Kancolle Style Vol. 2/Sarah Emi Bridcutt Interview

The Following interview was conducted in the Kancolle Style Vol.2 Mook featruring Sarah Emi Bricutt.

Sarah Emi Bridcutt, Seiyuu of Kanmusu such as Suzuya, Kumano, Yuubari, Maikaze and Hatsukaze

Within this 6 page Article, Sarah Emi Bridcutt does an interview and talks about her experiences with KanColle, her voice acting career along with how she gave some of the Kanmusu thier voices, some of her experiences with the game and her invovlement with the KanColle Naval Review.

Interview with Sarah Emi Bridcutt

Japanese	English
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【演声艦隊】キャストインタビューセーラ　恵美　ブリドカット　数多くの艦娘の中でも、特に個性が際立つ５人の艦娘を担当するブリドカットセーラ恵美さん。その個性の気になる由来について、アニメ収録やイベントでの出来事も交えて語っていただいた。	Voice Actor Fleet Cast Interview Sarah Emi Bridcutt Out of many different ship girls Sarah Emi Bridcutt lent her voice to five of them, all of whom have markedly peculiar personalities. She told us about the origins of those pecularities as well as noteworthy incidents during anime recordings or events.
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あの人気セリフの誕生経緯が判明！？ ――――「艦これ」も３周年を迎えて４年目に入りましたが、ゲームをプレーされている時や観艦式のような公式ファンイベントなどで、特に印象的だったことを伺えますでしょうか。　さまざまな作品でファンの皆さんからお手紙やプレゼントなどを頂くんですけど、なかでも「艦これ」ではより大きな熱量をいただけるというか、「このキャラクターが大好きなんです！」という気持ちが伝わってきて、しかもそれが年を重ねるごとに強くなっていくんですよね。私が担当させていただいている５隻ですと、たとえば鈴谷なら鈴谷が好き、というだけではなくて、具体的に「鈴谷のこのセリフが好きなんです！」とか、「熊野の前に鈴谷がいるような感じが想像できます」といった声をいただけて、それがすごくありがたいです。 ――――「艦これ」観艦式などでも、セリフに対して提督の皆さんは温かい反応を返してくれていましたね。　そうなんです！　第弐回「艦これ」観艦式の時は熊野をメインでやらせていただいたんですけど、「とぉおぉう！」というセリフのたびにいい意味での笑いと、すごい盛り上がりをいただけたんですよ。皆さんの中で熊野がどれだけ認知されていて、なおかつ愛されているのかが伝わってきました。 ――――ちなみに「とぉおぉう！」はどんな経緯で生まれたセリフなんでしょうか？　熊野は育ちのよいお嬢様なんですけど、そんなお嬢様が頑張って頑張りすぎた結果、なんかヘンになっちゃった、という感じのかけ声でお願いします、と言われまして（笑）。凛々しいはずのかけ声が、熊野自身もなんだかわからなくなって「とぉおぉう！」になっちゃったんです。 ――――期間限定ボイスのほうでも、熊野はお茶目なものが多いようですが。　節分の恵方巻きで「もごもご」言っていたときは、最初はもっと一生懸命恵方巻きを食べているイメージで、セリフも聞こえづらい感じだったのですが「もう少し聞こえやすく、でも頬張ってる感じは残してお願いします」という指示をいただいたりとか・・・・・・。 ――――鈴谷と熊野の絡みも増えてきていますよね。　期間限定ボイスなどで、それぞれのセリフで相手のことしゃべっていて、ふたりのかけ合いのようになっているものもあって、遊びの要素が増えているのは楽しいですね～。 ――――今ではすっかり艦娘たちとともに歩んでいる感じがありますが、初めて収録する際の「艦これ」にはどのようなイメージを持たれましたか？お話をいただいてから、セリフを収録する前にどんなゲームか検索してみると、着任するのに順番待ちがあるほど人気がある艦のゲームなんだ！という印象だったんですけど、台本をいただいて最初に思ったのは「これは・・・・・・艦？」という感じで（笑）。 ――――どう見てもかわいい女の子ですしね。　擬人化作品っていろいろありますけど「艦艇が擬人化するとこうなるんだなぁ～」と驚きました。初めて知るジャンルで、夕張のセリフひとつ取っても、調べてみると実在した艦艇とこういう風につながっているんだなぁ～とか、鈴谷の名前は川から来ているんだぁ～とか、すごく新鮮で、ゲームのボイス収録のお仕事なのに、すごく勉強させていただいたことが印象深かったです。 ――――さまざまな想いを込めてセリフを収録された艦娘たちですが、ゲーム内で最初に出会えたご担当の艦娘は誰でしたか？　一番最初は、オール３０の建造で来てくれた夕張でした。 ――――それは相当運がいいですね！　それまでは自分の担当する艦がどの子もなかなか来てくれなかったんですけど、「今日のデイリー任務をやりましょー」ってオール３０で建造してみたら、いきなり金背景だぁ！　って鳥肌が立った記憶があります。	The circumstances behind the creation of that popular line have been revealed at last! -- Now that KanColle has celebrated its third anniversary and entered its fourth year, is there anything that left a particularly lasting impression on you when, for example, playing the game or attending offical fan events like the Naval Reviews, and that you would like to share with us? I've received letters, presents etc. from fans of many different franchises, but even among them nothing makes me witness a bigger burning passion than KanColle, like, I can really feel it when people tell me "I love this character!", and that passion gets even stronger over the years, you know. Taking the five girls I voiced as an example, let's say Suzuya, people don't just tell me that they love Suzuya, they're really specific, like "I love this one line of her!" or "I can totally imagine how Suzuya's there right in front of Kumano!", which I really appreciate. -- Even at events such as the KanColle Naval Reviews the admirals responded with affection to those lines, didn't they? They sure did! At the Second KanColle Naval Review I was mainly playing as Kumano, and whenever I shouted the line "Wooooo↑ooooah↓!" the crowd just went nuts and laughed. I could tell just how much Kumano is recognised by them, not to mention loved. -- Speaking of which, how did the line "Wooooo↑ooooah↓!" come into being in the first place? I was basically told "Kumano is a well-bred girl from a rich family, but also such a try-hard that she ended up being kinda weird, so please give us a shout with all that in mind, if you will". laughs It was supposed to sound dignified, but also as if not even Kumano herself knew what she was doing, so it ended up as "Wooooo↑ooooah↓!". -- Kumano also has many limited-time voice lines where she's being playful. When she was going "Omnomnom" while eating the ehōmaki during Setsubun, I initially imagined her trying really hard to eat it, but the line turned out to be too hard to understand, so I was instructed to "please make it a bit more intelligible, but still sound like your cheeks are stuffed", among other things...... -- There are more and more scenes where both Suzuya and Kumano appear together, aren't there? The limited-time voice lines, to name an example, had moments where each line had them talking to each other, turning it into something like a conversation between them. That way you have so many more ways to play around with the characters, which is so much fun, don't you think? -- I'm sure the ship girls have thoroughly become second nature to you by now, but what was your impression of KanColle like back during your first recording sessions? When I was told about it, I looked it up before starting to work on the voice recordings to see what kind of game it was, and I got the impression that it was a game about warship that apparently was so popular that prospective admirals had to enter a raffle first, but when I got the script my first reaction was something along the lines of "That's...... a ship?". laughs -- Well, they're cute girls no matter how you look at them. There are many works out there that feature anthropomorphised items, but I was really surprised, like "So that's what warships look like when you turn them into humans...". It was my first time getting exposed to the genre, so I had these little moments where I could take one of Yūbari's lines and do some research to find out that, a-ha, so that's how her line is related to the actual ship, or when I found out that Suzuya is named after a river, which I found extremely refreshing, and also really impressive how a simple voice recording job for a video game could be so educating. -- I see you really put your heart and soul into your ship girls' voice line recordings. Which one of them did you get first in the game? The first one was Yūbari, whom I built with All 30. -- Now that's some luck! Until then I didn't have any luck getting even one of my girls, so one day I decided to do the daily quests and hit construction with all 30. I still remember the goose bumps I got when I saw the golden background.
