DEADLINE: What inspired you to makeInu-Oh?
So I used my artistic freedom to convey how they used to be.
So I did research a lot, but then I explored a lot of possibilities.
GKIDS
I used a wide variety of possibilities that could be there.
DEADLINE: Can you talk about mixing rock music with Noh theater in 14th century Japan?
And I wanted the audience to have a lot of surprises with the art.
GKIDS
Not just what we know, but there could be all these different modern music styles back then.
It might not be true, but people actually believe in it.
So, I really want people to have more imagination and dont just believe in what you see.
DEADLINE: Can you talk a bit about how the character design of Inu-Oh changes throughout the film?
YUASA: Its sort of inspired by Japanese fairy tales.
But originally… theres a manga artist named Osamu Tezuka, who had this piece calledDororo.
So, its a little more modern interpretation of old tales in Japan.
Hes just doing what he wants to do, hes really straightforward and theres nothing confusing about him.
DEADLINE: How do you choreograph and animate these very long musical sequences?
So, I actually gave him ananimationsample of the visuals.
And with that, he actually made the music thats totally like right on.
So, it was sort of like a session music, like improvisation sessions in a way.
Click below to see a clip of Yuasa drawing Inu-Oh.
