Yoshiteru "Torajirou" Tsujino & Tengai Makyou | インタビュー・辻野芳輝様と天外魔境英語・日本語）| INTERVIEW

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A sit-down interview with Tengai Makyou/Far East of Eden artist and character designer Yoshiteru "Torajirou" Tsujino that took place in Tokyo on January 3rd, 2022. This particular interview is focused around Tengai Makyou ZIRIA for an upcoming video on that game. He talks about how the first game came to be, shares some memories, describes some of the heroes and villains in the games, and more.
Thank you so much to Mr. Tsujino for giving the the time and opportunity to conduct this interview...and for helping craft the wonderful world of Jipang!
Mr. Tsujino's Twitter: / tuzinoyositeru
Thank you to "Benten-sama," who helped me refine my Japanese subtitles so I don't come across as a complete moron (which I am). You know who you are.
And a final thanks also goes out to John for his role in getting me to talk about Tengai Makyou, and for encouraging me to reach out to Mr. Tsujino.
Johnny Millennium, the Happy Console Gamer: / happyconsolegamer
My short video on the Tengai Makyou PC Engine games: • The Tengai Makyou PC E...
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Gameplay was captured on real hardware using the Elgato Game Capture HD and video/audio was edited using Sony Movie Studio Platinum Suite, Version 12...so a bunch of old crap.
Music used in the background comes from Tengai Makyou ZIRIA, Tengai Makyou II MANJIMARU and Tengai Makyou Fuun Kabukiden.
Thank you for watching!
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@ImportGamingFTW 9 месяцев назад

Part 1 of the Tengai Makyou Retrospective is out NOW: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sgS-yJEPaQk.html It's all about the first game, ZIRIA, and includes snippets of this interview and a look at the context, development process, trials and tribulations and legacy of the game. I hope you'll check it out and enjoy--once again, thank you to Mr. Tsujino for his gracious help in making the video, and more importantly the Far East of Eden games, a reality.

@HappyConsoleGamer 2 года назад

A legendary interview with a legendary creator!

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

Made possible in part by a legendary Canadian guy on RU-vid who talks about games.

@user-yd9fn5vx2r 2 года назад

Thank you very much.

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

Thank YOU very much.

@gaohx4997 2 года назад

Such a nice surprise to find this video.....the Tengai Makyou series is one of my favorites of all time and this interview was just superb and brought back many memories of playing the games on the PC Engine/other systems....THANK YOU for your dedication and time to make his happen!

@nestorcubas4777 2 года назад

My respect to you man, wonderful interview. What a great opportunity. I am a latin American living in Aichi and I love Tengai Makyo saga. Hope to see more from you in the near future.

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

Thank you for watching, it was a rare honor for me to meet Mr. Tsujino in person. Aichi, huh? Beautiful place--I spent some time in Nagoya about ten years ago for some job training and thought it was a place I could definitely enjoy living in.

@lancem6755 2 года назад

Awesome! Thanks for taking so much time to translate.

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

Thank you, Lance--it was my pleasure!

@UltraHealthyVideoGameNerd 2 года назад

How did this go up a week ago and I didn't notice? Will definitely watch this all the way through when I'm back home.

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

I'm glad you found it! I don't think it got shared out much (thanks Susan). Hope you enjoyed the interview, not quite as colorful as a Kowloon Kurosawa interview, but interesting nonetheless!

@Pai3000 4 месяца назад

Didn't know about this interview... What a great piece for preservation. Also, the guy seems really nice. It's so exciting to me that we've come to a moment in history when most of our hero programmers, producers and musicians are still around and want to share their invaluable perspective. Thanks a lot for such a nice job.

@ImportGamingFTW 4 месяца назад

Thank you, very happy you found this video. Mr. Tsujino was and is such a nice guy and so generous with his time despite the busy schedule and other logistical obstacles! I would love to interview him and other creators in the future.

@feiwong3634 2 года назад

I cant believe what i'm seeing here, He is one of my all time favorite artists!!! his work on the Far East of Eden and Nostalgeo no Kaze games has always been a huge inspiration to me! to have an english interview of him is something godly.

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

Then I'm so glad you were able to find this interview. Mr. Tsujino is an amazing artist who is really underrated, not just in terms of gaming art and illustration, but with his role in Tengai Makyou.

@biostem 2 года назад

Man, I just picked up a copy of Tengai Makyō: Dennou Karakuri Kakutouden on the PC-FX literally an hour before this dropped. Great interview with Mr. Tsujino! All the character designs are so fun and timeless, and Jipang is such an iconic universe. It's awesome to hear his insights and experiences.

