Yoshiharu Sato shares how Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki supposedly abandoned an early anime project.

Square Enix character designer Toshiyuki Itahana is the artist responsible for the round, cute chocobo design Final Fantasy fans see everywhere. The small chocobo who headlines the Chocobo Dungeon ...

Since it’s a show about war, where weapons play a part, I knew it would be heavy, but it’s more than that. The relationships and bonds between the characters are always portrayed with warmth and ...

In The King of Fighters series, plenty of characters have special powers. For example, Shun’ei has two spectral hands that can deal fire and ice damage. In KOF XV , new character Isla also has two ...

During a recent Reddit AMA, Pusha T and Malice were asked who would play them in a movie, Push gave an interesting answer.

The November 2019 issue of Game Informer features an interview with Shigenori Soejima, the character designer for the Persona series as well as the upcoming PROJECT Re FANTASY from Atlus‘ Studio Zero, ...

The dark, classic atmosphere of film noir is often difficult to capture in games. The task only becomes more difficult when the choice is made to combine that film noir aesthetic with a stylized, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. While many may know of Yasuda due to his Street Fighter work, he ...

Has qualifications in English and hopes to complete a degree in the sector one day. Wrote as a volunteer contributor at the online outlet Xbox Nerds. With almost 20 years of experience playing video ...

Judas has previously been described as a procedurally generated roguelite set in a dynamically shifting open world. That open world is The Mayflower, and Levine noted that it is also dynamic in the ...

Character design is a cruel world. Creating protagonists for any medium means that your work will likely be front and center. Being in the spotlight can be immensely gratifying, but one small mistake ...