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Source: Cinema Today, HoriPro Youtube Channel
by HPrieston March 15, 2011

石原さとみ、藤原竜也らが日本昔話を朗読してYouTubeに　震災が子ども番組に影響

[シネマトゥデイ映画ニュース]　石原さとみ、藤原竜也、船越英一郎などホリプロ所属タレントによる日本昔話の朗読動画がYouTubeのオフィシャルチャンネルにて公開されている。東北地方太平洋沖地震の影響でテレビでは連日臨時ニュースが放映され、子ども番組が放映されなくなっているために立ち上がった被災者支援だ。

現在配信されているのは、同社所属タレントによる「よみきかせ日本昔ばなし」20数本。堀義貴社長はツイッターで「被災地でYouTube視聴可能な方は、お子様に是非どうぞ」と動画URLを公開しており、リツイート、シェアなどによる拡散を希望している。地震の影響でテレビの子ども番組などの編成に影響が見られているための処置だ。

石原さとみ「そら豆とわらと炭」、市村正親「どろぼうのどろぼう」、藤原竜也「宝くらべ」、優香「海の水はなぜ塩からい」など数分～10数分のものがオフィシャルチャンネルにはアップされており、インターネットの接続環境があれば、誰でも楽しめるようになっている。

さらに堀社長は「今日の時点で、いくつかの復興支援策と、被災地への精神的応援策のプランが上がってきました」と今後も同種の企画を継続していく予定だ。

HoriPro, a popular agency which hosts talents like Ishihara Satomi, Fujiwara Tatsuya and Funakoshi Eiichiro, came up with the idea of creating cute animated clips as a form of entertainment and distraction for the youngest victims of the tsunami and earthquake disasters.

Each clip features one well-known Japanese folktale, as recited by one of HoriPro’s many talents. They uploaded the clips onto their official YouTube channel with the hopes that anyone with an Internet connection would show them to their children.

Due to all of the emergency news broadcasts, many children who weren’t old enough to grasp the seriousness of the events were (and still are) deprived of all their fun and educational shows. The agency also understood that many adults who were directly affected by the calamity would not have been able to detach themselves from their sorrow in order to entertain children.

As such, HoriPro’s president Hori Yoshitaka personally tweeted the URL to their YouTube channel, and expressed hoped that many people would retweet it in order to reach as many children as possible.
Right now, there are 20 different folktales with a runtime up to 10 minutes per clip. For example, children can find  ”The Bean, the Straw and the Coal” (narrated by Ishihara Satomi), “Treasure Contest” (narrated by Fujiwara Tatsuya) and “Why Sea Water is Salty” (narrated by Yuuka).

President Hori ensured that this won’t be the only form of relief aid provided by his talent agency, “As of today we have started to put several plans into action in order to help with the reconstruction and mentally support those affected by the disaster.”

It’s a great way to give back to the community, don’t you think? Check out their heartwarming project below!
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“The Bean, the Straw and the Coal” (Ishihara Satomi)


“Treasure Contest” (Fujiwara Tatsuya)

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