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Tomino x Nakamura Masato (Lead singer of the band that did G-reco) Interview
https://natalie.mu/music/pp/dreamscometrue07
Gonna summarize what Tomino says cause he just goes on and on
https://natalie.mu/music/pp/dreamscometrue07
Gonna summarize what Tomino says cause he just goes on and on
His very first line is "recently i'm very annoyed" ^^
Tomino: The theme song "G" was a perfect fit for both the movie and the poster of G-reco. However, no one around me understands and I feel like dying. They want to present G-reco as a chic "real robot anime" and I had to spend the entire month telling them, no that's not G-reco
Tomino: The other day, Mr. Nakamura told me about this artist. I hadn't heard of him until then but since I went around and listened to a bunch of his music. Yonezu Kenshi's songs.
Nakamura: That's right, I suggested Yonezu cause Tomino wanted a youngster but it didn't match up with the schedule so we just went with Dreams Come True
Tomino: That's how you're gonna word it?!?!
Tomino: That's how you're gonna word it?!?!
Tomino: I couldn't understand Yonezu's popularity until yesterday. The key was Billie Eilish. Listening to Billie's sleep inducing music I realized that once society reaches its peak, it starts regressing. Trump being elected in America is the biggest showing of that.
To go back further, jazz evolved into big band, bebop and hard bop and was reaching newer heights but suddenly the rock genre took over. That was a regression. That's why when the Beatles showed up I couldn't comprehend their popularity and didn't listen to them for 10 years.
After 10 years, I went back and listened to almost their entire library and kinda of get it now, but I still don't want to accept them (The Beatles).
Going back to Yonezu, I'm glad I didn't make the offer cause I would've just been swept along by the regression trend.
Going back to Yonezu, I'm glad I didn't make the offer cause I would've just been swept along by the regression trend.
Nakamura: Tomino said something amazing again. You just made the entire world your enemy.
(Don't attack me, Tomino's words not mine LOL)
(Don't attack me, Tomino's words not mine LOL)
Tomino: Yonezu-san and Billie-san are both just current trends. I'm looking at history. I'm making G-reco thinking about 3000 years into the future
I decided to look at the lyrics to try to understand why Billie Eilish songs are so popular among her fans. Things about "adults exhaust us, mom and dad won't let us see the future."
These lyrics show that American society is overcrowded but modern teenagers don't have the words to describe the feelings of anxiety and fear towards these things.
When I think about this reality I think it's wrong to just be complacent and bring back the real robot genre from 20 years ago.
The other day, when I went to Shibuya with my grandchild, they suddenly stopped and said "grandpa, I wanna go home." When I asked what's wrong, they just said "the Earth is going to be crushed if there's this many people."
I realized that even young kids could feel this pressure.
I realized that even young kids could feel this pressure.
I believe that letting people onto overcrowded trains is a crime. People aren't that close to each other even in sex scenes. The more I made G-Reco the more I realized this reality.
In order for humans to live, we need enough space to spread both of our arms without bumping into somebody. If those hands bump into each other, and neither side apologizes, then we have a war. We need words to think about things "more normally." That is the real theme of G-Reco.
