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English and French subtitles are available under the "CC" menu.
From "BADDUCKS" to "DOGA", we shed light on manga artist Toryumon Takeda, whose stories show flawed, yet endearing characters embarked together on an adventurous journey. She tells us more about her influences, her thoughts put in character creation and her posture towards manga.
『BADDUCKS』、『大好きな妻だった』の漫画家である武田登竜門に、ご自身の世界観、影響を受けた要素、漫画に対する向き合い方をお伺いしました。そして、2024年3月に発売予定の新たな長編シリーズとなる『DOGA』について、作品に注ぎ込んだ思いについて語っていただきました。
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Music Tracks:
Coral on the Reefs - Jia Lee
Vivace - Spearfisher
Cycle of Oxygen - Damon Power
Same Sun Electronic - Christopher Galovan
Secret No 1 - DaniHaDani
Bonding - Jia Lee
#manga
English and French subtitles are available under the "CC" menu.
Mai Yoneyama's talent ranges between animation, illustration, character design and art.
As an animator, she has worked on music videos and series such as KILL la KILL, Panty & Stocking, KIZNAIVER or Little Witch Academia, while more recently directing the ending for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. Her work as an illustrator is directly influenced by her animation background, gaining a worldwide following.
We look at her beginnings at prestigious animation studios including GAINAX or TRIGGER, following her career path and evolution as a broad artist who developed a mesmerizing and unique style.
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米山舞はアニメーション、イラストレーション、キャラクターデザイン、アートまで幅広い活躍しているアーティスト。
アニメーターとして、MVや『キルラキル』『リトルウィッチアカデミア』『キズナイーバー』『パンティ&ストッキング』シリーズなど、ディレクターとして『サイバーパンク エッジランナーズ』のEDを担当。イラストレーターの仕事もご自身の出自であるアニメーションから影響を受けており、世界各国で大きく注目を浴びている。
今回、ガイナックスやトリガーといった世界的に有名なアニメーションスタジオでのキャリア初期から、アーティストとして歩んだ道筋、そしてそのユニークで、「神絵師」と称されるほどのスタイルに着目しました。
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Music Tracks:
Eurydice - Diffie Bosman
Dots - Adi Goldstein
Turning Point - Alon Peretz
Theory of Aviation - Industrumental Version - Tom Meira Anthony
Everywhere - Flint
Snowfall - Adi Goldstein
Thumbnail Photo Credit: Alexander Degiorgio
#animation #illustration
Commemorating the 10th anniversary since Kenji Eno's sudden passing, we asked his colleagues, friends and family to reminisce on this unique creator.
Always one step ahead in the game industry, Kenji Eno is behind cult titles, such as "D" or "Enemy Zero", one-of-their-kind interactive movies, "Real Sound: Kaze no Regret", an innovative title in accessibility, or "D2" on the Dreamcast.
This documentary is an homage to his memory, work, and legacy.
Thanks to Hideo Kojima, Fumito Ueda, Pierre Taki, Tadanobu Asano, Kazutoshi Iida, Tetsuya Mizuguchi, Asako Noguchi, Hideto Yamada, Hiroko Minamoto, Kenichi Nishi, Yutaka Saito and Yuka Iino for their kind participation.
巨匠のクリエイター、飯野賢治の没10周年にちなみ、同僚や友人、家族など、身近にいた方々が追憶をふけた。
ゲーム業界で常に前衛的で、既成概念にとらわれないマインドを持っていた飯野は、「D」や「エネミー・ゼロ」というユニークなインタラクティブムービー、または「リアルサウンド 〜風のリグレット〜」でゲーム画面のない、現在ではアクセシビリティのパイオニアであるタイトルを手がけた。
本映像は本人のキャラクター、作品、そしてレガシーへのオマージュとなります。
出演:小島秀夫、上田文人、ピエール瀧、浅野忠信、飯田和敏、水口哲也、野口朝子、山田秀人、源紘子、西健一、斎藤由多加、飯野由香
Thanks to Fernando Garcia for the Portuguese (BR) subtitles!
We've spent a day with animation film director Hiroyasu Ishida, after wrapping up production for his latest film: Drifting Home.
