Here is the interview with Nanase Ohkawa that was published in this month’s issue of Newtype magazine, it also features a new Wish illustration:
Click to enlarge it.
It’s not really an interview since there is no interviewer, just Ohkawa talking about the anime ^^;
Credits for the scan goes to undini (thank you so much!), who also points some highlights from the interview:
– Kobato.’s world and Wish’s world is the same.
– When they were setting the plot for Ioryogi, from the beginning they thought that he did something in the world of Wish and because of that he became like this.
– They don’t know how many characters from Wish will appear in the Kobato. anime.
– Ohkawa says that Kohaku knows about Kobato and Ioryogi, but she doesn’t want to say anything else since it will be spoiling the anime.
EDIT: Allan Montenegro kindly translated the interview to portuguese and I retranslated it to english:
Two worlds connected
The worlds of “Kobato.” and “Wish” are the same!! In the end, there will probably be a lot of readers who cannot hide the surprise upon seeing this new fact! To start with, where the idea came from?
“When we first thought about Ioryogi’s creation, we thought about making a mysterious being coming from a world like the Heaven that we first described in “Wish”, for some reason, we thought about changing his appearance to the way it looks now. Since we decided that Ioryogi would appear, one could tell that both worlds were connected.”
With the animation of “Kobato.”, the two worlds will be more closely connected.
“It was a decision that came up during a meeting. We decided that to visually show the world of angels would be easier to understand to story. So, by making Kohaku appear, both stories become much more connected. Even so, in the end the title is still “Kobato.”. At the moment, it’s not clear how much Kohaku and the other “Wish” characters will appear (laughs). Besides, it is known that Kobato and Kohaku both sing very well, it would be very pleasant to make them sing.”
They are not just good at singing, in one way or another, Kobato and Kohaku have a lot in common. What kind of connection there is between them?
“If I tell you that, I would be spoiling a lot (laughs). However, it’s established in the anime version that Kohaku knows about Kobato and Ioryogi. The uncommon love that exists in the [Wish] manga is very strong, I think we won’t be able to develop Kohaku’s efforts [in the anime]. Upon watching the Ending, I thought “I’m so glad! It looks so cute!”, it looks good in the anime, very pleasant to watch. I hope you’ll like it.”
So the Ending animation is already done! And in the end it was an interview. A 3-questions long interview, but an interview nonetheless xD
31 thoughts on “Nanase Ohkawa interview from Newtype #8 (Updated)”
Leave a Reply
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
Chibi Yuuto's CHRoNiCLEs 
Wtf, that pic. Either Shuichirou’s arm was drawn way too short, or his torso way too long. Either way, it looks ridiculous.
Kobato needs to come out faster >/ ;;
LikeLike
I’m not a huge fan of Wish’s character design either. And I have the impression that might be the cover of one of the volumes of the new version.
Kobato does need to come out faster xD
LikeLike
I think it’s just this pic
I was re-reading Wish recently and I don’t remember seeing them drawn like that.
Yes. Damn it, I want to know more about the main story.
LikeLike
Really? To me it looks similar to the Wish drawings. But then again, it’s been years since I read Wish xD
LikeLike
Regardless, isn’t that the charm of CLAMP’s art? It still looks beautiful, even if the designs are blown way out of proportion. XD
LikeLike
Kohaku & Shuichirou ^^
Thank you for the spoilers.
LikeLike
No problem =)
LikeLike
Yes! Further solidification that I was right about the Kobato and Wish worlds. ^^
I was never a fan of Shuichiro’s character design. Eh, ah well.
LikeLike
It was pretty confirmed since the chapter we saw Usyagi ^__^
LikeLike
Shuichirou looks as if he’s caught doing something bad XD
LikeLike
HAHAHA you’re so right! He’s like “…oops”
LikeLike
I’m quite curious about it! I wish Ohkawa would be the only scriptwriter (yeah, I wish she would do everything XD). I’m a little concerned of all those people writing about those two series and making new stories about them. At least she will be supervising all scripts.
