Before he was one of the most influential developers in the world, Square Enix’s Takashi Tokita was a stage actor. There was something about the art that appealed to Tokita; the emotion, the drama, the prestige of live acting – from an early age, the romance of the cinema called to him. “At first, I wanted to become a comic artist, because in my childhood there were many manga magazines that I’d read – Shonen Jump, and so on,” the legendary Japanese developer explains to us in an int...
"Experimentation and emotion": The past, present, and future of RPGs with Final Fantasy 4's Takashi Tokita
VG247 - 6 Jul 2023 18:00
Before he was one of the most influential developers in the world, Square Enix’s Takashi Tokita was a stage actor. There was something about the art that appealed to Tokita; the emotion, the drama, the prestige of live acting – from an early age, the romance of the cinema called to him. “At first, I wanted to become a comic artist, because in my childhood there were many manga magazines that I’d read – Shonen Jump, and so on,” the legendary Japanese developer explains to us in an int...
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