Comments on: Kojima Hideo talks about seiyuu

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:55:39 +0000

@First comment,
I hope you are totally wrong. If I understood Kojima right, he meant he could understand a game where Americans, Soviets, etc go around speaking in Japanese because all those classic heroes from the West were dubbed in Japanese when he saw them in their respective movies. For me, I am totally used to seeing Hollywood stars speaking in English and hearing them dubbed in my native language makes me want to puke. Same with English dub of most Japanese anime though there are exceptions.

By: Kaisos

Kaisos — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:58:42 +0000

Wow, Koijima. Wow.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:39:40 +0000

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By: Raz

Raz — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:11:08 +0000

“Actually, this says a lot about the way Kojima produces Metal Gear. In the world of Metal gear, everyone speaks the same language, and even though he spends all this time breaking the fourth wall, it’s one fact that is never ever called into question.”

That isnt really true.
At the beginning of MGS3 when freeing the professor he compliments Snake on his perfect russian so either they use a different language ingame without actually speaking it out or this is at last the proof that there are other languages in the MGS-universe.
Maybe nano-machines did the translation later on? >.>

By: LegoTechnic

LegoTechnic — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:22:47 +0000

I’m pretty sure I knew this after listening to the 30 minutes cutscenes in MGS4 where all they did was talk while showing you a computer screen with pictures.

Yes… Yes, you love seiyuu…

By: Avisch

Avisch — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:46:41 +0000

So…….he is somewhat fond of seiyu?

Moriken: Ok good, Im not the only one who thought the story was a disaster.

By: Moriken

Moriken — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:21:42 +0000

Gah, just stop with the nihonjiron, Kojima. <- LOOL!

And now, Mr. Kojima, please make up for the disaster of a story that was Metal Gear Solid 4. At least I couldn’t stop laughin’ for 2 hours while playing the end of MGS2. Thank you.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:35:08 +0000

Gah, just stop with the nihonjiron, Kojima.

By: Fat Cat Lim

Fat Cat Lim — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:12:57 +0000

I have a funny feeling that Kojima loves seiyuus, but I just can’t figure out how I know that…

By: cube

cube — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:16:51 +0000

“Inside me, Steve McQueen (Miyabe Akio), Charles Bronson (Ootsuka Chikao), Sean Connery (Wakayama Genzou), Lindsay Wagner (Dajima Reiko) are all people that speak in Japanese. That is why even as a child I could accept this world without rejecting any of it.”

Actually, this says a lot about the way Kojima produces Metal Gear. In the world of Metal gear, everyone speaks the same language, and even though he spends all this time breaking the fourth wall, it’s one fact that is never ever called into question. It’s just a given that in Soviet Russia, the Middle East, and pretty much everywhere else in the world, everyone speaks the same language you do and gets along fine.

As an aside, it’s also the one series that to my knowledge no one ever calls for the original Japanese voice acting. I wonder how Kojima feels about the American voice team, I’m told he works closely with the localizers for his games.