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――――ちなみに、同じくご担当の艦娘の鈴谷と熊野はすでに育てていらっしゃるようですが、初風と舞風は？　・・・・・・なんででしょうね、なぜか期間限定海域で頑張っても、あの子たちはまだ来てくれないですよー！まったく異なる５人の演技イメージ ――――では、ご担当の艦娘も含めて一番お気に入りの艦娘は？　私、巻雲ちゃんが好きなんです！　自分の担当艦娘も大事にしているですけど、巻雲ちゃんと秋月ちゃん大好きで・・・・・・。そのふたりは、ラバーストラップも持ってるんですよ。汚れちゃイヤなので、家で使うポーチとかに付けているんです。 ――――好きな点はやはり、あの袖ですか？　そうですね、あのたれ～っとしている萌え袖がかわいいです！秋月ちゃんはあのシルエットが大好きで、すっとしたポニーテールの感じと、すらっとして立っている雰囲気がいいのと、あとは強いですよ（笑）。 ――――対空カットインにはみんなお世話になっていますね（笑）。　そうそう、航空戦でいつもありがたいって思ってます。このふたりは、特に意図していないんですけどレベルもいつの間にか８０になっていたりと、他の艦娘と大きな差ができましたね。 ――――では、ここぞという時に一番頼りになる艦娘となると、やはり秋月ですか？　秋月ちゃんですね。自分の担当した艦娘で挙げるなら、鈴谷と熊野です。私はどちらかというとまったりプレーしているんですけど、鈴谷と熊野は比較的早い段階で改造できて航巡になってくれることもあって、イベントなどで活躍してくれることが多々あったので、とても頼りにしています。 ――――瑞雲のほかに、ドラム缶なども積めますしね。　ドラム缶については、積まれるキャラクターがすでに担当にひとりいますので（笑う）。最近は輸送作戦などでドラム缶以外持っていないなんて切ないことになることも多いようですけど、皆さんそこも含めて愛してくださっているので大丈夫です！ ――――では続いて、ご担当された艦娘それぞれの収録した際のイメージについてうかがいたいのですが。　まず鈴谷は、台本を見てみたら「ちーっす」、「あざーっす」と軽いなぁ！　ギャルっぽいなぁと（笑）。収録当日に現場でも「現代の女子高生というよりギャルっぽく、すっごくノリが軽い感じで」というお話があったので、そこを大事にしました。熊野は世間知らずのお嬢様と説明していただいて、「でもヘンです」と言われまして（笑）。気が付いたら追加の収録ではヘンなところが魅力になっていて、非常に楽しく演じさせていただいてます！	-- By the way, I'm sure your Suzuya & Kumano already are decently levelled, but what about Hatsukaze & Maikaze? ......I honestly don't know why, but no matter how much I've tried during events, I still haven't got them! The acting impressions of five completely different girls -- Well then, who is your favourite ship girl, including the ones you voiced? I really love Makigumo! The girls I voiced also are precious to me, but I just can't help but love Makigumo and Akizuki...... I even have rubber straps of them. I don't want them to get dirty, so I put them on a pouch I use at home. -- You love those sleeves, don't you? Yep, those dangling sleeves are just so cute! As for Akizuki, I love that silhouette of hers, her straight ponytail and this certain presence her slender pose emanates are also nice, and she's strong of course. laughs -- I see everyone relies on her for Anti-Air Cut-Ins. laughs Totally, I'm always grateful for her work during aerial combat. I wasn't exactly doing it on purpose, but before I knew it those two ended up reaching Lv.80, leaving everyone else behind by a huge margin. -- So it really is Akizuki whom you rely on the most when push comes to shove, right? Yes, it's Akizuki. If I had to name someone I voiced myself it'd be Suzuya and Kumano. I'd say I have a rather laid-back and casual playstyle, but even then I managed to remodel both Suzuya and Kumano into aviation cruisers relatively early, and they see quite some action during events and other occasions, so I rely on them a lot. -- Well, apart from Zuiun they can also mount other equipment such as drum canisters. About those drums, I've already voiced another character that can equip them. laughs Lately she's been carrying nothing but drum canisters for transport missions among other things, which many players find somewhat depressing, but even then they still love her a lot, so it's all right! -- Moving on, what was your impression of each ship girl you voiced when you recorded their lines? Let's start with Suzuya. When I read the script and saw lines like "'Sup!" or "Thaaanks!", I thought that, wow, she's so casual! Like a gal. laughs Back then during the recording session they also told me to "make her sound less like a highschooler and more like a gal, like really really casual", so I took that to heart. For Kumano I was told that she's from a wealthy family and doesn't know how the world works, and also that "she's weird". laughs And before I knew it that weirdness has become one of her charm points in further voice lines, so I'm really enjoying playing her!
