New Super Sentai, pink is a man?Toei P "Message not to model stereotype personality"

"Kotaro Sentai Don Brothers" Episode 2 Battle scene

The latest work of the Super Sentai series, "Kotaro Sentai Don Brothers" (on the TV Asahi, broadcast every Sunday morning, on TV Asahi).On SNS, as soon as the broadcast starts, "the amount of information is high", "too chaotic", "What is Kitaro in the first place?"The hero's line, "This has made you a relationship with you!"It seems that the concept of "a hero that has never been seen before" is stuck in various angles to viewers.One of the points that had been talked about before the broadcast is that Pink is the first male warrior.We asked Producer Shinichiro Shirakura, Toei, who has been working on a number of super squadrons and Kamen Rider series, about the new horizon of the 46th Super Sentai.[Photo] I've never seen such a super squadron!A gathering shot with unevenness ■ Using the concept of avatar to eliminate the lack of impact, this is the 46th Super Sentai series.The motif is "Momotaro", Don Momotaro (Red), Salbraza (Blue), Inunbras (Black), Physical Brother (Pink), and Onishister (Yellow) are born from human desires.It is a story that confronts the mysterious organization "Brain (note)" that tries to erase the Hitsu demon with humans."The previous series" Treasure Sentai Zenkaijer "is a commemorative of 45 works, so it was a year to explore the ultimate shape of a certain kind of Super Sentai series.The first point I noticed is "Transformation" (Shirakura P / P / hereafter).For example, in Kamen Rider, the transformation scene is one of the highlights.In fact, actors who played the Kamen Rider are often required for a transformation scene in variety shows, but they are rarely seen in Super Sentai.There was a concern that the “transformation” was being decreased."Honestly, if you do 45 works, you will not be able to distinguish the hero suit. So, if you look back at the" Secret Sentai Gorenger "(Super Sentai first), there is a difference in the silhouette. 5 people with different individuality gather.In addition, I wanted to return to how to express the fun of a group by transformation. In the first place, it is common for Super Sentai to transform after five people (before transformation).I've been there for a long time, so the impact of the moment the five heroes are aligned. In the search to solve them at once, I incorporated the concept of "avatar". "It was the hero's appearance.Don Brothers transforms by loading avatar data = "Abataro".There are many works that deal with avatars, such as the big hit movie "Avatar", "Lady Player 1" and "Summer Wars".Many people will make their own avatars and play in the Internet game.The feature of the avatar is that you can freely determine your face, body shape, and gender.Therefore, in this work, the pheasant brother is 220 cm tall and the dog is 1m, which is no longer a normal human size.As a result, five uneven looks that I have never seen.The title also created a coined word "Rangtaro (" Abata "Row)"."Super Sentai sold the action of Suit Actor, but it was also a restriction. By incorporating CG into the appearance after the transformation, the degree of freedom as a project was increased."The next thing I thought of a new drama was released from stereotypes, and the next thing I thought was the impact of five people.Before the transformation, Don Brothers spent their faces, places, and identity of each other, and when the enemy appears, they turn themselves into an avatar and are thrown out of the battlefield by instantaneous movement.He fights together on the battlefield, but after the struggle is over, he returns to his original place, and for a while before the transformation is not available.Therefore, when they are all in the life, it becomes catharsis.This setting is very similar to the modern digital society where you know in online games and SNS, but in real life that you are far away and do not know each other's identity.With the concept of this avatar, Don Brothers can be transformed into a past squadron."The symbolic is that pink is a male warrior this time. If he changes to a gokai pink in the past, Gokai Pink is a female warrior, so his heart is a man, but his form is a transformation of a female warrior."Although it is a setting like a genderless era, Shirakura P says, "I'm not thinking about diversity or a big thing.""Squadron has too much stereotype image. Red is hot, blue is cool, and the color is fixed as soon as the color is decided. If it does not exceed that, I feel like it will repeat the same drama.The easiest to understand is pink = female warrior. I turned it into a man, and I issued a message saying, "This program is not stereotyped." "" If you make a female warrior pink,One point, one point, becomes a symbolic "woman". I want to draw as a single person. At the same time, the old yellow was a male warrior, but it was also open to female warriors and women also select color.I have been able to do it. On the other hand, there is a certain stereotype that men cannot choose pink. Men may choose pink. I have a feeling that men will open the color. "Pink is already open to men.For example, in Johnny's group, there are many talents with pink members such as Kazuya Kamenashi and Taisuke Fujigaya."More than 10 years ago," Kamen Rider Decade "(2009) was discussed whether to put pink into the color. However, during the meeting, I looked sideways, and the next producer firmly pink shirts.(Laughs). Men are already wearing pinks as well. The world has been around for 10 years, but maybe only the Super Sentai may have been delayed. "I don't want you to be a child who is forced to put yourself in, but Shirakura P does not want to impose values against children."Small children will be aware of their gender while watching and hear about adults. Do not mess up their natural growth.As a way, I think it's a natural form to find and select "what kind of person you are", rather than being tied to the gender roll of a boy / girl from the clothes you wear and the given toys.I'm. I want you to grow up like yourself instead of forcing yourself to be given to the given type. "To realize this," Torijin Sentai Jetman "was selected as a main writer (1991)., Toshiki Inoue, a writer who worked on "Kamen Rider Agito" (2001) and "Kamen Rider Kiba" (2008).He has a aesthetics of destruction without being trapped in the dualism of good and evil, has a catchy dialogue, a unique character modeling, and a story that does not forgive even children."The motif this time is" Momotaro ". The motif was selected because the relationship between the characters is easy to understand, but it does not always agree that Momotaro's opinion is well understood.It is Mr. Inoue who draws the characters as an attractive human. In addition, it is a type that is ugly because he wants to break the ready -made concept, so one heart is one heart, Super Squadron is like this.It is not tied. I don't think it should be planted in children with a totalitarian sense in drawing a group of squadrons. In any case, freedom and diversity are most important.I want you to have it (laughs). By the way, the previous work "~ Zenkaijer", the main character of the main character (Aoi Komagine) also appears, but the world view is not linked.This is also the key to the story, as well as what role he plays, and why some of his friends have Oni, who should be originally an enemy in Momotaro."This work may be more interesting for adults. Please take a look at the Super Squadron that stood on the new starting line, the 46th series in the series.・ Sentence / Shinichi Kiwan (media researcher)