On April 18th, voice actor Yamadera Koichi and actor Chiba Yudai showed up at the press conference as the voice cast for the “HOP” Japanese dubbed version (Japanese title: Easter Rabbit no Candy Koujou).
This will be the voice acting debut for Chiba, therefore Yamadera said, “Since we are both from same city, I will train him very strictly… just kidding.” Chiba commented, “I’m really looking forward to challenge voice acting since this is my first time. I hope to learn a lot from Yamadera-san.”
As they said, they are both from Tagajo-city in Miyagi prefecture, which is an area that has suffered from the earthquake. According to Chiba, he went back to his hometown after the disaster and saw the damage directly. Yamadera also visited some devastated areas as a volunteer, and was shocked to see the heavy damage. He said that he wishes people in the devastated areas would have a chance to watch the movie some day and cheer up for a bit.
“HOP” will be released on August 19th in Japan.
Source:
http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/confidence/86763/full/
http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/04/chiba-yudai-to-make-his-voice-acting-debut-with-japanese-dubbed-version-of-hop/
This will be the voice acting debut for Chiba, therefore Yamadera said, “Since we are both from same city, I will train him very strictly… just kidding.” Chiba commented, “I’m really looking forward to challenge voice acting since this is my first time. I hope to learn a lot from Yamadera-san.”
As they said, they are both from Tagajo-city in Miyagi prefecture, which is an area that has suffered from the earthquake. According to Chiba, he went back to his hometown after the disaster and saw the damage directly. Yamadera also visited some devastated areas as a volunteer, and was shocked to see the heavy damage. He said that he wishes people in the devastated areas would have a chance to watch the movie some day and cheer up for a bit.
“HOP” will be released on August 19th in Japan.
Source:
http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/confidence/86763/full/
http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/04/chiba-yudai-to-make-his-voice-acting-debut-with-japanese-dubbed-version-of-hop/
