Now that we have been doing the blog for five years, I have gotten quite comfortable going as press to any convention I attend. One of the perks in doing so is on occasion you get to interview a Japanese guest you are really interested in. That alone is worth any and all hard work put in as press. This time I was lucky enough to get some time with Mr. Gen Urobuchi thanks to the accommodating Otakon staff.
As Gen Urobuchi has worked with Type-Moon in the past, and is even currently working on a project with Kinoko Nasu, he is obviously someone who is on my radar. For many, he is probably best know for his work as the writer for the hit Puella Magi Madoka Magica anime. And his authoring of the light novels which the recent Fate/Zero anime is based on also makes him a high-profile figure in otaku circles.
Mr. Urobuchi’s career started in 2000 with the visual novel Phantom of Inferno which has been adapted into an OVA, TV series, and a manga. He continued making visual novels adding light novels and anime to his repertoire along the way. He garnered a small cult following from his Lovecraftian-themed visual novel Saya no Uta which recently came out in the U.S. In addition to the Fate/Zero light novels, he has also done several others including two Black Lagoon books. Many of these light novel and visual novel titles have have yet to come out in the U.S. but that is slowly changing. On the anime side of things, he has several anime projects coming out over the next two years and these are more likely to see English release. With so much current and upcoming work, Gen Urobuchi is definitely a name on everyone’s lips.
I knew that several other blogs and website were going to ask him a whole slew of Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Fate/Zero questions; that was a majority of the questions at the Q&A as well. I had already asked most of my best Fate/Zero questions when I was involved with interviewing him for the Anime News Network back in October. So, I decided to ask questions you’re less likely to see elsewhere.
Reverse Thieves 