CyberConnect2 CEO Ultimate Narutard
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Sep 6, 2009 13:45 JST
- Tags: .hack, Adaptations, Collections, CyberConnect2, Naruto, Otaku, Shonen Jump
Hiroshi Matsuyama, the CEO of CyberConnect2, the company responsible for the .hack and Narutimate Hero series of games, has confessed that he is a Naruto fan of legendary proportions, buying 15 copies of every volume and owning every issue of Shonen Jump published for the past 5 years.
However, unlike the unproductive obsessions of so many otaku, his has given rise to a successful company and a superb series of games, which he says is all down to his consuming love for the story: “The trick to producing an anime game is love for the original work!”
He explains that his success in publishing Naruto games stems from his obsession with the series:
He buys 15 copies of each volume.
He buys every single DVD.
He buys 2 of each issue of Shonen Jump, and keeps every issue published in the past 5 years.
He has the company buy film tickets and distributes them to staff.
He attends every single domestic event he can get to.
Naruto is a constant in every display set up by the company.
He makes sure to share every kind of Naruto good with company staff.
All are purchased with either his or company funds; he explains that publishers never supply such materials.
These are just his personal activities; for the company as a whole he ensures further measures are taken:
The company has a 1,500 volume manga library.
It has a 2,700 volume anime/film DVD library.
All kinds of magazines are provided.
Though some doubts are raised as to whether all of these are strictly for company use, and not in fact an extension of his collection, he insists cultivating love for Naruto and other titles amongst his staff is tied directly to the quality of the end product, and with such high quality games few could deny this.
He illustrates his ecstacy at reading the high praise heaped upon him by Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto, who describes Narutimate Hero as “an absolutely miraculous”:
He went into great detail at a recent event about the challenges of creating games based on existing non-game franchises (as any gamer will be aware, frequently a painful issue which has more to do with merchandising than it does producing a quality title).
It is, he says, “even harder than producing an original game,” conceding that although promotion may be easy and a clear target market exists, dealing with the many issues posed by publishers and creators presents many challenges.
He hints in less than uncertain terms about the problems publishers can pose: “There was a huge fight over the first Narutimate Hero game. They were dead set on things. It was extremely difficult to persuade them of the fact that games are a distinct form of expression.”
A string of successes has engendered a more trusting relationship, reducing difficulties, he says, but challenges in dealing with the schedule of airing anime, and with the problems caused by “current events,” perhaps a veiled allusion to the sort of delays and cancellations which can be forced by the latest media hysteria.
He is none too convinced about how the rest of the industry knocks out its games: “A lot of times other game companies would tell us how they thought it should be done, it really sapped our motivation.” He cites a versatile development system and flexible scheduling as being key to CyberConnect2’s success.
Via 4gamer.
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lol
BELIEVE IT!
no
YES!!
Try harder
Actually, that's awesome. Naruto is a phenomenon, although some people hates it.
you mean everybody hates it...after 400+ chapters of stupidity...
Did you not read the article anon?
There's a reason why current fans of the series are called Narutards...
It's because you have to be a true fanatic to still like it.
I simply thought it was because it became mainstream and people who are retarded have a weird concept that Naruto is the only anime, ever.
I thought they called them Narutards because they were retards who liked Naruto. Retards who like Naruto.. FAGS!!
Naruto's great and all that with the really long stories and what not. It's the Narutards I hate.
Well consinder its was next best thing since Poke Monster and Dragon Ball Z.
Actually, One Piece is the only series to reach DBZ sales.
BELIEVE IT! OR NOT!! ^_<
RIPLEYS STYLE!
^Mine - Forgot to log in.
Narutards never fail to amuse me, btw if narutards from my high school saw his collection, I bet they would go on a weeaboo frenzy.
Narutards don't need to see his collection to go into a frenzy. They're in frenzy mode 24/7.
SPASM WEEABOO NO JUTSU!
Hah!! XD
thats is otaku
narutard is way lower quality than that
narutard is the shit that comes out of otaku. Theyre really lesser beings.
Fuck you loli fag anon
It's a shame that "love" is directed towards trash.
He is a millionaire and you are not. So much for your precious "taste".
I think that .Hack// series are better.... I can Lol hard everytime that I hear SKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEITH XD.
Naruto is relatively fine tbh, it's just the filler that's bad.
Aside from that it's an epic plot with original and well developed characters.
A baddly told epic with well developed emo characters. But it is readable.
Don't forget the shounen clichés Naruto is filled with.
Don't forget the cliches that almost every other single show is filled with.
Honestly I don't dislike Naruto, it's the Narutards that annoy me
Yeah, Naruto isn't bad, it's the part of the Naruto community that are weaboos.
Honestly, some people who bash Naruto are just following the crowd in bashing Naruto... :/
People like to mob-bash on anything that a mob is bashing.
"Honestly I don't dislike Naruto, it's the Narutards that annoy me"
agree LOL
anyway, .hack series is much better than Naruto IMO. eh they got a nice plot twist and a kewl characters.
"He is a millionaire and you are not."
Wealth doesn't equal good taste.
agreed.
It's because you'll never understand a millionaire's taste.
Doesn't it look more impressive by the fact that he can turn trash into gold?
Most otaku do nothing but turn gold into trash, so there is a world of difference.
"Most otaku do nothing but turn gold into trash, so there is a world of difference." Ouch, it surely hurt a lot.
PWNED!
The Truth always hurts.
Considering CyberConnect2's made .Hack// series and help Milk that series with Bandai already they are Milking Naturo now they made a good choice.
Whats next a Naruto MMORPG if they play there cards right they could make it popular.
A Naruto MMO could be pretty good if they don't include plots from the series or keep any of the characters. The things I don't like about Naruto is the abundance of emo characters, the few cool characters always getting killed off, and the fanbase.
Artefact, you best be trollin
I already went through my naruto phase, but i'll admit...a company having their own manga library...thats fucking awsome.
i would work there for free... as long as someone feeds me
Strange cat..
Fucking awesome indeed.
Actually it isn't that uncommon for a gamedeveloper to have a small library and a game room, but the amount sure is.
tell me Ano, which one are you a fan of?
So you can mock it? Nice try, Anonymous.
Oh, wait--