Promea", Music: Hiroyuki Sawano & Sound Director: Yasunori Ebina, "Hot" secret production story and backstage story of postrecording!

In celebration of the hit anime film "Promea," a special talk show featuring Hiroyuki Sawano, the film's music director, and Yasunori Ebina, its sound director, was held at Kawasaki Cinecitta on Saturday, June 15, 2019.

Promea" is a completely original work by Hiroyuki Imaishi, director of the TV series "Gurren Lagann" (2007) and "Kill la Kill" (2013), and Kazuki Nakajima, who wrote the script. The character design is by world-renowned creator Shigeto Koyama, who worked on the concept design for Disney's "Baymax," music by Hiroyuki Sawano, who has worked on numerous dramas and animations including "Shinkage no Kyojin," and art direction by Tomotaka Kubo, who worked on "Mary and the Witch's Flower. The title logo design will be handled by Masashi Ichiko, who worked on the package design for the "Evangelion" series. Sanzigen, which has produced many popular works, will produce the 3DCG part.
⇒Theatrical animation "Promea" directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi, director of Gurren Lagann and Kill la Kill, and Kazuki Nakajima will be released in 2019!
⇒Schedule of Anime Film Screening

In celebration of the hit anime film "Promea," a special talk show was held at Kawasaki Cinecitta on Saturday, June 15, 2019, with the film's music director Hiroyuki Sawano and sound director Yasunori Ebina on stage. The official report has arrived and will be introduced below.

Official Report] *Honorifics omitted.

Sawano, who took the stage at the venue filled with excited fans, was asked how he felt when he saw the completed film for the first time. I was really attracted by the colors and the taste of the pictures in the materials you showed me when you first told me about the project. When I saw the video, I was impressed by the music I created and how it became even more powerful.It was a great honor to work with Director Imaishi again after "Kill la Kill".

Ebina also commented, "I did the dubbing and saw the film acoustically completed, but at that time I only saw it in rolls every 20 minutes or so.Then I saw the film for the first time at a preview screening and was overwhelmed. I was overwhelmed even when I saw it in rolls, and I wondered if I would be even more overwhelmed than that. I went to see the film in the theater after that, and actually it was there that I understood the story for the first time (laughs)! (Laughs). The music and the art are great, but the story is also great! I felt like I was able to touch the core of the story for the first time. I thought there was more to discover if I watched it several times," he said, describing the passion of Promea that even the production staff could not fully digest in a single viewing.

When asked about his favorite scene and character, Sawano said, "In the beginning, the staff roll suddenly appears like a bug (laughs). (laugh) I thought that was interesting. I was excited to see what was about to start and it left a strong impression on me." Regarding the characters, Sawano said, "Clay leaves a strong impression (laugh). Ebina mentioned the one-on-one fight scene between Vulcan and Ignisse, "I'm just saying my name (laughs). (Laughs.) That was not written in the script. (Laughs.) That was not in the script. That one-on-one fight was ad-libbed by Daisuke Kusunoki, who played Vulcan, and Rikiya Koyama, who played Ignis, also shouted out the name of his character (laughs). The production team laughed so hard they said, "We adopted it! The production team laughed so hard they said, "We adopted it!" The scene was memorable.

Next, when asked how he went about the music, Sawano replied, "Rather than saying, 'This is what I wanted for Kill la Kill,' I wanted it to be entertaining. Rather than saying, "This is what I wanted for Kill la rakir," I was asked to create something that would be more interesting as entertainment. So this time, too, I was asked to give the same amount of passion to the action and the speed of the story.I put a lot of effort into the songs this time. I was impressed by the passion of the two singers, mpi and Benjamin, and I also remember how excited I was to hear Laco's emotional singing on the song "NEXUS". I enjoyed the whole experience, including the instrumental songs. The director Imaishi's reaction to the finished music was interesting; he would listen to one song and say, "That's good," and then listen to a few more and say, "That's good," and so on. I thought that would be the end of it, but he asked me, "Would you like to hear one more song? I was so happy to hear his response.

Ebina also commented on "Inferno," saying, "It's in heavy rotation. Even when I'm on the train, the song is running through my head, and it's still playing (laughs). When asked about an episode that left a lasting impression on her during post recording, Ebina replied, "Mr. Nakajima is a very passionate person on the set. It was very exciting to see how he would test the lines once and then change them to make the play more interesting. Sawano asked if the characteristic line "Torururururururu" when the grandfather goes around and around in circles in the play was ad-libbed. During the recording, he did all those long "torurururururururu" lines. After that, the people in the gaya were forced to record it as well (laugh). I don't think it was written in the script (laugh)," he said.

When asked by the moderator about the film's distribution in 62 countries, Sawano commented, "Director Imaishi's worldview and coloring are unique, and I hope that people overseas will enjoy the film as a whole.

He added, "When I personally went to see the film in the theater, there happened to be a foreigner next to me, and he seemed to know who I was. When the staff credits came out, he said "Sawanosan~n" and I was very grateful (laugh).

Ebina concluded her speech by saying, "I am happy to be involved in a work that so many people love so much.
Sawano also commented, "I was honored to be involved in this work, and now that so many people have come, I feel happy once again to be involved in this work. There is a Tower Records near the theater, so please come and buy the soundtrack if you like.

Film information】 ※Titles omitted
Promeer
May 24, 2019 (Fri.) Nationwide roadshow

＜STORY
The Great Global Firestorm

What triggered the unprecedented situation in which half of the world was destroyed by fire was the appearance of the "Varnish," a race of people born as a mutation who could manipulate flames.
Thirty years have passed since then, and a group of aggressive people, calling themselves the "Mad Burnish," have attacked the world once again.
Garo, a rookie member of the Burning Rescue, a highly mobile firefighting team for the Varnish, and Rio, the leader of the Mad Varnish, are both possessed by the burning spirit of firefighters. Their passionate souls collide, and the outcome of their battle is...

<Cast
Garo Timos: Kenichi Matsuyama
Rio Fortier: Taichi Saotome
Clay Forsyte: Masato Sakai
Aina Aldebit: Ayane Sakura
Remy Pouguna: Hiroyuki Yoshino
Baris Truss: Toru Inada
Lucia Fex: Mayumi Shintani
Ignis Ex: Rikiya Koyama
Elise Aldebit: Ami Koshimizu
Vulcan Heistos: Daisuke Kusunoki
Guerra: Shuyuki Hiyama
Mace：Katsuyuki Konishi

<Staff
Original Story : TRIGGER/Kazuki Nakajima
Director：Hiroyuki Imaishi
Screenplay：Kazuki Nakajima
Character Design：Shigeto Koyama
Art Director：Tomotaka Kubo (Dehogirary)
Color Design: Yukiko Kakita (T2 Studio)
3DCG Production: Sanzigen
3D Director: Shinpei Ishikawa (Sanzigen)
Director of Photography: Shinsuke Ikeda (Sanzigen)
Editing: Junichi Uematsu
Music: Hiroyuki Sawano
Sound Director: Yasunori Ebina
Title Logo Design: Masashi Ichiko (TGB design.)
Creative Producer : Hiromi Wakabayashi (TRIGGER)
Animation Producer : Kazuya Masumoto (TRIGGER)
Animation Production: TRIGGER
Production: XFLAG
Distributor: Toho Film Division

(C)TRIGGER, NAKAJIMA Kazuki/XFLAG