落合隼亮さんのインスタグラム写真 - (落合隼亮Instagram)「My phone rang while I was watching the final game of World Cup 2018 on July 15th. I will be landing in Tokyo in 2days said Stu. I called Takayasu immediately while France was winning the championship. July 20th Stu and I were facing Hiroaki Takeuchi, the producer of Animatrix and basically “The Man.” Sturgill cranked his roughly mixed S&F in the meeting room describing Samurai in the gas mask driving a muscle car through ruined city. He had an idea to animate the instrumental intro of the album and do the rest of the album with live action. I was very nervous if Hiro would take the offer and even consider taking the project. As we spoke to him, he was asking questions like Is the camera zooming in? What scene will it begin? etc. I asked would anyone will be interested in this project? He said I think it will be a very cool project. He asked Who do you want to work with? We said Kamikaze Douga. Hiro said, they just finished Batman Ninja and they are one of the busiest animation studios. I will ask but, don’t get your hopes up. After that we pretty much spent time in the beach to get away from the brutal summer heat. Sturgill got his tattoo retouched by Hori Han and wanted him to draw the inside sleeve for the album which became another assignment for me to coordinate. After Stu left Tokyo, I got an email from Hiro Takeuchi. Kamikaze Douga is interested in talking with this project. Should I gon ? #sturgillsimpson」12月1日 22時42分