[caption id="attachment_145508" align="aligncenter" width="316" caption="Left: Chiba Yudai, Right: Yamadera Koichi"][/caption]

On April 18th, voice actor�Yamadera Koichi and actor�Chiba Yudai showed up at the press conference as the voice cast for the "HOP" Japanese dubbed version (Japanese title: Easter Rabbit no Candy Koujou).

This will be the voice acting debut for Chiba, therefore Yamadera said, "Since we are both from same city, I will train him very strictly... just kidding." �Chiba commented, "I'm really looking forward to challenge voice acting since this is my first time. �I hope to learn a lot from Yamadera-san."

As they said, they are both from Tagajo-city in Miyagi prefecture, which is an area that has suffered from the earthquake. �According to Chiba, he went back to his hometown after the disaster and saw the damage directly. �Yamadera also visited some devastated areas as a volunteer, and was shocked to see the heavy damage. �He said that he wishes people in the devastated areas would have a chance to watch the movie some day and cheer up for a bit.

"HOP" will be released on August 19th in Japan.

Source & Photo: Oricon