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――――では続いて、夕張についてですが。　夕張は正統派なヒロインというポジションで、提督のことを考えてくれていて寄り添うこともできるし、友達や幼なじみのような感覚でも接することができる、フラットなポジションを意識しています。なのでセリフでも遊びすぎないようにしているんですけど、たまに「あれっ？」、「わー！？」というギャップのかわいさも出せるようにしていまして。 ――――「置いてかないでよぉ！」ですね（笑）。ではさらに続いて、なかなか出会えないと言われる初風ですが。　そう、何年経ってもなかなか出会えない初風なんですが（笑）、クールだけど決して提督との距離は遠くない、思春期の難しい年頃の女の子ということを意識しました。クリスマスの衣装やセリフでも、かわいい一面が出てきていますしね。あとはもう、妙高姉さんが怖いと（笑）。妙高さんについては、「本当にこの世の地獄を見ているので怖がってください」ということを伺います。 ――――なにしろ、艦首をばっさりやっちゃいましたからね・・・・・・。では最後に、舞風についてですが。　舞風は一番幼くて、１１～１２歳の小学生くらいをイメージしているんですけど、とにかく元気で明るくて、提督を巻きこんで一緒の楽しもう！　という感じで、悲しい過去がよぎった時などは、カラ元気で無理してしまっているところも出せるようにという点を意識しています。 ――――最近は野分との絡みも増えてきていますね。　そうですね、「のわっち」というのがすごく新鮮ですね。最初の収録の時には他の艦娘にかけるセリフはほとんどなかったので、「お友達がちゃんといたんだ！」という喜びもありました。 ――――特に印象に残っているセリフを伺えればと思うのですが、これはもう「とぉおぉお！」でしょうか？　そうなりますね！　あとはコンビニのサンドイッチとかですね。自分は熊野と違って完全に庶民なので、お嬢様だとそういったところに新鮮味を感じるのかなぁと思います。追加ボイスでもドンドン食べ物の話をしていますので、この子なんだかんだで食いしん坊なんだなぁって（笑）愛され方もイメージもさまざま ――――ご担当の艦娘に寄せられた提督の皆さんの応援などで、特に印象だったものがあれば教えていただきたいのですが。　鈴谷と熊野については愛してくださっている方が多く応援もたくさんいただいているのですが、このふたりだけでなく私が担当した５人全員を愛してくださっている提督の方もかなりいらっしゃいます。ちらっと「ブリドカット艦」と聞いたことがあります（笑）。お手紙で「すいません、略してブリ艦と書かせていただきます」と書いてあったり、プレゼントでイラストを描いていただくことも多くて、そういったこともすごく嬉しいですね。あとは鈴谷なら「どーする？　なにする？」が好きですとか、熊野なら「とぉおぉお！」がとにかくすきですとか、他にも「あとで感想聞かせてね！」や「ワン・ツー！」、「何人目」などのセリフをもじっていただいたり、とにかくいろいろなパターンでのお声をいただけて、他の作品とはまた違った愛し方をしていただけてるんだと強く感じますね。 ――――ＴＶアニメでは夕張が活躍されていましたが、演じる際に気を付けた点などはありましたでしょうか。　アニメで演じる際は、特に戦闘シーンでは各場面で「ここには夕張はいますか？」と聞いてみて、いるようなら被弾のアドリブを入れさせてくださいとか、少しでも夕張の存在を出していけるようにしていました。 ――――戦闘以外の場面でも活躍していましたね。　戦闘以外だと、第六駆逐隊の子たちとのお鍋を作るシーン！　原作ゲームでは正統派なんですけど、あのシーンではメカ好きっぽいところが押し出されていたので、ちょっとメカニックオタクなところを新たに出していければと演じました。溶接マスクをして「シュコー」って言うところはコップを使って声をこもらせて収録しました。	-- Let's move on to Yūbari then. Yūbari takes the spot of a traditional heroine. I felt that she's in a rather even position where she can approach the admiral with romantic interest or just as childhood or regular friend. That's why I don't have much leeway with her lines, but I make sure to throw in the occasional "Huh?" or "Woah!?" to show her cute side. *-- Ah yes, her "Don't leave me behind!" line. laughs* All right, let's move on even further to Hatsukaze, someone who apparently refuses to drop.** Yes, after all these years she still doesn't want to come to me. laughs She's acting cool, but that doesn't mean she's distancing herself from the admiral. I imagined her as a girl that's at a difficult age because she hit puberty. She's showing her cute side with her lines or that Christmas outfit. And of course the whole deal with her dear Myōkō being scary. laughs When asking about her I was told that "she's really seen hell on earth, so you should be scared". -- Well, she did shear off her bow...... All right, let's move on to the last girl, Maikaze. I imagine Maikaze as the youngest, like a 11 or 12-year-old elementary schooler, but I also made sure to express that she's trying hard to keep up a happy-go-lucky facade in order to deal with her depressing past, acting all energetic and cheerful, and dragging the admiral into her shenanigans. -- Lately she's been interacting more and more with Nowaki. She certainly is. I find the whole "Nowacchi" thing really refreshing. During our first recording session there were hardly any lines directed at other ship girls, so I was glad to realise that yes, she does have friends. -- I was about to ask which line left a particularly lasting impression, but I'm assuming it's "Wooooo↑ooooah↓!", isn't it? I guess so! Not to mention the one about buying a sandwich at the convenience store. Unlike Kumano I'm just a totally ordinary woman, so I thought to myself that huh, I guess that's a fresh experience if you're a girl from a high-class family. Even additional voice lines have her talking more and more about food, so I got the impression that she's kind of a gourmand. laughs People imagine and love them in different ways -- Is there anything that left a particularly lasting impression on you, be it the way the admirals out there have expressed their support for the ship girls you voiced or something else? There are a lot of fans who've told me how much they love Suzuya and Kumano, but there also are many admirals who love not just those two but all five girls. I heard some even call them the "Bridcutt Fleet". laughs I'm just overjoyed when, for example, I get letters that read "I'm sorry, but I took the liberty of shortening it to 'Brid Fleet'", not to mention all the fanart presents. And of course comments like "I really like Suzuya's 'Oh, what'cha doing?... What'cha wanna do?'" or "I just love Kumano's 'Wooooo↑ooooah↓!'", or parodies of lines like "Tell me your opinion later!", "~One! ~Two!" or "How many?". Long story short, I receive many different kinds of feedback, which shows me just how differently people can express their love compared to other franchises. -- Yūbari also starred in the anime series. Was there anything you had to keep in mind when playing her? When working on the anime I kept asking "Does Yūbari make an appearance here?" on several occasions, especially for fight scenes, and pretty much begged them to let me ad-lib lines for getting hit if she did just so that I could make her appear more present, even if it was just for a little bit. -- Well, she did appear not just in fight scenes. Ah yes, the pot making scene with the girls from the 6th Destroyer Division. In the original game she's rather generic, but that scene highlighted how she's not so impartial to mechanics, so I was aiming to portray her as a bit of a nerd in that regard. For the part where she's wearing a welder's mask and breathing heavily I used a cup to make my voice sound like that.
