There was no sign of names, and then everyone got used to it and it was obvious that it did not matter if we had a name (laughs). I was writing the plot with the nicknames or occupational positions and it just continued. My plots are written with nicknames, and in the case of Akudama Drive, the nicknames used are Courier, Ordinary Person, Cutthroat and so on. I make their names easier to remember, like a cool character or like, an honorable character.
#Akudama drive code#
Courier, Swindler, you know, the code names… Is there a reason why you didn’t reveal their real names in the story?ī: Well, you know, when I’m writing a scenario or thinking about the plot, basically, I don’t name the characters out of the blue. That’s why, the first episode of the anime is pretty close to the original idea and the finished product.Ī: The characters in Akudama Drive. So, the first thing I did was come up with the draft scenes, or rather, I paid most attention to writing the opening, or the beginning of the story, and how the characters would be introduced. Rather, I thought it would be better to think about that at the scenario meeting or when the director came in. The second part of the story was written quite loosely. Also, the company that made it, Pierrot, has previously worked with titles that are popular all over the world, such as Tokyo Ghoul and Bleach, so there has been a lot of groundwork prior to that.ī: Let’s see.
From the beginning of the project, I had some ideas about how it could be more popular abroad by adding some things. When I was making Danganronpa, I had a sense of what is popular abroad, and I could kind of feel it firsthand that this kind of thing would be popular, so I knew the essence of it. I wondered what kind of things would be popular abroad. After all, we’re Japanese and we only know the Japanese market. Well, it’s not that we were always conscious of the overseas market, or that we were trying to create something for the foreign audience. What do you think is the reason for its success?ī: Let’s see. On the website that requested this interview, Anime Corner, it won the title of the best anime of Fall 2020. A: Akudama Drive has been very well received by fans around the world.
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