[radio]  CLAMP X Zenyasai (8/3)

The following is a summary of a radio programme that was broadcast
the night before the X movie was released.  It was broadcast live
from a movie theater in Shinjuku.  (You had enter a drawing in
order to get invited to the event.  Needless to say, I didn't
win ^^;;)  

The programme started out with clips from the movie ... "Go to 
Tokyo, Kamui ... your fate is awaiting you ..." etc.

CLAMP then introduced themselves, and then played
"Forever Love."

After the song, they broadcast a digest of the movie plot.
It consisted of sound clips from the movie, plus narrations
explaining the basic plot.

Then the first guests showed up:  Seki Tomokazu (CV for Kamui),
Iwao Junko (CV for Kotori), and Narita Ken (CV for Fuuma).
Seki-san said that he auditioned for Subaru and Kamui, and was
told the next day "you didn't make it as Subaru."  CLAMP said
that the movie staff couldn't decide who should play Kamui and 
Fuuma until the very end (CLAMP did participate in choosing
the CVs).  He also said that this was the first time he
played a character who uses "magic."

After a Q&A session, the three did two "live dramas," reading
from the X manga.  The first bit was from Vol. 4, where Kotori
and Fuuma are talking, right after their father's funeral.
The second bit was from Vol. 6, where Fuuma and Kamui are
talking about their childhood promises.

The second group of guests was Rin Taro (director) and
Yuuki Nobuteru (character designer).  Yuuki-san said that
that all the characters, were difficult to draw, since all of
then "have so many lines to draw!!!"  He said that Kotori's
hair was the most difficult to draw, and that the staff
almost went crazy drawing her hair.  Kamui's hair (the part
that hangs over his eyebrows) was difficult to draw as well.

The last guest was the producer for both the movie soundtrack
and the X character files.  He said that the music turned
out to be the way it is because they didn't want it sounding
like a typical anime BGM, where you have "happy sounding music
for happy scenes and sad sounding music for sad scenes."

CLAMP said in the Seishiro drama, Seishiro's mother will
appear.  They said that this is the only time his mom
will ever appear.  The CV is Yajimo Akiko (she was
Relena Peacecraft in GundamW, and she does Crayon Shinchan
too).

CLAMP emphasized that just because the movie ended one way,
it doesn't mean that the manga will end the same way.  They
said that they wanted some sort of a definite ending for
the movie, hence the movie plot.

They also gave some spoilers for the X manga.  They said that
although it looks pretty clear who's a seal and who's a minion
by now, "this doesn't mean that it is fixed this way."  

But, they said, "the person everyone is most interested in 
will not switch sides and become a minion."  [so Kamui & 
Fuuma will stay the way they are?]

But, they also said, "someone great could switch sides."
[More plot twists!  This is what I love about CLAMP's
 stories!]

Tomo

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     Tomoko Kimura : t-kimura@cap.bekkoame.or.jp
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