#(nothing past yanada will get past tumblr's 'only the first five tags count' tagging system but anyhow)

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AT LONG LAST: the interview translations from the Baten Kaitos artbook are finally finished with conversations with composer Motoi Sakuraba and the Japanese voice cast. (If you haven't checked it out previously, this document also contains translations of interviews with illustrator Nakaba Higurashi, scriptwriter Masato Kato, and the producers & directors.)

For many, the interview with Sakuraba will be the highlight, but I personally found most memorable this spoilery bit below the cut from Kalas's Japanese voice actor Kousuke Toriumi, which explains precisely why he was chosen for the role:

In the middle of the story, there's a scene where you betray your comrades; your performance there must have been difficult, wasn't it? Toriumi: I didn't think it was particularly tough! I actually ended up enjoying that scene itself, and when I read it, I thought, "oh, wow, I betrayed them!! Yahoo!"

Congratulations, you absolute, perfectly-cast dick.

#baten kaitos #motoi sakuraba #kousuke toriumi #chiaki takahashi #kiyoyuki yanada #daisuke kishio #mayumi asano #eriko nakayama #(nothing past yanada will get past tumblr's 'only the first five tags count' tagging system but anyhow) #translations #also lyude's voice actor could not possibly care less #savyna's va voicing sara from csi: lol #(there are numerous paper flecks in the first pic no matter how much i brush before shooting everything shows up on that desk i'm sorry) #ETA NEWS FLASH: while correcting a typo i learned that gibari's va also voiced ghaleon #and that he sadly passed away of cancer in late 2022 at 57 #he was mike haggar too holy mackerel pour one out