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――――それはアニメ収録時の印象深い思い出にもなっていそうですね（笑）。　そうなりますね（笑）。原作ゲームではそれまで一切出ていなかった、マスクを着けてオレンジ色のツナギを着た姿になっていて、ゲームではずっと艤装姿だったので私としてもすごく新鮮でした。ツナギのうえをまくったタンクトップ姿がかわいいな～って。 ――――アニメといえば、『「艦これ」春の艦祭り』で公開されたアニメ劇場版ＰＶに鈴谷と熊野の姿がありましたが。　ものすごくビックリしましたけど、あのブレザー姿をぜひアニメでも見たいなーって思っていたので、すごく嬉しかったですね！　できることなら、鈴谷と熊野の非常に中睦まじいところをお見せしたいです。姉妹艦の中でも、鈴谷と熊野のいい感じの凸凹感はおもしろいところだと思いますし、でも女の子らしさも持っているふたりですので、それも含めてアピールできたらいいなと。ブリドカット艦隊６人目を募集中！？ ――――そしてアニメ劇場版の前に、この夏に『再参回「艦これ」観艦式』が迫っていますが、観艦式の思い出を改めて振り返っていただけますか。　第壱回は夕張として、第弐回は熊野として、ドラムパートに出させていただきました。第壱回では「置いてかないでよぉ！」などと後ろからついていきつつも、決めるところでは決めるという役回りをやらせていただきました。そして、これまでとは違う艦娘の一面を他の声優さんとのかけ合いで出しつつ、それを目の前の観客席の提督の皆さんと共有していけるというのが、役者としても楽しくて嬉しい部分でした。 ――――第弐回についてはいかがでしょうか。　第弐回では笑いに持っていったつもりはまったくなかったんですけど、「とぉおぉお！」以外でも熊野がちょっとヘンなことを言うと、皆さんすごく笑ってくださって・・・・・・。かわいいけど、ちょっとやる気が空回りしてしまっている熊野の愛され度合いがとても伝わってきましたね。それと第一回のころは、まだ私が担当された艦と出会えていない提督の方が多かったのですが、第弐回となるとかなりの方が鎮守府に置いてくださっていたので、それもまたすごく嬉しかったですね。 ――――そうして迎える第参回ですが、意気込みなどあればぜひ。　夕張、熊野と来て、第参回では誰だろうというのがすごく楽しみです！また夕張に戻るかも知れないし、今度は鈴谷や舞風、初風かもしれない。公式ファンイベントに参加させていただけるだけでなく、誰を演じることができるのかというところも非常に楽しみです。そしてそれは、参加してくださる提督の皆さんも同じかと思いますので、一緒に「今年も楽しみだね！」と思えるお祭りなのがまたいいですよね。 ――――「艦これ」観艦式も楽しみですが、今後「艦これ」でこんなイベントなどを見てみたい、こんなことをやってみたいなどといった希望があれば教えていただけますか。　せっかくいろいろなキャラクターがハロウィンの格好になったり浴衣を着たりと定期的なイベントがゲーム内にあるので、キャスト陣もハロウィン衣装を着たりして、ゲーム外でもイベントができれば楽しそうだなぁと思います！	-- I see you've had quite the memorable moments during the anime recordings. laughs I guess so. laughs She got to wear a mask and an orange jumpsuit, something that had never happened before in the game where she's always carrying her rigging around, so it was like a breath of fresh air for me. Also, that tanktop she wears underneath the jumpsuit looks really cute on her. -- Speaking of the anime, Suzuya and Kumano made an appearance in the film preview trailer that was shown at the KanColle Spring Festival. I was totally surprised, but also really happy because I've always wanted to see them in the anime, wearing those blazers! If possible I'd love to show just how intimate they are with each other. Even among sister ships Suzuya and Kumano are an odd couple, in a good way, which I find really funny, but these two are also pretty girly, two sides I'd love to show off if possible. Bridcutt Fleet looking for member #6 ! -- Before the film's release there's still the 3rd KanColle Naval Review that's coming this summer. Are there any fond memories of the Naval Review events you would like to share with us? For the stage plays I appeared as Yūbari during the first naval review, then as Kumano during the second one. During the first one my role was to deliver the punchlines when needed, like shouting "Don't leave me behind!" while trying to keep up with the others. Furthermore, I was able to show a never-before-seen side of the ship girls in my conversations with the other voice actresses and share it with the admiral audience right in front of us. For me that was a really fun and enjoyable part, not just in general but also as an actress. -- What about the 2nd Naval Review? At the second one I didn't intend it to be so funny, but even when I - as Kumano - said a little bit weird lines besides just "Wooooo↑ooooah↓!" everyone was laughing really hard... It really came across to what degree everyone loves Kumano, with her being cute but getting hyped for all the wrong reasons. Also, at the first review there were many admirals who hadn't got any of my ships, but when the second one came around I met quite a lot of them who had them at their base, which made me extremely happy. -- Now that the 3rd Naval Review is coming up soon, if there's anything you're looking forward to, feel free to share it with us. After Yūbari and Kumano I'm really looking forward to who it's gonna be at the third one! I might play Yūbari again, or maybe this time Suzuya, Maikaze or Hatsukaze. I'm not just looking forward to participating in this official fan event, but also to whom I'll be able to play as. And I think all the admirals who're coming feel the same, which makes it even better because it's a festival we can all look forward to together this year. -- Speaking of which, is there anything you wish to see or try in future KanColle events like those? Since the game has regular events where several characters get to wear Halloween costumes or yukatas, why not hold real life events where the voice cast also gets to wear Halloween costumes and such? I think that'd be lots of fun!
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――――オクトーバーフェスや、秋刀魚を焼いたりなど、ゲーム内のイベントはバラエティー豊かですよね。　そんな中、今年の梅雨には夕張にも念願の期間限定衣装がいただけまして！ありがとうございます！　かわいくってもう仕方ないです！ ――――今後も衣装追加にぜひ期待しておきましょう（笑）。　あとはドラマＣＤもできるといいなと思っています。他の艦娘と同じストーリーの中でかけ合いができるというのは、アニメではすでにやっていますけど、音声オンリーならではの楽しさもありますので、もっとかけ合いの輪が広がっていけば、おもしろそうだなぁ～と思っています。 ――――では次に、すでに５名の個性的な艦娘を演じておられますが、さらにこんな艦娘を演じてみたいという希望などはありますか？　お姉様とか演じてみたいですね。すっごいドＳだったり。あとはすごくおっと～り、ふんわ～りした子も演じてみたいですね。 ――――巻雲、かわいいですよね（笑）。　そう、まさにそんな感じで（笑）。お姉様だったら、大和のようにビシッとしていて、それでいてクールで騎士のような強さを持つキャラクターも演じてみたいです。 ――――びしっとした騎士のようなキャラクターとなると、戦艦ですかね。海外艦なら、あんな艦やこんな艦もいますし。　そうですね、戦艦を希望します！６人目が来てくれると私の担当艦娘で１艦隊組めるようになるので、戦艦や空母が来てくれると我が鎮守府にも助かります（笑）。 ――――では最後に、提督の皆さんにメッセージをお願いします。　皆さんに愛され続けて、ふと気付けば４年目ということで、感謝の気持ちでいっぱいです。そしてＴＶアニメに留まらず、ＰＳ　Ｖｉｔａに続いてアーケード版と、ここまで大きくなって・・・・・・と、まるで我が子のように愛おしく思える場面が本当に多くて、それは提督の皆さんの応援があってこそだと強く実感しております。この先も観艦式含め、ファンイベントもたくさんあると思いますので、ぜひよろしくお願いします！	-- Whether it's the Oktoberfest or frying sauries, the game certainly has a large variety of events. And from those this year's rainy season finally gave Yūbari the limited-time outfit I've been waiting for! Thank you so much! She's so cute I don't even! -- Well, then let's look forward to even more limited-time outfits in the future. laughs I'd also like to try my hand at a drama CD. Interacting with other ship girls who're all part of the same story is something I've already done for the anime, but everything being audio only also has a certain appeal, so I think it'd be fun if we expanded these interactions even further. -- All right, we've already talked about those five unique ship girls, but is there some other type of ship girl you would like to voice? I'd like voice a big sister character. Who also happens to be a hardcore sadist. And maybe a calm, gentle girl. -- Makigumo is cute, isn't she? laughs Yes, exactly someone just like her. laughs If it's the older, sisterly type I'd love a character who's as stern as Yamato, but also keeps her cool and possesses the strength of a knight. -- If she's a stern knight I suppose she'd be a battleship. If we consider foreign ships there are many to choose from. Yes, a battleship would be great! If I got a sixth role I'd finally be able to make a fleet consisting of the girls I voiced, so a battleship or aircraft carrier would be nice, not just for me but also for my naval base. laughs -- And to wrap this up, a message to all the admirals out there, if you please. You never stopped loving this game, and now it's already the 4th year since its release. I am deeply grateful for that. Now we have not just the anime, but also the PSV game and the arcade version. To think that it'd become this big...... there really have been quite some moments where I thought of it as a precious child of mine, and I honestly think it's all because of your support. There'll probably many more fan events in the future, including the Naval Reviews, so let's keep it going!

