Time to Soar! #4 – Ashizawa Jin interview with Serika Toa

Ashizawa Jin is an illustrator/columnist who seems to have worked for GRAPH since the 1960s (yes, you read that right). His interview column generally gets a new title every year but has been fairly consistent format-wise in recent years. I’m giving him his own tag in the Staff category since he is one of the few interview conductors to be credited by name in the publications.

This interview with Serika Toa was published in the May 2017 issue of GRAPH (while she was still a Flower Troupe member) and seems to have been recorded during or around the production of MY HERO.

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Ashizawa Jin: The Lovely Flowers Bloom #3 – Umino Mitsuki

Ashizawa Jin is an illustrator/columnist who seems to have worked for GRAPH since the 1960s (yes, you read that right). His interview column gets a new title every year but usually the format is fairly similar. The 2019 column, which featured musumeyaku only, was called The Lovely Flowers Bloom. This interview with Umino Mitsuki was published in the April issue.

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Heartpounding and Exciting #1 – Ashizawa Jin interview with Maaya Kiho

Ashizawa Jin is an illustrator/columnist who seems to have worked for GRAPH since the 1960s (yes, you read that right). His interview column gets a new title every year but usually the format is fairly similar. The 2018 column was called Heartpounding and Exciting, and this interview with Maaya Kiho was published in the February 2018 issue.

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Time to soar! #3 – Ashizawa Jin interview with Nanami Hiroki

Ashizawa Jin is an illustrator/columnist who seems to have worked for GRAPH since the 1960s (yes, you read that right). His interview column generally gets a new title every year but has been fairly consistent format-wise in recent years. I’m giving him his own tag in the Staff category since he is one of the few interview conductors to be credited by name in the publications.

This interview with Nanami Hiroki was published in the April 2017 issue of GRAPH, but was recorded ahead of the opening of The Scarlet Pimpernel.

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