As the first creator who joined Studio Colorido, Ishida looks back at his career and works, from his short debut "Fumiko no Kokuhaku" made in university, to his first feature-length film "Penguin Highway", and his thoughts towards the upcoming "Drifting Home", releasing this September.
Thanks to SubTube for the Portuguese (BR) subtitles and to Salma Sayed, Rana Khaled, Mariam Ehab and Alper Magdy for the Arabic subtitles!
Layout is a new series focused on Japanese drawing artists, their inspirations and their work.
In this first episode, we spent time with Acky Bright, an illustrator whose works are inspired by many artists and pop culture titles, with strong influences from Katsuya Terada or Akira Toriyama.
Navigating between digital, pencil or marker, Acky Bright takes his drawing philosophy from Katsuya Terada: simply draw, anywhere, using any method.
Tracks used:
- A Necessary Journey - Sean Williams
- Velvet Fog - Brendon Moeller
- Through Adversity - Michael Vignola
- Sojourn - Dear Gravity
Thanks to k0pernicus for the French subtitles and to SubTube for the Portuguese (BR) subtitles!
#drawing #illustration
Yuriko Akase and Junichiro Saito are two manga artists whose alternative styles go against some of manga’s set rules.
We spent a day with each one of them to learn more about their motivations, their inspirations and how they place themselves in the industry.
From full watercolor to hard-boiled noir, discover the authors and some of their key works: Sazan & Comet Girl and Shit Chofu.
Thanks to SubTube for the Portuguese subtitles!
#Manga #Drawing #Mangaka
While we were in Wajima, located in Ishikawa prefecture, we met Shigeru Kancho, a 5th generation artisan specialized in wan-kiji, a traditional bowl cutting discipline and first step of the renown Wajima lacquerware creation process.
He shared a message on the current state of craftsmen in Japan, and their grim future, as they struggle to find successors to transmit over their ancestral techniques to future generations.
Thanks to SubTube for the Portuguese subtitles!
He looks back at his motivations and emotions that led him to this project, in addition to the daunting process of single-handedly creating the film, spending one year on preparation and two years on production.
- PUPARIA: youtu.be/CWnqX41JHuM
- Shingo Tamagawa on Twitter: twitter.com/ShingoTamagawa
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for the Bulgarian, nAnoMarV for the Arabic, Kandakyo for the Chinese (Simplified) and Charlotte for the French subtitles!
#animation #puparia
He told us more about the art director position in the Japanese game industry, as we explored some surreal places that inspired him through his career.
Locations:
- Kawasaki Industrial Zone
- Izu Oshima
Music by Hakobune: hakobune.bandcamp.com
Track List:
Nebulous Sequences - Part. 4
All the other hearts I knew - Blackland Prairie Part 2
All the other hearts I knew - Interlude
Nebulous Sequences - Part. 10
Seamless And Here - Your Unwavering Fidelity
Nebulous Sequences - Part. 6
Away From The Lunar Waters - Away From The Lunar Waters
All the other hearts I knew - All the other hearts I knew Part 1
Seamless And Here - Heathered
Seamless And Here - Seamless and Here
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#finalfantasy #ff #artdirection
We've spent some time with Naoki Yoshida, who took the helm of the project in December 2010, who recollected on his career, his beginnings at Square Enix and the evolution of FFXIV, now at the end of its third extension.Yoshida also told us about his admiration for Yasumi Matsuno, creator of Tactics Ogre, Final Fantasy Tactics and Vagrant Story, who is now heavily collaborating on FFXIV, in addition to his views about the future of the MMORPG genre.
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#ffxiv #mmorpg
Track four - Sona mi areru ec sancitu, the ending theme of Panzer Dragoon Saga. (Track starts at 00:11)
Track one - Ecce Valde Generous Ale: youtu.be/bYGU3PWuc1I
Track two - Nomad: youtu.be/tyMKJJbkYPo
Track three - Village of Zoah: youtu.be/FMQqYIQY5zg
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#panzerdragoon
As part of the Archipel "Caravan" series, we've met with the series creator Toshihiro Nagoshi, SEGA CCO and head of the Ryu Ga Gotoku studio, who recollected on the origins of Yakuza, its evolution as one of SEGA's top IPs and his perspectives towards the future.
