Thank you for coming today to the celebration
of the release of the film Captain Harlock

which will come to theaters on 
September 7th in both 2D and 3D versions.

Right now the Hotaruna, which was modeled in the
shape of a spaceship, is heading toward us in Sambashi.

The Captain Harlock film crew have arrived.

We will begin with Harlock.

Today you made your appearance
from the ocean. How was it?

It felt good.

So, the 3D film we're here for is complete.
What did you think when you saw it?

It's on a truly large scale.

We've never seen a world like this and so

I think everyone will be able to enjoy it.

You've already worked with Oguri in the past
but, looking back, how was this experience?

Yes.

This is the first time I had the chance
to do voice acting.

I've really wanted to try this

for about three years now and therefore

I feel it is a real honor for me to have
participated in such a wonderful project.

And on top of that there's the fact that

Shun Oguri, who I have always
admired, was there to work with me

in the recordings for this role as a voice actor.

I always depend on him and so just
having him next to me

was very reassuring.

You played a character with a lot of fans.
-Yes.

Was there anything that you tried
to keep specially in mind?

II'm the one in the Harlock
generation out of this group.

And I was a fan too.

I'm in the same age group as 
Yattaran's fans, and Harlock's so

I just tried not to be hated by them.
That's all I kept in mind.

After seeing how it turned out, what
do you think of the other voices in the cast?

You mean me?

Everyone was great, especially Ayano.

Thank you very much.

Let me ask Ayano Fukuda.
-Yes.

It's said that everyone in production
was astonished by Tori...

How did you create this role?

Sorry for doing that all of a sudden. Well...

It's my first time playing the voice of Tori and so

I just watched lots of videos of
pheasants, pelicans and such.

I already had experience imitating hens so I started
there and tried to arrange it more Harlock-like.

That's how I did it.

It's been announced that the film will
play specially at the Venice Film Festival.

What are your feelings right now?

I know that the original work 
has been very famous in Italy.

So I'm extremely excited to see
what the reaction will be like.

I hope that they can enjoy it.

With such a large amount of courage...

he continues to fight on and on.

He's really cool no matter
how often you see him.

I guess that's the really cool thing
about Harlock. Definitely.

Thank you very much.

Give them a big hand as they exit.

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