit the company from his previous company, Studio Boomerang, and became a freelance performer. The supervisory work of the theatrical version was not until after M14 "The Shipwreck in the Sky", and the supervisory position was transferred to Shizuo Kongwen. Shizuo became the third supervisor of the theatrical version. Supervision, M17 "Detective of the Endless Sea" was supervised, and M18 and M19 after that only participated as the original paintings. Although the theatrical works they participated in were only marked with supervision, mirroring, and performance, they actually participated in the original paintings.
The production period for the Conan theatrical version is nearly one year. Usually, the script meeting starts in June of the previous year and is released in April of the following year. During this one year, weekly TV animations are also taken into account. Hour SP, in such a huge and tiring job, Director Yamamoto is even more happy that his original paintings can be used in the theatrical version than doing TV. It is also Director Yamamoto’s dream to direct the theatrical version, and he can often go to other places to collect materials. Have fun. For Superintendent Yamamoto, Conan and his own children are almost the same. By the way, Yamamoto's children also happened to be born in 1996, and this year is the same 20 years old as Conan Animation (only in June).
Having said so much earlier, you might as well let the two of you choose the segment that impressed you the most. Suwa P chose the 31st episode, "Myself" (CV: Nobuo Wakamoto) and the artist Takashi Matsuo starred in "TV Murder Case". Suwa P's appearance in the play is actually very different from his own. In this regard, Teacher Aoyama said with a smile: "Anyway, it is a character who is going to die, so there is no need to look like it .
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"The scene of Conan running on the back of a dog.
And the part of OP8 "Love はスリル, ショック, サスペンス" where Conan danced, also became a hot topic at the time.
Supervisor Yamamoto picked the "3K Incident in Osaka" in episodes 238~239. The most impressive thing for him in these two episodes is the dubbing. The credit goes to the audio supervisor. At that time, he recruited 4 foreigners who could speak Japanese. People do the dubbing, because everyone on the set is "British to die early", and even the English part of the lines is translated by n4.
The "Moment of Life and Death" series of episodes 188-193 also left a deep impression on Supervisor Yamamoto. In the past, there were many coherent chapters in three episodes. This time, it is the first time to tell three coherent events through six episodes.
In addition, Director Yamamoto talked about OP4 "Fate のルーレット迴して" and ED10 "Summer Fantasy". During the tenure of Supervisor Yamamoto from episodes 119 to 332, the OP has always alternated with the 3rd TV supervisor, Sato Majin, to take on the storytelling and performances. Sato pursues the wild side, and Yamamoto prefers the style of everyday life.
ED10 is an original painting by Supervisor Yamamoto, and Supervisor Yamamoto still regards it as his own work.
In the face of Conan animation, which entered its 20th anniversary this year, the two expressed that it is their mission to do another 10 years. They don't know more than us about Teacher Aoyama's thoughts on Conan's future. They are also looking forward to the follow-up development of Conan from the perspective of the audience.
M20 "Pure Black Nightmare" key map
In addition, M20 "Nightmare of Pure Black" will also be released in Japan in the spring. In view of the response of the previous several theatrical versions in China, we are also confident that M20 can be successfully introduced.
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