seipherzero

[Katsuhiro Harada @Harada_TEKKEN]

From my perspective, Miyazaki is a rather unique, yet extremely serious game developer.

His career did not begin in the game industry. In fact, he didn’t become a game developer until he was almost thirty years old.

Even among developers of my generation (those of us born in the 1970s), I think it’s remarkable that someone who wasn’t even a game developer during the dawn of the polygon era eventually became one of Japan’s most representative game creators. (In other words, compared to the rest of us from the same generation—including myself—his career path is exceptionally unusual. Most notably, unlike many of us, he was not working at one of the major development studios that held a significant technological advantage during the early polygon era. That, more than anything else, is what makes his path so unique.)

Next, regarding my impression of Dark Souls.

People often focus on its difficulty as a game, but I believe Miyazaki’s true creativity shines through in the world he created. (By the way, I personally think Dark Souls has fairly simple action mechanics, and I don’t actually consider it to be an especially difficult game.)

If you look into my own career, you’ll see that I was personally involved with the Dark Souls series and Elden Ring as the General Manager overseeing both production and marketing (Just to clarify, I wasn't part of the development team itself. My involvement was simply as the General Manager of the publisher-side department overseeing production and marketing). From that perspective, I can say that Dark Souls didn’t suddenly become a massive success overnight. It was the result of everything Miyazaki and his team had built up through their previous titles.

Today, he receives offers from all over the world, but when I think back to the days when he and his team were struggling the most, many of those offers seem like they’re coming from people who only know who they are today. Some of them almost feel like complete reversals in attitude. Well, that’s just my personal perspective.

Personally, I had grown tired of people who would simply compare games by saying things like, “That title cost X billion yen to make and sold Y million copies,” and then use nothing but those numbers to judge them against other games. There were so many people who couldn’t appreciate the journey or the growth of the developers themselves. Anyone can look at the current numbers—they’re available to everyone. Whenever I heard those kinds of opinions, I always thought, “That’s exactly what you’d expect from someone who’s never actually developed games.”
What surprised me even more was that, even if people couldn’t properly evaluate that journey, almost nobody even seemed interested in trying to understand the process of how those developers gradually reached where they are today.
(I'm NOT talking about the fan community).

Now, going back to Miyazaki, there are two things about him that have always stayed with me.

The first was back when I was developing Summer Lesson for VR, around the time it was generating a lot of buzz.

One day, he came to try an early build of Summer Lesson along with people from several other game companies.

While everyone else was laughing, chatting, and having fun with it, Miyazaki alone played it with incredible seriousness. Then, after everyone had finished and started discussing their impressions, he remained completely silent, staring intently at the preview monitor, deep in thought.

Everyone became curious and finally asked him, “Miyazaki, what are you thinking about?”

He suddenly smiled and said,

“Oh… I got completely absorbed in thinking about what I would do if I were making this, and what kind of game I’d create.”

What he talked about after that was, in the best possible sense, completely insane.

It was one of those rare moments when I caught a glimpse of what I’d call his “mad scientist” side—his deeply serious, obsessive approach to creativity.

The other thing that left a strong impression on me was that he generally dislikes video interviews (including live streaming).

I once asked him about it by email, and he replied with quite a long explanation. After reading it, I completely understood where he was coming from.

Simply put, he doesn’t like watching himself moving around on video. (Psychologically speaking, it’s actually a bit more complicated than that.)

But there was another reason.

According to him, there are naturally many people in this industry who know games far better than he does. Whenever he listens to those people speak, he realizes that his own understanding is still shallow, and it makes him feel that he’s not yet in a position to be the one talking about games.

I mean… it’s common for well-known developers to say, “I still have a long way to go.”

But whenever someone like him says that, my reaction is always,

“Come on… if you say you’re still not there yet, then the rest of us won’t feel qualified to talk about games at all.” (laugh)

Anyway, that’s one of the reasons why video interviews with Miyazaki are extremely rare. And conversations with him on camera—especially long-form discussions with another developer—are even rarer. They almost don’t exist at all.

By the way, the other game developer in that photo is Masahiro Sakurai.

If you ask me, he’s basically:

“A Saiyan who genuinely believes he’s just another ordinary human.”

Every now and then, when the rest of us are struggling with some problem, he’ll say something that sounds exactly like Goku saying,

“Well… why don’t you just fly?”

And I’ll reply,

“Because we humans can’t use Flight Technique.”

Then he just stares at me with a completely puzzled look.

To put it in terms of Demon Slayer, I’d describe him as:

"Like Muzan Kibutsuji casually showing up at a drinking party where all the Hashira have gathered, genuinely believing he's just another ordinary guest".

That’s the kind of person he is.

