I also asked Hashimoto-san if he has thought about trying to involve Hideo Kojima himself as well. When they went out on their own, we spoke, and I asked "if you've got time and you're free, maybe we can do something together." Of course coming with a sudden proposition and asking him to work on a game stright away would have been difficult, but since we had a long relationship going, it was actually easy to do.
I've built a relationship and trust with them. We've done a lot of Metal Gear Solid figures, and obviously as part of that we have worked with Kojima-san and Yoji Shinkawa himself for quite a while. If there is a series that there has good characters out there, we want to help make them. In addition to doing things for our own properties like Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, and Dragon Quest, we also do some second-party figures. I'm not involved in that at the moment, but I have been looking after our action figures for a long time. Besides games, I've also been in charge of Square Enix's merchandising division as well.
I think it's been over ten years, and he is someone I respect a lot in the industry. "I've known Kojima-san for quite a while now, we're of similar age, and I've been speaking to him for a long time. One of the most interesting aspects of Square Enix's Left Alive is the character design by one of the most popular artists in Japanese games, Yoji Shinkawa, well known for the Metal Gear Solid series.Īt Gamescom 2018 in Cologne, DualShockers had a chat with legendary Producer Shinji Hashimoto, who explained how this dream partnership with Kojima Production's artist happened.
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