​The new Japanese autumn series "Akihabara War" in 2022 is homophonic with "Akihabara Maid War", which tells the story of Akihabara maid fighting each other for territory at the end of the 20th century.

cute maids and fierce violence, "Akihabara Mind War" supervised the interview of Zhuoichi Mai

​The new Japanese autumn series "Akihabara Mind War" in 2022 homophonic "Akihabara Mind War" "Akihabara Maid War", telling the story of Akihabara Maids fighting each other for territory at the end of the 20th century. The animation production is led by P.A.WORKS, and the supervisor is Zhuichi Mazui, who directed "Young Pig-Head Boy Will Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senior Sister". This article interviews Junichi Masui on the charm of characters and the highlights of animation.

——This work is an original work of animation. What was your impression when you first read the project? Masui : This work is Mr. Takenaka (Ninhiro), the producer of Cygames. One day, when he saw the maids who handed out flyers on Akihabara Street, he suddenly had a whim, "Wouldn't these maids start a fierce battle for territory behind the scenes, will it be interesting?", and then this project was born. Mr. Tsuji (Sunin) of P.A.WORKS asked me to talk about supervision. I read the overall plot of the plan and script. At first glance, I thought it was "quite interesting", so I took over the supervision work. Whether the two opposite elements, "Cute Maid" and "Rully Violence" can coexist is still unknown, but if it goes well, it will probably be an interesting work.

—In order for these two elements to coexist, what do you think is necessary? 分类: The description of "violence" is the key point, so we are exploring the production of animations. This work replaces the tough guy who appeared in Ren Xia’s movie with a maid, forming a contrast and forming an interesting thing. The overall style is to be comedic, but the scene where many people die will appear heavy no matter what. So the animation will not show too much reality in the fight scene. This consideration also gave birth to some creativity, such as the so-called "home art" added to the gun battle scene in Episode 1.

——The stage is not modern, but Akihabara in 1999. What is the reason? Masuke : What I do is the Renxia movie of Showa, so I want to show some old-fashioned feeling. Mobile phones were not fully popularized in 1999, and things such as Nostrandamus predicted that "the earth will be destroyed" were the era with a strong atmosphere at the end of the century. However, Akihabara did not have maid coffee at that time, so we can know that the world of this work is a parallel world. As the number of animation episodes progresses, why the history of maids fighting to the death in Akihabara will slowly be revealed? Stay tuned.

——This work is also the so-called "work animation". Supervisor, did you create it with the awareness of work animation? 号用: The work animations previously conducted by P.A.WORKS company were all "works in the sun". This work describes how Nakomi, the protagonist who is longing for the brilliant world of maids, will face the maid's "shameful work". I think there is no difference between "work in the sun" and "shameful work". In this sense, it is within the scope of "work animation".

—Please talk about the charm of Nagumi. 分类: straightforward and innocent, it is Nagumi's greatest charm. Nagumi will move forward bravely, and in a sense it can also be said to be a type of pig's sudden progress. In the first half of the animation, she was unable to accept the reality of maid's work, and there were more confusing scenes, but in the future she would face her work in her own way. Once she makes a decision, she will move forward actively and rush to the fullest. This is Nakomi's personality, so we often pay attention to highlighting this when we make animations.

—What about Lanzi? Masuke : Arashiko is much older than Nakomi, and she also knows the behind-the-scenes of the maid's work, and has experienced countless Shura fields. She and Nagumi are in opposite positions, the straightforward and serious part, etc. There are many similarities with Nagumi, so I think she is incredible.In a sense, she can also be said to be another protagonist, and I hope the audience can look forward to her future activity.

- What is the position of Nagumi's senior Meng Qianhe Taiwei? Masuke : Meng Qianhe is the "benchmark maid in this world of work". Mengqian is an ace maid with a strong sense of responsibility, but he will also fail to pretend to be handsome in front of everyone. The end is always in a natural state, and may be the most consistent girl among the characters in this work.

—What are the dreams and goals of each character, current point? Masumi : At the end of episode 4, Nagumi was a little motivated to work on a maid, but she didn't have much effort to consider future things. Meng Qianhe, who hastily determined that "All the Pig and the Beauty" is a store with no problem, so she is exploring what to do. Then Arako seemed to join "All the Pig and the Beauty" for some purpose, but she had to go there later to reveal the doubts. At present, they are moving in different directions, and it is hard to say what will happen in the future.

—Finally, please talk about the highlights in the future. 号的方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方方� In the future, Nako and Arako will be centered on, and the interpersonal relationships of the appearing characters will gradually expand. This will give birth to many ups and downs in life, so stay tuned. The animation will add all kinds of comedy jokes every time, and I will be very happy if the audience can watch it with a smile.

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