(Continued)Mizutama:
Ah, but I now remember female protagonists became more prevalent in your works after that. "Star Red," "A, A', " and such. It was also a girl who played the bigger role in "Mosaic Helix."
[Note 1] The image on the left is linked to Amazon.com where you can order "A,A'" translated by Matt Thorn.
Hagio:
Yes, but that girl in "Mosaic Helix" wasn't good.
Mizutama:
Wasn't she?
Hagio:
No she wasn't. Because partway through, she got trapped in the crystal.
Mizutama:
Well, but I liked that girl. Oh, this may be from a different period in terms of publication, but you published manga adapted from short stories by Bradbury in Weekly Margaret, didn't you?
Sakai:
How did it got started? [Note 1]
[Note 1] Hagio had been working with Shogakukan for her publication. Weekly Margaret was published by Shueisha.
Hagio:
That started when I met an editor from Weekly Margaret and we went out for drinks. Back then, I had seldom been treated to meals, so I couldn't decline any assignment requests after such meals. (laugh) So when I got an offer from that editor, I was shrinking away, saying, "I work so slowly, I can't do it." But that editor somehow found out that I was a big fan of Bradbury, and said, "We would get the adaptation rights if you could do it."
Mizutama:
Wow, what a great editor.
Hagio:
So I thought to myself, "Jeez, if I decline this I'll never have another opportunity to draw Bradbury manga in my life."
(Continues)
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