Animedia July 2011

Kyubey's Mouth

Source: Animedia, July 2011.

Shinbo: Toward the end of the last episode, after Madoka had disappeared, I thought Kyubey should only move his mouth as one of the things that had changed in the new world. But Miyamoto-san (saiyuu series director) objected to that (lol).

Kato: Oh i see. even if Kyubey's magical girl system had changed, the rest was unchanged. He's only partners with homura for percentage's sake. So we made an effort not to change how they use their technique.

From another TL: Shinbo talks about having Kyuubey move his mouth, not "only his mouth" since you know, he never moves it. Also he says the only thing that changed was him being with Homura, not that it's for percentage sake. Also, rather than "technique" "how the characters act" would be better.

Shrine Visit

Source: Animedia, July 2011.

Shinbo: Before the Madoka Magika after recording started, we all went to a shrine to pray for a hit. At the time, the person representing the voice actors was Kato-san.

Kato: Kt was the first time I had ever participated to pray to get a hit. It was interesting, the priest read the title like [ma---ho---usho---jo---].

Shinbo: it was really hard to not laugh. like [o----o----ki----no---ume----] (lol). Probably Kyubey's popularity at that time was a blessing.

From another translator: This is about how they all went to pray for Madoka to be a hit before the dubbing. Katou (Kyubey's VA) talks about prayed "Ma~Hou~Shou~Jo~" and "A~o~ki~ U~me~" and jokes about how "maybe that's why Kyubey got so popular".