(NOTE: The following is not an exact transcription of the interview with Murata. A translator assisted with the interview and the following is based on that person's translation.)
[Q] - Question
[M] - Range Murata
[Q] How did you get into the anime business?
[M] Basically I'm not an animator, I don't work in the animation industry. I'm an illustrator by profession. After my current project, I will probably go back to being an illustrator.
[Q] As an illustrator, where did you pick up your skills?
[M] I initially started studying fine arts at a university. The school I was attending was more into mechanical / industrial design. I had a friend who was more into comic books / manga and I was introduced into that world. There's a bit of a difference between the fine arts drawing and sketching that I was doing in school. The way you depict a character would be different in manga than in fine arts. But I thought manga was very interesting and started getting into that line.
[Q] At your AX press group interview, people brought that you have done fashion design. How did your interest in fashion design develop?
[M] It originally started when I was doing illustration. I would create clothes for the characters in my illustrations. Then I started creating original clothes. One aspect I like about illustration work is that in the world I am depicting, I can control everything inside in terms of what clothes the characters are wearing, what kind of cars the characters are driving, etc. When I was creating all these illustrations, people would come up to me and comment that the clothes the character is wearing are really unique, or that handbag is really interesting. It just evolved from there and people approached me and said, "why don't you actually create the clothes and create the handbags?"
[Q] Also at the press conference, you mentioned you like antiques very much. How did you become interested in antiques?
[M] It was sort of a gradual thing. I just realized there was something different with antiques. The difference is in the visual lines / designs that antiques use. I feel that in today's world, everything is mass-produced. For example, if you take a camera, it's just one object. But when you take antique pieces, I can really feel the conviction of the person who created that antique work. The lines are really well thougtht out and it has to be a certain design. I really feel the creator's conviction behind creating that object. That's something I don't see in modern objects.
[Q] Is there any particular antique you don't have that you want?
[M] There's quite a few actually. For example, antique cars that I want. I really like vehicles, anything with wheels whether it be cars or motorcycles or bicycles. So there are quite a few things I would like to collect in terms to vehicles (I'm really attracted to them). But there's always the question of "how much it costs" and if I can maintain them.
[Q] What do you like to do in your spare time? Do you have any other hobbies?
[M] I don't really have that much spare time. Usually it ends up that when I work, I work without sleeping for two to three days. So when I do have spare time, I'll spend it catching up on my sleep.
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