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Satoru Ozawa Interviewed
Date: 10/25/2005
The official Japanese website for the Tideline Blue anime has posted a lengthy interview with original creator Satoru Ozawa. The author is also known for his submarine works Blue Submarine No.6 and Submarine 707. Ozawa explains how director Umanosuke Iida came to work on the project, how he wanted recapture the feel of Blue Sub No.6, how he planned to use the Dura Vera idea in Submarine 707, how he conceptulized the stage of Earth where 90% of the population were killed by flooding, how mechanical designer Kimitoshi Yamane's favorite seagoing vessels happen to the ones that float on the water (the opposite of Oazawa-san who likes the ones that dive under it), his impression on the anime VS the manga and much more.
Source: Anime News Service