- Interview Date: 8/24/2024
- Interview Location: Anime NYC 2024
Anime Herald: Are there any specific scenes from the manga that you just felt wanted to be modified to work properly when animated?
Ryosuke Fuji: The motion actions are already in my thoughts when I’m drawing them. It’s not that I’m anticipating them to look the identical, however it’s related sufficient.
Anime Herald: In the event you had been a blacksmith in a fantasy world, what sort of weapons would you wish to make?
Katarina: I want to make a sword as near the right sword, the sacred sword, as attainable.
Anime Herald: What are every of your favourite video games to look at streamed?
Kararina: I’d say Elden Ring. That’s the kind of gameplay that I’m drawn to.
Ryosuki Fuji: As a result of I stream them once I’m working, I’d need it to be one thing the place I don’t want to take a look at it to observe it. A novel-based narrative recreation, or an RPG the place I can hearken to it.
Anime Herald: Do you may have any questions for us?
Ryosuke Fuji: Lots of followers in America inform us they just like the design of Sunraku. I’m wondering if the followers right here within the States admire animal-based characters? Is that uncommon?
Anime Herald: It’s not uncommon in any respect. However, I’m previous. I bear in mind an RPG Shining Drive for the Sega Genesis. You had hawk members of your workforce. That’s what I consider.
Katarina: In the event you’re designing a recreation inside a narrative, you have a tendency to attract from the video games you already know. With Shangri-La Frontier, I’m drawing from the video games I do know. I’m questioning, is that this recreation enticing for American followers?
Anime Herald: It’s laborious for anybody to know what video games shall be enticing to American followers. I’ll say that as a result of the character designs are distinctive, will probably be straightforward to recollect “That character is from Shangri-La [Frontier].” It’s not generic.
The Shangri-La Frontier anime is at the moment streaming on Crunchyroll. Kodansha USA is publishing the Shangri-La Frontier manga in English. A simulpub of the sequence is offered on the Okay Manga platform.
