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Re: The Xbox Nation interview I mention in the review... by FOF 04/24/2003, 4:59am PDT
Fussbett wrote:

...is not to be missed, by the way. It's a very short and enjoyable read.

http://bellsouthpwp.net/r/a/racerg/itagaki-xbn-winter2002.html


XBN: Who is your personal favorite DOA girl?

Itagaki: Kasumi, for sure. I feel responsible for her. Do you know that some hackers made a nude code for her in DOA3? It broke my heart. I feel very close to her after that event. It was an attack on her.

XBN: Kasumi is the youngest, right? She's 17. Are you okay with sexualizing with a 17-year-old?

Itagaki: Why not? In Japan, that's okay. Maybe it's 20 in America. Remember though, I was 27 when I created Kasumi. I'm older now, but 17-year-old girls are still gorgeous. Still, I'm not the kind of creator that lets my own tastes overwhelm the game. I make games for the player, not just myself.

XBN: Would you be comfortable featuring, say, a 15-year-old girl as a sexy character?

Itagaki: In Japanese tradition, people become adults at the age of 16. I think the legal age is 20. But there are cultures in the world where girls get married at 13. I guess the current status of society will limit what we can or can't do. But when we design characters, we design them for the Japanese cultural standard.

Fussbett: I was kinda surprized that a video game magazine was asking questions like that.


It looks like Itagaki was walking straight into it, laughing all the way.
Seriously, if anyone has any doubts about the hentai depravity of japanese people trying to incite mass sexual riots through the use of mainstream media, they should read this.

Not that it's an entirely bad thing mind you.

Though truthfully, the majority of Japanese girls look nowhere near that of the anime or manga version of them. I'm not talking about big eyes, big boobs that kinda thing. I'm talking in the general area of actual beauty. They do have that multicoloured hair thing down pat though.

but whatever right?
right.
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