AnimeJapan 2019] "Pandora and Akubi" Official Report Arrives! Yui Ogura and Sally Amagi take the stage!

On March 24, 2019, a special stage for the movie "Pandora and Akubi" was held at the XFLAG booth at AnimeJapan 2019. Here is the official report of the event.

Pandora and Akubi" is an original anime about Pandora, a popular character from XFLAG's smartphone RPG "Monster Strike," and Akubi, a signboard girl from Tatsunoko Productions' classic anime "Haxon Daimaou.
Pandora, a curious and mischievous girl, and Akubi, the daughter of the mischievous Daimaou, play an active role in recovering "pieces of misfortune" that have been scattered around the world. The story is divided into two parts: the first part, "Gunfight in the Wilderness," is set in a Western-style town, and the second part, "City of Spirits and Monsters," is set in the snowy mountains where mysterious spirits reside.

⇒ Monster Strike x Haction Daimaou! Anime "Pandora and Akubi" will be on roadshow nationwide sequentially from April 5.

A special stage for this work was held on March 24 at the XFLAG booth at AnimeJapan 2019, where the main cast members, Yui Ogura (playing Pandora) and Sally Amagi (playing Akubi) took the stage. Here is the official report from the event.

Ms. Ogura and Ms. Amagi appeared on stage at the call of the MC. The audience applauded their appearance in "Pandora" and "Akubi" costumes, which they had prepared especially for the occasion, and shouted "Cute! and "Cute! The costumes were handmade by the stylists, and the point is that they are so cute that you can't even see them. She showed off every detail of her costume as she spun around.

The special stage consisted of three parts: "Work Introduction Corner," "Game Corner," and "Lottery Corner. In the "Work Introduction Corner," Ms. Ogura and Mr. Amagi first explained about this work. They introduced the work as a slapstick road movie featuring the "Deco x Deco duo" (Deco Deco duo) of "Pandora," a character from "MonSt," and "Akubi," a character from the TV animation "Haxon Daimao," which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, and the audience gave a loud round of applause and cheers.

In the following character introductions, Ms. Ogura introduced "Pandora," who has a habit of ending her words with "Dora! at the end of the word "Dora!" and explained that "she is a very cute character. The MC then requested, "Since we are here..." "Kyu, you suddenly said that. She then asked, "Since you're here..." "Kyu, I don't like it when you say that all of a sudden, Dora! She played the role in a cute manner, enlivening the stage.

Amagi-san explained "Akubi" as "a character from the legendary anime "Haction Daimaou," which is well-known to everyone. He then requested the audience, "Everyone, try yawning. When the audience yawned in unison, he said, "Here he comes, here he comes, Akubi-chan! and then he delivered his signature line, "Come on, come on, Akubi-chan!

He also mentioned that familiar characters from "Mach GoGoGo," "Time Bokan Series: Yatterman," "Shinzo Ningen Casshan," and "Ippatsu Kanta-kun" also appear in the film, and explained that the "mysterious monster" and the veiled "spirit of winter" also have important roles in the film. He also explained that the "mysterious monster" and the veiled "spirit of winter" also play important roles. He also explained that the "mysterious monster" and the "spirit of winter," which is shrouded in secrecy, play important roles in the film.

Next was a "game corner" titled "Pandora and Akubi, Deco Deco Drawing Showdown! The next was a game corner titled "Pandora and Akubi, Deko-Deco Drawing Contest! The game was to draw a picture of a given theme and have the audience guess the answer. The audience who guessed the correct answer was presented with the picture drawn by Ogura and Amagi with their signatures on it.

The time limit for drawing was one minute. Ms. Ogura, who drew a cute and easy-to-understand picture, and Mr. Amagi, who drew a unique picture that Ms. Ogura said she was "a master painter," had a showdown that resulted in a win for Ms. Ogura (......)! Ms. Amagi, whose unique drawings excited the audience, was the loser and had to play a penalty game. The penalty game was "to say an embarrassing line. The embarrassing lines prepared were as follows.

No. 1 Younger sister: "I love you, big brother!

No. 2 "I don't like you at all!

No.3 Bokko: "Don't make my head crumple! I'm a girl too!

No.4 Chuunibyou "My name is Lucifer, a fallen angel. My name is Lucifer, the one who is guided from the deepest darkness. That is my second name.

No.5 S-attribute "Trash talks a lot these days. It stinks, can you hold your breath?"

No.6 Dere Dere "I can't use chopsticks today.　Please Nyan!"