Special Thanks for Admiral_Mikado for the translation of the article and DNG for providing the article.

Japanese	English
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【演声艦隊】キャストインタビューセーラ　恵美　ブリドカット　数多くの艦娘の中でも、特に個性が際立つ５人の艦娘を担当するブリドカットセーラ恵美さん。その個性の気になる由来について、アニメ収録やイベントでの出来事も交えて語っていただいた。	Voice Actor Fleet Cast Interview Sarah Emi Bridcutt Out of many different ship girls Sarah Emi Bridcutt lent her voice to five of them, all of whom have markedly peculiar personalities. She told us about the origins of those pecularities as well as noteworthy incidents during anime recordings or events.
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あの人気セリフの誕生経緯が判明！？ ――――「艦これ」も３周年を迎えて４年目に入りましたが、ゲームをプレーされている時や観艦式のような公式ファンイベントなどで、特に印象的だったことを伺えますでしょうか。　さまざまな作品でファンの皆さんからお手紙やプレゼントなどを頂くんですけど、なかでも「艦これ」ではより大きな熱量をいただけるというか、「このキャラクターが大好きなんです！」という気持ちが伝わってきて、しかもそれが年を重ねるごとに強くなっていくんですよね。私が担当させていただいている５隻ですと、たとえば鈴谷なら鈴谷が好き、というだけではなくて、具体的に「鈴谷のこのセリフが好きなんです！」とか、「熊野の前に鈴谷がいるような感じが想像できます」といった声をいただけて、それがすごくありがたいです。 ――――「艦これ」観艦式などでも、セリフに対して提督の皆さんは温かい反応を返してくれていましたね。　そうなんです！　第弐回「艦これ」観艦式の時は熊野をメインでやらせていただいたんですけど、「とぉおぉう！」というセリフのたびにいい意味での笑いと、すごい盛り上がりをいただけたんですよ。皆さんの中で熊野がどれだけ認知されていて、なおかつ愛されているのかが伝わってきました。 ――――ちなみに「とぉおぉう！」はどんな経緯で生まれたセリフなんでしょうか？　熊野は育ちのよいお嬢様なんですけど、そんなお嬢様が頑張って頑張りすぎた結果、なんかヘンになっちゃった、という感じのかけ声でお願いします、と言われまして（笑）。凛々しいはずのかけ声が、熊野自身もなんだかわからなくなって「とぉおぉう！」になっちゃったんです。 ――――期間限定ボイスのほうでも、熊野はお茶目なものが多いようですが。　節分の恵方巻きで「もごもご」言っていたときは、最初はもっと一生懸命恵方巻きを食べているイメージで、セリフも聞こえづらい感じだったのですが「もう少し聞こえやすく、でも頬張ってる感じは残してお願いします」という指示をいただいたりとか・・・・・・。 ――――鈴谷と熊野の絡みも増えてきていますよね。　期間限定ボイスなどで、それぞれのセリフで相手のことしゃべっていて、ふたりのかけ合いのようになっているものもあって、遊びの要素が増えているのは楽しいですね～。 ――――今ではすっかり艦娘たちとともに歩んでいる感じがありますが、初めて収録する際の「艦これ」にはどのようなイメージを持たれましたか？お話をいただいてから、セリフを収録する前にどんなゲームか検索してみると、着任するのに順番待ちがあるほど人気がある艦のゲームなんだ！という印象だったんですけど、台本をいただいて最初に思ったのは「これは・・・・・・艦？」という感じで（笑）。 ――――どう見てもかわいい女の子ですしね。　擬人化作品っていろいろありますけど「艦艇が擬人化するとこうなるんだなぁ～」と驚きました。初めて知るジャンルで、夕張のセリフひとつ取っても、調べてみると実在した艦艇とこういう風につながっているんだなぁ～とか、鈴谷の名前は川から来ているんだぁ～とか、すごく新鮮で、ゲームのボイス収録のお仕事なのに、すごく勉強させていただいたことが印象深かったです。 ――――さまざまな想いを込めてセリフを収録された艦娘たちですが、ゲーム内で最初に出会えたご担当の艦娘は誰でしたか？　一番最初は、オール３０の建造で来てくれた夕張でした。 ――――それは相当運がいいですね！　それまでは自分の担当する艦がどの子もなかなか来てくれなかったんですけど、「今日のデイリー任務をやりましょー」ってオール３０で建造してみたら、いきなり金背景だぁ！　って鳥肌が立った記憶があります。	The circumstances behind the creation of that popular line have been revealed at last! -- Now that KanColle has celebrated its third anniversary and entered its fourth year, is there anything that left a particularly lasting impression on you when, for example, playing the game or attending offical fan events like the Naval Reviews, and that you would like to share with us? I've received letters, presents etc. from fans of many different franchises, but even among them nothing makes me witness a bigger burning passion than KanColle, like, I can really feel it when people tell me "I love this character!", and that passion gets even stronger over the years, you know. Taking the five girls I voiced as an example, let's say Suzuya, people don't just tell me that they love Suzuya, they're really specific, like "I love this one line of her!" or "I can totally imagine how Suzuya's there right in front of Kumano!", which I really appreciate. -- Even at events such as the KanColle Naval Reviews the admirals responded with affection to those lines, didn't they? They sure did! At the Second KanColle Naval Review I was mainly playing as Kumano, and whenever I shouted the line "Wooooo↑ooooah↓!" the crowd just went nuts and laughed. I could tell just how much Kumano is recognised by them, not to mention loved. -- Speaking of which, how did the line "Wooooo↑ooooah↓!" come into being in the first place? I was basically told "Kumano is a well-bred girl from a rich family, but also such a try-hard that she ended up being kinda weird, so please give us a shout with all that in mind, if you will". laughs It was supposed to sound dignified, but also as if not even Kumano herself knew what she was doing, so it ended up as "Wooooo↑ooooah↓!". -- Kumano also has many limited-time voice lines where she's being playful. When she was going "Omnomnom" while eating the ehōmaki during Setsubun, I initially imagined her trying really hard to eat it, but the line turned out to be too hard to understand, so I was instructed to "please make it a bit more intelligible, but still sound like your cheeks are stuffed", among other things...... -- There are more and more scenes where both Suzuya and Kumano appear together, aren't there? The limited-time voice lines, to name an example, had moments where each line had them talking to each other, turning it into something like a conversation between them. That way you have so many more ways to play around with the characters, which is so much fun, don't you think? -- I'm sure the ship girls have thoroughly become second nature to you by now, but what was your impression of KanColle like back during your first recording sessions? When I was told about it, I looked it up before starting to work on the voice recordings to see what kind of game it was, and I got the impression that it was a game about warship that apparently was so popular that prospective admirals had to enter a raffle first, but when I got the script my first reaction was something along the lines of "That's...... a ship?". laughs -- Well, they're cute girls no matter how you look at them. There are many works out there that feature anthropomorphised items, but I was really surprised, like "So that's what warships look like when you turn them into humans...". It was my first time getting exposed to the genre, so I had these little moments where I could take one of Yūbari's lines and do some research to find out that, a-ha, so that's how her line is related to the actual ship, or when I found out that Suzuya is named after a river, which I found extremely refreshing, and also really impressive how a simple voice recording job for a video game could be so educating. -- I see you really put your heart and soul into your ship girls' voice line recordings. Which one of them did you get first in the game? The first one was Yūbari, whom I built with All 30. -- Now that's some luck! Until then I didn't have any luck getting even one of my girls, so one day I decided to do the daily quests and hit construction with all 30. I still remember the goose bumps I got when I saw the golden background.