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

Excellent timing, then! Thank you for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

@WMARUoriginal 2 года назад

Even though I've never played the games, I thoroughly enjoyed the interview and definitely hope they do a remaster of the older games and of course a brand new game too!

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

Thank you! The ball is in Konami's court, and while it seems they're not in the mood to play, we'll see how it goes.

@JC-jg7nx 2 года назад

Thank you for making these small treasures, even knowing its not a popular format for youtube videos.

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

Thank you for watching, I hope this one picks up a bit more in views...but either way I am grateful for the opportunity and want to do more interviews in the future, if the chance arises.

@bpcgos 2 года назад

This is gold... Thanks, Jimmy... No Clip should ask your help to talk more about Japanese devs in my opinion.

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

Thank you, I appreciate that--probably not going to happen, since I'm no pro and I'm waaaaaay down low on the totem pole here, but I'll probably pursue more video interview things like this in the future...at least after I'm done talking about Tengai Makyou for a bit more.

@thebestchatman1578 2 года назад

This was super awesome to watch Jimmy, thanks for taking the time to set all of this up.

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

You're very welcome, thank you for taking the time to listen to Mr. Tsujino's stories and thoughts.

@fireboy312002 2 года назад

This was a treat, thank you for putting this together. Also, why is art styles that are older than 15 years are seen as unwanted? I love his designs and the look of the characters. I more want to play these games for that reason. My dream would get something that Arc System Works with the 3d but is pressed into 2d. I'm excited for Live a Live but wish we could get older games to look more like the art it was based on. Wish I had his work in my hands! I hope we get an official translation here in the west. Thank you to Jonny for pushing this subject and getting me on this channel. Thank you again for this amazing channel and all your hard work!

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

Thank you for watching. I agree about the art style thing...but I suppose it's like every other industry these days, almost everything looks the same and is kind of boring, at least in my opinion. Perhaps it's just the result of demographic marketing being perfected, who knows. I much prefer the variety and harder, less clean look in my game art (Triangle Strategy comes to mind as a recent example).

@kuamir573 4 месяца назад

Thank you so much for interviewing this legend!

@ImportGamingFTW 4 месяца назад

You're very welcome--it was my pleasure to put this together. I met with Mr. Tsujino a few months back and may do another interview in the future, more focused on the second game and his personal career. We'll see!

@DGR_Dave 2 года назад

Fantastic work, I hope this opens doors for more interviews with others down the road!

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

Thank you, Dave--for now, I'm looking forward to another interview with Mr. Tsujino, but yes, there are quite a few people who made our favorite games that I would love to talk to!

@aaronpischke5019 2 года назад

Suuuuuuper fascinating and fun to watch interview! Thank you SO much for sharing! 💜

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

Thank YOU so much for watching, I'm glad you found it fascinating!

@officialcecilscott 2 года назад

I’ll admit I shed a tear when he addressed fans internationally. As fans we need to band together to rally for more content. It’s up to us to create public demand!! That’s how new projects get greenlit. 🤓❤️

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

That's right--I'm hoping this video and some upcoming Tengai Makyou videos I have planned will create even just *a little bit* of buzz for people to start harassing...ahem, petitioning Konami for a proper revival, in any form, but preferably as a new game like Mr. Tsujino mentioned. Thanks for watching, Pete!

@SirJonSoda Год назад

How that interview turned out to happen is amazing! I wish I could play those games in English, it seems that very few games got English translations, only Oriental Blue for GBA and Tengai Makyou Zero for the SNES, which I think I'm going to try soon. I have known Kabuki Klash for the Arcade/Neo Geo since school and I didn't know there was a whole RPG series behind it.

@ImportGamingFTW Год назад

Thank you for watching--it was a pleasure talking to Mr. Tsujino, and I'm very lucky how things just seemed to fall into place. I hope the Tengai Makyou series gets its proper due in the near future...and of course, English translations!

@statesminds 2 года назад

This was amazing! Just saw HCG's video about the art he made for him and was so special

@KateandJohnMark 2 года назад

Excellent interview, Jimmy! Well worth the wait

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

Why, thank you, JM. Let's have a chat sometime soon.

@Azel954 2 года назад

This is great content, always a treat to hear from legacy devs and their unique insights.

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

Thank you very much for watching--it was an honor speaking to Mr. Tsujino.

@darthlink194 2 года назад

Keep up the great work Jimmy, you really knocked it out of the park with this one. I hope there will be more Tengai Makyou content in the future.

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

Thank you, I'm still hoping for a new Tengai Makyou, much like Mr. Tsujino!

