At Japan Expo, we are very honored to interview Gen Urobuchi and also begraced with the presence of Nitro+ president Takaki Kosaka.Let's begin.
Translated by Emmanuel Bochew.
在日本博览会上，我们非常荣幸地采访到了虚渊玄，还有Nitro+社长Takaki Kosaka。让我们开始吧。
How has your trip to the US sofar this summer?

问：你今年夏天去了美国，感觉怎样？

It is the first time I have been toSan Francisco. It is a very beautiful city. On the first day of our visit wewent to the Golden Gate Bridge. Seeing the bay view was really pleasant.
Every time I am watching movies inJapan, the city and the bridge always seem to get destroyed. I didn't know thecity was so beautiful in person.
The bridge might not be around nexttime I visit so I'm glad I got to see it.
答：这是我第一次去旧金山。非常美丽的城市。到那儿的第一天我们就去看了金门大桥。海湾的景色真是让人愉悦啊。
我在日本每次看电影，这个城市和这个桥都要被毁一次。但我从不知道这个城市亲眼看的话居然有这么美。
下次再来可能就没机会看这座桥了，所以我很高兴这次能看到。
How you think about your workbeing very popular in the west?
问：对于你的作品在西方广受欢迎一事，你是怎么看的？
Some of my work has been set inAmerica, so I am very pleased and honored that my work is loved here.
答：我的一些作品也来到了美国，自己的作品能够在这里收到喜爱，对此我感到非常的开心和荣幸。
Are there any differencesbetween writing a light novel and writing an anime?
问：写轻小说和写动画剧本有什么不同吗？
When I am creating a light novel, Iam creating it mostly alone. When I am working on anime there is a director andthe staff with a point of view on my works. There usually are several revisionsregarding the storyboard. What is interesting is what will come back. It's avery interesting part of the work.
答：写轻小说的时候，我大部分时候都是独自创作。但是写动画的话，就有会导演，有工作人员，他们会对我的作品提出观点。关于分镜往往会有好几次修订。有趣的是那些回馈回来的东西。这是工作中非常有趣的一部分。
During your early years wasthere anything that inspired or sparked your imagination to start writing theway that you have done so far?
问：早年是否有什么东西激发了你的想象力和灵感，让你开始写作生涯直到现在呢？
It's quite an odd question, because Ireally wanted to start writing when I read lots of Stephen King stories. Hisstories were quite astonishing and interesting.
答：这个问题好奇怪啊，因为当我读了好多斯蒂芬·金的故事之后，我就很想开始写作了。他的故事真的是又惊人又有趣啊。
Do you feel any of your worksare underrated or wished was a little bit more popular?
问：你有觉得自己的哪部作品被低估了，或者希望它能够更火一点吗？
The fact is that I really don't careabout the popularity and also really focus on my work. Every time I alwaysfocus on how best to proceed with the next scene. My focus is on the action andstory, never the popularity.
答：其实我并不怎么关心作品火不火的，就是专注于自己的作品而已。每次我关注的就是要怎样用最好地推进剧情而已。我关注的是行为和故事，不是受欢迎程度。
You've usually stated in pastinterviews that you have connections to your characters. In Aldnoah Zero, whichis currently airing, what do you think is your connection to Inaho?
问：在过去的几次采访中，你都提到了你和角色之间的联系。那么在目前播放的Aldnoah Zero重，你觉得你和伊奈帆之间的联系是什么？
I did not create the characters inAldnoah. I made the mainframe of the story until the preliminary version. Butin fact Inaho's character is different than what I wrote. I don't really have aconnection with this character, so this is an exception.
答：AZ里面的角色不是我创作的。在最初版本出来之前，我给故事写了大纲。但伊奈帆这个角色最后呈现出来的，其实和我写的不大一样。我和这个角色之间没什么联系，所以说这个人物算是例外吧。
How do you feel about workingwith Ei Aoki again in Aldnoah?
问：这次又和青木荣合作了，你的感觉怎样？
Aoki-san is a pleasure to work withon storyboard. With Aoki-san on the team it feels like a sure thing. The visionof these animations will be perfect.
答：和青木桑一起处理分镜真的是一件很快乐的事呢。有一种“队伍里会有青木桑是毫无疑问的吧“这样的感觉。有了他，相信动画的表现就不会有问题了呢。
Last question: a lot of thework you've donebrings out a lot of strong emotions in a way that it kind of questions themorality of heroism and justice. Is there anything related to you that makes us think of ourselves being a hero or yourself as one?
问：最后一个问题——在你的许多作品中，你总以强烈的感情质疑正义，质疑英雄主义是否道德。那么你对于成为英雄这种事是怎么看的呢？
A hero is one that doesn't want to bea hero. A hero is a one with all the possibility to make the choice but takethe responsibility of the moment. And it's really something hero has got to do.For example, in 9/11 some of the plane's passengers fought with the terrorists.In Fukushima's radiation leak, some people went and tried to fix the nuclearplant and died. But they have to do it. They are heroes. They don't try to beheroes. They take responsibility and try to do what is right.
答：英雄是一个不想成为英雄的人。英雄是那种明明完全可以选择，但却选择在那个时刻承担起责任的人。那就是英雄所要做的事。举个例子，在911实践中，飞机上的一些乘客曾经和恐怖分子搏斗。在福岛辐射泄露实践中，有些人前往当地试图修理核电站，并且因此而死。但他们必须这么做。他们是英雄。他们想要的并不是“当英雄”，而是承担责任，做正确的事。