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――――ちなみに、同じくご担当の艦娘の鈴谷と熊野はすでに育てていらっしゃるようですが、初風と舞風は？　・・・・・・なんででしょうね、なぜか期間限定海域で頑張っても、あの子たちはまだ来てくれないですよー！まったく異なる５人の演技イメージ ――――では、ご担当の艦娘も含めて一番お気に入りの艦娘は？　私、巻雲ちゃんが好きなんです！　自分の担当艦娘も大事にしているですけど、巻雲ちゃんと秋月ちゃん大好きで・・・・・・。そのふたりは、ラバーストラップも持ってるんですよ。汚れちゃイヤなので、家で使うポーチとかに付けているんです。 ――――好きな点はやはり、あの袖ですか？　そうですね、あのたれ～っとしている萌え袖がかわいいです！秋月ちゃんはあのシルエットが大好きで、すっとしたポニーテールの感じと、すらっとして立っている雰囲気がいいのと、あとは強いですよ（笑）。 ――――対空カットインにはみんなお世話になっていますね（笑）。　そうそう、航空戦でいつもありがたいって思ってます。このふたりは、特に意図していないんですけどレベルもいつの間にか８０になっていたりと、他の艦娘と大きな差ができましたね。 ――――では、ここぞという時に一番頼りになる艦娘となると、やはり秋月ですか？　秋月ちゃんですね。自分の担当した艦娘で挙げるなら、鈴谷と熊野です。私はどちらかというとまったりプレーしているんですけど、鈴谷と熊野は比較的早い段階で改造できて航巡になってくれることもあって、イベントなどで活躍してくれることが多々あったので、とても頼りにしています。 ――――瑞雲のほかに、ドラム缶なども積めますしね。　ドラム缶については、積まれるキャラクターがすでに担当にひとりいますので（笑う）。最近は輸送作戦などでドラム缶以外持っていないなんて切ないことになることも多いようですけど、皆さんそこも含めて愛してくださっているので大丈夫です！ ――――では続いて、ご担当された艦娘それぞれの収録した際のイメージについてうかがいたいのですが。　まず鈴谷は、台本を見てみたら「ちーっす」、「あざーっす」と軽いなぁ！　ギャルっぽいなぁと（笑）。収録当日に現場でも「現代の女子高生というよりギャルっぽく、すっごくノリが軽い感じで」というお話があったので、そこを大事にしました。熊野は世間知らずのお嬢様と説明していただいて、「でもヘンです」と言われまして（笑）。気が付いたら追加の収録ではヘンなところが魅力になっていて、非常に楽しく演じさせていただいてます！	-- By the way, I'm sure your Suzuya & Kumano already are decently levelled, but what about Hatsukaze & Maikaze? ......I honestly don't know why, but no matter how much I've tried during events, I still haven't got them! The acting impressions of five completely different girls -- Well then, who is your favourite ship girl, including the ones you voiced? I really love Makigumo! The girls I voiced also are precious to me, but I just can't help but love Makigumo and Akizuki...... I even have rubber straps of them. I don't want them to get dirty, so I put them on a pouch I use at home. -- You love those sleeves, don't you? Yep, those dangling sleeves are just so cute! As for Akizuki, I love that silhouette of hers, her straight ponytail and this certain presence her slender pose emanates are also nice, and she's strong of course. laughs -- I see everyone relies on her for Anti-Air Cut-Ins. laughs Totally, I'm always grateful for her work during aerial combat. I wasn't exactly doing it on purpose, but before I knew it those two ended up reaching Lv.80, leaving everyone else behind by a huge margin. -- So it really is Akizuki whom you rely on the most when push comes to shove, right? Yes, it's Akizuki. If I had to name someone I voiced myself it'd be Suzuya and Kumano. I'd say I have a rather laid-back and casual playstyle, but even then I managed to remodel both Suzuya and Kumano into aviation cruisers relatively early, and they see quite some action during events and other occasions, so I rely on them a lot. -- Well, apart from Zuiun they can also mount other equipment such as drum canisters. About those drums, I've already voiced another character that can equip them. laughs Lately she's been carrying nothing but drum canisters for transport missions among other things, which many players find somewhat depressing, but even then they still love her a lot, so it's all right! -- Moving on, what was your impression of each ship girl you voiced when you recorded their lines? Let's start with Suzuya. When I read the script and saw lines like "'Sup!" or "Thaaanks!", I thought that, wow, she's so casual! Like a gal. laughs Back then during the recording session they also told me to "make her sound less like a highschooler and more like a gal, like really really casual", so I took that to heart. For Kumano I was told that she's from a wealthy family and doesn't know how the world works, and also that "she's weird". laughs And before I knew it that weirdness has become one of her charm points in further voice lines, so I'm really enjoying playing her!
