Hi everyone,
We hope everyone is staying well and healthy. There are a few projects that we have in the pipe that we thought we would shed some light on:
- Indie Manga Artist documentary: We've seen positive reactions on the teaser we've shared on the channel a few weeks back. Editing is in progre...
2021-09-17 08:22:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
We've just released a new video on the Cutscenes channel, focusing on the work of Yoshitaka Amano and Kazuko Shibuya, who was assigned the daunting task to translate his work into pixels.
The collaboration between the two started 35 years ago, at the very beginning of the Final Fantasy ...
2021-08-16 14:24:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone,
Today we just released a short teaser to our next documentary on the main Archipel channel, exploring the universe of alternative manga artists Yuriko Akase and Junichiro Saito, looking at their diametrically opposed styles.
As we've shared in previous posts, we wanted to shed more light on non-mainst...
2021-07-26 13:13:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
Today we are sharing a new video on Cutscenes: our interview with Guilty Gear series creator Daisuke Ishiwatari, who shed more light on the approach behind the Guilty Gear -Strive-, the latest addition to the series.
Standing as a legend of the 2D vs. fighting game genre, Ishiwatari takes part in e...
2021-06-30 13:05:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
Quick update on what you can expect from us in the next few weeks.
Archipel Main Channel:
We had already shared a bit on this, but we are working on a small series with non-mainstream manga artists, hoping to shed a new light on mangaka minds. We have shot our first portait t...
2021-05-31 08:36:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
We released today a new video on the Cutscenes channel: a portrait of Shun Harada, who created TORCH TORCH, a brand specializing in apparel and accessories inspired by FromSoftware's universe, among many others.
Now on the frontlines of Japan's merchandising industry, he explains on the production ...
2021-04-30 10:06:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
We wanted to make a post to share a few updates on our upcoming content and what we currently have in the pipe.
As some of you may have seen on Twitter, our next content will shed more light on the goods world with Shun Harada, who created TorchTorch, a brand specializing in accessories and apparel...
2021-04-16 12:52:39 +0000 UTC View Post![archipel post [Interview Log | $5+ Patrons] Toshihiro Nagoshi, the Yakuza years from patreon](https://img5.xxx4fans.com/storage/7/wv/uc/66b995-019e83c2-7d04-73a9-9755-c486b9c39df2.jpg)
Hello everyone,
This has been in the past list of benefits for the $5 tier and we had promised we would share one interview log - today we are posting a transcript for $5+ patrons from our discussion with SEGA's Toshihiro Nagoshi, who's behind the Yakuza series.
Here's a link back to the video, that we had r...
2021-03-31 01:58:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone,
We're excited to launch today our renewed Patreon and our plan for the future of our channel and our content. Before we jump into the changes, we feel we need to provide a bit more context and what led us to this renewal.
Simply put, our current funding does not allow us to create regular content for ...
2021-03-24 02:07:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
As briefly announced last week, we are releasing a new video today with game creative director Ikumi Nakamura, where we wandered with her through "haikyo", which designates abandoned locations in Japanese.
She tells us about her beginnings in the industry, her famous appearance at E3 2019 and her c...
2021-03-23 13:24:30 +0000 UTC View PostOur next video will be with Ikumi Nakamura.
The renewed Patreon will be up by this month.
Really, thank you for your support.
- Alex
2021-03-15 07:40:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
You may have seen our call for suggestions on Discord, mentioning that we will be renewing our Patreon. Before our "official" renewal announcement, which we will share publicly in the next few days, we wanted to give you an initial glimpse of what's coming next.
- Patreon tiers: we...
2021-02-26 03:00:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
We're releasing today our portrait of Shingo Tamagawa, the animator behind the mesmerizing short film "PUPARIA", a fully independent work that he released last November after spending one year on preparation and more than two years on p...
2021-01-29 12:42:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello and happy new year!
We're wishing everyone all the best and a much, much better year.
With the "Caravan" series now behind us, we would like to use this opportunity to do a quick announcement for one of our first videos of the year: a portrait of Shingo Tamagawa, the talented animator who single-handedly cre...
2021-01-01 04:57:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
The Archipel "Caravan" series finishes today with our portrait of Isamu Kamikokuryo, veteran art director who has worked on the Final Fantasy series for close to two decades, starting on Final Fantasy X all the way to Final Fantasy XV.
He looked back at his career, his work process and position as ...
2020-12-26 13:02:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
Following up our first AMA from last month with Nioh series director Fumihiko Yasuda, we'll have our 2nd session, patron-only this time, with veteran modeler and figma creator Max Watanabe.
