

The music of the series will be composed by Hiroyuki Sawano / KOHTA YAMAMOTO. Tomihiro Kishi is in charge of the Character Design.
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Or, listen to SBS PopAsia radio 24/7 on Digital Radio, by downloading our free mobile app or by streaming live here on our website.Yuichiro Hayashi (who has previously directed Dorehedoro, Kakegurui) will be directing the final season at MAPPA. Hear more about Anime on The Anime Show podcast! Love the story? Follow the author on Twitter. Stay tuned to SBS PopAsia for more SMASH! 2017 coverage, including interviews with Sailor Moon and Overwatchvoice actress Shizuka Itoh and Fire Emblem and Pokemon Go character designer Yusuke Kozaki. Twenty years ago, voice acting was mostly done by actors but now there’s definitely a role for voice actors so it’s completely different in that sense.” “I think that since I started there’s definitely a sense of celebrity that’s appearing in the voice acting world and I think five years from now it’ll definitely keep changing. “These days, voice actors not only voice characters but they go to events, they sing and dance and so on, so I think it’s very important to have a wide range of interests,” she says. According to her, the best advice for voice acting amateurs is to prepare to be more than just a voice actor. She has also voiced characters in Amagi Brilliant Park, World Trigger, Flying Witchand supporting roles in Hyouka, Sword Art Online and Kemono Friends. Mikami is best known for Attack on Titan and YuruYuri, a series which she cherishes for establishing her career and as her first major character role. Shiori Mikami voices Akari Akaza, the polite red-haired lead in Doga Kobo’s adorable slice of life moe comedy, YuruYuri. I believe that the more people that get involved, maybe the better conditions we will get.” “I’ve heard that people within the SMASH! organisation today, there’s a few people who want to become animators so I definitely want to encourage to try their best and go and work in Japan. “I can definitely see that it’s quite a difficult situation for them,” she says.

When asked about the working conditions of Japan’s animation industry as explained by F ullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood director Irie Yasuhiro, Mikami admitted she had heard stories of “animators not being paid enough.” I would like to put all my energy into trying to produce the best delivery.” “At the end of season two, there was a big reveal about Krista and I think in season three they’ll definitely develop that storyline and go further into it. “The only thing we’re aware of is that it’s going to start in 2018 and there’s nothing else. “ I don’t know anything at all,” Mikami says. The third season of Production I.G.’s Attack on Titan is set to air next year. “As you know there’s the original manga series and I did try to take a lot of the readings from that into my preparation,” she continues, “but also not to think too much into it and try and deliver so that there was clarity in the characters and relationship.” “In the second season, you could really see that they were connected on a deeper level.” “I think they’re connected by the heart in an emotional way,” Mikami tells SBS PopAsia at SMASH! 2017. According to the voice of Historia, Shiori Mikami, when voicing scenes between them, Mikami and the animation team keep that in mind. In an interview with Crunchyroll at Animagic in Germany 2014, manga creator Hajime Isayama confirmed he wrote the characters as a couple and appreciates any doujinshi about them. Many fans had hoped the two were romantically involved - and if so, the couple would be one of few authentic same-sex relationships in a popular anime series.

There is a conscientious debate within the Attack on Titan community about the relationship between the Survey Corps’ blonde-haired royal in disguise, Historia ‘Christa’ Reiss, and Ymir, the former Survey Corps soldier who was revealed to be a Titan-shifter in season two.

*Spoiler Alert for the Attack on Titan anime and manga*Īttack on Titan voice actress Shiori Mikami confirms the first queer romance in the series.