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――――では続いて、夕張についてですが。　夕張は正統派なヒロインというポジションで、提督のことを考えてくれていて寄り添うこともできるし、友達や幼なじみのような感覚でも接することができる、フラットなポジションを意識しています。なのでセリフでも遊びすぎないようにしているんですけど、たまに「あれっ？」、「わー！？」というギャップのかわいさも出せるようにしていまして。 ――――「置いてかないでよぉ！」ですね（笑）。ではさらに続いて、なかなか出会えないと言われる初風ですが。　そう、何年経ってもなかなか出会えない初風なんですが（笑）、クールだけど決して提督との距離は遠くない、思春期の難しい年頃の女の子ということを意識しました。クリスマスの衣装やセリフでも、かわいい一面が出てきていますしね。あとはもう、妙高姉さんが怖いと（笑）。妙高さんについては、「本当にこの世の地獄を見ているので怖がってください」ということを伺います。 ――――なにしろ、艦首をばっさりやっちゃいましたからね・・・・・・。では最後に、舞風についてですが。　舞風は一番幼くて、１１～１２歳の小学生くらいをイメージしているんですけど、とにかく元気で明るくて、提督を巻きこんで一緒の楽しもう！　という感じで、悲しい過去がよぎった時などは、カラ元気で無理してしまっているところも出せるようにという点を意識しています。 ――――最近は野分との絡みも増えてきていますね。　そうですね、「のわっち」というのがすごく新鮮ですね。最初の収録の時には他の艦娘にかけるセリフはほとんどなかったので、「お友達がちゃんといたんだ！」という喜びもありました。 ――――特に印象に残っているセリフを伺えればと思うのですが、これはもう「とぉおぉお！」でしょうか？　そうなりますね！　あとはコンビニのサンドイッチとかですね。自分は熊野と違って完全に庶民なので、お嬢様だとそういったところに新鮮味を感じるのかなぁと思います。追加ボイスでもドンドン食べ物の話をしていますので、この子なんだかんだで食いしん坊なんだなぁって（笑）愛され方もイメージもさまざま ――――ご担当の艦娘に寄せられた提督の皆さんの応援などで、特に印象だったものがあれば教えていただきたいのですが。　鈴谷と熊野については愛してくださっている方が多く応援もたくさんいただいているのですが、このふたりだけでなく私が担当した５人全員を愛してくださっている提督の方もかなりいらっしゃいます。ちらっと「ブリドカット艦」と聞いたことがあります（笑）。お手紙で「すいません、略してブリ艦と書かせていただきます」と書いてあったり、プレゼントでイラストを描いていただくことも多くて、そういったこともすごく嬉しいですね。あとは鈴谷なら「どーする？　なにする？」が好きですとか、熊野なら「とぉおぉお！」がとにかくすきですとか、他にも「あとで感想聞かせてね！」や「ワン・ツー！」、「何人目」などのセリフをもじっていただいたり、とにかくいろいろなパターンでのお声をいただけて、他の作品とはまた違った愛し方をしていただけてるんだと強く感じますね。 ――――ＴＶアニメでは夕張が活躍されていましたが、演じる際に気を付けた点などはありましたでしょうか。　アニメで演じる際は、特に戦闘シーンでは各場面で「ここには夕張はいますか？」と聞いてみて、いるようなら被弾のアドリブを入れさせてくださいとか、少しでも夕張の存在を出していけるようにしていました。 ――――戦闘以外の場面でも活躍していましたね。　戦闘以外だと、第六駆逐隊の子たちとのお鍋を作るシーン！　原作ゲームでは正統派なんですけど、あのシーンではメカ好きっぽいところが押し出されていたので、ちょっとメカニックオタクなところを新たに出していければと演じました。溶接マスクをして「シュコー」って言うところはコップを使って声をこもらせて収録しました。	-- Let's move on to Yūbari then. Yūbari takes the spot of a traditional heroine. I felt that she's in a rather even position where she can approach the admiral with romantic interest or just as childhood or regular friend. That's why I don't have much leeway with her lines, but I make sure to throw in the occasional "Huh?" or "Woah!?" to show her cute side. *-- Ah yes, her "Don't leave me behind!" line. laughs* All right, let's move on even further to Hatsukaze, someone who apparently refuses to drop.** Yes, after all these years she still doesn't want to come to me. laughs She's acting cool, but that doesn't mean she's distancing herself from the admiral. I imagined her as a girl that's at a difficult age because she hit puberty. She's showing her cute side with her lines or that Christmas outfit. And of course the whole deal with her dear Myōkō being scary. laughs When asking about her I was told that "she's really seen hell on earth, so you should be scared". -- Well, she did shear off her bow...... All right, let's move on to the last girl, Maikaze. I imagine Maikaze as the youngest, like a 11 or 12-year-old elementary schooler, but I also made sure to express that she's trying hard to keep up a happy-go-lucky facade in order to deal with her depressing past, acting all energetic and cheerful, and dragging the admiral into her shenanigans. -- Lately she's been interacting more and more with Nowaki. She certainly is. I find the whole "Nowacchi" thing really refreshing. During our first recording session there were hardly any lines directed at other ship girls, so I was glad to realise that yes, she does have friends. -- I was about to ask which line left a particularly lasting impression, but I'm assuming it's "Wooooo↑ooooah↓!", isn't it? I guess so! Not to mention the one about buying a sandwich at the convenience store. Unlike Kumano I'm just a totally ordinary woman, so I thought to myself that huh, I guess that's a fresh experience if you're a girl from a high-class family. Even additional voice lines have her talking more and more about food, so I got the impression that she's kind of a gourmand. laughs People imagine and love them in different ways -- Is there anything that left a particularly lasting impression on you, be it the way the admirals out there have expressed their support for the ship girls you voiced or something else? There are a lot of fans who've told me how much they love Suzuya and Kumano, but there also are many admirals who love not just those two but all five girls. I heard some even call them the "Bridcutt Fleet". laughs I'm just overjoyed when, for example, I get letters that read "I'm sorry, but I took the liberty of shortening it to 'Brid Fleet'", not to mention all the fanart presents. And of course comments like "I really like Suzuya's 'Oh, what'cha doing?... What'cha wanna do?'" or "I just love Kumano's 'Wooooo↑ooooah↓!'", or parodies of lines like "Tell me your opinion later!", "~One! ~Two!" or "How many?". Long story short, I receive many different kinds of feedback, which shows me just how differently people can express their love compared to other franchises. -- Yūbari also starred in the anime series. Was there anything you had to keep in mind when playing her? When working on the anime I kept asking "Does Yūbari make an appearance here?" on several occasions, especially for fight scenes, and pretty much begged them to let me ad-lib lines for getting hit if she did just so that I could make her appear more present, even if it was just for a little bit. -- Well, she did appear not just in fight scenes. Ah yes, the pot making scene with the girls from the 6th Destroyer Division. In the original game she's rather generic, but that scene highlighted how she's not so impartial to mechanics, so I was aiming to portray her as a bit of a nerd in that regard. For the part where she's wearing a welder's mask and breathing heavily I used a cup to make my voice sound like that.
