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Interview: Masahiko Ohta, the Go-To Director for Anime About Eccentric Young Girls, On His New Anime




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Tony K.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 20, 2026 12:44 pm Reply with quote
Great interview! I highly recommend everyone check this series out. It's goofy, lovable, and an all-around fun watch. I feel Dou's behavior is very realistic in the sense that, she's just a kid, doesn't really know what she's doing, but with hilarious results, because of how innocent she is. It's a cheery counterpoint to some of the heavier, darker stuff from this season, and good for, at least a few chuckles (or in my case, a lot of laughs).
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 20, 2026 6:27 pm Reply with quote
I really have been enjoying the the adorable little bundle of good-willed chaos that is Doux. The interview was interesting but the detail I'm blown away by is that she is voiced by an adult actress, I was absolutely convinced it was a child actress while watching the series.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 20, 2026 8:09 pm Reply with quote
It's funny to read how even directors have genre's they're tired of working on or would immediately say no to.

But Misaki Kuno does have an uncanny ability to match a childs' voice and mannerisms.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 21, 2026 12:11 am Reply with quote
I'm a fan of a lot of anime with Masahiko Ohta either as series director or episode director and he is especially notable to me for having directed two of the oldest series on my "anime I still wish would get licensed for physical media in North America" list, Minami-ke (autumn 2007; note that Ohta only directed the first season) and Gabriel DropOut (winter 2017).
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 21, 2026 4:13 am Reply with quote
Jafwasw wrote:
The interview was interesting but the detail I'm blown away by is that she is voiced by an adult actress, I was absolutely convinced it was a child actress while watching the series.
It's kinda funny because it's Misaki Kuno staple typecast for more than ten years at this point once you heard it (Momo in March Comes Like a Lion, Nina Ichihara in Deremasu, Shinonon in Utawarerumono series, Xiaolan in Apothecary Diaries, Klee in Genshin Impact) - so once she was revealed as Dou seiyuu, I was like "yes, that totally fits".
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 21, 2026 7:31 am Reply with quote
Thanks for the informative interview! It was nice to get a glimpse behind the curtain for this wholesome and heartwarming show.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 21, 2026 10:39 am Reply with quote
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They are all comedies centered around the crazy lives of high school girls.


This is an accurate translation? Only Umaru-chan was a high schooler... the other anime mentioned were about middle schoolers mostly with some elementary schoolers (Chiaki in Minami-ke)
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 21, 2026 11:29 pm Reply with quote
Kougeru wrote:
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They are all comedies centered around the crazy lives of high school girls.


This is an accurate translation? Only Umaru-chan was a high schooler... the other anime mentioned were about middle schoolers mostly with some elementary schoolers (Chiaki in Minami-ke)


Chiaki's oldest sister, Haruka Minami, is in high school and there's a whole set of supporting characters who are Haruka's classmates in high school including one of the most memorable supporting characters in the entire series, Hosaka (the fantasy-prone guy infatuated with Haruka who always gets too caught up in his daydreams to actually get around to talking to her).

A different Haruka, Haruka Kotoura, the lead character of Kotoura-san, the winter 2013 anime directed by Masahiko Ohta, is just starting high school in the series.
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