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#sega #yakuza #龍が如く
Track three - Village of Zoah, from the Panzer Dragoon Saga soundtrack. (Track starts at 01:14)
Track one - Ecce Valde Generous Ale: youtu.be/bYGU3PWuc1I
Track two - Nomad: youtu.be/tyMKJJbkYPo
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#panzerdragoon
As part of the Archipel "Caravan" series, we asked him about his career, before a spectacular live performance, inside SEGA's studio.
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Thanks to SubTube for the Portuguese subtitles!
#sega #daytonausa #burningrangers
Following Resident Evil 4, Shinji Mikami slowly distanced himself from Capcom, joining Clover Studio, whose members will later create PlatinumGames. We will look back at God Hand, a unique action title, where we'll learn more about the ambitions Mikami had for it, before following on multiple project ideas that he had before finally creating Vanquish.
We also asked about Mikami's collaboration with Goichi "SUDA51" Suda, which started in the Capcom days on killer7, until Shadows of the Damned several years later.
Finally, Mikami decided to create his own studio, Tango Gameworks in 2010 in order to foster a new generation of game creators. We dive in his vision for the company in addition to the two titles of The Evil Within series, all the way to the upcoming Ghostwire: Tokyo, the studio's latest action-adventure title scheduled for a 2021 release.
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Shinji Mikami, Part 1: The birth of the survival horror game: youtu.be/NKYX3GstHlw
Thanks to SubTube for the Portuguese (BR) subtitles, stalk4 wooder for Spanish, Blancon10 & FiSterne for Arabic, Tsvetoslav 'SEAN' Shalev for the Bulgarian, LeonSK for the Russian, and Charlotte for the French subtitles!
#shinjimikami #tangogameworks
Track two - Nomad, from the Panzer Dragoon Saga soundtrack. (Track starts at 00:12)
Track one - Ecce Valde Generous Ale: youtu.be/bYGU3PWuc1I
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#panzerdragoon
Over a long interview, he told us about his beginnings at Capcom, the birth of the Resident Evil series and his views on the horror genre. He'll tell us more of his influences, citing games such as Sweet Home or Alone in the Dark and iconic films such as Dawn of the Dead and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
This documentary is split in two parts: Part 2 - Shinji Mikami: An Eclectic Journey: youtu.be/_37pVVpzg98
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#residentevil #biohazard
As part of our Archipel Caravan series, we will be releasing these short musical interludes, one track at a time.
Track one - Ecce valde generous ale, from the Panzer Dragoon Saga soundtrack. (Track starts at 01:25)
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#panzerdragoon
During this interview, we look at his game scenario writing approach and his views on the “death game” genre, including influences and inspirations from films or animation. We also dive into Kodaka's approach towards character creation, in an effort to define what creates his atypical style.
This content opens Archipel Caravan, our new series of weekly content centered around creators of the Japanese game industry.
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Thanks to Subtube for the Portuguese (BR), Charlotte for the French and Tiziano Raffa for the Italian subtitles!
#danganronpa
We looked at him research new sounds, he then improvised an original ambient composition, that gave our minds a little breeze of fresh air during these crazy times.
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Chihei Hatakeyama’s Official Website
http://www.chihei.org/index.htm
Chihei Hatakeyama on bandcamp
chiheihatakeyama.bandcamp.com
In Staying Afloat, Shono tells us his story, from having to close down his restaurants overseas, installing security measures to leveraging his 15 years of experience as a ramen creator to develop new products, while also sharing his views about the food industry, hardly hit worldwide.
We had filmed with Shono a few years back in Shoku, where we looked at his philosophy and his approach to ramen: youtu.be/5rld4z7j5zA
MENSHO Official Website: menya-shono.com
Overseas Restaurants Information:
- Mensho Tokyo (San Francisco, CA): 672 Geary St, San Francisco, CA
- Mensho Tokyo BKK (Bangkok, Thailand): 571 RSU Tower Room G-03 G Floor Klongton Nua, Watthana, Bangkok 10110, Thailand
Tokyo Restaurants Information:
- MENSHO: 1 Chome-17-16 Otowa, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
- Menya Shono: 1 Chome−3 Ichigayatamachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
- GACHI: 7-10 Sumiyoshicho Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
- MENSHO TOKYO: 1 Chome-15-9 Kasuga, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
- Jikasei MENSHO: 15−1, Udagawacho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
- Mensho San Francisco: 1 Chome−1−3, Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Music:
Teebs - Verbena Tea with Rebekah Raff
Teebs - LSP Featuring Austin Peralta
This video was made in collaboration with French publisher Mana Books, end 2017.
