Original animation film "Typhoon Norda" announces its main cast!　Starring Shuhei Nomura, a young actor making his first attempt as a voice actor

The main cast has been announced for the animated film "Typhoon Norda," which will be released on June 5.

Typhoon Norda" is the latest original animation film by Studio Colorido (established in 2011), a production company that brings together young creators mainly in their 20s, including 26-year-old Yuyasu Ishida, who won numerous awards including the Excellence Award at the 14th Japan Media Arts Festival for his short animation "Fumiko's Confession". It is a story of friendship between boys set in a junior high school on a remote island on the day before the school festival, and marks the directorial debut of Yojiro Arai (26), who previously worked as an animator on "The Borrower Arrietty," "From Up on Poppy Hill," and "The Wind Rises" at Studio Ghibli.

The main cast has now been revealed. The main character, Higashi, is played by young actor Shuhei Nomura (21), Higashi's friend Saijo by actor/model Daichi Kaneko (18), and the mysterious girl Norda, who appears with the typhoon, by actor/model Kaya Kiyohara (13), are all fresh faces. Mr. Nomura made his acting debut in the drama version of "Shin-Sen-Gumi PEACE MAKER," and in his first attempt at voice acting in this film, he is said to have been creative in ad-libbing under his breath. In addition, Kiyohara won the Grand Prix out of 32214 contestants at the "Amuse Audition Fest 2014," and Kaneko is a promising newcomer who won the Actor/Model category at the same audition fest.

In addition, the theme song will be sung by Gal Galaxy, which is well-known in anime such as "Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai." The theme song will be sung by Galileo Galilei, a well-known singer of anime such as "Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai. The title of the song is "After the Storm.

Comment by Shuhei Nomura
　After actually doing the dubbing
I thought I would be able to put my own feelings first in the dubbing work, but it was surprisingly different (laughs). I was worried that I might not be able to get into the mood if I only used my voice, but surprisingly, that was not the case. On the contrary, there were parts where I put too much effort into it. It was difficult to find the right balance. I am an actor, so when I was acting, I couldn't help but move my body, which sometimes resulted in NG, so I want to be careful in the future.
　Message to everyone
Typhoon Norda" is my first attempt at voice acting. The story is an interesting one, and it is a work that can be enjoyed by people who like any genre, so please watch it!

Reasons for using Shuhei Nomura and his impressions after the post-recording session (by director Yojiro Arai)
The director said, "As for the decision to hire an actor instead of a voice actor, we were looking for a "raw look" in his bare-bones performance. When I saw the sample footage, I felt that Nomura-san's naturalistic style was a great fit for the main character, Azuma. Azuma is a character who keeps his thoughts to himself and does not show them. It must be difficult to play the role of the frustration of not being able to be honest, but I was hoping that Nomura-san would be able to do it.
　Impressions after post-recording
I was glad that Azuma's subtlety came out. He did a good job of expressing the emotions that he didn't show.