Noto : Thanks to everyone we’ve received so much support! Thank you so much!! ―I hear that the crowdfunding for this series, which will be held until May 29 (Sun), has been going well. Noto : Definitely! I don’t think I can say this too loudly (laughs) but there will be plenty of accessories and shoes things like that which will be released, so I hope that everyone will look at the art while imagining what’s going to be released in a little while. ―The illustrations drawn by mangaka Hiro Nakamichi are really cute too, aren’t they? The producer says that “Chibachuu Densetsu” will be quite story-oriented, so I hope everyone pays close attention to that as well. Noto : There are some lines from Usaki-chan such as “People are just like garbage,” and just from reading the prologue I sort of think “This is a pretty quirky character, I guess?” (laughs) but I’m looking forward to seeing what role Usaki-chan plays in the show. ―I’m also curious about the mysterious character Usaki-chan (played by Yuri Kinoshita (Kamen-Joshi), who will be Mito’s little partner in the show. I wondered to myself about where this girl usually goes on her time off… I want to hear from the viewers where the kids go these days to have fun, and what kinds of things they like to do! Noto : When I was a student in the prefecture, I wore a blazer just like Mito-chan! Since I also attended school with a similar bag, there’s a sense of familiarity to it all. ―Since we’re on the topic, what kind of uniform did you wear when you were in junior high school? There seems to be a girl like this in every class, so I want to do my best in dubbing to convey that sense of “normality”! Noto : She’s just in her second year of junior high school and it’s been a while since I’ve played the role of such a young kid, so I’m really looking forward to it. ―How did you feel when you first saw the design for Mito Hamajo, your character? Noto : I went all the way up to the top after my role was confirmed, but I could see all the way down to the industrial area by the ocean! I didn’t expect it but I was able to see the “good parts of Chiba City” when I was up there. ―“Chiba Port Tower” is depicted in the key visual, with the tower being something of a symbol of Chiba City. Chiba City is really large, so I’m looking forward to seeing what places get focused on in the show. Noto : I did! I felt that so much of the charm of Chiba Prefecture was communicated, from the more well-known places down to the places that only the most enthusiastic of people would know about. (laughs)Ĭhiba City is the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, and places like “Makuhari Messe” and “ZOZO Marine Stadium” are pretty well-known spots to visit, but I wanted people to have one more reason to get to know about Chiba! I applied for the role in order to help Chiba become the #1 city that people want to live in, with as much effort as I could muster! Masaya Murai, who is behind the scenario for this story, seemed to understand my feelings and even at the audition the topic of “Chiba love” was a lot of fun to talk about. ―What made you decide to apply for the audition?Īrisa Noto: It was a big opportunity for me to appear in this work to help make public love for Chiba explode. How is she going to perform her role as a “normal” girl in her second year of junior high school? We got to talk to Noto-san, a true “Chiba kid” born and raised in Chiba Prefecture, and she told us a lot about this new work. It was recently announced that the new anime Chou Futsuu Toshi Chibachuu Densetsu will be produced in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, and it was also announced that Arisa Noto will be playing the role of the heroine Mito Hamajo. (Repotama is an online magazine covering news on everything anime, and we have recently started trying out posting articles in English! If you enjoyed this article, we’d really appreciate it if you’d consider sharing it and following us on Twitter!)Ĭhou Futsuu Studio is a studio that produces local anime based mainly in Chiba prefecture.
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