Mana Books: mana-books.com
#finalfantasy #illustration #documentary
Their Tengujo Japanese paper is fully hand-made and one of the thinnest papers in the world; besides its uses in calligraphy or art, Tengujo paper was also used in order to restore precious works of art, including the Vatican's Sistine Chapel.
Shot in August 2017 as part of the New Territories project.
Music by:
AHNNU
Sugar In The Dark - Perception
TEEBS
Bern Rhythm - Ardour
Hamada Washi - Official Website:
http://www.hamadawashi.com
Locations:
Juso-ya: 1-2-3, Juso-Honmachi, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka
Imanaka Sake-ten: 2-6-11, Juso-Higashi, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka
Live Alive: 6-15, Sugaharacho, Kita-ku, Osaka
Juso Torys Bar: 1-2-7, Juso-Honmachi, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka
Source: 4-12-21, Tenjinbashi, Kita-ku, Osaka
Donio: 7-11-51, Fukushima, Fukushima-ku, Osaka
Bar Nemuri: 1-17-14, Tenjinbashi, Kita-ku, Osaka
Inc & Sons: 2-3-12, Awajicho, Chuo-ku, Osaka
- Disclaimer: From 9:40 to 9:50, a bar customer shows a photo on his phone saying it is his daughter. We were told that this person is not in any way related to the customer; we would like to correct this in order to avoid any misunderstanding.
- 訂正:映像の9:40〜9:50に、お店のお客様が画面上で写真を見せ、ご本人の娘だと主張している場面がございます。ただし、この度はその親子関係が事実でないことを確認し、訂正させていただきます。
We dived into his evolution as a mangaka, the behind Shaman King and its sudden cancellation from the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine and the new turn the series is taking, more than 20 years after its first release.
#manga #shamanking #documentary
For our last TGS encounter of the year, we discussed with Toshihiro Nagoshi and Fumihiko Yasuda, who were presenting Yakuza 7 and Nioh 2, available to the public for the first time. The two titles will be coming out early 2020, in probably what will be one of the last release cycles of this generation.
Taking a turn in the indies hall of Tokyo Game Show, we found Yoshiro Kimura, who told us the tale of moon - a poetic antithesis of the RPG genre, soon to be launched on Switch, more than 20 years after its original release and for the first time in English.
As we wandered through the alleys of Tokyo Game Show, we encountered Kotaro Uchikoshi, director of the Zero Espace series, who told us more about his latest game, AI: The Somnium files.
We met with game industry veteran Koji 'IGA' Igarashi, who recently released "Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night", after a successful Kickstarter campaign held in 2015.
As he reflects back on the story behind his title, he was joined later that night by Yohei Kataoka, the creator behind "Tokyo Jungle", another game resulting from alternative funding.
Full Cast: Hiroshi Iuchi (Ikaruga), Kenji Kanno (Crazy Taxi), Masayoshi Kikuchi (Jet Set Radio), Rieko Kodama (Eternal Arcadia), Tetsuya Mizuguchi (Space Channel 5 / Rez), Tetsu Okano (Segagaga), Yoot Saito (Seaman) & Hiroaki Yotoriyama (SoulCalibur)
Link to Part 1: youtu.be/eD7JYqty8aE
Additional thanks to: Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc., Enhance, M2
OPeNBooK Co. Ltd / Seaman AI Lab, SEGA, Treasure
Ben Shinobi, iPLAY SEGA, Ponji, Le Monde Komagata, Super Potato, G-Front
Game Footage - Copyright Correction:
©BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc. HEADQUARTER OFFICE
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2001年1月。リリースから3年を待たずに、セガはドリームキャストの生産中止を表明した。後編では、ドリームキャストの代表的なタイトルを手がけたゲームクリエイターにそのハードウェアが迎えた運命の要因についてお伺いし、後に残されたレガシーについてお話した。
出演:井内ひろし(斑鳩)、菅野顕二(クレイジータクシー)、菊池正義(ジェットセットラジオ)、小玉理恵子(エターナルアルカディア)、水口哲也(スペースチャネル5、Rez)、岡野晢(セガガガ)、斎藤由多加(シーマン)、世取山宏秋(ソウルキャリバー)
前編:youtu.be/eD7JYqty8aE
#dreamcast #sega
this time with the game creators behind some of the console's most iconic titles.
