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NEW | A Metaphor in Fantasy - with Katsura Hashino, Shoji Meguro and Shigenori Soejima

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We know many of you were waiting for this one - our documentary around Katsura Hashino, Shoji Meguro and Shigenori Soejima and their approach on the journey towards Metaphor: ReF...

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Coming Soon | Metaphor: ReFantazio, defined

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We recently released on the channel a teaser for our upcoming content on Metaphor: ReFantazio, as we dug deeper in the game with creator trio Shigenori Soejima, Shoji Meguro &...

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Archipel Log | Kickstarter Campaign Launch

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As previously shared in our last update, we are launching Archipel Log, our first editorial project, an original guidebook introducing places behind the inspiration and me...

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NEW | Content Update & "Archipel Log" Kickstarter Pre-launch

Hi everyone,

We're excited to share a couple updates on what we've been working on.

Content updates:

  • We're finally seeing progress on our documentary abou...

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NEW | Junji Ito x Yoshiki Fujimoto - Tomie Renaissance

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A new video is now online on the channel - following the final steps of a collaboration between horror manga legend Junji Ito and modeler Yoshiki Fujimoto.

Fo...

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[NEW] Toryumon Takeda - Drifters in Manga

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New portrait out on the channel today, shedding light on manga artist Toryumon Takeda, whose stories show flawed, yet endearing characters embarked together on an adventurous jou...

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NEW | Mai Yoneyama Portrait

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With a small delay to what we had announced, we just released our portrait on animator and illustrator Mai Yoneyama, where over a day spent at her atelier she took us through her...

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Memories of Kenji Eno - Out now

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After a long wait, our Kenji Eno documentary is finally here.

Commemorating the 10th anniversary since his sudden passing, we look back at a brilliant mind of the game indu...

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NEW | A day with Mai Yoneyama - Teaser

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It's been a while since we haven't posted anything new on the channel, but please be assured that we have a few projects in the works set to be released in the following weeks. View Post

Archipel Caravan | Tokyo | December 2023

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We know it's been a while since we haven't posted, so first we would like to give a big thanks to everyone who is still supporting us on Patreon. Here's what we've been up to. View Post

NEW | Memories of Kenji Eno - Teaser

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As announced in our end-of-year update, we've been working on a long documentary to commemorate the brilliant mind of Kenji Eno, a unique creator of Japan's game industry with...

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Archipel | 2023

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It's that time of the year. 2022 has been slightly different than usual as we've spent a lot of time planning and producing new projects, that we're looking forward to sharing...

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Introducing Dialekt | Culture-oriented content for Japanese learners

Hi everyone,

This post is slightly different than usual as we're not announcing nor releasing any new video.

For quite some time, we have seen many requests on our videos to add Japanes...

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NEW | Hiroyasu Ishida: Being an Animation Film Director

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We've mentioned it in our last Patreon post - here is our new portrait of animation film director Hiroyasu Ishida.

As a prolific creator of a new generation in animation...

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Patron Update (New Video Coming Soon)

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We're back with a status update on some of our ongoing projects. Our documentary on Mahiro Maeda is still in the works, we're taking a bit more time to let it breathe a bit and c...

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Status Update

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We know it's been a while since we shared any news -  but please be assured there's been a few projects in the works. Our documentary on animation director Mahiro Maeda is s...

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NEW | Layout, Ep. One: Acky Bright

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Today we’re launching the pilot to one of our new series projects: Layout, focusing on Japanese drawing artists, their inspirations and their work.

For this first epis...

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Bonus Content | Alternative Paths to Manga

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To patrons on the $5 tier and above, we thought we'd share a small bonus content from our last video on alternative manga artists Yuriko Akase and Junichiro Saito, where we asked...

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NEW | Alternative paths to manga

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We just launched our documentary on alternative manga artists that we had teased about a few months back. Through a day spent with authors Yuriko Akase and Junichiro Saito, di...

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Happy New Year

Hi everyone,

First of all we would like to wish everyone a happy new year 2022 and all the best for this year. 

We've been thinking, adjusting, then readjusting again on the direct...

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NEW | Kamiya Chronicles - Neo Classic (Final Part)

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Our series on game creator Hideki Kamiya comes to completion as we just released its last chapter, out now on Cutscenes.

We went over to BitSummit, Japan's top indie game f...

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Patron Update | Next on Archipel & Cutscenes

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We're hoping all things are well for everyone. We wanted to share a quick update on some of the content we are planning or that is currently in the works.

- Non-mai...

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NEW | Kamiya Chronicles - The Wonderful 101, then Scalebound

Hi everyone,

For the 6th part of the Kamiya Chronicles series, we looked back at two titles: The Wonderful 101 and... Scalebound.

The former started quite differently from what we might...

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NEW | Kamiya Chronicles: The Conjuring of Bayonetta

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The Kamiya Chronicles continues, as we now dive in our 5th chapter, during the very beginnings of PlatinumGames and the making of one of the studio's flagship titles: Bayonetta.<...

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NEW | The Call of a Craftsman - Shigeru Kancho

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As briefly shared yesterday, we just posted a new video on the Archipel channel. While we were in Wajima, located in Ishikawa prefecture for a project, we met with Shigeru Kancho...

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NEW | Kamiya Chronicles: The Brush Up of Okami

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Friday means it’s time for a new part of Kamiya Chronicles, this time focusing on the development of Okami, a critically acclaimed title of the end of the PlayStation 2 era. Di...

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NEW | Kamiya Chronicles: No Average Joe

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The Kamiya Chronicles series keeps going.

This latest video goes back to the making of Viewtiful Joe and how the game came to life, starting from a spark of Shinji Mikami'...

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NEW | Kamiya Chronicles: Speak of the Devil

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Our "Kamiya Chronicles" series continues, this time focusing on the development of Devil May Cry, celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.

Hideki Kamiya looks back to wh...

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NEW | Kamiya Chronicles: First Steps

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We are launching today the "Kamiya Chronicles", a long interview of Hideki Kamiya, one of Japan's most prolific game creators who directed Resident Evil 2, Devil May Cry, Viewtif...

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NEW | Yoichi Erikawa, the origin of Koei

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We just launched a new video on Cutscenes; an interview with the CEO & Founder of the Koei Tecmo group Yoichi Erikawa, celebrating this year his 40th anniversary as game crea...

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