YOSHIDA'S INTERVIEW SUMMARIES
(arranged by sally,data assistance:
hayato)
1.featuring：AKIMI YOSHIDA GRAFFITI
．THE LONG INTERVIEW－－the insperation of bf is
from action films
．american new cinema and drugs
the above are the insperation yoshida talked about.she especially
mentioned 2 films: one is MIDNIGHTCOWBOY
(1969，featuring Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight,
about a pretty good looking guy came to ny for making money by
his handsome face, but he didn't know where
and how to start. then he met an ugly crippled guy hoffman who
knew a lot. a story about 2 people
started to use, take advantage, hurt, console and need each other.)the
other one was unclear.(1973,
SUKEAKUROU)
.characters of bf vs people in the real world
ash:early years--a tennis player in the 90's (Stefan Edberg)
later--RIVER PHOENIX
eiji:NOMURA HIRONOBU, well known in the june manias.
ibe:hirata man(???)
max:HARRISON FORD, max looked more rough.
shorter:SANBURAZA NAKANO(??), needless to say(p.s. bald headed
and sun glasses)
arthur:STING(the singer)
charlie:WILLIAM CARTER?? WILLIAMCARD???
jekins:DANNY DEBIT?? DARNYDEBIT???, an actor, also a director
now.
.ash and yousiss--two sides of a mirror
prefer struggled life
it means the characters in her stories always had tough lives(violent
or sex) and they always fought for it.
. eiji, a normal person opposite to a hero
it means in yoshida's work, there's always a normal person imcompared
to a hero.
.yoshida's comic life--three worlds of yoshida's
work:devided her works into three:
.boys:bf,california story
.girls:sakura no en, kichigiohtenniyo
.school:yume miru koro o sugitemo,kawa yorimo naga kuyoruyakani
2.AFTER BF:YOSHIDA'S LONG INTERVIEW:WHO KILLED ASH?
from "RANMAL"Vol. 0 , 1994/06 900yen
.why put ash to death?
.MIDNIGHT COWBOY
. she likes all kinds of girls' comics
.objective point of view
.about good or bad lies
.the origional character of blanca was a female killer
.about relationship of gays
.ash is unicorn and eiji is mary
.the childhood of ash and eiji
.only cute isn't ok
.the gap between male and female
.repressive life
the royalties from the first book were totally spent out for celebration
with friends
3.YOSHIDA'S INTERVIEW (from puff)
the interview when bf ended. about if yoshida made the dicision
to put ash to death because
river's death, how she felt when bf ended, pains when drawing serially
and future plans.
4.my comic life:Akimi Yoshida
from hamburger comic Vol.5 1990/02 translated from Japanese
by koong der-yi
about what style Yoshida was good at, how she entered the professional
comic industry, habits of drawing, favorite materials, and future
plans.
