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She named Jugem, which she performed three times, as the hardest story she had to learn, and praised the actor behind Karashino.","whyItMatters":"The interview puts the series' method on record: the cast learned rakugo itself to play rakugo, and Nagase frames the art as something audiences can enter rather than a closed tradition.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eNagase said she first assumed rakugo was hard to get into, and that she thought you needed its history and culture before you could enjoy it. Learning it changed that view. Once you find one way in, she said, the art opens up, and she called Akane-banashi a good entry point.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn preparation, she said the cast learned rakugo itself, and that the skill carried into voice acting: same performer, several characters, carried by emotion rather than a changed voice.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Anna Nagase performed Jugem three times before calling it the hardest rakugo story to learn. She frames the skill as one performer carrying several characters, which is also the job description for Akane Osaki's stage scenes.","twitterPost":"Anna Nagase names Jugem as the hardest rakugo story she learned, having performed it three times. That repetition is the training method behind her Akane Osaki.","threadsPost":"Anna Nagase singles out Jugem as the hardest rakugo story she had to learn, and she performed it three times. Her point about rakugo is that one performer carries several characters through feeling and expression, not voice change alone. Akane-banashi leans on that skill in every stage scene.","newsletterBlurb":"Anna Nagase, who voices Akane Osaki in Akane-banashi, discussed learning rakugo for the role in an Anime Expo interview. She named Jugem, performed three times, as the hardest story to learn, and praised the actor behind Karashino. 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