[たっぺん(自家用) @tappen33]

回る！回ってくれ オレのジオラマ!!🤭

せっかく立体化したしげの線なので、色々な角度から見れるようにしました

ここまでご覧いただきありがとうございました🙇

[MISAMARU @misamaru_kimono]

ショート丈の着物×スキニーパンツで和洋折衷コーデ。サスペンダーを合わせた現代的オールブラックスタイルがかっこいい！

[機動警察パトレイバー公式 @patlabor0810]

🚨 第三弾PV解禁🚨
#機動警察パトレイバー the Case Files

ストーリーパート（フルボイス）を含む開発画面を新規公開！

さらにリリースに向けてクオリティアップ中とのこと💬

どうぞご期待ください‼️

#パトレイバー #patlabor

[植松伸夫 (Nobuo Uematsu) -con TIKI- @UematsuNobuo]

楽しい対談でしたー！

[Mat Oxley @matoxley]

Bob Barnard, the racetrack designer & engineer who brought MotoGP & Formula 1 to Australia by creating Phillip Island & the Adelaide F1 track, has come out against MotoGP's proposed move to a new circuit in Adelaide's parklands. He explains why in this open letter

[Ai Ogura @AiOgura79]

最高です！日本の皆さま沢山の応援本当にありがとうございました！
This one is special. Thank you all 💙

#DutchGP🇳🇱 P2 / P1

[SuperFile Trackhouse MotoGP Team @TrackhouseMoto]

It’s been a long time coming. AI FINALLY TAKES HIS MAIDEN MOTOGP WIN!

#DutchGP | @AiOgura79

[樺島万里子 Mariko Kabashima＠海外ニュース翻訳情報局 @KNHjyohokyoku]

スタンフォード大学の研究で、
「歩くだけ」で創造性が平均60％上がることが確認されたらしい。

しかも面白いのは、
効果があったのは景色でも空気でもなく、
“自分の脚を動かすこと自体”だったこと。

逆に、
「唯一の正解を出す作業」は、
座っている方が向いていたという。

つまり、

・アイデアを出したいなら歩け
・答えを絞り込むなら座れ

という話。

ダーウィン、ニーチェ、ベートーヴェン、ジョブズ…
歴史上の人たちが歩きながら考えていたのも、
実はかなり理にかなっていたのかもしれない。

[スズキ株式会社・ 国内二輪公式アカウント @suzukicojpmotor]

【SUZUKI×STREET FIGHTER6】
次なる企画に向けて、なにやら撮影中のご様子。

撮影協力：ザンギエフ&マリーザ

#スト6 #CPT2026

[ウォルターズ @Walters0830]

声優の友達が凄い

[フィレンツェのケバブ @y_saizen]

SDガンダム✌️
#SDガンダム

[泡の海 @awanoumi2]

#SAKURAウェブナイフショウ2026春
チタン６４＋カーボンナイフ　詳細
鋼炭素繊維強化樹脂短刀
「夜烏‐大禍」
全長 約40cm
刃長 約24cm
刃厚 約7.5mm
鞘収納時 約41.5cm
ブレード重量 約262g
鞘重量 約175g
続く

[seipherzero @seipherzero]

#GGENLIVE lets go!

[SD Gundam G Generation ETERNAL【Official】 @ggene_eternalEN]

◤━━━━━━
#GundamEternal
Producers' Livestream!
━━━━━━━◢
Don't miss the Producers' Livestream on 3/24 20:00 (JST)!
Featuring the latest news about the game!
A must-see!

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https://t.co/3vHsj43ZaF

#GGeneration #GGen

[MotoAmerica @MotoAmerica]

The world, and in particular, the world of motorcycling, has lost an incredible man. George Barber, the passionate and visionary founder of the @BarberMuseum and @BarberMotorPark, has passed away. Godspeed and Ride In Peace, Mr. Barber.

https://t.co/5bw8vBrDEW

[機動警察パトレイバー公式 @patlabor0810]

世界的なミュージシャン、ウィークエンドさんがパトレイバー大好き！とのことで、パトレイバー制作チームからサプライズプレゼントをさせていただきました！

#patlabor

[Mat Oxley @matoxley]

This is a huge deal - could have a very bad effect on the future of motorcycle racing, track days, in fact everything. GoFundMe link if you want to help. Via @metal_gear88 https://t.co/5sOPmsHOLf

[野上武志 Takeshi NOGAMI @takeshi_nogami]

身銭切って作品を翻訳して海外頒布したりして気づいたのは
「“グローバル市場（笑）“の顧客は
“圧倒的に市場規模があり審美眼がある日本の顧客が評価した作品“
を見たい」

なので、作家側は
「市場とか知るかボケ！俺たちが見たいもの見せましょう」
が最適解。

[🐟しー🐙 @belugasebruga]

▼コスプレ
ダンダダン/坂田金太

「テンガロンチンコ」

[FIM EWC @FIM_EWC]

Jack Miller felt the full force of turn one during qualifying at #Suzuka8Hours - but was back up and out with the team qualifying for the Top 10 Trial 💪

#FIMEWC