The Vermillion Mask Premiere Panel Offers a Truncated First Look
The truncated premiere still gave Watanabe and Ura room to explain why they adapted an obscure manga and how Ura's natural voice shaped the lead character Mok.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
At Otakon, the premiere panel for The Vermillion Mask showed only the first few minutes of the first episode before stopping for a Q&A with director Tesukai Watanabe and voice actor Kazuki Ura. The brief footage introduced mask salesman Peru and a gang of kids attempting to steal a locked-away mask. Watanabe and Ura discussed the adaptation's underground source material and Ura's casting as Mok.
The Otakon panel for The Vermillion Mask cut its episode preview short, showing only the opening minutes before the staff took questions. What screened established the premise: a mask salesman named Peru fails to sell his wares on the streets, then a group of kids tries to steal a mask locked in an ominous box.
Director Tesukai Watanabe said the appeal of adapting the manga was its underground status, noting that many strong works exist outside Japan's three major manga magazines. He cast Kazuki Ura as Mok after hearing Ura speak in his normal voice over dinner, rather than drawing on Ura's Blue Lock performance. Ura said Mok's easygoing surface and passionate side made the role fun, and that the character's smoking required many retakes.
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- Anime News Network The Vermillion Mask's Premiere Is a Truncated But Interesting Affair