@elbravovierde8010 2 года назад

Wait.... WHAT?!!! My alltime fave artist when it comes to drawn?!! EPIC!!

@Sarumaru 2 года назад

This was an amazing watch mister hapas. The nostalgia feels were so hard that my eyes literally welled up. Manjimaru and Fu'un Kabuki den were my entry points in the series back in the day. I've always been a huge fan of Tsujino-san's work. Being able to hear him talk about his work on TM in this interview is something very special. Thank you for taking the time to make this.

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

Thanks, DJ--I know you are a fan of Tengai Makyou (pretty much a given, really!), so I was hoping you'd see this.

@Bram7Lawliet 2 года назад

this is amazing, glad you were finally finishing this interview project! i love yoshiteru tsujino artwork in tengai makyou series so much and also have his oneshot manga licensed in my country for holmes twins! :)

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

Thank you, I thought you would like this one! It seemed like you were looking forward to it back when I mentioned it was happening. Mr. Tsujino is such a great--and in my opinion severely underrated--artist in the gaming sphere. I need that Holmes Twins manga! You should check out Doragonia Story if you haven't yet!

@akualung 2 года назад

Watched it in one sitting! I really hope these series get the recognition it deserves and somehow make it to the west. A few years ago I thought about creating a petition page for all the rpgs entries to be localized. But seeing how Konami is neglecting its old franchises, I decided it'd probably be a waste of time and effort.

@akualung 2 года назад

Thanks a lot for this interview, by the way. It's really complete and has a lot of interesting info!

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

Much appreciated, thank you for taking the time to watch it. I've been wanting to do some kind of petition as well, try to generate buzz/interest, but I'm afraid I don't hold enough sway to do anything that would gain traction. I don't think it's a complete waste of time trying to put pressure on Konami on reviving franchises, there are people who work there who want to explore and bring back the old IPs, including a project director Mr. Tsujino introduced me to before we had our interview.

@robbyrobot3303 2 года назад

Awesome! Hopefully this opens the door to do more interviews like this with other creators from this era. I think many Japanese creators would be shocked to learn that an appetite for this content exists in the West.

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

Thanks, we'll see--but I think what's next might be another interview with Mr. Tsujino focusing more on Tengai II and Kabukiden. And I hope those in the West with an appetite for this kind of video/info find it...and can petition Konami to do something with Tengai Makyou (with the original creators!).

@robbyrobot3303 2 года назад

@@ImportGamingFTW Fingers crossed! I've always been very intrigued by the series but can't speak the language. Konami seems less interested in gaming nowadays, but they did just make a GetsuFumaDen sequel out of left field so you never know.

@danmakuman 2 года назад

Awesome interview. I've always been super interested in the series since I discovered the Kabuki Klash game was a spin off of the main games. The art style was the main reason I wanted to know more about them being an artist myself. Hope one day the PCE version of Tengai Makyou II got an english patch.

@famigamers4818 2 года назад

That’s so cool he even shared some hand drawn material with you 😄

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

It was an honor, and it was hard for me to not make much noise or say anything during the interview as he showed me the art for the first time!

@hulluorava 2 года назад

Thank you for sharing this awesome interview with all of us. It was interesting to hear what the master thought of the characters and the games in general. Mr. Tsujino seems such a cool guy too. Keep up the great work, Jimmy.

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

Much appreciated, and yeah, I had to ask him to describe the characters! Partially out of wanting to use sound bits for the upcoming videos, but mostly out of pure curiosity, of course. Mr. Tsujino has been very generous with his time, and is a fun guy to talk to!

@sherekhangamedev 2 года назад

Mythic level interview, thanks! I really like the "ins and outs" of those times game development, the unsung heroes, the pioneers who paved the way creating things that were first of his kind. Kudos Jimmy and I hope to see more things like this in the future.

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

Thank you for watching! Yeah, I love hearing about the good times--and the hard times--from game development back then, where there was more limitation, often leading to more creativity (and a lot of stress!).

@TokinTurk 2 года назад

What you did for HappyConsoleGamer was legendary.

@Rihcterwilker Год назад

Such a good franchise. I never expected to get so into a classic jrpg as i am into these games. Here hoping we get a fan-translation of manjinaru or 4th apocalypse, so more people can learn about and enjoy them.

@ImportGamingFTW Год назад

Fingers crossed for fan-translations...or better yet, an official ones and a series revival!

@Caspicum 2 года назад

What a get. I'm proud of you, baby. I haven't got time to sit and watch it all yet, but I'm commenting for the algorithm, so have this vapid comment now.

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

Thank you, Caspy-boy.

