Mashima Hiro & Ninomiya Kazunari

[caramelizedlove.livejournal.com]

I went to the San Diego Comic-con today and attended Mashima Hiro's panel (manga-ka of Rave Master and Fairy Tail)
Anyways, I'll just post this part

italics are the translated parts

Fan: If Fairy Tail were to be turned into a live action, which American actors would you cast?
Mashima-sensei: [I don't really know many young actors in America, but one older actor that
immediately comes to mind is Johnny Depp as Happy.]

and then later

Fan: If Fairy Tail were to be turned into a live action, which Japanese actors would you cast?
Mashima-sensei: Aitsu wa shiranai deshou? [They don't know do they?] (He's referring to the whole audience )
Fans all start to deny it
Mashima-sensei: Jaa.... Ninomiya... Ninomiya.... nantoka? [Then..... Ninomiya.... Ninomiya.. something]
(Mashima-sensei begins to discuss it quietly with his translators, i could still hear thanks to my first row seat)
Translator#1: Ninomiya... dare? [Ninomiya.... who's that?]
Translator#2: Iwo? Iwojima no Ninomiya? [Iwo... Ninomiya from Letters from Iwojima?]
Mashima-sensei: aaa, hai, hai, iwo no ninomiya [Yeah, the Ninomiya from Letters from Iwojima]
(meanwhile a bunch of us in the audience are saying "kazunari? arashi? arashi no ninomiya kazunari?")
Translator#2: (turns back to talk to the rest of us) Are you guys familiar with Arashi
Small Group of Fans scream like crazy
Translator#1: oh
Mashima-sensei: eh?
Translator#2: that ninomiya, from arashi as natsu
Fans: KAZUNARIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!

anyways thought I would share, it was kind of funny I thought....

Comments

[ninkytase.livejournal.com]

so cool!! i hope they DO turn into live action and cast nino! hehe :3

[rockpet.livejournal.com]

WIN! XD This gets me all sorts of warm and fuzzy because AWA is soooon!

[litany-sh.livejournal.com]

Gosh does that make me happy, though I've got no knowledge of that manga. Thanks for sharing!!

[coathangerwings.livejournal.com]

i'm sure translator #2 and mashima sensei are taken aback by how popular arashi is abroad. hehe. thanks for this! it makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. XD

[rosevic87.livejournal.com]

ZOMG! I so wanted to go too *facepalm* I would have been screaming so much from that hahaha

[inuhariko.livejournal.com]

lol, very cute story. XD

[tipsytoe.livejournal.com]

LOL! They should never underestimate the power of Arashi. :)

[tudorqueeny.livejournal.com]

true! Arashi is everywhere... Seeee they are here now!

LOL!

[orangeslime.livejournal.com]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! NINO!!!!!!!!! OMG!!
cause i just started fairy tail. im high tension ahhaha

[twistedhalo04.livejournal.com]

That's just so cute really. XDD They underestimate the power of fangirls haha

[patziepiva.livejournal.com]

I would have gone fangirl-ing if i were there *lol*

[violentxxxpose.livejournal.com]

the fans are so cute! :D
I can imagine the fans shouting Nino's name in unison. 8D
thanks for sharing this amusing story!

[darenothope.livejournal.com]

That makes me really happy for some reason.

[fanaticjans.livejournal.com]

omg! I'm a fan of the RAVE series!!

haha he mentioned NINO!!

awesome!
i think it'd be great to have Nino as Natsu!!
woots~

[m4sita.livejournal.com]

WAKAKAKAKAKA thanks a lot for this...!! nino as natsu ne..... which means.. he have to show us his chest all the time hehehehehe

[caramelizedlove.livejournal.com]

yeah, that would be awesome, and utterly hilarious

[caramelizedlove.livejournal.com]

no problem :D

[caramelizedlove.livejournal.com]

yeah, they were
though the translator was a little more rude about it
and no problem
the warm and fuzzy feeling is shared

[caramelizedlove.livejournal.com]

yeah, the small group of us lost our voices from screaming so much

[caramelizedlove.livejournal.com]

XD thanks

[caramelizedlove.livejournal.com]

XD exactly my reaction
I haven't started reading fairy tale yet, but I was super high tension for the rest of the day

[caramelizedlove.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, he was also a bit scared that the cosplayers attacked him to take pictures with him after the panel

[caramelizedlove.livejournal.com]

the con is allllll about fangirling, just multiple things to fangirl

[caramelizedlove.livejournal.com]

XD some of us did shout in unison

[caramelizedlove.livejournal.com]

doesn't it?

[caramelizedlove.livejournal.com]

me too! I was sooooooooo hyper for the rest of the day
I still have to read Fairy Tail though

[caramelizedlove.livejournal.com]

XD that's what I thought
I would have noooooo problem with that >)

[caramelizedlove.livejournal.com]

It does seem a little odd though
but apparently he would want Johnny Depp to be Happy XDD
which seems even more messed up

[novemberzeal.livejournal.com]

Haha, I would have been screaming too! Even a small mention of Arashi has me grinning like crazy :D

[asfanino.livejournal.com]

kyaaaaaaaaaa!~

[nehlong.livejournal.com]

LOLLLL. love the added fangirling sound effects. i'm just trying to imagine that :]]]] thanks for this!

[arashi4dream1.livejournal.com]

Weee! girls that was awesome to show their support for Nino in that Panel, so people can begin to recognize that ARASHI needs to go GLOBAL. Love yah fangirls!

[twistedhalo04.livejournal.com]

HAHA That must've come of as quite a shock to him :D

[booksandsarcasm.livejournal.com]

He was rude? How? <--- genuinely curious

[caramelizedlove.livejournal.com]

Well the translators were female, they just acted all uppity about being able to be the only ones able to communicate to Mashima-sensei in Japanese

[caramelizedlove.livejournal.com]

Yeah, he mentioned that in his introduction

[caramelizedlove.livejournal.com]

:D yay! I'm glad we share the same feelings
I was completely giddy for the rest of the day

[caramelizedlove.livejournal.com]

Nino as anything would be the greatest thing ever

[caramelizedlove.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha I'm glad
No problem :D

[caramelizedlove.livejournal.com]

Yeah! International support is necessary :D

[kipassusahmati.livejournal.com]

Thennn they should make it into Japanese live action!!!

[leenoux.livejournal.com]

I wish I'd see something like this happening here in my country! XDDD
Thanks for telling us this awesome story! XDD

[caramelizedlove.livejournal.com]

No problem :D

[loony22.livejournal.com]

lol. that's awesome!! i love fairy tail!! nino as natsu...hmmm. i think that could work, but i kinda imagined yamapi as natsu. pi can play gray.

lol. johnny depp as Happy. haha. he'd have to wear a cat suit.

[makito.livejournal.com]

hahaha, it is funny XD
I would love to see more of Nino *-*
thanks for sharing