In this first part, these creators will tell us more about how they encountered the Dreamcast, the context at the time, in addition to the story behind their titles.
Full Cast: Hiroshi Iuchi (Ikaruga), Kenji Kanno (Crazy Taxi), Masayoshi Kikuchi (Jet Set Radio), Rieko Kodama (Eternal Arcadia), Tetsuya Mizuguchi (Space Channel 5 / Rez), Tetsu Okano (Segagaga), Yoot Saito (Seaman) & Hiroaki Yotoriyama (SoulCalibur)
Link to Part 2: youtu.be/kzXSZTk-J8A
Additional thanks to: Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc., Enhance, M2
OPeNBooK Co. Ltd / Seaman AI Lab, SEGA, Treasure
Ben Shinobi, iPLAY SEGA, Ponji, Le Monde Komagata, Super Potato, G-Front
Game Footage - Copyright Correction:
©BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc. HEADQUARTER OFFICE
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昨年は「Ebb and Flow」で、ここ数年絶賛された日本のタイトルのゲームクリエイターにゲーム業界に対する思いを伺った。
今年はドリームキャストの20周年の一環として、その歩みとレガシーを追求するべく、今回はそのハードウェアの代表的なタイトルを手がけたクリエイターにお話を伺った。
前編では、彼らにドリームキャストとの出会いについてお伺いし、当時の状況、そしてそれぞれのタイトルのストーリーについて語っていただいた。
出演:井内ひろし(斑鳩)、菅野顕二(クレイジータクシー)、菊池正義(ジェットセットラジオ)、小玉理恵子(エターナルアルカディア)、水口哲也(スペースチャネル5、Rez)、岡野晢(セガガガ)、斎藤由多加(シーマン)、世取山宏秋(ソウルキャリバー)
後編:youtu.be/kzXSZTk-J8A
#dreamcast #sega
Keiichi Okabe, Composer
Places:
Rinshi no Mori Park, Musashi-Koyama Area
Tokyo Gate Bridge, Koto Area
ゲスト
岡部啓一、作曲家
訪れた場所
林試の森公園、武蔵小山周辺
東京ゲートブリッジ、江東区周辺
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Keiichi Okabe is a music composer who started his career at Namco. He is renowned for his work on the NieR series and Drakengard 3 game soundtracks.
This is the final episode of the toco toco series. Thank you for supporting toco toco over the years, we hope you'll enjoy what's coming next.
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- Keiichi Okabe on Twitter: twitter.com/monaca_okabe
- MONACA Official Website: http://www.monaca.jp
#NieRAutomata #NieR
Atsushi Kaneko, Mangaka
Places:
Shimokitazawa Club Que, Shimokitazawa Area
Meguro River, Naka-Meguro Area
Red Shoes, Minami-Aoyama Area
Katsu Shimokitazawa, Shimokitazawa Area
ゲスト
カネコアツシ、漫画家
訪れた場所
下北沢CLUB Que、下北沢周辺
目黒川、中目黒周辺
レッドシューズ、南青山周辺
克ッ 下北沢、下北沢周辺
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Atsushi Kaneko is a mangaka known for his work on Bambi, Soil, Wet Moon or Deathco. With a singular style rallying strong influences that range from punk rock and cinema to lowbrow art, Kaneko created his own universe, with themes including rage, loss of control and an adversity against the world. His passion for cinema also led him to direct “Mushi”, a segment part of the anthology film “Rampo Noir”, where he leveraged his past mangaka experience, which in turn influenced his manga career onwards.
