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Why is PlatinumGames working on a shoot 'em up? To conclude our series on Hideki Kamiya, we've asked him about Sol Cresta, presented at Kyoto's BitSummit festival, and how he perceives his future as the studio's chief game designer. Out now on Cutscenes: youtu.be/JXvNQuxwbQs
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Giveaway! Shigenori Soejima, character designer & illustrator of Persona, Catherine... signed us his latest artbook - Subscribe/RT/Follow for a chance to get it! | 登録・フォロー・RTして頂いた方にアトラス・副島氏のサイン入りアートブックが当たる！By 8/31! youtu.be/MwpLv3ZhC5M
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This year marks the 10th anniversary since Final Fantasy XIV's original launch. Producer & Director Naoki Yoshida will share on the evolution of the game and the MMO genre, his collab with FFT & Vagrant Story creator Yasumi Matsuno and more in an upcoming interview. December 3rd.
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Archipel Caravan - Lineup (1/2):
- Kazutaka Kodaka: Danganronpa 10th Anniversary | Interview
- Saori Kobayashi: Panzer Dragoon 25th Anniversary | Musical Interludes
- Shinji Mikami: Career 30th Anniversary | In-depth Portrait
- Takenobu Mitsuyoshi: Interview/Live Performance
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Spent a day with Hiroyuki Takei, mangaka & author known for the Shaman King series. Coming soon on Archipel.
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We followed illustrator legend Katsuya Terada as he explored Iki island. During a drawing session, he told us more about his philosophy. | 壱岐島にてイラストレーター・寺田克也氏によるライブドローイングに密着し、絵に対する価値観を伺いました。Life Drawing: youtu.be/MPnQY_Y3ndA
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NieR: Automata is celebrating today its 3rd anniversary since its Japan release. We were filming with director Yoko Taro around that time, during his last day of work at PlatinumGames. youtu.be/L3wScHE28K8
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For the 25th anniversary of Panzer Dragoon, Saga and Orta composer Saori Kobayashi performed an acoustic session of some of the games' soundtrack, which we'll release one track at a time as short musical interludes. Track one - Ecce valde generous ale: youtu.be/bYGU3PWuc1I
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Illustration - a quick throwback on some of our featured creators. Akira “Akiman” Yasuda (Capcom, …), Yoshitoshi ABe (Lain, …), Shigenori Soejima (Persona, …), Katsuya Terada (Blood: The Last Vampire, …). Thank you for your support! youtube.com/channel/UC3zoY…
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Persona 5, Rez Infinite, Yakuza 6, Gravity Daze 2, Resident Evil 7, Nioh, NieR: Automata and Monster Hunter: World directors share their views on the past few years of Japanese games. Ebb and Flow - youtu.be/_j6ZHkg5BtE
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March 1st marked Chun-Li's 52nd (!) birthday. A couple years back, its creator and character designer legend Akira 'Akiman' Yasuda (@akiman7) recollected on his 30-year long career to tell us his story. youtu.be/RxIXilYv0kM
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Track: Let's Go Away
Artist: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
Watch with sound. Full video: youtu.be/hiWL6JDHpC0
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Through Archipel, we’re sometimes lucky to get some nice goods to give away to the community, such as when we shot at Capcom (youtu.be/XcYWxnDJcho). Directors signed us some copies of Devil May Cry 5 and RE2: Remake - follow & RT by 9/15 to get a chance to win (PS4 or XB1 ver)
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This year was key to us in creating more content: independent animator @Koji_Yamamura is our guest in what became our longest episode of toco toco. Our last video of 2018. | 2018年最後となる映像。インデペンデントアニメーターの山村浩二氏の世界観に迫る。 youtu.be/SEE8rlXMqSk
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NieR: Automata is celebrating today its 5th anniversary and surely took players by surprise. We had the chance to spend a day with Yoko Taro around that time, then later on with composer Keiichi Okabe.
- Yoko Taro: youtu.be/L3wScHE28K8
- Keiichi Okabe: youtu.be/MhTSy9OTWv0
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Thanks to our community’s contributions, Ebb and Flow - Conversations on the recent momentum of Japanese games - is now available with Chinese, French and Portuguese subtitles. 謝謝! Merci! Obrigado! URL: youtu.be/_j6ZHkg5BtE
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Known for his work on the Street Fighter series (and more), illustrator Akira "Akiman" Yasuda (@akiman7) will spend a moment with us. February 1st. | ストリートファイターシリーズなどで知られているイラストレーターのあきまんさんに次回のゲストとして出演して頂きます。2月1日公開。
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New season premieres with Hisashi Eguchi (@Eguchinn), mangaka & illustrator. Enter his universe: youtu.be/2a6Wqq4zifw
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After a long delay, our portrait of Shaman King mangaka Hiroyuki Takei is coming tonight 11 pm JST. We took a few pictures with him, this one is probably our favorite.
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In 2018, we met with game creators, mangaka, musicians, illustrators, chefs, among many others. In order to keep doing so, we'll be looking for the help of the community - we hope you’ll join us on Patreon to support us on this journey, starting today: patreon.com/archipel
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Nouvel ép avec le créateur de la série NieR @yokotaro, nous le suivrons à Osaka pour découvrir son univers. URL: youtu.be/L3wScHE28K8
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Thread - While everyone is fully eyes on the award season, we would like to shed light on the TOTY, the Toilet of the Year award delivered by Japanese game media Game*Spark celebrating the best toilets in video games, for its 5th edition. Here come the winners.
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One minute of Actraiser with Yuzo Koshiro.
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In a new ep, we follow Game Creator Katsura Hashino to Sangenjaya, which inspired his latest game Persona 5 youtu.be/jGb3BNgU7SE #persona
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A peek at the creative unit AC-bu, we'll dive in the psychedelic approach of their animation works in our next toco toco, out April 1st. | 次回のtoco tocoでは、クリエイティブユニット「AC部」のユニークな世界観に迫ります。4月1日公開。
We make documentaries about Japan's creative minds and culture on YouTube. 日本とクリエイターを題材としたドキュメンタリーを配信。sail@archipel.jp / patreon.com/archipel