As the founder of Max Factory, Max has been on the forefront of the figure industry for more than 30 years, w...
2020-12-20 14:50:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone,
As we've previously announced, our final long content for the "Caravan" series will be our portrait of Square Enix veteran art director Isamu Kamikokuryo, where we'll learn more about his work on Final Fantasy (X to XV), while visiting some unique places that inspire him.
While we had originally plann...
2020-12-16 02:33:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
We're launching today another long interview of our "Caravan" series, this time with Naoki Yoshida, director and producer of Final Fantasy XIV, a game that stands at the top of the MMORPG genre, "saved" with a full reboot after difficult beginnings.
He recollected on his career, his work at Square ...
2020-12-03 06:02:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
It's been now almost close to two months since we started our Archipel "Caravan" series, we thought it was a good moment to do a quick look back and update on what we've done so far and what's coming up next on Archipel.
Content-wise, here's a list of what we've released:
- Writing a death ga...
2020-11-30 13:36:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
Before our upcoming interview with Final Fantasy XIV producer & director Naoki Yoshida (coming out December 3rd), we are now releasing a new musical interlude with Panzer Dragoon composer Saori Kobayashi performing a piano arrangement of "Sona mi areru ec sancitu", the ending theme of Panzer Dr...
2020-11-26 05:34:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
In an effort to provide our content to our international audience in a more systematic and regular manner, we are launching a new patron goal.
We’ve received the help for global subtitles so far via Community Contributions, however YouTube disabled the feature a few months ago. Additionally, we w...
2020-11-24 08:30:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
Tomorrow we will be holding our first AMA session on our Discord with Nioh series director Fumihiko Yasuda. From the state of the industry to the creative process behind a game in Japan, everyone will be able to ask their questions, as this first AMA will be held on our open channel.
If you're a Pa...
2020-11-22 03:52:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
As the latest content of the "Caravan" series, we're releasing our interview with Toshihiro Nagoshi, creator of the Yakuza series, one of SEGA's top ongoing IPs, celebrating this year its 15th anniversary.
From its beginnings during the PlayStation 2 days, Nagoshi recollects on the birth and evolut...
2020-11-19 10:55:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
Thank you for all the positive reactions on our recent Shinji Mikami portrait and our interview & live session with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi.
Today we're releasing our third short musical interlude with Panzer Dragoon Saga & Orta composer Saori Kobayashi, who plays an arrangement of "Village of ...
2020-11-12 14:03:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
It's been one month since we started the Archipel Caravan series, thanks to all the newcomers on Patreon and for your comments on the Discord channels.
Today we're releasing our latest content of the series, a piece about Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, a unique character of SEGA's history, as the voice behin...
2020-11-05 13:59:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
We are releasing today the second part to our long portrait on the iconic Shinji Mikami, who celebrates this year his 30th career anniversary.
After leaving off Part 1 on Resident Evil 4 and his visions on the horror genre, we focus on Mikami's career as he gradually distances himself from Capcom, ...
2020-10-29 13:03:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
Archipel "Caravan" continues with our second interlude with Panzer Dragoon composer Saori Kobayashi.
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Panzer Dragoon series, she performed an acoustic piano session of some of the games’ soundtrack. This is track two: Nomad, from the Panzer Dragoon Saga soun...
2020-10-22 14:05:40 +0000 UTC View Post![archipel post [Update] Patron-only AMA - Discord | Next month from patreon](https://img5.xxx4fans.com/storage/6/oi/fk/66b995-019e83c2-7cb9-71b6-88f3-f4068ffa9831.jpg)
Hello everyone,
As previously announced, we will be starting monthly AMA sessions with Japanese creators on our Patron-only Discord Channel.
Our first AMA will be held on October 23rd, 11pm JST / 10 am EST / 7 am PST / 4 pm CET [Update: see footnote addendum]. Our guest will be Team NINJA's Fumihiko Yasuda, ...
2020-10-21 03:21:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
Today we're launching our first long content of the Archipel Caravan series, the first part to our portrait of industry veteran Shinji Mikami.
Mikami is celebrating his 30th career anniversary this year and stands as one of the biggest contributors to the industry as the creator of the Resident Evi...
2020-10-15 11:22:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
Following our interview with Kazutaka Kodaka, Archipel Caravan continues with a musical interlude.
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Panzer Dragoon series, Saori Kobayashi, composer on the Saga and Orta titles, performed an acoustic piano session of some of the games’ soundtrack, afte...
2020-10-08 14:32:41 +0000 UTC View Post
