Oshi no Ko (推しの子) season 2 will start this coming July, and ahead of its broadcast in Japan, they brought back Oshi no Ko (推しの子) Mother and Children for a limit run in the cinemas. Including the local Dolby Cinema. And a live broadcast of the stage event involving some of the voice actors. I didn't catch Oshi no Ko Mother and Children last year when it made its limited run in theatres ahead of the airing of the series on TV, but this time, there were two incentives: Dolby Cinema experience of this amazing first episode lasting 1.5 hours, and live broadcast of a stage event that include Takahashi Rie (who voiced Hoshino Ai). So I made sure to finish up all my work and make time to go catch this particular screening.
Since I didn't watch the "normal" version, I can't really make a comparison on how different the Dolby Cinema version is. It did make use of the entire screen, and the clarity of the audio allowed the voice acting and soundtrack to better convey the emotions in the story. I ended up crying at the scene when Ruby had to learn a dance, the "I love you" part, and the post-credit "video message".
It was worth making the trip to the Dolby Cinema (which is a bit further than the other cinemas that I usually go to). And that's just the audio and visual experience of the movie proper.
After the screening was the live broadcast of the stage event. This event feature Takahashi Rie (VA of Hoshino Ai), Igoma Yurie (VA of Hoshino Ruby), Uchiyama Yumi (VA of young Hoshino Aqua), Takayanagi Tomoyo (VA of Tendoji Sarina), and Lynn (VA of Saito Miyako). Han Megumi (VA of Arima Kana) was also supposed to be there but she fell ill just before the event, and instead sent along a message (read out by Takahashi Rie) thanking viewers.
Some of the things mentioned at the stage event:
- The voice recording for episode 1 was conducted over a course of four days.
- By the time they did the voice recording for episode 1, the voice recording for episode 2 had already been done.
- The audio for episode 1 was touched up for this return to the big screen.
I didn't really take notes this time, which explains this short list. 😅
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