Question to Shinnosuke Uchida as "Manga Live Painter"
――I will ask 100 questions from now on.
Uchida: Yeah! ?? (Lol)
――No, 100 isn't it (laughs) Is it about 80? Well, there aren't many complicated questions, so I hope you can answer them easily and quickly.
Uchida: I understand.
――First of all, I would like to ask you questions about "Manga Live Ipainter Shinnosuke Uchida".
Uchida Yes.
――What time do you get up in the morning?
Uchida Hahaha. Morning? ?? (Lol)
――It ’s amazing, is n’t it? Suddenly this question was (laughs)
Uchida: It's about 9 o'clock in the morning.
――Oh, it's surprisingly fast.
Uchida: That's right. I don't reverse day and night, so I wake up from 8:00 to 9:00.
――Next, is there any way to relieve stress?
Uchida: I don't feel much stress, but ... I eat delicious food. Eat what you want to eat.
――Where is the place to think about ideas such as manga?
Uchida: There is no fixed place. It may come out on the move. On the train. Also, when I'm doing something else. There is no fixed place.
--Are there any idea notes or material books?
Uchida: No.
――How. Have you ever got stuck in an idea?
Uchida: You've never been stuck with manga live paint.
--great. By the way, Miss. Uchida is a manga artist as well as a manga live painter. What made you decide to become a manga artist first?
Uchida: I wanted to be Katsuhiro Otomo! (Lol)
――I see (laughs) I wanted to be!
Uchida: I wanted to draw a picture of Katsuhiro Otomo. I wanted to draw that. I wanted to draw something like that.
――It's a kind of challenge ...
Uchida: That's right.
* Katsuhiro Otomo ... Manga artist and film director. Born in 1954. The comics created by his overwhelming screen composition have had a great influence on many younger creators. The masterpiece "AKIRA" is like Shinnosuke Uchida's bible.
――So what do you think you would be doing if you hadn't drawn a manga?
Uchida: What? (Laughs) Normally an office worker ... I think I'm working normally.
――Are there any fan letters that left an impression on you?
Uchida: A long time ago ... About eight years ago, I worked on illustrations for commercial magazines like Sengoku fashion illustrations.
--Oh, that!
Uchida: It's been a long time since it was released, but a fan letter came just about two years ago.
--Oh!
Uchida: When I received the envelope via the publisher and wondered "what is it?", I found a handwritten letter saying "to Shinnosuke Uchida". Probably a child of elementary school or junior high school. I haven't responded ...
--(Lol)
Uchida: I was surprised. I was very happy.
――I'd like to ask about the materials, what kind of materials do you use?
Uchida: Recently, it's an app called "Pinterest". It is divided into various categories such as "flowers", and you can see various pictures. Nowadays, I often draw pictures of flowers, so if I look for "flowers" or "bouquets", all the things on the net will come out.
――Hey! I did not know.
Uchida: I think people who draw pictures should know about "Pinterest". I've been taught recently and I'm using it now.
--Oh. I will download it at once.
Uchida: Also, I have a collection of materials or photographs of something like a nuclear facility or an experimental site, and sometimes I draw with reference to that.
――It seems to be useful to create the atmosphere of Miss. Uchida's work. Ah. Did you use any material recently to design the letters? It looks like you saw it on Mrss. Uchida's SNS or something ...!
Uchida Ah! I'm using it! I'll bring it now! … This is really good.
--Oh, good!
Uchida: This seems to be very expensive ... maybe 10,000 yen? There was a person I knew who carved a stamp. You use old letters for old stamps, right?
――Something ... like a seal script? ??
Uchida: That's right. It's a book of that material. So, he said that he didn't need it. When I happened to say that I was interested in designing letters, he gave me. It's a book that is only sold to specialty stores.
――It certainly doesn't seem to be in a general bookstore.
Uchida: Published in 1983.
――It was before Miss. Uchida was born (laughs)
Uchida: You weren't born (laughs)
――This is cool. Next, do you have any particular manga tools?
Uchida: I'm at a loss ... (laughs) Round pen and crow's mouth.
――I've been using a round pen for a long time, but have you ever used a G pen or something else?
