Interview Articles 15th designer Kenji Watanabe
2010-11-12 00:00 update
It can be seen in a card game of the picture and packages, Digimon original design.
That undertake them of drawing on one hand, is the chief designer Kenji Watanabe belonging to the Corporation with.
Watanabe's digital monster creator, it was made to look at the D-Arts.
■ theme Tamagotchi to fight! ?
── Please tell us the history that has been worked on "Digimon".
WatanabeWiz is a company of development and so-called product planning. At the time, I had put a "Tamagotchi" from Boys Toy Division's Bandai. Therefore, because it uses a Boys for boys toys, now talk of "Tamagotchi" I want to fight.
We just also, if you are talking about me I'm also want boy of line, it was supposed to be trying to make a toy that was taking advantage of the development part and the battle of the "Tamagotchi".
"Digimon" was born from there. I There also had been or hit a dot painting in the "Tamagotchi", I feel that was chosen as the character design.
── design of Digimon will was made How?
WatanabeNot determined neither time until the delivery date is also an illustration of taste, when it becomes the story I will do to, because to the best shape, I begged so freely drawn what you want to draw is me.
At the time of the beginning out figures of the time American comics, such as exploitable dropped the design was Ai' properly to a child, I wanted to draw a cool illustration.
So the monster of American comic touch, it drew much at once 20 points.
── certainly illustrations guess black shadow touch is the American comic style.
WatanabeOr try to black to crush the place I would not need shadow, we ended up doing pretty atmosphere.
It's actually also became a problem in or put in a shadow when you anime.
And the shadows there was a possibility that becomes tough Most dark picture for children program, So it is difficult to differentiate between human beings, now that the stop.
Conversely, as the character is seen in outline, we got together with a simple line.
── Please tell us what you think of anime "Digimon Adventure".
WatanabeIt monsters drawn by the myself, there was excitement Tteyuu'm going to be in animation course.
"Tamagotchi" even though we break, "Digimon" went spread it more in the form of animation. Also spread abroad, the children of overseas gave me say cool.
Digimon was aware of the American comic is, in was accepted in the form of reverse import so to speak, I was happy as a body to design. We were also taught the pleasure of making animation witnessed also in the production site.
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Please tell us what you think that you have seen the ──D-Arts wargreymon.
WatanabeRemember the "D-Real Series" was doing among earlier. It has evolved.
If there is a degree of freedom of movement, but it poses it is also cool. From out those days in Bandai-san, it was was to ask me please let me make a figure that was properly the "D-Real".
So even at that time, I was stuck in pretty shape.
D-Arts is're our show from the beginning of the planning, but I think that cool Do not.
Now, unlike the old days, in parallel with the series of "Digimon Fusion", it is interesting to be able to be such a different line.
── wargreymon is Will Digimon that was born according to the anime.
WatanabeThere was no specific request from the animation side. Because it was goods to decided that Tteyuu evolution series from Agumon, I came up with the Dragon Warrior, dragon warrior.
At that time, as a super evolution series, so had also decided to leave the figure to be deformed from Agumon, Agumon should not have to make the elements to become a wargreymon something with.
So we put the gauntlet and wings (Brave shield).
── design point of wargreymon?
WatanabeI guess it is a dragon people. Or try to Ryuashi a place that ends up in the human foot. Kedomo's the shape of the person we are aware of so as to leave even a dragon whiff. Armor even if ish mechanical Ppoku Digimon, it has also attached pipe.
── is round Tsubura eyes is impressive?
WatanabeActually it's a beast eyes, you or aims with no lizard-ish look eye. Because I think that do not and still there is no eye force because the character, the eyes of the representation I have doing it consciously.
I'm a beast, I feel there is a will.
■ The secret story behind the birth of OMEGAMON
──Please tell us about OMEGAMON.
WatanabeOMEGAMON is a character born from a movie. In the movie, I was told such an unreasonable story that I wanted an ultimate body that surpassed the ultimate body (laughs).
Gureimon and Garurumon is said to supervision and want character, such as fight and cooperation, it is a Digimon that was born from there. Since the toy without any talk of commercialization was not at all aware, it has a body that was Hyoro'.
A thin line of the robot in the days of the beginning out, drew while rising interesting. It might be the most Digimon seems Digimon in a sense.
I think you have been to actually symbol like.
── from where the idea of merging Digimon?
WatanabeTteyuu fight together, I think I came out with his images of supervision.
── the point of design?
WatanabeIt is a thin waist. Kana emphasis of weapons lucky in both hands after.
While showing the head of the Gureimon and Garurumon and Don, was considered as the knights made Ppoku.
The result is that when a thought I summarize in color, was simple in the fuselage in white. Because it is the color of the knight.
■ Digimon design secrets
- Design of ingenious Digimon will born from anywhere.
WatanabeDesign source itself is taken from the things that real. The digital world is not there is a lot of information, I was thinking I interesting kana that's the monster that incorporates the information.
In design I was aware of the character of a combination of fear and cute is. Personally fastener Toka belt, because I like to or there full of pocket, also incorporates those elements.
Unexpectedly Are there things that still become Digimon. For example, I Toka sharks. In fact, sharks it does not yet become the Digimon.
I'm there are characters I blast Mon to "cross Wars", at first I had to draw a shark. However, I have been told "do but I'm different."
Oh, also ... the receding sharks.
To have the whale and dolphin (laughs).
── "evolution" route or will do things that are considered at the stage of design?
WatanabeDare I'm doing is not aware of it in the Digimon. When I played in the portable game machine in reverse, the monster has to cherish the surprise of becoming like this.
I there is a general framework of Toka angel system Toka devil system as a whole view of the world but, Toka Toka fish bird Toka dinosaur in that, what happens is you think freely. Possibility Tteyuu would be a monster to what.
I wonder if its not a single line "evolution" is, to a place that has been accepted by the children.
■ It is what itako like a
── I think a difficult question whether, Do you have any favorite Digimon?
WatanabeI like they contain crunchy their own taste to Beelzebumon.
Best design was done to free the is I might "Digimon Tamers".
In fact, if there is Beelzebumon in the beginning, I went to dig from the place I want to put out this kind of Digimon.
Firm and does not draw a dark hero as a villain, I'm the hero we thought not cool.
── This has been Digimon of design announcement until the Will has been working on how much?
WatanabeBut we have is with the staff because to draw the field to design the all of which has become a very, resulting in a design I have almost done on their own.
To those who came up has put a check to, we have made a hand to those most likely.
── this continue to draw a number of only than hard?
WatanabeOnce I have continued to put out the idea by one person, I think that it was difficult. Ota's the Wiz of planning human and Bandai(*)But thanks to gave us the idea, various character was born.
But I know there and say I Digimon of design, it's actually I'm not draw what you want to draw so much. While listening to your story, I decided I going to draw this kind of thing.
But the first taste might have decided on their own, the content I do not is that only I myself.
Previously, for their work, have you answer me "It is what itaconate such like." Incorporating what everyone wants in their own, incorporated in like a Itako of their own, how to output while chewing (chewing) is, what my job.
When I draw only what you want to draw yourself, I think that it was no longer able to draw maybe. So in the design of Digimon, I do not care about. I'm being told, I do not say that such a lonely, I think I know the secret to it continue long.
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Kenji Watanabe (Kenji Watanabe)
1966, March 21, 2008 born / Kanagawa Prefecture born
It created a "Digital Monsters" series, chief designer of toys planning company with.
Representative work, "Tamagotchi", "good here", such as the Plan Production of "Magical Witches", Dole and voice actor of the variety show "Doryi ☆ Variety".
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