Actress Nikaido Fumi-san and singer GACKT-san attended a talk event held on the 13th at Sakae, Nagoya’s complex, Oasis 21 (Higashi-ku, Nagoya) for the movie that they are both lead stars in, Tonde Saitama (directed by Takeuchi Hideki, releasing 22 February). When the MC asked them what they think a Tokai region sequel would be entitled, GACKT-san suggested, “What about Tonde Matsusaka?”.

GACKT-san answered with a light diss, “(Mie prefecture’s) Matsusaka is a national constituency, but I believe that there are a lot of people who don’t know where Matsusaka is. Though you’d think of going to Matsusaka because you love beef, the accessibility from Mie is so bad that it’d be tough to do so” but then he followed it with “I think that the inaccessibility is an elegance of its own”. When asked the same question, Nikaido-san said, “I do like Mie. Since Nagoya is well-known enough”.

When GACKT was asked about his impression of Nagoya in front of a crowd of approximately 150 people, he said, “The women in Nagoya are beautiful”. “I don’t only mean that about those gathered here, but on average”, he went on, praising while ‘dissing’ to the fans’ delight.

During this event, guests were given, ‘soka senbei’, a local specialty from Saitama as part of the goal of “Saitama citizen-isation” of people from Nagoya, Aichi. Also, 8 guests were welcomed onto the stage to receive the ‘soka senbei’ directly from Nikaido-san and GACKT-san.

The movie Tonde Saitama is based on a manga by Maya Mineo, known for Patalliro!, which was originally announced in 1982 and then revived in 2015. Set in a world where Saitama citizens are being persecuted by Tokyo citizens, Dannoura Momomi (Nikaido Fumi-san); the son of the governor of Tokyo and the student council president of the most prestigious school in Tokyo, Hakuhoudou; and Asami Rei (GACKT-san); the transfer student from America who has returned to Japan are drawn to each other. However, Rei was born in Saitama and is a member of Saitama Liberation Front which seeks to abolish the waybills for travel between Saitama and Tokyo…

Source: mantan-web.jp

Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team

Translation © GACKT ITALIA