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Emily Rodda Interviewed On Deltora Quest Anime Date: 1/17/2007 |
| Livedoor recently interviewed Australian phantasy author Emily Rodda on her Deltora Quest novel series which has recently been adapted to anime in Japan. The TV series based on the books has become popular with school children debuted in Japan at 8 AM on Saturday, January 6, 2007 via TV Tokyo. Publication of the novel series has occured in 31 countries worldwide. The first volume was published in Australia in October, 2001. The third book in the series was recently announced. Iwasaki Books first published Deltora Quest in Japan in the autumn of 2003, and total series sales have reached four million. Rodda was in Japan recently and gave some impressions on the animation adaptation, saying "All my family loved the animation. I am very glad, and was very excited at watching the story in animated form. I think Naruto is cool." "There was alot of action, and I liked the movement of the characters very much. And the monsters were also good. I think Children will like it very much. Characters were just as I have imagined as youths and not too old." The author said that because of the high quality of the animation produced in Japan, she chose to allow her story to be animated there. Back and forth collaboration between the Japanese anime staff and the author were carried out through the produciton to ensure accuracy to the original. Rodda said Hiroyuki Nishimura's chracter designs were exactly as she imagined the characters. She hopes Japanese viewers will enjoy the animation just as if they were reading the original novels. Pictures of Rodda at a Japanese book signing can be seen at the above link. |
| Source: Anime News Service |