LikeLike
I don’t know for sure but it could be a new cover. I hope not because that would mean we have 4 new illustrations to come ^^
I am a little surprised that she doesn’t know how many characters will appear… it’s like they know veeeery little about it and it’s only 3 months away from the debut, LOL
I’m curious about the cast too, I think next month it’ll be announced ^^
LikeLike
WISH ;___; I love Wish. I wish they would have made a Wish anime! I never really got into Kobato, but with this motivation I might try again.
LikeLike
OH MAN!!! *just read the edit* I’m totally and definitely watching Kobato now!!! XD Now watch me go from “not interested at all” to “totally excited”! Kobato whaaaat. I want Wish!
Even though that pic looks weird XD
LikeLike
YEY I HOPE YOU RETURN TO OUR SUPER COOL FANDOM XD
You know I miss you!
And yeah, Kobato. is good, give it a chance xD And Wish is related to GD too, maybe we can get hints =)
LikeLike
Wish is related to GD too
huh? @___@
LikeLike
Yes xD Shuichiro’s surname is “Kudou”, same as Kazahaya’s xD
They asked Ohkawa in the GD Kiseki interview if the two were related and she said that was a secret =)
LikeLike
Well, I still stick by my theory that Kobato is actually a bird, Kohaku did hang around with a lot of birds after all. Can’t wait for the anime, it really does sound like even CLAMP doesn’t know what will happen next!
LikeLike
So let’s see
Wish is atatched to Kobato, that is atatched to Tsubasa and XxxHolic!
God, what a world!
LikeLike
And it’s probably attached to the world of Gohou Drug/Legal Drug, I think CLAMP likes this world!
LikeLike
Good theory!
LikeLike
Kohaku looks lovely, and the colors of the illustration are wonderful. But Shuichirou’s proportions…did his pants slip down?
I’m glad that Ms. Ohkawa put in that disclaimer stating that, in the end, Kobato will still be the main focus of the story. I was beginning to worry that this anime would end up being equal parts Kobato and Wish, in order to please those fans who wanted to see Wish animated.
LikeLike
did his pants slip down?
LOL I thought the same!
I’m glad that Kobato. will be the mais focus too. Totally excited for the Wish cameos, but it would be weird to have a simultaneous adaptation.
LikeLike
Oh yay! I knew it! XDDD The last few chapters revealed a lot! XDDD
Now I’m deadly eager to watch the anime. It looks to have a different plot with the manga but we’ll see, we’ll see…. XDDD Thanks for the translation! XDDD
LikeLike
Yeah, I think the anime will have lots of original stories.
LikeLike
I want the anime always ^__^ I hope there will be great seiyuus for the characters and someone who can really sing for the role of Kobato and Kohaku,,,so the animation is already finished?? that means we can get it soon YAY!!!
On a side note, may I ask how many languages you know, chibiyuuto-kun?=) portugese, spanish, english and japanese? it’s wonderful to know many languages~~
LikeLike
Hahaha well I’m Brazilian so portuguese is my native language. I don’t know spanish at all (some people think in Brazil we speak spanish but we don’t, it’s portuguese ^^).
I know a short bit of japanese but I can only make Portuguese English translations ^^;
LikeLike
Okay. So is Wish going to play a big part in the manga? Or just the anime? D:
I mean, as long as the scriptwriters and animators work hard on Kobato, it’ll still be awesome, but I wouldn’t want CLAMP to have no say in it at all. Well, at least, nothing like what happened with Tsubasa…
But anyway, about Shuichirou, I find the picture a little funny, but I’ll just pretend CLAMP had him standing inside a split-second visual warp. >.>;;;
Otherwise, I think this picture is really neat. I love the calm colors, style, and gradients they used, particularly for Kohaku. Or is that just the scanner quality? XD
LikeLike
That’s nice to know that Kobato. and Wish worlds are the same. No wonder Wish is going to be in Kobato. anime.
LikeLike
OMG!!!! THIS IS SOOOO EXCITING!!! I’m Sooo Happy!!!!
LikeLike