Evangelion Voice Actress Megumi Ogata Voices Yuta Okkotsu in Jujutsu Kaisen

Megumi Ogata, the legendary voice actress who voices Shinji in Evangelion, is the voice of Yuta Okkotsu in Jujutsu Kaisen. Following the official forged and trailer reveal, a touching message from Megumi Ogata was published. We translated it under.

Megumi Ogata feedback on Jujutsu Kaisen and Yuta Okkotsu

Megumi Ogata first talked about her impressions from studying the manga and watching the primary season of the anime:

Megumi Ogata: “That is Megumi Ogata, voice of Yuta Okkotsu. I used to be so stunned after I was supplied the position. I by no means anticipated to voice such an essential character in Jujutsu Kaisen. I keep in mind studying all of the manga in a single go together with quantity 0, discovering it so attention-grabbing, and watching all of the anime too (laughs). I used to be so shocked how every character is so charming and sophisticated.”

Subsequent, she defined how she voiced Yuta, and the difficulty she confronted. Most notably how the Covid-19 pandemic state of affairs in Japan made it tough to carry conferences with all the film’s employees.

Megumi Ogata: “I didn’t even have time to fret about the way to method voicing Yuta that I used to be already take a look at recording. First, I used to be requested to replicate Yuta’s emotions via a single line. This was fairly the hurdle from the beginning, however after assembly with the principle employees we managed to achieve a consensus (organizing conferences is tough with Corona). Because of that I used to be capable of calm down earlier than the film’s precise recording, or at the least that’s what I informed myself (laughs). With the the employees’s assist, and respecting the imaginative and prescient of the manga, I believe I used to be capable of create my very own model of Yuta and voice him with all my coronary heart. I hope I’ll see you on the theaters on December 24.”

A a lot shorter remark by Gege Akutami was additionally revealed. He said Megumi Ogata was good for Yuta’s voice.

Extra on Jujutsu, Megumi Ogata

The Jujutsu Kaisen 0 film was first introduced by Mappa after the primary season ended. It’s a prequel based mostly on Gege Akutami’s Jujutsu Kaisen 0: Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu Excessive Faculty manga. The protagonist, Yuta Okkotsu, is referenced a number of occasions in the course of the first season of Jujutsu Kaisen. We are going to see him in motion for the primary time on this film.

Concerning Megumi Ogata voicing Shinji, some Japanese followers are already making jokes. One fanart, specifically, is particularly well-liked on Twitter, that includes Yuta rather than Shinji, getting requested to “get within the robotic”.

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Dwelling close to Paris, Iyane is the pinnacle of Japanese content material at DualShockers. He performs Genshin Impression for the story. You possibly can attain him on Twitter at @A_iyane07.