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――――それはアニメ収録時の印象深い思い出にもなっていそうですね（笑）。　そうなりますね（笑）。原作ゲームではそれまで一切出ていなかった、マスクを着けてオレンジ色のツナギを着た姿になっていて、ゲームではずっと艤装姿だったので私としてもすごく新鮮でした。ツナギのうえをまくったタンクトップ姿がかわいいな～って。 ――――アニメといえば、『「艦これ」春の艦祭り』で公開されたアニメ劇場版ＰＶに鈴谷と熊野の姿がありましたが。　ものすごくビックリしましたけど、あのブレザー姿をぜひアニメでも見たいなーって思っていたので、すごく嬉しかったですね！　できることなら、鈴谷と熊野の非常に中睦まじいところをお見せしたいです。姉妹艦の中でも、鈴谷と熊野のいい感じの凸凹感はおもしろいところだと思いますし、でも女の子らしさも持っているふたりですので、それも含めてアピールできたらいいなと。ブリドカット艦隊６人目を募集中！？ ――――そしてアニメ劇場版の前に、この夏に『再参回「艦これ」観艦式』が迫っていますが、観艦式の思い出を改めて振り返っていただけますか。　第壱回は夕張として、第弐回は熊野として、ドラムパートに出させていただきました。第壱回では「置いてかないでよぉ！」などと後ろからついていきつつも、決めるところでは決めるという役回りをやらせていただきました。そして、これまでとは違う艦娘の一面を他の声優さんとのかけ合いで出しつつ、それを目の前の観客席の提督の皆さんと共有していけるというのが、役者としても楽しくて嬉しい部分でした。 ――――第弐回についてはいかがでしょうか。　第弐回では笑いに持っていったつもりはまったくなかったんですけど、「とぉおぉお！」以外でも熊野がちょっとヘンなことを言うと、皆さんすごく笑ってくださって・・・・・・。かわいいけど、ちょっとやる気が空回りしてしまっている熊野の愛され度合いがとても伝わってきましたね。それと第一回のころは、まだ私が担当された艦と出会えていない提督の方が多かったのですが、第弐回となるとかなりの方が鎮守府に置いてくださっていたので、それもまたすごく嬉しかったですね。 ――――そうして迎える第参回ですが、意気込みなどあればぜひ。　夕張、熊野と来て、第参回では誰だろうというのがすごく楽しみです！また夕張に戻るかも知れないし、今度は鈴谷や舞風、初風かもしれない。公式ファンイベントに参加させていただけるだけでなく、誰を演じることができるのかというところも非常に楽しみです。そしてそれは、参加してくださる提督の皆さんも同じかと思いますので、一緒に「今年も楽しみだね！」と思えるお祭りなのがまたいいですよね。 ――――「艦これ」観艦式も楽しみですが、今後「艦これ」でこんなイベントなどを見てみたい、こんなことをやってみたいなどといった希望があれば教えていただけますか。　せっかくいろいろなキャラクターがハロウィンの格好になったり浴衣を着たりと定期的なイベントがゲーム内にあるので、キャスト陣もハロウィン衣装を着たりして、ゲーム外でもイベントができれば楽しそうだなぁと思います！	-- I see you've had quite the memorable moments during the anime recordings. laughs I guess so. laughs She got to wear a mask and an orange jumpsuit, something that had never happened before in the game where she's always carrying her rigging around, so it was like a breath of fresh air for me. Also, that tanktop she wears underneath the jumpsuit looks really cute on her. -- Speaking of the anime, Suzuya and Kumano made an appearance in the film preview trailer that was shown at the KanColle Spring Festival. I was totally surprised, but also really happy because I've always wanted to see them in the anime, wearing those blazers! If possible I'd love to show just how intimate they are with each other. Even among sister ships Suzuya and Kumano are an odd couple, in a good way, which I find really funny, but these two are also pretty girly, two sides I'd love to show off if possible. Bridcutt Fleet looking for member #6 ! -- Before the film's release there's still the 3rd KanColle Naval Review that's coming this summer. Are there any fond memories of the Naval Review events you would like to share with us? For the stage plays I appeared as Yūbari during the first naval review, then as Kumano during the second one. During the first one my role was to deliver the punchlines when needed, like shouting "Don't leave me behind!" while trying to keep up with the others. Furthermore, I was able to show a never-before-seen side of the ship girls in my conversations with the other voice actresses and share it with the admiral audience right in front of us. For me that was a really fun and enjoyable part, not just in general but also as an actress. -- What about the 2nd Naval Review? At the second one I didn't intend it to be so funny, but even when I - as Kumano - said a little bit weird lines besides just "Wooooo↑ooooah↓!" everyone was laughing really hard... It really came across to what degree everyone loves Kumano, with her being cute but getting hyped for all the wrong reasons. Also, at the first review there were many admirals who hadn't got any of my ships, but when the second one came around I met quite a lot of them who had them at their base, which made me extremely happy. -- Now that the 3rd Naval Review is coming up soon, if there's anything you're looking forward to, feel free to share it with us. After Yūbari and Kumano I'm really looking forward to who it's gonna be at the third one! I might play Yūbari again, or maybe this time Suzuya, Maikaze or Hatsukaze. I'm not just looking forward to participating in this official fan event, but also to whom I'll be able to play as. And I think all the admirals who're coming feel the same, which makes it even better because it's a festival we can all look forward to together this year. -- Speaking of which, is there anything you wish to see or try in future KanColle events like those? Since the game has regular events where several characters get to wear Halloween costumes or yukatas, why not hold real life events where the voice cast also gets to wear Halloween costumes and such? I think that'd be lots of fun!
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――――オクトーバーフェスや、秋刀魚を焼いたりなど、ゲーム内のイベントはバラエティー豊かですよね。　そんな中、今年の梅雨には夕張にも念願の期間限定衣装がいただけまして！ありがとうございます！　かわいくってもう仕方ないです！ ――――今後も衣装追加にぜひ期待しておきましょう（笑）。　あとはドラマＣＤもできるといいなと思っています。他の艦娘と同じストーリーの中でかけ合いができるというのは、アニメではすでにやっていますけど、音声オンリーならではの楽しさもありますので、もっとかけ合いの輪が広がっていけば、おもしろそうだなぁ～と思っています。 ――――では次に、すでに５名の個性的な艦娘を演じておられますが、さらにこんな艦娘を演じてみたいという希望などはありますか？　お姉様とか演じてみたいですね。すっごいドＳだったり。あとはすごくおっと～り、ふんわ～りした子も演じてみたいですね。 ――――巻雲、かわいいですよね（笑）。　そう、まさにそんな感じで（笑）。お姉様だったら、大和のようにビシッとしていて、それでいてクールで騎士のような強さを持つキャラクターも演じてみたいです。 ――――びしっとした騎士のようなキャラクターとなると、戦艦ですかね。海外艦なら、あんな艦やこんな艦もいますし。　そうですね、戦艦を希望します！６人目が来てくれると私の担当艦娘で１艦隊組めるようになるので、戦艦や空母が来てくれると我が鎮守府にも助かります（笑）。 ――――では最後に、提督の皆さんにメッセージをお願いします。　皆さんに愛され続けて、ふと気付けば４年目ということで、感謝の気持ちでいっぱいです。そしてＴＶアニメに留まらず、ＰＳ　Ｖｉｔａに続いてアーケード版と、ここまで大きくなって・・・・・・と、まるで我が子のように愛おしく思える場面が本当に多くて、それは提督の皆さんの応援があってこそだと強く実感しております。この先も観艦式含め、ファンイベントもたくさんあると思いますので、ぜひよろしくお願いします！	-- Whether it's the Oktoberfest or frying sauries, the game certainly has a large variety of events. And from those this year's rainy season finally gave Yūbari the limited-time outfit I've been waiting for! Thank you so much! She's so cute I don't even! -- Well, then let's look forward to even more limited-time outfits in the future. laughs I'd also like to try my hand at a drama CD. Interacting with other ship girls who're all part of the same story is something I've already done for the anime, but everything being audio only also has a certain appeal, so I think it'd be fun if we expanded these interactions even further. -- All right, we've already talked about those five unique ship girls, but is there some other type of ship girl you would like to voice? I'd like voice a big sister character. Who also happens to be a hardcore sadist. And maybe a calm, gentle girl. -- Makigumo is cute, isn't she? laughs Yes, exactly someone just like her. laughs If it's the older, sisterly type I'd love a character who's as stern as Yamato, but also keeps her cool and possesses the strength of a knight. -- If she's a stern knight I suppose she'd be a battleship. If we consider foreign ships there are many to choose from. Yes, a battleship would be great! If I got a sixth role I'd finally be able to make a fleet consisting of the girls I voiced, so a battleship or aircraft carrier would be nice, not just for me but also for my naval base. laughs -- And to wrap this up, a message to all the admirals out there, if you please. You never stopped loving this game, and now it's already the 4th year since its release. I am deeply grateful for that. Now we have not just the anime, but also the PSV game and the arcade version. To think that it'd become this big...... there really have been quite some moments where I thought of it as a precious child of mine, and I honestly think it's all because of your support. There'll probably many more fan events in the future, including the Naval Reviews, so let's keep it going!

Kancolle Style Vol. 2/Sarah Emi Bridcutt Interview

Interview with Sarah Emi Bridcutt

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