Guys, told you it was coming. This is Major.
As usual, translation under cut.
Note: I never actually found the HQ Animage scans that I have been so frequently whining to you all about, but I found this while searching baidu at 6.30am today lol. I am pretty certain it is a translation of the Animage article, even if it is published in a Chinese magazine, because the contents correspond to the Animage article, from what I’ve seen in Japanese blogs. Since it was in Chinese, it was a hundred times easier for me to translate anyway, since Chinese is my 2nd language. However I think the Animage article has additional stuff. If you’re interested in the low-quality Animage scans, click here. It is so puny I can’t even see anything.
Also I think this was published in either 2009 Dec or Jan 2010.
Anyway.
Headline: When the Prince from Planet S Meets the Queen of Kabukichou
Tagline: Gintama: Suzumura Kenichi X Kugimiya Rie Interview
Some great people have said this about Gintama: This is an anime which can change pure and normal minds of many blooming teenagers into that of a wretched old man or woman’s (Which great person said this bullshit?!) Now it looks like that is not unreasonable, as that argument can be applied to several of the roles in this show. Even if they are handsome or beautiful, they are constantly doing things that do not reflect that appearance, making viewers’ jaws drop or their sides split with laughter. Something that was fully representative of this was Okita Sougo who got a high placing of 2nd position in the recent Popularity Poll arc and the self-proclaimed Queen of Kabukichou (who is actually the main heroine) Kagura. Their bitter mortal rivalry and black-and-white relationship has been the talk of many fans. Due to their little actions in the “Rokkaku Arc” and “Popularity Poll Arc” which a lot of people relished, as well as with the release of the new “Gintama: Benizakura Arc New Translation” movie, the two people who voiced these eternal enemies, Suzumura Kenichi and Kugimiya Rie, have brought us a talk today full of fireworks! Let us welcome the arrival of the Prince of S Planet Okita and the Queen of Kabukichou Kagura—