A video circulating on social networks shows the emotional moment in which the voice actress Yui Ishikawawho gives life to the character of Mikasa Ackerman in the anime Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan), breaks down in tears after recording his last voice lines for the series.
In the video you can see Ishikawa sitting in the recording studio, with her voice breaking, while she reads the script for her last lines. After finishing recording, the actress gets up and walks away from the microphone, visibly excited.
At that moment, Marina Inoue, the voice of Armin Arlert, and Yuki Kaji, the voice of Eren Yeager, immediately come over to comfort her.. The video has been shared by thousands of users on social networks, who have expressed their admiration for Ishikawa’s work and her moving reaction.
The voice actress herself offered an interview prior to the broadcast of the final episodeswhich was shared by the production team through the official Twitter account, and where they expressed the following:
- Hello everyone. I’m Yui Ishikawa, and I play the role of Mikasa Ackerman in the television anime ‘Shingeki no Kyojin’. It’s quite… how to say it… complex, really. Since it started ten years ago, I had the desire to play the role until the end. So being able to represent it to the end is something that makes me very happy. However, I feel like it’s really ending. Ten years ago, the original story was still going on, so I had a feeling that we would reach the end one day, but it seemed like a distant future. To be honest, I wanted to see the development through to the end in animation. However, now I’m a little afraid of the air date.
- Yes, there were many, many moments, but the most memorable for me was the scarf moment. However, after completing the recordings to the end, it is as if all the impressions will be rewritten by events. I’m sure that many of those who have seen the original work will think: “Ah, so this is what is going to happen”, but the thing is… I really don’t know… There are mixed feelings, including a sense of difficulty in the final scene I portrayed.
- It’s like being dominated by those emotions. Ah well, I’m sure that, whether in a good or bad way, some scenes must have definitely left an impression on all of you watching until the end. I think so. Finally, after delivering this work for ten years, it will come to an end. As I said before, it is a feeling of immense joy and at the same time a little sadness. And it scares me a little to see the scenes of those final moments.
It should be noted that Shingeki no Kyojin aired its final episodes last weekendafter a ten-year broadcast that definitely left its mark on the anime industry, its fans and, of course, its voice actors.
Another viral video also shows a segment where Hiroshi Kamiya, voice of Levi Ackermanis doing voice acting on the sequence animated by the artist Arifumi Imai. In the video you can see Kamiya reading the script with great intensity, while Imai encourages him and gives him instructions.
These videos show the effort and dedication that the voice actors put into bringing their characters to life. and the impact that the end of a series they have worked on for so long can have.
Fountain: @aotjewels on Twitter