Working completely alone, Kaneko will introduce us to his process and the balance he creates with his free time, as we followed him to a rock concert, one his DJ events or a dinner with friends, while he also tries to keep an open window on the world walking alongside Meguro river.
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- Atsushi Kaneko on Twitter: twitter.com/kaneko_atsushi_
- Red Shoes Official Website: http://redshoes.jp
GUEST
AC-bu, Animators
PLACES WE WENT TO
Royal Host Baji Koen, Yoga Area
Futako-Tamagawa River Banks, Futako-Tamagawa Area
ゲスト
AC部、アニメーターユニット
訪れた場所
ロイヤルホスト馬事公苑店、用賀周辺
二子玉川・川沿い、二子玉川周辺
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AC-bu is an animator unit formed by Toru Adachi and Shunsuke Itakura, celebrating their 20th career anniversary in 2019. Their work spans over psychedelic music videos, commercials and animations that all share the unit’s concept of providing an unexpected, strange feeling to its audience.
The pair will take us to a Royal Host in the Yoga Area, which served as a location in one of their segments for Bobunemimimi, derived for the manga Pop Team Epic and one of the unit’s most acclaimed works. They will tell us how they incorporate locations into their work as we follow them to the Futako-Tamagawa river banks, which appeared in the animated music video they produced for the band group_inou for their song HEART.
The unit will explain the philosophy behind their unique work, far from the traditional concepts of animation.
#AC部 #ACbu #animation
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AC-bu on Twitter: twitter.com/acbu_official
Our 2nd episode of Hidengen, led once again by graphic & game designer YACOYON, follows Tendays Games, Oink Games and Arclight, 3 key makers of Japan’s board game scene, where we will dive into their work, while also hearing their thoughts and perspectives towards the Game Market, Japan’s largest board game event.
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「ヒデンゲン」の第2回では、ボードゲームシーンの代表的な存在となるテンデイズゲームズ、オインクゲームズ、そしてアークライトという3社をフォローし、それぞれの世界観を探訪した上で、日本のボードゲームの祭典である「ゲームマーケット」に対する見解もお伺いしていきます。
#boardgames #japan
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Jake Kazdal on Twitter: twitter.com/jkooza
17-BIT Official Website: http://17-bit.com
240 (Nikoyon) - Address: Takeyamachi-kudaru Jurakucho 863-25, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto
Hideaki Itsuno, Kazunori Kadoi, Yasuhiro Anpo - Game Directors
PLACES WE WENT TO
Capcom Headquarters, Osaka
Junkudo, Tenmabashi Area, Osaka
Super Potato, Nipponbashi Area, Osaka
Game Tanteidan, Nipponbashi Area, Osaka
Rock, Kitahama Area, Osaka
Yamauchi Nojo, Namba Area, Osaka
今回のゲスト
伊津野英昭、安保康弘、門井一憲 - ゲームクリエイター
訪れた場所
カプコン開発ビル、大阪市
ジュンク堂・天満橋店、天満橋周辺、大阪市
スーパーポテト、日本橋周辺、大阪市
ゲーム探偵団、日本橋周辺、大阪市
ロック、北浜周辺、大阪市
山内農場、なんば周辺、大阪市
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In this special episode of toco toco, we headed west to Osaka to follow Hideaki Itsuno, director of the upcoming Devil May Cry 5 and the duo Yasuhiro Anpo & Kazunori Kadoi, directors of the critically acclaimed and recently released Resident Evil 2 remake.
Separated between two floors, the three game directors opened their doors to their respective development areas and introduced us to the places that inspire them, ranging from book stores to retro gaming shops in Osaka’s Nipponbashi area, over the course of two days.
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Devil May Cry 5 Official Website
http://www.devilmaycry5.com
Resident Evil 2 Official Website
http://www.residentevil2.com
Hideki Itsuno on Twitter
twitter.com/tomqe
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GUEST
Shinichi Sakamoto, Mangaka
ゲスト
坂本眞一、漫画家
PLACES WE WENT TO
Little Nap COFFEE STAND, Yoyogi Area
Yoyogi Hachimangu Shrine, Yoyogi Area
Sakamoto’s atelier
訪れた場所
Little Nap COFFEE STAND、代々木八幡周辺
代々木八幡宮、代々木八幡周辺
坂本氏のアトリエ
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Known for his work on mountain climibing manga “Kokou no Hito” (also known as "The Climber" or "Ascension") or “Innocent”, set in the French Revolution, Shinichi Sakamoto is a mangaka with a unique approach, we spent time with him to discover the themes & motivations behind his work.
