{"rewrite":{"id":"r_d62ef81fa3f659d13d800e83","clusterId":"c_bb59198963bf1ed111f1412c","slug":"miyu-tomita-voices-pagtaro-in-uncle-s-obsession-with-cute-things","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Miyu Tomita Voices Pagtaro in Uncle's Obsession with Cute Things","summary":"Miyu Tomita plays PAGTARO, a rotund yellow pug mascot, in the anime Uncle's Obsession with Cute Things, which premieres this fall. In an Anime NYC interview, Tomita said the character's lines are written only as his catchphrase, \"Paguuu!\", so she annotates the script with the emotion behind each one and ad-libs extra \"Paguuu!\" lines in shots where the mascot appears.","whyItMatters":"The role is built on a single repeated word, so the performance rests on what Tomita adds beyond the script, and she describes annotating each \"Paguuu!\" with an emotion and ad-libbing lines the director sometimes keeps.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003ePAGTARO is an in-universe mascot and the obsession of the protagonist, Mitsutaka Oji, in Uncle\u0026#39;s Obsession with Cute Things. Because the script gives the pug only his catchphrase, \u0026#34;Paguuu!\u0026#34;, Tomita writes the intended emotion next to the line before recording, then improvises additional \u0026#34;Paguuu!\u0026#34; lines whenever she sees the character in the frame.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe interview also covers how she separates her solo singing from character songs. For a character, she works from that character\u0026#39;s personality and ability, down to choices such as avoiding vibrato, rather than from her own voice.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Tomita's Pagtaro has no written dialogue beyond 'Paguuu!', so every scene is built from her reading the script's margins for the emotion and adding extra takes the page never asked for.","twitterPost":"Pagtaro's script lists only 'Paguuu!' as dialogue. Tomita fills the rest by hand, noting the emotion for each line and adding extra takes.","threadsPost":"Miyu Tomita's Pagtaro only ever says 'Paguuu!' on the page, so she annotates the script with the feeling behind each delivery and ad-libs extra lines for shots the writers left silent.","newsletterBlurb":"Miyu Tomita voices PAGTARO, a rotund yellow pug and in-universe mascot, in Uncle's Obsession with Cute Things, which premieres this fall. She told Anime NYC that the script gives the character only his catchphrase, \"Paguuu!\", so she annotates each line with the emotion it carries and ad-libs additional ones when the mascot is in frame. She also described how she approaches character songs differently from her solo releases.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2026/all-the-news-and-reviews-from-anime-nyc/interview-miyu-tomita-becomes-cute-mascot-pagtaro-in-uncle-obsession-with-cute-things-anime/.241871\",\"title\":\"Interview: Miyu Tomita Becomes Cute Mascot PAGTARO in Uncle's Obsession with Cute Things Anime\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4825,"outputTokens":694,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791090873,"createdAt":"2026-10-04T05:11:52.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-04T05:13:24.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T05:13:24.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_bb59198963bf1ed111f1412c","canonicalTitle":"All the News and Reviews from Anime NYC 2026\nInterview: Miyu Tomita Becomes Cute Mascot PAGTARO in Uncle's Obsession with Cute Things Anime","representativeArticleId":"a_9d064415248ae9c770a0b421","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Uncle's Obsession with Cute Things\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Miyu Tomita\"],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-29T13:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-29T13:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T05:13:21.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2026/all-the-news-and-reviews-from-anime-nyc/interview-miyu-tomita-becomes-cute-mascot-pagtaro-in-uncle-obsession-with-cute-things-anime/.241871","title":"All the News and Reviews from Anime NYC 2026\nInterview: Miyu Tomita Becomes Cute Mascot PAGTARO in Uncle's Obsession with Cute Things Anime"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Uncle's Obsession with Cute Things"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Miyu Tomita"],"type":"event","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}