Interview: White Radish
by Christopher Macdonald, I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Kara Dennison with him to liven things up a bit, Kara is also involved in Pink Lemonade, but more about that later. The interview was unfortunately postponed by a bit, my younger cat, Sushi, ate through one of my network cables. But we did get under way in the end and here's how it went...
Kara Dennison: Ah! Hallo!
Anime News Network: Sorry about that, my cat just ruined yet another network cable.. I wonder what she finds so tasty in them? Editor's note: It seems that I'm not the only Anime website editor around here having problems with his cat.
Kara: LOL
Shawn the Touched: Funny, I just had a cat stomping around in the dry leaves outside my window, sounding like a prowler.
Kara: Nyao!
Shawn: Okay, now we've met. ^^
ANN: Well Shawn, ANN has taken a look at some of your previous works, Maze." And I get to be an active officer in the club.
ANN: You mentioned that you did some fan dubbing of series like SM, how did you get involved with that?
Kara: By complete chance, actually! I was searching for fan pages online, to learn more about the series, and it turned up a fandub audition page. I had a mic, so I just randomly tried for a small part in a short clip. (more
<Kara> Got in on my first try, and sought out more stuff from there.
ANN: Shawn, are you professionally involved in Anime outside of WR, and before....
Shawn: Okay. I'm not sure what would constitute a professional involvement in anime outside of animating it...
ANN: Laff, very true.
Shawn: So I'd have to say no.
Shawn: What I do otherwise is graphic design, animation (of a more mundane sort) and video editing, and web design.
ANN: How do you come up with the ideas for you projects? Do they just pop into your head?
Shawn: Yes, and usually in the shower.
Shawn: I find the shower to be a creativity enhancer.
ANN: Do you have ideas for your projects already?
Kara: Oh, believe me, he has no shortage of ideas ...
ANN: I know the feeling, so many ideas, so little time, right?
Shawn: Yes, there are a number of future works, but I'd rather not say anything about them until PL is near completion. ^_^
ANN: When is PL going to be finished, what stage of the work are you at right now?
Shawn: There's still a lot to do. It's a pretty long project. I can't give a certain date of completion.
Shawn: I don't want to give a certain date, because that's what caused previous works to be rushed.
ANN: Any favorite series or creators to speak of? (question for both of you)
Kara: I have an unholy love of "OVA.
Shawn: There are 2 distributors who have offered to distribute it in stores and the usual channels, once it's complete.
Shawn: The reason the others aren't distributed that way is because they're too short.
Shawn: However, compiled together with a special featurette "making of" sort of thing, the shorts can be done that way, too.
ANN: I have a backwards sort of question to ask you both right now.
Kara: Hmmm ...
ANN: If YOU were interviewing Shawn the Touched and Kara from White Radish, what would you want to know? Take as much time as you want with this, last person I asked told me he would call me back half an hour later... I heard from him 2 days later.
Kara: Wow ... that really is wild, LOL
Shawn: Heh, I'll have to request some time for that, too. ^^
ANN: (PS: I want the answer too :-) )
Shawn: Of course.
Kara: LOL Well, if I were to turn about and ask Kara Dennison something, odds are it would be whether or not she was barking mad for devoting so much time to something like voice acting. What does she hope to gain?
Kara: It's not as glamourous as other acting jobs she could be pursuing, and not as rewarding financially, to be sure. So why continue?
Kara: And really, it's for the same reason I act at all. It's for the love. For the experience. I get to experiment with different roles and sorts of things that wouldn't work onstage. There's a lot more freedom ...
Kara: especially (obviously) vocally, and just with the sorts of characters I play. I mean, I play aliens, vampires, mad scientists, magical girls ... it's really just a treat for me to GET to do it.
ANN: Backing up a tiny bit Kara, you're in University, right? What do you study? (if it matters... it matters)
Kara: I'm currently at William & Mary, and I'm studying theatre (as it's a liberal arts school, I'm taking random courses in other fields, too), with a minor in music or lit ... haven't decided yet.
ANN: How long have you been acting?
Kara: Since I was seven. I was in a children's troupe. Did a lot of things in community theatre and high school. And I come from an acting family. I have relatives in radio, and one on Star Trek (Michael Ansara).
Kara: (Just had to throw that in, LOL)
ANN: Acting is really in your blood then, huh?
Kara: Oh, very much so. Though he won't it it, my grandfather (whom I live with in the summer) is a frustrated actor. He's really ed on that love of acting to me.
Kara: Here is a question for Shawn: Where do your stories come from?
Shawn:I get my stories from a story factory in Burbank! (I think that was originally Harlan Ellison's line).
Shawn: "What is your dream project?"
Editor's note: This answer actually came 5 days later.
Shawn: Pink Lemonade is my dream project, the one I'm working on now. ^_^ I've put a lot of time and energy into it, and it's very gratifying to see it all coming together.
Shawn: Also, "How long do you foresee yourself producing animation?"
Shawn: That's pretty much either indefinitely or until it becomes obsolete.
ANN:Yeah, it does. Well, thank you both, it was a pleasure.