The punishment game consisted of rolling a dice and reading one line of the number that came up. Amagi rolled the dice, but refused to say the line that came up, saying, "I don't want to say it! and kicked the dice. and kicked the dice. The MC then added a new penalty game, saying, "You cheated, so you will have to say two lines. In the end, the audience cheered loudly as he performed lines 1 and 5.

At this point, the MC gave Ms. Ogura a nice quip to the delight of the fans, "You look like you want to do it," and grinned at the audience. Mr. Ogura took off his cape and said, "Akubi-chan is doing such a good job..." He was very enthusiastic. He then delivered lines 4 and 6, mouthing the words, "It's funny that I won." He also gave advice to Amagi-san as a senior member of the cast, saying, "This is the job of a voice actor.

The "lottery corner" followed, where Ms. Ogura and the audience fans played a game of "reaction" with a gorgeous prize (a toy camera) and a disappointing prize (a tawashi). Again, Ms. Ogura was victorious! He won the toy camera and had a big smile on his face.

In her closing remarks at the end of the event, Ms. Amagi said, "I am very honored that this is my first theater production as a voice actor. I will do my best as the last Akubi in the Heisei era. Please come and see the movie.

Ms. Ogura said, "This dream collaboration can be enjoyed by both MonSt fans and Tatsunoko fans. We want a wide range of people to see the film, so please spread the word about your impressions of today's event and raise everyone's expectations. The work is so wonderful that it will live up to those expectations. My goal is to make this a work that will rival Tatsunoko Productions' previous titles! He said with a smile and enthusiasm.

Just before the event ended, a stuffed Akubi-chan made a surprise appearance. He introduced the "Mini x Mini Character Book," an admission bonus.

The movie "Pandora and Akubi" is scheduled to be released on April 5, 2019 at EJ Anime Theater Shinjuku and other locations throughout Japan. Expectations for the film's release date are only getting higher. We hope you will come to the theater.

Campaign Information

Information about the works】 ※Titles omitted
■Animation "Pandora and Akubi
Release Date：April 5 (Fri) EJ Anime Theater Shinjuku
April 12 (Fri) United Cinemas Sapporo / 109 Cinemas Nagoya / Umeda Burg 7 / T-Joy Hakata

＜Story of the first part
Hey, is it really here in this world?
Pandora and Akubi are moving through the wilderness under the scorching sun.
The two have landed in this world to search for a "piece of misfortune" that is said to have the power to destroy the world, which has been scattered all over the place.
Meanwhile, the sheriff of the gang-infested Three Hawkstown, Tsuyoshi Mifune, keeps the peace in his town day in and day out. He has given up his childhood dream of becoming a racer to work in the city, but this is not the case for Louise, a waitress at his favorite restaurant, who is a little concerned...
Tired of walking in the wilderness, Pandora asks Akubi for a favor and flies to Three Hawks Town with the power of magic!
There, she meets Tsuyoshi and Louise by chance and asks them to help her find the "Piece of Woe.

＜Part 2 Story
Pandora and Akubi head for a new destination in search of the "Piece of Calamity," which is said to have the power to destroy the world. They have turned from the sun-drenched wilderness, and now they are heading for a blizzard in the frigid cold.
However, Zetsubo-kun is frozen solid, and Akubi is so cold and exhausted that he falls asleep. Pandora desperately tries to wake them up, but she can no longer resist the urge to sleep, and falls asleep.
Then a strange shadow approaches...
"Dora the monster!
Pandora wakes up with a strange sleeping voice and finds herself in an unfamiliar room.
It was the cabin of Kanta, the best hunter in the village.
The journey to find the "Piece of Woe" begins once again, set in a world that has been closed off by a never-ending winter.

＜Cast
Pandora: Yui Ogura
Akubi: Sally Amagi

<Cast of Part 1
Louise (Doronjo): Yuko Kaita
Tsuyoshi Mifune: Hiroyuki Yoshino
Briking Boss: Masuo Amada

＜Cast of the second part
Kanta: Mutsushin Tamura
Riddle Monster: Masashi Ehara
Spirit of Winter: Kenjiro Tsuda

<Staff
Original Story：XFLAG/Tatsunoko Production
Director：Jun Soga
Character Design/ Chief Animation Director：Keiichi Okura
Art director：Yusuke Takeda
Art director：Satoshi Takahata／Tamura Maki
Director of Photography：Shinichi Igarashi
Color Designer : Hiroko Kohari
Editing : Tomoki Nagasaka
Music: Takahiro Obata
Music Production: TMS Music
Sound Director: Ryo Tanaka
Sound Production: Sonilude
Theme Song: Shiggy Jr. "D.A.Y.S." (Victor Entertainment)
Animation Production: BAKKEN RECORD
Distributor: Kadokawa ANIMATION
Production: XFLAG

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