[Movie] Higashino-san's audio commentary was too funny (Poupelle 2nd viewing)
Hello! This is Art Prince.
Today, I went to see Poupelle for the second time to listen to the audio commentary by Higashino-san and Nishino-san for the movie 'Poupelle of Chimney Town: The Clockwork Tower,' so I'm writing my thoughts!
↑ By the way, my thoughts from the first viewing
Higashino-san x Nishino-san Audio Commentary
For the movie 'Poupelle of Chimney Town: The Clockwork Tower,' you can use a dedicated app to listen to four different patterns of audio commentary. (As of April)
Since the app recognizes the sound from the screen to play the commentary, you can only hear it in the theater.
The movie's audio is loud, so earphones are a must!
↑ It's briefly shown in this YouTube video too, but the banter with Higashino-san in the commentary was funny, so I went to see it a second time looking forward to the commentary!
Higashino-san's perspective as an entertainment lover is interesting
Higashino-san's 'analysis and critique' from the perspective of someone who loves entertainment—to the point where he discusses the massive amount of works he watches once a year with former TV Tokyo producer Sakuma-san—was interesting!
Things like 'This is something animation directors often do!', 'Is this Kaonashi (from Spirited Away)?', and 'They even made the mob characters properly' made me think, 'These are the impressions of someone who has watched a ton of works,' while on the other hand,
questions like 'Why is this like this?' or
'Why is there a character from another world?' → Nishino-san's answer: 'To move the story along quickly,' showed his curiosity and the seriousness with which he watches even the fine details, which was great.
Higashino-san's perspective as a customer
On the other hand, since they talk with spoilers, he would say things like, 'I didn't notice this the first time! That's frustrating!' or 'So this scene was foreshadowing,' and because he speaks from the same perspective as us, I could empathize with him, thinking, 'Exactly!' or 'So that's how Higashino-san sees it!'
Also, the explanation for why Mofu is called 'Number 13'—because the cat is the 13th in the zodiac—and Nishino-san's explanation for the parts where Higashino-san pointed out, 'Is this scene necessary?' were also interesting!
Teasing Nishino-san
As expected, the funny part was Higashino-san's unique way of teasing Nishino-san.He kept saying, 'The word CANDY in the other world isn't in
other-world language, it's out of place! Come to think of it, I realized that's the name of the bar the real-life Nishino-san runs; you're advertising it! You're good at monetization!' lol.The exchange where Higashino-san asked, 'You (Nishino-san) thought of this setting to sell merchandise, right?' and Nishino-san replied, 'I don't just think about making money like that!' was very 'Higashino x Nishino' and funny!
The major role of 'Oomimi'
Another interesting thing was that the character 'Oomimi' played by Higashino-san wasa much more important character than Higashino-san imagined, and when he watched the main story for the first time, his scenes didn't appear at all, and as it got closer to the climax, he was panicking because the pressure was immense. He apologized to MEGUMI-san, who played Mofu. He told Nishino-san, 'Can't you stop the distribution? Can you replace me with a professional voice actor even now?' which made me laugh so hard!
Higashino-san as a rare existence
I felt that Higashino-san's unique, hateful poison and his indifference in a good way make it easy for his juniors to get close to him (and tease him).
Nishino-san asked questions in a real tone like, 'Is there anything that moves you, Higashino-san?' or 'What do your children think of you?', which might seem rude based on context alone if they didn't have that relationship, so I felt that Higashino-san must actually have a big heart.
I watched the same movie twice for the first time
As a personal impression (or rather, because I have a fickle personality), I get bored easily, so I rarely watch the same movie twice, let alone go to the theater twice, but it was interesting to be able to share explanations and thoughts on scene developments through the audio commentary. Also, from a business perspective, I thought it was a wonderful move that destroys the stereotype that watching a movie in a theater is a one-time event.
Updated on 5/1
A digest version of the Higashino-san x Nishino-san audio commentary has been released!
A digest version of the Higashino-san version of the audio commentary has been released on YouTube!
They keep talking lazily like this, so it's fun until the end!