@jayt2917 2 года назад

Thanks for Sharing Jim 😀🤘

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

You're very welcome, thanks for watching, Jay!

@jac1011 2 года назад

WOW. We basically got a sneak peak of an unreleased art book

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

True--and I actually filmed the entire explanation and sharing session of the art, though I'm going to keep that private. I might ask for an "official" explanation in the future, however.

@blake6615 2 года назад

Wow!

@Akaimakai333 7 месяцев назад

Wonderful interview!! Tengai Makyô Forever!

@avaranabraham8507 5 дней назад

He was also the character designer for the original beyblade show

@Kakashi10ist 2 года назад

Came here from the link of happy consoler gamer. Nice video and channel overall. Not disappointed at all. Will subscribe :)

@MellowGaming 2 года назад

This was a real interesting watch. I basically only know about this series because of the video you did recently. Would be nice to see a translated release outside Japan. Has been a few surprising remasters of previously Japan only RPGs in recent years so I guess anything could happen.

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

Thanks, ANT--and fingers crossed!

@mrtangent0081 2 года назад

After reading about the series on HG101, I ordered the PSP collection for this series. My Japanese was terrible back then. It's a bit more improved now these days, but the first RPG to have voice acting is a huge deal. Amazing interview here.

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

That's great--have you tried the games again with better Japanese? Anyway, thank you for watching.

@mrtangent0081 2 года назад

@@ImportGamingFTW Not yet I haven't. I need lower level Japanese games. I lost a lot of my game collection when I moved back home from a different state. I always wanted to try the one that was about America. Like we got the Sakura Wars that took place in New York. But I know it was a Saturn game which is a nono over here, then the port is on the PSP. That's how I got into Princess Crown which I like.

@dannysullivan12345 2 года назад

Very cool

@bobbyjr.9559 2 года назад

Im so glad this is a thing!! I hope we can get to see a future far east if eden game!! I want to really explore this series it would become my favorite of all time!

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

I will pray at every shrine I go to for a new game...but maybe my time and efforts would be best spent trying to get people to hound Konami for a revival!

@ByakkoJ 2 года назад

This was a great interview.

@zenanarchist 2 года назад

It's interesting that he's hoping for a new game. I would imagine that's up to Konami, or does RED own the IP?

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

I believe Konami owns the license and RED owns some of the old assets, but I'm not 100% sure. I spoke with a project director at Konami shortly before I did this interview, and he's trying to get Konami to do something with the IP. Also, I love your avatar...my ex-wife was also 'tarded.

@GeminiJay654 2 года назад

Great interview, so interesting!

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

Thank you for watching!

@ZeroWalker26 2 года назад

Rely great interview. I to day it´s a shame there is like no fan translation of many of the tengai makyou games more than tengai makyou zero for snes. So more people could get in to this wonderful series of games.

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

My hope is that sometime soon more people will have a chance to really experience the games...thank you for watching!

@OmegaKatanaXIII 2 года назад

Happy console gamer brought me here due to his reaction to the artist.

@jo42715 2 года назад

I played the translation of TM Zero, I wish that other episodes would be translated

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

Same here--fan translations are great, but I would love to see Konami do something official with the series...a collection/compilation first to reinvigorate interest, and then the motherlode--a brand new adventure released across the world!

@ScruffyLookinRGB 2 года назад

That was an awesome interview jimmy im a new tengai makyo fan now! Which one should i start with?

@akualung 2 года назад

I hope you are fluent in Japanese. Otherwise, you're limited to the only two fantranslated games (Zero and Oriental Blue) or the fighting games in the series.

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

Good to hear, Mr. Scruff--if you're in it for the long haul, start with ZIRIA and go from there. If you just play one, Tengai Makyou II: MANJIMARU is the best in the series, in my opinion...though the original is my favorite.

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

@@akualung Ah, he should be just fine, he's lived in Japan longer than me!

@robbyrobot3303 2 года назад

WOW, he worked on Ducktales?!

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

Yes, that, Winnie the Pooh, maybe even Rescue Rangers, I believe. Telecom Animation Film worked on a lot of the great 80s American cartoons.

@lestat23l 2 года назад

I want western physical releases

@akualung 2 года назад

So do I! The Tengai rpg series is the one I'm the most looking forward to play in English someday. I devoured TM Zero when the fan translation was released.

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

I think we need to band together and politely threaten Konami for such releases. Fingers crossed, and perhaps more notorious plans being drawn up...

@KateandJohnMark 2 года назад

First

@ImportGamingFTW 2 года назад

First to break my heart by moving back to America and leaving me coop partner-less. EVERYBODY BETRAY ME!