Category: Interviews

  • Ghost Hunt Manga: Inada Shiho x Ono Fuyumi Dialogue

    Inada Shiho completed the Ghost Hunt manga prior to the reprint of Ono Fuyumi’s novel series. Magazine Da Vinci conducted this interview with both creators in commemoration of the last volume’s publication. This marks the last translation of Da Vinci’s 2010 special Ghost Hunt reprint feature. At the end of this post I added links to some additional…

  • Ono Fuyumi Long Interview Part 3: Rewriting Ghost Hunt

    This is the last part of the interview with Ono Fuyumi from Da Vinci‘s December 2010 issue, in which Ono talks about rewriting the original Ghost Hunt series. Please go to part one “The Ghost Hunt Series Reprint” to read the interview from the beginning. Now it’s 2010. Approximately 18 years have passed since the completion of…

  • Ono Fuyumi Long Interview Part 2: The Rules for Writing Girls’ Novels

    This is the second part of the interview with Ono Fuyumi from Da Vinci‘s December 2010 issue. Ono discusses the rules and restrictions she encountered at the time of writing the original Ghost Hunt series. Please go to part one “The Ghost Hunt Series Reprint” to read the interview from the beginning.

  • Ono Fuyumi Long Interview Part 1: The Ghost Hunt Series Reprint

    This interview with Ono Fuyumi is part of the Ghost Hunt Reprint Commemoration Special Feature. It was printed in the December 2010 issue of the Da Vinci magazine. The interview also includes some photographs of the author herself and her house. I divided the translation up into three parts. In the first part Ono talks about the reasons for the Ghost…

  • The Waterworld of Michael Dudok de Wit

    In this interview Director Michael Dudok de Wit talks about the use of the waterworld, water and aquatic creatures in his film The Red Turtle and his other works. De Correspondent originally conducted this interview and published it on their website on July 21, 2016. If you can read Dutch, please click here to read the interview…

  • Michael Dudok De Wit Interview: The Importance of Acceptance

    The Red Turtle received the nomination for Animated Feature Film for Oscars 2017 and recently won an Annie Award. With the 89th Academy Awards coming up next week, I decided to translate another interview with director Michael Dudok de Wit, with another one coming up later on. In this interview Dudok de Wit talks about the…

  • Miura Shion Interview Part 11: The Meaning of Reading and Teaching

    Miura Shion is the original author of Fune wo Amu (2011) otherwise also known as The Great Passage. The anime adaptation started airing from October 16 on Fuji Television’s noitaminA block. The interview consists of eleven parts; this is the last part on reading and teaching children who dislike Japanese language. Please go to part one…

  • Miura Shion Interview Part 10: The Meaning Of “Reading with Everyone”

    Miura Shion is the original author of Fune wo Amu (2011) otherwise also known as The Great Passage. The anime adaptation started airing from October 16 on Fuji Television’s noitaminA block. The interview consists of eleven parts; this is the tenth part on reading together in Japanese language lessons. Please go to part one “Encountering…

  • Miura Shion Interview Part 9: The Power of a Motif

    Miura Shion is the original author of Fune wo Amu (2011) otherwise also known as The Great Passage. The anime adaptation started airing from October 16 on Fuji Television’s noitaminA block. The interview consists of eleven parts; this is the ninth part on using a motif in storytelling. Please go to part one “Encountering a Dictionary” to read…

  • Ayatsuji Yukito Hon no Mushi Interview Part 3: Living in the Publishing World

    The third part of an interview with Japanese mystery novelist Ayatsuji Yukito, in which he talks about living in the publishing world, and his wife Ono Fuyumi. The interview was originally conducted in 1999, and published as a preface interview in a special issue of the magazine Hon no Mushi. Please go to part one “The Roots of…