https://youtu.be/zOiEceqQGgg?si=cApxqpVJfj5jeBMM
Six voice actresses gathered to celebrate the release of the DokiDoki PreCure novel. They sat in the seats of the color that corresponds to their characters.
Attendees (voice actors):
・Minako KOTOBUKI (voice actress for Rikka/Cure Diamond)... MC. The youngest of the six, born in 1991. (Same year as me)
・Hitomi NABATAME (voice actress for Mana/Cure Heart)... Called "Naba-san" by Kotobuki. The oldest of the 19 main character voice actresses in terms of both age at the start of the series and date of birth (born in 1976. The oldest main character voice actress up until that point was born in 1979).
・Mai FUCHIHGAMI (voice actress for Alice/Cure Rosetta)
Before DokiDoki Precure began airing, she had co-starred with Namatame at the dubbing studios for the anime Girls und Panzer from autumn 2012.
Because their characters were enemies and confidentiality was to be maintained until an official Toei announcement, she couldn't say anything.
"In Girls und Panzer we didn't say anything to each other and you were the enemy, so at first I thought you were a scary person and I was scared to think about working with you at the dubbing studio for a year. But now I know you're a friendly person so I feel relieved," she said half-jokingly.
・Kanako MIYAMOTO (voice actress for Makoto/Cure Sword)... Has also appeared in the PreCure series many times as a singer. (YPC5, YPC5GOGO, A La Mode's EDs, HUGtto's opening)
・Rie KUGIMIYA (voice actress for Aguri/Cure Ace)
・Kumiko WATANABE (voice actress cor Regina)... The oldest. Born in 1965.
She talked about her memories of DokiDoki Precure.
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It's difficult to translate everything, so I'll only translate a part of it this time. I'll probably translate another scene at a later date.
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・The five were selected through auditions. Only the voice actress for Regina was offered the role.
・Namatame (the voice actress for Mana) had been afflicted with an illness in 2012 that caused her to lose her voice for a time, and she went to the audition prepared to retire from voice acting if she was not chosen as the new Pretty Cure voice actress for 2013.
(Before the audition, she had cleared all of her schedule for 2013 to record for PreCure. The producer was surprised when he found out about this in an interview article a few days after the official announcement.)
・Nabatame:
Mana remains exactly the same from the first episode to the final episode and even the novel.
...Watanabe (the voice actress for Regina) responded to Nabatame's words above jokingly by saying, "You might be the only one who thinks that about Mana, Naba-chan."
・Nabatame:
But Mana is a little different from the main characters of PreCure up until 2012. Rather than being a story about the growth of the main character Mana herself, DokiDoki PreCure had overwhelmingly more scenes in which you could sense the growth of her friends through her.
In 2013, I was very conscious of the fact that "Because I'm playing Mana, I have to be myself and continue to lead the others as a leader and the protagonist!" It was very rewarding to play her.
・Miyamoto (Makoto's VA):
The girl I play (Cure Sword) is a cool character.
The other five laughed at Miyamoto's comment and replied, "Huh?" "Eh!?".
・Miyamoto:
To be precise, she was a cool beauty. (lol)
But after a few episodes, she started being called ”Ponkotsu” ("useless", "clunky" and "clumsy." etc.) in the internet lol
By the way, Miyamoto chose the scene in episode 40 where Makoto sings "With All My Heart" for Regina as her favorite episode related to the character she plays.
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・Miyamoto:
Makoto, who had hated Regina as an enemy, saw the scene where Regina tried to save Mana even at the cost of herself etc, For Makoto, Regina became a friend. and I was moved by the scene where Makoto thought about Regina as a friend and worried, thought about her and took action for her.
・Watanabe:
...It's the scene where you, MakoP sing for me Regina, right?
When I was actually recording that scene, I was so moved by your singing that I empathized with Regina so much.
・Miyamoto:
Thank you so much!
According to Miyamoto, "With All My Heart" was originally a character song recorded before the start of dubbing for the first episode, and she was surprised that the song would actually be used in the anime.
When she saw the script for episode 40, she was surprised to learn that "With All My Heart" would be used in the animated episode.
・Miyamoto: "I was surprised and thought, "Maybe the staff won't use the audio for the CD, and I'll actually sing it in the dubbing studio for episode 40?" lol "
I will translate the rest on another occasion.