Shawn: Absolutely. Great talking to you! And don't worry about it, it was fun. ^.^
Kara:Goodnight then. ^^
Shawn: Ja!
ANN: Good night Shawn, Kara.
Kara Dennison: Ah! Hallo!
Anime News Network: Sorry about that, my cat just ruined yet another network cable.. I wonder what she finds so tasty in them? Editor's note: It seems that I'm not the only Anime website editor around here having problems with his cat.
Kara: LOL
Shawn the Touched: Funny, I just had a cat stomping around in the dry leaves outside my window, sounding like a prowler.
Kara: Nyao!
Shawn: Okay, now we've met. ^^
ANN: Well Shawn, ANN has taken a look at some of your previous works, Maze." And I get to be an active officer in the club.
ANN: You mentioned that you did some fan dubbing of series like SM, how did you get involved with that?
Kara: By complete chance, actually! I was searching for fan pages online, to learn more about the series, and it turned up a fandub audition page. I had a mic, so I just randomly tried for a small part in a short clip. (more
<Kara> Got in on my first try, and sought out more stuff from there.
ANN: Shawn, are you professionally involved in Anime outside of WR, and before....
Shawn: Okay. I'm not sure what would constitute a professional involvement in anime outside of animating it...
ANN: Laff, very true.
Shawn: So I'd have to say no.
Shawn: What I do otherwise is graphic design, animation (of a more mundane sort) and video editing, and web design.
ANN: How do you come up with the ideas for you projects? Do they just pop into your head?
Shawn: Yes, and usually in the shower.
Shawn: I find the shower to be a creativity enhancer.
ANN: Do you have ideas for your projects already?
Kara: Oh, believe me, he has no shortage of ideas ...
ANN: I know the feeling, so many ideas, so little time, right?
Shawn: Yes, there are a number of future works, but I'd rather not say anything about them until PL is near completion. ^_^
ANN: When is PL going to be finished, what stage of the work are you at right now?
Shawn: There's still a lot to do. It's a pretty long project. I can't give a certain date of completion.
Shawn: I don't want to give a certain date, because that's what caused previous works to be rushed.
ANN: Any favorite series or creators to speak of? (question for both of you)
Kara: I have an unholy love of "OVA.
Shawn: There are 2 distributors who have offered to distribute it in stores and the usual channels, once it's complete.
Shawn: The reason the others aren't distributed that way is because they're too short.
Shawn: However, compiled together with a special featurette "making of" sort of thing, the shorts can be done that way, too.
ANN: I have a backwards sort of question to ask you both right now.
Kara: Hmmm ...
ANN: If YOU were interviewing Shawn the Touched and Kara from White Radish, what would you want to know? Take as much time as you want with this, last person I asked told me he would call me back half an hour later... I heard from him 2 days later.
Kara: Wow ... that really is wild, LOL
Shawn: Heh, I'll have to request some time for that, too. ^^
ANN: (PS: I want the answer too :-) )
Shawn: Of course.
Kara: LOL Well, if I were to turn about and ask Kara Dennison something, odds are it would be whether or not she was barking mad for devoting so much time to something like voice acting. What does she hope to gain?
Kara: It's not as glamourous as other acting jobs she could be pursuing, and not as rewarding financially, to be sure. So why continue?
Kara: And really, it's for the same reason I act at all. It's for the love. For the experience. I get to experiment with different roles and sorts of things that wouldn't work onstage. There's a lot more freedom ...
Kara: especially (obviously) vocally, and just with the sorts of characters I play. I mean, I play aliens, vampires, mad scientists, magical girls ... it's really just a treat for me to GET to do it.
ANN: Backing up a tiny bit Kara, you're in University, right? What do you study? (if it matters... it matters)
Kara: I'm currently at William & Mary, and I'm studying theatre (as it's a liberal arts school, I'm taking random courses in other fields, too), with a minor in music or lit ... haven't decided yet.
ANN: How long have you been acting?
Kara: Since I was seven. I was in a children's troupe. Did a lot of things in community theatre and high school. And I come from an acting family. I have relatives in radio, and one on Star Trek (Michael Ansara).
Kara: (Just had to throw that in, LOL)
ANN: Acting is really in your blood then, huh?
Kara: Oh, very much so. Though he won't it it, my grandfather (whom I live with in the summer) is a frustrated actor. He's really ed on that love of acting to me.
Kara: Here is a question for Shawn: Where do your stories come from?
Shawn:I get my stories from a story factory in Burbank! (I think that was originally Harlan Ellison's line).
Shawn: "What is your dream project?"
Editor's note: This answer actually came 5 days later.
Shawn: Pink Lemonade is my dream project, the one I'm working on now. ^_^ I've put a lot of time and energy into it, and it's very gratifying to see it all coming together.
Shawn: Also, "How long do you foresee yourself producing animation?"
Shawn: That's pretty much either indefinitely or until it becomes obsolete.
ANN:Yeah, it does. Well, thank you both, it was a pleasure.
Shawn: Absolutely. Great talking to you! And don't worry about it, it was fun. ^.^
Kara:Goodnight then. ^^
Shawn: Ja!
ANN: Good night Shawn, Kara.
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