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The second of two posts that went up on the 15th; my translation of the first is here. Sorry for the delay.
As before, stuff I wasn't sure of is in gray. As with last time, there are several sentences in here where I was really guessing: both of the gray sections in the first paragraph, and the very last sentence in the last paragraph.
As before, stuff I wasn't sure of is in gray. As with last time, there are several sentences in here where I was really guessing: both of the gray sections in the first paragraph, and the very last sentence in the last paragraph.
Work talk.
I was responsible for the storyboarding for the OP and ED of the Saiyuki Gaiden OVA. This was my one-eyed immediately-post-hospital project. *laugh* At first I hadn't planned to be drawing, but they'd been waiting for me to get out of the hospital... Thanks to my staff for working so hard! I got to see the finished volume one the other day, but the whole time Tenpou was on the screen, I was going "kyaa!" (laugh) That sort of character's so obnoxious.
It's late to be announcing this, but a Saiyuki Gaiden OVA Part 1 event has been announced for Ikebukuro on February 19th! There are more details here. For the first time in a long time, all four of the voice actors for the Sanzo-ikkou (Gaiden-ikkou?) will be there together - everyone's been working hard to set up a Talk Corner with them. Health-permitting, I'm going to try my best to be there, too. Oh, and I also made a special illustration for the event's pamphlets. There will also be Gaiden merchandise on sale (and merchandise from last winter for resale).
The fifth and final volume of the Saiyuki Gaiden drama CD will go on sale through Zero Sum on February 28th. Like before, I made exclusive illustrations for the cover and inner facing material! I was also in charge of writing a special omake segment. Once it's out, I'll post more details, including a report on the postrecording.
To the people from the cell phone site, thanks for all the New Years greetings again this year! The site managers packaged them all up stylishly for me again. There were so many that I just looked at this huge sheaf and thought, How can there be this many when I'm not even drawing manga...!?
So I've made it so everyone can download the New Years greetings image. ...Yeah, it's that rabbit guy. (laugh) Apparently the combination of crows and rabbits is lucky in China, so you can definitely expect good things to happen.
I'm trying not to blurt out all the new things I have to tell you all at once. First of all, in March some color illustrations from the new project are going to run in WARD and Zero Sum. They'll also include a "Commemorative OVA Release Saiyuki Gaiden Booklet," for which I drew four color pictures, for the including for the front and back covers. I put a lot into them, so really hope you like it! I'll give more details when we get closer to the release date. We've decided also to put some of it online, so please check back here!
