A dream performance by Rikako Aida & Nao Higashiyama! From little friends to big friends, everyone was filled with smiles at the "Kuma no Gakko & Fuusen Inu Tinny the Movie" event report.

The Winnie the Pooh Movie: Pastry Chef Jackie and the Little Princess Sweets & Tinny the Balloon Dog," currently in theaters nationwide (hereinafter referred to as "The Winnie the Pooh Movie & Tinny the Balloon Dog: The Land of Mysterious Spirits"), will be released on March 31, 2012. (hereafter referred to as "The Bear's School Movie & Tinny the balloon dog"), which is currently being shown in theaters nationwide. This film is a film adaptation of the picture book series "Kumano Gakko" (Bronze Shinsha) written by Hiroyuki Aira and illustrated by Adachi Nami, and the picture book series "Fuusen Inu Tinny" written by Genki Kawamura and illustrated by Kenjiro Sano, respectively.

On September 3, 2017 (Sun), "Jackie & Mindy Night" will be held to commemorate the release of "The Bear's School & Tinny the balloon dog movie," featuring voice actress Rikako Aida as Jackie, Nao Higashiyama as Mindy, Hiroyuki Aihara, the author of "The Bear's School" and the scriptwriter of this movie, and Jackie at the Shinjuku Bar. the author of "The Bear's School" and screenwriter of the film, and Jackie will appear at Shinjuku Wald 9. After the screening, they entertained the audience with crosstalk and a ◯✕ quiz.

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The event was led by the speaker, Mr. Aira. As the popular female voice actress was taking the stage, there were many parents and children with their children as well as young men in the theater. He then proceeded to talk to each of the audience members, calling Ms. Aida "Rikyako" and Mr. Aida "Touyaman," names they had decided to use after discussing the topic before taking the stage. The first topic of discussion was "What scene in the film left the biggest impression on you?

Ms. Aida said, "The scene where Jackie and Mindy drop the cake, I was impressed by Jackie's first tears. I couldn't imagine Jackie, who always acted so cheerfully, crying like this. And they were very beautiful tears.

Higashiyama added, "As Rika-chan said, the way she cried in the movie was very beautiful. (in the movie) was also decided at the recording studio, so it was a very memorable scene. Also, the story is about Jackie and Mindy, but the other characters are also very expressive, and even the mean village chief has an expression you can't help but hate. Cho, the voice actor for the village chief, was performing various postrecordings on site.

Higashiyama, who had seen the movie in the theater the day before, added, "When the village chief came out, people said, 'Don't bully (Jackie and Mindy)! When the village head came out, they said, 'Don't bully (Jackie and Mindy),' or they were worried about their sick grandmother (CV: Mayama Ako).

When Mr. Ajira mentioned that the grandmother was actually supposed to die, Mr. Aida and Mr. Higashiyama were surprised and exclaimed, "What? Aida and Higashiyama shouted in surprise. However, there was a scene where they were relieved when Mr. Aiara said, "But since this is a movie for children, she went to the restroom (without dying).

When Aida and Higashiyama were asked about their experience working together, Aida said, "It was the first time for us to work together, but I was so nervous that Nao-san talked to me a lot during the recording session. She helped me a lot. Ms. Higashiyama also shared her memories of the scene, "Although it was a short story, we took our time during the postrecording, and Rika was very focused on the script.

Higashiyama also had this episode to share. About a week after the post recording, we ran into each other at a shopping mall. During recording, I saw a Jackie mascot on Rika's bag. So a few days later, when I was shopping, I saw a girl wearing Jackie's mascot right in front of me on the escalator. ...... I thought, 'I knew Jackie was popular,' and then I thought, 'Hey, isn't that Jackie herself? Isn't that Jackie herself? (laughs). Combined with Higashiyama's great speaking ability, the audience was filled with laughter.

Can you see the real faces of Rikako Aida and Nao Higashiyama? Quiz Corner

The audience was then invited to take part in a special Fat-O quiz corner, in which they were asked to answer questions related to the theme of the movie, "Sweets", in order to get to know the real faces of the two actors. The first question was, "What I like is western sweets. Aida-san answered "◯" and Higashiyama-san answered "O".

Ms. Aida said, "I like fondant chocolates. Aiara-san said, "Rikyako" fans have to eat fondant chocolat! Aiara encouraged the audience to eat the fondant chocolates. Aida then added, "Also, I personally baked pancakes the other day and ate them." Aida's comment was followed by Higashiyama's, "It's a sweet for the sun! Higashiyama added, "It's a sweet treat for the sun!

Higashiyama-san, who had just put up his O card, was asked what his favorite snack was, to which he immediately responded, "Niboshi! Higashiyama, on the other hand, was asked what her favorite snack was. Aida-san rolled his eyes and said, "Niboshi is a sweet? Aida rolled her eyes. In fact, Higashiyama is a well-known "dried sardine lover" among his fans. I sometimes receive dried sardine goods such as dried sardine earrings and dried sardine necklaces. I am rather surprised that there is demand for them from people other than me (laughs). Also, I would like to make Mindy's favorite food to be dried sardines. Mindy is a cat (laughs).

The talk was lively, but due to time constraints, the second question of the Fat-O quiz, "I inevitably eat sweets in the middle of the night," had to be ended when the two participants shyly raised the "fat" card.

Afterwards, Jackie appeared with a raffle box, and the three speakers gave away autographed theater pamphlets and participated in a photo session. During the photo session, Aida-san and Higashiyama-san said, "Isse-nose, the sweets of the sun that make everyone in the village smile! Please enjoy! The audience responded with big smiles and "Bon appétit! with a big smile on their faces.

Jackie & Mindy Night" was a great success. In closing, he said, "I hope that someday, when you have boyfriends and girlfriends, get married, and have children, you will watch this movie together again. Please treasure it!" (Mr. Higashiyama), "I hope you will watch this movie not just once, but as many times as you like. Let's make the last memories of summer vacation together with Jackie" (Aida).

(Reporting by Michiko Sugawara)