Sakamoto adopted a fully digital work environment and a process rarely seen in manga creation, he will tell us more about the symbolism in his works, strongly based on metaphors instead of the usual onomatopoeia.
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Little Nap COFFEE STAND Website (Japanese): http://www.littlenap.jp/#1
#manga
Over a month of residency, he discovered the island’s identity, traditions and people, evolving in a new work environment.
These encounters inspired the creation of an original artwork.
2018年9月、アーティストのシャルル・ムンカが島の旅を西へと続け、壱岐島にたどり着いた。
1ヶ月の滞在を経て、新たな環境に出会い、島のアイデンティティ、伝統、そして人を発見した。
それらの出会いからインスピレーションを得てオリジナルな作品を作った。
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music credits:
Daedelus - Baba Yaga, The Light Brigade
Sam Gendel - Trudge, Pass If Music
Josiah Steinbrick - (Carbon Steel, Four Spheres, Four Drums, Three Synthesizers), Meeting of Waters
SunPath - Gá Te, SunPath 2
We visited Pixel Art Park 5, which gathered illustrators, game creators, musicians or designers, all sharing a common passion for the “dot” art form.
Music "Hito no itonami" by: Kyohei Fujita
#pixelart #pixelartpark
music by Ahnnu
When I Met Her - Nature Walk & Other Things
Koji Yamamura, Animator
今回のゲスト
山村浩二、アニメーター
PLACES WE WENT TO
Joshinji Temple, Kuhombutsu Area
Nekojarashi Park, Kuhombutsu Area
Au Praxinoscope, Jiyugaoka Area
Tokyo University of the arts, Bankokubashi Campus, Bashamichi Area
訪れた場所
浄真寺、九品仏周辺
猫じゃらし、九品仏周辺
Au Praxinoscope、自由が丘周辺
東京藝術大学、大学院映像研究科、馬車道
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Koji Yamamura is an independent animator known for his short films such as Mount Head, A Country's Doctor or more recently Muybridge's Strings.
After visiting his atelier, we will follow Yamamura in the Jiyugaoka area, where he set his atelier and opened the Au Praxinoscope store, which aspires to diffuse independent animation culture and sells DVDs, books and illustrations.
As a professor at Tokyo Arts University, Koji Yamamura was a founding member of the animation department where he supports post-graduate students in the creation of their worlds.
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Yamamura Animation official website
http://www.yamamura-animation.jp
#animation
The first episode of this series is themed around board game cafes, which are places where people can gather to discover, learn and play games.
Their number has been highly growing in Japan these past years, partly due to a lesser tendency of playing board games at home. With YACOYON, we discovered some of the leading cafes in Tokyo, such as Asobi Cafe and the JELLY JELLY Cafe chain and discussed the trend with their respective owners.
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「ヒデンゲン」は日本のボードゲームシーンをテーマとした新シリーズとなります。本シリーズでは、グラフィックデザイナー兼ゲームデザイナーのYACOYON氏より日本のアナログ(非電源)ゲーム業界のあらゆるプレイヤーをご紹介いただきます。
初回では、人がボードゲームを新しく発見して・覚えて・そして遊べる場所であるボードゲームカフェを紹介していきます。
日本では家であまりボードゲームを遊ばない傾向から、ここ数年で店舗数が大きく増えているボードゲームカフェ。YACOYON氏とともに、AsobiカフェやJELLY JELLY CAFEなどという東京の代表的なカフェを巡り、そのオーナーたちとも話しながらそのトレンド。
#boardgames #japan
Evolving as hybrids between humans and characters — we looked into the “vtuber” movement, this new generation of content creators, exploring its ecosystem, its technology and its evolution as an industry.
