Blue Eye Samurai creators Michael Green and Amber Noizumi discuss the impressive cast, the importance of representation, and their inspirations.
Summary Blue Eye Samurai is set in 17th-century Japan, which is when the country's borders were closed to the rest of the world. Mizu is mixed-race and sets out to find the four white men who were in Japan when she was born, one of whom must be her father, wanting revenge for having faced discrimination her entire life. As she begins her quest to find and kill these men, she must hide her gender and blue eyes.
Michael Green: When you said, in your introduction to it, that you forgot you're watching animation, that was our goal. Yes, we wanted to make sure that our artists felt completely off leash, to make the most beautiful possible version they could, that everything about this was going to be really bespoke.
Incredible. Michael, when this series starts off, it feels like a Clint Eastwood Western in the East. What were some of the cinematic inspirations you guys drew from, for Blue Samurai, while crafting the series? Amber, the animation style, oh, my goodness. I have never seen anything like this. It was these beautiful painted brushstrokes, but mixed together with this 2-3D animation. I want to say this is not an anime, this is an adult animation. Can you talk about the animation style, and collaborating with Blue Spirit studios, on the challenges of bringing Blue Eye Samurai to life?
Michael Green: We used previs, but not rotoscope. We used camera lensing and previs, and a lot of the vocabulary of building live action film. But yeah, no, that's a great compliment. Thank you. Yeah, it was incredible. Michael, I do want to ask about Jane Wu, because she is incredible. She was the supervising director on this, and producer for Blue Eyes Samurai. She worked as a story artist on projects. You had mentioned The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, Mulan, and Game of Thrones.
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