http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/konohanogenin/38380050.html
from "そして、NARUTOスーパーステージですが"… to "描き分けも大変だったそうです。"
about Naruto super stage...
Guests(on stage) are Kishimoto-sensei, VA Ms Tekeuchi Mr. Sugiyama, Mr. Inoue Ms. Nakakura and Ms. Nana Mizuki Mr. Jun Fukuyama
Firstly VAs acted #699

then
Sensei(=kish) answers to VAs Questions

-the toughest chara to both draw and write about　was･・・・ Sasuke
Despite he likes Sasuke, he found him esp as he went into a sulk, totally difficult to depict. He was often told to 'redo' sasukes face by his editor.

-on the impressions of the last chap (they must mean #699),
Ms Takeuchi and other VAs were " wow Sasukes talked a lot!"...(laugh)

-About the turning point of the story,
sensei(=kish) said it had to be 'the valley of the end' where Sasuke went into sulk and Naruto stayed as his friend to the very end....in short 'Naruto' is a story about bringing back Sasuke from the sulk.

-to the q 'what would you have done if Sasuke hadn't gone into Sulk?'
sensei answered probably hed have made some other chara sulk (laughs).

-to answer a q 'what has changed after starting the series?'
he said 'Sound nasty but money...' then added 'and the thinning of hair.'

-then about the movie version now showing at the theaters.
on toneris design
'a good looking guy shouldering heavy burdens all alone '
he decided the character on the spot during a meeting.
for the details of the background toneri shoulders, check the novelized version as the film was too short to explain it all.

-he mentioned the difficulty in drawing sasukes facial expressions earlier
and here he told that it was also difficult to draw subtle expressions and individual differences of byakugan peeps with all those white eyes.

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