Thanks to all the creators featured in this video, you can find the full list below:
Kizuna AI, Mirai Akari, Virtual, Shiro, Nekomasu, Hatoba Tsugu, YuNi, Kashiko Mari, Tanaka no Ossan, Omega Sisters, Yomemi, Moemi, Eilene, Amane Maho, Cherrykou Kitakubu, Natsumi Moe, Mituki Neu, Yugiri, Tokino Sora, Kira to Mel, Azuma Lim, Pagemi, Kasukabe Tsukushi, Virtual Neko, Poemcore, Hinata Nekomiya, Agent Sasaki, Kanna Channel, YUA, HimeHina Channel, Kaede Higuchi, Noracat Channel, Pandy, Virtual Obaachan, Oda Nobuhime, Tsukino Mito, Game Bu Project, Ninja Inui, Tamane Uta, Mizushina Aoi, Zombi-ko, Meika, Moscow Mule, K’WA, Hoshina Hinaka, EVE SCP, Fuji Aoi
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2016年より日本で急上昇している人間とキャラクターの垣間にあるバーチャルYouTuber。日々、ファン層が増えているとともに、新たなクリエイターも誕生している。
今回、そういったコンテンツクリエイターの新たな世代やそのエコシステム、技術、動向に迫るべく、「vtuber」現象を探訪しました。
本編に登場するクリエイターは以下の通り:
キズナアイ、ミライアカリ、ばあちゃる、シロ、ねこます、鳩羽つぐ、YuNi、かしこまり、田中のおっさん、おめがシスターズ、ヨメミ、萌実、エイレーン、天音マホ、チェリ高帰宅部、萌恵、海月ねう、由宇霧、ときのそら、きらめる、アズマリム、パゲ美、春日部つくし、ポエムコア、バーチャルねこ、エージェント佐々木、かんな、藤崎由愛、田中ヒメ、樋口楓、のらきゃっと、パンディ、バーチャルおばあちゃん、織田信姫、月ノ美兎、ゲーム部プロジェクト、乾、珠根うた、水科葵、ゾンビ子、メイカ、モスコミュール、K’WA、星菜日向夏、Eve、富士葵
#vtuber #virtualyoutubers #kizunaai
Max Watanabe, Modeler
PLACES WE WENT TO
Yellow Submarine, Akihabara Area
Cittec / Cafe Galibier, Minowa Area
Choshi Marina Triathlon, Choshi Area
今回のゲスト
MAX渡辺、モデラー
訪れた場所
イエローサブマリン、秋葉原周辺
Cittec / Cafe Galibier、三ノ輪周辺
銚子マリーナトライスロン、銚子周辺
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Max Watanabe is a modeler, writer and founder of Max Factory, one of Japan’s leading figure manufacturing companies. Starting his career as a writer at a young age, we will learn about the beginnings of Max Factory, which started as a gathering of friends in a small apartment. Max is also the inventor of the "figma" series, which still stands to this day at a big leap of innovation in the industry.
We will then head towards Yellow Submarine in Akihabara, a store specialized in figures and plastic models, that Max has known since the early days of Max Factory.
Besides being passionate for figures and plastic models, Max also actively practices triathlon, training at the Cittec cycling gym to improve his bike times, essential for a better race, one of which we followed Max to in Choshi, on the eastern side of Chiba prefecture.
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Max Factory’s Official Website (Japanese)
http://www.maxfactory.jp/ja/mxf
Max Watanabe on Twitter
twitter.com/MAXWATANABE
Yellow Submarine’s Official Website (Japanese)
http://www.yellowsubmarine.co.jp/shop/shop-060.htm
Cittec / Cafe Galibier’s Official Website (English)
http://cittec.net
We followed illustrator legend Katsuya Terada, as he discovered Iki island for the first time. Over a four-day period, he explored the island and created an artwork, inspired by some of the elements he gathered in this new environment.
During this session, he told us more about his philosophy and approach.
Special thanks to Chihei Hatakeyama for letting us use his track Nangoku (10:54-14:38 - ©White Paddy Mountain).
Shono developed his passion for Ramen since a young age; following his vision to develop ramen towards the field of gastronomy, Shono now operates nine Ramen restaurants in Japan, in addition to one restaurant in San Franscisco.
"Mensho", Official Website: http://menya-shono.com