Uchida: I've never used it.
--Really?
Uchida: I don't want to use it. In particular.
――Is that because Mr. Otomo is a round pen, you are also a round pen?
Uchida: That's right. I don't have any knowledge of manga, or I'm almost self-taught so I can't tell the difference. G pen, round pen and other things ... I've gotten used to the round pen, so I don't feel like using another pen from now on.
* Round pen: Generally, you can draw thinner lines than the G pen, so it is easy to use for drawing backgrounds, but you can also draw thick lines as it is. How to use is different for each person. Katsuhiro Otomo, who mainly uses round pens like Shinnosuke Uchida, describes it as "a pen that doesn't listen to what you say."
-Did you have experience as a manga artist assistant?
Uchida: No. I declined.
――Ah, something like "Why don't you try it?"
Uchida: Why don't you work as an assistant when you brought manga to a publishing company? I was told something like that, but I refused, "I absolutely don't like it."
――I absolutely didn't like it (laughs)
Uchida: I don't like the similar patterns ... I didn't like drawing manga at home and at work. I wanted to do something different from manga at work. It's not a change of pace, but at that time I wanted to do another part-time job. I didn't like being influenced by the manga artist who was my assistant.
--I see. Have you ever thought that you got it as a manga live painter?
Uchida: I can go abroad (laughs)
--You can go abroad! I see (laughs)
Uchida: You can go abroad! I was able to go! (Lol)
――What was the best thing about you overseas?
Uchida Spain. The climate, the architecture and the food are all wonderful.
――On the contrary, where do you think you don't want to go again? It doesn't matter at home or abroad ...
Uchida: No. It doesn't really come to my mind. Not for now.
――When did you become convinced that you could do it as a manga live painter?
Uchida: Was it the first time you went abroad?
――I went abroad and got a “recognized feeling”.
Uchida: That's right. I went abroad and the reaction of foreigners was amazing.
――It's good after all.
Uchida: I really like it. When the reaction was good. I think it's big that no one else is doing it.
--Big. It's really big.
Uchida: It's big.
――Please tell us if you have the biggest pinch as a manga live painter.
Uchida: Well, it's not that pinch, but ... when the canvas was messy when painting manga live in Germany, and McKee was crushing more and more (laughs).
--McKee is crushed! (Lol)
Uchida: That's right (laughs) The material is so rough that McKee's nib is worn out or scraped off. That's why it turned out to be "Wow", but I managed to finish it. Some McKee were dead.
――By the way, is it the type that keeps the deadline?
Uchida Protect. Absolutely protect.
--Have you ever wanted to quit?
Uchida? what?
--Manga Live Painter.
Uchida: No. Absent. It has never happened.
--Are there any occupational diseases?
Uchida: There is nothing special about manga live paint. Is it okay when I was doing a completely different job?
--sure. Go ahead.
Uchida: I was at a dubbed script company, but due to the habit of that time ... When I went to see a movie normally, the end roll was played at the end, right?
--Yes, yes.
Uchida: At that time, I saw the company name such as translation. Sound or something. I really care about the dubbing production team (laughs) Like "Oh, here or there". I really care about the production.
――When you look at other companies in the same industry (laughs)
Uchida Yes (laughs)
--Now. What does "Uchida Shinnosuke fan" mean to Miss. Uchida?
Uchida God (quick answer).
--God…!
Uchida God! Fan is God! Fan is God !!
--God !! ... Justice!
Maeken's Column
Shinnosuke Uchida talks about "fans are gods". There is no old-fashioned, artist-like swearing there.
However, it is a little different from the anachronism of Haruo Minami, a former national singer who professed that "customers are gods" ... Showa ... last century ...
Uchida may have pride as an entertainer as well as an artist. Only those who are devoting themselves to balancing art and entertainment have reached the point where they can reach it.
That's why, as far as I know, there is no one who criticizes her, not only Uchida fans but also manga related people. The author thinks that Shinnosuke Uchida is also a leading creator because of his high virtue and good sense of balance as a human being.
Next time, I will report the result of asking a question about "Shinnosuke Uchida's private" that fans will be interested in.
