Tomokazu Seki's autograph will be given away to one lucky winner! Guest Tomokazu Seki talks about behind-the-scenes special effects recording! Report on the third episode of "Director Suzumura's Glass Night

Director Nobuhiro Suzumura, who has worked on a number of tokusatsu productions including "Kamen Rider Kuuga," "Kamen Rider Agito," "Sailor Moon," "Go-onger," and "Akibaranger," as well as dramas such as "No Con Kid: Our Game History," "Hatsumori Bemers," "Shonan Jun-Ai Gumi! YOUNG GTO!", the third episode of "Director Suzumura's Glass Night", a program in which director Nobuhiro Suzumura serves as the main personality, was broadcast on the Nico Nico Channel on December 21, 2020, from 8:00 p.m. The program was broadcasted on the Nico Nico Channel.

Director Suzumura's Glass Night" is a talk show featuring film director Nobuhiro Suzumura as the main personality. The program features not only actors, actresses, voice actors, and other entertainers, but also creators, cultural figures, musicians, and other guests of various power, sometimes lively, sometimes in-depth, and with a variety of perspectives.

This time, the background was a Christmas version, as it was broadcast just before Christmas. After a lively discussion about Christmas, the guest, voice actor Tomokazu Seki, appeared on the stage!

Mr. Seki is known not only as a performer in many tokusatsu works, but also as an ardent tokusatsu hero fan. This time, Seki-san joined us for a hot talk on a cold night.

Director Suzumura, who has worked with Mr. Seki for two seasons, commented that "Mr. Seki ad-libs," to which Mr. Seki countered, "Because the director asks me to do it! he countered. He said that he has been trained that he must basically follow the script, so he does not improvise on set except with Director Suzumura.

Incidentally, Director Suzumura's most memorable work with Mr. Seki was the DVD "Masked Rider Drive Secret Mission type HIGH-SPEED! The Birth of Type HIGH-SPEED! The DVD is said to be "Masked Rider Drive Secret Mission type HIGH-SPEED!

In this film, Seki-san not only voiced the monster Reumudo, but also played his human form. Director Suzumura said that it was very impressive that he ad-libbed the movements of Tiger Lloyd, the monster from "Masked Rider ZX," when he played the human form. He also changed his voice between the human and monster forms, which Seki said was "a bad habit for a voice actor. This is "a bad habit of voice actors," said Seki. The voice acting in the monster form is naturally recorded by postrecording, but once they are in the studio, they switch to voice-over mode and their acting changes a little.

It is a characteristic of Toei's tokusatsu productions that the words and actions of the monster during battle are not written in the script, and the director and other staff sometimes make up their own scripts on site. The director's thoughts and feelings come into it," said Seki, sharing some behind-the-scenes stories about the filming as only an actor who has experienced it firsthand can.

The topic of conversation ranged from special effects to episodes of postrecording for animated films.

As a child, Mr. Koyama was fascinated by Momoya Kinomoto, the handsome character played by Mr. Seki in "Card Captor Sakura," and Mr. Seki has appeared in many other anime and played many popular characters.

In his most recent work, he has played various types of characters, such as the popular "Demon Slayer" character, "Jujutsu Kaisen" Panda, and "The Fire Brigade" Seikyuu, which is a popular character in the popular anime "Demon Slayer.

He says, "I can no longer work only as a second-person. There are a lot of junior "2-dan" actors out there, so I don't stand a chance in a fight," he said, analyzing his current situation.

In addition, Mr. Seki is also involved in activities outside of the box, such as apprenticeship with a rakugo storyteller and 3D modeling, and when asked by Director Suzumura, "Where are you headed? Mr. Seki answered, "I'm just a regular old man's actor.

In the customary "Teach me, Suzumura-sensei" corner, Director Suzumura and Mr. Seki wrote down their five favorite tokusatsu works on cards, which were then randomly selected and explained again by the younger generation, Koyama-san.

The differences between the tokusatsu programs (especially in the 1970s) and the original manga, and the unique perspective of tokusatsu fans who enjoy filling in the gaps between the two were lectured, and the hard setting and philosophical themes of "Kikaider" and "Achmeiser 3" were explained.

In addition, in a corner to answer viewer comments, Seki was asked, "When do you make time for your hobbies? Mr. Seki answered, "Basically, I don't sleep much. He answered in a surprising way, "I watch movies that I have never seen before or that I have recorded from 10:00 pm to 5:00 am. The films he would like to see in the future are "Assault! Human! Human!

Director Suzumura also talked about episodes of interaction with actors who are members of the police force, including Jun Kaname, who appeared in "Masked Rider Agito," and Seki skillfully led the audience in a series of scenes that would make any special effects fan grin, including a scolding of current special effects works.

The next broadcast will be on January 20. Tomokazu Seki will continue to appear as a guest, so don't miss it!

Comments after the broadcast

Tomokazu Seki

I have known Director Suzumura since I was in my 20s, so I came to this program as if I were casually coming to visit him. I felt so comfortable on the show that I thought I'd come back one more time. I will be back again after the new year. I hope you all enjoy the show!

Director Suzumura

Mr. Seki was our guest today, and in fact, he was the host of my wedding as well. He is also my wedding officiant, and this time he asked me to do something very difficult for him in spite of his busy schedule. He and I have a lot of the same interests, so we never run out of things to talk about. So I asked him to be my next guest, and I left evidence of it during the program, but in that sense I was able to relax.

Mie Koyama

It was a lot of fun. I am a fan of her voice, as she definitely appeared in the anime I was watching. That's why I was so happy. It was also interesting that she talked about various special effects. （It made me want to watch the tokusatsu (special effects) that he taught me!

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