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Patron Update

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 progress, this will be a long one (looking at around the 1 hour mark) that w...

NEW | Yoshitaka Amano, Kazuko Shibuya - from paper to pixel

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 series, reaching a peak with Final Fantasy VI, the last numbered title...

Outside the Manga Standards | Teaser

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-mainstream manga artists, how they break the established manga codes and how...

NEW | Daisuke Ishiwatari, Striving

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 each step of the creation process, from music to character design or sc...

Patron Update | May 2021

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 the other day, which we will start working on to share in the next week...

NEW | Shun Harada, the game goods maker

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 process of accessories such as the Chloranthy Ring from the Dark Souls...

Patron Update | April 2021

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 centered around From Software's universe, among others, after spendin...

[Interview Log | $5+ Patrons] Toshihiro Nagoshi, the Yakuza years

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 released as part of our "Caravan" series: 2021-03-31 01:58:57 +0000 UTC View Post

Patreon Renewal

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 Archipel. We've been balancing with our side jobs, but when we take in...

NEW | Ikumi Nakamura - Remnant Tour

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 current projects after leaving Tango Gameworks in September that year.<...

By the way.

Our next video will be with Ikumi Nakamura.

The renewed Patreon will be up by this month.

Really, thank you for your support.

- Alex

What's next for Archipel (Prologue)

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 will change the $5 tier, as we've mentioned the logs are taking more ...

Three Minutes, Three Years: Making Puparia - Shingo Tamagawa portrait

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 production.

Looking back at his motivations and emotions that tri...

Happy New Year!

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 created the mysterious and unique short film "2021-01-01 04:57:51 +0000 UTC View Post

NEW | Isamu Kamikokuryo, Art directing Final Fantasy - Archipel Caravan

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 an art director in the game industry, as we went and explored the Kawa...

Archipel AMA - Max Watanabe, December 21st

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, with constant efforts of bringing figures to a larger audience. All pat...

Update | Isamu Kamikokuryo Delay

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 planned to release this content on the 17th, we had to spend a bit more tim...

NEW | Naoki Yoshida, Helming the realm of FFXIV - Archipel Caravan

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 Enix and the highlights of his path on FFXIV, ten years after he joine...

Patreon Update - November 2020

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 game - an interview with Danganronpa creator Kazutaka Kodaka 2020-11-30 13:36:58 +0000 UTC View Post