On this stage, new information about this work, which is a new animation in the “Code Geass” series, was released, as well as a talk show with Kohei Amasaki, Hiroki Yasumoto, director Yoshimitsu Ohashi, and producer Hirojiro Taniguchi. I did.
AnimeJapan 2024, one of the world’s largest anime festivals, was held at Tokyo Big Sight for two days, March 23rd (Sat) and 24th (Sun), 2024.
On March 23rd (Saturday), a special stage for Code Geass: Rose the Redeemer'', the latest work in the Code Geass” series, was held at the stage inside the Bandai Namco Group booth.
Kohei Amasaki, who plays Rose, director Yoshimitsu Ohashi, and secret guest Hiroki Yasumoto, who plays Norland von Lüneberg, will appear at the event. We will deliver the details of this event, which is full of new information such as the story and world view of the work, new characters and new Nightmare Frame, information on the ending theme song, etc.
First of all, Kouhei Amasaki, who played the role of Rose, and director Yoshimitsu Ohashi took the stage at the invitation of Producer Taniguchi of Bandai Namco Film Works, who was serving as the moderator.
When asked about the reaction since it was his first time on stage since the production presentation held on December 18th last year, Amasaki said, There was nothing but reaction (lol).My parents were really happy too. , I've even been contacted by a friend from my school days who was watching Code Geass with me at the time. I've also had more opportunities to hear from voice actors in the same industry as Code Geass”,” he said happily. Director Ohashi commented, “I’ve been working on it for a long time, so I feel like it’s finally here (lol). It’s been a really long time so far.”
He also smiled and said, “I heard that a lot of new information will be announced today, but if I talk about it, I’ll end up spouting off unnecessary things, so I’ll leave it to everyone.”
Hiroki Yasumoto, who plays the role of Norland von Lueneberg, took the stage as today’s secret guest and was greeted with a big round of applause from the audience.
Mr. Yasumoto’s first greeting was, Did you think a cute girl was coming? Sorry for the old guy with the beard (lol),'' which made the audience laugh. When asked about Noland, who he plays, Yasumoto commented, It’s just scary. People around him are scared of him, and he’s definitely intimidating. There are still a lot of things I can’t say about the mask, etc.”
Afterwards, Mr. Amasaki briefly introduced the story and worldview of the work, which will be shown for the first time in Japan. Yasumoto also introduced the “Einberg”, a knight order directly under the emperor who stands in the way of the main characters Rose and Ash. Afterwards, the participants had a great time talking about the Einberg members and the Nightmare Frame they pilot while looking at the images displayed on the screen.
Afterwards, the latest trailer video, which was just released today, was shown on the screen, and the audience erupted in applause. Regarding the song used in the video, the ending theme song “Rosé (Prod.TeddyLoid)” produced by TeddyLoid and sung by Hikari Mitsushima, Amasaki-san introduced comments from Hikari Mitsushima, reading for her. Ta.
Also, when asked about his impressions after receiving the ending theme song Rosé (Prod.TeddyLoid),'' Director Ohashi said, Due to the nature of the work, people often die, so I felt like their souls were being purified.” I asked for a song, and I ordered it, and I think it’s a wonderful song with nothing to say about it,” he said of his impressions.
その後は5月10日より毎月連続で全4幕が劇場上映されることや、6月下旬よりディズニープラス「スター」にて世界独占配信が決定したことなどが発表された。最後はファンへ向けた言葉で本ステージを締め括る。
大橋監督は「我々はモニターベースで作品を制作していますが、実は劇場上映を一番楽しみにしているのは僕だと思います。やっぱり大きな画面で、良い音響で楽しんで欲しいです」。安元さんは「とにかく楽しみにしていて頂きたいなと思います。自分の役とは関係ないところで色々なドラマが起きていて、台本を読んでいるだけでも楽しかったです。それがとてつもない迫力で映像化されておりますので、個人的にはぜひ劇場に足を運んで観て欲しいです。そして、おかわりを配信でするという形で楽しんで頂くのはいかがでしょうか（笑）」。
天﨑さんは「コードギアスが好きな皆さんの前で、新情報を発表することができて、とても嬉しく思います。この熱量を5月から始まる劇場上映まで高めて頂いて、上映開始となった暁には皆さんとこうしてまたお話しできる機会が設けられたらと思っております。本日発表されたキャラクター以外にも魅力的なキャラクターがたくさん登場しますし、それぞれに物語があって、素敵な作品に仕上がっておりますので、ぜひとも『コードギアス 奪還のロゼ』の応援を宜しくお願い致します」と語り、スペシャルステージは幕を閉じた。
『コードギアス 奪還のロゼ』 AnimeJapan 2024 スペシャルステージ
●日時：2023年3月23日（土） 11:50-12:20
●会場：AnimeJapan 2024 バンダイナムコグループブース内特設ステージ
●出演者： 天﨑滉平（ロゼ役）、安元洋貴（ノーランド役）、大橋誉志光（監督）、谷口廣次朗（プロデューサー）
●イベント内容：『コードギアス 奪還のロゼ』新作情報解禁＆トークショー
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